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Jefferson County, Colorado • Volume 90, Issue 16

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Christmas concert to help Boys and Girls ClubKey figures in organization’s implementation to be honoredBy Clarke [email protected]

The Lakewood Symphony Orchestra, Rocky Mountain Ringers and Lakewood Stake Choir are teaming up for a Christmas concert to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Jef-ferson County.

The “Sing, Choirs of Angels” concert will be at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6465 W. Jewell Ave. on Thursday, Dec. 5, and Friday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. There will be a reception at 6:30 p.m.

The show is first come, first serve.

“This is our second show like this. Last year we did one that ben-efitted the Action Center,” Anne Jefferies, public affairs representative for the Lakewood Stake said. “We’re taking donations of gifts, toys and financial aid for the Boys and Girls Club.”

The evening is honoring the work of those who made it possible for the group to set up its first Lakewood loca-tion at O’Connell Middle School. Jeffco District Attorney

IF YOU GOWHAT: Sing, Choirs of Angels - A Christmas CelebrationWHERE: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints6465 W. Jewell Ave., LakewoodWHEN: Thursday, Dec. 5, and Friday, Dec. 66:30 p.m. reception7:30 p.m. concertCOST: Donations accepted for Boys and Girls Club of Jefferson CountyINFORMATION: [email protected]

Center targets fundsFunding sought to purchase officeBy Clarke [email protected]

The Action Center’s capital campaign to expand its services and space is more than halfway through its first phase.

During a meeting on Nov. 19, Joe Haines, Action Center director of development announced phase one of the center’s capital campaign raised $2,414,456 — 57.5 percent of its $4.2 million goal.

The $4.2 million will go to the purchase of the Cot-tonwood office complex, which is next to the center’s current location, and renovation of the new space.

“The planning for the capital campaign began in 2007, and we’ve been discussing how to help people more effectively and help them on the way to self-sufficiency,” Shermita West, a member of the capital campaign committee said. “In July of 2011 we pur-chased the Cottonwood property, and that’s when the campaign really began.”

Phase one, which West said aims to provide more effective services for clients, involves the costs of renovating the new space and paying back the loans necessary to purchase the property.

The aim is to get the final design work done for the new space in the new several months, and start con-struction in late winter-early spring of 2014.

“We want to have it built and ready for the next peak season, which is October through December,” Roger Mattson, a past Action Center board president said.

Jefferson County commissioner Don Rosier was on hand at the meeting, and spoke about how many people in the community the Action Center benefits.

“We have seen the needs for this increase in Jeffco, and I want to thank you very much for the work you do,” he said. “It’s heartening to see so many people working on this.”

Ward 4 councilman Adam Paul spoke about how excited he and the city of Lakewood was that this project is going to help residents not only of Lake-wood, but all over the county.

“The people who are benefitting from this work-ing two, three, four jobs, and they’re the kids in our schools,” he said. “It’s wonderful that the Action Cen-ter can provide this service to people, and do it with dignity.”

Mag Strittmatter, the center’s executive director, closed out the evening speaking about how excited she was that the eight year process was moving for-ward.

“We had to be brave and we had to be bold to get this going,” she said. “This process is not about the

buildings — it’s about doing things better, and get-ting at these core issues. It shows what we can ac-complish together.”

For more information on the campaign, visit www.theactioncenterco.org/capital-campaign.

Action Center executive director Mag Strittmatter talks with supporters after a meeting Nov. 19. The Action Center is moving forward on a capital campaign to expand its effectiveness and reach. Photos by Clarke Reader

Lakewood Ward 4 councilman Adam Paul speaks to supporters about the status of the Action Center’s capital campaign.

Action Center executive director Mag Strittmatter outlines progress the center is making on its capital campaign.

Starting the college talks earlyCollege fair reaches out to homeless, at-risk studentsBy Clarke [email protected]

Students from around Jeffco stopped by Brady Explo-ration High School on Nov. 20 to hear about college and after high school resources and job opportunities.

What made this college fair different from others is that it was created especially by Jeffco Drop-out Preven-tion and Community and Family Connections for at-risk and homeless students, who may have never considered going to college.

“Jeffco is the highest reporting school district for homeless students,” Jessica Hansen, community and family connections coordinator said. “With this event we wanted to make sure we reached out to homeless stu-dents, and students who are not living with the parents or legal guardians.”

Students were bused in from schools like Lakewood High School, Arvada and Bear Creek.

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HOLIDAY CLOSURES In observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday this

year, Jefferson County offi ces will be closed on Thanks-giving Day (Nov. 28) and Friday, Nov. 29. The closure includes the county motor vehicles offi ce, and the clerk and recorder.

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CORRECTION A quote on Page 17 in last week’s edition regarding

Faith Christian football was incorrectly attributed. The quote: “You have to have some luck too at this point because all of the teams that make it this far are good teams. But we have worked really hard all season, and we think we are a pretty good team too,” should have been attributed to Gunnison coach Bob Howard instead of Faith Christian coach Blair Hubbard. We apologize for the error. To report corrections please call 303-566-4127.

Filling the gratitude bucket all year long Over the years I have shared Thanks-

giving meals with family and friends, some in their homes and some in my own home. One of the traditions I enjoy the most is when everyone takes the time to go around the table and talk about what is that they are most thankful for.

Each year it is so much fun to watch people as we get closer to that time of the meal where they will be asked to share what they are most grateful for, and for some they squirm a little while others can’t wait to take center stage. And then there are others who either have the same list every year or stick with a very simple declaration of appreciation for friends and family.

Has the tradition lost its oomph? Do we do it out of ritualistic habit and just be-cause mom or dad, grandma or grandpa have asked us to? Or maybe, just maybe

we have actually spent time realizing and recognizing all that we appreciate, or should be so very grateful for in our lives.

What if every day we were asked to share what it is that we are most grate-ful for? Would we squirm and would our palms get sweaty as we fi dgeted and searched for a quality response? Could we possibly fi nd ourselves just repeating the same things each time we are asked? The answer would probably be yes unless

we are fi lling our gratitude bucket all the time.

Instead of looking for all that is wrong today or has gone wrong in the past, we need to become acutely aware of the good things that surround us each and every day. It’s been said that gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions and that the more we show gratitude and apprecia-tion for, the more we will actually have to be grateful for.

It’s kind of like the analogy of the glass being half full or half empty. The pessimist sees it as half empty, the optimist sees it as half full. The same holds true when we view our gratitude bucket, is yours half full or half empty?

Maybe you will read this column before Thanksgiving and will have time to prepare your response should you be asked for the list of things you are grate-

ful for. Perhaps you didn’t even need this column, your gratitude bucket is already overfl owing and you can’t wait to share your list with everyone. And maybe you will not have had the opportunity to read this until after Thanksgiving, and that is OK too because now you can live each day in search of things you can appreciate and that will fi ll your gratitude bucket making every day of the year Thanksgiving Day.

I really would love to hear about all that you are grateful for and what you truly appreciate at [email protected] and when we can recognize what we appre-ciate most, it will be a better than good week.

