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August 9, 2012A Colorado Community Media Publication

Jefferson County, Colorado • Volume 8, Issue 11

Shea McNally, grandson of Westminster Mayor Nancy McNally, listens to inspirational stories from fellow cancer survivors during the Relay for Life opening ceremony in Westminster Friday night. Shea was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in March 2009 and again in November 2011. Shea is currently in remission. Photo by Justin Sagarsee

Arvadansexhibit endurance in .5-k effortRalston House raises nearly $40,000By Sara Van [email protected]

Hundreds of Arvadans, from 13 months to 92 years old, put their endur-ance to the test by running — or walk-ing — a total of 1,640 feet in support of Ralston House Saturday.

The sixth annual Ralston House .5-k Endurance Challenge saw about 450 people, including City Council members, city staff and many families, come out to literally run around the block from Olde Town Square, down Grandview Avenue and back to the square to raise money for the organization.

As of Aug. 6, the organization had raised nearly $40,000 between the Arvada race and registration fees for the Lake-wood event, which is being hosted Sat-urday, Aug. 11, at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Registra-tion for that event begins at 8:30 a.m. and the race begins at 10 a.m.

Ralston House Executive Director Don Moseley said he expects to break the $40,000 mark, which will be the most the organization has ever raised through this event.

“It’s so fun,” said participant Kimber-ly Mudd as she held her 2-year-old son, Sawyer, after the race. “It’s a great kid event because they can actually do the race. (Ralston House) is a great organiza-tion to help kids who have been in rough situations.”

Though the race took only a few min-utes, many other activities took place in the square, including nail and face paint-ing, games and more. All were hosted by local vendors in support of Ralston House. City Councilman Mark McGoff led prerace stretches.

Boy Scout Troop 600 was on hand be-fore and after the race, making pancakes for participants for a donation. All those funds went to Ralston House, too.

“We’re just out here helping our com-munity,” said Scoutmaster John Battie. “It’s great. It’s a fun activity for the com-munity to do, and it helps Ralston House.”

Cheerleaders from Arvada High School cheered on racers and held out a ribbon for each person who crossed the finish line.

“People act like it’s a grueling race, and it’s only three blocks,” said Moseley with a laugh. “Little kids — real small kids — will try to run the whole thing. Because we hold out a new ribbon for each per-son, a lot of little kids think they win.”

Savi Dorotik, 13 months old, was the youngest participant to finish; Kai Schumacher, also 13 months, was the last to finish; Frank Pettit, 92, who has com-peted the past two years, was the oldest to finish.

While the purpose was to raise mon-ey for the organization, Moseley said, participants provided something much more important by doing the .5-k: their support for the children.

Ralston House is a nonprofit organiza-tion that provides support and resources to children and teens who have experi-enced or witnessed physical, emotional or sexual abuse, and their families.

Jeffco repairs roofs for winterBy Glenn [email protected]

Jefferson County officials have de-cided to replace three facility roofs, including the flat portions of the County Courts and Administration Building — or Taj Mahal — rather than risk having them fail during another Colorado winter.

During the July 31 Board of County Commissioners meeting, the three-member commission gave its approval to accept the three roof replacement bids, totaling nearly $1.5 million.

Todd Leopold, administrative servic-es director for the county, said work on all three roofs will begin within weeks. The call for bids allowed contractors to apply for one, two or all three projects.

“This is one of our driest periods right

now … knock on wood,” he said.Two roofs, $209,000 for the District

Attorney’s building, and $1,092,000 for the courts and administration build-ing, will be replaced by Commerce City-based Douglass Colony Roofing Inc., which submitted the lowest qualifying bid for both projects.

Reroofing of the third building, the Parfet Building, was awarded to D and D Roofing Inc., also based in Commerce City, for $189,974.

Bond-revenue money, useful for capital improvement projects, had pre-viously been budgeted for the roofs on the District Attorney’s Office and admin-istrative buildings, while spare general fund money is to be used for the Parfet roof, according to Leopold.

County staff reports indicate that both the administration building and

the District Attorney’s building roofs had reached the end of their functional lifes-pan, and had “experienced catastrophic failures due to recent high-wind events.” The reports recommended replacement as soon as possible, due to the cost of constant repair.

“We had those windstorms in April, and (the DA’s office roof) was just com-ing apart,” Leopold said.

The county bought the Parfet Build-ing, located near 6th Avenue and Simms Street, was bought by the county in 2011, knowing that there were roof issues, he said, noting that half the roof there had not been replaced in more than 20 years.

Leopold said the Parfet Build-ing would eventually be used by the county health department for admin-istrative offices and the new Lakewood field office.

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Walking lets spirit go the extra mile David Wardrop has spent the past 17

years walking through time.He began walking before he had three

children, before his town’s retail center steadily emerged from the ground, before the trees grew up, before his graying hair betrayed his advancing age.

For Wardrop, the simple act of walking is more than a way to keep his weight down. It’s the continuation of a family legacy. It’s a chance to contemplate without distrac-tion, to plunge into a symphony of mindful silence. It’s a rejuvenating ritual that occurs when he walks.

“That’s my solitude time,” Wardrop, 55, says. “Even when they’re all at school, there’s still more solitude in walking.”

Perhaps you’ve seen him along Broad-way in Highlands Ranch. Tall. Black bicycle shorts. T-shirt. Easy gait, not too fast, not too slow. Lost in thought. Perhaps you know his story, too, wherever you may live, because you, too, are a walker, consistently slow-ing down life as you place one foot in front of the other in a communion of sorts with time.

I used to walk every day, with a close friend. For three years, we met at the corner in the dark or early light, depending on the time of year, and walked one and a half miles to the local Starbucks. She’d buy a coffee and I my tea for the return trip home. As we walked, we talked. About kids, school, what was happening in our neighbor-hood, our world. We laughed; we worried; we encouraged; sometimes, we cried. The hour walk became a hushed refrain, a time

of connection and deepening friendship that couldn’t have occurred during the day’s noise and unceasing demands for attention. But life’s changing needs eventually inter-fered and, one day, we stopped. More than 10 years later, I still miss that quiet, refresh-ing, step-in-step kinship.

There’s a community, too, on the walking beat. No names needed. Familiar faces. Some alone. Some with partners, one, two, three, even four. The older man with a cap and spectacles who nods and smiles as he walks by. The petite woman with the pony-tail and quick pace, cell phone glued to her ear — is there someone on the other end just like her, I always wonder? The young couple, holding hands, strolling slowly, conversing quietly.

Reasons for walking are as varied as the walkers. Exercise, most likely. We all know walking is good for the heart, blood pressure and weight.

But along with the aerobic benefi t come the more intangible ones that speak to hearts and souls searching for moments of calm in a hectic day, when breathing slows, thoughts sway in unstructured rhythm, and unexpected discoveries come to eyes and

mind.Listen to German philosopher Friedrich

Nietzsche: “All truly great thoughts are con-ceived by walking.”

Or to British novelist Elizabeth von Arnim, who wrote: Walking “is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things.”

David Wardrop knows this.He descends from a long line of walkers.

Each day his parents rose early to walk. His maternal grandfather would walk 20 miles on a Saturday afternoon — six, seven, eight hours at a time.

From his childhood through teen years in his New Jersey hometown, Wardrop walked three miles to and from school. He walked to the ice cream store, to the base-ball card shop, to the park, to the library. He’d spend the day walking from one place to another, then, fi nally, home.

“It was,” he recalls, “the general mode of transportation.”

When he and his wife, Teresa, moved into their Highlands Ranch home 17 years ago, they headed out in the early morning before work. They talked about their day or, sometimes, just absorbed the quiet of the day’s beginning. “It was a way of communi-cating away from the phones and hubbub,” Wardrop says.

In 1999, the fi rst of their three daughters came. Life turned into the upside-down whirlwind that children invariably stir up, and walking stopped for a while — until Wardrop began pushing the girls in strollers. “That was my exercise, and a way to allow

Teresa some free time and get them out in the fresh air.”

These days, for the most part, Wardrop walks alone, for the exercise and for the solitude. The girls are in school, his wife at her job. And because he works from home, Wardrop takes off down the street whenever he needs a break, usually around lunchtime, although on a busy day, he might not slip out until nearly midnight.

He steps onto Gateway, then turns right at Broadway for a 50-minute loop. He remembers how when he started there was no church at the corner, no Safeway, no plows on snowy days. “I do notice the trees every year, growing a little bit and, in some instances, growing a lot.”

He never takes his phone. His mind fl ies this way and that. Stress begins to slip away. He makes a mental list of chores. Organizes projects and business tasks. Thinks and refl ects. Always, he prays.

Sometimes, high school kids driving by honk or yell and he startles. “It … shakes me up,” he says. “I forget where I am.”

Lost, for a few moments, in the blessed tranquility of life in slow motion.

Ann Macari Healey, who has edited and pub-lished weekly newspapers with her husband, Colorado Community Media publisher Jerry Healey, reported for The Miami Herald and The Providence Journal before coming to Colorado. Her column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at [email protected] or 303-566-4110.

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Romney rally sells outHundreds stand outside in support as ticketholders are turned awayBy Glenn [email protected]

They came by the hundreds, many with tickets in hand, to hear Mitt Romney, the presumptive Re-publican Party presidential candi-date, speak at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

The number of people that ar-rived at the fairgrounds exhibit hall, however, exceeded the 900-seat capacity of the building, leav-ing more than 400 spectators out-side.

A plane flew overhead, trailing a banner that read “Welcome Back Mitt, now release those returns,” and a handful of Romney detrac-tors was visible on street corners near the fairgrounds.

Around the exhibit hall, the crowd appeared to be solidly GOP.

Many who couldn’t get into the exhibit hall, including Willene Grady, of Denver, found shady spots under a nearby tree to wait, in hopes of seeing or hearing Rom-ney.

“We’re supporters of what he believes in. We hoped there would be a lot of turnout, and our prayers were answered,” Grady said. She used her paper admission ticket as a seat on the damp grass.

Grady said that, as an entrepre-neur, she, along with her husband, supports free enterprise and small-er government.

“The struggle isn’t about who sleeps with who, but freedom from government control,” she said.

Jackie and Juanita Gibbs, of Lit-tleton, also showed up with tickets, but were turned away. The two said they came to show their support.

“We just love America and want God to protect us,” Juanita Gibbs said as the crowd erupted in cheers as the former governor of Mas-sachusetts greeted the outside crowd. He grabbed a microphone

and thanked them for attending.

“You heard Obama say if you own a business you didn’t build that?” Romney began, drawing boos from the crowd. “Well President Obama said he’d fix the economy, but he hasn’t owned up to that.

“I’m here, I’m happy to be with you. And I’m excited to talk about how we’re going to get the middle class working again,” Romney said, wav-ing as he turned and went inside the hall.

Most of the outdoor crowd drift-ed away, aside from a few who said they hoped to catch sight of Rom-ney again as he exited the building.

One of the early departures was a man from Nebraska, who asked that his name not be used.

In town for a wedding, the man said he wanted to gauge the area’s level of interest in Romney. He said the overflow crowd was “a pretty good sign.”

“I think it was a nice touch that

he came out to see the people that didn’t make it in. I’ve been to events where that didn’t happen,” he said.

Terri Miller, of Buffalo Creek, was among those who waited by the barricades until the event end-ed.

She said she managed to get her 93-year-old father inside the hall and expressed frustration that the speech wasn’t moved to a bigger venue.

“I’m really annoyed they didn’t turn the speakers on,” she added, heaping blame on local and state GOP organizers. “I’d gladly sit in the dirt to listen to Romney.”

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney shares his “report card” for President Barack Obama’s first term during a campaign rally Aug. 2 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Golden. Photos by Justin Sagarsee

Republican candidate keys on economics Romney discusses five-point plan at Jefferson County FairgroundsBy Glenn [email protected]

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney drew a full house to the Jefferson County exhibition hall as he detailed his five-point economic plan, and prom-ised to create 12 million new jobs.

“My plan for a stronger middle class will get our economy moving again,” Romney said as he handed out a scorecard to detail the plan’s points:

• Energy independence through higher domestic produc-tion and lower regulations;

• Ensuring Americans have the skills to succeed by im-proving education access and job training;

• Trade that works for America by working for better trade practices with China and other countries while establishing a free-trade zone with others;

• Cut the deficit by capping federal spending and consoli-dating some federal agencies;

• And champion small business by reducing taxes and weakening unions.

