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City’s sustainability celebratedGolden 2013 Sustainability Awards presentedBy Glenn [email protected]

What do a middle school fish tank and an industrial park construction project have in common?

They both won the City of Golden’s 2013 Sustainability Awards.

The awards began in 2009, and were created as a way to recognize and honor residents, businesses, community groups, and nonprofits that demonstrate out-

standing commitment to the city’s sustain-ability goals, according to the city website.

The iSTEM program at Bell Middle School was recognized by the city for con-struction of an aquaponic system, using Tilapia fish in a sustainable tank ecosys-tem.

The pilot program, designed to improve science, technology, engineering and math education, will focus on biodiversity using the aquaponic project this semester.

The second award winner was Gerry Suman, owner and CEO of Electrical Tech-nologies. He relocated his company to the Coors Industrial Park last year.

Andrea Schulz, the Bell iSTEM coordi-nator, and Suman accepted their awards — sculpted out of old bicycle parts — at the April 18 Golden City Council meeting.

“Mr. Suman really went crazy, and made his building net zero” for energy consump-tion, Worsham said.

Suman built his new 11,400 square foot new building out of insulated concrete foam construction. On the roof he added a 30kW solar photovoltaic system for energy.

He added 20 percent more trees than required by Golden planning standards. He also added additional bike racks, and included employee shower facilities to encourage his employees to use alternate transportation. The building features a geothermal well, which cuts costs for heat-ing and cooling.

“The irony, as he points out, is that Electrical Technologies makes its profits from increases in demand for electricity,” Worsham said.

“I’m building for the future,” Suman said when interviewed at his business. “People will need energy regardless.”

With the assistance of tax credits, Suman said he was able to completely pay for the extra improvements to his building in its first year of operation. Suman said he would actually like to see Golden’s con-struction standards get tougher and start requiring new and more efficient con-struction techniques.

“I’d like to see any building with easily accessible ground water have a geother-mal system,” Suman said.

Nominations for the 2014 awards may be submitted via email to [email protected], or be zmailed to City of Golden c/o Theresa Worsham, 1445 10th Street, Golden, CO 80401.

Twenty years walking the walkVictims of crime, and victim advocates gatherBy Glenn [email protected]

The 20th annual Jefferson County Cour-age Walk held April 20 drew more than 200 participants and among them were survi-vors of violent crime and family members of murder victims.

Also participating were victim advo-cates volunteers, professionals, and orga-nizations that support them.

“I always like to start this with recogni-tion of the victims. And there’s been a lot of them in this country this year,” Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink said at the start of the walk.

Participants walked from the Jeffco

district attorney’s office to the Courage Garden that is located beside the county’s courthouse and administrative building in Golden.

Among the walkers were Jean and Bert Stahl, the grandparents of Heather DeWild, who was killed by her husband in Edgewater 10 years ago.

Earlier this year, the husband, Daniel DeWild, was sentenced in a Jeffco court to 74 years in prison for her murder.

“We wanted to honor Heather, and the other victims. Everybody here has some-thing in common,” Jean Stahl said. “Vic-tim advocates are absolutely on the beam about everything. They were there for us with anything we ever needed.”

At the garden, County District Attorney Pete Weir addressed the crowd, asking for a moment of silence in honor of the many “community rattling events” of recent months, as well as older incidents.

The day marked the 14th anniversary of the Columbine shooting in south Jefferson County.

The ceremony also included words by the Rev. Charles Adone, chaplain at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, and Jane Pemberton, former executive director of Family Tree.

Pemberton shared her personal story about getting herself and her children away from an abusive husband.

“I know that many of the brave survi-vors here can also say that in the midst of your pain and trauma, a few kind words really can make all the difference,” Pem-berton said.

The event raised $3,548, which will be used to help fund victim advocacy programs in the county, and as direct monetary assistance through the district

More than 200 participants made the half-mile walk up to the Jefferson County Courage Garden on April 20, raising thousands for crime victims and victim advocates. Photo by Glenn Wallace

Civil unions begin May 1County prepared with new formsBy Glenn [email protected]

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a civil-unions bill into law March 21 opening up a new option for same-sex couples when it goes into effect on May 1.

The bill, passed by the Democrat-con-trolled state Legislature, is seen by gay marriage supporters as a half step to re-versing a 2006 voter-approved state ban on gay marriage.

While the new law might represent a major cultural shift, Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson said that for her office, the change should be easily ac-cepted.

“I’m currently the president of the (state) Clerks Association. And once we knew it was going to become law, we began work on an implementation plan,” Ander-son said.

That implementation plan is now in full effect across the state, as each county pre-pares to accept the new civil union licens-es beginning on Wednesday, May 1. An-derson said most of the work involves the creation of new forms, and new computer programing to accommodate the new type of license. She said the form, and the pro-cess, will be very similar to the standard marriage form.

According to Department Director Su-sie Swain, one of the few differences be-tween the two licenses will be that while someone under 18 can receive a marriage license with the permission of a parent or guardian, no such provision will be al-lowed for civil unions.

In Colorado, a heterosexual couple can obtain a marriage license, self affirm their marriage, or have a common law marriage.

“Once this goes into effect, a heterosex-ual couple could choose to get a civil union instead of a marriage license,” Swain said.

The big day“We’re anticipating a really exciting

day,” Anderson said of May 1. “What will

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Democracy makes for a long, tiring slog There’s an episode of “The Simpsons”

where Homer ends up wandering through a desert in the middle of a hot-chile-pep-per-induced hallucination.

Homer, confused by his surroundings and the seemingly endless landscape around him, comes across a tortoise that’s leaving a message behind it in the sand as it walks that reads: Follow the tortoise.

Homer does so, before becoming frus-trated by the tortoise’s tortoise-like pace. He then gives the reptile a gentle kick in its rear in hopes of getting it to move faster.

“Get moving you stupid ...,” Homer says. “When I’m kicking you that means hurry up!”

Homer ends up losing his patience and boots the tortoise across the desert.

As a reporter who covers the Colorado General Assembly every day, I can relate to Homer’s anguish.

This year’s legislative session may be winding down, but as each day passes, it just feels like I’m following a slow-moving tortoise clumsily through the sand. The days go on forever. And sometimes, in the middle of an eight-hour hearing, I get into one of those Homer-like moods where I just wanna kick the proverbial tortoise across Denver’s Colfax Avenue and scream, “Hurry up!”

It’s been controversial bill after contro-versial bill this session. And debate over each one of them seems to go on and on and on ....

And when one bill is fi nally put to bed after several hours of debate, there’s an-other one right behind it to take its place. It’s like throwing a single starfi sh back into

the ocean after hundreds of others have washed up on the shore.

But I guess I do take some solace in knowing that my exhaustion is not unique. Lawmakers are feeling the pain, too. And they’re doing their best to get through the long days.

“I’m still trying to fi gure out if I came just in time or at a horribly wrong time,” quipped freshman Rep. Dominick Moreno, D-Commerce City. “The jury is still out on that one.”

Moreno said he barely has time to check in with his loved ones anymore.

“I get phone calls from my family say-ing, ‘Hey, we haven’t seen you in a couple of weeks. Just wondering if everything is OK,’” he said. “That’s funny because I live a block away from my parents.”

Seasoned lawmakers like Rep. Amy Stephens, R-Monument, a former House majority leader, said the key to getting through this marathon-like session is working out whenever she can, gobbling antioxidants, and avoiding unnecessary nights out on the town.

“Some people, they’re out every night, and they can get up and go to work every

day,” she said. “And I marvel and just go, ‘OK, more props to you.’ That’s not me. You learn over time how to pace yourself, (and understand) what you can and can’t do.”

The daily grind affects people differ-ently. For instance, freshman Democratic Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton said he “feels good” right now, but admits to hav-ing gained about 15 pounds since the start of the session. Meanwhile, Rep. Brittany Pettersen, a freshman Democrat from Lakewood, made it sound like the long days are no big deal.

“I’m surprised to hear that it’s not usually like this,” she said, adding that, compared to her previous jobs in politics, “this is the most time off I’ve ever had in my life.”

Another thing I’ve noticed during my conversations with lawmakers about the jammed calendar is that Democrats’ moods seems to be a heck of a lot better than Republicans.

The Dems are in charge, and their brutal bill schedule of controversial gun-control, education and elections legislation is leav-ing Republicans tired and frustrated.

“This is the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Rep. Carole Murray, R-Castle Rock, of Democrats’ efforts of non-stop legislative action. “There’s so many important bills being crammed through a single session. I just don’t get the point. I mean, it’s not very smart. It ends up (that) we’re not passing very good laws. It’s all about a particular party’s agenda, rather than the people’s work.”

Stephens shares in Murray’s angst.“I have never seen such an overreach,”

she said. “We’re talking wholesale changes. Not just one or two, we’re talking bill after bill (of 50- to 100-page legislation). It’s no wonder we’re exhausted.

“It’s really poor management of the calendar.”

Hand it to Stephens, though. Because she was honest when I asked her if her party would do the same thing, if the roles were reversed.

“You bet,” she said. “If we had all three chambers, I’d be undoing all this (stuff). He who wins gets to decide the rules. Having been the majority leader, I get it.”

So, do Democrats believe that their work will be rewarded in 2014?

“You may not agree with everything we’re doing, but you can’t say we’re not do-ing anything,” Moreno said. “These are the types of policies and laws that the people of Colorado have been waiting for, for a long time.”

I fully expect that the remaining days of the session are going to be long and that there’s going to be more than a few times when I’ll want to pull a Homer and fi nd a tortoise to kick around.

But, I suppose this year’s session is just an example of democracy in action.

As Homer might say, “Lousy, stupid democracy.”

Vic Vela is the legislative reporter for Colo-rado Community Media. He can be reached at [email protected]. Also, fol-low Vic’s legislative updates on Twitter: @VicVela1.

JEFFCO NEWS IN A HURRY

Property revaluations comingNotices of Valuation for 2013

will be sent to all Jeffco property owners on May 1, 2013. The values in the 2013 notice will refl ect the value of property as of June 30, 2012, as required by state law.

“Countywide, the median value of an existing single family home increased from $246,220 in 2011 to $247,015 in 2013.

The median percentage value increase for single family homes in the county was 0.3 percent,” Jefferson County Assessor Jim Everson said.

Property owners who dis-agree with the values of the May 1 notice may appeal the with the assessor’s offi ce on or before June 1.

Light rail openingRTD’s FasTracks W Rail, the

west line that runs from Union Station to the Jefferson County government complex, will offi -cially open after a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, April 26.

To commemorate the open-ing, the county is partnering with the city of Golden and RTD to host a party for the public on

Saturday, April 27.The light rail will be free to

riders all day on April 27 and the stations along the new west line will be hosting parties for the community.

The Jeffco/Golden station will have food vendors, music, family activities, a petting zoo, adoptable pets, Open Space hik-ing/trail information and much more from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

State representatives open houseOn Saturday, April 27, state

Rep. Sue Schafer (D-District 24) and Sen. Cheri Jahn (D-District 20) will participate in an open house discussion about paying for K-12 education.

The open house will be located at the Wheat Ridge City Hall, 750 West 29th Ave. Other speakers include Will Gohl, a school policy analyst, and Sara Gagliardi, Jeffco Cares Board Member.

New library board electedThe Jefferson County Public

Library Board of Trustees today announced the election of new offi cers.

They are chair, Ray Elliott;

vice chair Brian DeLaet; and secretary Julia Hill-Nichols.

New offi cers were elected at the March 21 meeting and will serve from March 2013 to April 2014.

Also, in April, the county commissioners confi rmed the reappointment of existing trustees Brian DeLaet, Buddy Douglass, and Ray Elliott, who will continue to serve as trustees through March 2016.

Ballot security discussionPam Anderson, Jefferson

County clerk and recorder, will address the Jefferson County League of Women Voters at its annual meeting on Tues-day, April 30, at the Lakewood Country Club, 6800 W. 10th Ave., Lakewood.

The discussion will center on the election process and ballot security. The business meeting starts at 10:30 a.m. followed by lunch at 12:30 p.m.

The Clerk and Recorder’s talk is free. The lunch costs $25. To RSVP for the luncheon please contact the Jeffco LWV offi ce at 303-238-0032 or www.lwvjeffco.org.

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Tin Star ready to smokeNew South Golden Road eatery features barbecueBy Glenn [email protected]

Respect the badge.At least that is what Paul Schutt,

the owner of the Tin Star Smokehouse at 16400 South Golden Road, hopes will happen.

After 30 years in the restaurant business, including helping out his brother’s Tin Star Café in Evergreen, Paul Schutt said he definitely wanted to do his own thing — namely barbe-cue.

“We moved to Golden a few months ago and liked it here. And Golden was in desperate need of good barbecue,” Paul Schutt said.

The space was right, the location was far from any other barbecue res-

taurant and the rent was reasonable, so Schutt opened up for business March 18.

The interior, previously decorated as a gourmet burger joint, has been westernized, with reclaimed wood and metal on the walls, evoking the look of weathered barn walls and wa-ter troughs.

The menu has, of course, changed as well, offering chicken, ribs, salmon and brisket. Virtually everything on

the menu is made in-house. The pick-les are homemade, using grandma’s recipe. The Schutt brothers report that the hushpuppies and ribs are their biggest sellers so far.

“So far, business has been better than projected,” Paul Schutt said.

Andrew Schutt said the new Gold-en location would allow his Evergreen location to offer more smoked meats and ribs, as well as giving the broth-ers enough kitchen space to do more catering work.

The full restaurant sign includes the phrase “Colorado Bar-B-Que” at the bottom. But, what exactly is “Col-orado Bar-B-Que?”

“We’re kind of defining it our-selves, blending several different bar-becue cultures,” Andrew Schutt said, describing Tin Star’s menu as a mix.

