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Joylene Albarado takes part in a cultural performance with the Colorado Mestizo Dancers at the Je�co Fair on Sunday, Aug. 9. Her fellow dancer, Mariah Anderson, left, helped bring Mexican folk dances to the stage adorned in colorful costumes and using intricate footsteps as part of their culture’s tradition and heritage. Photo by Amy Woodward

BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS AT JEFFCO FAIR Racing to succeedJunior Foundation at Rolling Hills supports fellow teensBy Amy [email protected]

Hundreds of rubber duckies are ready to take to the water to race toward success for disadvantaged teen moms during the annual Duck Race and Carnival on Satur-day, Aug. 16, at the Rolling Hills Country Club in Golden.

The Junior Foundation, a youth orga-nization which raises money for charities, sponsors the duck race. This year’s benefi-ciary for the race is Hope House Colorado, a nonprofit organization with a mission to empower teen moms to self- sufficiency.

“We really just believed in what they have going and really wanted to get be-hind their program,” said Colton Hellman, vice president of the Junior Foundation at Rolling Hills Country Club.

In 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that 305,420 babies were born to females between the ages of 15-19. In 2011, Colorado ranked 29th in teen birth rates.

At Hope House, nearly 150 teen moms, ages 16-20, are involved in the many pro-grams available such as a residential and community programs which offer GED certifications, college and career support services, parenting classes, mentoring and more.

Recruitment at Hope House is volun-tary, but completion of the programs is required in order to stay enrolled.

“We are 100 percent committed to getting our girls self-sufficient,” said Lisa Steven, executive director of Hope House Colorado. “Almost all of them just kind of have had a rough story and they need a second chance and a place to gather themselves while they put things togeth-er.”

The percentage rate of teen moms who graduate with a GED through Hope House Colorado is 45 to 50 percent but of the half that graduate, 90 percent are successful at living independently, Steven said.

The decision to support Hope House Colorado by the Junior Foundation board was unanimous, said Grace Emich, trea-surer of the board.

“We want to be very involved with high schoolers and children,” Emich said.

For the girls at Hope House, commu-nity encouragement for their success goes a long way.

“It’s a big deal for someone who hasn’t had a lot of support in their life to feel like there are people out there who really want to see them succeed,” Steven said. “They’re working really hard to overcome an awful lot of stuff to get out on their own and take care of their kids.”

Cash prizes are available for the first 10 winners of the race with options to keep the money or donate half or all of the win-nings back to the Junior Foundation. It is $20 for one racing rubber ducky or $100 for six.

For more information about Hope House Colorado visit www.hopehouseof-colorado.org.

Small scale, big tasteFlying Baron Roasters takes indie co�ee to new levelBy Clarke [email protected]

Coffee doesn’t get much more local than Flying Baron Roasters.

The specialty roaster com-pany is run out of the Lake-wood home of Amanda and Kyle Iseminger and offers the couple a chance to share their love of what coffee can be with brew fans.

“We’ve been working at this for about year and we got started because we didn’t real-ly like coffee,” Kyle explained. “Once we found the right one, we started getting into it.”

Amanda is graphic design-er and Kyle is a firefighter with Lake Dillon Fire Rescue, but they made time to do research on the art of roasting coffee and studied with Boot Coffee in California to get a fuller un-derstanding of how to bring out the best in the beans.

They decided to name their fledgling company after their chocolate lab Baron, in honor of the excitement and joy that he seems to use in every as-

pect of his life.The Isemingers said they

import their coffee from lo-cal-scale growers all over the world, focusing in on the most organic and independent growers. They said they want-ed to help support indepen-dent workers like themselves and be able to show a very clear path of where the coffee came from.

“We like to get single-ori-gin beans, because so much about where a bean is grown is reflected in the taste,” Aman-da said. “Beans from Ethiopia will taste different from beans grown in Mexico because of elevation, fruit grown nearby and processing methods.”

Flying Baron has been get-ting the word out via word of mouth and by visiting lo-cal events and markets. They have a booth at the Thursday Federal Center Markets and the Sweet William Market in Stapleton.

“We’re looking to reach dif-ferent demographics and in addition to local coffee shops we’re looking to get involved with the coming holiday mar-kets,” Amanda said. “We also sponsor events like the Rocky Mountain Lab Rescue 5K and Safe Harbor’s Labfest.”

Working on different beans has become a passion for the

Isemingers and they rotate through different beans to find the most exciting flavor.

“This isn’t your parents’ coffee — the stuff that used to come out of cans,” Kyle

said. “We want to completely change the way people look at coffee.”

For more information and to order a roast, visit www.fly-ingbaronroasters.com.

Amanda and Kyle Iseminger and their dog Baron are the owners of Flying Baron Roasters, which is bringing locally roasted co�ee to drinkers. Photo by Clarke Reader

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Talk puts fracking front and center Hickenlooper says panel seeking compromise will be his responsibility By Vic Vela [email protected]

Gov. John Hickenlooper said last week that he will be the one who selects the members of a task force that will be charged with fi nding a compromise on is-sues surrounding hydraulic fracturing.

The governor also addressed concerns on the part of Republicans that the com-mission’s work could result in more regula-tions on the oil and gas industry.

Hickenlooper talked about fracking during an Aug. 8 roundtable event with several business leaders at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce in Centen-nial, as well as during an interview with Colorado Community Media afterward.

The governor said his administration hasn’t quite fi gured out how the 18-mem-ber commission will be selected or how it will ultimately operate. But the governor put aside any question as to who will put the task force together.

“People ask me, ‘Who’s gonna pick ‘em?’ I am,” Hickenlooper said. “The buck stops here, and I guarantee you we’re going to have everybody pissed off again. The one criteria is that everyone who is going to be on that list is someone who believes we can get to a yes (on a compromise).”

The task force was born out of a deal the governor reached with Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis earlier in the week that will keep anti-fracking initiatives that Polis was backing from appearing on the November ballot.

The measures would have required greater distances between wells and oc-cupied structures and would have given communities more control over fracking — the process in which water and chemi-cals are blasted into the ground to free up trapped oil and gas.

Remarks in spotlightHickenlooper and the oil and gas indus-

try were fearful that the initiatives would essentially ban fracking in Colorado and cripple the state’s economy.

Instead of the voters, it will be the task force that will take up those issues and that will provide recommendations for poten-tial legislation to the General Assembly.

But Republican lawmakers are already feeling uneasy about the commission. And their concerns were heightened following comments Hickenlooper made during an energy summit in Denver earlier in the week.

According to the Associated Press, Hick-enlooper said the task force’s “success is dependent upon it ending in regulation.” That comment didn’t sit well with House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Love-land.

“We should go into it from the premise that the commission take a look at whether we actually need regulations,” DelGrosso said in an interview prior to the governor’s Chamber of Commerce event. “He’s start-ing with the premise that it’s going to be set up to regulate.”

Hickenlooper, in an interview with Col-orado Community Media, insisted that’s not what he said, even though he made his comments in front of a group of reporters.

“What I said was legislation,” the gover-nor said. “Go back and look at the quotes. I never said we needed more regulation. Now, we might. Again, this is the whole point of getting people from all the differ-ent viewpoints in the same room and let-ting them have a discussion in such a way to try to fi gure out: `Is there a compromise here?’”

Hickenlooper said he would like to see the task force’s effort result in some kind of legislation, even if it’s merely “taking exist-ing regulation and codifying it.”

“Unless we get it into legislation, I mean we would have made progress, even if we just discuss it we will have made progress,” he said during the interview. “But I think that the best success will be if we get to some level of legislation.”

Hickenlooper said the commission will have a “narrow focus,” one that he hopes will result in work getting done in a timely manner.

“We’re not going to be out there talking about air quality; we’re not going to be out there talking about water quality,” he said. “We’re really going to look into surface use issues, a very narrow set of issues to talk about.”

From 48 to 18The governor said there were different

opinions among his staff regarding the makeup of the commission, including an initial suggestion that the task force have 48 members.

The governor believes that an 18-mem-ber commission will have the appropriate balance of interests being considered.

“The idea is there’s six spots for the oil and gas industry, but that would include pro-industry sides like home builders and agricultural interests,” he said during the roundtable forum. “There should be six from the local control and the environ-mental side of things ... And then six civic leaders who as far as we can tell are not on the record one way or the other, who are what the Quakers call a fair witness.”

The governor acknowledges that there are logistics that still need to be fi gured out.

“We still have a lot to work through,” he said. “You know, (such as) if you want a representative from agriculture, is it from the Cattlemen’s Association or the wheat growers?”

State Rep. Max Tyler, D-Lakewood, the chairman of the House Transportation and Energy Committee who crafted several pieces of energy-related legislation, said he is hopeful that the task force will result in legislation that is needed to tackle this “really thorny problem.”

“We need to make sure that everybody has a voice,” Tyler said in a phone inter-view. “Ballot initiatives are a huge sledge-hammer and you never know what the consequences are going to be and you can’t make changes. And that’s not good policy.”

But DelGrosso said he doesn’t know “if you’ll actually see legislation come out of the commission.”

And, when asked how a battle over fracking would rank on the list of other controversial measures taken up by the General Assembly in recent years, Del-Grosso said, “Extremely high.”

“The reality is the economic impact that the oil and gas industry has in Colorado is tremendous,” DelGrosso said.

Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks during an Aug. 8 round table discussion with business leaders at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce in Centennial. Photo by Vic Vela

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By JIM SMITH, Realtor ® Every now and then I get a call from a disappointed seller who thought his or her home would sell quickly in our “seller’s market” but for some reason it isn’t selling. How can that be? This happened twice last week, and one of them was almost a parody of a common mistake sellers make: hiring a relative who is in real estate. This is not to say that being a relative is a bad thing. Your rela-tive may indeed have your best interest at heart (which every agent should for his client, by the way), is your relative among the 10% of agents doing 90% of the transactions or among the 50% of all agents who haven’t closed a single transaction in the past 12 months? If the latter, then making blood relationship your sole criteri-on for selection might not work in your favor. That seller who asked me why his home wasn’t selling had select-ed a relative who hasn’t had a

successful transaction in the past three years. She had only two prior listings, and both expired without selling. As a buyer’s agent, she has never had a closing either. Clearly, if this particular agent had not been a relative, this seller might not have considered her, or at least would have asked more qualifying questions before signing a listing agreement. Was this agent a Realtor — that is, a member of a Realtor associa-tion? He assumed she was, but she is in fact a non-Realtor, and for good reason. With no income, she probably can’t afford the $500/year dues. This is not to say that only mem-bers of a Realtor association can be successful, but it’s likely such an agent scrimps on marketing, too. In this business, one’s level of expertise is directly related to how many transactions you do and not how long you’ve been licensed...

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BASKETS OF WONDER Spirits in the Wind hosts Hosig Di show

By Clarke Reader [email protected]

Native American art taps into the nexus of both function and beauty with many of its creations, and the Hosig Di baskets scheduled for display at the Spirits in the Wind Gal-lery perfectly embody this spirit.

During the Golden Fine Arts Festival, Aug. 16-17), the gallery, 1211 Washing-ton Ave., will not only play

host to the Hosig Di (fi nest baskets) works of Rich-ard L. Fitzgerald but will feature Jennifer Kuyper, a rain forest basket specialist, who will explain the mak-ing of the baskets and the artists.