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Santa Shop delivers Christmas joy Christmas is a special time of year,

but it can be diffi cult for some fami-lies to juggle bills and the demands of the holidays.

The Jeffco Action Center is hosting its annual Santa Shop to help out with this problem, and relies on the dona-tions of the community to make the holidays happen for more than 5,000 homeless and low-income children.

“This event provides support for families who would be put in a tough situation if they bought presidents for their children,” Action Center ex-ecutive director Mag Strittmatter said. “We don’t want any family to have to decide between paying their bills and giving their kids a great Christmas.”

The center takes donations for the Santa Shop year-round, but the pe-riod between now and Dec. 10 when the shop opens is crucially important.

Strittmatter said families who are participating in the shop register in advance, and receive an allotted day to come shop.

“We make it a very festive enviorn-ment, and allow the parents to shop around like anyone else, with respect and dignity,” she said. “We try to re-move the stigma about needing this kind of help.”

Dr. Richard Keuhn, with LifeSource Health Partners chiropractic and

wellness center in Lakewood, does a toy drive in the offi ce, to encourage patients and employees to donate.

“This is our third year being in-volved with the Action Center,” Keuhn said. “We pass out fl iers around the community and have an open house to promote it.”

Keuhn said that his philosophy is one of community involvement, and he and the people in his offi ce like to support groups like the Action Center in the community.

“We volunteered there and it was a wonderful experience to help the people who are less fortunate,” he said. “The guests are really thrilled with what they get and how much they’re able to get for their kids.”

For more information, call 303-237-7704 or visit www.theactioncen-terco.org.

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I have received numerous reader responses to last week’s column about the purchase of American real estate by Chinese nationals. Since there are probably other readers with the same questions, I thought I’d take yet another week to write about this topic. My good friend Steve Stevens suggested that poor air quality in China’s big cities might be driving the wealthy to migrate away — mostly to rural China, but many to for-eign countries with clean air and blue skies. Steve shared a New York Times article on this growing trend in China. Another reader asked whether we have to worry about these im-migrants, in sufficient numbers, controlling our government. The short answer is that they can pay taxes but they can’t vote unless they become American citizens. Since I mentioned large-scale purchase of single family homes

by REITs — Real Estate Invest-ment Trusts — in the same article, one reader thought I was talking about an invasion of foreign na-

tionals buying Jeffco real estate. That is an entirely separate matter, and most of those REITs are American investors looking to own single family rental proper-ties, not foreign na-tionals buying homes “by the hundreds” to live in. How will Chinese

buyers finance their U.S. real es-tate purchases? They will all pay cash, because one of their motives is to move their liquid assets out of China for fear of future actions by their government. Will they push up the values of our real estate? Yes, but no more than immigrants from California, New York and other sections of our country who see our housing prices as low by comparison.

Will they occupy these homes full-time, part-time or keep them as rentals. Probably a mix of all three — again, just like Californians or New Yorkers who buy here. What happens when they sell? If they are not moving within Colora-do, the closing company will retain a portion of their proceeds to be applied toward capital gains tax based on the income tax returns they must file the following April. Are Realtors just being greedy by going after Chinese cash buyers? Would you worry about this if we did similar marketing to Californi-ans? These buyers are already coming to Colorado and asking us to show them homes for sale. It would be a violation of both law and ethics for us not to show our listings to willing buyers regardless of national origin or ethnicity. To the extent they’re already coming here, why shouldn’t we reach out of them in their native tongue on their native websites?

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Adding a new layer to ‘Pride and Prejudice’ ‘� e Pursuit of Mary Bennet’ taps into Austen’s strengths By Clarke Reader [email protected]

Jane Austen is one of the world’s most beloved au-thors, and perhaps no work of hers is as well regarded as “Pride and Prejudice.”

Lakewood author Pamela Mingle has taken a look at one of the book’s many characters and given her a new life in “The Pursuit of Mary Bennet.”

“I didn’t want to write about Elizabeth or Jane — their stories are too perfect,” Mingle said. “I thought Mary was a person who cried out for character devel-opment, and I wanted to bring her to a change.”

Mingle was born in Ohio, and has lived in Colorado for 28 years. She was a reference librarian and teacher in Littleton before retiring in 2001 to devote herself full time to writing.

“Writing was always there lurking in the back of my mind, but there is so much to learn,” she said. “I start-ed writing in 2001, and 10 years later sold a book.”

That fi rst book was “Kissing Shakespeare,” a time-travel romance written for young adults.

Mingle received a lot of support and inspiration from various writing groups she joined, including the

Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA).“I joined the JASNA Denver/Boulder chapter, and

at the time had no idea I wanted to write this book,” she said. “I think she was one of the great writers, and love her humor and understanding of the common people.”

“The Pursuit of Mary Bennet” takes place three years after “Pride and Prejudice” ended, and focuses on the Bennet’s middle daughter during a time of transition. Her older sisters — Jane and Elziabeth — have overshadowed her a bit, and she’s trying to fi nd her own path.

Mingle said she did a fair amount of research on Regency England to get a feel of the language and what was going on in the country at the time.

“I had an annotated version of ‘Pride and Preju-dice’ that had Post-It Notes whenever Mary was men-tioned,” she said. “I can’t write exactly like Austen, but I still wanted it to have a familiar feeling.”

Mingle said that she hopes readers come away from the book with a great appreciation of Mary’s re-siliency and strength of character.

“One of the things I learned about Austen is she suffered some tremendous hurts, but had to go on with her life and I wanted Mary to refl ect that,” she said. “I want people who love Austen to believe this story.”

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County eyes open space direction PLAN Je� co hosted meeting looks at next 40 years By Amy Woodward [email protected]

Jefferson County residents are looking into the future with the help of scientists who revealed current trends that affect open space conservation.

PLAN Jeffco, an organization of citi-zens devoted to open space conservation, met in the main exhibit hall at the Jeffco Fairgrounds Nov. 16 to discuss the next 40 years in Jeffco open space conservation.

The discussion was led by eight speak-ers, experts in fi elds ranging from Colorado Parks and Wildlife to geophysicists.

“This conference is specifi cally about looking as far out as any of us can,” Amy

Ito, park planning and construction man-ager said. “Many of these themes carry be-yond in our case fi ve years, we hope that our vision and some of our goals continue beyond that.”

Jefferson County Open Space revises its master plan every fi ve years, with the latest plan released on Tuesday, Nov. 19. It is currently available online at jeffco.us/parks/about/open-space-master-plan/.The updated master plan includes a mission statement, and eight goals with an annual report that will be released to indicate how the organization is meeting those goals. Citizen feedback is welcome and essential in guiding the master plan. Public com-ment is open until Dec. 30.

In 1972, PLAN Jeffco was established due to the location of the county between downtown Denver and open spaces along the Front Range. Organizers have since been advocates for open space conserva-

tion, and campaigned for the Open Space Resolution which established a one half percent sales tax collection to help fund open space acquisition in the county.

During the fi rst half of the conference, Scott Babcock, planning manager for Colo-rado Park and Wildlife gave a presentation on the recent trends in Colorado specifi -cally where Coloradoans prefer to travel for outdoor recreation.