As part of that last point, Romney also pledged to “replace Obamacare with real health care reform that controls cost and improves care,” earning big cheers from his audience.

GOP candidate included some local touches during his appearance. He was introduced by Jefferson County District Two Commissioner John Odom.

The commissioner is up for election this November, and cracked a joke about current vice-presidential-candidate speculation by saying he was honored to be on the ballot with Romney. Romney mentioned Joe Coors, the Republican candidate for Colorado’s 7th congressional seat, at the start of his speech. He also acknowledged the victims of the Aurora shooting, saying he had met with one who was wounded ear-lier. After the speech, Romney flew to Aspen, where he spoke later that day in a Basalt school as part of a Republican Gover-nors Association meeting.

ResponseEven before Romney’s Colorado visit, the state’s Demo-

cratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio was critical of the GOP candidate’s economic policies, such as his support for ending tax credits for wind-production businesses.

“This isn’t some line on a corporate balance sheet; people’s livelihoods and futures are on the line here,” Palacio said, adding that the end of the tax credits would imperil 5,000 jobs in Colorado.

Palacio also publicized a nonpartisan tax analysis of Romney’s tax reform plan that found it would actually raise the tax burden for most of the middle class, while lowering it for those in the top tax bracket. The Obama campaign an-nounced Wednesday that will visit the state, with planned ap-pearances in Denver, Grand Junction, Pueblo and Colorado Springs Aug. 8 and 9.

Supporters for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney filled the Exhibition Hall at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds during a campaign rally in Golden Aug. 2.


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Golf, ‘shoptail’ party aid Hope HouseAnnual fundraiser helps nonprofit support teen momsBy Sara Van [email protected]

Golfers and shoppers gave much more than donations to Hope House during its annual fundraiser. They gave teen moms their support.

Hope House of Colorado, a nonprofit that helps teen moms achieve self-suffi-ciency through various programs, hosted its seventh-annual Hope House Classic golf tournament and fundraiser at Cherry Creek Country Club July 30.

The tournament included 113 golfers playing 18 holes, a “shoptails” event that combined cocktails and boutique shopping in the club house with a portion of the pro-ceeds going to Hope House, dinner and an auction. This year’s event raised more than $100,000 for Hope House and was the most successful classic since it started, said Lisa Schlarbaum, director of development for Hope House.

“We’re blessed to have the support that we do,” Schlarbaum said.

The shoptail, which featured clothes modeled by several teen moms, was hosted by Trendz Boutique, and co-owner Jennifer Tiell said the boutique was happy to get in-volved.

“As a small business, we should be a plat-form for different issues and concerns to bring quality to the community,” Tiell said. “We were so impressed with the passions behind what they do. We are women help-ing women, whatever their age.”

During the dinner, a 19-year-old who is currently participating in Hope House’s mentoring program shared her story with contributors.

Aluren, who has been involved in the mentoring program since her 14-month-old daughter was three weeks old, will grad-uate from the program in September. She said she is now completely self-sufficient, in her third semester of college and working.

She said she was excited to see people support Hope House and the work it does.

“It’s nice to see people who care,” she said. “A lot of times people automatically dismiss teen moms. The program helps a lot because it’s people who think you can suc-ceed, and you’re not being shut down.”

Shante Rodriguez, 21, an alumna of the mentoring program who has a 3-and-a-half-year-old daughter, said Hope House has helped her in many ways, from material goods to spiritual guidance.

“It was such a blessing to me, and it con-tinues to be a blessing,” Rodriguez said. “It’s one of the pillars of my life. I encourage them to keep supporting Hope House be-cause their support helped me get to where I am, and that’s self-sufficiency.”

Following graduation, Rodriguez started her own line of handmade jewelry and ac-cessories, Bella Bloom Designs. Some of her creations were part of the Shoptails event.

Hap Lundquist, owner of Lundquist As-sociates, a longtime supporter of Hope House, said he golfs in the tournament to support Hope House and the young moth-ers.

“What a treat,” Lundquist said. “Hope House is the best thing going for these girls and their kids. It’s the best cause we’ve got going, bar none.”

For more information about Hope House, go online to www.hopehouseofcolo-rado.com.

Shante Rodriguez, left, 21, an alumna of Hope House of Colorado’s mentoring program, tells Zayra, 18, a teen mom and Hope House participant, about the hair clips she makes by hand for her company Bella Bloom Designs. Photo by Sarah Van Cleve

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Golf, ‘shoptail’ party aid Hope House Annual fundraiser helps nonprofi t support teen moms

Aluren, who has been involved in the mentoring program since her 14-month-old daughter was three weeks old, will grad-uate from the program in September. She said she is now completely self-suffi cient, in her third semester of college and working.

She said she was excited to see people support Hope House and the work it does.

“It’s nice to see people who care,” she said. “A lot of times people automatically dismiss teen moms. The program helps a lot because it’s people who think you can suc-ceed, and you’re not being shut down.”

Shante Rodriguez, 21, an alumna of the mentoring program who has a 3-and-a-half-year-old daughter, said Hope House has helped her in many ways, from material goods to spiritual guidance.

“It was such a blessing to me, and it con-tinues to be a blessing,” Rodriguez said. “It’s one of the pillars of my life. I encourage them to keep supporting Hope House be-cause their support helped me get to where I am, and that’s self-suffi ciency.”

Following graduation, Rodriguez started her own line of handmade jewelry and ac-cessories, Bella Bloom Designs. Some of her creations were part of the Shoptails event.

Hap Lundquist, owner of Lundquist As-sociates, a longtime supporter of Hope House, said he golfs in the tournament to support Hope House and the young moth-ers.

“What a treat,” Lundquist said. “Hope House is the best thing going for these girls and their kids. It’s the best cause we’ve got going, bar none.”

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Libraries off er patrons a lucky day every day By Cassie Monroe [email protected]

Jefferson County residents won’t need a four-leaf clover or a rabbit’s foot to have a lucky day.

The Lucky Day collection is now available at all 10 branches of the Jefferson County Public Library.

The collection was created to provide more visi-tors with high-demand books and DVDs. The items are shelved in special displays in high-traffic areas at each libraries. Items can be identified by the ladybug sticker on their bindings.

The program is popular. The shelves dedicated to it in the Lakewood Library were nearly empty during the first week of the program.

The library spent $100,000 on adult fiction and non-fiction, children’s and teens’ fiction books, and new DVDs for the collection, which were divvied out among the branches. Lucky Day items cannot be placed on hold, but can only checked out by walk-in cardholders.

“We have a lot of high demand for popular materi-als,” Tricia Lee, Lakewood Library manager, said. “In order to meet that, we decided to launch this collec-tion.”

The books are available on a first-come, first-served basis and are shelved as quickly as possible when they are returned. This is to help cut down the

wait list for some popular items such as the novels in “The Hunger Games” series, the “Girl with the Drag-on Tattoo,” several novels by Nora Roberts and new-release DVDs.

According to Lee, some libraries have a wait list of 200 to 300 people.

“There is just no way we can keep up with that de-mand,” she said.

She said children and teens are less likely to wait for reading materials, so another goal of the library is to make sure younger patrons can quickly get their hands on a book in which they have an interest.

“This makes it so that we’re responding more proactively,” Lee said. “It gives the library more of a popular browsing section, and it helps us be more relevant.”

The collection has established some circulation guidelines to ensure visitors have a fair chance to get one of the popular items.

Patrons can check out only three Lucky Day items at a time, items cannot be reserved in advance, and Lucky Day items cannot be renewed.

Items in the collection are checked out for the normal period of time: three weeks.

Library staff chose the Items to be included in the collection to reflect requests. Lee said there are 22 DVD titles, 20 adult titles, 10 teen titles, and eight ju-venile titles in the collection this year.

Saturday brings celebration to streets Second monthly street fair off ers free family fun in Olde Town this weekend By Sara Van Cleve [email protected]

Olde Town Arvada is rolling up its sidewalks Sat-urday evening to make room for some fun.

The Historic Olde Town Arvada Association will host its Second Saturday celebration Aug. 11, the second one to take place.

“The idea of Second Saturday is to give the com-munity another choice of leisure activities for a summer Saturday night,” said Karen Miller, presi-dent of Historic Olde Town Arvada and owner of Olde Town business Paws ‘n’ Play. “With Olde Town hopping in the summer, we thought we’d roll up the streets and have a good time.”

The street fair will feature live music by the Oak Creek Band at the Community Banks of Colorado stage, vendor booths, activities and inflatables for children, and various food and drinks, including lo-cal beer and wine from the Arvada Beer Company and Silver Vines Winery.

Second Saturdays are a takeoff from First Fridays, street fairs hosted in downtowns across the country. Historic Olde Town Arvada chose to have a Saturday event to set itself apart from others.

“Throughout its history, the association has planned events for the second Saturday of the

month,” Miller said. “And it was also a natural pro-gression from our (inaugural) St. Paddy’s Day Festi-val to keep the momentum going.”

Miller said the first Second Saturday celebration in July saw great success because of the communi-ty’s desire for a celebration like it, as evidenced by the response to the St. Patrick’s Day celebration.

“Anyone who enjoys a street fair would enjoy Sec-ond Saturday,” she said. “There is no admission, it’s close by and many will discover the new vibe that Olde Town has taken on in the past few years.”

August’s Second Saturday will be the final one this year, but Miller said it will return next June, and other celebrations and fairs will continue in Olde Town throughout the year.

“Like all association events, we plan to nurture and grow this series so that the community looks forward to it,” she said. “And we are looking ahead to when the Gold Line opens and people from Den-ver and areas served by light rail can jump on the train and come to Olde Town to enjoy an evening out.”

Second Saturday is free and will be 5-9 p.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 11, on Grandview Avenue, east of Olde Wadsworth Boulevard. Grandview will be closed to through traffic during the street fair.

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Arvadan becomes a ‘Jersey Boy’ By Sara Van Cleve [email protected]

A young man who grew up in Arvada has found his home on the stage as a Jer-sey boy.

Stephen Cerf, who graduated from Faith Christian Academy in 2005, has been touring with the company of the musical “Jersey Boys” since last Decem-ber. He’s back in town for the show’s run in Denver at the Buell Theatre in Denver.

“Just being on stage in front of an audience in the house where I sat and watched a show and thought, ‘This is what I want to do,’ it’s going to be really cool,” Cerf said. “I feel like things have come full circle.”

Cerf is a swing for the production, meaning he does not have a set part, but instead must learn and remember seven parts so he can fi ll in for members of the main company.

Cerf covers parts for Four Seasons member Tommy DeVito, music producer Bob Crew, mob boss Gyp De-Carlo, former Four Seasons member Hank Mejewski, radio announcer Barry Belson, actor Joe Pesci and loan shark Norm Waxman.

For a week of the musical’s run in Denver, Cerf played Waxman because the main company actor, Wes Hart, took a vacation.

“I’m required to keep all of it in my head, but I knew three weeks ago I’d be going on for Norm for a week, so that gives me time to ... be backstage and do the stuff that Norm does, to make sure I know all the harmonies, all the walking, all the lines,” he said.

“I’ve been told 20 minutes before a show that I had to go on for someone, and that’s a little more like, ‘OK, what does Hank do? Alright. Go.’”

Cerf, who studied for about two and half years at the Boston Conservatory, said he was set to star as Stacee Jaxx in the touring musical “Rock of Ages” when he got the call about being a swing in “Jersey Boys,” about four years after his fi rst audition.

“About every six months for the last four years they’d call me in, and I’d go round after round and then have a fi nal callback. To have something I have worked for the last couple years come to happen was one of the great-

est moments of my life, for sure,” he said.Though “Jersey Boys” is Cerf’s biggest tour, he’s famil-

iar with life on the stage and touring.For a year he played various characters in perfor-

mances with Disney Cruise Line and has performed in numerous musicals and concerts on the East Coast, as well as playing Sir Bors for about 10 months in the tour-ing production of “Spamalot.”

Now, as a swing for “Jersey Boys,” Cerf said, he has the opportunity to play his dream role, Tommy DeVito.

“When I get to go on for Tommy DeVito, that’s pretty much the best thing I can imagine doing,” he said. “The things I like doing most on stage are the things I’d never do in real life. Tommy DeVito is a jerk and just takes ad-vantage of everybody and is not a nice person, so that’s fun for me to play that kind of role.”