“I met Jen-nifer and just fell in love with these baskets and their style,” said Pam Eggemeyer, owner of the gallery. “They are something that no one has really seen in the area before.”

The baskets were fi rst made by members of the Wounaan people of Panama but the modern versions have tapped into contemporary styles. The baskets are made as a result of weaving traditions

that have been kept alive for generations and are prized because of their intricacy

and designs.

Eggemeyer said the baskets can take anywhere

from several months to years to complete and make expert use of veg-

etable dyes to create vibrant colors.

Fitzgerald said that in recog-

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value of the artistry of the remote region, he works exclu-sively with master weavers from the Wounaan

and Em-berá tribes

in a traditional, working patron

relationship. By bringing global attention

to this otherwise distant community, he is able to promote their work, and as a result, offer stability and growth to those who have

excelled in their craft.“The end result is not

the typical basket that people might expect,” she said. “The show will be like a trunk show and give people a nice array of op-tions to look at.”

Fitzgerald has spent his life in southwestern Colo-rado surrounded by the Anasazi ruins and culture and his works refl ect that infl uence. His materials include the native woods of southwestern Colorado and the western United States — aspen, tamarisk, box elder, maple, and buckeye burl.

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Kerr focuses on education Community ties, experience provide road map By Clarke Reader [email protected]

Most Lakewood residents have similar experiences from visiting Casa Bonita and dropping their children off at a Jefferson County school to visiting Chatfi eld Reser-voir during the summer.

These are the same experiences that in-cumbent Sen. Andy Kerr has and he said this deep connection is what makes him the strongest candidate for the Senate Dis-trict 22 seat.

“My experience is more than my time at the legislature but the experiences I share with our residents,” he said. “I’ve been here most of my life, went to Jeffco schools and now teach at them while my kids at-tend them.”

Kerr was fi rst elected to serve in the house in 2006 and won his fi rst race for the senate in 2012. During the 2014 session he served as chair of the Senate Education Committee.

In 2014 some of the bills that Kerr passed include: SB14-015, which address-es careers in the hospitality sector by bol-stering hospitality education programs in high schools; HB14-1382, which addresses

the increasing popularity of online educa-tion by updating accountability require-ments including documenting school attendance and participation in online ed-ucation programs; and HB 14-1102, which helps ensure that gifted students are thor-oughly served throughout the state by pro-viding more support to districts for gifted programs and specifi es requirements for gifted education programs in public K-12 schools.

He has been out knocking doors and talking to people for more than six years, and said throughout that period of time, some major things that don’t change.

“One of the big issues I always hear about is education, and that usually gets broken into three chunks: early child-hood education, K-12 schools and higher education,” he said. “There are 176 school districts in Colorado — they’re all different sizes, but a lot of needs are the same.”

Kerr said he is determined to give every student the opportunity to receive a 21st century, world class education. He added that a more educated citizenry will help the economy, which just expands the im-portance of improving the system.

“I’m deeply enmeshed in the education system, and so I know fi rsthand how im-portant it is,” he said. “Our kids need the knowledge and skills to get to work.”

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Sanchez looks for change in LakewoodLooks to unseat incumbent in senate raceBy Clarke [email protected]

To Tony Sanchez, a person’s life is like a painting and the brush strokes are the gov-ernment. They shouldn’t be visible and can distract from the work.

Limiting government’s impact on peo-ple’s daily lives is one of the top concerns he would like to address should he be elected in November by beating out incumbent Sen. Andy Kerr for the Sen-ate District 22 seat.

“There needs to be a dis-cussion of the role of gov-ernment and how much we want it in our lives be-cause I think it’s in places it

shouldn’t be,” he said. “I want to listen to people and actually represent their voices.”

Sanchez is a relative newcomer to Jef-fco, having moved to Colorado from Cali-fornia three years ago. He is from an im-migrant family and said that gives him an understanding of what can bring people together.

Sanchez said his unique background working in management of nonprofits

gives him a unique perspective that would come to bear when serving in the senate. He has been involved with the Colorado Hispanic Republicans and has worked on Republican races before.

The impetus for Sanchez entering the public sphere was what Sanchez describes as gross government overreach, particu-larly in the last legislative session. He de-scribed Kerr as out of touch with residents.

“Issues like the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and education issues are extremely im-portant to the people I’m meeting,” he said. “I’m hearing concerns that education money isn’t going where it should be and a lot of concern about the implementation of the common core standards.”

Sanchez said he would like to see more discussion about issues like the common core, religious liberty and second amend-ment rights.

“We need to talk about privacy and property rights as well,” he said. “When you step out of your home, do you lose your privacy rights? Defending all our rights is so important.”

For Sanchez, addressing problems on individual basis is much preferable to what he describes as blanket rules that do more harm than good.

“I want us to talk more about steward-ship and see neighbors working together,” he said.

For more information on Sachez, visit www.tonyforcolorado.com.

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LAKEWOOD NEWS IN A HURRYBrammeier arrested in Texas

Charlie Robert Bram-meier, 30, who was wanted by Lakewood police in rela-tion to a homicide on Pierce St., was taken into custody on Aug. 5 in Hartley County, Texas, after resisting arrest and on the warrants issued by Lakewood Police.

On Aug. 4 Lakewood Po-lice responded to the 1200 S block of Pierce St in re-sponse to an assault which had just occurred. When police arrived on scene they found a male who had been severely beaten. The male was rushed to an area hospi-tal with life threatening inju-ries and is still in a coma. In addition to being assaulted the victim was robbed. The circumstances surrounding the robbery and assault are still under investigation.

Lakewood Police detec-tives were able to identify the suspect in the incident as Brammeier and put out a search warrant for him before he was captured in Texas.

Concrete repair to close trail in Bear Creek Lake Park delayed

Construction to repair a section of the concrete trail in Bear Creek Lake Park has been delayed, and the trail will remain open during the delay.

Construction will not get underway until a new bid-ding process is completed

for repairs to a mile-long section of the trail south of the reservoir in the park, 15600 W. Morrison Road. The trail was expected to be closed starting last week to repair cracks and other is-sues. Updates will be posted at Lakewood.org/BCLP or will be available at 303-697-6159.

Groundwork Denver asks for resident responses

Groundwork Denver is looking for feedback in the Lower Bear Creek Watershed plan.

The Steering Committee and Groundwork Denver staff met with community members early in the water-shed planning process and throughout the last year. Priorities, concerns and comments were collected in public meetings, in one-on-one conversations and through an online survey.

Residents are invited to share their comments on the draft components of the watershed plan, including education and outreach, water quality monitoring and financial and technical assistance needs.

To take the survey visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/LowerBearCreekWatershed-Plan.

Terumo BCT collaborates to evaluate quantum system

Terumo BCT’s Quantum

Cell Expansion System is now under evaluation by Athersys, Inc., a biopharma-ceutical company dedi-cated to the research and development of stem cell therapies, as a manufactur-ing platform for Athersys’ allogeneic multipotent adult progenitor cell (MAPC®) products.

The Quantum system is a closed cell culture and expansion system enabling effective control and assess-ment of important operat-ing parameters. ReGenesys will evaluate the potential for scaling the cell culture process by using multiple units to meet its manufac-turing requirements and will further quantify advantages over standard cell manufac-turing approaches.

The project, which is expected to be completed in early 2015, aims to dem-onstrate the feasibility of using the Quantum system to produce clinical-grade MAPC therapies at scale. Re-Genesys will assess certain operating parameters and cell performance, along with unit-to-unit consistency and reproducibility across production runs.

The Quantum system is functionally closed, hollow-fiber bioreactor technology that streamlines the cell cul-ture process and has been shown to reduce labor by up to 80 percent over manual

cell culture processes.

Police host shred dayThe Lakewood Police

Department is hosting a community shred day at Jef-ferson County Stadium, 500 Kipling St., from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 6.

Residents can bring boxes of confidential docu-ments (old taxes, preap-proved credit card offers, etc.) for free on-site shred-ding. There is a three-box limit.

Metropolitan Auto Theft Task Force will provide free wheel club locks (while sup-plies last).

Belmar hosts school supply drive

In order to help students succeed in school this year - Belmar and Radio Disney are collecting school sup-plies Aug. 5-18, in order to fill more than 200 back-packs for Boys & Girls Club students. Guests donating school supplies will be entered to win a Belmar Gift Card to help ready them-selves for school.

Donations are accepted during business hours at the Belmar Information Center, 464 S. Teller St. and Color Me Mine, 7134 W. Alaska Dr.

Recommended school supply donations include: one subject notebooks, No. 2 pencils, two pocket folders, rulers, glue sticks,

kids scissors and binder pouches (to insert in 3 ring notebooks).

From noon to 2 p.m. on Aug. 16, 2014 Radio Disney will host an event at Color Me Mine featuring prizes, music and backpack stuff-ing.

For more information call 303-742-1520 or visit www.belmarcolorado.com.

Cat Care Society hosts seminarThe Cat Care Society is

hosting a seminar by Mary Blake about Healing Touch and Reiki for cats.

The event will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 16 in the lower level conference room of the CCS shelter, 5787 W. 6th Ave. The cost is $5 (free for CCS platinum members).

Please RSVP at 303-239-9680 or at [email protected].

Lakewood Arts Council announces 8-Squared Art Fundraiser

The Lakewood Arts Council is seeking dona-tions of 8x8 inch pieces of original art for an art sale and champagne dessert re-ception to be held Saturday, Sept. 27, 6-8:30 p.m. at the LAC Art Center and Gallery, 85 S. Union Blvd.

Local artists can pick up 8x8 canvas boards at the LAC Art Center by Aug. 4 and deliver completed art-work by Aug. 30. All artists who donate will be entered into a drawing for prizes donated by the business community, as well as be publicly recognized on the LAC’s website, Facebook page and in the LAC’s FO-CUS newsletter.

For additional infor-mation call 303 980-0625 or visit www.lakewood-artscouncil.org.


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OUR VIEW

Over Super Bowl heartbreak?The 2014 Denver Broncos season has officially arrived but after last season’s Super Bowl heartbreak Denver’s fans seem a little weary going into this season. So we asked several of our loyal readers if they were over the Broncos ugly 43-8 Super Bowl loss to the Seattle Seahawks or are they still suffering from Super Bowl heartbreak?

“In my mind it never even happened — I have blocked that out of my mind as a memory. All I am looking forward to is being a Super Bowl Champion this season.”

Chris Martinez, Lakewood

“I don’t really watch football but it doesn’t seem like people are as excited this season as they were last season.”Kim Nguyen, Arvada

“I don’t know if you ever get over a Super Bowl loss but I am very excited about this season. As long as we have Peyton Manning we are Super Bowl contenders.”Joe Williams, Denver

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Make voter registration a priorityDon’t come up three words shy in fam-

ily life is good tip to live by.In the civic arena of the early election

season, we say don’t be four words short.Be able to stand up and say, “I regis-

tered to vote.”Even though matters of hydraulic

fracking have gone the way of a task force instead of ballot questions, plenty of other heady issues and candidate choices will be in play Nov. 4.

The general election will be conducted with mail ballots expected to land in mailboxes by the second week of October. Those who voted in the primary are gener-ally confident of their registrations and simply await their ballots. But those not in the thrust of Republican and Democrat party primary activities may want to take a few seconds to double check their registra-tion status at respective county websites.