The sauce is a mix of southern and KC style, while the emphasis on smoked flavor is a Texas staple. Tin Star’s dry rubs all use a little south-western spice that Andrew Schutt said “really speaks for this area.”

Paul Schutt, the owner of the newly opened Tin Star Smokehouse on South Golden Road, is ready and able to lay out quite a spread of barbecue creations. Photo by Glenn Wallace

A Golden PulitzerGolden boy John Branch wins journalism’s highest honorBy Glenn [email protected]

Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times feature writer John Branch readily admits that his career path has not been a traditional one.

The Golden High School graduate (Class of 1985) ini-tially set out for a career in business.

“I wasn’t f o l l o w i n g my heart, just my head,” the 45-year-old said.

But a ca-reer change at the age of 28 took him from doing marketing work for Costco, back to school for a second degree, and eventually to the hallowed journalistic halls of The New York Times.

Last week one of Branch’s stories — a multimedia piece about an avalanche in Washington State that claimed three lives — won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing.

His family moved to Golden when he was five. His father worked for Co-ors, and his mother, Sue Branch, worked as a sub-stitute teacher for Golden High School for 25 years.

“I’m old enough to say that Golden was different back then,” John Branch said, describing it as a bit more folksy, not so trendy, “essential Americana.”

As a child, he said he loved reading about sports in both The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News sports sections.

“In the back of my mind,

I always thought it’d be great to be a sportswriter,” he said.

“I think it was just a lifelong dream of his to be a journalist,” Sue Branch said. She described the Branch family as being “full of pride” about the story winning the Pulitzer.

The story took six months of reporting, and another six months of mul-timedia design to complete. It blends together Branch’s story text with animated graphics, maps, pictures, audio, and video to tell the tale of that fatal avalanche.

In all, Branch said 25 people at The New York Times helped craft the fin-ished product. The story also won a Peabody award, “which is normally reserved for television or documen-taries.”

Branch said he thinks the blending of so many media elements is the future of long-form journalism.

“But who knows, in a few years they may look back at my story and call it ‘quaint.’ Things just move so fast,” he said.

His mother has her own theory about what made her son’s storywriting award-winning.

“He’s a very kind and empathetic person, which I think has helped him get to know about the people he wrote about,” she said.

‘We’re kind of defining it ourselves, blending

several different barbecue cultures.’

Andrew Schutt

Branch

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John Branch’s award-winning feature story is available online at:

www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall

A short video documentary of the story is available at:

http://nyti.ms/TaHf9t

Branch was also a 2012 Pulitzer finalist for this story:

www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/sports/hockey/derek-boogaard-a-boy-learns-to-brawl.html

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Ethics in business rewarded Annual awards given out by the Golden Rotary By Glenn Wallace [email protected]

The Rotary Club of Golden recently recog-nized a Littleton handyman company and a Golden civic nonprofi t as part of its annual Eth-ics in Business Awards.

The eighth annual Ethics in Business awards luncheon was held April 18 in the Denver West Marriott.

This year’s for-profi t winner was A Master’s Hands, owned by Jim and Michele Bartlett, while the non-profi t winner was the Golden Civic Foundation.

Rotary clubs around the world seek to pro-mote ethical behavior by asking their members to consider four questions for all of their words and deeds: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all con-cerned? Will it build goodwill and better friend-ships? Is it benefi cial to all concerned?

Every year the Rotary Club of Golden can-vases the community for nominations for busi-nesses and nonprofi ts.

Those applications are then given to an eth-ics class at the Colorado School of Mines, where the winners are chosen.

The business started after Jim Bartlett was laid off from a high paying job in high tech. Hav-ing grown up in a household of master crafts-men, Jim Bartlett had always been handy, and began doing odd jobs for friends and neighbors while looking for a new tech position. Michele Bartlett said that eventually, the odd jobs just became her husband’s primary job, and even-tually a thriving business.

“Sometimes they have a really long honey-do list, but no honey to do that list,” Jim Bartlett said.

“We serve every client as if we were serving

God,” Jim Bartlett added.Golden Civic Foundation’s board president

Mike Cruson accepted the award on behalf of his organization, and led the room in a round of applause for the 95-year-old organization founder Heinie Foss, who was in attendance.

Longtime Civic Foundation supporter Randy Chapman gave a brief history of the organiza-tion, from its founding by Foss, through the re-vitalization of many of the buildings in down-town Golden, and including the foundation’s “generous and consistent support to Golden’s nonprofi t and cultural organizations.”

CBS Weatherman Ed Greene was the master of ceremonies for the luncheon, which was at-tended by Golden City Council members, Con-gressman Ed Perlmutter, Former Colorado First Lady Francis Owen, and Jefferson County Com-missioner Faye Griffi n.

The keynote speaker was Dr. Corey Cioc-chetti, associate professor of Business Ethics and Legal Studies at the University of Denver.

Also in attendance were award winners from previous years, including My Pie owner Peter Crouse from Wheat Ridge, and staff from The Action Center serving Jefferson County.

The 2013 For-Pro� t Winner of the Golden Rotary’s Ethics in Business Award was Littleton-based handyman company A Master’s Hands. Golden Rotary President Peggy Halderman, left, and, and First Bank representative Emily Robinson, right, presented the award to the company founders and owners, Jim Bartlett and Michele Bartlett. Courtesy photo of Tonya Delborne

Bill to OK bene� ts during lockouts moves ahead Workers could get payments during union labor disputes By Vic Vela [email protected]

Unemployment benefi ts for workers who are locked out from their jobs during labor disputes would be expanded under a bill that is moving through the Legislature.

House Bill 1304 allows workers the abil-ity to collect jobless benefi ts when they are involved in so-called “defensive” lockouts — where companies lock out employees who are part of a union that is already strik-ing against another business entity in the same industry.

The last time a defensive lockout oc-curred was in 1996, when Safeway workers were locked out after their union decided to strike against King Soopers.

Unemployment benefi ts already are available to workers who are involved in an “offensive” lockout, a tactic that can be used by a company to gain leverage against a union when contract negotiations break down.

Former Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter ve-toed similar legislation in 2009.

The bill passed the Democrat-controlled House on April 22 on a party-line vote of 37-

Bill would broaden discrimination law Republicans oppose plan as possible job-killer By Vic Vela [email protected]

A bill that would broaden damage awards available to Colorado employees who sue over discrimination in the workplace is mak-ing its way through the state Legislature.

But while Democrats are hailing House Bill 1136 as a victory for employee protec-tion, Republicans are blasting the legislation as a job-killing bill that creates a boon for trial lawyers.

The bill passed the House on April 19 on a 35-28 vote, following debate that lasted sev-eral hours over two voting days.

All Republicans voted against the legisla-tion, with Democratic Rep. Mike McLauch-lan of Durango joining them in opposition.

The “Job Protection and Civil Rights Em-ployment Act of 2013” particularly would af-fect small businesses that have workforces of 14 or fewer people. Under the bill, em-ployees at companies of all sizes could col-lect punitive and compensatory damages in state court, as well as recoup legal fees in civil rights cases.

Right now, employees at small-sized businesses are only afforded remedies that allow them to be “made whole” following successful discrimination lawsuits, such as earning back pay, or getting their jobs back.

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Bill to OK bene� ts during lockouts moves ahead Workers could get payments during union labor disputes By Vic Vela [email protected]

Unemployment benefi ts for workers who are locked out from their jobs during labor disputes would be expanded under a bill that is moving through the Legislature.

House Bill 1304 allows workers the abil-ity to collect jobless benefi ts when they are involved in so-called “defensive” lockouts — where companies lock out employees who are part of a union that is already strik-ing against another business entity in the same industry.

The last time a defensive lockout oc-curred was in 1996, when Safeway workers were locked out after their union decided to strike against King Soopers.

Unemployment benefi ts already are available to workers who are involved in an “offensive” lockout, a tactic that can be used by a company to gain leverage against a union when contract negotiations break down.

Former Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter ve-toed similar legislation in 2009.

The bill passed the Democrat-controlled House on April 22 on a party-line vote of 37-

27, with one Republican member excused.Democratic Rep. Dominick Moreno of

Commerce City, the bill’s sponsor, argued during a recent debate on the House fl oor that companies are the ones making the decision to lock out their employees, and that it’s only fair that their workers receive security when they’re not allowed to come to work.

“What we’re saying is if you lock out your workers, if it’s not the fault of your employ-ees, than they’re entitled to unemployment benefi ts,” Moreno said.

Democrats also argued that Colorado is behind the rest of the nation on this issue, saying that 38 other states allow unemploy-ment benefi ts for locked-out workers.

But Republicans argue that by allowing workers in these situations to receive job-less benefi ts, labor unions would have the upper hand in negotiations.

Rep. Spencer Swalm, R-Centennial, said the bill “would create another burden” for the state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. He also said that the bill adversely affects businesses that must pay into that fund.

“This is just another example of over-reach that puts a target on businesses, when we should be encouraging business growth,” Swalm said.

The bill now heads to the Senate.

Bill would broaden discrimination law Republicans oppose plan as possible job-killer By Vic Vela [email protected]

A bill that would broaden damage awards available to Colorado employees who sue over discrimination in the workplace is mak-ing its way through the state Legislature.

But while Democrats are hailing House Bill 1136 as a victory for employee protec-tion, Republicans are blasting the legislation as a job-killing bill that creates a boon for trial lawyers.

The bill passed the House on April 19 on a 35-28 vote, following debate that lasted sev-eral hours over two voting days.

All Republicans voted against the legisla-tion, with Democratic Rep. Mike McLauch-lan of Durango joining them in opposition.

The “Job Protection and Civil Rights Em-ployment Act of 2013” particularly would af-fect small businesses that have workforces of 14 or fewer people. Under the bill, em-ployees at companies of all sizes could col-lect punitive and compensatory damages in state court, as well as recoup legal fees in civil rights cases.

Right now, employees at small-sized businesses are only afforded remedies that allow them to be “made whole” following successful discrimination lawsuits, such as earning back pay, or getting their jobs back.

Republicans mocked the bill’s intent, even at one time offering an amendment to re-title the bill the “Trial Lawyer Employ-ment Act of 2013,” arguing that the bill will

end up fi lling the pockets of lawyers who take these kind of cases to court.

Republicans also called the legislation an “anti-jobs bill” that could lead to devastating effects on small businesses that are forced to pay out thousands of dollars in punitive damages.

“It’s the difference between being in busi-ness and being out of business,” said House Minority Leader Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, during an April 17 House fl oor de-bate.

Republicans also said that the bill is un-necessary, arguing that Colorado discrimi-nation lawsuits are rare and that the legisla-tion just begs for more frivolous lawsuits to end up in court.

“Punitive damages are just a way to pile on a situation where there are other rem-edies in place,” said Rep. Polly Lawrence, R-Littleton.

But bill co-sponsor Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton, said courts always have discre-tion in these matters and that employees need greater protection than what current law allows.

“It’s not like courts are going to be hand-ing out meal tickets on every single case,” he said. “This isn’t an anti-jobs bill. It’s a preser-vation of jobs bill.”

Democrats amended the bill to cap dam-ages at $25,000 per case for small businesses that have between fi ve and 14 employees, and $10,000 for companies with fewer than fi ve workers. Republican efforts to amend the bill to prevent the legislation from affect-ing companies with 10 or fewer employees were unsuccessful.

The bill now heads to the Senate.


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Fire� ghter labor bill heads back to Senate House amendments may not be enough to avoid veto By Vic Vela [email protected]

A bill that seeks to expand labor rights for fi refi ghters has passed the Colorado House, and has headed back to the Senate — where it passed earlier — for approval of amend-ments.

But the ultimate question is whether the amendments will be enough to please Gov. John Hicken-looper, who threatened to veto the bill earlier this session.

Senate Bill 25 passed the House on April 19, following a party-line vote of 35-28. Democratic Rep. Claire Levy of Boulder joined all Republicans in op-posing the bill.

The current version of the bill — which was amended after Hicken-looper expressed concerns in Febru-ary — would allow fi refi ghters across the state to be able to have discus-sions on job safety issues, regardless of whether municipalities prohibit collective bargaining.

That’s a change from the original bill that passed the Senate earlier this legislative session, which would have guaranteed bargaining rights on

compensatory matters, such as sal-ary.

The bill also requires any county or municipality to put labor rights is-sues on the ballot, so long as an em-ployee group receives approval from 75 percent of its workers to form a union that seeks collective bargain-ing rights on matters such as salary.

The bill’s sponsors argue that the legislation does not mandate col-lective bargaining. They say the bill prohibits strikes and provides a ballot process for local control.

Republicans argue that the bill usurps the authority of local govern-ments to make bargaining rights de-cisions on their own.

“It’s an overreach of power,” said Rep. Kathleen Conti, R-Littleton. “If you’re a city out there and you have a moratorium against collective bar-gaining, guess what? You won’t after this bill passes.”

Rep. Ray Scott, R-Grand Junction, said the bill is “designed to promote unions.”

“This is not a public safety bill. This is a union bill. Plain and simple,” Scott said.

But Democrats say the bill does not take away local control, and that voters in those areas simply will have a chance to determine what is best for their communities.

And they argue that fi refi ghters should be able to negotiate matters pertaining to their own safety.

“What are we afraid of here?” said Rep. Cherylin Peniston, D-Westmin-ster. “Are we afraid of the profession-als we hire to come and have a chance to say what it is they think will make their jobs better?”

The bill also allows fi refi ghters to participate more openly in the politi-cal process, which are either limited or prohibited by some municipalities.

“Off duty and out of uniform, they are denied the right to participate in the political process,” said Rep. Dom-inick Moreno, D-Commerce City. “You can’t even put a yard sign in your front yard for your favorite candidate. That’s not fair.”

Democratic Sen. Lois Tochtrop of Thornton, the bill’s Senate sponsor, told Colorado Community Media that she doesn’t know whether Hick-enlooper will sign her bill. But she believes that the current version is a good piece of legislation.