“Jersey Boys” is an open-ended production with dates already scheduled through June 2013, and Cerf said he plans to stay on board as long as he can.

“It’s such a powerful show,” he said. “By the end of the show, always, you’ll have a 75-year-old lady dancing in the aisle, singing the songs. It’s the music they grew up with. It’s seeing the looks on their faces and bringing them back to their childhood and youth that I love.”

Cerf had his fi rst on-stage experience when he was 5 and played a magic bean in Missoula Children’s The-ater’s local production of “Jack and the Beanstalk.” It wasn’t until his senior year in high school, when he per-formed in “The Music Man,” that he realized performing was his calling.

“And then I went to see a production of “Wicked” at the Denver Center and sat in the seat and watched the people performing on stage, and I was like, `This is what I really want to do,’” he said.

ARVADA NEWS IN A HURRY

Police seeking witnesses, information regarding possible arson� e Arvada Police Department is seeking witnesses to a

possible arson that occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m. July 6 at 6066 Simms St. � e fi re, which started in the garage of the home, is believed to have been intentionally set, and police are looking for anyone who may have been in the area at the time and saw something. Arvada Police are asking anyone with any informa-tion regarding the fi re to call the department’s main number, 720-898-6900.

City of Arvada names IT employee as new deputy city manager� e city manager’s offi ce recently welcomed a new member

to the team. Michele Hovet, a Colorado native and 17-year employee of the city of Arvada’s information-technology depart-ment, was recently named deputy city manager. In her new position, Hovet will be responsible for helping City Manager Mark Deven with strategic planning and policy development, being a resource for many of the city’s diff erent departments, and organizing and managing large-scale projects.

Arvada o� ers tax rebates to quali� ed residents� e city of Arvada is off ering tax rebates of up to $85 to

qualifi ed residents. � rough Oct. 31, residents can receive an $85 tax rebate if they are the fi rst in their house to apply, and $50 for each person a� er. In order to qualify, residents must have lived within Arvada city limits in 2011 and one of the following: have been 65 years old by Dec. 31, 2011; be single and between 55 and 65 years old by Dec. 31, 2011; be disabled; or be a single head of the household with dependant children. � e gross income of the household, including Social Security, must also meet certain requirements.

To qualify, household income must be equal to or less than $27,400 for a single person, $31,300 for two people, $35,200 for three people or $39,100 for four people.

Residents wishing to receive the tax rebate must provide identifi cation as well as proof of residency through a copy of a lease agreement or rental receipts for all of 2011, a copy of a 2011 city of Arvada utility bill or other documents accepted at the dis-cretion of city staff . For more information and to apply, go online to www.arvada.org/city-services/sales-tax or call 720-898-7114.

City invests in new Ford SUVs built speci� cally for policeA� er a year of research led by Cmdr. Lee Pinover and other

police and city offi cials, the department purchased 15 new Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles.

� e vehicles feature new technologies, including blind-spot and back-up sensors, and a rear-view camera system. Because of the secured back seats in police vehicles, offi cers may have diffi culty seeing when backing up. � e new technologies will make backing up easier and safer, and will reduce city costs for accidents. � e vehicles, which resemble Ford Explorers, are built specifi cally for police departments and feature robust drive trains; and electrical, and heating and cooling systems built to meet the needs of offi cers. � e Ford Interceptor Utility also gets better gas mileage than current fl eet vehicles. � e remainder of the fl eet will be replaced over the next few years.

Stephen Cerf, 2005 graduate of Faith Christian Academy, has been a touring cast member with “Jersey Boys” and will be performing at The Buell Theater in Denver through Aug. 11. Photo by Justin Sagarsee

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Construction begins on new automated book return system at Arvada Library

Installation has begun for a new automated system that will make returning materials to Arvada Library faster and more effi cient.

Once the automated book-return system is fully installed, which will be in mid-September, it will automatically sort returned items into categories, update patrons’ records and reduce the time it takes to get the materials back in circulation. � e new system will cause minor changes to the library and book-drop areas, and to the way patrons return books. Arvada Library will remain open through the majority of the construction; the library will be closed Aug. 21 to accommodate heavy construction. � roughout August, the drive-up book drop may be periodically closed, so patrons will need to return materials through the book drop at the main entrance.

Arvada Gardeners invite visitors to community garden for open house, lunch

� e Arvada Gardeners will opening the gates to the community garden Saturday, Aug. 11, for the 17th annual open house. � e group, which was founded 45 years ago as the Men’s Garden Club of Arvada, runs three commu-nity gardens with more than 100 12-foot-by-22-foot plots for citizen gardeners who don’t have enough space for a garden or just want to garden in a social environment.

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residents can bring something from their own gardens and take something someone else has brought. Visitors can also, enjoy the Garden-ers’ famous plot-to-pot corn-on-the-cob and receive gardening tips. � e open house is from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11 at the com-munity garden at 9195 W. 57th Ave. Lunch is at 11:30 a.m.

Arvada Center celebrates performing arts outdoors through Centerfest tonight

� e Arvada Center’s outdoor performance series, Centerfest, continues tonight with a collaborative dance performance by 7dancers and Apex Contemporary Dance. During An Evening of Collaborative Dance, the two groups will perform a variety of styles during their performance.

Centerfest will continue with two more performances featuring the Denver Brass and Colorado Honor Band Aug. 25 and the Colo-rado Ballet’s Night Under the Stars Aug. 30.

An Evening of Collaborative Dance begins at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Arvada Center’s Outdoor Amphitheater; the plaza opens at 6 p.m. and doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for premium covered seats are $27, covered seats are $17 and lawn seating is $10.

Parking is free and attendees are welcome to bring a picnic.

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Grocery gift cards support Outdoor Lab By Cassie Monroe [email protected]

The concept is simple: redeem a gift card and support the Outdoor Education Lab. The results have been signifi cant: $126,000 since November.

The Outdoor Lab Foundation has joined forces with King Soopers to gener-ate tuition money for Jeffco Public School’s outdoor-education program, which had been in danger of being cut from the dis-trict’s offerings. In June alone, the program generated $21,000

The mission of the Outdoor Educa-tion Lab is to enhance and enrich student learning as part of the sixth-grade curricu-lum. It also enhances student awareness, appreciation and sense of responsibility about the environment. Labs are located at Mount Evans in Evergreen, and Windy Peak in Bailey.

People can buy a $5 King Soopers gift card from the foundation’s website, www.outdoorlabfoundation.com, and when they use it at a King Sooper’s store, includ-ing Krogers, King Soopers gas stations and the Loaf and Jug, the store contributes 5 percent of its profi t to the foundation’s gen-eral fund for tuition or into a student’s indi-

vidual account.As part of the program, families can

start an account with the foundation for their children to receive funds toward the outdoor program’s tuition as early as when students start kindergarten. If the account is not touched for fi ve years, the money re-verts to the foundation’s general fund. The average family has about $75 in its account, but some have as much as $300, which is the average rate of tuition for Outdoor Edu-cation Lab.

“Our goal is to get every student using this program,” said Shannon Hancock, ex-ecutive director of the Outdoor Lab Foun-dation.

Applications are available on the foun-dation’s website, and completed forms must be returned to Outdoor Lab Foun-dation, P.O. Box 261298, Lakewood, CO 80226-1298.

Anyone with questions about the pro-gram can email them to [email protected].

Currently, more than 2,000 families are participating.

“This program is crucial to supporting local schools,” Hancock said. “It’s programs like this that allow Outdoor Lab to stay open.”

Summer Lunch Club rolling out nutrition, education and funBy Cassie [email protected]

The large school bus decorated with im-ages of fresh fruits and veggies, used to seem out of place at Dukes Mobile Home Park, but now it’s a welcome sight for residents.

The bus is better known as the Summer Lunch Club and has traveled to two sites, Monday through Friday, since the beginning of July.

The bus, which is in its first year of opera-tion as part of the Summer Meals Program, delivers meals to children in low-income neighborhoods.

It stops at Dukes Mobile Home Park, 5460 Harlan St., at 11 a.m., and Sheridan Mobile Home Park, 5305 N. Sheridan Blvd., at noon.

The program will operate through Friday, Aug. 10. According to Geri Coleman, program facilitator, the summer got off to a bit of a slow start because its first week coincided with the July 4 holiday. However, the more stops the bus made at the locations, the more children the club saw coming out to enjoy a free lunch.

“We have quite a few regulars,” Janet Park-er, on-board manager, said.

The crew working on the bus has gotten to know several of the children in the neighbor-hood who eat with the club on a daily basis.

Parents are also able to enjoy a meal for $3.50, and sit with their children while they eat.

“I eat everything they give me,” said Seth, a child who lives at Dukes and meets with the Summer Lunch Club daily, and resident of Dukes.

On Aug. 3 Seth ate a hamburger on a whole-wheat bun, plus watermelon, relish and milk.

On Fridays, volunteer, Agape Hammond comes along to read, in both English and Spanish, to the children while they eat.

This is her second year volunteering with the Summer Meals Program, and said she has enjoyed traveling with the bus.

“I just enjoy reading, and the kids are great,” Hammond said.

Other community members have started coming out to spend time with the children in the club as well. A local church has members play games with the children, and a retired cou-ple in Arvada help with arts and crafts.

“The kids call them grandma and grandpa,” said Steve Studley, bus driver and food server on the bus.

He said he neighborhood has been very receptive to every-one, and the club has been a positive experience for everyone involved.

“Everybody who has been part of this is excited for what it is and what it can become,” he said.

Diego Hernandez, 7,right, and his friend, Pablo Navarez, 9, enjoy lunchon the Summer Lunch Club bus at Sheridan Estates Friday in Arvada. Photo by Justin Sagarsee

Anthony Jurado, 7, drinks his milk between bites while eating on the bus during the Summer Lunch Club’s stop at the Sheridan Estates neighborhood in Arvada Friday. Photo by Justin Sagarsee


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Church forges trail through volunteeringChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lay 2,667 feet of trail during annual community projectBy Sara Van [email protected]

Before the heat of the warm day set in, more than 450 people, including many families, were hard at work Aug. 4 to make their community a better place.

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined together with members of other faiths to complete a hiking trail near 80th Avenue and Quaker Street for the city of Arvada during the church’s annual service project.

“We have people who are anxious to help and it’s been wonderful working with the city, Apex [Park and Recreation District] and different community orga-nizations over the years,”said the church’s Arvada Stake President Mike Jones. “They didn’t come out because it’s convenient; it’s for the love and respect they have for the community.”

Jones said he has been stake president for 13 years and it has hosted a service project every year since he stepped into the position.

“The turnout has been remarkable,” he said. “It’s gratifying to see members of the stake and others show support and be willing to work.”

The trail the volunteers helped finish winds 2,666 feet up the side of a hill. With 450 volunteers working away, the trail was lined with dirt and fabric, and laid with gravel in a matter of hours.

Each volunteer moved approximately 1,400 pounds of gravel.

Bob Loverridge, a member of the stake and a member of the Apex board of direc-tors, said the church focuses heavily on family because there is nothing more im-portant in life.

He noted that focus was clear Saturday as even elementary students picked up

shovels and worked along-side their parents.

Stake members Jamie and Amber Johnson were out bright and early to work on the trail with their 8-year-old daughter, Had-ley.

“It’s an opportunity to serve and teach our kids to work and serve as well,” Jamie said. “It’s neat to see people want to do some-thing for our community.”

It might have been work for many, but not for Had-ley.

“I think it’s kind of fun,” Hadley said.

Amber said she and her family love to hike, and they look forward to hiking the trail they helped build.

Grant Speed and his daughters — Abbie, 12, and Erin, 15 — also came out to help move dirt and shovel gravel.

“It’s hard; it’s back-breaking work, but it’s for a good cause,” Speed said. “They always have great projects for us every year. It gets the whole family involved.”

“It’s pretty fun actually,” Abbie said. “You wouldn’t think shoveling dirt into a bucket would be fun, but it is.”

Jones said the stake hopes more volun-teers from other faiths and their families come out in future years, which would al-low the church to tackle even larger proj-ects.

“The primary purpose is just to be good citizens,” Jones said.