Not to cause worry, but it really only takes a moment to check a voter registra-

tion through links on county websites — and to newly register is an easy process as well.

Something good to know is that regis-tered voters remain registered in perpetu-ity by state law. Registrations are removed only when a mail ballot comes back as undeliverable for two election cycles. So a long as voters keep address information up to date and accurate, the ballots keep coming.

Those who register before the eighth day before the election at www.govo-tecolorado.com will automatically receive a mail ballot. After the eighth day, those wanting to register must visit one of the Voter Service and Polling Centers in their

respective counties. Applications received through voter registration drives must be received 22 days before the election. And ultimately, in Colorado citizens may register Election Day in-person at a county voter service and polling center.

And who can vote?The basics: A voter must be 18, a United

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A pitch for peripheral vision Ah, technology. The wonders that we

can do with these marvelous little devices we all haul around in our pockets. Of course, if you’re a teenage girl, they’re not really in your pocket, are they? They’re more like protruding out your back side, precariously pinched into the tiny space that passes for a back pocket in your short shorts, waiting at any minute to either go fl ying to freedom or be crushed under you when you sit down, forgetful of its pres-ence.

(sigh) And why, you might ask, do I have time to ruminate about things such as this? Well, because, at the moment, I’m sitting in a parking lot, my turn signal ticking away, waiting for the person who got into her car six minutes ago to fi nally pull out of the parking spot and go on her merry way. But no! First she has to check her email, text messages, Facebook updates, and pose for a selfi e in front of her two bags of groceries she just emerged from the Safeway with, as if surviving the grueling test of fortitude that is the super-

market is worthy of a digital victory lap.Perhaps that’s being too harsh. I sup-

pose it’s also entirely possible that, before she headed home, she had to ask her phone to map the route.

The technology at play in many of these devices is truly exceptional, but I fear that we — and, when I say “we,” I mean people younger than me — have become too reliant on it, and that it may be making us, well, for lack of a better word, dumb.

I kid about the unfathomable need of teenagers to have access to all of their friends’ thoughts at all times; I poke fun at

the person who feels the need to get com-pletely updated on their little world before they can pull out of a parking spot. But the whole “selfi e” thing makes me think that youth’s natural gravitation towards self-centeredness is taking a twisted leap off a cliff into an abyss of narcissism, and the inability to discover even the most rudi-mentary of processes (like fi nding a route home) without a cell phone’s assistance is disturbing.

But, unfortunately, all of this has a dangerous element to it, as well. The other day, I observed an attractive young lady walk out of a place of business in a neigh-borhood that she was unfamiliar with, and which was, perhaps, of questionable safety. This young lady was less than 10 feet from the exit to the property before she was in her phone, and walked the 300 yards to her car without once looking up to check on her surroundings.

My friend Jay teaches women’s self defense, and the NUMBER ONE thing he teaches is situational awareness — know

what’s going on around you. A person, no matter how vulnerable physically, can almost always stay out of, or get out of, trouble if they see it coming. This young lady would have had no idea if someone was sneaking up behind her, if someone had broken into her car, or if somebody was juggling chainsaws right in her path. Zero awareness.

Young ladies, piece of advice: put the phones down and look at the world around you as you go through it.

And, by the way, don’t worry about that young lady — she was my daughter, and I was “stalking” her because she was in an unfamiliar neighborhood, and wanted some backup for her fi rst trip there. If you doubt me, I took a selfi e of the whole incident ...

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

Looking for the good and creating joy The past fi ve weeks have been extreme-

ly busy including several fl ights and two cross-country road trips.

Albeit I snuck in a vacation at the beach, I was unable to heed my own ad-vice and completely disconnect from work and completely revel in the sun and sand.

However I will say this, as crazy as the business trips and vacation have been, they have also been exceedingly produc-tive and energizing.

You see part of the problem sometimes, even when we are on vacation, is that we quickly get frustrated with situations and others around us. We look for the bad in-stead of the good. You know what I mean right?

We are in line for an attraction or dinner and someone jumps the line and gets in ahead of us. And, yes, that can be completely exacerbating, but only if we allow it. What if we just allowed ourselves to think positively and think, “Well maybe they have some reason that is more urgent for them to go fi rst than mine.” Or maybe, in the case of the restaurant, “They will not get the best server and we will.”

My old boss, mentor, and great friend Zig Ziglar used to remind us that, “Some people go around looking for the bad like there was some kind of reward for it.” And that if we look for the bad, it sure is easy to fi nd.

However, I am here to remind you, as Zig always reminded me, that it is just as easy and maybe even easier to look for and fi nd the good in people, situations, and in life.

I know, I know, how could that even be possible when so many things seem to stack up against us at times? Money prob-lems, work-related issues, health crisis, and broken or damaged relationships take up residence in our lives when we least expect them and we would certainly rather be looking at a brighter picture. And we can look for that brighter picture through the lens of hope.

Even in the face of these very issues that hurt us, frustrate us, or limit us, we can look for that silver lining and abso-lutely look for the good.

When we have money problems we are forced to rethink our current strategy and plan. I know many people who have dealt with bankruptcy only to fi nd their pas-sion and start their very own successful business.

There are countless stories of people with work-related challenges, who always used to blame the company or others for their problems, who then found out that they could contribute at a higher level per-sonally and took ownership of improving the current offi ce environment.

And most inspiring are those people facing a health issue rising up to either help others in the same situation or never allowing their debilitation to limit their performance. They search out what is good and what can be done and get after it.

The emails I have received from our community over these past fi ve-plus years include incredible stories of people who felt brokenhearted until they realized that relationships that were intended to be mended were, and those relationships that needed to end actually ended and they were never happier once they sought out the good in themselves and became less reliant on others for true happiness.

Have you ever been on the highway while another driver was swerving in and out of traffi c, almost causing an accident and the whole experience left you abso-lutely troubled? What if for one minute

we stopped and thought that maybe they have a medical emergency and are trying to get to the hospital?

Now that occurs in about 2 percent of all rude driver behavior instances, but it could happen and if we looked for the good instead of getting angered and upset, we could easily continue on our very merry way.

Finding joy begins with each one of us looking for the good instead of the bad. How about you, can you use a little more “Good fi nding” in your life? If so I would love to hear all about it at [email protected] and as we collectively look for the good it really will be a better than good week.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Fish turns 80

Former State Rep. Marleen Fish recently celebrated her 80th birthday surrounded by a fi lled room of family and friends many from out of state.

Recently Marleen was honored with a plaque by the city of Lakewood celebrat-ing her work to make a pedestrian bridge connecting two neighborhoods a reality. This bridge connected two neighborhoods and allowing them to access Chester Portsmouth Park. Prior to that bridge both communities had to walk around to get from one neighborhood to the other. This was especially diffi cult because Marleen had to get two cities-Wheat Ridge and Lakewood and Urban Drainage to agree and collaborate. Marleen has the gift to bring people together and fi nd consensus and get things done — literally building bridges.

Although Marleen was willing to take time for local issues, her most important work was at the State House. Marleen sponsored the bill that adopted Advanced Directives. This is defi ned as Durable Power of Attorney; this document assures guidelines for families to know how to

advocate on a patient’s behalf, based on what the patients’ own wishes are. If you have been hospitalized, you will recognize this important document.

According to Verne, Marleen’s hus-band and sweetheart for 44 years, Mar-leen’s most important bill was regarding Designated Adoptions. This bill made it possible for potential adoptive parents to meet with an expectant mother early in her pregnancy. This bill paved the way for an expectant mother to choose to relinquish her newborn child for adoption upon birth. Marleen is also well known for her extensive advocacy for mental health issues.

What makes Marleen’s accomplish-ments so extraordinary is that she sur-vived two plane crashes. One plane crash left Marleen with life threatening injuries that required months of rehabilitation. For Marleen everyday is a “day she did not think she would be alive to live.” For Verne, her family and friends she is truly an inspiration.

Ramey JohnsonLakewood City Council Ward 1

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LIFEW E S T M E T R O

Clear Creek channels cool ridesBy Clarke [email protected]

Walk down Golden’s main street during the summer, and be ready to view the rush-ing waters of Clear Creek carrying tubers underfoot, beneath the Washington Street Bridge.

Tubing down Clear Creek has been a favorite activity for residents and those looking to escape the summer heat for years, and a marked increase of people are taking in this recreational water sport.

“We get a lot of traffic looking for tube rentals so we’re offering that for the first time,” said Bart Pinkham, owner of Golden River Sports, which rents tubes. “We get a lot of people who are in town and want to go on Clear Creek.”

A bike path parallels Clear Creek from as far upstream as Tunnel 1 on U.S. Highway 6 in Clear Creek Canyon and allows tubers to jump in at any point and they can ride the water all the way through a kayak white water course, down to Parfet Park in downtown Golden.

“White Water Park is a great, short section that people can do and then easily back up to start again,” Pinkham said. The 800-foot long course has manmade features — including drops, boulders and eddies — that help direct and pool the water, which also makes it a good place to swim.

While tubing may look like a casual activity — and many people treat it as such — there are dangers that people have to keep in mind. As recently as late May of this year tubing was banned in Golden due to high water levels.

Water flow is measured in cubic feet per second (cfs) and 40 cfs is a good place to start when it comes to tub-ing, according to information provided by Colorado Water Sports. If the flow is at 100 to 500 cfs, it’s a good time for people with more experience to hit the river. Anything higher than 1,000 cfs is dangerous and is best left for kaya-king and canoeing.

Companies like Apex Ex Colorado offer adventure tours for those looking for a little more professional operation. It also notes the importance of safety, stating that white

water tubing is an adventure sport, not just a float down a lazy river.

Tubers must wear water shoes or heel strap sandals, a helmet and life jacket. There will be slides and rapids along the way, and riders can hit them or simply hop out of the water and walk past them.

Children 12 and older can handle the tubing, but both Apex Ex and Colorado Water Sports cautious that any young might be dangerous.

“It’s great that it’s right in town, and as water levels come down, you’re going to see tubers come out and really enjoy themselves,” Pinkham said.

Visit Golden’s website at cityofgolden.net for informa-tion on White Water Park and water conditions.

Clear Creek, which runs through Golden, is a popular attraction for tubers and paddle boarders. Photos by Hannah Burlingame

IF YOU GOWHAT: Clear Creek White Water ParkDedicated in 1998, the 800-foot long course is divided into sections designed for kayaks and canoes.The top is a series of drops and pools of di�erent experience levels and has some fast eddies. The middle portion consists of �at, broad, shallow surf waves with huge random boulders — a prime workplace for gates. The bottom section entertains paddlers with more extreme surf and wave drops.Stream volume varies, but at lower levels the creek becomes better suited to tubing.There are no fees for drop-in usage and the course is unsupervised. Parking is located at Lions Park, the ball �elds and adjacent areas. Vanover Park is also available for parking and provides a take-out site for those continuing downstream after maneuvering the course.The course has hosted various events including the Colorado School of Mines Spring Icebreaker, The Clear Creek Whitewater Festival, The Open Canoe Championships, The Junior Olympic Champion-ships, The Golden Games and the Eddie Bauer Invitational.WHERE: 1201 10th St. in Golden

Evergreen duo’s tiny home gets big attention

Evergreen couple Kristen Moeller and David Cottrell and their two dogs were already living in a 1,200-square-foot tight space when their home burned to the ground, a casualty of the Lower North Fork Fire.