“Increasingly you’re becoming a des-tination for people outside your county,” Babcock said. “Most recreation takes place in North Central and throughout the north-west regions.”

Perhaps one of the most pivotal discus-sions came from Kevin Trenberth, a dis-tinguished senior scientist in the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, who discussed the cause and effects of climate change, and the damage left behind due to

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appreciated part by the audience, I was just sitting back there thinking why is it we don’t see anything happening in terms of local planning to take some of these factors into account,” Todd Hoffman, Golden resi-dent said. “People that control the land use and the growth issues aren’t particularly in-terested in open space and climate change issues, as climate change causes more and more cost, at some point our policy makers can no longer just deny there’s nothing we can do about this.”

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Hudak in a crunch: Lawmaker weighing options in recall e� ort By Vic Vela [email protected]

State Sen. Evie Hudak could be in a lose-lose situation, and she knows it.

The Westminster Democrat acknowl-edges that if organizers behind a recall effort collect enough signatures to force a special election, there is only one sure-fi re way that she will remain a senator.

“The way I win is if they don’t get enough signatures,” she said during a recent in-terview with Colorado Community Me-dia. “Other than that, I think you’re right, that I’m in a lose-lose situation if they get enough signatures. People will be angry if I were to resign. People would be angry if I were to be recalled.”

Hudak refused to answer affi rmatively if she will run in a recall election, if things go that far.

“Obviously, people like you have forced me to contemplate,” she said. “The reason I can’t make a decision is because I don’t know if they’re going to have enough sig-natures. There are a lot of things in play.

“Right now, I want to remain a senator. I think I’ve done a good job.”

Hudak was asked whether it would send a bad message if a lawmaker steps aside from offi ce, through the mere threat of a recall — without even fi ghting back in an election to keep his or her seat.

“You’re expressing why it’s so diffi cult, and why I can’t give you an answer right now,” she said.

Organizers have until Dec. 3 to submit 18,962 valid signatures of District 19 vot-ers to the secretary of state’s offi ce. Hudak’s district includes Westminster and Arvada.

Hudak has run in tough elections be-fore. She initially won her Senate seat in 2008 with 51 percent of the vote. Last year, Hudak was re-elected by a slim margin of 342 votes over her Republican opponent, and one where a Libertarian candidate re-

ceived 6.5 percent support.Hudak is the third Democratic law-

maker to be targeted for recall. The other two, former Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs and Sen. Angela Giron of Pueblo, lost their races.

The group that is behind the recall ef-fort, which calls itself Recall Hudak Too, has a laundry list of reasons why she should be recalled. Clearly, though, Hudak is being targeted over her support of gun legislation that was signed into law this year, and be-cause she is a vulnerable Democrat whose loss in a special election could fl ip control in the General Assembly’s upper chamber to the Republicans.

That’s why there has been chatter among state politicos that Hudak could end up resigning from offi ce, a move that would allow another Democrat to hold that important seat.

“At this time, I have no intention of re-signing,” she said. “I hope I won’t have to make that decision.”

Mike McAlpine, who is organizing the recall effort, did not respond to multiple requests for comment on this story.Learning from recent recall efforts

Hudak and her campaign manager Chris Kennedy say they learned from what happened in Colorado Springs and Pueblo.

“I don’t think we knew how serious it

was and how capable these guys were,” Kennedy said. He said because of that, the Hudak campaign has sent volunteers door-to-door, as well as positioning volun-teers in areas where petition gatherers are attempting to collect signatures.

The actions of volunteers on both sides of the recall attempt have been the story within the recall story, as efforts on the part of some groups have stirred controversy.

The Democracy Defense Fund, A pro-Hudak group — one that the senator says she is not affi liated with — has directed robocalls that warn District 19 voters that some of the recall petition gatherers have criminal backgrounds.

“We’re trying to get the message out, why it would benefi t people in the com-munity not to sign the petition,” Cheryl Cheney, a Democracy Defense Fund vol-unteer said.

On the other side, the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners has said it will be giving away an AR-15 rifl e, as part of an effort to boost petition volunteer efforts. Cheny called that effort “disgusting” because it is was the weapon of choice in the Aurora Theater and Sandy Hook elementary school mass shootings.

“We’re doing whatever we can to get the signatures for recall,” Danielle Thompson, a spokesperson for RMGO said. “It’s not a sensitive issue because the AR-15 is the most popular rifl e. That’s what’s going to turn people out.”

All of this will go on for a few more days. In the meantime, Hudak said she appre-ciates the support she’s been receiving through all of this.

“I am just very honored that so many people come to me and tell me that they support me and feel bad that I have to go through this,” she said. “They feel like this is happening to them too, because they were my supporters and they kind of put themselves in my shoes.”

Chris Leinster of Westminster talks on his smartphone while seeking signatures for a petition to recall Democrat state Sen. Evie Hudak of District 19 on Nov. 1. Recall e� ort supporters had tables set up on both sides of Wadsworth Boulevard north of West 80th Avenue. People with placards in opposition to the recall stood on the sidewalks near the tables including Arvada’s Nick Dogich, center background, and Liz Geisleman, at right in background. File photo

NEWS IN A HURRY

Lakewood police search for missing personThe Lakewood Police are searching for

a missing person, William Wisniewski, 60.Wisniewski is fi ve-foot seven-inches,

about 120 pounds, with gray-blue eyes.On Nov. 4, around 11 p.m., Wisniewski

left his home at 10775 W. 13th Ave. in his 2000 silver Jeep Wrangler and has not been seen since. The license plate num-ber is 721FSF.

Wisniewski doesn’t have his heart

medication, and he has no cell phone.He is not a dementia or Alzheimer’s

patient and there is no reason to think there was foul play involved in his disap-pearance, according to police.

Anyone who may have information that would assist detectives in their in-vestigation is asked to call the Lakewood Police Department at 303-987-7111.

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Giving thanks for even the rough stuff

There is a doctrine in my Faith that is embodied in the lyrics of a song:

Blessed be Your Name, when the world’s all as it should be, When the sun’s shining down on me, Blessed be Your Name. Blessed be Your Name, On the road marked with suffering, When there’s pain in the offering, Blessed be Your Name.

The is idea is that Thankfulness is not something that should be reserved for times and places when life is good, but that Gratitude is a quality that shows even better when times are tough. I tend to think that Gratefulness, therefore, is not an expression of character and an acknowl-edgment of events, but, rather, a shaper of character and an influencer of events.

So this Thanksgiving, I’m choosing to give thanks for some of the things from my past that are, well, not exactly my best moments.

This year, I am thankful for the stupid events at a retreat in high school that ended up in me being suspended for five days. Yeah, really. But it’s okay, because, up until that point, I’d been skating through school without a lot of ambition; that embarrassment was the kick in the behind that I needed to get on track, and I do look back on that as one of the seminal mo-ments of my life.

I am also thankful for a few of the re-ally dumb things I did in college which, blessedly, did not end up in the hospital or the police station, though they easily could have. Let’s just say there were few times that I “leaped before looking.” Going through those taught me the difference between calculated risks and just being dumb, and that’s a pretty important lesson to learn.