Erin Speed, left, and Alex Setlin, both 15, transfer dirt from a wagon on the trail to prepare the surface for gravel during the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ annual community-service project. This year, the project was centered around laying 260 yards of gravel for an 889-yard community trail near 80th Avenue and Quaker Street. Photo by Sara Van Cleve


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Aurora assisted Law enforcement from across the metro area came to the city’s aid a� er shootings By Ashley Reimers Glenn Wallace [email protected] [email protected]

Aurora police offi cers did not have to stand alone on the night of July 20.

As the fi rst offi cers responded to 911 calls from the Century 16 movie the-ater, they found a hellish situation — 12 people dead and 58 injured, an active shooter and the possibility of explosive devices.

The call went out over a metrowide radio system, asking for a variety of sup-port from law-enforcement agencies across the Denver area.

The Westminster Police Department sent two K-9 units to the theater. The animals were used during the investi-gation, but following a gag order issued by the judge in the case against accused shooter James Eagan Holmes, offi cials are not releasing any details as to how or where the K-9 units were used.

Victim advocates from the depart-ment were also sent to help with the cri-sis and crisis communication.

“We commend the Aurora Police De-partment for their response and how they handled the incident,” said Trevor Materasso, an investigator with the Westminster Police Department pub-lic information offi cer. “We offered any support they needed that we could pro-vide.”

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Depart-ment also answered the call.

“We sent seven deputies, a lieuten-ant, two sergeants, some K-9s and some patrol offi cers, and they were there through the wee hours,” said Jefferson County Sheriff’s Offi ce pubic informa-tion offi cer Jacki Kelley. She said some

of Jeffco’s victim’s advocates were sent later that morning to Gateway High School, where Arvada police offi cers in-terviewed witnesses to the shootings.

Kelley also cited the case’s gag order as a reason she could not elaborate on what the offi cers’ assigned duties were at the scene.

“This is what we train for. Our depart-ment supports law enforcement across the state year-round, and it’s always an honor to help another department,” she said.

The city of Golden responded with one offi cer and a bomb-sniffi ng dog, ac-cording to a Police Department source. Other assisting agencies included Ar-vada, Lakewood and Thornton, accord-ing to several sources.

Steve Davis, public information of-fi cer with the Lakewood Police Depart-ment, said that in addition to sending two victim advocates, Lakewood also had two agents who indirectly assisted in the case — one of whom was a mem-ber of a metro-area Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms task force that helped identify the guns used in the shooting, and their source. Public information offi cers from the Westminster Police Department and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Offi ce were also sent to the emergency operation center to help with media relations.

Materasso, investigator with the Westminster Police Department, said offi cers were ultimately assigned to aid most of the 12 families that had lost a family member. He said the offi cers served as a buffer between the families and the media.

Among the public-information of-fi cers who helped families were Kelley, another Jeffco offi cer and Materasso.


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JEFFCO NEWS IN A HURRY

Fire restrictions liftedEff ective this month the Jeff erson County

Sheriff ’s Offi ce has li� ed the temporary fi re restriction order for all areas of unincorpo-rated Jeff erson County.

Recent rainfall and cooler temperatures have reduced the danger of wildfi re. However, people are encouraged to be vigilant as the danger of fi re is always present in the high country.

Citizens are reminded to use caution when starting and extinguishing campfi res, dispos-ing of lighted cigarettes, and other activities that involve the use of fi re or sparks.

Warm and windy days can quickly lower the moisture content of trees and grasses, making them susceptible to ignition.

Traveling library receives donation

� e Jeff erson County Library Foundation received a $5,000 donation from the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation last week.

� e money will be used to support the Traveling Children’s Library, an early-literacy program off ered by Jeff erson County Public Library.

� e traveling library provides bilingual storytime programs to hundreds of at-risk preschool children throughout the county.

For more information on the Traveling Children’s Library, go online to jeff co-libraryfoundation.org/your-gi� s-work.

Mobile spay/neuter clinic beginsFoothills Animal Shelter, with support

from the Animal Assistance Foundation, is launching a new mobile spay/neuter program called A Simple Fix. � e shelter’s mobile unit will host 24 clinics within the commu-nity through June 2013. In partnership with Jeff erson County Animal Control, Westmin-ster Animal Management and Wheat Ridge Animal Control, these clinics will provide subsidized spay/neuter services.

� e clinic will be available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. More information and a schedule of clinic stops is available at www.foothillsanimalshelter.org/simplefi x.

Payment can be made with cash or credit

cards: $60 for dogs and $20 for cats. Animals can be checked in at 7:30 a.m., and picked up by 4 p.m. that day.

� e next clinic date will be Friday, Aug. 17, at the Fruitdale Park’s Off Leash Dog Park, 4700 Miller St., Wheat Ridge.

Share the Trail eventJeff co Open Space will hold events through

August and September to celebrate safe and enjoyable trail experiences for everyone.

Joining Open Space in promoting respon-sible riding and trail etiquette are Open Space volunteers, Colorado Mountain Bike Associa-tion (COMBA) members and Wheat Ridge Cyclery.

� e next Share the Trail event will be 5-8 p.m. � ursday, Aug. 9, at Deer Creek Park in Littleton. COMBA will off er a beginner ride. For more details, see www.comba.org.

Open Space continues the tradition of its Bike Right events with an event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Pine Valley Ranch Park. Another Share the Trail will be held 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at the Centennial Cone Park Mayhem Gulch Trailhead, on U.S. Highway 6 west of Golden. COMBA will off er a social ride in conjunction with the event.

At all the events, Wheat Ridge Cyclery will be on hand to provide demos of new bikes as well as off er free bike adjustments and freebies.

What is Global English ... and why should we know it? Editor’s note: This is the fi rst of a

two-part series on Global English. Part 2 focuses on the benefi ts of Global English.

Two important events happened last week: 1) my 23-year-old nephew left for a year to teach English in Japan, and 2) the London 2012 Olympics kicked off.

As my nephew sets out halfway around the world to teach English, and as English pervades the Olympics (not because the Games are in London, but because both French and English are the offi cial languages of the International Olympic Committee), my thoughts turn to the increasing necessity for Global English.

Global English actually has its roots for me in work I began in the mid-1990s, delivering plain-language training and writing, and advocating for plain-language government documents. Also called “plain English,” or “plain writ-ing,” the plain-language initiative in this country — to make information understandable and accessible to all U.S. residents — is already decades old. (See my Alchemy column from Jan. 12, 2012.)

Global English, additionally, seeks to

bring clarity to a worldwide audience using English that eliminates ambiguity, eliminates uncommon terms and un-usual grammatical construction (unusu-al grammatical construction in English, really?), and makes English sentence structure more explicit.

For example, if we say that we will arrive at a designated place “around six,” what does a nonnative English speaker hear? If the conversation is explicitly about time, the person may understand that “six” means 6 o’clock, and may even know whether we mean morn-ing or evening. However, because the word “around” literally means “on all sides,” how does our non-native English speaker understand “around six”?

Or, what does “hover over a menu

item” mean in a software instruction manual? (If we’re not computer literate, this phrase may have as little meaning to us as it does to a non-native English speaker.) On the other hand, direc-tions phrased as: “When you position your mouse pointer over a menu item” — while still assuming some degree of computer literacy — let us know specifi -cally what to do, rather than us trying to intuit what or who needs to do the hovering and what hovering has to do with software at all.

Business English, a subset of Global English, is English language related to international trade. Business English often focuses on vocabulary and top-ics used in business, trade, fi nance and international relations, and can also drive the language and skills needed for typical business communication such as presentations, negotiations, meetings, correspondence and reports — even small talk and socializing.

That’s because much of the English communication that takes place in busi-ness around the world (yes, that would be “on all sides” of the world) occurs between nonnative English speakers.

In other words, two or more parties conducting business may not be able to speak or understand each other’s native languages, but can communicate and conduct business using Business English or Global English.

To be clear, though, Global English is not about controlling the English language by specifying which grammati-cal structures terms are allowed and how those terms may be used. Global English is much looser, emphasizing grammati-cal terms and structures to avoid, rather than cataloguing all the structures and terms that are allowed.

So, instead of saying, “Do you see what I mean?” (because just how do we “see” meaning?), I might ask you: “Does this make sense?” So, does it? I’ll ask my nephew and let you know.

Andrea W. Doray is a writer from Arvada who advocates for plain language and clarity of meaning, and believes that Global English can help the world com-municate. Just watch those American media interviews of nonnative English speakers …. Contact her at [email protected].

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OPINIONS / YOURS AND OURS

Undercurrents aplenty in state’s water needs

The year of water is also the year of drought.This past week, more than half the counties in the

country were declared disaster areas — mostly due to the drought — according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Drought means wildfires, and Oklahoma is now suffering the types of severe wildfires Colorado experienced earlier this summer.

The sad nationwide news comes against the back-drop of the Year of Water in Colorado, which was proclaimed by Gov. John Hickenlooper in January. The year 2012 is being highlighted because it is an anniver-sary year for several significant state legislative actions concerning water. The recognition offers an accompa-nying opportunity to feature water presentations and highlight related books throughout the year.

As it happens we launched a series — titled Un-quenchable Thirst — about water at the start of the year, before we were aware of the governor’s proclama-tion, and the series concludes today.

Our stories have run every two or three weeks since January and explored the source of water, how water gets to our taps, laws that govern water supply, ongoing legal battles, water conservation, water quality, rec-reational uses and the future of water. Sidebar stories covered additional angles, and throughout the series we identified ideas for further water topics we will ad-dress in the future.

We have found that the lessons of the drought of 2002 are still fresh in many minds. Looking today, we notice that Colorado is doing many things right.

The slogan “Use only what you need” seems to be habit for many Coloradans — who water their lawns early morning or late evening as recommended, as well as take other measures — and for many government agencies and businesses that take every opportunity to conserve.

So while the day-to-day awareness for water conser-vation in the state is impressive, the area of concern is the future. Information from the Colorado Water Con-servation Board indicates the state’s 2008 population of about 5 million is expected to double by 2050. This will put a squeeze on general use and recreational use in conjunction with agriculture, which is the principle user, consuming about 85 percent of water needs.

We know some municipalities have good plans to secure water for the future, but we are not so sure the overall storage needs for the state are being adequately anticipated. Planning for future water-storage infra-structure takes time, as does securing funding. We’d like to see these concerns become more front and center, even though we know present challenges with the economy have pushed water and other matters to back burners.

The state understands water needs, but needs to spend more time planning for the future.

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Life by the numbersI love baseball movies. I am one of the dwindling

number of Americans who waxes romantic at the beauty of the sport, and I think Hollywood has taken some wonderful passes at the material. Besides, as dismal as the Rockies’ season has been, I really have to take comfort somewhere, and fictional baseball seems so much more compelling this year.

For some reason, I seem to be especially drawn to those movies that only use baseball as a backdrop for a more important story. For instance, “For Love of the Game” is really a love story; “The Rookie” is about dreams; and, of course, “Field of Dreams” is about fathers and sons.

And lately, I’ve come to really enjoy another entry in the genre: “Moneyball.” “Moneyball” is the dramatized story of how Billy Beanie, as general manager of the Oakland A’s, changed the game of baseball by changing how he valued talent to field a successful team with a low salary base.

As he tells his staff at one point, “There’s the rich teams, there’s the poor teams, then there’s 50 feet of (garbage), then there’s us ... We have got to think dif-ferently.” And then, with the help of an Ivy-League economist, he proceeded to field the most unorthodox team in the major leagues.

Which is a wonderful meta-phor for, well, everything these days. Doing the same job or bet-ter, with fewer resources, could easily be the theme of the last five years in America. Whether it’s state government, school systems, automobile manufac-turers or personal households, nobody has the same resources at their disposal that we had become accustomed to. So we have to think differently.

For instance, I was deeply encouraged a few weeks ago when I heard a serious debate get started over whether or not students truly need algebra.

Not because I hate algebra, either. I actually believe there’s a great deal of value in learning the thought process of algebra, but I’m not convinced that it’s a necessary skill for every stu-dent; and statistically speaking, it’s also the point at which the greatest number of students decide to drop out.

That, in my opinion, makes it not just healthy, but absolutely

necessary that we have a discussion about requiring algebra of every student.

I also think the growing discussion about college for everyone is healthy. I don’t know the numbers, but I would guess that the amount of money wasted on short-lived college careers is enough to pay off the debts of several states not named California.