“There’s been a lot of negotiations going on and we think this is one that will suit many people’s needs,” she said. “This bill concerns safety and this is going to go a long way to helping fi refi ghters, so that they have a place at the table when it comes to safety issues.”

TRANSCRIPT NEWS IN A HURRY Student achievement meeting

The Jefferson County Board of Education will hold a Community Engage-ment meeting at Golden High School, 701 24th St., to discuss student achieve-ment Monday, April 29, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Flag retirementJoin Boy Scout Troop 130

as the scouts pay respect to our nation’s fl ag by retiring banners that are ready to be retired.

The ceremony will be 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at First United Methodist Church of Golden, 1500 Ford St.

Residents are invited to drop off any fl ags they would like to retire to the American Legion at 500 9th St. in Golden, prior to Saturday, May 4.

Flags can also be brought to the retirement ceremony. For additional information, contact Jeff at [email protected].

Golden author book signingGolden resident and

children’s book author S.E. Rothrock will hold a book signing event for her book “Wadsworth: A Prairie Dog Adventure” on April 27.

The signing will be from 9 .am. to 11 a.m. at Café 13, 1301 Arapahoe St.

Institute movingThe Mountain Language

Institute, an English lan-guage school, has moved from its former location on Arapahoe St., to its new home at 1224 Washington Ave.

The school now occu-pies the lower level of the old Foss General Store.

The school serves international students and families associated with the Colorado School of Mines living in the west Denver area. It offers a variety of program options for both adults and children, includ-ing part-time or intensive English classes.

Local residents also have an opportunity to assist the school in its mission, help-ing students from countries including Japan, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, China, and South Korea.

“Goldenites should know that our students are thrilled to be in Golden and enjoy contact with the community. We encour-age anyone interested in promoting a positive cross-cultural experience to speak with us about op-portunities to participate in conversations with our students,” said Kelda Neely,

MLI’s business manager.More information is

available at www.mlieng-lish.com or by calling 720-213-8651.

Super Cruise rolling this wayGolden’s free classic car

event is about to return.The fi rst The Golden Su-

per Cruise of 2013 is sched-uled for May 4. The cruise is typically held on the fi rst Saturday of the month, May through October.

Hundreds of classic cars will congregate along South Golden Road between Golden High School and the Sonic Drive-In. Classic and exotic cars will cruise along the route, and park in various parking lots along the way.

For more information, or the latest news on pos-sible weather cancellations, go to www.goldensuper-cruise.com.

RTD changes for Golden W Rail Line changes begin April 28 Sta� Report

With the start of the W Rail Line,

bus service will shift in Golden, with current routes ending, in favor of a new Call-n-Ride system.

Effective April 28, the current 16L and 17 bus lines will be discontinued.

The GS, ES, and EV regional com-muter bus schedules will be modifi ed.

The 16 route will still be the main commuter bus in and out of Golden.

Beginning April 29, the Golden Call-n-Ride bus system will begin.

The fl exible Call-n-Ride service will run 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays, with one-bus service on Saturday, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. The Call-n-Ride bus service will be based at the Jefferson County Government Center/Golden Station, to tie into commuters looking to use the Light Rail line. Riders can call in advance for a pick-up or drop off anywhere within the coverage area during hours of operation.

Note that the Golden Heights and Golden Hills neighborhoods and the Coors Technology Center are currently not included in the service area.

When not on a call, Call-n-Ride buses will circulate the Golden area along a set route. The circulator bus will depart the Jeffco county building

station, travel north along 6th Avenue, stop at CSM student housing on 19th Street, before turning north onto Illi-nois Avenue to make a CSM campus stop. The bus will make stops along 11th and 10th Avenues before turning back south, with multiple stops along Jackson Street and South Golden Road. The bus then turns onto John-son Road to head back to the W Rail Line station stop.

During peak weekday times, one bus will stop by each checkpoint lo-cation every 15 minutes according to RTD. A full, printable map is available at www.cityofgolden.net/media/Call-n-RideMap.pdf

The Golden Call-n-Ride hotline number is 303-519-9162.


RTD changes for Goldenstation, travel north along 6th Avenue, stop at CSM student housing on 19th Street, before turning north onto Illi-nois Avenue to make a CSM campus stop. The bus will make stops along 11th and 10th Avenues before turning back south, with multiple stops along Jackson Street and South Golden Road. The bus then turns onto John-son Road to head back to the W Rail Line station stop.

During peak weekday times, one bus will stop by each checkpoint lo-cation every 15 minutes according to RTD. A full, printable map is available at www.cityofgolden.net/media/Call-n-RideMap.pdf

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Spring cleaning is always a good thing. You fi nd a lot of dirt when you’re scrubbing the corners of your house. You fi nd a better mood when everything’s clean and tidy. And you fi nd things you thought you’d lost and things you never remembered you even had. Like gift certifi cates left over from December.

So you got a bookstore gift certifi -cate and you don’t know how to use it. Why not check out these great books:

Kids booksIf the gift certifi cate belongs to

your young’un, then look for “The Art of Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy” by Ursus Wehrli. This is a cute (but unusual) book in which a messy situation is made neat by lining up all the things that made it a mess. It’s very different, and could be used as a counting book for kids who need practice with higher numbers.

If your 9-to-12-year-old is con-cerned about being kind to the Earth, then introduce him (or her!) to “Dar-ius Bell and the Crystal Bees” by Odo Hirsch. This is a book about a boy who learns that some-thing bad is h a p p e n i n g to bees and it won’t just mean no more honey. What he does in this honey of a book is for your child to fi nd out…

For a great read-aloud that grade-schoolers will love, look for the Deputy Dorkface books by Kevin D. Janison, illustrated by Eldon Doty. These books teach kids manners, hygiene, and eating right, but not in a preachy way that kids hate. Nope, these books are laugh-out-loud, and kids will love them.

And there you are. You found a gift certifi cate, and that’s a good thing. If these books don’t sound very appetiz-ing to you, be sure to ask your book-seller for even more ideas. They like to talk about books. Really, they do.

FictionIf a good romping romance with

a dose of drama sounds good to you today, then look for “Close Quarters” by Shamara Ray. This is a book about two roommates – she’s engaged and he’s a jerk – and what happens when they realize that they really can’t live without one another.

The Underground Railroad is the setting for “The Last Runaway” by Tracy Chevalier. When a young Quaker girl moves to Ohio for a new life, she is drawn into helping the ef-fort to spirit former slaves to freedom. And speaking of running away, check out “My One Square Inch of Alaska” by Sharon Short. It’s the story of a

young girl who runs away from a life she’s yearned to escape, packs up her brother and his dog, and heads to a long-time dream way up North.

Fans of quirky mysteries will love “The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks: A Novel” by Gillian Royes. This se-quel to Royes’ fi rst book picks up with Shad Myers, unoffi cial lawman and bartender for Largo Bay. Shad is in the midst of turmoil that may – or may not – save his little commu-nity. You’ll fi nd more turmoil in “The Guilty One” by Lisa Ballantyne. It’s a novel of suspense, in which a London solicitor takes on a crime that’s pos-sibly been committed by a child. Can he keep his own bad memories from tainting the solving of this case?

One of my favorite authors has a new book out: “Live by Night” by Dennis Lehane. Set in the Roaring Twenties, this is a book about gang-sters, Prohibition, and one man’s life in the underworld. Coming from Le-hane, you know it’ll be good.

If you’re more of a short-story fan, then look for “Could You Be With Her Now” by Jen Michalski. This book contains two novellas: the fi rst, a sort of mystery-thriller; the second, a sto-ry set within a relationship that raises eyebrows.

Non-FictionIf you love a good step back in time,

then look for “Successful Farming: Traditional Methods and Techniques for Every Farm” by Frank D. Gardner. This thick book takes a good look at all kinds of farming and gardening, the way it was done in Grandpa’s day – which makes this book perfect for reminiscing.

Ever wonder what you’re made of? “The Violinist’s Thumb” by Sam Kean takes readers on a ride inside. You’ll learn fascinating things about ge-netics, DNA, and how it shapes each individual who ever lived – includ-ing you! Pair it up with “The End of Men” by Hanna Rosin, a book about how the “stronger” sex is slowly being dominated by the world’s women.

How do you keep your family safe? In “Dangerous Instincts” by Mary Ellen O’Toole, PhD and Alisa Bow-man, you’ll learn a few tips straight from an FBI Profi ler. This is a book for parents, businesspeople and single folks. It doesn’t just touch upon phys-ical safety, but decision-making and risk-taking, too. In this weird world, isn’t that info you need? Also look for “TwentySomething: Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck?” by Robin Ma-rantz Henig and Samantha Henig. Reading this, for parents, is just a dif-ferent way of keeping your (grown) kids – and your sanity – safe.

So you say you love classic litera-ture. But did you know that some fi c-tion is actually non-fi ction? In the book “Black Fire” by Robert Gray-smith, you’ll read about Samuel Clemens, the real Mark Twain, and a 150-year-old mystery. And speak-ing of mysteries, how about a medi-cal one? Look for “Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness” by Susannah Cahalan, a book about one woman’s scary illness and the doctor-sleuths who diagnosed it.

If a memoir is your thing this spring, look for “Memoir of the Sun-day Brunch” by Julia Pandl, a book about growing up in a family res-taurant and the life lessons learned. Or try “Diary of a Stage Mother’s Daughter” by Melissa Francis who, you might remember, was one of the kids on “Little House on the Prairie” all those years ago.

One of the things you want to do this year is to strengthen the rela-tionship you have with your honey-bunny. That means you’ll want to fi nd “What Makes Love Last?” by John Gottman, PhD and Nan Silver. This is a book fi lled with hints, science-based tips, quizzes and more. You’ll, um, love it, especially if you team it up with “Love 2.0” by Barbara L. Fredrickson, Ph.D., which is a book about our emotions in amour and how being twitterpated changes who we are.

If you love biographies, look for “Hello, Gorgeous” by William J. Mann. It’s a big, solid, thick book about Barbra Streisand, her life, and her career. You’ll love this book. Also look for “Skirt Steak” by Charlotte Druckman. It’s an anthology of mem-ories and brief memoirs written by women chefs. No recipes, but it sim-mers nonetheless.

Every now and then, you like to read something that sends shivers up your spine, which is a good time to fi nd “Restless in Peace” by Mariah De La Croix. The author is a morti-cian. She’s also a psychic. You can well imagine how interesting that can be, right? And when you’re done, read “The Metamorphosis: The Appren-ticeship of Harry Houdini” by Bruce MacNab for a magical afternoon’s reading.

W h a t would you do without your pals? In “Friend-keeping” by Julie Klam, you’ll read about good friends, bet-ter friends and the best friends of all. And for a friend of a dif-ferent sort, read “Swoon: Great Se-ducers and Why Women Love Them” by Betsy Priouleau.

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If you’re in the mood for some-thing a little on the spiritual side, then look for “Imperfect Spiri-tuality” by Polly Campbell. This is a book that teaches you to find and get in touch with the inner you by learning new techniques and methods to increase personal growth and spirituality. Team it up with “Nurturing the Soul of Your Family” by Renee Peterson Trudeau and won’t you feel better?

So you’ve vowed this year to stay green, and “Eco Thrifty” by Debo-rah Niemann is going to help you do that. This is a book that will take you around your home and vehicle to show you how to save the earth while you’re saving money. What’s not to love about that?

Team it up with “The American Dream” by Lawrence R. Samuel, a pop-culture book about the history of Having It All.

If you’ve got a stack of books on your shelf that you haven’t read since high school, “Practical Clas-sics” by Kevin Smokler will give you a good reason to change that. This book looks at those old clas-sics, how they’re relevant, and how you’ll probably enjoy them more now than you ever did back in class.

Loss is never easy and if you faced one last year, then “Happily Even After” by Carole Brody Fleet may need to be next to your easy-chair. This is a book specifically for widows and widowers, written to help you get beyond grief and back to a new normal – whatever that is.

Another book to find is “Mom’s List” by St. John Greene. It’s a memoir written by his wife, who was dying and wanted to be sure that her family remembered cer-tain life lessons. Buy them – and a

box of tissues to go.Finally, you saw the movie, so

you know Lincoln was assassi-nated. But did you know that there was an attempt on his life years before that? In “The Hour of Peril” by Daniel Stashower, you’ll read about that almost-crime and the man who saved Lincoln’s life by foiling a plot that most certainly would’ve changed history.

PetsIf you’re a “cat person,” you’ll

want to find “Another Insane De-votion” by Peter Trachtenberg. This is a book about a man’s search for his lost kitty, and the cool things he found while looking for her.

You already probably know that American soldiers often rely on dogs while at war. You might even know a former working dog – or you may have one yourself. In “Dogs of Courage” by Lisa Rogak, you’ll read about more of them: police dogs, therapy pups, service dogs, and more.

Your dog or cat has the best life. So have you ever wondered about the lives of farm animals? In the new book “The Lucky Ones” by Jenny Brown, you’ll read about one woman’s fight for better lives for those critters.

Be aware that this book could be very controversial but that’s never stopped any animal lover I know… You also might like “Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man” by Brian McGrory. That’s a story of a man who marries a woman and gets kids and a fowl-mood fowl in the package.

And if your pets run a little big and it’s wild around your house, look for “Of Moose and Men” by Dr. Jerry Haigh. That’s a book by a Canadian veterinarian who cares for wildlife; in particular, moose. Or would that be “mooses?”

Happy reading!

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Books ‘Sense & Sensibility’ a hitThe much-anticipated new

musical was a resounding hit with the opening night audi-ence in The Stage Theatre at the Denver Center for Performing Arts at 14th and Champa.

The world premiere of “Sense & Sensibility the Musi-cal,” which plays through May 26, brings a brand new perspec-tive to the famous Jane Austin romantic novel of the same name.