I am thankful, also, for the women in my life, and, oddly, for some of the bad, mean, stupid, shameful things I said and did when I was younger. Though think-ing back on those still causes me pangs of embarrassment, it’s that little pain that

informs me better ways to deal with the women in my life today. And, sure, I’m still frequently listed in the Annals of Stupid Husbands, but we’ve been married for almost 19 years now, so I think something must be working. And, for the record, la-dies, if the statute of limitations hasn’t run out yet, I am sorry.

I am thankful for weird turns in my career. Believe me, I am not, right now, where I always pictured I would be. But those weird turns have opened up a lot of other opportunities to me, and have al-lowed me to explore other interests, one of which you are sharing with me right now.

It has to be said that, in each of these instances, I did not escape greater trouble by my own wit or talent. In some cases, better people than me kept things in check; in others, blind luck played a role. But, in most cases, I am here today because somebody else took into account the nature of my screw-ups, and showed me a little Grace and Mercy. Without that, the police station, or worse, was a very real possibility.

So, this Thanksgiving, remember to Give Thanks for some of the things in your life that, shall we say, leave you a little rough around the edges and don’t make you very proud. Those rough edges are exactly tools that you need to sculpt you into who you are. Michael Alcorn is a music teacher and fit-ness instructor who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. He graduated from Alameda High School and the University of Colorado-Boulder.

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What is your favorite Thanksgiving dish?

“Pumpkin pie” Caroline Lukens

Golden

question of the week

We asked people in downtown Golden to name their favorite dish for Thanksgiving.

“Mashed potatoes and gravy”

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“My mom’s homemade mashed potatoes”

Taylor GossettGolden

“Turkey enchiladas” Kyle BahrLakewood

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Information is not the public’s enemyThis week’s release of a report sum-

marizing the investigation into the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary offers a glimpse into the horror of what hap-pened on Dec. 14, 2012.

It, however, is not a complete account-ing of what happened. The state police’s full report was not included and it is not known when that will be released. At the same time, media outlets are fighting for the release of 911 tapes — which gener-ally are considered public record. Indeed, nearly a year later, the Newtown, Conn., tragedy is still marked by a measure of secrecy.

We’re not going to argue what should and shouldn’t be released in the Sandy Hook investigation. Records in this case, in which a gunman killed 28 people, includ-ing 20 children, should be handled deli-cately. The victims’ families deserve that.

What we will point out, though, is that the slow release of information — and the outright withholding of some records — is not limited to high-profile, horrific cases like Sandy Hook. It happens every day in Colorado, most likely throughout the nation.

“Ongoing criminal investigation.” That’s the phrase routinely used to deny reporters and the public information about a case.

The Colorado Open Records Act allows for this. Law enforcement agencies may deny the release of records when doing so would “be contrary to the public interest.” Generally, the “ongoing criminal investiga-

tion” phrase is invoked. Further explana-tion will sometimes yield that releasing the information could jeopardize the case against a suspect. Maybe it could put wit-nesses in danger.

What often happens is that the local law enforcement agency gives out some initial nuggets of information — which may or may not include an arrest report or other official documents. After the agency finishes its investigation, the case moves on to the district attorney. Then, for a period of weeks, or months, or sometimes more than a year, no further details are released. Generally, you have to wait for trial to get anything near the full story.

This process leaves more than just reporters unsatisfied. The American Civil Liberties Union joined with a local couple last week to sue the Town of Castle Rock, its town clerk and the police chief for

refusal to release records related to an incident in February. The couple’s car was hit with a bullet, they say, after a police officer fired his gun at a burglary suspect. They say they want more answers about what happened before and during the shooting.

Thing is, it’s an ongoing investigation.We won’t argue what should and

shouldn’t be released in this case either. We don’t have enough information to do that.

Surely there are some cases in which a successful prosecution and people’s safety depend on keeping things under wraps. But “ongoing investigation” has become a stock answer, and as such, we’ll say the spirit of the open records law is being vio-lated on a regular basis in Colorado.

All too often what’s contrary to the pub-lic interest is being left out in the dark.

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The do’s and don’ts for online datingEditor’s Note: This is the first of a two-

part series.I recently read research that says that

11 percent of adults that have been in a relationship for 10 years or less have met their current spouse or longterm romantic partner online. So perhaps it is time to review what an effective online/cell phone profile consists of, along with the do’s and don’ts of online dating.

First, the DON’TS (next week I will list the DO’S):

Some people stay on online dating sites for years, sifting through hundreds or even thousands of potential partners, but never truly connecting with anyone. Because there are so many choices on internet dating sites, some people get into the habit of looking for reasons to reject rather than accept. S/he is too tall/short, wants/doesn’t want or has children, has a differ-ent religion or political affiliation, and so on. Obviously, some of these criteria are important to you, and they become effec-tive screening tools. But don’t be so picky that you wind up rejecting everyone.

Don’t misrepresent yourself. Don’t give a false age, weight, body type, height, income/financial status, marital status, education or profession — and if you are recently separated, divorced or have recently recycled back to being single, say so. You do not want a potential mate to feel let down on the first date because you said you were athletic (after all, you played a game of tennis earlier this year), but they can see that you’re a bit flabby and untoned. Also, it’s never a good idea to attempt to begin a new relationship with a lie (“Did my profile say I was 39? I don’t know why they’re saying that. I’m really 49”). Trust is vitally important to a rela-tionship, and no one can afford to create

trust issues right off the bat and expect a relationship to thrive. (For the record, the most common online profile lies women use is to misrepresent their age, weight or body type. Men are more likely to mis-represent their height, income/financial status and body type.) Don’t post photos of your children, family members, pets or of your ex. A potential mate might meet all these in good time, but s/he is not going to choose you be-cause of them. And don’t post old photos — make sure all your photos are recent. You definitely don’t want a potential sweetheart to be disappointed when s/he meets you, so post pictures of yourself the way you look today, not how you looked in the past.

Don’t spend a lot of time writing (or phoning) back and forth until you can meet each other in person and determine that there’s chemistry and mutual attrac-tion. If you’re not attracted to the other person, the relationship is going to fail no matter how good your connection is, so don’t waste a lot of time trying to connect unless you know this is someone you re-ally want — and someone who appears to want you back.

Don’t choose to meet people you know you’re going to reject anyway. Don’t play it too safe. Take all necessary security precautions, but the bonding and

falling in love process isn’t emotionally safe, and it requires you to let someone else in. Risk getting rejected rather than playing it too safe, because playing it re-ally safe all but insures that you’ll fail.

Don’t run away from a promising op-portunity. Promising opportunities don’t present themselves every day.

Don’t allow online dating to become an obsession. If you’re not careful, it will take up all your free time.

The meeting/dating/relating/mating process is likely to take you longer than

you expect it to. Don’t get discouraged and give up if you encounter multiple disap-pointments. You’re not going to hit a home run unless you’re in the game.

Neil Rosenthal is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Westminster and Boul-der, Colorado. His column is in it’s 21st year of publication, and is syndicated around the world. You can reach him at 303-758-8777, or email him through his website: www.heartrelationships.com. He is not able to respond individually to queries.