Not every kid is ready for college at age 18, if ever — it’s smart that we’re finally starting to challenge that assumption, before we bury the next generation in personal debt.

The problem we in education face is the same problem Billy Beane faced when he first tried to turn the Oakland A’s organization around: there are so many people who have been thinking the same way for so long that they’ve stopped even asking new ques-tions. They just keep arguing over the old ones. And, of course, that’s not unique to education.

Is anybody else tired of the ongoing debate about raising taxes by how much on those making so much but not others?

We keep having this argument, it seems, completely ignoring the reality that you could tax incomes over $200,000 at 100 percent, and it would only take care of next year’s deficit through about July 30, never begin-ning to deal with the debt and doing catastrophic dam-age to the economy as a whole.

I’m at the point that I don’t even expect our leaders to have answers any more. I’m just thrilled when one of them starts asking better questions!

And that’s what I think this momentous autumn of-fers us: an opportunity to start asking better questions. By the way, the year Billy Beane implemented his ap-proach, the A’s had a record-breaking 20-game winning streak.

Wouldn’t it be nice to start a new winning streak for yourself, and your community, just by thinking differ-ently?

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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Here comes the Jeff co fair Annual celebration returnswith entertainment for all By Glenn Wallace [email protected]

It’s time to start horsing around.That’s because the Jefferson County Fair is back, run-

ning Thursday, August 9th, through Sunday, Aug. 12. Even after 65 years of entertainment, fair organizers say new surprises in store.

“We are having the fi rst year for our Friday night event, An Evening With Horses,” fair association presi-dent Tod Cooper said.

The event will feature Jefferson County’s own youth equestrian group, the Westernaires, showing the ver-satility of equestrian entertainment, with other groups from across the state.

“It’s just to show the different ways you can use a horse. It should be a very fun family event,” Cooper said.

The Beer Fest and Chili Cook-off events will return for their second year.

“We’re also having an Idol Experience this year,” Coo-per said.

Two former contestants from the hit TV show Ameri-can Idol are scheduled to serve as judges for the amateur singing competition, which will be held over two days.

The core events of the fair will be back, including the 4-H exhibits that area youths have worked for months to create.

Crabtree Entertainment will provide a carnival, beginning at 5 p.m. every day, fi lled with rides for the young and the daring.

The fair’s rodeo — voted best small purse rodeo of the year by the Colorado Pro Rodeo Association — will take place Saturday, and the 4-H auction, which raises mon-ey for youths across the county, is scheduled for Sunday

Discount tickets are available online, along with a schedule of events and a map of the fairgrounds. Go to www.jeffcofairinc.org.

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JeffcoLIFE14 Arvada PressAugust 9, 2012

‘LoDo Bites’ is place for taste

Here’s a great way for suburban readers to taste the best central Denver has to offer: Take a bite out of Lower Downtown during the annual LoDo District Inc.’s LoDo Bites tasting event 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21.

An anticipated 1,500 people will sample snacks and sip drinks from 26 different LoDo restaurants.

Holly Barrett, executive director of LoDo District Inc., said, “This event is terrific because it gives people from all over Denver and beyond the chance to try up to 26 dif-ferent restaurants in one night. They’ll get a snapshot of the restaurants’ atmosphere and cuisine, and it’s a great opportunity for LoDo restaurants to really shine to a crowd that might not normally stop by.”

The 26 participating restaurants are: 1515 Restaurant, Ambria Food & Wine, Backcoun-try Provisions, Bistro Vendome, The Celtic Tavern, Charlie Palmer’s District Tavern, Chloe, Common Grounds, Coohills, Euclid Hall, Fado Irish Pub, Fogo de Chao, H Burger Lounge, Howl at the Moon, Keg Steakhouse & Bar, The Kitchen, MCA Cafe, My Favor-ite Muffin, Red Star Deli (Studio F), Tavern Downtown, Toppings, Vesting Dipping Grill, Wazee Supper Club, The Wine Loft, Wynkoop Brewing Company and Zydeco’s.

Tickets are $40 per person or $45 the day of the event, if available, at www.lodo.org/lodo-bites and at Wines Off Wynkoop (1610 16th St.).

Girl powerGirl Scouts of Colorado this week was to

announce the 2012 inductees into the es-teemed Women of Distinction program in the Denver metro area during a private reception at the home of 1997 Woman of Distinction Barb Grogan.

The seven honorees were selected by their peers and chosen based on their contribu-tions to the community. The Women of Distinction commit to supporting Girl Scouts of Colorado and serving Girl Scouts.

The 2012 Women of Distinction are: Dr. Jandel Allen-Davis, vice president of government and external relations, Kaiser Permanente Colorado; Peg Bradley-Doppes, vice chancellor for athletics and recreation and Ritchie Center operations, University of Denver; Juanita Chacon, Realtor, Re/Max; Tricia Downing, disabled athlete and spokes-woman for Challenged Athletes Foundation; Melba Johnston, community volunteer and lifetime service to Girl Scouts; Denise O’Leary, corporate director, US Airways; and Maren Stewart, president and CEO, LiveWell Colorado.

The women will be publicly honored at the Women of Distinction Thin Mint Dinner on Oct. 23 at the Sheraton Denver Down-town Hotel. More information: Amy Myers at [email protected]. Tickets at www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/women-of-distinc-tion-denver.

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Humor for everyoneNew play mines all sides of political incorrectnessBy Clarke [email protected]

Laughter can be a cathartic re-lease, helping to alleviate the tension in almost any situation.

Playwright Christopher Durang capitalizes on that relief in “Why Tor-ture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them,” a raucous take on Amer-ican “insecurity,” currently playing at The Edge Theater.

Running from Aug. 10 through Sept. 9 at The Edge, 9797 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood, “Torture” is the the-ater’s first play to direct humor at the country’s politics and paranoia about national security and ethnicity.

The political points weren’t the reason the theater elected to do the play, Executive Director Rick Yaconis said. The author was the principle factor.

“Durang is a playwright that we’ve always wanted to do, but he’s such a popular writer that we wanted to do one that hadn’t really been done,” he said. “’Torture’ launched in New York in 2009 and is his most recent play, so we could do something relatively new.”

Durang is known for his absurdist comedy, and “Torture” is no excep-tion. The play centers around the character of Felicity, who wakes up in a hotel one morning to find that she married a man named Zamir the night before.

She suspects her new husband might be a terrorist.

Her parents and the other people in her life are no more stable, and the play includes conspiracy theo-ries about shadow governments, Su-preme Court rulings and what really makes a terrorist.

The play’s director, Seth Rossman, likened the comedy to the work of Don Rickles, who inspired cultur-al such cultural mainstays as “The Simpsons.”

Rickles was notorious for making laughs at everyone’s expense, so if a person was offended by one bit, the next one would attack those with the opposite point of view.

“It’s a little disturbing, and you find yourself really laughing at politi-cal incorrectness, but you’re laughing along with everyone else,” Rossman said. “Everyone gets insulted; if you think you’re being picked on, just wait. The other side will be next.”

Aside from the political humor, one aspect that makes “Torture” spe-cial is that the seven-person cast is made up entirely of actors and ac-tresses who have never performed at The Edge before.

“The audience has started to know a lot of our actors, so it’s exciting for them to see some new faces,” Yaco-nis said. The casting was a difficult process, and according to Rossman, three rounds of auditions were need-ed before they found the right actor to play Zamir.

According to Rossman, the rela-tively small size of the theater is a great asset for the play because it fo-

cuses the audience’s attention on the actors and Durang’s words.

The play’s themes fit in with The Edge’s goal to constantly explore new themes and ideas, Yaconis said.

“This season we’ve tackled failing health, greed, immigration ... so why not get into the realm of political hu-mor?” he said. “We’re still living in the era of red alerts and people being excused of things based on ethnicity, and this play hits that pretty hard. It’s the idea of, what do you visual-ize when you think of a terrorist. The play pushes the boundary of that.”

While the political commentary is important to the play, it’s not the driving force behind it, nor should it frighten people off.

“It’s an uproariously hilarious play,” Yaconis said. “If you enjoy comedy, especially absurd comedy, than you’ll have a great time.”

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

IF YOU GO

WHAT: ‘Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them”

WHERE: The Edge Theater

9797 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood

WHEN: Aug. 10 through Sept. 9

Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Sundays at 6 p.m.

INFORMATION: Call 303-232-0363 or go to www.theeproject.org

‘Driving Miss Daisy’ another winnerSenior Housing Options fifth-

annual theater fundraiser is, as expected, a hit.

The summer plays are held in the lob-by of the Barth Hotel which is one of 14 Senior Housing Options residences and home to 62 elderly and disabled clients.

One of the interesting and endearing things about environmental theater is not knowing exactly what kinds of exter-nal things may happen during the course of the play.

It’s almost inevitable that at least one resident will use the elevator at the back of the lobby/stage smack in the middle of the play. A care giver will assist the client as the action continues without pause.

The story of “Driving Miss Daisy” be-gins with Daisy Werthen and her adult son, Boolie, having a serious difference of opinion about Miss Daisy’s driving ability.

Perhaps it’s the multiple accidents re-sulting in new cars that have convinced Boolie that his mother’s driving days must be over.

He hires Hoke Coleburn to chauffeur Miss Daisy. A stand-off ensues when she refuses to be driven anywhere. The evo-lution of their relationship is the driving force behind the saga.

Billie McBride plays the role of the title character to perfection. The timeline of the play is 1948-1973, and Billie’s subtle signs of aging are spot on. I love Miss Daisy’s feisty countenance and her com-

plete obliviousness to her deep-rooted prejudices.

Sam Gregory delivers a fine perfor-mance as the loving, but understandably frustrated, son, Boolie. Rounding out the cast is Dwayne Carrington as Hoke. As a colored man in a still-segregated society, Hoke manages to successfully tread the fine line between subservience and ar-dent independence.

“Driving Miss Daisy” at the Barth Ho-tel, 1510 17th St. in downtown Denver, shows at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, from July 26 through Aug. 18. For info and tix, go online to www.se-niorhousingoptions.org or call 303-595-4464.

MAP back in businessHappily for theater aficionados,

the water damage that resulted from a leaky roof at the Foss Building in down-town Golden has been mitigated and Miners Alley Playhouse was able to open its current production, “The Belle of Amherst,” only a week later than originally scheduled.

The one-woman play is rich with the piercingly insightful poetry of the ac-complished poet Emily Dickinson. As predicted, Paige Lynn Larson is brilliant as the reclusive poet. She captures the ebullience of the 15-year-old girl who is just discovering life and is looking for-ward to a bright and successful future. The journey into adulthood brings about changes in outlook that render the un-compromising artist a virtual hermit who dies at age 53.

Larson’s husband, Rick Bernstein, directs the play. Rita Broderick is the as-sistant to the director. Nicely done all around.

Drawing heavily upon Dickinson’s let-ters and poetry, playwright William Luce creates a compelling story that allows the audience to see into the heart and soul of the complex woman. Simply reading her poetry would give an insufficient picture.

A frequently posed question is, “Of anyone living or dead, who would you like to have dinner with?” I think I finally have my answer. Emily Elizabeth Dickin-son is my new hero.

Miners Alley Playhouse is located at 1224 Washington Ave. (13th and Wash-ington, second floor; entrance on 13th) in Golden. For tickets and information, call 303-395-3044 or go online to www.min-ersalley.com.

Until next time, I’ll see you around town. Parker continues on Page 15


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Here’s a great way for suburban readers to taste the best central Denver has to offer: Take a bite out of Lower Downtown during the annual LoDo District Inc.’s LoDo Bites tasting event 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21.

An anticipated 1,500 people will sample snacks and sip drinks from 26 different LoDo restaurants.

Holly Barrett, executive director of LoDo District Inc., said, “This event is terrifi c because it gives people from all over Denver and beyond the chance to try up to 26 dif-ferent restaurants in one night. They’ll get a snapshot of the restaurants’ atmosphere and cuisine, and it’s a great opportunity for LoDo restaurants to really shine to a crowd that might not normally stop by.”