When the patriarch of the Dashwood family suddenly dies, his widow and two daugh-ters find their circumstances turned up-side-down when they learn they’ve been dis-inherited. They are forced to move to a modest cottage with only one, very old servant.

The two sisters have decid-edly different approaches to life (thus the title) but each dreams of finding love and happiness. Of course, there are many twists and turns, deceptions and lies which allow for much singing and dancing. The origi-nal tunes reinforced the classic storyline.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The largely Broadway cast brought fresh faces to the Denver stage. The audience was fully engrossed in the action

and mesmerized by the glorious voices that set the tone for the evening.

Ruth Gottschalk (Mrs. Jen-nings who rescues the Dash-woods from poverty) nearly steals the show as the flamboy-ant country gentlewoman. She had stiff competition in the show-stealing department from the rest of the talented assem-blage of actors/singers.

While I always expect great staging when I visit the Denver Center Theatre Company offer-ings, this one took my breath away. The magnificent sets created images that ranged from a grand ballroom, to drawing rooms, to a simple cottage, to the rolling hills of the English countryside.

The beautifully staged production easily earned the standing ovation. For tix and info: 303-893-4100 or www.denvercenter.org.

On my radarOne of my very favorite

Denver singer-actors is Leon-ard E. Barrett Jr. This incredibly talented guy is performing in the Bessie’s Hope Copacabana Night fund raiser on April 25.

Headlining the Copacabana Show is The Four Lads, legend-ary singing group whose music topped the charts in the 1950s, ‘60s, and ‘70s and still going strong today. The benefit will be held at the Grand Hyatt Denver.

You can get reservations and info at 303-830-9037 or on the web at www.bessieshope.org.

Bessie’s Hope (formerly Rainbow Bridge) is a wonderful organization whose purpose is to bring generations together by matching teenagers with elderly residents of nursing homes.

The inspiration for the pro-gram came as the result of the dreadful nursing home experi-ences observed by one of the founders.

Leonard is also appearing in the Aurora Fox production of “The Color Purple, the Musical About Love” playing through May 12. It’s a bit of a hike to 9900 E. Colfax, but I can assure you that it will be worth the trip. For tix and info: 303-739-1970 or www.AuroraFox.org.

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Keep jobs at home, businesses at easeThe Keep Jobs in Colorado Act appears

to have considerable support as it passed the House Monday at the Statehouse.

We appreciate suggested improve-ments touted by the act, House Bill 1292, co-sponsored by state Sen. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood, but give pause to some of its measures long-term.

We agree with Kerr that changes are needed in penalties for companies that do not meet a threshold of requiring 80 percent of all taxpayer-backed state project labor be conducted by Colorado workers.

Kerr noted the 80 percent requirement has been on the books since 1933 but a jail penalty for non-complying company owners has not been enforced.

We agree virtually every law should have teeth, so it makes sense to amend the law by replacing jail time with civil fees for violations and retooling the com-pliance process.

The Keep Jobs in Colorado Act also aims to:

• Clamp down on outsourcing of jobs overseas in state contracts with beefed up disclosures on state contractors who use second-party vendors;

• Provide stricter enforcement of out-of-state bid preferences to make sure Colorado companies have all legal advantages available;

• Expand the so-called “best value” metrics related to in-state employment and domestically produced materials for contracts that are not co-mingled with federal funds;

• Create a central tracking system for

state projects — in practice tracking the most costly materials in public works projects, such as items made from iron, steel and related manufactured goods.

In light of these values, we recognize the arguments of some Republicans and others that it can be a difficult process ensuring that projects involve Colorado-based materials.

In one of our stories earlier this month, Rep. Ray Scott, R-Grand Junction, stated flatly there is “no way in this free market system that everyone is going to be truthful.”

Sad but true.Further we acknowledge it is highly

problematic for contractors to know and document the sources of all materials. As for tracking payroll, that is not as much of a challenge, but more paperwork means increasing staff time and cost for contractors.

Overall, the act’s key measures can in

some ways strengthen the state in the current challenging economic climate. The measures match the times, although it’s surely dicey work because making laws to regulate business — whether it’s incentives or tariffs or common taxes, and so on — will always be complicated and questionable to free market purists.

For now, we support the general ideas, but long-term, we harbor reserva-tions because the effort to stay local and secure jobs works against the pressing global marketplace and its competitive realities of comparative advantage — when one country can produce products or provide labor more efficiently than another.

Given that the state employment rate decreased from about 8.2 percent a year ago to 7.1 percent last month, we’d like to see Colorado in a trend to entertain fewer laws that mean increased government protocols and processes for business.

our view

Look for best ideas over right, wrong

One of the things that drives me crazy about our current political environment is the idea that if one guy is right, then the other guy has to be wrong, and vice versa.

Political battles are no longer oppor-tunities to take the good out of both ideas and enact them, but, rather, a “baby-or-the-bathwater” approach in which one side wins 100 percent, and the other side loses 100 percent.

This was oddly evident last weekend on the editorial pages of the Denver Post.

Jefferson County Schools Superinten-dent Cindy Stevenson co-authored an editorial in favor of Sen. Mike Johnston’s, D-Denver, school funding bill (SB 213), while right next to it the founder of “End the Education Plantation,” John Conlin of Littleton, penned an editorial against it.

One side yes, one side no, very little gray area. The problem is both arguments have merit, which the other side is loath to acknowledge. “No” points out that the state spends more than $10,000 per student currently — about the price of a good private education — and that SB 213 would increase that funding to nearly $12,000 without changing the design of the system.

“Yes,” on the other hand, points out that Colorado schools have had funding cut by $1.1 billion in the last four years, that the recent Lobato ruling held that Colorado school funding is “irrational, arbitrary, and severely underfunded,” and that, in spite of those cuts, the state has undertaken some pretty ambitious reforms.

Or why not come from the view that public schools should be just as effective as private schools, but that it’s going to cost some money to make it happen.

What if we did this: Start with Sen. Michael Johnston’s, D-Denver, $100 million “Innovation Fund,” and take two years with that money to start to figure out what new ideas make the most difference — then use them and fund them?

I’d even start with a few thousand spent studying Twin Peaks Charter School and D’Evelyn Jr./Sr. High School — both identified as top schools in the country by national publications — and identify what those schools do best, and how those ideas can be spread to every school in the state. Study the best schools in the country that serve at-risk populations, and steal their ideas. Study the best early-education pro-grams in the world, and steal their ideas.

Don’t just fund the system — fund the smartest system.

Making every school in this state a “high performing” school may cost $1 bil-lion, and we should commit to that price tag up front, should it be necessary. But we should also be open to the idea that it might not cost $1 billion, or that what it really requires is more commitment from families and communities, not wallets.

I’m happy to commit to a billion-dollar tax hike if I have confidence that every school and every child will be educated at a higher level. But that confidence is only going to come at the other end of a win-win process, not at the other end of what’s shaping up to be a typical, partisan political fight.

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

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”There is too much because there are things that need to be kept secret and not let out for safety.” — Patty Petrozelli, Arvada

”As a society, we demand more informa-tion, and because we demand more, people are put in harm’s way. I think we’ve lost sight of the No. 1 purpose of government and that’s to protect people, even

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”I do think the govern-ment has things they have to keep secret for the safety of our military and CIA and things like that. You have to still trust the government to be wise with the citizens’

interest at heart with what they keep secret and what they release.” — Robin Alexander, Arvada

Does government provide enough info on terrorism?

The United States and its allies have been fighting the War on Terror since 2001 fol-lowing the attacks on Sept. 11. The ongoing battle has been fought both on foreign and domestic soil. We asked local residents at Steamers Coffeehouse, 13771 W. 85th Drive in Arvada, if they think the information released by the government is beneficial.

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Keep jobs at home, businesses at ease some ways strengthen the state in the current challenging economic climate. The measures match the times, although it’s surely dicey work because making laws to regulate business — whether it’s incentives or tariffs or common taxes, and so on — will always be complicated and questionable to free market purists.

For now, we support the general ideas, but long-term, we harbor reserva-tions because the effort to stay local and secure jobs works against the pressing global marketplace and its competitive realities of comparative advantage — when one country can produce products or provide labor more efficiently than another.

Given that the state employment rate decreased from about 8.2 percent a year ago to 7.1 percent last month, we’d like to see Colorado in a trend to entertain fewer laws that mean increased government protocols and processes for business.

Look for best ideas over right, wrong

I’d even start with a few thousand spent studying Twin Peaks Charter School and D’Evelyn Jr./Sr. High School — both identifi ed as top schools in the country by national publications — and identify what those schools do best, and how those ideas can be spread to every school in the state. Study the best schools in the country that serve at-risk populations, and steal their ideas. Study the best early-education pro-grams in the world, and steal their ideas.

Don’t just fund the system — fund the smartest system.

Making every school in this state a “high performing” school may cost $1 bil-lion, and we should commit to that price tag up front, should it be necessary. But we should also be open to the idea that it might not cost $1 billion, or that what it really requires is more commitment from families and communities, not wallets.

I’m happy to commit to a billion-dollar tax hike if I have confi dence that every school and every child will be educated at a higher level. But that confi dence is only going to come at the other end of a win-win process, not at the other end of what’s shaping up to be a typical, partisan political fi ght.

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

Appreciating the work of art I grew up in a house that was

pretty much dedicated to the arts.My mom was an artist who spe-

cialized in abstract painting and taught art, and my dad worked in stained glass and photography. When it comes to the arts, I seem to have been born with some kind of genetic addiction to them.

I always took any art class I could fi nd.

In high school this led me to taking a ceramics class one year. I have to tell you, I wasn’t very good at it, but it sure was a lot of fun messing with the clay and creating something.

I think we all made some kind of clay pot in a grade school art class that was our parents pride and joy sitting on a shelf some-where. I still have a 10-pound teapot around here at my house. It was supposed be lightweight, but whenever I would get the pot thin enough on the wheel to be practi-cal, it would usually self destruct on me. So, a 10-pound teapot it is.

On the up side, it’s fallen off the

shelf at least a dozen times and still hasn’t broken. Some archae-ologist will be digging that up a thousand years from now and wonder if it was supposed to be a teapot or a bowling ball.

I think we all have an apprecia-tion for works of art done in clay. Whether they come off the potter’s wheel or are handcrafted sculp-tures, it’s an art form that most of us have dabbled in ourselves.

Starting Thursday, April 22, through Sunday, April 24, the Jef-ferson Unitarian Church, 14350 W 32nd Ave., will be presenting one of the best shows of the year featuring the Castle Clay Artists.

Castle Clay Artists, Inc. is a co-operative ceramics studio with the

Denver Potter’s Association.This show will feature 22

ceramic artists, three glass artists, nine jewelry makers and three more people who fall into the “other” category.

Now, looking at the list of par-ticipants, I recognize quite a few of the names and let me tell you, this is a group of people who are masters of their crafts and I am lucky enough to own some pieces from many of them.

This promises to be a really great show that you don’t want to miss.

Admission is free, and the art-ists will be selling their works at the show. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.

For more information call 303-377-5535 or visit www.castleclay-artists.net.

Cinco de MayoFor those of you who would

like to celebrate without battling the crowds in Denver, the Jeffer-

son Symphony has just the right recipe. They will be hosting their Cinco de Mayo concert featur-ing the fi ve-piece Mariachi band, Alma de Colorado as their special guests.

The concert will be fi lled with festive Mexican and Latin music and is the fi nal concert of their 60th anniversary season.

This will be 3 p.m. Sunday, May 5, the Green Center on the Colo-rado School of Mines campus.

Tickets are $22 for adults, $17 for seniors with discounts for chil-dren and students.

For more information visit www.jeffsymphony.org or call 303-278-4237.

Now, where did I put that som-brero I got in Tijuana 20 years ago?

John Akal is a well-known jazz artist/drummer and leader of the 20-piece Ultraphonic Jazz Orches-tra. He also is president of John Akal Imaging, professional com-mercial photography and multi-media production.

be historic and special is this will be the fi rst day for civil unions in Colorado, and we’ll be prepared for that.”

The county Clerk and Record-er’s offi ce in Golden will be open and able to issue the new civil union licenses.

To receive the license, both par-ties have to be present, have proof of ID, Social Security Numbers, not be married to anyone else, and

have $30 in cash or check.“It’s a pretty simple form,”

Swain said.Swain estimated that once a

couple reaches the clerk’s counter, it should only take 15 minutes to receive the license.

“You can take it home with you. The license is good within 35 days. Or you can use it right away,” Swain said.

Once the license is used to fi -nalize a union, it can be handed or mailed back to the county, which will record the couple’s new legal status to the state.

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attorney’s Victims in Need Fund.Courage Walk Co-Chairs Bette

Gomez and Courtney Hill both said they were thankful for the ongoing support of the county, law enforcement, and the victim families to keep the event going

for so many years.“It’s huge for Jefferson County

victims to know that there are people out there who will show up, who care,” Hill said.

To become a volunteer victim advocate, contact the sheriff’s of-fice at 303-271-5339.

If you are suffering from do-mestic abuse, call the national hotline number 1-800-799-7233.

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BIKE TO WORK DAYThe time is here again for companies and individuals to register for Bike To Work Day. The statewide event is June 26 with most breakfast stations open from 6:30 to 8 a.m. in the metro area. For more information, go to biketoworkday2013.org.

‘Duck’ stars grace Rock

The Rock Christian Academy in Castle Rock has bagged Phil and Willie Robertson, two of the stars of the wildly popular “Duck Dynasty,” A&E’s real-ity series, for a speaking engagement and fundraiser beginning at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at The Douglas County Events Center.

Event organizer and Rock Christian Academy parent Michael Brumbaugh took dead aim at the Robertson clan months ago by contacting the fam-ily’s agent and refusing to give up. His persistence paid off.