Changing newspaper business: From a Rodeo photographer’s perspective

Rodeo photography was my profes-sion. Not only did I sell black and white photos to the cowboys, but also to the Rodeo Sports News. In August of 1971 at the Colorado State fair in Pueblo, I was poised to catch a photo of the next rider out of the bucking chutes. My boots were planted deep in the dust of the rodeo arena and I looked through the viewfinder of my Pentax.

“No women allowed in the arena—get out!” stock contractor Harry Knight hol-lered and rode up next to me. Startled, I lowered my camera and whirled around to look up at the loud mouthed kingpin.

While he distracted me from my job, a loose bucking horse galloped over me over from behind. Damn! I could have been killed, and it would have been Knight’s fault.

He messed up my day. And I climbed out of the arena dirty from being run over by the horse. My camera was covered with dust.

What Knight didn’t know, or care about was that I’d photographed rodeos all over the state of Colorado. When I stood in the

arena near the chutes at rodeos, the best spot for a photographer, no other stock contractor had ever commented.

A writer from the Pueblo Chieftain must have seen and heard Knight eject me from the arena. She interviewed me, pho-tographed me and wrote an article titled “Liberation Day a dud for Golden girl at fair.” (She referred to women’s liberation which commanded much attention in the news at that time.) This reporter was sharp to write this timely story about my experience at the Colorado State Fair and connect it to liberation.

I didn’t think of my work as “liberated”, I just thought I was using a skill I had. But Knight may have seen me as a threat.

A cowboy told me later, “Harry Knight is from the old school. He thinks if a woman is seen in the around the bucking chutes, it makes the event look less dangerous.” Whatever his reasons for kicking me out of the arena, Knight didn’t stop me from working. I continued to photograph ro-deos for several years.

That was then, the early l970’s. Fast forward to 2003 or 2004. Lyn Alweis an old friend and excellent WOMAN photogra-pher for the Denver Post , recently met me at a Starbucks in East Denver. For many years she had photographed news events in the Denver area. Lyn was a few years younger than me.

She was working, and had her laptop on the table as we drank coffee and chat-ted.

“What’s it like working at the newspa-per now?“ I asked.

“It’s completely changed with Internet and e-mail,” she said. “I don’t even go into the paper anymore, I just email in my photos.”

“No darkroom at the paper anymore?”“All gone.”

I wondered how Lyn would interact with the staff. And how would photogra-phers and journalists compare notes and give each other ideas if they emailed in their work?

“That sounds isolating,” I said.She nodded as she typed.I remembered my darkroom where I

developed my rolls and made prints. It was hard to believe newspapers didn’t need darkrooms anymore. A few years af-ter Lyn and I met at Starbucks, she retired and moved to another state.

Even though I enjoy memories of tak-ing action photos of bullriders and bronco riders, I don’t want to get stuck in the past. Now I take shots of my grandkids with my iPhone. While it feels good to savor memories, I believe it’s also important to make new ones. And that’s exactly what I’m doing.

Happy Thanksgiving

Mary McFerren Stobie is a freelance writer who is syndicated by Senior Wire News Service. Contact her at [email protected]

Lakewood Police host annual Christmas Cheer drive

The Lakewood Police department is delivering Christmas gifts to less fortunate families as part of its annual Christmas Cheer toy drive.

Police volunteers collect donations and gifts beginning in October and the vol-unteers catalog, organize and match gifts with children of needy families.

Police Agents then deliver these gifts on the days before Christmas. Last year, the department delivered gifts to approxi-mately 300 children in 125 families.

The department will be accepting new, unwrapped gifts and cash donations until Dec. 18.

Any residents who wish to donate early, may send or drop off your donations to

the Police Department. Donations should be marked as for Christmas Cheer.

There are donation boxes for gifts at the Lakewood Police Department, the Lakewood Civic Center, Cultural Center, all Lakewood City Recreations Centers and the Clements Senior Center.

Those who wish to donate gifts should be aware the department is seeking new, unwrapped and unopened toys for children of all ages and hygiene items for children in their teen years.

Mailed cash donations should be sent to the Lakewood Police Department, Attn: Christmas Cheer, 445 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood CO, 800226

For more information, contact the Lakewood Police Department Volunteer Coordinator at 303-987-7105 or at [email protected].

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Festival Playhouse production taps into Christmas spiritBy Clarke [email protected]

Everyone has certain images when they think of Christmas, from baking cookies and decorating the tree to opening presents and visiting family.

The warmth and comfort of these images is what the Festival Playhouse looks for in its Christmas plays, and

have tapped directly into it with Pat Cook’s “Somethin’ Special for Christmas.”

“I looked back and since 1995 we’ve done 20 productions of Pat Cook works. Most everybody likes him, and the reason they do is that it’s a show that you’re going to watch and feel good,” Charley Ault, the show’s director and actor said. “Everyone can just sit back and enjoy it.”

Set on a ranch in west Texas during the 1950s, the story fo-cuses in on three ranch hands: Smitty (Miles Silverman) the foreman, Bubba (Charley) and Eddie (Jim Hoover).

The three men live a simple life on the ranch, and are de-voted to its widowed owner Sara

Prientess (Donna Sweet Ault) and her daughter Jordan (Abcedee Theodoratos), though times are hard for all involved.

When Jason Benedict (Sean Thompson) tries to buy the ranch, Sara decides to give her daughter one last spe-cial Christmas with the ranch hands.

However, when they get drafted into playing the three wise men in Opal Robinson’s (Karen Johnston) school play and they try to bring Santa to life for Jordan, things go hilariously awry for everyone.

“Everything turns out all right in the end, which is what you want in a Christmas show,” Charley said. “It’s fun, whimsical stuff, that really captures the life of Christ-mas.”

This is the first show for Theodoratos, who is 9 years old, and has been taking acting classes at the Playhouse.

“I think she’s (Jordan) kind of sassy, and confident with herself. I like her attitude,” Theodoratos said. “I’ve done some school plays, but this is my first play. I just like acting.”

Silverman, Charley and Hoover, all describe the their ranch hand characters as not the brightest of men, but make up for it with the size of their hearts.

“Smitty is like a favorite uncle to Jordan, and he really looks after her,” Silverman said. “He’s a real ‘salt of the earth’ type guy, but is really a romantic at heart.”

Charley said that Bubba has a heart of gold, but not a lot going on upstairs, while Eddie is the type of person that people meet and immediately say “bless his heart” according to Hooper.

Donna said that while Sara is constantly taking care of who she calls the “three idiots” there is a real soft spot for them in her heart.

“They’ve been with her through the thinest of the thin, and she is grateful” Donna said.

All involved with in the play agree that the show is perfect for families looking for something heartwarming this holiday season.“It’s a simple story, but I think it’s very moving, especially since it’d told through the eyes of a little girl,” Silverman said.

“There’s a great message of hope throughout,” Hoover said.