The 26 participating restaurants are: 1515 Restaurant, Ambria Food & Wine, Backcoun-try Provisions, Bistro Vendome, The Celtic Tavern, Charlie Palmer’s District Tavern, Chloe, Common Grounds, Coohills, Euclid Hall, Fado Irish Pub, Fogo de Chao, H Burger Lounge, Howl at the Moon, Keg Steakhouse & Bar, The Kitchen, MCA Cafe, My Favor-ite Muffi n, Red Star Deli (Studio F), Tavern Downtown, Toppings, Vesting Dipping Grill, Wazee Supper Club, The Wine Loft, Wynkoop Brewing Company and Zydeco’s.

Tickets are $40 per person or $45 the day of the event, if available, at www.lodo.org/lodo-bites and at Wines Off Wynkoop (1610 16th St.).

Girl powerGirl Scouts of Colorado this week was to

announce the 2012 inductees into the es-teemed Women of Distinction program in the Denver metro area during a private reception at the home of 1997 Woman of Distinction Barb Grogan.

The seven honorees were selected by their peers and chosen based on their contribu-tions to the community. The Women of Distinction commit to supporting Girl Scouts of Colorado and serving Girl Scouts.

The 2012 Women of Distinction are: Dr. Jandel Allen-Davis, vice president of government and external relations, Kaiser Permanente Colorado; Peg Bradley-Doppes, vice chancellor for athletics and recreation and Ritchie Center operations, University of Denver; Juanita Chacon, Realtor, Re/Max; Tricia Downing, disabled athlete and spokes-woman for Challenged Athletes Foundation; Melba Johnston, community volunteer and lifetime service to Girl Scouts; Denise O’Leary, corporate director, US Airways; and Maren Stewart, president and CEO, LiveWell Colorado.

The women will be publicly honored at the Women of Distinction Thin Mint Dinner on Oct. 23 at the Sheraton Denver Down-town Hotel. More information: Amy Myers at [email protected]. Tickets at www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/women-of-distinc-tion-denver.

Classy CatheyCathey McClain Finlon, former advertis-

ing agency owner, has retired after a three-year run as president of the Denver Art Museum.

Finlon, who had been a board member

Supporters ‘putt’ in best eff ort Jeff erson Center for Mental Health hosts mini golf fundraiser By Sara Van Cleve [email protected]

Most golf fundraisers don’t in-clude 2-year-old duffers, but the Jefferson Center for Mental Health welcomed entire families to its putt-putt golf fundraiser.

Nearly 300 people took part at Putter’s Pride in Lakewood July 26 to support the Jefferson Center during its third annual Putt Your Stuff min-iature-golf tournament.

The evening consisted of two rounds of miniature golf, barbecue from Famous Dave’s and prizes — all to support the work the center does and raise awareness about good mental health.

“One of my passions and dreams is assisting and helping those with mental illnesses,” said Cmdr. Joe Cassa with the Wheat Ridge Police Department. “(Putt Your Stuff) has been a lot of fun. Mental health ser-vices need to be better funded, and

this is a great way to help to educate and help the community.”

The tournament raised more than $22,000 for the Jefferson Cen-ter. The fundraiser also brought out a slew of different people, from Jef-ferson Center board members and employees to center clients to fami-lies supporting mental health.

Lorraine Bowen, a volunteer board member and mother of a Jef-ferson Center client, said she has enjoyed watching Putt Your Stuff grow in its three years.

“Each year Putt Your Stuff has grown in the number of people rec-ognizing the importance of mental health, and this year it’s highly on people’s minds,” Bowen said. “We don’t expect to make a lot of money; we make some, but it’s a way of get-ting the word out there.”

By having the opportunity to meet and mingle with Jefferson Center staff and clients, Putt Your Stuff helps change the stigma that is

associated with mental health and illnesses.

“It demystifi es the idea of mental health,” Bowen said. “It’s an oppor-tunity for us to help break down the stigma associated with mental ill-nesses.”

Sharon Stremel went to Putt Your Stuff with her husband, Michael, and two sons, Jordan, 5, and Greg-ory, 7.

“We wanted to come and support the Mental Health Center,” Stremel said. “The center depends on the community to serve the community. I think (Putt Your Stuff) is great. It’s good food, and the family is having a lot of fun.”

The Jefferson Center for Mental Health is a nonprofi t community mental health center that serves all of Jefferson County and provides a variety of services to those with mental health disorders and emo-tional issues, said Jeanne Oliver, a spokeswoman for the center.

before stepping into the president’s role, will return as a member of the board of trustees. Finlon’s mission was to “lighten the DAM’s business operations — attendance, shop sales, fundraising and more — so we could function effi ciently with more resources for the fabulous program-ming the museum is known for, including collections, educational programming and special exhibitions like Yves Saint Laurent, and this fall’s blockbuster, Becoming Van Gogh. Mission accomplished.”

Build a burgerGreenwood Village-based Red Robin opened its third

Red Robin’s Burger Works location in Colorado on Aug. 6 at 2700 Arapahoe Ave. in Boulder.

Burger Works features some classic Red Robin burgers but also gives guests a build-your-own-burger option with a variety of toppings including sauteed portobello mush-rooms, beer-mustard onions and Thai chili ketchup.

Restaurants reopenAfter a hearing last week with the city of Denver’s

Board of Appeals, El Diablo Restaurant and Sketch Food & Wine were allowed to reopen after a three-week closing because of the historic building at First and Broadway’s alleged safety-hazard conditions.

Restaurateur Jesse Morreale was given 60 days to resolve any outstanding matters in regard to the building’s occupancy with the city of Denver.

“Today the Board of Appeals awarded exactly what we have been asking for in meetings with the city since July 10 — lifting of the unsafe designation and orders to vacate — so we can put our staff back to work while we bring these unresolved matters to some appropriate, fair and fi nal resolution and closure,” Morreale said after the decision.

Restaurants revisitedGayle and Ed Novak, possibly the kindest couple in

the restaurant business, hosted a hearty party last week at The Summit Steakhouse in Aurora, the spot at Havana and that they’ve owned for a year.

The back story is that Ed and Gayle met there years ago when Gayle was a hostess and server, and Ed was a constant customer.

“The reason you’re all invited is because you supported us, and you know how ugly this place was,” Gayle said. “You know the fi rst year is the hardest.”

Then it was Ed’s turn: “We only invited people who are able to stay out till 1 in the morning,” he joked. “Go out and have a dance with your sweetheart, or somebody else you like in the room, and come back and have more food and drink.”

Staying safe in Je� coThe Jefferson County District Attorney’s Fourth Annual

Community Safety Fair will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 25, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. Sixth Ave. in Golden. Businesses can plan to participate in document shredding, small-electronics recycling, pre-scription disposal, credit-report printing and reviews, and more than 80 information booths on safety.

For more information, contact Cary Johnson at 303-271-6970 or [email protected] or visit http://jeffco.us/da/.

The seenReal Housewife of Beverly Hills cast member Taylor

Armstrong at Second Home Kitchen + Bar inside the JW Marriott last week. But why?

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column is new in the newspapers and on the websites of Colorado Community Media. Parker, who also writes for Blacktie-Colorado, gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. She can be reached at [email protected] or at 303-619-5209.

Parker continued from Page 14

Parker: Red Robin opens third Burger Works

16 Arvada Press August 9, 201216-Color-WATER SERIES

The fight for water’s futureColorado pushes for proactive measuresBy Darin [email protected]

This year’s drought has taken a toll on many Coloradans.

According to a July 31 statewide drought-moni-tor report by the National Drought Mitigation Cen-ter, nearly 65.35 percent of the state is experiencing extreme drought conditions, characterized by “ma-jor crop and pasture losses, and widespread water restrictions or shortages.”

Consequently, municipalities, water providers and organizations statewide are teaming up to reduce drought impacts and promote sustainable water-use practices to combat expected increased water demand and predicted population growth (see related story on Page 17).

“When it comes to climate change, there’s no ques-tion that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” said Steve Fleischli, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Water and Climate Pro-gram, an environmental watchdog organization. “The sensible, practical solution is to plan ahead, before it’s too late.”

At Littleton’s city limits, the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-neers, along with 14 water providers around the state, are embarking on an $184.6 million project to increase water conservation space at Chatfield Reservoir.

The effort, which began in 1999 at the behest of for-mer Gov. Bill Owens, would redesignate 20,600 acre-feet of storage water space in Chatfield Reservoir, currently reserved specifically for flood-control purposes, to in-clude conservation purposes.

Gwyn Jarrett, Army Corps of Engineers project man-ager, said access to the newly allocated storage space should be available to water providers for consumer use in the next three to five years.

The project’s feasibility and assessment study, one of the final steps before the reallocation process begins, is expected to be completed by late December 2013.

“This project is going to meet a portion of the water demand that is needed for the Denver-metro area,” she said. “Even with this project, there will be a void to meet the expected need of the area. If it is approved, it is an important part of the solution to the rapid population growth and increased water needs that Colorado and the Denver area are facing.”

State, federal and local governments, along with wa-ter providers, are not alone in the fight to decrease water consumption.

At the Colorado State University Extension’s Adams County campus, employees and volunteers are on a mission to spread the word about xeriscaping, or land-scaping and gardening in ways that reduce water use and eliminate the need for supplemental irrigation, in-cluding choosing plants that require little water.

Behind the Waymire Building at the Adams County Fairgrounds, the CSU Extension’s Adams County cam-pus maintains a small xeric garden featuring about 200 types of plants. Master gardeners, part of a CSU-run program, created the garden to highlight the beauty and potential financial benefits of switching from wa-ter-intensive to xeric gardening methods.

“You can have a good-looking garden without having to give it a ton of water,” said Eric Hammond, a CSU Ex-tension horticulture and agriculture agent. “Any plant, regardless of how xeric it is or how much water it needs, is going to need a little water until you can get it go-ing, but once you have the plant established, it’s pretty much no maintenance.”

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, about 30 percent of the water used by the av-

erage American household is devoted to outdoor water use. What’s more, the EPA says, up to 50 percent of land-scape-water use is wasted through evaporation, wind or runoff caused by overwatering.

“Saving $20 a month on your water bill doesn’t seem like much, but if you live here for 20 years, it adds up to thousands of dollars,” Hammond said. “This drought really does remind everybody about how really dry a climate we have here and how precious of a resource water is here.”

County employees have planted a xeric garden outside the Waymire Building at the Adams County Fairgrounds. According to Denver Water, homeowners can save up to 30 to 50 percent on household water costs if they use low-water plants. Photo by Darin Moriki

Daisies light the foreground of a flower bed accented by a cobblestone drain-age bed. Xeriscape design allows for low-water consumption by combining hardscaping and the use of drought-resistant native plants that require little supplemental watering. According to Xeriscape Colorado, nearly 50 percent of residential water consumption is used for landscaping and lawns in the western U.S. Photo by Justin Sagarsee

Arvada Press 17August 9, 201217-Color-WATER SERIES

Taking action, making plansBy Darin [email protected]

Colorado is taking steps to evaluate the impact of cli-mate change on the state’s water supplies following sev-eral drought seasons.

In fact this year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Colorado experi-enced its warmest June on record after temperatures rose about 6.4 degrees about average.

An Aug. 3 National Weather Service state-ment attributed this year’s drought to a “much-below-normal snowpack from last winter as well as a very dry and unseasonably warm first part of this summer.”

The abundant snow pack from the 2010-2011 winter kept reservoirs adequately supplied for

this summer. Following the 2002 drought, the driest year in Colorado’s recorded history, the state’s 2003 General Assembly charged the Colorado Water Conservation Board with implementing the Statewide Water Supply Initiative, an 18-month, basin-by-basin analysis of the state’s existing and future water needs.

Based on state population projections that show a 65 percent increase in population by 2030, and other fac-tors, study authors predict that the demand for water for municipal and industrial use will increase by 630,000 acre-feet, taking into account conservation measures legislated by the federal government.

The study indicates that municipal and industrial ex-isting supplies and identified projects and processes will be able to meet the demand through 2030.

During the same period, agricultural demand is ex-

pected to drop slightly, from more than 90 percent of the state’s water use to about 86 percent.

Another factor experts are considering as they plan for the future is that the state’s April snowpack — an im-portant source of water as it melts — could decrease by nearly 70 percent by 2070.

Ben Chou, a National Resources Defense Council water-policy analyst, said the state has done a better job than many others to address climate change and future water-supply demands by making efforts to reduce pol-lution associated with global warming and to evaluate how the Colorado River may be impacted by climate change. But, he said, Colorado should create a compre-hensive plan and look at how climate-change threats to water will impact other areas, including public health and flooding.