Phil and Willie, part of the family that made its fortune in products for duck hunters, will speak about “Faith, testimony, business, the importance of raising children with biblical principles and a Christian education.”

“We need to do a big event every year to continue to fund the scholar-ship fund,” Brumbaugh said. “I thought about it for a couple of months, then started watching ‘Duck Dynasty.’ I thought, ‘These guys are great! I wonder if they do speaking engagements since they come from a Christian family?’”

The persistent parent hounded the agent until he got a “confirmed” an-swer. “When your heart is in something, and you believe in something as strong as the Rock Academy, and how God is moving in that school, you fight for what you believe in,” he said. “This year God blessed us with ‘Duck Dynasty.’”

With 8.6 million viewers, A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” is the highest-rated reality show on cable TV. The money raised from the event’s ticket sales will help fund a 10,000-square-foot expan-sion of the existing building, build the school’s playground and provide financial aid and scholarships to fami-lies who can’t afford the $4,700 annual tuition.

VIP tickets (with a pre-event meet and greet) are $150; other tickets are $60 for general admission to $80 for “gold seating” right behind the VIP seats.

Elway’s concerts scheduledThe hottest patio of the season is

Elway’s at Cherry Creek — no doubt, no argument.

Elway’s Cherry Creek summer con-certs return with live music, cocktails, the signature menu and beautiful Colo-rado evenings in the Elways’ backyard starting Wednesday, June 19.

These popular outdoor concerts play each Wednesday night from mid-June through late August, including the re-turn of the Railbenders to the Summer Music Series and a special Indepen-dence Day July 3 celebration for 2013 featuring local legends The Samples along with special food and cocktails.

Appearing this year are several tribute bands including Message in a Bottle, covering The Police; Forever in Blue Jeans, channeling Neil Diamond standards; and Under a Blood Red Sky, who rock out U2 hits.

The brotherly harmonies of Some-thing Underground take stage on Wednesday, July 10.

And newcomers, Justin Lane Band,

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Hope within the shadowsThe Edge’s latest deals with grief, humanity

By Clarke [email protected]

Dealing with grief is an extremely difficult top-ic, one that every person

grapples with at some point in their lives.

The latest production from The Edge Theatre takes an in-depth look at three people com-ing to the end of their lives from terminal illnesses, and how their passing will affect those around them.

“The Shadow Box” premieres April 19 and runs through May 19 at the theater, 1560 Teller St. Shows are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m.

Written by Michael Cristofer, the play premiered in 1977 and won the Tony Award for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize for Dra-ma.

“It was really edgy for its time, and it remains that way, so we thought it was a perfect fit for us,” said Rick Yaconis, executive producer and artistic director. “It’s a fascinating look at how they — as well as their

families — deal with this.”The story focuses on 24

hours in the lives of Joe, Brian, and Felicity — three terminally ill patients staying in cabins on the grounds of a large hospital. All three have reached the end of their treatment and have agreed to be part of a psycho-logical project where they have interviews with a psychiatrist while living on the grounds.

All three are facing unique circumstances during this one day. Joe is part of a blue-collar family from New Jersey, and his wife and son are on the way to visit him for the first time since his treatment began.

Brian is part of a gay couple with his partner Mark, but his ex-wife Beverly is on the way to visit him one more time.

Felicity is an older woman whose daughter, Agnes, is stay-ing with her mother while she drifts further and further from reality.

Haley Johnson, who plays Joe’s wife Maggie, said that the idea of a strong, blue-collar family having to deal with the fragility of the situation is ex-tremely affecting and engaging,

since it’s a side that people don’t often see.

“She’s a little quirky and talks really fast, with this frantic en-ergy,” Johnson said. “It’s a way for her to distract herself from what’s happening.”

Johnson also added there are some very funny, awkward scenes, not just in her cabin, but throughout the play.

“There’s a lot of humanity in the writing, and that leads to these scenes that bring a little levity,” she said.

Yaconis is directing the show — his first time directing since 2011s “Some Girl(s)” — and said that it’s been a great opportuni-ty to have a vision for the show and bring it together.

“I’ve had the pleasure of be-ing directed by some great di-rectors here at The Edge and I was able to take some ideas from them,” he said. “It’s been a great chance to really collabo-rate with the actors.”

Both Yaconis and John-

son stressed that despite the weighty subject of “The Shadow Box,” it’s not entirely despair-ing.

“It is a play about death, but it’s focus is more hopeful and inspiring,” Johnson said. “It’s beautifully written so that the hope for the characters really comes through.”

For more information and tickets, call 303-232-0363 or visit www.theeproject.org.

Two couples come to grips with grief and terminal illness in “The Shadow Box,” now playing at The Edge Theatre. Photos by RDG Photography

Brian (Paul Page) and Mark (Brock Benson) play a gay couple struggling to come to terms with Brian’s terminal illness in “The Shadow Box.”

If you go

WHAT: “The Shadow Box” by Michael Cristofer

WHERE: The Edge Theatre

1560 Teller St., Lakewood

WHEN: April 19 - May 19

Fridays and Saturdays - 8 p.m.

Sundays - 6 p.m.

COST: $16-20

INFORMATION: 303-232-0363 or visit www.theeproject.org

Brian’s (Paul Page) ex-wife Beverly (Patty Ionoff) comes to visit him to say goodbye in “The Shadow Box.”


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By Sara Van Cleve [email protected]

Joseph Van Holbeck will walk across the stage May 11 at the University of Northern Colorado and

receive his bachelor’s degree in human services — an achieve-ment some people thought would be diffi cult for him.

When Van Holbeck, now 24, was 6 years old he was di-agnosed with Attention Defi cit Disorder, called ADD at that time.

“I was not doing well in school,” Van Holbeck said. “I was a little slower at learning things than other kids. First they thought I had special education issues, but it turned out I had (ADD) instead.”

According to the most recent data available from the Center for Disease Control, 9.5 per-cent of children ages 4-17 — or 5.4 million youth between 4-17 years old — have been diag-nosed with Attention Defi cit/Hyperactivity Disorder since 2007.

ADHD, a neurobehavior-al disorder often diagnosed in children that persists into adulthood, often leads to symptoms such as having a hard time paying attention, being easily distracted from work or play, fi dgeting and other symptoms.

There are three types of ADHD — predominantly inat-tentive type, also referred to as ADD, which makes it hard for an individual to organize or fi nish

a task, pay attention to details or follow instructions and the person is easily distracted; pre-dominantly hyperactive-impul-sive type, with which the person fi dgets and talks a lot, feels rest-less, interrupts, has trouble sit-ting for long periods of time and is more prone to accidents and injuries; and the combined type

where symptoms of both are equally present in the person.

After being diagnosed with ADD, Van Holbeck’s parents made the diffi cult decision to medicate him.

“As a parent, you don’t want to put your child on medica-tion, especially medication that has side effects,” said Carole Van

Holbeck, Joseph’s mother.Joseph was on Ritalin for

about seven years and at that time there wasn’t time-released medication that many children take today, so he had to take the medication at scheduled times throughout the day.

“There were highs and lows,” Carole said. “When he was in

school, he would take it. We made the decision when he was home not to take it and deal with the behaviors when he was at home … he would take it and be pretty good at school, but it would start to wear off usually by three in the afternoon and

Joseph Van Holbeck of Colorado Springs was diagnosed with Attention De� cit Disorder when he was six years old. After about seven years of taking Ritalin, Van Holbeck, now 24, is o� medication and � nds other coping mechanisms to help him focus, including get extra energy out by staying active through working out and playing sports. Photo by Sara Van Cleve

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This Week:ADHD

Focusing on the educational side of ADHD By Sara Van Cleve [email protected]

Nearly 10 percent of children in the United States are diagnosed with ADHD, so schools are learning how to adjust the classroom to help all children be success-ful.

According to the Center for Disease Control, 9.5 percent of children 4-17 — or 5.4 million children — have been diag-nosed with ADHD as of 2007. The number of parent-reported cases increased 22 per-cent from 2003-2007.

When it comes to academics and ADHD there is a difference between a medical diagnosis and educational diagnosis, said Polly Ortiz-Lutz, Jefferson County Public Schools director of special education who is also a licensed school psychologist.

“We don’t do medical diagnoses at schools,” Ortiz-Lutz said. “We look at char-acteristics that prevent them from being successful at school. The key is does it signifi cantly interfere with both academic and social success. It does have to interfere with both of those.”

When a child is suspected of having ADHD based on symptoms such as at-tention problems, over-activity and im-pulsiveness to the extent it interferes with academics, a multidisciplinary team works with the child and his parents to fi gure out how to best help him succeed, Ortiz-Lutz said.

A team consisting of the school psy-chologist, social worker, teacher, spe-cial education teacher and others look at three areas to determine the condition’s pervasiveness — at home, at school and

in the community.“For kids, common things we look for

are they are less attentive, more impulsive and more active,” Ortiz-Lutz said.

“The diffi cult part of it is kids are kids. The active part we love, the creative part we love. They’re thinking outside of the box and have energy. That’s what young chil-dren do. We’re very cautious that we don’t put labels on kids when that is typical be-havior.”

Often, Ortiz-Lutz said, children with ADHD have average or above average IQs, but because of attention defi cit, they don’t turn in work and don’t pay attention, mak-ing it diffi cult to get good grades.

Because of rising levels of ADHD, which really have no one explanation according to Ortiz-Lutz, teachers are being trained on how to deal with and educate children with ADHD.

“One of the things we always talk about is what we’re looking for is knowledge and skill acquisition, not production,” she said.

“Teachers can look at the production of work differently, give them credit and praise them. They can show knowledge and skill acquisition in ways other than four pages of homework.”

Most Jeffco children with ADHD stay in their core classroom settings instead of be-ing pulled out to receive special assistance, and the classroom is modifi ed to enhance their attention.

For children that have tons of energy — a common characteristic of ADHD — schools provide small, non-distracting ways to let them get that energy out, im-proving their focus in the classroom.

Examples include items they can play with, straws to chew on and wrapped bike

tubes between the legs of their desk to tap their feet on, Ortiz-Lutz said.

Keeping children in their core class-rooms helps them improve both work production and social skills, she said, and teachers have been trained to focus on positive behavior support plans, or PBSP.

PBSP uses positive reinforcement in-stead of punishment to help children learn the appropriate behaviors.

ADHD has a continuum of mild to se-vere symptoms, and children with more severe symptoms often need more sup-port, she said.

One of the biggest components to suc-cess is advocacy — from the child’s par-ents, healthcare providers, school offi cials and even the child.

“We collaborate and consult with family and outside stakeholders supporting the child,” Ortiz-Lutz said.

“The parent knows the child best and we collaborate with medical providers, the Jefferson Center for Mental Health, the Di-vision of Youth Corrections, high schools. We’re not doing this in isolation.”

As children age and matriculate into middle school and high school, they are taught to advocate for themselves.

“We help them realize their unique-ness,” she said. “We show them it can be something positive. They are really creative kids, it just looks a little different than the kids sitting doing seat work easily. As they get into middle and high school, we really start teaching advocacy skills because they have to manage and understand ADHD and advocate for themselves.”

ADHD often lasts into adulthood, but many children learn to cope and control their symptoms.

Adults with ADHD share experiences with condition then and now

ADHD continues on Page 19

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W THURSDAY/APRIL 25Higher brain Mile High Natural Awakenings, of Golden, will have a presentation on higher brain living from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Denver Marriott Tech Center, 4900 S. Syracuse St., Denver. The presentation and live demonstration are free if you register in advance. Visit www.higherbrainliving.com for informa-tion and reservations.

COMMUNITY COFFEE Join Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp from 7-8 a.m. Thursday, April 25, at La Dolce Vita, 5756 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Come chat about issues important to you. Community co� ees are o� ered on the fourth Thursday of each month. They are free and open to all.

FRIDAY/APRIL 26Friday cinema Living Water Spiritual Community hosts its Friday cinema night at 7 p.m. April 26. Enjoy an evening of connecting with others who support conscious change using the vehicle of � lm. Participate in discussions, sharing of viewpoints, life experi-ences, and a whole lot of fun. Popcorn and candy are available. Discussion will follow the feature presentation. Some � lms may have language or subject matter unsuitable for children. The church is at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. Contact Kay Ford Johnsen at 720-933-4964 or [email protected].

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY/APRIL 26-27West Line opening Celebrate the metro area’s newest transporta-tion milestone with the grand opening of RTD’s West Rail Line. A grand opening ceremony is planned from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the Je� erson County Government Center, Golden Station. Enjoy free light rail rides on the W line following the ceremony. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27, enjoy free

rides on the West Rail Line. For information, email [email protected].

REIKI CERTIFICATION Lorraine May, of Lakewood’s Misha May Foundation Dog Training and Rescue, will teach Reiki levels 1 and 2 certi� cation from 11:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Friday, April 26, and from 11:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Doggie Delights, 1432 S. Broadway, Denver. Registration required; contact [email protected] or 303-239-0382.

FRIDAY AND Sunday/April 26, 28Robin Hood Colorado ACTS presents a satellite homeschool class production of “Robin Hood,” presented by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Services. Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday, April 26, and 5 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the Colorado ACTS Theater, 9460 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Visit www.coloradoacts.org or call 303-456-6772 for information and tickets.

FRIDAY/APRIL 26, MAY 9-10, MAY 16-17Golden High School events Golden High School presents its spring choir concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4. The concert is free to parents and friends. Other upcoming events at the high school include: Improve show fundraiser at 7 p.m. Friday, April 26. All proceeds bene� t Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Contact Scott Hasbrouck at shasbrou@je� co.k12.co.us, or 303-982-2813. One Act Plays presented by the school’s Stage Right Productions on May 9-10. More details to come. Pops concert, presented by the school’s music department, is at 7 p.m. May 16-17. All events are in the auditorium at the high school. For information about the events, contact Angela Becker at abecker@je� co.k12.co.us.