Parker continues on Page 14

IF YOU GOWHat: “Somethin’ Special for Christmas”WHERE: Festival Playhouse5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., ArvadaWHEN: Nov. 29 - Dec. 15Friday and Saturday - 7:30 p.m.Sunday - 2 p.m.COst: $15-$17INFORMatION: 303-422-4090 or www.festivalplayhouse.com

Above, from left to right, Bubba (Charley Ault), Smitty (Miles Silverman) and Eddie (Jim Hoover) talk about their future on the ranch. Top, Jordan (Abcedee Theodoratos) and Sara Prientess (Donna Sweet Ault) talk about the future of their ranch in “Somethin’ Special for Christmas.” Photos by Clarke Reader

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City streetlights, even stoplights dressed in bright red and green, and purple, and yellow, and orange will dazzle downtown Denver dwellers and visitors beginning with the Grand Illumination at 6 p.m. Nov. 29.

The city’s celebration begins with opening day of the Southwest Rink at Skyline Park, at 16th Street and Arapahoe, beginning at 10 a.m. daily through Feb. 16. Skating is free with skate rentals at $2 (skate rental on opening day is free). More information: www.southwestrink.com.

Your Keys to the City, a public piano art program created by the Downtown Den-ver Partnership, returns along the 16th Street Mall with five winter-themed pia-nos painted by local artists. The pianos, which will remain along the mall until Dec. 30, are available for free public play 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

At 6 p.m. Nov. 29, Denver’s historic D&F Tower will turn on its holiday lights, and more than 550,000 energy-efficient LED lights will illuminate the 16th Street Mall, California Street between 14th and 17th streets and Curtis Street between 14th and 16th streets.

Meanwhile at Union Station, LoDo District Inc. will present a holiday-themed choir, a Children’s Museum craft table, treats provided by LoDo restaurants and a visit from Dinger Claus (the Colorado Rockies mascot in costume).

The City and County Building, lit en-tirely in LED lights, will be illuminated nightly from 5:45 to 10:45 p.m. through Jan. 26.

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mances will be celebrated with 18 new songs from the KBCO Studio C vault, which will be released on its annual char-ity CD beginning at 8 p.m. Dec. 7 at all seven Paul’s TV locations inside Furniture Row and at Denver Mattress in Boulder.

The CD features music recorded live on the radio from the Boulder/Denver radio station’s performance studio, KBCO Stu-dio C. 97.3 KBCO has hosted thousands of intimate KBCO Studio C sessions with artists and bands from all over the world for 25 years.

The KBCO Studio C 25th Anniversary CD will feature performances as far back as 1994 with the Dave Matthews Band along with songs recorded over the last year from artists like Imagine Dragons, Phoenix, Capital Cities and Phillip Phil-lips. The CD will benefit the Boulder County AIDS Project and Food Bank of the Rockies.

Because of high demand, there will be a limit of two CDs per person and the col-lection will be sold for $12 each. Tradition-ally the annual CD release sells out in less than a day, with avid KBCO Studio C fans lining up before sunrise to get their copies of the coveted charity disc.

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TURKEY CHASE Join the Denver Rescue Mission on Thanksgiving morning for a run/walk along Van Bibber Creek Trail. Registration opens at 8 a.m. and the race begins at 9 a.m. at the Apex Center, 13150 W. 72nd Ave., Arvada. Visit www.denverrescuemission.org/turkeychase2013 or call 303-313-2454.

FRIDAY TO SUNDAY/NOV. 29 TO DEC. 1

CRAFT FAIR The 34th annual Holiday Craft Fair is Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 at the Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Kick o� the holiday season with purchases of artwork created by more than 150 artisans in all mediums. Visit visitarvada.org or by call 720-898-3380.

FRIDAY/NOV. 29 TO DEC. 15

HOLIDAY SHOW The Players Guild at The Festival Playhouse presents “Somethin’ Special for Christmas,” a Yuletide slice of life that celebrates the hope and faith of one family. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Satur-days, and 2 p.m. Sundays, from Nov. 29 to Dec. 15, at The Festival Playhouse, 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303-422-4090 or go to www.festivalplayhouse.com for tickets and more information. Age appropriate for all.

SATURDAY/NOV. 30, DEC. 1, DEC. 7-8

GARDENING PROGRAMS Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 W. 52nd Ave., Arvada, plans a number of seasonal events and classes. Visit www.echters.com for informa-tion. Upcoming are:

NOV. 30, Dec. 1, Dec. 7-8: Wreath making, 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 and Dec. 7, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, Sunday, Dec. 1, and Sunday, Dec. 8. One of Echter’s most popular, hands-on classes is back. Create your own handcrafted wreath using fresh aromatic boughs. Bring

pruners. The usual time to make a wreath is about 1 to 1-and-a-half hours, and classes are o� ered Reservations required; call 303-424-7979. Materials fee includes wreath form, boughs and wire.

NOV. 30, Dec. 1: Porch pots, dress up your entry, at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, and 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1. Create beautiful containers with seasonal style using holiday greens and decorations. Transform your summer container gardens into festive porch pots that bring holiday ambiance to your home. Demonstrations are in the holiday greens area. No fee or registration necessary.

SUNDAY/DEC. 1

AUDITIONS The DJC Youth All-Stars is looking for a high school banjo/guitar or replacement drum set player. Audition music and recording have been posted at www.bandresourcesunlimited.com. Auditions will be 6:30-9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at Flesher-Hinton Music Store, 3936 Tennyson St. in Denver. Intermediate to advanced jazz ex-perience is necessary. For information, or to schedule an audition, email [email protected] or call 303-328-7277.

MONDAY/DEC. 2

LIFE ENHANCEMENTS PranaTonic Life Enhancing Products & Services, 807 14th St., Golden, presents Jorgenson and Kimball Cicciu, L.Ac., who will present “Herbal Body Care” 6-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. It’s begin-ning to look a lot like Christmas and your skin is probably starting to feel dry. Join us to learn how to make your own herbal body care delights that make excellent holiday gifts. Whether you are looking to spoil yourself or someone you love, we will teach you how to make sugar scrubs, body lotions, and facial masks. Includes goodies to take home. Call 303-274- 5733 or go to www.pranatonic.com for information on costs.

TUESDAY/DEC. 3

LIFETREE CAFÉ Storytelling and listening will be explored at Lifetree Café at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 5675 Field St., Arvada. The program, “The Art of Listening: An Act of Love,” features a � lm of NPR’s StoryCorps founder, David Isay. StoryCorps has collected and archived more than 40,000 interviews from nearly 80,000 participants. Participants will discover practical tools for connecting deeply with others. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Lifetree Café is a place where people gather for conversation about life and faith in a casual co� eehouse-type setting. Questions about Lifetree may be directed to Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or [email protected].

WEDNESDAY/DEC. 4

ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTHERS Join seasoned busi-ness and transformational coach Roslyn to participate in an informative and energetic group discussion regarding your business’s unique challenges. The Big Talk for Young, Entrepreneurial Mothers discussion is 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Golden. RSVP by calling 303-953-2344; once you RSVP you will get the actual address.

WEDNESDAY/DEC. 4, DEC. 11

CHOIR MEETING Concordia Lutheran Choir meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at 13371 W. Alameda Parkway in Lakewood. You are welcome to join.