Everything was gone save the dogs and some wedding pictures Moeller snagged before evacuating. As they rebuilt their lives after such a tremendous loss, they opted to rebuild their dwelling — this time a 500-square-foot tiny home, less than half the size of their former house.

Either by choice or by circumstance, there’s a growing number of homeowners joining the tiny house movement, as fea-tured in the series “Tiny Home Nation”, on A&E’s sibling network FYI. TV hosts John Weisbarth and Zack Giffin travel across America to document miniature houses and their full-size inhabitants.

The episode about the Evergreen couple, “Rocky Mountain Mansion,” airs at 8 p.m. MDT on Wednesday, Aug. 13, on FYI.

According to the “Tiny House Nation” website, www.fyi.tv/shows/tiny-house-na-tion, “Renovation experts and hosts, Weis-barth and Giffin, travel across America to show off ingenious small spaces and the inventive people who live in them, as well as help new families design and construct their own mini-dream home in a space no larger than 500 square feet. From a micro-apartment in New York City to a caboose car turned home in Montana to a micro-sized mobile home for road trip-ping — this is a series that celebrates the exploding movement of tiny homes. From pricey to budget friendly, `Tiny House Nation’ is not a typical design show, but one that proves size doesn’t always matter — it’s creativity that counts.”

Lowest prices for tiny homes hover around $20,000, depending on the construction and labor cost, while cus-tomized homes with upgrades can run upward of $50,000.

Twelve’s number is upTwelve, the Ballpark neighborhood

restaurant that much-lauded chef-owner Jeff Osaka opened in November 2008, will serve its last supper on Aug. 23 in the 2233 Larimer location.

Osaka said he plans to reopen in a new space that allows more seating than the tiny eatery now accommodates.

“I opened Twelve on the same day that Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, and I’m closing Twelve on my 50th birthday, so I guess you could say that I’m a man who marks mile-stones,” said Osaka, whose own mark on the Denver dining scene has resulted in a swell of accolades, including a 2014 James Beard semifinalist nomination for Best Chef Southwest.

Osaka, who opened Twelve when the Ballpark area was still in its infancy, rose to culinary prominence with his season-ally intensive, peak-produce menus that changed on the first day of each month, an endeavor that resulted in 70 menus and more than 1,000 different dishes.

For reservations through Aug. 23, call 303-293-0287 or go to www.opentable.

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

Je�erson County Community Development August 14, 2014Je�erson County Attn: Scott SimkusLaramie Building 3500 Illinois StreetGolden, CO 80401303-271-8373

These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by Je�erson County and the City of Lakewood.

REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDSOn or about August 29, 2014 Je�erson County Community Development will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of MWHS CityScape, LLLP for the release of HOME funds, under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended or Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National A�ordable Housing Act, to undertake a project known as Cityscape Apartments.

ESTIMATED FUNDING: $750,000 under HOME from Je�erson County Community Development$62,836 under HOME from the City of Lakewood

PROJECT LOCATION: 500 Reed Street Lakewood, CO 80226

NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: Funds will be used to help construct 130 units of a�ordable housing, with 92 of the 130 units will serve low income households earning at or below 60% of area median income. This project will serve a�ordable housing needs in the Lakewood region o�ering attractive location characteristics within walking distance to public transit, grocery, retail shopping district of Belmar. All monies awarded will be expended directly on eligible development costs to construct the 130 unit apartment complex and associated infrastructure.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTJe�erson County and the City of Lakewood have determined that the project will have no signi�cant impact on the human environment. An Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), therefore, is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on �le at the o�ces 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 comment on the project may submit written comments to Je�erson County. All comments received by August 28, 2014 will be considered prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds.

RELEASE OF FUNDSJe�erson County certi�es to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, that Scott Simkus in his capacity as Community Development Manager consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satis�ed. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approval of the certi�cation satis�es its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities, and allows MWHS CityScape, LLLP to use Program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO THE RELEASE OF FUNDSU.S Department of Housing and Urban Development will accept objections to its release of funds and Je�erson County’s certi�cation for a period of 15 days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are made on one of the following bases: (a) the certi�cation was not executed by the Certifying O�cer of Je�erson have omitted a step or failed to make a decision or �nding required by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before the approval of a release of funds by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; or (d) another Federal agency, acting pursuant to 40 CFR part 1504, has submitted a written �nding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance 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, O�ce 8ADE, 1670 Broadway Street, Denver, CO 80202-4801. No objections received after 15 days from the date of request for release of funds will be considered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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become Butcher’s Bistro, a retail butcher shop and restaurant helmed by Scott Bauer, the regional manager of Snooze, and Tyson Holzheimer, the regional chef at Snooze. Butcher’s Bistro plans to open in October, serving lunch, happy hour and dinner from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

Yacht Club sets sailYacht Club, a community bar inspired

by the casual drinking and social cultures from around the world, will open Aug. 20 in the center area at the Source, 3350 Brighton Blvd., in the space formerly oc-cupied by the CapRock Farm Bar.

Owned by Mary Wright, the Yacht Club

aims to be a gathering place for locals, visitors and industry professionals.

A full service bar, the Yacht Club will build on the idea of social drinking. ”We want the space to have something for ev-eryone and also showcase how diverse the world of booze can be,” Wright said. “In the islands, you have Ti Punch, in Spain (there are) sherry or gin and tonics, as well as favorites here like juleps, cobblers, or a shot and a beer. At the Yacht Club we will showcase some of these ideas, as well as some of our own.”

‘Taste’ makes returnTake a bite (or 12) out of Douglas

County at the 12th annual Taste of Doug-las County, where local restaurateurs will show off fi ne fare 5-8 p.m. Aug. 21 at the Douglas County Events Center.

“Twelve years ago I realized that Douglas County had a fi ne selection of restaurants and decided to put on an event that would highlight many of those

places to area residents,” said Mike Boyle, host of the Restaurant Show on Newstalk KNUS 710 AM radio and Comcast Channel 8. “This will give people an inexpensive evening out while enjoying wonderful cui-sine from many area restaurants and food service establishments.”

Restaurants and other dining establish-ments will offer selections from appetizers to main courses to desserts. Tickets are $10 in advance or $20 at the door. Kids four years old and under are free. The admission ticket includes food from each of these various establishments and free parking.

Restaurants participating include Old Stone Church, Pegasus on the Square, Outback Steakhouse, Old Chicago, Rock-yard American Grill & Brewery, Crave Real Burgers, Fowl Line Sports Grill, Stumpy’s Pizza, and many more. There will be bev-erages from Lost Coffee, Sugarland Sodas, Keva Juice smoothies and more.

Additional information is available at

www.tasteofdouglascounty.com or by call-ing Boyle at 303-903-0017.

OverheardEavesdropping on a man and his

mother: “Mom, why don’t we go to the optometrist so you can get bifocals?”

“If I have bifocals, I’ll look old.”“You’re almost 88. You’re wearing two

pairs of glasses now and you have one pair resting on your forehead while you use the other one. That kinda makes you look old.”

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

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School notesBryonna D. Mulvaney, Samantha

Katlyn Snethen and Taylor Nicole True, of Arvada, earned degrees from the Univer-sity of Wyoming.

Margaret Siegrist, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at the College of Saint Benedict. Siegrist, the daughter of Annie and Rick Siegrist, is a junior music and communication major.

Abigail Burck and Derek LePore, of Arvada, were named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at Harding University.

Ian Harkreader, of Arvada, gradu-ated with a bachelor’s degree from Drake University.

Colby Jacob McKinney, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s honor roll at Fort Hays State University. McKinney is majoring in health and human perfor-mance (K-12 teaching and coaching).

Lauren Kelly Dwyer, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s honor roll at Fort Hays State University. Dwyer is a senior majoring in general studies.

Phillip J. Cross and Alisha Marie Roat, of Golden, earned degrees from the University of Wyoming. Leah Witthohn, of Golden, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Grove City College. Leah is a 2010 graduate of Golden High School and is the daughter of Terri Rogers, of Golden.

Samantha Sherman, of Golden, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at Fairfield University.

Calyn Hull, of Golden, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Austin Peay State University.

Lisa Gay Harris, Stephen T. Schaller and Allyson Zinke, of Lakewood, earned degrees from the University of Wyoming.

Laney Harden, of Lakewood, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at Whittier College.

Joanne Gemma Glynn, of Lakewood, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s honor roll at Fort Hays State University. Glynn is a senior majoring in art. She is a 2009 D. Evelyn High School graduate.

Gabrielle A. Makatura, of Lakewood, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s honor roll at Fort Hays State University. Makatura is a sophomore majoring in international business and economics. She is a 2012 Green Mountain High School graduate.

Carolyn A. Campbell, of Wheat Ridge, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s honor roll at Fort Hays State University. Campbell is a senior majoring in political science. She is a 2010 St. Mary’s Academy graduate.

Alicia Nagla, of Wheat Ridge, was named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at Hartwick College. Nagla is majoring in economics.

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School tip line now under state controlNew laws include change for violence reporting systemBy Vic [email protected]

The reorganization of a school violence hotline was among a handful of new safety laws that took effect last week.

The Safe2Tell Act moves an existing anonymous tip line from the nonprofit sector to a state-run program that is oper-ated through the Department of Law.

The program was set to shut down due to a lack of funding before the Legislature unanimously passed a bill earlier this year that transfers its control to the state.

The hotline was set up after the 1999 Columbine High School shootings as a way for students to provide anonymous reports of potential campus threats. The state claims that since its implementation, the hotline has prevented some school attacks and suicides and has led to intervention in more than 2,000 bullying instances.

“Students are often the first to hear threats against a school, or to see bullying or drug use, so they play a critical role in preventing these problems,” state Senate

President Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, a bill sponsor, said through an emailed state-ment. “Safe2Tell empowers students to break the silence in an anonymous, proac-tive way so that kids can focus on learning while at school.”

Also taking effect last week was a sepa-rate public safety effort that imposes new penalties on businesses that sell designer drugs.

The law subjects vendors who sell syn-thetic marijuana, often called “spice,” to civil liability. Synthetic drugs have been known to be more dangerous than mari-juana and have resulted in some deaths.

“Despite their growing popularity, syn-thetic drugs are incredibly dangerous and this new law is a crucial step in taking ac-tion against these harmful substances,” state Rep. Lois Landgraf, R-Fountain, a bill sponsor, said through an emailed state-ment. “I’m comforted knowing this law is now in place to help keep synthetic drugs out of Colorado children’s hands.”

Also taking effect last week is a new public safety law that makes operating a vehicle chop shop a Class 4 felony. The law is meant to curb cases of automobile thefts in the state.


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LPN,MA or RN part-time 25-30hours per week, Monday, Wednes-day, Friday. Hours 8:30-5:30. SomeSaturdays 9-1pm. Fun/Busy Pediat-ric office near Park Meadows areaand Castle Rock location. Pleasefax resume to 303-689-9628 oremail [email protected] category

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GAIN 130 LBS!Savio House needs foster

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OPEN MIC Living Water Unity Spiritual Community presents open mic night – celebrate your teen self 4:30-6:30 p.m. Mon-days at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. This program gives teens the opportunity to express their performing art including voice and instrument, acting, poetry, stand-up comedy, mime, etc. Open to all students in sixth to 12th grades. Email [email protected].