FRIDAY/APRIL 26 TO MAY 12Theater show Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway,

presents “South Paci� c” from April 26 to May 12 at 470 S. Allison Parkway. During World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Call 303-987-7845 or visit www.performancenow.org.

SATURDAY/APRIL 27Safety fair The City of Wheat Ridge Police Department will have a child safety fair and car seat check-up event from 11 am. To 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Wheat Ridge Middle School, 7101 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Two children’s bicycles will be given away. Events include a bike rodeo, bike inspections, child ID kids, tra� c safety and crime prevention information, face painting, mini � re truck and more. For information, call o� cer Betsy Sailor, 303-235-2910.

AUTHOR PRESENTATION Preethi Burkholder, author of “Ghost Towns of the Rockies,” will do a free Powerpoint and narrative presentation at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Hiwan Homestead Museum, 4208 S. Timbervale Drive, Evergreen. Autographed copies of her book will be for sale. The mood is informative, enter-taining, and light. It is organized by the Je� erson County Parks and open Space Department.

HORSE EVENT The Golden Gate Grange plans an event for horse lovers from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Representa-tives from Westernaires, Golden Gate Vaulters, Big View Horse Therapy, Golden Gate State Park, Je� co Horse Council (including � re evacuation information), The Horse Protection League will be available for the afternoon and each will give a presentation on their programs, riding, training and volunteer opportunities. No horses or horse trailers, please. The Golden Gate Grange is at

25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road, Golden. For more information and schedule of speakers, go to www.thegggc.com, check out the Golden Gate Canyon Community on Facebook, or contact Noel at 303-277-0356 or email at [email protected].

SUNDAY/APRIL 28Auditions The DJC Youth All-Stars is looking for ninth-, 10th- and 11th-grade clarinet, tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, tuba, string bass and drum set players. Auditions are from 6:30-9 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at Flesher-Hinton Music Store, 3936 Tennyson St., Denver. Audition music and recording are posted at www.bandresource-sunlimited.com. Intermediate to advanced jazz experience necessary; weekly rehearsals are on Sundays. For information and audition scheduling, contact [email protected] or 303-328-7277.

SUNDAY/APRIL 28, MAY 19Concert series St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 9200 W 10th Ave., Lakewood, presents its 2012-13 concert series. Season and individual tickets are available. Email [email protected] or call 303-279-2932. All concerts take place in the St. Paul Sanctuary. Concerts are: April 28: Con� uence will present an a cappella program titled “Salut Printemps” (Welcome Spring). This program will feature Debussy’s piece of the same name for piano and women’s voices, and will be � lled with the glorious sounds of spring’s return. May 19: The Parish Choir of St. Paul’s will wrap up the year with its excellent Variety Show at 1:30 p.m. after the end-of-year Parish Picnic. New this year: the sta� of St. Paul’s will present a number in the show.

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he would have a crash afterwards and his behaviors would be diffi cult to deal with when he came down off the medi-cation.”

Joseph’s struggle with ADD had some teachers and doctors saying he might not graduate from high school.

“When he got into kindergarten, he just couldn’t concentrate,” Carole said. “The decision to put him on Ritalin was diffi cult, but what a difference it made ... just between his work the week be-fore and the week after.”

Though the medication helped Jo-seph focus in the classroom, it changed him.

“I remember it made me a zombie,” Joseph said. “It helped me focus, but at the same time it turned me into a bor-ing, not very energetic kid — it took the kid of out of me to put it short.”

At age 13, Joseph made the decision to no longer take his medication, and his parents supported his decision.

“It was a struggle,” he said. “I didn’t do too well the fi rst two or three years, but then after that I picked back up to where I was when I was (on the medi-cation).”

Joseph said he still has ADHD, but has learned to control it, focus and ac-complish what he needs and wants.

“I’m very good at controlling it now,” he said. “There are defi nitely days when I wake up and am in a bit more of a spaz mood than other days. I just exercise as much as I can and work my butt of wherever I can so I can get tired and not worry about having too much energy.”

Diagnosed as an adultLike Joseph, Amie Robert, who was

diagnosed with ADHD in 2009, said ex-ercising and playing ice hockey helps her get her energy.

“I notice I’m a totally different per-son when I play than when I don’t play,” Robert said.

“It’s just an outlet for all that energy and getting all that energy out. I could do things like yoga or something like that, but it doesn’t have the energy and physicality to it.”

Unlike Joseph though, Amie was in her 20s when she was diagnosed.

“My mom always thought I was an active kid,” Robert said.

“I was really smart and got good grades. I was never a troublemaker in school. I never thought anything about it. Looking back on it, I never paid at-tention in school and I was always do-ing homework in different classes or when the teacher was teaching I’d work on something else.”

Another common symptom of ADHD is being accident-prone, which Robert said described her childhood.

“I had enough accidents and in-juries to last a lifetime, which are still happening,” Robert said with a laugh.

In 2007, Robert’s neighbor, who was a pharmacist, told her she exhibited signs of ADHD.

“The way he said he caught it was we had competitions playing Jeopardy or Trivial Pursuit and he said, ‘We’d be playing the game and you’d be talking about this and this and 20 other things and then you’d circle back and answer the question and still kick our butts.’”

Besides her high energy level, her neighbor believed her thought patterns hinted at ADHD.

In 2009, Robert went to a psychia-

trist and was offi cially diagnosed with ADHD.

Two years later, she decided to start taking medication so she could focus better while in graduate school, work-ing toward a master’s degree in busi-ness strategy, while still maintaining a full-time job.

“If I wasn’t going to graduate school, I probably wouldn’t be on medication,” she said.

“Without medication, I would fi nd I would fl uctuate between days where I would get anything and everything ac-complished and other days where it’d be like ‘Forget it, nothing’s getting done today.’”

The medication has helped her fo-cus on her studies with few side effects.

“I haven’t had too many negative changes,” she said.

“I don’t have the quick wit and sharp comebacks that I used to have. In that perspective, I’ve lost a little bit, but right now I feel like I’ve gained a lot more in that communication is better with my husband, the work environment is bet-ter — I’m not irritating everybody.”

Robert doesn’t plan to stay on medi-cation. After graduation she plans to phase off it and fi nd other coping mechanisms, such as staying active.

Robert said she doesn’t feel like there is a stigma against people with ADHD, but there are often negative reactions to the behaviors of ADHD, like not be-ing able to sit still, lack of attention and other symptoms.

Simple understanding can help someone with ADHD, Robert said.

“Understanding where the behav-iors come from and setting rules and boundaries and what’s acceptable within reason and what’s not would be a big help,” she said.

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SUNDAY/APRIL 28 TO JULY 27Quilt display Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum presents “Machine Artistry Old and New: Sue Nickels and Pat Holly” from April 28 to July 27 at 1213 Washington Ave., Golden. The exhibit includes an array of antique sewing machines from a private collection. An opening reception is from 5-8:30 p.m. May 3; open to the public. Call 303-277-0377.

MONDAY/APRIL 29Gentle yoga Living Water Spiritual Community o� ers a gentle yoga class speci� cally for folks managing chronic pain. The class at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 15 and April 29 at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. Bring a mat, blanket and a water bottle. Email [email protected].

SPIRIT ANIMALS Learn techniques to e� ectively connect with your guiding spirit animals on a daily basis. Discover who has always helped you, who is helping you now and how to bring their power, gifts and wisdom into your daily life. Registration

required at [email protected] or 303-239-0382. The Misha May Foundation Dog Training and Rescue class is from 7-9 p.m. Monday, April 29, at the Center for Wholistic Health, 8600 W. 14th Ave., Suite 3, Lakewood.

TUESDAY/APRIL 30Public meeting An April 30 meeting is planned to focus on resolution of � tness equipment and pergola/shade feature elements at Crown Hill Park, a project of Je� erson County Open Space. The meeting will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge. Visit www.je� co.us/parks.

ART LEAGUE The Wheat Ridge Art League will meet from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, at the Active Adult Center, 6363 W. 35th Ave., Wheat Ridge. After the business meeting, artist Darlene Kuhne will present a demonstration about AcryCollage. Anyone who paints or would like to paint is welcome to come and learn to try a new medium or technique. Residents from any Denver suburb are welcome. Contact 303-278-8247 or 303-421-1356, or [email protected] or [email protected] for information.

LIFETREE CAFÉ An exclusive � lmed interview with Terri Roberts, mother of Amish schoolhouse shooter Charles Roberts, will be screened at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field Street in Arvada. On Oct. 2, 2006, Charles Rob-erts backed his truck up to the entrance of the West Nickel Mines School in Lancaster County, Pa., and barricaded himself inside. He shot 10 young Amish girls; � ve died. Roberts killed himself before police could enter the one-room schoolhouse. Roberts’ mother, who was working nearby at the time of the shootings, was embraced by the Amish community. Amish members stunned observers when they openly forgave the killer and his family. The Roberts family is not Amish. “Amazing Grace” will experience never-before-seen footage and hear from Roberts, who still lives among the families of the girls her son murdered. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Lifetree Café is a place where people gather for conversations about life and faith in a casual co� eehouse-type setting. Questions about Lifetree may be directed to Polly Weg-ner at 303-424-4454 or [email protected].

TUESDAY/APRIL 30, Wednesday/May 1, Saturday/May 4Dog training Your choice dog behavior sessions are o� ered by Mi-sha May Foundation Dog Training and Rescue. Let us know what you want to work on and know about. Registration required so that we can come to class with the tools and techniques to work with your dog. Request a registration form at [email protected]. Classes are from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, at Li’l Angel Pet Boutique, 1014 S. Gaylord St., Denver; from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, at Kriser’s Pet Supply, Colorado Mills, 14710 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood; and from 1:45-3:15 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at Doggie Delights on Broadway, 1432 S. Broadway, Denver.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 1Jazz concert Join Living Water Spiritual Community, 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada, for an evening of � ne jazz in an intimate setting. The show is at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 1. Call 720-935-3999 for more information.

required at [email protected] or 303-239-0382. LIFETREE CAFÉ An exclusive � lmed interview with Terri TUESDAY/APRIL 30, Wednesday/May 1, Saturday/May 4

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will bring hard-hitting country to the back-yard while all-girl band The Trishas deal a combination of tight four-part harmonies in an eclectic soulful sound.

Fans of funk will enjoy Funkiphino, and That Eighties Band promises their name-sake rock.

Elway’s backyard opens at 5 p.m., bands play from 6:30 to 9 p.m. For more informa-tion, go to www.elways.com or call 303-399-5353.

Tender Belly at Tony’sTender Belly, a Colorado-based compa-

ny that provides the fi nest pork and cured meats, are selling their products in Tony’s Markets throughout the area Denver Metro locations.

Chef Mick Rosacci of Tony’s Markets said, “Tender Belly is hands down the fi n-est line of pork products I have ever tasted. We’re honored to have some of the area’s savviest foodies shopping our markets, and they’ve made it abundantly clear they can taste the superior quality of these artisan pork products and want them available every day.”

Haven of hopeFather Woody’s Haven of Hope will

honor Rev. Michael J. Sheeran as the 23rd president of Regis University with the 2013 Father Woody’s Humanitarian Award.

The award will be presented to Sheeran during the third annual Haven of Hope fundraising dinner benefi ting underserved men, women and children in metro Den-ver.

The dinner will be 6 to 10 p.m. Thurs-

day, May 9, at the new History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway. Master of ceremo-nies is Denver’s Channel 7 investigative reporter John Ferrugia.

The event includes catered cuisine, si-lent and live auctions. Tickets are $150 per person, and the deadline is Wednesday, May 1. For more information: Don Gal-legos at 303-550-5788; or [email protected].

Kachina restaurant rocksSpring is in the air at Kachina South-

western Grill in Westminster. The doors to the patio are open, bartenders are whip-ping up fresh margaritas, and guests are enjoying the sunshine and cool breezes.

To celebrate the change in season, Kachina will host a spring planting moon party on April 26, featuring live music on the patio, hands-on planting for children in the Taos Lounge, and a celebratory menu featuring seeds for the weekend.

From April 26 through April 28, the chef and butcher menu will be replaced by a seasonal seed-planting menu in honor of spring. Dishes will include organic greens with chia seed vinaigrette, watermelon radish and candied sunfl ower seeds; grilled gulf shrimp with pepita seed mole, pickled cabbage and corn tortillas; and grilled pork tenderloin with corn and Anaheim chile, fl axseed pudding and pasado demi-glace.

For reservations and more informa-tion go to www.kachinagrill.com or call 303-410-5813. Kachina Southwestern Grill is located inside the Westin Westminster at 10600 Westminster Blvd.

Sustain Arvada fest comingResidents are invited to attend the fi rst

Sustain Arvada Festival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Olde Town Arvada.

The city-sponsored event will showcase

examples of resource conservation and teach ways to practice conserving in your daily life. Questions will be answered dif-ferent presentation tents on many topics, including the FasTracks Gold line light rail, recycling, gardening and more.Visit www.arvada.org/sustainability/sus-tain-arvada-festival for more information.

EavesdroppingOverhearing a couple celebrating the

end of tax season on April 15 at Earl’s in Cherry Creek: The waitress asked the gentleman who was drinking wine, “Can I

bring you another glass?”“Certainly. Can you put something in it?”

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.pennyp-arker.blacktie-colorado.com. She can be reached at [email protected] or at 303-619-5209.

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THURSDAY/MAY 2Tree planting Sixth-grade students from Peck Elementary and the Arvada parks department will celebrate Arbor Day starting at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 2, with their annual tree planting at the Oak Park pavilion, 10530 W. 64th Place, Arvada.