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ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) A project benefits from your organizational skills that get it up and running. Your success leaves a highly favorable impression. Don’t be surprised if you get some positive feedback soon.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) Spend time on practi-cal matters through the end of the week. Then begin shifting your focus to more-artistic pursuits. Resist be-ing overly self-critical. Just allow yourself to feel free to create.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Restarting those cre-ative projects you had set aside for a while will help provide a much-needed soothing balance to your hectic life. Besides, it will be like meeting old friends again.

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) A change in plans could make it tough to keep a commitment. But stay with it. You’ll get an A-plus for making the effort to do what’s right and not taking the easy way out by running off.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) The Lion’s enthusiasm for a workplace policy review is admirable. But be sure you know who is really behind the resistance to change before pointing your finger at the wrong person.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) You can expect to have to do a lot of work through midweek. Devote the rest of the week to checking your holiday plans in case some need to be adjusted to accommodate changes.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) Try to avoid signing on the dotted line in the early part of the week. You need time to study issues that weren’t fully explored. Later in the week might be more favorable for decision-making.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) A new development could snarl travel schedules or other holiday-linked projects. Some flexibility might be called for to deal with the problems before they get too far out of hand.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) Relatives seek your advice on a matter you’d rather not be involved in. If so, use that sage Sagittarian tact to decline the “offer,” so that no one’s feelings are needlessly hurt.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) A shift in plan-ning direction might help you speed up your progress toward achieving that long-planned goal. Trusted colleagues are ready to offer some valuable support.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) An unexpected demand for settlement of an old loan could create some pre-holiday anxiety. But you might not really owe it. Check your records thoroughly before remit-ting payment.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) It’s a good time to get into the social swim and enjoy some well-earned fun and games with those closest to you before you have to resume more serious activities next week.

BORN THIS WEEK: Your ability to sense the needs of others makes you a wise counselor for those seek-ing help with their problems.

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University and the Jeffco Business Re-source Center were all on hand to answer questions from students and families about opportunities, fi nance and enroll-ment.

According to Jason Firestone, manager of drop-out prevention, another group that the fair wanted to focus on is Ameri-can Indians, and so several advocate groups were also present to answer ques-tions for students.

“There are about 800 to 1,000 Ameri-can Indian students in the county, with a large number coming from reservations and others from urban areas,” he said. “We have the American Indian College Fund and Denver Indian Center to help out.”

Some of the biggest barriers students face, according to Hansen, is not only pay-ment, but being able to apply to fi nancial aid if they don’t have parents. However, in the past couple years new rules allow students to make that application without

their legal guardians.David Kollar, director of the drop-out

prevention offi ce, said that part of the goal of the fair is to get students and fami-lies connected with the county and learn about ways it is helping the students.

“A lot of high schools have their own college fairs, but if you’re not at the top of your class, it can be discouraging to go with people you know,” Kollar said. “With a neutral school, we’re hoping students will feel more comfortable.”

Organizers are also looking into helping students visit some of the more popular schools later in the year.

Lawrence Nicks, a sophomore at Brady Exploration, said he was visiting the fair to get a look at options and get a head start.

“I’ve really just started looking, but there’s some pretty good resources here,” he said.

Firestone, Hansen and Kollar, said they all want students to receive a better vision of what they want to do with their future, and how to get there.

“I hope they walk away and have con-versations with their parents and guard-ians about the next steps,” Firestone said.


CollegeScott Storey, Lakewood mayor Bob Mur-phy, Lakewood Ward 3 councilwoman Sue King, Lakewood Police Chief Kevin Paletta and executive director of the Alameda Gateway Community George Valuck are being honored.

“We wanted to highlight some of the changes that have happened in the area since the (Boys and Girls) club was found-ed,” Jefferies said. “We’ll also have some students from the club singing on a few songs.”

Valuck said that in the three years that the club has been at O’Connell, it has served more than 1,000 students in the community.

“About 150 kids are served a day,” he said. “According to the Lakewood police department, since the club opened juve-nile crime in the surrounding area has de-clined by 15 percent.”

King said that the group is thrilled with the recognition, and the fact that some of its members will be singing during the performance.

“The club is something very meaning-ful for the kids to have,” she said. “Gives them a lot of focus, and provides them with a sense of community.”

Jefferies said that the great impact the Boys and Girls Club has had on the com-munity was the reason it was selected to be the recipient of donations this year.

“It gives students an opportunity to do good things,” Valuck said. “Kids are taught to become responsible citizens, and it helps them to avoid the effects of gangs, violence and drugs.”


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Scarlett hoping to be starlet for Lady Demons26-year-old coach already has long coaching history

By Daniel [email protected]

GOLDEN — Jeffco’s oldest and most senior-laden team just hired the young-est head basketball coach in the league.

Shea Scarlett has been tabbed as the new head coach of the Golden Demons girls’ basketball program.

The 26-year-old is a former Ralston Valley Mustang who is very familiar with Jeffco hoops.

Scarlett has previously been coach-ing at Emporia State University as an

assistant over the past couple seasons but he is also off the John Anderson-coaching tree, having served under the longtime boy’s varsity coach as a junior varsity coach four years ago.

“I am really excited about the op-portunity. I had my eye on this job for a while,” Scarlett said.

His familiarity with Jeffco basket-ball is likely what helped land the very young coach the gig. A recommenda-tion from an old rival in Anderson was perhaps what pushed Scarlett over the top.

Anderson was also very familiar with Scarlett from coaching against him when Ralston Valley was a 4A rival of Golden’s years ago.

“He was a great player, and he is go-

ing to be a great coach. Golden got a good one in Shea Scarlett,” Anderson said.

But as a former men’s collegiate coach, why did Scarlett have his eye on the Lady Demons’ gig?

“I coached a girl’s club basketball team one summer and it made me en-joy coaching girls. It’s a whole different deal and it is a big adjustment for not only the girls but for me as well,” Scar-lett said.

However, while most new coaches — no matter what the sport — take over struggling programs, Scarlett is taking over a team that has a chance to be the best in 4A Jeffco.

“Most of the time when a coaching change happens you are coming into a

struggling situation. But I am coming into a great situation and I couldn’t be happier,” Scarlett said.

The Demons finished 12-12 last sea-son. But they also lost just one senior to graduation and returning is Haley Blodgett, perhaps the best players in all of Jeffco, both 4A and 5A.

Golden is expected to push D’Evelyn this season for a league title and they perhaps even have the goods to make a deep playoff run.

“Coach Scarlett has taught us a lot already and he has us really excited about what we can be this season,” Blodgett said.

In addition, longtime Jeffco coach Tom Baker as named the girl’s junior varsity coach.

Former Ralston Valley Mustang Shea Scarlett was hired to lead a very good Golden team to the promise land. Photo by Danny Williams

Valor to join Jeffco leagueBut prep powerhouse still does not have a football league

By Daniel [email protected]

HIGHLANDS RANCH - Like it or not, Jefferson County League athletics — mi-nus football — is set to welcome back Valor Christian into its league starting next sea-

son.The juggernaut that is Valor athletics

— a 4A-sized school — will join Jeffco’s 5A league, the Classification and League Organizing Committee (CLOC) decided last Tuesday. All of their athletic programs, beside the football team, will play in Jeffco from 2014-2016 at the minimum.