JEFFERSON COUNTY Republican Men’s Club meets 7-9 a.m. Mondays at the Howard Johnson Denver West, 12100 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Call Fred Holden at 303-421-7619 for more information. All are welcome, not just Republican men from Je� erson County.

TUESDAYS

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES The Lakewood Chapter of Retired and Active Federal Employees meets each second Tuesday at the Episcopal Church, 10th and Garrison. Call Ann Ornelas at 303-517-8558 with questions.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Team Survivor, a health, education and � tness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, o� ers weekly free, fun, sup-portive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtn-teamsurvivor.org.

WEDNESDAYS

AMERICAN LEGION Auxiliary presents Burger Nite, 5-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday at Post 178, 1655 Simms St., Lakewood. Members, their guests and active military invited for varied food and reasonable prices. Visit www.alpost178.org.

ARVADA BIZ Connection www.meetup.com/Arvada-Business-Connection/ is an informal networking event that brings together local entrepreneurs. Meetings are 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at various restaurants in Olde Town Arvada. A $5 fee is collected from each attendee, which is then donated to a local charity at the end of each quarter. The 4th Quarter Charity is the Dan Peak Foundation who assists families in need. For informa-tion, call Micki Carwin at 303-997-9098.

BUFFALO TOASTMASTERS meets 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. the � rst and third Wednesdays at the Je� erson County Government Building, 100 Je� erson County Parkway, Golden. Toastmasters is an international organization that is a fun and supportive environment to learn and practice public speaking

and leadership skills. All are welcome. More information is avail-able at www.bu� alotoastmasters.org.

MUSIC TEACHERS Association Suburban Northwest meets 9:30 a.m. to noon the � rst Wednesday of the month at Commu-nity in Christ Church, 12229 W. 80th Ave., Arvada. Meetings are open to the public and include refreshments, business meeting and program featuring music teaching professionals from around the state lecturing on the latest teaching developments.

WOMEN NETWORKING Women’s Business Group Wednesday morning networking

GROUP in Arvada has openings for women who can commit to a weekly morning meeting. Limited to one business per category. Call for available openings, 303-438-6783, or go online to [email protected].

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN NW Metro Business and Profes-sional Women meets the � rst Wednesday of each month from September to May. Our mission is to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. Call Marcia at 303-827-3283 to RSVP.

THURSDAYS

BUSINESS SPIRITUALITY Business Honoring Spirituality meets 7-9 a.m. every Thursday at the Community Center of Mile Hi Church, 9079 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. Meetings include networking, a brief meditation by a licensed practitioner, guest speaker and breakfast. For additional information, visit www.bhsmilehi.org or call Patty Whitelock at 303-274-0933.

COMMUNITY COFFEE Join Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp on the fourth Thursday of each month to talk about issues that are important to you. Community Co� ee will be from 7-8 a.m. at La Dolce Vita, Ice Cream Room, 5756 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada; and from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Panera Bread, 10450 Town Center Drive, Westminster.

INVESTORS’ MEETINGS The Rocky Mountain Inventors Association meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every month (excluding November and December) at Vesta Technol-ogy, 13050 W. 43rd Drive, Suite 300, Golden. Presentations in marketing, manufacturing, engineering, � nance, business and legal, followed by networking. Go online to www.rminventor.org for details.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Team Survivor, a health, education and � tness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, o� ers weekly free, fun, sup-portive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtn-teamsurvivor.org.

FRIDAYS

CALMUP JOURNEY Prefer to help yourself rather than do the coaching or psychotherapy thing? Let me share free informa-

tion about the CalmUp Journey, a one-page self-examination worksheet for men and women. Join me for co� ee or tea 8-9 a.m. most Fridays at Whole Foods Market Belmar, 444 S. Wadsworth Blvd. in Lakewood. Let me know you’re planning to be there so we’re sure to connect. Contact www.DrLorieGose.com or 303-500-2340.

GOLDEN GATE Community Grange, 25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road, has meetings at 7 p.m. the second Friday of the month. Activities include yoga, dances, eggmania, special wildlife pro-grams, holiday craft fair. Grange hall available for rental for wed-dings, parties, reunions, etc. Call Rich Phillips at 303-277-1933 or go to www.goldengategrange.com. New members welcome.

SATURDAYS

COLORADO CITIZENS for Peace meets 10:30-11:30 a.m. every Saturday at the intersections of West 52nd and Wadsworth Boulevard to try to bring an end to the wars. Signs will be furnished for those who do not have them. Contact Cindy Lowry at 303-431-1228 or [email protected].

MEDITATION CLASSES Various styles of meditation will be explored from 9:30-10:30 a.m. each Saturday at PranaTonic, 807 14th St., Golden. We’ll begin with a short introduction to meditation and what to expect followed by a meditation period of 30-40 minutes and time at the end for group discussion. Call 303-274-5733. Visit www.PranaTonic.com.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Shipwrights is a wood ship modeling club that meets at 9:30 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Rockler’s Woodworking and Hardware Store, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver. The club also has a workshop at the Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road. We meet here at 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the � rst Saturday of each month. Go to www.rockymountainship-wrights.org for information.

SUNDAYS

FREE WALTZ/POLKA lessons Polka Lover Klubs, Denver Kick-ers, 16776 W. 50th Ave. in Golden, meets from 3-7 p.m. Sundays. Live music. Beautiful dance � oor. Admission $4 members, $6 nonmembers. Annual membership $15. Contact Leo at 720-232-0953 or [email protected].

ONGOING /EDUCATION

DISCUSSION GROUPS Covenant Village hosts Wednesdays at 2 p.m. This series of monthly events features expert speakers on a wide variety of educational and entertaining topics. Please plan to attend one, several or all of our programs, held at 9153 Yarrow St. in Westminster. Admission is free, but seating is lim-ited. Call 303-403-2205 for driving directions and to reserve your place. Come early for refreshments; fellowship lectures begin at 2 p.m. To learn more about the residency options and lifestyle at Covenant Village of Colorado, call us at 303-424-4828.

ESL CLASSES — Covenant Presbyterian Church, 6100 W. 44th St. in Wheat Ridge, is sponsoring a free series of English as a Second Language classes for adults 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday nights. These classes will emphasize a conversational method of

instruction. Beginner through advanced classes are o� ered. You may register on any Thursday night. For directions or more infor-mation, call the church at 410-442-5800 or go to our website at www.cpcwheatridge.org.

ONGOING /FINE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTCONCORDIA LUTHERAN Church Choir meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. The choir assists in Concordia’s traditional worship service three out of four Sundays per month. The church is at 13371 W. Alameda Parkway in Lakewood (the church nestled close to Green Mountain). If you have a desire to sing and are interested in joining, please contact Joan at [email protected] or 303-989-5260.

DANCE CLUB — Blue Nova Dance Club meets 2:30-4:30 p.m. on the � rst and third Sundays every month at the Wheat Ridge Grange, 3850 High Court in Wheat Ridge. For more informa-tion or dance lessons, contact Dave at 303-578-6588 or email [email protected].

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Patrice LeBlanc performs on keyboard and vocals 6-9

P.M. EVERY Friday and Saturday at Purple Ginger Asian Fusion Restaurant, 2610 Young� eld St. Call 303-237-1133 for more information.

SINGERS NEEDED The Troubadours Choir is looking for a director and new members. This is a volunteer choir, comprised mostly of seniors. The Troubadours meet at 9 a.m. every Friday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 45th and Wadsworth. For more information, call Gary at 303-477-1380.

SYMPHONY AUDITIONS The Lakewood Symphony is holding auditions for concertmaster (includes an honorarium), principal viola (includes an honorarium) and all section strings. Also, we are auditioning for subs in other sections. Rehearsals are 7:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays, September through May, at Green Mountain United Methodist Church; concerts are at the Lakewood Cultural Center. Call 303-980-0400 for requirements, appointment and further information.

WEEKLY MUSIC Jazz @ the Creek is every � rst Wednesday of the month at Living Water Unity, 59th and Vance in Olde Town Arvada. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. Come listen to an hour of great jazz. For more information, call 720-935-4000 or email [email protected].

ONGOING /HEALTHCAREBOOT CAMP Get out of the gym and get results. Front Range Boot Camp provides dynamic, unique and results-driven full-body workouts exclusively for women. All ages, sizes and � tness levels will succeed. Revamp your � tness routine by getting out of your routine. Indoor location is just behind Super Target at

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Tackling crimes against seniors By Amy Woodward [email protected]

Editor’s note: This is part three of a four-part series, exploring the challenges of Al-zheimer’s in the region. George’s name has been changed to protect his identity.

George, 74, a retired psychiatrist, admits he has always been gullible, even before his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. But recent events have caused him to seek the advice of his fam-ily before being tricked into a situation that could leave his pocket empty or worse.

Although advertisements on the Inter-net, which offer price specials on medicinal products, allow George to think his purchase through, face-to-face interactions in which he is being targeted seem to be a little more confusing.

As he walked home from the store in the afternoon, a car pulled up next to him driven by a woman he didn’t recognize who said, “Hi, I think I know you.” George had no idea who she was but her story seemed plausible: Yes, he and his wife used to live around here. Yes, they both dined at area restaurants, so why wouldn’t it be possible this woman used to be their waitress, as she claimed?

She offered him a ride home in the car, where a young man who sat in the vehicle listened carefully as George conversed with the woman. George accepted and entered the car. When they reached his home, he gave her his number so they could meet for coffee, as she suggested. She called him frequently trying unsuccessfully to schedule a meeting. When that didn’t work, she asked to come over to his house. When George informed her he was living with his wife, the woman stopped calling.

“These scam artists are much better than … doctors at identifying people that have cognitive impairment,” said Dr. Robert Parker chief of community geriatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. “They know they’re not fi ring on all eight cylinders, they know they have the money, they’ve retired ... they’re just extreme-ly vulnerable.”

Arvada Senior Liaison Offi cer Tom VanderVeen is the only police offi cer in Jeffer-son county whose primary duty is outreach services for the senior community. Every Tuesday at the Apex Community Recreation Center in Arvada, he shares information with seniors about the latest scams, cons and local police activity reports. He highlights senior safety, home security and discusses programs and services.

Every month, he visits 15 different loca-tions including assisted living homes, inde-pendent living homes and a memory care center.

“Nine years ago they (the city) did a tax initiative position just for this position,” VanderVeen said. “This is paid for by taxpay-ers, I’m in investigations but I’m not a detec-tive and 99 percent of the stuff I do is all senior related, all senior activities.”

This includes educating himself on scams he can share with seniors as well as informing them on how they can protect themselves.

“Right now I can identify probably about 15 legitimate scams that are out there right now that are done over and over that are coming back around,” he said. “But every now and then there’s a new one.”

Cary Johnson, director of crime preven-tion programs at the Jeffco district attorney’s offi ce and president of the Jefferson County Council on Aging, has been instrumental in working with the county’s law enforcement agencies. His job is to help keep seniors safe by hosting more than 138 crime prevention program presentations a year, and oversee-ing a fraud hotline for seniors that takes calls Monday through Friday. Johnson receives about 60 to 100 calls a month on the hotline.