The graphic shown depicts Colorado’s population, ir-rigated acres and water flows. The Colorado Water Conservation Board’s Statewide Water Supply Initiative found that Colorado’s river systems generate, on aver-age, 16 million acre-feet per year of renewable water. However, the study found that an average of about two�thirds of this water leaves the state under Colorado’s compacts and decrees.

The bar graph shown depicts projected state basin-by-basin water demands tho-rugh the year 2050. The Colorado Water Conservation Board’s Statewide Water Supply Initiative found that the state will need between 600,000 and 1 million acre-feet per year of additional water to meet projected municipal and industrial needs as the state’s population continues to increase. State demographics revealed that Colorado’s population surpassed 5 million in 2008 and is expected to nearly double by 2050. Graphics courtesy of Colorado Water Conservation Board

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Butcher shop celebrates golden year By Cassie Monroe [email protected]

Ernie Edwards said he was feeling a little anxious as he buttoned up his Edwards Meats shirt the morning of July 14.

Although he had worn the uniform hundreds of times during the store’s 50 years in business, this was the fi rst time he was holding a customer-ap-preciation day. He was not sure how the anniversary celebration would go or how many people would actually show up.

Edwards and son Darin, current owner of Edwards Meats, were pleas-antly surprised when the store’s park-ing lot, and every surrounding street and public lot available, were packed by 11 a.m. when the festivities started. A constant fl ow of customers fi lled the aisles of the store throughout the day as customers and employees cel-ebrated together.

“I was thinking a lot about my dad that morning,” Ernie Edwards said.

Herb Edwards opened Edwards Meats in 1962 next to Abner’s Market. Within a few years, family members were working weekends to build a new building at 12280 W. 44th Ave., to which the store moved in 1966.

Not long after Ernie began working at the store, he and his father built a smokehouse to accommodate cus-tomers’ requests. Ernie took over the business in 1977 and handed Darin the reins in 2006.

Over the years, several Edwards family members have worked at the store.

Beth Wandland has worked as a ca-shier at Edwards Meats for six years. She doesn’t bear the Edwards name, but said she loves working at the store and being part of what they represent to the community.

“We’re not related, but they’re like family anyway,” Wandland said.

Part of what makes Edwards unique is the authentic Irish selec-tion made by Irish butcher, and store manager Stephen McCabe. He started in 2001 and has 30 different English and Irish sausage recipes. Many of the store’s products are shipped from the Emerald Isle.

“We use a lot of really old-school recipes here,” McCabe said. “This is pretty much the only place you can get this kind of variety.”

The store also uses local products whenever possible. Hot sauces, rubs, barbecue sauces and more are cre-ated by businesses in the Denver met-ro area. Edwards Meats has several customers who remember the store’s original location.

Many remember watching Darin grow up, and chatting with Herb and Ernie at the deli counter.

“It has defi nitely taken the whole family to make this possible,” Darin Edwards said.

Even customers who have moved from Wheat Ridge continue to shop at Edwards, despite the commute.

Ron Todd, Lone Tree resident, has been shopping at Edwards Meats since Herb opened the store. Todd was the plant manager at the old Jol-ly Rancher factory on Ward Road in Wheat Ridge, so he would stop by the

shop on his way home.“I’ve known three generations

while shopping here,” Todd said.Tom Raff, Westminster resident,

said he has been shopping at Edwards Meats since 1975. He said his favorite items to purchase at the store are the bacon-wrapped fi lets, but all of its products are great.

“I’m a foodie,” Raff said. “I fi nd the good places to go, and I lucked out here.”

Mike and Maureen Garretson, Arvada residents, have been going to Edwards Meats for more than 15 years. During the customer-appreci-ation day, they won a gift basket full of hot sauces with the Edwards logo. Two of the sauces they had never tried before were Serrano Apricot and Scor-pion Hot. Maureen Garretson said she and her husband started shopping at Edwards Meats when they lived in north Denver. One night, she said, she forgot to buy ground beef for taco night and decided to run to the near-est grocery store instead of driving to Edwards.

“I fi gured my husband would nev-er know the difference,” she said.

After one bite of the tacos, the jig was up. Her husband knew the beef wasn’t from Edwards.

“He could really taste the differ-ence,” Garretson said.

She said now nothing stops her from making a trip to Edwards Meats to get the high-quality food her hus-band expects. Among their favorite purchases are Belfast Bangers, which are authentic Irish sausages, and the prime rib.

Stephen McCabe, manager of Edwards Meats in Wheat Ridge, unwraps a lamb before cutting meat at the family-owned business July 17. The butcher shop is celebrating 50 years of success in the community. Photo by Justin Sagarsee

YOUR WEEK & MORE

THURSDAY/AUG. 9

HIWAN KIDS. History come to life in summer programs for kids in kindergarten to fourth grade. Classes are off ered 9-11 a.m. Thursdays at Hiwan Homestead Museum. Fee is $4 per program. The next class is Mad about Mining! Join us Thursday, Aug. 9, as we explore the rich mining history of Jeff erson County. Pan for gold and discover the fun of the 1880s Bear Creek Store and its mining exhibits.

SALE DONATIONS Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is accepting donations until Thurs-day, Aug. 9, for its annual garage sale on Saturday, Aug. 11. Fabric, books, patterns, quilting notions, arts and crafts supplies, quilts, vintage stuff and more are welcome. Call 303-277-0377 or 303-215-9001 to arrange drop-off of your donations. Sewing ma-chines and small appliances must be in working order. Large furniture, fl oor-standing quilt frames and exercise equipment cannot be taken.

THURSDAY/ AUG. 9 THROUGH FRIDAY/AUG. 10

ART EXHIBIT The Edge Enigma exhibit is on display through Friday, Aug. 10, at the Susan K. Arndt Gallery at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood campus. Gallery hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

THURSDAY/AUG. 9 THROUGH SUNDAY/AUG. 12

PAINTING EXHIBIT See 20 of Becker’s intimate and intense Pet Paintings on display in Golden at Miners Alley Playhouse, in the old Foss Drug building downtown, and take in some live theater, too.

FRIDAY/AUG. 10

AARP DRIVER Safety class is off ered from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Spirit of Christ Catholic Community, 7400 W. 80th Ave., Arvada. Bring lunch and a check. Registration is necessary. Call 720-321-8940.

PHOTO PRESENTATION A photographic and storytelling presentation on “Ghost Towns of the Rockies” is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Lakewood Historical Society, 1580 Yarrow St., Lakewood. The ghost of Annabelle Stark is believed to haunt the ghost town of St. Elmo. Author and speaker Preethi Burkholder leads the presentation. Autographed copies of “Ghost Towns of the Rockies” will be available for purchase.

MOVIE SERIES Arvada presents Flicks in the Square every Friday in August. Movies will begin at dusk (about 7:45 p.m.) and are shown in the Town Square at 57th Avenue and Old Wadsworth. Schedule of movies is: Aug. 10, “The Muppets;” Aug. 17, “The Karate Kid” (the original); Aug. 24, “Dolphin Tale;” and Aug. 31, “Ghostbusters.” Check www.historicarvada.org/ for details and changes.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY/AUG. 10-11

GARAGE SALE Lakewood Arts Council will have its annual garage sale fundraiser to help pay for its 70-plus arts events. The sale is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Aug. 10, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the home of the council’s artistic director, Kathy Berls, 464 S. Youngfi eld Court in the Green Mountain area of Lakewood (just off Alameda Parkway). Call 303-980-0625 or visit www.lakewoodartscouncil.org.

SEUSSICAL SHOW Colorado ACTS will have its friends-and-family production of “Seus-sical,” based on the works of Dr. Seuss. Shows are at 7 p.m. Aug. 10-11, and at 2 p.m. Aug. 11, at 9460 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Visit www.coloradoacts.org, call 303-456-6772 or email [email protected] for more information.

SATURDAY/AUG. 11

HEALTH FUNDRAISER Golden Well Being Collective will bring together several independent practitioners providing services including acupuncture, massage, yoga therapy, art therapy and more. Services are being provided for donations (most are asking for $1 a minute). Some local restaurants will provide snacks, and there will be live music. The event is from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at 1113 Washington St. in downtown Golden. Call Cindy Hazel at 303-956-5817. All proceeds will benefi t the American Red Cross to help burn victims.

PET EXPO More than 30 animal rescue groups and service providers have signed up for the Denver Pet Expo from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Denver Merchan-dise Mart. The free event features 125 exhibitors of pet-related products, information and services; special guests and speakers include trainers, groomers and pet fi rst aid. Exhibitor space is available. Visit www.DenverPetExpo.com or call 800-977-3609.

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THURSDAY/AUG. 9

HIWAN KIDS. History come to life in summer programs for kids in kindergarten to fourth grade. Classes are off ered 9-11 a.m. Thursdays at Hiwan Homestead Museum. Fee is $4 per program. The next class is Mad about Mining! Join us Thursday, Aug. 9, as we explore the rich mining history of Jeff erson County. Pan for gold and discover the fun of the 1880s Bear Creek Store and its mining exhibits.

SALE DONATIONS Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is accepting donations until Thurs-day, Aug. 9, for its annual garage sale on Saturday, Aug. 11. Fabric, books, patterns, quilting notions, arts and crafts supplies, quilts, vintage stuff and more are welcome. Call 303-277-0377 or 303-215-9001 to arrange drop-off of your donations. Sewing ma-chines and small appliances must be in working order. Large furniture, fl oor-standing quilt frames and exercise equipment cannot be taken.

THURSDAY/ AUG. 9 THROUGH FRIDAY/AUG. 10

ART EXHIBIT The Edge Enigma exhibit is on display through Friday, Aug. 10, at the Susan K. Arndt Gallery at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood campus. Gallery hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

THURSDAY/AUG. 9 THROUGH SUNDAY/AUG. 12

PAINTING EXHIBIT See 20 of Becker’s intimate and intense Pet Paintings on display in Golden at Miners Alley Playhouse, in the old Foss Drug building downtown, and take in some live theater, too.

FRIDAY/AUG. 10

AARP DRIVER Safety class is off ered from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Spirit of Christ Catholic Community, 7400 W. 80th Ave., Arvada. Bring lunch and a check. Registration is necessary. Call 720-321-8940.

PHOTO PRESENTATION A photographic and storytelling presentation on “Ghost Towns of the Rockies” is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Lakewood Historical Society, 1580 Yarrow St., Lakewood. The ghost of Annabelle Stark is believed to haunt the ghost town of St. Elmo. Author and speaker Preethi Burkholder leads the presentation. Autographed copies of “Ghost Towns of the Rockies” will be available for purchase.

MOVIE SERIES Arvada presents Flicks in the Square every Friday in August. Movies will begin at dusk (about 7:45 p.m.) and are shown in the Town Square at 57th Avenue and Old Wadsworth. Schedule of movies is: Aug. 10, “The Muppets;” Aug. 17, “The Karate Kid” (the original); Aug. 24, “Dolphin Tale;” and Aug. 31, “Ghostbusters.” Check www.historicarvada.org/ for details and changes.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY/AUG. 10-11

GARAGE SALE Lakewood Arts Council will have its annual garage sale fundraiser to help pay for its 70-plus arts events. The sale is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Aug. 10, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the home of the council’s artistic director, Kathy Berls, 464 S. Youngfi eld Court in the Green Mountain area of Lakewood (just off Alameda Parkway). Call 303-980-0625 or visit www.lakewoodartscouncil.org.

SEUSSICAL SHOW Colorado ACTS will have its friends-and-family production of “Seus-sical,” based on the works of Dr. Seuss. Shows are at 7 p.m. Aug. 10-11, and at 2 p.m. Aug. 11, at 9460 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Visit www.coloradoacts.org, call 303-456-6772 or email [email protected] for more information.

SATURDAY/AUG. 11

HEALTH FUNDRAISER Golden Well Being Collective will bring together several independent practitioners providing services including acupuncture, massage, yoga therapy, art therapy and more. Services are being provided for donations (most are asking for $1 a minute). Some local restaurants will provide snacks, and there will be live music. The event is from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at 1113 Washington St. in downtown Golden. Call Cindy Hazel at 303-956-5817. All proceeds will benefi t the American Red Cross to help burn victims.