Valor’s football team is still awaiting a conference. A decision on what league the team will join will be made at the end of November.

The school was formerly independent of a league during their current two-year cycle and had wished to join the Centen-nial League, but Centennial previously de-nied Valor’s request.

And through a 6-4 vote, the CLOC placed Valor in the Class 5A Jeffco League.

Valor previously played in 4A Jeffco from 2010-2012.

“That’s our job to put them in a league. They had to be in a league,” CLOC chair Tom Arensdorf told CHSAANow.com.

“Every member has the right to be in a league after they’ve done their proba-tionary period. They were not placed in a league two years ago ... because basically their membership was in jeopardy. We felt it was best at that time not to put them in a league. No one wanted them, but the rea-sons for not wanting them were based on past issues that were pretty valid.”

In addition, Littleton High School will leave the Continental league and join Jef-fco as well.

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School superintendents from around the state converged on Den-ver Nov. 19 to address a myriad of is-sues facing Colorado schools — and it was clear from the discussions that there are no easy answers to many problems.

Concerns over funding, student and teacher assessment testing and parental involvement were among the many issues tackled by 10 super-intendents during “The State of Our Districts” forum inside the Denver Center for Performing Arts.

The timing of the forum, which was put on by the Public Education & Business Coalition, was apt. It was two weeks removed from an election where a major, statewide school fund-ing initiative was rejected by voters.

Superintendents who supported Amendment 66 — which sought to overhaul public school funding by way of a tax hike — are still stinging from the defeat, as they continue to deal with budget shortfalls.

“Opportunities for kids across the state should not be determined by the property tax in their area,” said Den-ver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg.

Not everyone was upset over Amendment 66’s failure. Douglas County Schools Superintendent Eliz-abeth Fagen said that full-day kinder-garten — one of the key selling points behind the funding measure — would have caused facility issues in Douglas County.

“Frankly, for us, it was a signifi cant issue that we would have had to deal with,” she said.

Much of the discussion centered around reform initiatives, and state and national assessment mandates, and the challenges districts face sur-rounding their implementations — something to which each of the su-perintendents could relate.

For example, Adams 12 Five Star Schools Superintendent Chris Gdowski said abiding by certain on-line assessment standards means that the district has to come up with up to $15 million to ensure that its infor-mation technology systems can ad-equately support the testing.

“It’s a classic example of wanting well-intended outcomes,” Gdowski said. “But $10 (million) to $15 million is an enormous investment for a dis-trict that’s really struggling right now.”

Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Cindy Stevenson talked about those same challenges and how they can result in “tension” among Jeffco teachers. Stevenson said that the district is trying to juggle multiple assessment mandates on a budget that is below 2009 funding levels.

“We ask more and more of our teachers and principals, and we’re giving them fewer resources,” she said. “We tell them, ‘Here’s a reform to implement, and we’re not going to give you any more resources. By the way, you’ll have new training, as well.’”

Littleton Public Schools Superin-tendent Scott Murphy blasted what he calls the “Washington D.C.-ing of Colorado.” Murphy said that many of the national assessment mandates simply aren’t good fi ts for every state.

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ply to a state that’s rich in agriculture, mining and, frankly, independence,” he said.

One key national assessment man-date that will be implemented next year will be tied to the Common Core State Standards Initiative, which will require that K-12 students receive in-struction under more rigorous stan-dards. Over the summer, the Douglas County school board rejected imple-mentation of the Common Core stan-dards, opting instead to institute its own.

“Common Core standards are not high enough for what we’re aiming for in Douglas County,” said Fagen.

Boasberg said he appreciates the standards that are put in place through Common Core, but said that there’s a reality that districts face.

“The standards are wonderful,” he said. “But you don’t just wave a magic wand and say to a kid who is strug-gling to read something in seventh grade that you should be doing this in fi fth grade.”

The superintendents were also asked about the challenges associated with getting parents more involved in what’s happening at their schools.

Boasberg said that Denver Pub-lic Schools reaches out to Spanish-speaking parents through a daily Spanish program, and through a home visit program, where teachers ask parents about their child’s “hopes and dreams and what we can do to help.”

Gdowski said that poor parents are highly involved at Adams 12 schools, but acknowledged that there are chal-lenges in fostering greater involve-ment. “We haven’t quite yet fi gured out the tools to provide them to sup-port their kids academically,” he said.

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Sharpshooting Elk’s at annual event Several shooters advance to districts — maybe further By Daniel Williams [email protected]

GOLDEN — Some young sharp-shooters took their best shot at the 25th annual Hoop Shoot contest at last Saturday at Welchester Elemen-tary School.

Held by the Golden Elks Lodge #2740 since 1988, the contest is a free throw competition where each con-

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Joey Aigner also advanced after going 14-for-25 in the 10-to-11-year-old category.

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‘Nutcracker’ part of holiday tradition Show part of cultural center schedule for 14 years By Clarke Reader [email protected]

Traditions are a cherished part of every holiday season, and for Lakewood residents one of the favorites is the Dawson�Wallace Dance Project’s production of “The Nut-cracker.”

The dance group’s production will be on the cultural center’s stage, 470 S. Allison Parkway, on Dec. 14-15 and 21-23.

“It’s a very fun production — really beautiful, whimsical and colorful,” Allison Scheck, marketing and community rela-tions administrator with Lakewood said. “It’s really lively and fi ts perfectly for the entire family.”

“The Nutcracker” has been playing at the cultural center for 14 years, since the center opened.

“There have been some tweaks along the way to the production,” Susan Martin, cultural center administrator said. “Act One is a little less traditional in its visual presen-tation, and in Act Two the performers use computer graphics for the scenic back-drops.”

Martin said that from a visual stand-point, it’s fun to see the update on the cos-tumes and scenery, but it is still very much the Tchaikovsky masterpiece that so many are familiar with.

Part of the show’s aim is bringing aware-

ness about classical music, the ballet and the composer to children, and so there are four shows called “Nutcracker in a Nut-shell” for elementary school students.

Martin said the “Nutshell” performanc-es give the story in brief, and share some information about how ballet works, and its history.

“The size of the theater gives a great inti-macy to the production,” Martin said. “Ev-eryone is so close and can focus their atten-tion on what’s happening on stage.”

According to Martin, many residents make the performance part of their holiday tradition, which is part of the reason the show has been a part of the cultural center’s reason for as long as it has.

For more information and tickets, call 303-987-7845 or visit www.lakewood.org/tickets.

The Lakewood Cultural Center is hosting the annual Dawson Wallace Dance Project’s production of “The Nutcracker,” a production that has become a family tradition for many residents. Courtesy photo

IF YOU GO WHAT: Dawson Wallace Dance Project’s “The Nutcracker”WHERE: Lakewood Cultural Center470 S. Allison Parkway, LakewoodWHEN: Dec. 14-15 and 21-23.Saturday, Dec. 14 and 21 and Monday, Dec. 23 - 2 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 14 and 21 - 7 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 15 and 22 - 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.COST: $28 - $41INFORMATION: 303-987-7845 or www.Lakewood.org/Tickets

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