COMING SOONCOMING SOON/MAY 3, MAY 9, MAY 27Legion events American Legion Post 161 is at 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada. Upcoming Legion events:Post meetings: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9. Open to all veterans.Roundtable Breakfast: 7 a.m., Friday, May 3. This breakfast provides an opportunity for representatives of city, county, state and federal government to coordinate and communicate current issues with other levels and their constituents. Open to the public. Charge at the door for breakfast.Memorial Day ceremony and parade: Ceremony is at 10 a.m. May 27, at the west end of the Arvada Cemetery. Parade is at 11 a.m. from 60th Avenue and Lamar Street to 53rd and Marshall Street. Both events are presented by the Arvada VFW and American Legion.

COMING SOON/MAY 3-4, MAY 10-11

Theater show Colorado ACTS presents a 12- to 18-year-old production of “Annie Get Your Gun” at 7 p.m. May 3-4, 10-11 at Colorado ACTS Theater, 9460 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-456-6772 or visit www.coloradoacts.org.

COMING SOON/MAY 3-19Life X 3 11 Minutes Theatre Company presents “Life X 3” by Yasmina Reza. Do you believe in déjà vu, or just wish that we could have a do-over? Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, from May 3-19, at The Festival Playhouse, 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. Email [email protected] or call 720-333-3499 for reservations. Cash and checks only.

COMING SOON/MAY 4Walk MS Join the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for Walk MS, its premier fundraising event, on Saturday, May 4, at Denver City Park, 2001 Steele St., Denver. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 9:30 a.m. Contact walkMScolorado.org for information, or call 303-698-7470 ext. 2.

FREE SCREENINGS Early detection of skin cancer is crucial. Skin cancer threatens the lives of an increasing number of Americans. This year, more than 1 million new cases will be diagnosed. However, when detected early, skin cancer is one of the most curable of all cancers. Appointments are required. The screenings are from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at Exempla Lutheran

Medical Center, 8300 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Schedule your free screening by calling Answer-Line at 303-689-4595.

5K WALK/RUN The Excel-erator is a profession-ally timed family-friendly 5K run/walk to pro-mote physical � tness at Excel Academy in Arvada and the surrounding community. The fundraising event, which starts at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 4, will help with the purchase of playground equip-ment at Excel Academy, 11500 W. 84th Ave., Arvada. The event also will serve as a qualifying wave time for this year’s BolderBoulder. Visit http://www.runningguru.com/EventInforma-tion.asp?eID=Excel-erator2013 to register.

COMING SOON/MAY 5Mesa Run Je� erson County Open Space has granted a permit to allow North Table Mountain to be open for a competitive trail race at the � rst Mesa Run, sponsored by Compass Montessori School in Golden. The event features a 10-mile run, a 5K trail run and a kids’ run/walk. Following the run, participants can enjoy the Mesa Festival with love music by Yo Mommas and Pappas, kids’ activities, a dog training demonstration, local food and more. Registration is open and space is limited. Visit www.MesaRun.com.

SYMPHONY CONCERT The Je� erson Sympho-ny Orchestra will celebrate Cinco de Mayo and 60 years of making music with a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 5, at the Colorado School of Mines

Green Center, 924 16th St., Golden. For tickets and more information, visit www.Je� symphony.org or call 303-278-4237.

BUFFALO BILL birthday The Bu� alo Bill Museum will celebrate the 1883 birthday of Bu� alo Bill at a celebration on Sunday, May 5 (the original Feb. 24 celebration was snowed out). The celebration will include a special tribute to the Native Americans who performed in his show. Admission to the museum and all planned activities will be free during this celebration from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 5. For information, call 303-526-0744 or visit www.bu� alobill.org.

COMING SOON/MAY 6, MAY 20Gentle yoga Living Water Spiritual Community will o� er gentle body-mind yoga for beginners and those managing chronic pain at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 6, and Monday, May 20, at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. Bring a mat, blanket and wa-ter bottle. Email [email protected].

COMING SOON/MAY 9Awards ceremony The Arvada Police Depart-ment will recognize o� cers and citizens making a di� erence in our community at its spring awards ceremony at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9, at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. In addition, the Arvada Police will recognize second-graders from Arvada elementary schools who participated in the � fth annual Police O� cer Appreciation coloring content. The ceremony is

open to the public; the event is free, and co� ee and desserts will be served immediately follow-ing the ceremony.

RECURRING EVENTSDOG TRAINER Become a dog trainer with Misha May Foundation Dog Training and Rescue, using behavior science, holistic approaches and positive reinforcement techniques tailored to each individual dog, pet parent and speci� c situation. Learn to evaluate behavior, design exercises, coach humans, handle dogs, deliver presentations, and resolve and prevent a variety of behavior problems. Classes in Denver and Lakewood. Request an application at [email protected]. Contact [email protected] or call 303-239-0382 for information.

ARVADA RUNNING Club is o� ering $1,200 in college track or cross-country scholarships to one or two graduating high school girls for the 2013-14 school year. Eligible students must live in Arvada and/or attend an Arvada-area high school and plan to participate in a formal track or cross-country program during their freshman year in college. This is the third year in a row the club has o� ered scholarship funds. Applications are available on Arvada high school Naviance websites. For more information, contact [email protected] or [email protected].

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Man steals car, escapes minimum security center Sta� Report

A convicted burglar and a vehicle went missing from a Golden-area minimum-level prison facility on April 17.

The Colorado Department of Cor-rections announced that Kenneth Gomez, 30, was not accounted for at the Colorado Correctional Center, also known as Camp George West, after a 10:15 a.m. check.

Gomez, a low custody, minimum classified offender, was working as a mechanic in the Colorado State Pa-trol Garage at the Colorado State Pa-trol Academy located on the grounds

of Camp George West.Gomez is a His-

panic male with brown eyes and black hair.

He is approximate-ly 5-feet 4-inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He has a tattoo on

the right side of his neck that says “Jester,” another on the left side of his neck that says “Josiah”.

He also has tattoos on his right upper arm, “Eye of Ra”, right lower arm, “Destiney”, left lower inside arm, “Evageline”, chest “Amorina” and back “Brandie.”

Gomez was convicted in 2011 on charges of burglary and disturbing the public peace in Jefferson County, and sentenced to five years.

According to the CDOC, Gomez would have been eligible for parole as early as June 2014, and was slated for mandatory release by Sept. 2015.

Gomez is suspected of stealing a red service vehicle belonging to the Colorado State Patrol Garage at the time of his escape.

Local law enforcement has been advised of the walk away and the CDOC is cooperating with all law en-forcement agencies to locate Gomez.

As of Monday, April 22, he was at large.

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Mother Nature dominating athletics this spring Colorado high school athletics su� er toughest season in decades By Daniel Williams [email protected]

DENVER - Mother Nature is raining hav-oc on Colorado high school athletics this season.

After an early winter that brought little moisture the past two months have been cold, soggy and at times piled high with snow. Soccer fi elds, lacrosse fi elds and base-ball fi elds, as well as tennis courts, and track and fi eld, have had no tracks and no fi elds to practice on, yet alone play on, as teams should be in the middle of league play.

Instead, storm after storm has been

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Mother Nature dominating athletics this springColorado high school athletics suffer toughest season in decadesBy Daniel [email protected]

DENVER - Mother Nature is raining hav-oc on Colorado high school athletics this season.

After an early winter that brought little moisture the past two months have been cold, soggy and at times piled high with snow. Soccer fields, lacrosse fields and base-ball fields, as well as tennis courts, and track and field, have had no tracks and no fields to practice on, yet alone play on, as teams should be in the middle of league play.

Instead, storm after storm has been

pounding Colorado since the start of the spring sports season and Colorado high school athletes have been the victims of Mother Nature’s rainy games.

“It’s been horrible,” Arvada West athletic director Steve Anderson said. “It is the worst season we have had in 13 years. We haven’t been able to really get the season going.

Yet again, after rain and snow on Monday teams are forced to scramble this week to reschedule games/matches/and meets that were already rescheduled due to previous weather.

“It has been tough not only for the sched-ule and for the coaches to try and get all of these games in, but for the athletes as well,” Golden athletic director David Zukin said. “They haven’t had a chance to really get into the swing of things this spring and instead have been indoors itching to get out and

perform.”Monday’s small but still soggy snow

brought Denver’s snow total to nearly 17 inches, over eight inches more than normal.

It is turning into one of the snowiest Aprils in recent history and although that maybe great for the state which needed the moisture, it has been a nightmare for high school sports.

“We have been forced to do a lot of con-ditioning and things to stay in shape, which is really all you can do indoors. But there are not a lot of tennis type activities you can go in a gym,” Golden tennis coach Brad Nash said.

The Colorado High School Activities As-sociation has estimated well over 1,000 can-cellations and postponements and assistant commissioner Bert Borgmann called this season the worst in 25 years.

Presenting another problem is the re-scheduling of umpires, officials and refer-ees. In addition, schools have to find a way to reschedule around tests, prom, upcoming graduation, as well as other obstacles.

The real victims are many of the junior varsity teams who have a tougher time find-ing ways to reschedule games. Many of those JV games will not end up getting played.

“One thing I keep saying is the weather has been the same for all of the teams and all of the schools so it kind of equals the play-ing field,” Pomona Track and Field coach Jeff Donnel said. “If the playing field ever dries enough for us to play on.”

Still, several athletic directors around Jef-fco said that all of the cancelled and post-pones league games will get played, even if it means playing double headers and on back-to-back-to-back days.

Golden lacrosse taking advantage of rare practice time that Mother Nature allowed last week. Photo by Daniel Williams

Four sign letters of intent to play ball at School of Mines Arndt tabbed student-athlete of week; baseball beats RegisBy Daniel [email protected]

GOLDEN - Colorado School of Mines head baseball coach Jerod Goodale has announced the signing of four student-athletes to national letters of intent to join the Oredigger baseball program in the fall of 2013.

The addition of Cody Marvel (Lake-wood), Jordan Atkinson (Boise, Idaho), Austin Ozee (Double Oak, Texas) and Will Phillips (Eden Prairie, Minn.) brings the program’s 2014 recruiting class to 11 ath-letes. Mines added seven preps during the fall season.

“We are very excited about the 11 guys that will be joining our program next year,” Goodale said.

“We are losing some key players and a great senior class to graduation, and I feel

that we have more than addressed our needs for next year and the future. They are all exceptional students with high charac-ter that we want associated with our school and program.”

ARNDT ATHLETE OF WEEK AGAINMines sophomore golfer Jordan

Arndt has been named this week’s Mines Student-Athlete of the Week, athletic de-partment officials announced Monday.

Arndt received the honor after tying his own school record with a 65 during the fi-nal round on Tuesday en route to medalist honors at the Wolf Pack Invitational.

Arndt captured his second-career colle-giate title after posting a 65 during the final round at the Wolf Pack Invitational on Tues-day in Pueblo. He captured medalist honors by two strokes over the 73-player field.

The civil engineering major led the No. 22 Orediggers to a runner-up finish out of the 13-team field at the tournament.

Arndt (73-73-65-211) sat tied for third overall following a 73 on the first round and

was on his way to another 73 on Monday af-ternoon when play was suspended due to wind. His final-round 65 matches his own school record set during the second round of the Oredigger Invite (RMAC No. 2) on Sept. 24, 2012, and is tied for the second-lowest recorded round in RMAC men’s golf history (64, Riley Andrews, UCCS, 2008).

He was named the RMAC Men’s Golfer of the Week for the second time in his career following the performance, and this is his second Mines Student-Athlete of the Week award in the last five weeks (March 25). He also captured the award after claiming his first collegiate golf title at the Bob Writz In-vitational.

MINS BASEBALL SNAPS SKIDAfter scoring just two runs through the

first three games of the series, the Colorado School of Mines baseball team collected four multi-hit performances and rode the right arm of freshman Christian Rooney to an 8-2 victory over Regis in the series finale on Sunday afternoon.

Mines (15-21, 12-16 RMAC) got a seven-inning quality start out of the true freshman from Lakewood, who scattered six hits and earned two runs during the complete-game win. Rooney (3-4) also walked one and struck out three batters in posting the first complete-game win of his young career.

Fellow true freshman Nate Olinger chipped in a 3-for-5 effort with a run scored out of the three-hole, while senior Mat-thew Pullos added a 3-for-4 effort with two RBI and a run scored, with both of his RBI coming on a two-run single in the four-run fourth inning.

True freshman Travis Ramos posted a 2-for-2 effort with an RBI and a run scored out of the six-hole and reached base in all four plate appearances after posting two walks as well.

Senior Bobby Egeberg added a 2-for-3 day at the dish and reached base in 4-of-5 plate appearances while posting a 3-for-3 effort on stolen bases, including theft of both second and third base en route to scoring in the four-run fourth.

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Faith Christian takes doubleheader in styleRalston Valley goes streaking; Lakewood can’t comebackBy Daniel [email protected]

ARVADA - Faith Christian baseball took both games of a doubleheader beating Kent Denver 8-1 and then 8-0 Saturday at Faith Christian High School.

After not playing a game for an entire week due to weather the Eagles still didn’t skip a beat as they continued to prove themselves as one of the elite teams in all of 3A. Junior Spencer Mochal hit a two run home run in game one and senior Tyler Tucker had an RBI double in game two.

The Eagles (10-1, 9-0) will play a double-header at Holy Family Thursday starting at 3 p.m.

TIGERS CAN’T COMEBACKLakewood baseball got two seventh in-

ning runs but could not complete a come-back falling 5-4 over Dakota Ridge Saturday at Lakewood High School.

Senior George Coughlin threw five in-nings of strong baseball giving up only two runs and he then added a pair of doubles helping his own cause, but the Ti-gers couldn’t overcome Dakota Ridge’s big fourth inning.

Sophomore Danny Collins went 2-for-4 with a double and senior Connor Leed-holm went 2-for-4 with a double and

scored a run.The Tigers (6-5, 0-1) will play at Colum-

bine Thursday at 4 p.m.