He restarted TRIAD, an organization built on collaboration between senior community members, the district attorney’s offi ce, law enforcement and senior service providers created by former DA Scott Storey. TRAID serves Jeffco and Gilpin counties and is de-signed to help prevent seniors from becom-ing victims of scams and providing them bet-ter law enforcement services.

Johnson is co-chair of TRIAD.“I want to be out with seniors as much as

I possibly can,” Johnson said. “That’s what we’re passionate about just seeing if we can keep them from becoming a victim in the fi rst place.”

Johnson testifi ed for a mandatory re-porting bill on elder abuse which took effect July 1. For the fi rst time in the state, persons witnessing or suspecting elder abuse are re-quired to report it to their local law enforce-ment agency. This requirement extends to clergy and fi nancial institutions.

Jefferson County’s Elder Abuse Unit under the DA’s offi ce is the only one of its kind in Colorado. About 54 percent of cases handled in 2012 by the unit dealt with theft and bur-glary with perpetrators the victim’s family, neighbors and nurses. Assault accounted for 34 percent of cases followed by robbery and theft from a random person at 11 percent and sexual assault at 1 percent.

“(Seniors) are the forgotten victims al-though, we are making strides,” said Storey, senior chief of the Elder Abuse Unit.

Jefferson County and its cities are pulling together and progressing faster than most counties in the state to tackle elder abuse and present the tools needed to keep seniors safe from crime, Johnson said.

When Johnson was brought on in 2005 to expand the crime prevention program, he aimed to pull together Jeffco’s senior related services together.

“Let’s see if we can’t get everyone in Jef-ferson County who’s involved in senior stuff playing well together, working together, and I think that’s happening,” Johnson said. “I’m really proud of Jeffco and especially as I look at a lot of the other counties.”

George has talked before about the appeal of assisted living but the psychiatrist within him waits for “objected evidence” that his disability is worsening. The prospect of rec-onciling and moving in with his wife, who has remained a support system when George has bouts of sickness, is one avenue he will likely take before stepping into an assisted living facility.

“I have a decision to make with my wife,”

he said. In regards to lessons learned about

online scams and strangers approaching him

on the street, he speaks with his daughter and

wife about such incidents. “I’m really trying to be cautious,” he said.

Perhaps the greatest asset for George since his diagnosis has been the Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation’s Colorado Chapter. George contin-ues to attend support groups comprised of individuals and families who are facing the same challenges, going through life changing conditions that only those who are living with it can understand and express. He shares un-wavering praise for an organization that has given him so much.

For George, his time with the associa-tion has been fi lled with positive experi-ences and encouragement against a dis-ease that is determined to take it all away.

Arvada Senior Liaison O� cer, Tom VanderVeen, center, sits with a group of seniors at the Apex Community Recreation Center in Arvada to update them about the latest scams targeting the senior population. 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

TYPICAL RED FLAGS INVOLVING SCAMS

Uninitiated contactCriminals contacting the recipient when the

recipient did not ask to be contacted and asking for personal information is a red � ag. Delete the email, hang up the phone or shred the letter

The need for secrecy or con� dentiality

Receiving letters or calls which state the recipient is on the “Winning List” or is part of a “Chosen Few” opportunity and no one can know including spouse, family or friends.

The need for urgencyThe criminal will insist the act to move right away,

and to visit the local Wal-Mart, King Soopers or Safeway to wire money as soon as possible

Requires wired moneyScams always involving sending money in order to

win money.Always remember: “If it sounds too good to be true

… it probably is.”

— Source Arvada Police Department a comprehensive list of ongoing

scams can be found online at arvadapd.org/about-arvadapd/senior-liaison-police-o� cer


YOUR WEEK MORE

WILD IN THE CITY

“WILD IN THE CITY!” is an exhibit of artwork by award-winning artists Dorothy DePaulo and Heidi Snyde. Natural resource specialist Mary Ann Bonnell, from Je� erson County Open Space, will be at the gallery on Friday, Aug. 15, to talk about the wildlife in the exhibit and how we can enjoy and preserve these plants and animals in their urban environment. Valkarie Gallery is at 445 S. Saulsbury St., Belmar, Lakewood. Go to www.valkarie� neart.com or call 720-220-7587.

COMEDY IMPROV FESTIVAL

THE 7TH ANNUAL Smile Train Comedy Improv Festival, bene� t-ting Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft repair charity, comes to Arvada at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, at the D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., in Olde Town Arvada. Admission cost is by donation. To make a donation, go to http://support.smiletrain.org/site/TR?pg=fund&fr_id=1040&px� d=14770. For details on the festival, go to www.thedenverwigs.com/smiletrain.html. For information on Smile Train, go to www.smiletrain.org.

FORTY-YEAR CELEBRATION

THE WHEAT RIDGE Art League will celebrate 40 years of meetings during its participa-tion at the Wheat Ridge annual Carnation Festival on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 15-16. The exhibit of paintings will be shown 4-10 p.m. Aug. 15-16 in the Anderson

Gym at Anderson Park, 4355 Field St., Wheat Ridge. Contact [email protected] or [email protected], or 303-278-8247 or 303-421-1356.

JEFFERSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM FREE CONCERT

THE JEFFERSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA will perform a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at Parfet Park in Golden. The concert wraps up the Golden Fine Arts Festival, which takes place Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 16-17. For information, go to www.je� symphony.org.

CONVERSATION WITH ANNE FRANK’S STEPSISTER

ARVADA CENTER presents “Eva Schloss: Anne Frank and Me,” an intimate conversation with Anne Frank’s step-sister, 6-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22. Eva Schloss is a trustee of the Anne Frank Educational Trust. She has published two books and is the subject of James Still’s play “And then they came for me: Remembering the world of Anne Frank.” Like her stepsister, Eva went into hiding in Holand and was betrayed, captured and sent to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Beverage concessions and book sale will be from 5:30-6 p.m. Call 720-898-7200 or go to http://arvadacenter.org/.

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/CONCERTSSENTIMENTAL SOUNDS PERFORMS

ENJOY the best in Big Band and Swing music with Sentimental Sounds Swing Band, performing from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at the D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., in Olde Town Arvada. There is no cover charge, and this event is suitable and lots of fun for all ages. Call 303-463-6683 for information.

DENVER BRASS PRESENTS SPACE ODYSSEY

HAL THE COMPUTER, from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” will guide you through a universe of space age entertainment: Jupiter, Mars, Orsen Wells’ “War of the Worlds,” Star Trek, Zarathustra, Apollo 13 and more. The Denver Brass performance is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Arvada Center Outdoor Amphitheater. Call 720-898-7200. Go to http://arvadacenter.org.

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.colora-doacts.org for information and to register.

PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS NEIL SIMON COMEDY

MINERS ALLEY Playhouse 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.

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 through 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.

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.

EVENTS

CERTIFIED MASTER CHEFS REUNION

THE COLORADO Chefs Association will have a reunion culinary event from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16 at the Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion, 400 E. 8th Ave., Denver. For information, contact Joan

Brewster at [email protected] or go to http://acfcoloradochefs.org.

ALL BREED HORSE SHOW

COLORADO STOCK HORSE ASSOCIATION Open All Breed Shows at Indiana Eques-trian Center, 7500 Indiana St., Arvada, meets the third Sunday of each month from June to September (Aug. 17, Sept. 21). Large outdoor arena with second arena for warm up.

Registration at 7:30 a.m. Classes at 8:30 a.m. Information and entry forms at 720-935-2026 (call or text), or 303-424-4977 (call or text). Go to www.ColoradoStockHorse.com or email [email protected].

GROWING CLOSER TO GOD

HOW ANCIENT practices can help us connect with God will be discussed at Lifetree Café at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 5675 Field St., Arvada. The program, “Encountering God: What Ancient Practices Can Teach Us Today,” features a short � lm depicting how various groups and individuals have tried to grow spiritually. Lifetree participants will explore how ancient practices might bene� t their own spiritual lives. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or [email protected].

DA PLANS SAFETY FAIR

THE JEFFERSON COUNTY District Attorney’s O� ce plans its safety fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Je� erson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave., Golden. Shredding, electronics recycling, prescription drug return, free credit reports run and reviewed by bank o� cers, free 911 cell phones for seniors, 80+ exhibits, dem-onstrations and activities with information and giveaways for adults, kids and seniors. Free parking lot shuttle. Call Pam Russell, 303-271-6905.

HEALTH/WELLNESSCPR CLASS

HOLY SHEPHERD Lutheran Church o� ers a CPR class 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 16, at 920 Kipling St., Lakewood. Call 303-233-2740 for information on costs and to sign up. This is a non-certi� ed course.

MAKE TIME FOR YOUR HEALTH

BRIDGES INTEGRATIVE Health and Wellness at Lutheran Medical Center o� ers a va-riety of community health classes in August. Month-long classes include prenatal yoga, 8:45-10 a.m. Fridays; mom/baby yoga camp, 10:15-11:15 a.m. Fridays; and restorative yoga from 5:30-6:45 p.m. Fridays. Advanced foam rolling is from 5:30-6:45 p.m. Tues-day, Aug. 26; and stress relief: mind-body connection is from 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.

EDUCATIONMONDAY NIGHT TALKS

TRAINING WITH GRACE presents Monday Night Talks 7-8 p.m. at 9100 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Topics include “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.

REPUBLICAN MEN’S CLUB TO MEET

JEFFERSON COUNTY Republican Men’s Club welcomes Sen. Kevin Lundberg from 7-9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18, at Howard Johnson Denver West, JohnPH Restaurant, 12100 W. 44th Ave. Future meetings will feature Dan McMinimee on Aug. 25. Contact Fred Holden, president, 303-421-7619.

ACTIVE MINDS: SOUTH AFRICA

AS THE world honors the passing of Nelson Mandela, join Active Minds as we explore the history of South Africa, its struggle with Apartheid, Mandela’s legacy, and the country’s journey to rejoin the international community since Apartheid’s end in 1994. Program is from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, at Atria Inn at Lakewood, 555 Pierce St., Lakewood. RSVP by calling 303-742-4800.


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SPORTSA-West attempting four-peat but others lurkingRalston Valley tired of coming up short; Bear Creek ready for breakoutBy Daniel [email protected]

ARVADA - Rarely is a team unsatisfied with winning a league championship but Arvada West had been there and done that.

The Wildcats have won three consecu-tive 5A Jeffco league titles, which is an in-credible feat. However, A-West also has three early playoff exits over that time and their coach Troy Gette is tired of his season ending sooner than he would like.

“I am pretty sure the rest of the league is getting tired of us winning league ti-tles,” Gette said. “And while we are proud of those titles this season we want to be a more well rounded team ready to make a run in the state playoffs.”

While the Wildcats would love to have a fourth straight league crown, this season their ultimate goal is to make a run at a state championship.

Last season, Arvada West was upset in the first round of the state tournament by No. 22 Liberty. The year before that Gette said he thought A-West was the best team in the state — but was also upset at the start of the tournament.

But this year feels different for the Wild-cats, who not only have a great young core returning, but also add Jeffco’s leading goal scorer from last season. Junior Kyler Fowkes, who was a sophomore at Standley Lake last season, has moved to Arvada and transferred to A-West. Fowkes led the Ga-tors in goals last season with 12 and he did it on a really good team that finished 12-4-1 (4-3-1 in 5A Jeffco).