SAINTS BEAT BY SHERIDANJefferson baseball fell 10-6 Saturday at

Sheridan High School.Despite taking the loss the six runs were

the Saints highest offensive output since March 21.

The weather this spring has been partic-ularly tough for a Jefferson team that hasn’t

been able to get outdoor practices in.The Saints (1-10, 1-6) will have an op-

portunity to turn their struggling season around as they will play six games over the next week. Jefferson will play a Bennett High School Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

PANTHERS WIN AGAINSuddenly hot Pomona got a 4-2 victory

Saturday at Columbine High School.Junior Hunter Hogoboom threw six

strong innings giving up just two runs on three hits while striking out five.

Junior Zach Matthes helped provide the offense with his RBI double and senior Tyler Collins also had a double and an RBI.

The Panthers have now won three of their last four games after starting the sea-son with four straight losses.

Pomona (5-7, 0-1) will play Bear Creek Thursday at 4 p.m. at All-Star Park.

STREAKY ‘STANGS WIN AGAINWith Ralston Valley baseball’s 4-3 victory

Saturday at Stanley Lake High School the Mustangs have become the definition of streaky this season.

The Mustangs opened the season with five straight victories before dropping four games in a row.

Since then Ralston Valley has won three straight games which included their win on Saturday.

Senior Dan Skipper hit a two-run home run in the first inning and junior Jake Griffith went 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Ralston Valley (8-4, 1-0) will play Dakota Ridge Saturday at 11 a.m. at All-Star Park.

Faith Christian senior Ian Loffert pitches from the stretch Saturday against Kent Denver. Photo by Daniel Williams

Golden tennis escapes Wheat Ridge’s rallyBear Creek beats Pomona; D’Evelyn also wins bigBy Daniel [email protected]

WHEAT RIDGE - Golden girls tennis got a dramatic 4-3 victory over Wheat Ridge Fri-day at Wheat Ridge High School.

Two of those matches went three sets in-cluding the match that decided the victory when Golden No. 4 double pair of sopho-mores Alina Iwan and Noelle Cohn beat Wheat Ridge seniors Suzi Plumsukon and Julia Gray 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2.

“We are happy with the way we played today, despite lack of practice time because of the weather you can see us getting better and better,” Golden coach Brad Nash said.

Also winning in dominant fashion was

Golden No. 1 singles senior Callie Morlock. Recognized as one of the best players in all of 4A, Morlock made quick work of junior Erika Land.

Land, however, is also recognized as one of the best up-and-coming young players in 4A Jeffco. Golden (3-4, 3-1) is looking to keep pace with the best teams in 4A Jeffco now that they are in the middle of league play. The Demons will host Palmer Ridge Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

Wheat Ridge (4-3, 3-2) will try and snap a streak of back-to-back losses. The Farmers will play at Evergreen Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

BEARS ROLL OVER PANTHERSBear Creek girls tennis got a 6-1 victory

over Pomona Thursday at Bear Creek High School.

Bear Creek No. 2 singles junior Feruth Kidane defeated Pomona sophomore Ad-

dison Kenyon 6-3, 6-4, in a tightly contest-ed match. While Feruth’s sister Mikal who plays No. 3 singles had an easier time with junior Emily Thompson beating her 6-2, 6-2.

But Pomona’s No. 1 singles did get a win when sophomore Alex Horton beat senior Cecilia Troung 6-2, 6-0.

Pomona is 0-6 as a team on the season but they are also 5A Jeffco’s youngest team. The Panthers varsity team consists of nine sophomores, two juniors and zero seniors.

Bear Creek (4-4, 4-4) will play at Conifer Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

JAGS GET SHUTOUT WIND’Evelyn girls’ tennis got a 7-0 shutout

victory over Conifer Thursday at D’Evelyn High School.

None of the seven teams gave up a set and D’Evelyn No. 1 doubles team of senior’s

Jordan Cadman and Lauren Willoughby im-proved to a perfect 6-0 on the season with their 6-3, 6-3 victory.

Jaguars No.2 singles Annie Horn was also near perfect in her 6-0, 6-0 win over junior Grace Studer. D’Evelyn (6-1, 4-0) will try to stay on pace to win a 4A Jeffco league title when they host Lakewood Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

Golden senior Callie Morlock winds up for a forehand winner. Photo by Daniel Williams


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Moving during certain times of the year can result in considerable savings. Mov-ing during the summer, when children are out of school and the weather is nice, can make a move more manageable. Keep in mind that because late spring and summer are the peak moving seasons, they also tend to be more ex-pensive. Many moving com-panies and truck rental agen-cies will charge a premium if you use their services during the summer. Furthermore, crews may change in the sum-mer when students on vaca-tion could fill in for regular, more experienced movers.

High prices are not only reserved for those who buy a new house during the spring and summer. Renters may find spring and summer is also the peak season for rent-als. Many apartment manag-ers can attest that the dates between June 2 and August 30 are quite busy in terms of apartment turnover. Col-lege students are more likely to move as soon as the aca-demic year ends, and many landlords plan leases to ex-pire in the summer months to ensure that re-renting places will be easier thanks to a flooded apartment market. According to Apartment Wiz, a Houston-based apartment locating service, although there might be greater apart-ment availability during the warm-weather months, it also means greater competition between prospective tenants. That greater competition can drive up prices.

But apartments are harder to fill in the fall or at the on-set of winter. That’s because

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People sitting with homes on the market are also more likely to negotiate during cooler months when foot traf-fic has fizzled out. That can make shopping for a home in the fall advantageous to home buyers.

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Garage Sales

7th Annual BellbrookYard Sale

Don’t miss it! 10-Family Yard Sale!Lots of children’s clothes, toys,furniture, tools, and much more.

April 26th & 27th8:00 am – 3:00 pm

10900 thru 11015 Bellbrook CircleHighlands Ranch

Garage Sale at12033 West 71st Avenue, Arvada

Friday & Saturday 8am-3pmFurniture, Tools, Sprinkler System

parts & pieces, books &knick knacks

Garage Sales

Garage/Moving SaleApril 26th & 27th 8am-3pm

11467 Cherry Drive, ThorntonBooks, Furniture, Tools, Bicycle,Gardening Items and much more.

34 years of stuff.

Huge Pre-Moving SaleSaturday, April 27, 9 am @ 4 pm2100 E. 114th Place, Northglenn,Backyard deck and patio House-hold goods, dishes, cookware,small appliances, home interiors,hand tools, power tools, gardentools, soda-shop chairs, patio &home furniture, lamps, books,games, 50 years of misc. treasures.South on Claude Court from 120th

Moving Sale.Misc. house and yard items,

patio furniture, upright freezer.Saturday 4/27 9am-4pm

5685 West 37th Ave. WheatRidge 80212 Cash only please

Moving SaleFriday & Saturday 26th and 27th 9-3

19758 Centerville CourtParker- Country MeadowsFurniture, tables, bench,

office furniture, bar & stools,lawn furniture, baking and

kitchen supplies

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LAzBOY occasional chair, multi-color, $125, Leave messaage 303-766-8855

Quality used furniture, fair pricesEntertainment Ctr solid oak

3pcs.$700 orig.$5,000Sofa,teal plaid, 92"x39" $150;

2 Thomasville lite wood end tableswith matching glass top coffee

table $50 ea. Oak computer desk60"x20" $60; pool table

w/accessories, new,$900; queenmattress/box spgs. $50; 2 oak bar

stools $25ea. All items inexcellent condition.

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Solid Wood Dining RoomTable with hidden leaf and 4 lowback chairs. Black and Cherry exc.

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Medical

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sling $500 or offer.303-228-1986 evening

Miscellaneous

Mini aerobic trampoline $20,New Char-broil infrared grill $200

1 yr old men's Schwinn7 speed bike $100

1 yr old ladies Avalon7 speed bike $50, Sewing machine

never used $508 ft Werner aluminum ladder $50

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Needing loving home2 spayed female short haired adult

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Dogs

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Olde English Bulldoggepuppies IOEBA Registered

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Autos for Sale

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Marty (303)995-2995

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999 Vallejo Street,Denver, CO 80204

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RV’s and Campers

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EARN UP TO $150 DAILY -Independent contract driversneeded to deliver flowers forMother's Day holiday. Must useyour own vehicle and provideMVR, insurance & license. Con-tact Mike at (720) 229-6800.

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GAIN 130 LBS!Savio House needs foster

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Heavy EquipmentMine MechanicHarrison Western Construction aleader in underground mining con-struction for over forty years, hasan openings for a ExperiencedShop Mechanic, in Lakewood, CO

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RN's,LPN'scaring, compassionate,

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ServiceMaster Clean hasBoth full time and part-time

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Western SummitConstructors, Inc. is seeking

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• New, Repair, Replace all makes & models

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House Cleaning

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LANDSCAPE

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Columbine Custom Contracting & Sprinkler Service

Tony 720-210-4304

• Sprinkler Start Ups $40• Aerations $40

• Fertilization $30• Power Rakes $60 & Up

• Fence Repair & Painting• Clean Up / Tree service

• Laminate/Hardwood Floors• Licensed Plumber


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Call Greg303-345-8532

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• Lawn Maintenance•Aerating & Fertilizing,

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Reasonable Rates:*Lawn Maint: Leaf Cleanup, Tree &

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STAIRLIFTS INSTALLEDwith a Warranty Starting at $1575

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Motorcycle/ATV Service & Repair

Fisher Cycle WorksCall Fish Fisher at:720-308-0425

Painting

Call Frank303.420.0669

Long lastingSpecialty Servicesinterior & exteriorOver 40 yrs. experienceReferences andguarantee available.

Commercial • Residential Apartments • Warehouse Deck • Fence Interior • Exterior Repairs • Remodels Only use top quality products Free Estimates

[email protected]

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303-467-3166

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#1 priority

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DEEDON'S PAINTING40 years experience

Interior & Exterior painting.References

303-466-4752

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303-370-0446

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• Water Heaters • Kitchens • Baths • Service Repair •

Sprinkler Repair •

AnchorPlumbing

(303) 961-3485Licenced & Insured

• Allplumbingrepairs&replacement

•Bathroomremodels

• Gaspipeinstallation

• Sprinklerrepair

Bryon JohnsonMaster Plumber

~ Licensed & Insured ~

303.979.0105

AA Rocky MountainRooter & Plumbing

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Professional PricesLicensed * Insured * Bonded

Free Est. Over 25yrs exp.Local family owned company

303-960-5215

For all your plumbing needs• Water Heaters • Plumbing Parts

SENIOR DISCOUNTSFREE ESTIMATESin the metro area

www.frontrangeplumbing.com

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303.451.1971Commercial/Residential

dirty jobs done dirt cheapDrain Cleaning & Plumbing Repairs

720-308-6696www.askdirtyjobs.com

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* Drain Cleaning * Remodels/New Construction* Gas Lines * Garbage Disposals

Plumbing

PLUMBING, SPRINKLER &SWAMP COOLERS.

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Family Owned & Operated. Low Rates.

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Remodeling

GREENE'SREMODELING

Bathroom/kitchen remodeling,repair work, plumbing leaks,

water damage. No job too smallWindow replacement.

Serving Jeffco since 1970(303)237-3231

Rocky MountainContractors

Home RemodelingSpecialists, Inc.

* Bath * Kitch Remodels* Bsmt Finishes* Vinyl Windows* Patio Covers

* Decks30+ yrs. exp.

George(303)252-8874

A Hermanʼs ROOFINGHail Damage? Wind Damage? NewRoof, Re-Roof, Repairs, Res-idential - Commercial Family ownedfor Over 46 Years. Call today forfree estimate. (303)293-3131

Roofing/Gutters

Andy & Bob'sRoofing/Gutters

All types roofs-installs, repairsand certifications. Aluminum

seamless gutters.Since 1952

(303)984-0481

Let us inspect your roof and see what minor repairs can be performed to prolong the life of your roof.

Mention this ad and get a gutter clean and flush for $95.00

5790 Yukon St., Suite 111Arvada, CO 80002720-399-0355/ 720-352-9310

Colorado natives – Arvada-based company

Re-Roof • RepairRoof Certifications

Free Estimates

Roofing:Shingles, Flat Roofs,Roof Leak Repairs.

35 years of experience.Free estimates.

Butch Metzler (303)422-8826

Seasonal

Now offeringAeration, spring yard clean ups,

fertilizing, weed control, lawnmowing, custom trimming of

small trees, and bushesAll your landscaping needs

Call Jim or ShannonKeepinitgreeninc.com

pooper scooper services

Siding

Alvin Ray Hedrick • [email protected]

Rocky Mountain Superior Finishes LLC

• James Hardie Siding • 30 yr warranty• Concrete fiber siding with prefinished

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Call Ray for free estimates • Licensed & Insured20 years in business in Metro area

James Hardie Siding • 30 yr warranty

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Sprinklers

• System Startup

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• Service & Renovations

Just Sprinklers IncLicensed and Insured

Stephen D Williams 25 Plus Years Exp

[email protected] (303) 425-6861 Bus Phone (720) 309-1195 Cell Phone

SystemStartup$35.00

FreeEstimates

RatesResidential /Commercial

Affordable

Family Owned& Operated

SeniorDiscounts

Tile

Tree Service

ABE’S TREE& SHRUB

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• Pruning • Removals • Shrub Maintenance

• FreeEstimates

720.283.8226C:720.979.3888

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A Tree StumpRemoval CompanyWe offer tree removal, brush,

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We also have firewood available! Call today for your

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A-1 Stump RemovalStump grinding specialist.

Most stumps $75.00$35 Minimum.

Free estimates.Licensed & Insured

32 yrs exp. FirewoodCall Terry 303-424-7357

JAY WHITE Tree ServiceServing with pride since 1975

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Call Jay (303)278-7119

MajesticTree Service720-231-5954

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