“He is a really good player and we know that from playing against him. Kyler is go-

ing to make a great addition to our team and we think we can be better than we were last year,” Gette said.

Ralston Valley has plans of their own of finally breaking through and claiming a 5A Jeffco league championship.

The Mustangs (10-5-1, 5-3 in league last season) have been on the cusp of winning a league crown over the past few seasons but this year they might have the right tools to get the job done.

Ralston Valley returns their two leading scorers in senior’s Peter Hendricks (nine

goals) and Jordan Quinlisk (seven goals). Five other players return who scored at least two goals for the team last season.

Moreover, the Mustangs actually scored eight more goals in league play than A-West did last season, and they had 13 more total goals than the Wildcats.

But what has made the difference be-tween Arvada West and Ralston Valley in recent years has been defense. A-West gave up only four goals in eight league games last season, compared to Ralston Valley’s 11.

Bear Creek also plans on being in the mix to finish in the top half of 5A Jeffco this season after struggling recently.

Coach Shane Daniels had his players motivated to improve over the offseason after a two win campaign last season and the team has looked much improved this preseason.

The Bears will have one of the young-est teams in the league this season but are anchored by their senior goaltender Derick Kipp, who made 85 saves last season.

Bear Creek soccer is tired of �nishing in the middle of the pack. Players have worked extra hard this summer and coach Chuck Nour thinks he has the recipe to take the Bears to the top of the mountain in 5A Je�co this season. Photo by Dan Williams

Wheat Ridge looking ripe for 4A Je�co repeatValor welcomed into league; Golden thinking league titleBy Daniel [email protected]

Alameda: The Pirates have struggled over the past couple seasons for a couple different reasons (4-11, 2-5 in league last season). One is the fact that Alameda was a young team. Another reason is that the Pi-rates play in a really tough league in 4A Jef-fco. But coach Steve Houwen is on a mission to get his team back to .500 and back in the top half of his league standings. The team showed signs of maturing down the stretch, evident by a 4-2 win over Conifer late last season.

Arvada: Slowly but surely the Bulldogs are moving forward and improving. After back-to-back one win seasons, followed by a winless season two years ago, the program had hit rock bottom. However, new coach Neil Magor has the team showing signs of improvement, and last season Arvada went 3-12. But the team was still 0-7 in 4A Jeffco. If Arvada wants to get back into the top half of the league standings it will have to start competing against the likes of Green Moun-tain, Alameda and D’Evelyn.

D’Evelyn: Last season the Jaguars fin-ished under .500 yet they were in the mix for a 4A league title with a 5-2 league record. D’Evelyn was a 7-9 team that played much better than the standings might indicate. But perhaps the tough luck that the Jaguars had last season will fuel a potential league title this season. D’Evelyn won four straight games down the stretch of last season, if the team can do that again, this year could end with a league championship trophy.

Keep your eye on: junior Giovanni Fran-zese, who not only has the coolest name in Jeffco but he also had three goals and three assists last season.

Golden: Last season the Demons had the goods to win a 4A league title but they didn’t have the good luck. Golden lost only one league game yet finished fourth in the

standings. Moreover, the Demons had the fewest overall losses of any team in their league but they had three ties that are bet-ter than losses but in the end cost them winning a league crown. Golden tied even-tual league champion Wheat Ridge 0-0 last season, but a 1-0 loss to D’Evelyn doomed a chance at a league title. However, Golden returns most of last season’s team, including the top two goal scorers, and look like the biggest threat to dethrone Wheat Ridge.

Keep your eye on: senior Casey Crowley who not only had four goals last season but is also one of the niftiest passers in Jeffco.

Green Mountain: The Rams finished in the middle of the pack in 4A Jeffco last sea-son (6-9, 3-4 in league). And while they lost a leading scorer to graduation there is a very good chance that Green Mountain will ac-tually be better for it. The Rams had some of the best young players in their league last season and after one more year of matura-tion there is a good chance that they could be the breakout team in Jeffco this season.

Keep your eye on: sophomore Ian Jons-son, who scored four goals in only six games last season. Jonsson could be the next star in Jeffco soccer.

Lakewood: The Tigers wrapped up last

season as one of the hottest teams in league winning four straight games down the stretch. They also had a five game stretch without a loss (four wins and a tie). Yet they still finished dead center in the 5A Jeffco standings. Lakewood thinks that this is the year to go from middle of the pack to top of the mountain as the team returns its top two scorers in junior Alejandro Avila and se-nior Juan Lujan.

Keep your eye on: senior Ryan Furr-Johnson, who could be the straw that stirs the drink for the Tigers this season.

Pomona: The Panthers are going through a rebuild, with the loss of five graduating players who were all key contributors. But the team was still 5-10 overall and this over-haul of the roster could be the perfect thing for Pomona moving forward. In addition, they have several returning players who look ready to take that next step and there is a good chance the Panthers could be better than they were last season.

Keep your eye on: senior Jake Semple, who will be one of the new leaders on the team.

Standley Lake: The Gators very well could have been 5A Jeffco league champi-ons last year if things had happened a little

differently. Standley Lake suffered a heart-breaking 3-2 loss to Ralston Valley last sea-son and then fell 2-0 to eventual champs Ar-vada West. If the Gators had found a way to beat the Mustangs there was a good chance that they would have fared better against A-West that next game. But that is coulda-shoulda-woulda and all Standley Lake can do now is use it to motivate them this sea-son. However, they will have to do it without their leading scorer from last year in junior Kyler Fowkes, who transferred to A-West this season.

Keep your eye on: junior Nick Rosser, who not only is a potent goal scorer but is also an elite passer.

Valor Christian: Despite being no-where near Jefferson County Valor has been tabbed to join 4A Jeffco for the next two years at least in all sports except for football. And while it is still unknown what the Eagles will bring to Jeffco this season one thing for sure is that they have several very talented players. Valor (11-6 last season) had seven different players who scored multiple goals last season. Despite losing a leading scorer to graduation Valor still has junior Brendan Clark and his eight goals from last year re-turning.

Keep your eye on: sophomore Robert Lanz, who’s six goals and four assists last season made him one of the state’s best freshman.

Wheat Ridge: If the Farmers don’t repeat as 4A Jeffco league champions it would be a disappointment. Despite losing a few con-tributors from last year’s team to graduation Wheat Ridge will return two leading scor-ers who accounted for 19 goals last season (junior Max Sweeney 12 goals and senior Dan Van Note seven goals). That duo could very well be the state’s best one-two offen-sive punch in any classification. The duo is also the reason why the Farmers went un-defeated in 4A Jeffco last season (and 10-5-1 overall).

Keep your eye on: junior goaltender Chase Odean, who could be the difference in Wheat Ridge being good or being great this season.

Golden senior, far left, Sean Rehn took on all comers last season including Pomona captain Tanner Osiecki. This season it will be the Demons who will be the targets as they plan to compete for a league crown. Photo by Dan Williams


Wheat Ridge still on top as others look to dethrone champsGreen Mountain, D’Evelyn and now Valor to push FarmersBy Daniel [email protected]

WHEAT RIDGE - Everyone wants to know what Wheat Ridge softball’s secret is and how the school manages to continu-ally maintain itself as one of the state’s best.

But their coach Marty Strick-lett is happy to share his team’s secret: “hard work and tough-ness.”

The Farmers won yet another state softball title last season cementing a dynasty that has extended nearly a decade, by hoisting four state championship trophies.

What is scary — for the rest of 4A Jeffco — is that Wheat Ridge could even be better this season.

The Farmers return the most dynamic hitting duo in the state in any classification in senior Analece Apocada and junior Ann Marie Torres, and they feature the most complete offensive lineup in 4A softball.

And if Wheat Ridge plans to re-peat as not only 4A Jeffco league champs but as state champions, they are going to need every ounce of that offense because for the first time in several seasons the Farmers don’t have an ace pitcher to lean on.

“We are going to have a really good offense this season, maybe one of our best ever,” Stricklett said. “But we don’t have that pitcher just yet who can lead us where we want to go.”

The team lost Jessica Salbado to graduation last season and in the process they lost one of the best pitchers in the program’s

history.Now, the Farmers are holding

an open competition to see who will be their opening day starter and the team may dub Torres as the starter at the top of their rota-tion.

But whether it is Torres or an-other potential pitchers who earn the job, turning that pitcher into the next Salbado will be a tall task.

In addition, Green Mountain and D’Evelyn expect to both be improved units this season. The

Jaguars finished as runners up to Wheat Ridge in 4A Jeffco with their only league loss coming to the Farmers.

However, D’Evelyn will play host to Wheat Ridge this season and perhaps home field advan-tage could be the advantage the Jaguars need to overtake the Farmers.

And Green Mountain could be the best kept secret in Jeffco softball this season, returning all but one player from last season’s

team that finished 10-11 (4-3 in league).

The Jaguars, the Rams and Ev-ergreen are the three teams who will attempt to dethrone Wheat Ridge from the top of the 4A Jef-fco standings this season.

Also, Valor Christian has been selected to join 4A Jeffco this sea-son and they could make an im-mediate impact.

While it is unknown what the Eagles will bring to the league, their coach is very familiar with

Jeffco softball.

Valor’s coach Dave Atencio

was the longtime coach at Dakota

Ridge where he had tremendous

success — to the point where the

softball field is named after him.

But he left Dakota Ridge a cou-

ple seasons ago and Atencio has

now been building Valor into the

same type of elite program as he

did at Dakota Ridge.

Wheat Ridge doesn’t quite know who its next great ace will be but junior Ann Marie Torres is one of the top contenders for the gig. Torres is pictured here throwing �reballs to sophomore catcher Gabby Loya. Photo by Dan Williams


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Fight for 5A Je� co league crown A-West, Pomona and Bear Creek all want shots at Ralston Valley By Daniel Williams [email protected]

Alameda: The Pirates (9-10, 0-7 in 4A Jeffco last season) took a big step forward last season — even without a single league win. Alameda improved by three wins last season from the pre-vious season, and expects the same kind of leap this season. The Pirates started off last season with four straight and they were great against the non-league op-ponents. However, once league play rolled around they struggled and dropped eight of their last 10 games.

Keep your eye on: sopho-more Arielle Apodaca, who last season had a stat line of .400, 25 runs, 22 hits and 12 RBI.

Arvada: When Bulldogs coach Jamie Winsor took the Arvada softball program over two years ago they were coming off several one, and two-win seasons. But last season the Bulldogs fi nished 6-13 (1-6 in league) and while that still left them near the bottom of the 4A Jeffco standings it was a giant step forward considering where the team was. In addition, the team graduated just two play-ers and returns most of their core from last season.

Keep your eye on: sopho-more Danea Howes, who hit an even .400 last year as a freshman.

Arvada West: Despite being one of the highest scoring teams in Jeffco last season the Wildcats still fi nished in the middle of the pack in 5A Jeffco (10-11-1, 4-4 in

league).The reason why A-West strug-

gled was that the team also gave up the most runs of any team in league. The Wildcats lost 10 se-niors to graduation but they still return several of the players that made them an offensive jugger-naut this season. A-West will be a bit of a wildcard this season and could be a sleeper contender in 5A Jeffco.

Keep your eye on: junior Jessi Kenney, who had a monster stat line of .450, 29 runs and 27 hits last season.

Bear Creek: The Bears were an interesting team last season (7-12, 1-7 in league). They start-ed off the season winning fi ve straight games but soon after they had separate losing streaks of four games and fi ve games. Bear Creek was also the victim of being in a really tough league, one they plan on being tougher in them-selves this season. In addition, the Bears’ seven wins were more than they had in three of the pre-vious four seasons when the team was coming off two and three win seasons. Look for Bear Creek to be much improved this season.

Keep your eye on: senior Taylor Dins, who last season hit .308 with 20 runs and 12 hits in 18 games.

Golden: By the end of last season the Demons started to fi gure it out. But they had such a poor start to their season that you wouldn’t quite know it by looking at their record (6-13, 2-5 in league). The fact remains that coach Chad Herbers took over a program that won just two games the year before he took over and slowly but surely Golden is rees-tablishing themselves as a legiti-mate soccer program. And this can be the year that the Demons go from the bottom of the league standings to the top, as they lost

just three players to graduation.Keep your eye on: junior

Kristin Dunson, who last sea-son hit .435, 27 hits, 23 RBI and a home run.

Faith Christian: Not a Jeffco school but in the Jeffco district is Faith Christian, who last sea-son went through a rebuilding phase (7-13, 5-1 in league). The Eagles were a young team that played well inside their league but struggled against non-league foes. However, this season could be have resurgence for Faith, who returns several big time players who all expect impact players this season.

Keep your eye on: McKenna Gubanich, who hit a ridiculous .684, with 12 hits and 13 RBI in just nine games last season.

Pomona: The Panthers fi n-ished last season right in the middle of 5A Jeffco (8-12-1, 4-4 in league). And while at times they

showed they can compete with the elite teams in their league they were also very inconsis-tent. Pomona had a mid-season stretch, winning fi ve of six games and looked like a contenders. But the Panthers would then go on to lose fi ve straight games to close out their season. This time Po-mona may have what it takes to fi nish in the top half of the league standings.

Keep your eye on: junior Cassie Sloan, who hit .421 off of 16 hits in 15 games last season.

Ralston Valley: Last season the Mustangs fi nished on top of the 5A Jeffco standings (14-7, 7-1 in league). But it will be a chal-lenge for Ralston Valley to repeat that same success with the loss of six senior players. Luckily, the Mustangs simply reload with good young talent every sea-son and 2014 could be the same. Maintaining that level of play

may not be enough for Ralston Valley though, as the rest of 5A Jeffco looks much improved this season.

Keep your eye on: sopho-more Alexa Samuals, who hit .389 last season with 28 hits in 19 games. She also hit two home runs.

Standley Lake: Last season the Gators thought they were a better team than their record in-dicated (11-12, 3-5 in league). Standley Lake’s problem was in being too streaky. The Gators would win three games in a row but would then follow those wins up with three consecutive losses. Standley Lake hopes the matura-tion of several young and talented players from last season will be the difference in competing for a 5A Jeffco title in 2014.

Keep your eye on: senior Madison Schmidt, who hit .406 off 28 hits while scoring 16 runs.

Ralston Valley expects lots of high-� ves after scoring runs as they did here during one of their 14 wins last season. The Mustangs think they can be the class of 5A Je� co this season and they have the goods to do it. Photo by Dan Williams


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Reigning state champs Valor Christian joins 4A Je�coGolden poised to compete with Valor; other coaches tooBy Daniel [email protected]

HIGHLANDS RANCH - It may not seem fair but in this case as the saying goes, it is what it is.

Valor Christian has joined 4A Jeffco is every sport except for football for the next two-year cycle, CHSAA decided during the offseason.

That means Valor’s juggernaut golf pro-gram has joined D’Evelyn, Golden, Wheat Ridge, Green Mountain, Evergreen and Co-nifer in 4A Jeffco.

That also means that those original six 4A Jeffco teams absolutely have their work cut out for them if they want to compete with the reigning state champions.

“It’s going to be really tough to compete with Valor, they are really in a league of their own,” Green Mountain coach Derek Van Tassel said.”But we want to continue to get better and be able to compete with them.”

To put things perspective, not only is Val-or a really good team but they are one of the great golf teams in the history of Colorado high school golf.

Not only do the Eagles have the five best varsity golfers in the state but they could perhaps crack out 20 golfers that are as good as any of the previously best golfers in Jeffco.

“Everyone knows Valor as a football school, but in reality their best sport just might be golf,” Wheat Ridge coach Tom Dowd said. “They might be able to beat some college teams.”

And coach Dowd is not kidding. Valor has already won four state titles in the school’s short existence and is expected to be one of the best teams in the state again this year.

Defending 4A Jeffco league champion D’Evelyn lost five solid senior contributors to graduation. But the Jaguars are still ex-pecting to give Valor a run for their money as they return a pair of seniors who have both taken steps forward with their games over the summer.

Stud basketball player Grant Wither-

spoon and Ross Bradley are the new leaders of team D’Evelyn, and along with super-tal-ented sophomore Nick Michas the Jaguars will be solid again this season.

“We lost a lot of really good contributing players to graduation but our two seniors this year have really stepped up and are looking good this year,” D’Evelyn coach Troy Pachner said.

Pachner added that he realizes his team’s days of winning league titles might tempo-rarily be over until his team can find away go compete with Valor but he is actually ex-cited about the Eagles joining 4A Jeffco.

“I look at it like now we have a chance to go out there and compete against the best team in the state and that is just going to

raise our level of play,” Pachner said.While coaches in 4A Jeffco have every

right to be upset that the best team in the state is joining their conference and will ba-sically dominated it at least for the first cou-ple years, Pachner shared the same senti-ment as the rest of his fellow Jeffco coaches.

“Valor is the best there is no doubt about it but that just means we have to get better. We are looking forward to welcoming them to the league and we hope we can compete with them a little,” Golden coach John An-derson said.

The Demons might be 4A Jeffco’s best bet to challenge Valor as they have four talented returning sophomores and five players who are all capable of shooting in the 70s.

Lakewood junior Kevin Liao practices at the driving range. Photo by Dan Williams

FIVE PLAYERS TO WATCH IN PREP GOLF

1) Lakewood’s Kevin Laio; Has taken the next step in his very well-rounded game.

2) Golden’s Jake Johnson; Has chance to be best golfer on a really good returning team.

3) D’Evelyn’s Nick Michas; Could be Je�co’s breakout player this season.

4) Green Mountain’s Blake Kazava; Looks to have taken his game to the next level.

5) Ralston Valley’s Roy Carlson; New leader on 5A Je�co’s best team last season

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ONGOING /RECREATION, CLUBS AND SERVICESAA MEETINGS There are more than 1,000 AA meetings in the Denver metro area every week. If you think you may have a problem with alcohol, come see us. Call 303-322-4440 for a meeting in your area, or visit the website at www.daccaa.org.

BUFFALO TOASTMASTERS meets from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. the �rst and third Wednesdays at the Federal Highway Administration building, 12300 W. Dakota Ave., Lakewood. Toastmasters is an international organization that is a fun and supportive environment to learn and practice public speaking skills. All are welcome. More informa-tion is available at www.bu�alotoastmasters.org.

CANSURVIVE is a support group for those who have experienced or are receiving cancer treatment. The meeting format is simple with an opening invocation followed by brief member introductions along with a check-in to see how attendees are doing. The discussion topic centers around healing and healing modalities, and may include a guest speaker or a guided-healing visualization. The free support group meets from 10 a.m. to noon on the fourth Saturday of every month at Mile High Church, 9079 West Alameda Ave., Lakewood. For more information or support do not hesitate to contact Lawrence Connors RScP at 303-910-3473 or [email protected].

COLUMBINE #96 Rainbow Girls meets at 7 p.m. the �rst and third Thursday of each month at the Golden Lodge, 400 Tenth St. in Golden. Youth activities for girls ages 10-19. Contact Eve at [email protected] or 303-424-0134.

DOG TRAINER program Misha May Foundation Dog Training and Rescue is o�ering a “Become a Dog Trainer” program in Arvada and Denver. The licensed nonpro�t organization rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes dogs at risk, regardless of breed or mix, behavior or medical issue, or amount of time needed. The dog trainer program includes puppy, basic obedience and behavior solutions. Email [email protected] or call 303-239-0382 for an application or more information.

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES The Lakewood Chapter of Retired and Active Federal Employ-ees meets at 1 p.m. every second Tuesday at the Episcopal Church, 10th and Garrison. Call Ann Ornelas, 303-517-8558.

FIGHTING FRAUD The District Attorney’s O�ce o�ers free Power Against Fraud semi-nars for groups of all sizes and people of all ages. Don’t become a victim of identity theft or other consumer fraud. Contact Cary Johnson, 303-271-6980, for more information.

FLATIRONS VIEW Toastmasters meets at 6:30 p.m. the �rst and third Wednesday of every month at The Depot at Five Parks, 13810 W. 85th Ave. in Arvada. Polish your speaking and presentation skills in a fun, instructional, nurturing environment. For more information visit http://9407.toastmastersclubs.org/.

FOOD PANTRY God’s Table Food Pantry is open 9-11 a.m. every third Saturday of each month, and 10 a.m.-noon every fourth Thursday each month for Je�erson County residents who meet certain federal guidelines. God’s Table and Food Pantry is located at 6400 W. 26th Ave. in Edgewater, behind the Vietnamese Central Baptist Church. For more information, call Beverly at 303-525-7685.

FOOD PANTRY Agape Life Church (ALC) distributes Je�erson County commodity foods from 10-11 a.m. Thursdays, at ALC, 5970 W. 60th Ave. in Arvada. ALC provides this service to all Je�erson County residents. If you have questions, call 303-431-6481.

GEM/MINERAL CLUB The North Je�co Gem and Mineral Club meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. The meetings are open to the public.

GIRL SCOUTS Snowboard. Scuba dive. Sleep over in a museum or at the zoo. Go backstage at a concert or a Broadway play. Even stage your own Project Runway. Girl Scouts turns normal days into days you’ll remember all your life. Girl Scouts o�ers girls of all ages and backgrounds a safe place to explore the world and discover their potential. There are now more �exible ways to be a Girl Scout than joining a troop. To explore your options, visit girlscoutsofcolorado.org, email [email protected] or call 1-877-404-5708.

HOLISTIC GATHERINGS The Resonance Center, 6650 W. 44th Ave. in Wheat Ridge, o�ers Holistic Happy Hours 4-7 p.m. on the second Thursday every month with light snacks and tea for everyone. We invite the community to join this social and wellness event that o�ers acupuncture, massage, re�exology, psychotherapy and coaching, and energy work.

JEFFCO SPELLBINDERS meets the third Monday of each month at Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, 38th and Wadsworth in Wheat Ridge. The Spellbinders is dedicated to restoring the art of oral storytelling to connect elders to youth, weaving together the wisdom of diverse cultures throughout time. Grade-school children in Jef-ferson County bene�t from the volunteer who visits their classroom monthly. Requests from schools are greater than we can currently �ll. Training and placement available, contact [email protected] to become involved. The kids need you.

JEFFCO SERTOMA Club meets the �rst and third Thursdays at Cafe del Sol, 608 Gar-rison St., Lakewood. Contact CJ Farr, 303-985-3278 or [email protected].

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