PET EXPO More than 30 animal rescue groups and service providers have signed up for the Denver Pet Expo from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Denver Merchan-dise Mart. The free event features 125 exhibitors of pet-related products, information and services; special guests and speakers include trainers, groomers and pet fi rst aid. Exhibitor space is available. Visit www.DenverPetExpo.com or call 800-977-3609.

MS FUNDRAISER Music for MS is planned from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at The Spot Bar & Grill, 111 N. Rubey Drive, Golden. Event includes live music, a dunk tank, silent auction and more. Suggested donation is $5, and those with MS attend at no cost. Visit www.iheartbooking.com.

WELCOME HOME Support the troops at the Colorado Yellow Ribbon Event on Saturday, Aug. 11, in downtown Denver. Those who attend will line the streets of Denver or march in the parade. Event is sponsored by the Marine Corps League and the Women Marines Association. A memorial ceremony is at 8 a.m. at the Colorado Veterans Monument at Lincoln Park, across from the Capitol. The parade is at 10 a.m. at Broadway and Colfax, and a veterans-assistance fair is at 1 p.m. at Civic Center Park. Visit www.ColoradoYellowRibbon.org for all the details.

HISTORY PROGRAM The Arvada Historical Society presents “Tales and Tunes of the West” with Liz Masterson and Julia Hays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Arvada Flour Mill Pavilion, 5590 Wadsworth Blvd. Cost is $20, space is limited and reservations are required. Call 303-431-1261.

DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO How do blind folks watch movies, and what is descriptive video service? Join the Mile High Chapter of the American Council of the Blind of Colorado at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, to fi nd out. Any one interested in issues of blindness and low vision should come to the Applewood Village community center, 11310 W. 18th Ave. in Lakewood to watch a described video. Please bring movie snacks or beverages to share. We will have several titles to select from, and will watch what the attendees choose.

SUNDAY/AUG. 12

INDIAN CULTURE Taste of India is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, at Lakeview Wellness and Event Center, 7864 W. Jewell Ave., Lakewood. Delicious Indian food, colorful Indian fashions, arts, crafts, gifts and lots of fun. Open to all.

MONDAY/AUG. 13

GOLF TOURNAMENT Life Care Center of Evergreen and

Elk Run Assisted Living are sponsoring a golf tournament Monday, Aug. 13, at Hiwan Golf Club in Evergreen to benefi t the Alzheimer’s Association. Registration and lunch begin at 11 a.m., and tee-off is at 1:15 p.m. Teams of four will compete in a round of golf. The cost is $140 per person or $500 for a team. Awards will be given, and sponsorships are available. To sign up, donate or for more information, contact Edward Kennedy at Life Care Center of Evergreen, 303-674-4500, or Lisa Rogers at Elk Run Assisted Living at 303-679-8777.

TUESDAY/AUG. 14

SILENT FILMS As Denver hosts the second annual Denver Si-lent Film Festival this September, join Active Minds for a journey to the era of the silent fi lm and a visit with one of its greatest stars, Charlie Chaplin. We will explore the unique artistic ele-ments that make silent fi lms appreciated by audiences young and old, and get to know the life and work of Charlie Chaplin, including his role in founding United Artists with Mary Pickford and others, as well as the circumstances surrounding his exile from the United States for nearly 20 years. This free event is sponsored by MorningStar Senior Living and will be from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, at First Presbyterian Church of Lakewood, 8210 W 10th Ave., Lakewood.

WEDNESDAY/AUG. 15

EXHIBITORS NEEDED Applications for vendors for the fi rst Stober Elementary School arts and crafts fair are due by Wednesday, Aug. 15, and can be found online at www.stober-pta.org. The show is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 20 at Stober. More than 35 booths will sell homemade crafts, food and seasonal items. Booth spaces are $55 for a 108-square-foot space; $45 for 100 square feet; and $35 for 50 square feet.

BLOOD DRIVE City of Lakewood Community blood drive is from 8-10:10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at the Civic Center South Building, 480 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Dee Ann Pfi fer at 303-987-7660 or by email at deepfi @lakewood.org.

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BrunoJoyce A. Bruno, of Arvada, died

Thursday, July 26, 2012. She was 75.Mass of Christian burial was Aug. 2

at Shrine of St. Anne Catholic Church in Arvada, with entombment at Mount Olivet Cemetery.

GarscinJeffrey Darren Garscin, of Denver,

died Tuesday, July 31, 2012. He was 45.He was born Sept. 1, 1966, in Arvada

and graduated from Pomona High School.

He is survived by his parents, Jack and Marylou; his daughter, Stazia Jack-son; sisters Jacque Marie Garscin, Mi-chelle (Jeff) Bryant, Melissa (Richard) Garscin Rose; nephews Justin (Desirea) Bryant, J. Daniel (Jennifer) Bryant and Zachary Rose; niece Alexandra “Baby Girl” Rose; maternal grandmother El-eanor Richards; great-niece Avah Bry-ant; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

A remembrance and celebration service will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at the Archdiocese of Denver Mor-tuary, with inurnment at Mount Olivet Cemetery.

JohnsZachary Jon Going Johns, of Arvada,

died Thursday, July 26, 2012. He was 29.He was born Sept. 3, 1982, in Den-

ver to Tim and Sue (Going) Johns.He was an adventurous soul who

worked at many jobs, including work-ing the fi sh docks in New York City at age 17, before fi nding his passion was cooking. He put himself through Brown College in Minnesota and earned a bachelor of applied science degree in culinary arts from Le Cordon Bleu. After stints as a chef in restau-rants in Minnesota and North Dakota, he came home, where he used his considerable talent in food prepara-tion as production chef at a catering company. Eventually, he formed his own business, Full Throttle Catering. His greatest happiness came when he joined the Denver Snooze restaurant and then Snooze Southglenn as a sous chef.

He is survived by his mother, Sue Johns; father, Tim Johns; sister, Jennifer Johns (Isaiah Sanchez); nephew and nieces Kiara and Elias Sanchez and Baby Sanchez; grandparents Marvin and Barbara Johns; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins; and his beloved dog, Rex.

He was preceded in death by grand-mother Mary Going, and cousins Mi-chael Byrd and David Lockwood.

Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Chef Zach Memorial Fund, Bellco Credit Union, P.O. Box 6611, Greenwood Village, CO 80155-6611.

KlemmetsenDale Peder Klemmetsen, of Arvada,

died Sunday, July 1, 2012, at the Col-lier Hospice Center in Wheat Ridge. He was 58.

He was born Dec. 7, 1953, in Aurora to Howard Peder Klem-metsen and Louise Waneta Mull. He re-ceived his education at South High School in Denver and Smyrna High School in Smyrna, Ga. He married Dora Slagle in 1975, which ended in divorce. On June 6, 1980, he married Victoria Shepard in Lakewood. His career was that of a master craftsman/cabinetmaker, working most recently for Great Amer-ican Solutions in Commerce City.

In addition to being a devoted fam-ily man, his passion was for the out-doors. He was an avid angler/fi sher-man, and thoroughly enjoyed hiking and camping in the Rocky Mountains.

He is survived by his parents, How-ard Klemmetsen, of Georgia, and Louise Clark, of Thornton; his wife, Victoria; his sons, Brian Michael Kl-emmetsen, of Northglenn, Kory Adam Klemmetsen, of Wheat Ridge, and Eric Dale Slagle, of Littleton; sisters Linda Williams, of Denver, Carol Neils of Wisconsin, and Barbara Maxwell, of Northglenn; brothers Brian and Tyler, both of Georgia; his grandchildren, Shae Snider, of Lakewood, Mellodee Klemmetsen, of Arvada, Gregory and Elijah Klemmetsen, both of North-glenn, and Logan and Peyton Slagle, both of Littleton; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Mamie Mull Baker and his an infant grandson, James Dalton Klemmetsen.

Services were held July 7 at the fi rst United Methodist Church in Golden.

LinkDaniel Link, of Arvada, died

Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. He was 92.Daniel, beloved husband, father,

grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully while vaca-tioning in Glenwood Springs.

He was born and raised in Brook-lyn, N.Y. He married Catherine Cor-rigan during World War II and began building a family that spans four gen-erations. He was a dedicated family man whose primary ambition was to provide for the care and well-being of his family.

He began work as a sailor in the Merchant Marine at age 16 and later became a welder in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy dur-ing World War II and served aboard the USS Ajax in the South Pacifi c. Upon return from the war, he began work with the New York City Transit Author-ity, retired and moved to Colorado in

1977. He was a devoted Catholic and parishioner of Shrine of St. Anne Catholic Church for 35 years.

He was pre-ceded in death by his wife, Cath-erine, and grand-son Matthew.

He is survived

by his children, Daniel (Debby), Don-ald (Sarah), Donna (Patrick) Farrell, Diane, Debbie (Donny) Gunst, David and Dean (Karen); grandchildren Dan-iel (Monica), Erin, Denise (Dave) Wells, Leah (Bret) Robards, Adam Farrell, An-drew Farrell (Katie Dillon), Amanda (Jeremy) Walsh, Lauren Farrell, Sara Stephenson, Patrick (Shelly) Sabo, Gina (Tim) Welihan, Colleen Gunst and Renee Gunst; great-grandchildren Ethan Farrell, Josephine Robards, Bella Walsh and Kyla Walsh; and goddaugh-ters Anne Marie Molloy and Lauren Farrell. He was also father-in-spirit to Mary (Lester) Sabo, Joan Zema, Bob (Linda) Farrell and Joann McCabe. Fu-neral mass was Aug. 8 at Shrine of St. Anne Catholic Church in Arvada, with burial at Fort Logan National Cem-etery.

MankeyJennifer Mankey, of Arvada, died

Sunday, July 29, 2012. She was 61.She had a successful career provid-

ing services to juveniles regionally and nationally. She is survived by her hus-band, John “Mike” Farrell, and brother Neal Mankey and family.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Clearity Foundation, 4365 Executive Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92121.

NoguchiScott Kiyoto Noguchi, of Arvada,

died Wednesday, July 25, 2012. He was 32.

He is survived by his parents, Cal-vin (Donna) Noguchi and Arlene (Ray) Macdonald; children Kiyoto, Midori, Akira and Mitsuo Noguchi; brother Adam (Nichole) Noguchi; grandfather Bob Noguchi; and nephew and niece Evan and Akina Noguchi. Memorial service was Aug. 5 at TriState Denver Buddist Temple.

SchroederGlenn O. Schroeder, of Arvada, died

Tuesday, July 24, 2012. He was 86.He was born July 14, 1926, in Corn-

ing, Mo., to Clemence and Alvina Wohler Schroeder.

He served in the Army as a military policeman in occupied Japan for al-most two years.

He married Minnie May Rhoades on Aug. 10, 1949. He started his own company, Schroeder Equipment, in 1975 and managed apartments for 35 years.

He built a log home that he de-signed Conifer.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Minnie; daughters Donna and Robin; four granddaughters, Kristina, Janette, Emily and Jessica; and three great-grandchildren, Blake, Cheyenne and Aidan.

Funeral service was July 28 at Aspen Mortuary Chapel in Arvada.

ValentinePeter A. Valentine, of Arvada, died

Sunday, July 29, 2012. He was 70.He is survived by his wife, Pat;

mother Lillian; sons Scott (Jennifer) and Roger (Jill); grandson Tyler; and numerous friends.

Funeral service was Aug. 3 at Spirit of Christ in Arvada.

Memorial contributions may be made to Pancreatic Cancer Action Net-work, 1500 Rosecrans Ave., Ste. 200, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266.

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BLOOD DRIVE Union Tower Building Community blood drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, inside Bonfi ls’ mobile bus at 165 S. Union Blvd., Lakewood. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Bonfi ls’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or go online to www.bonfi ls.org.

COMING SOONCOMING SOON/AUG. 17

PIE BAKING Enter the pie-baking contest at this year’s Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival on Friday, Aug. 17. Sign up for free. For information, go to thecarnationfestival.com/pie-bake-off -contest.

MOBILE SPAY/NEUTER Foothills Animal Shelter, with support from the Animal Assistance Foundation, is providing a

mobile spay/neuter program called A Simple Fix. The shelter’s large mobile unit will host 24 clinics through June 2013. Clinics are based on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis due to space. Go to www.FoothillsAnimalShelter.org/SimpleFix for information regarding age, weight, health, etc. An upcoming clinic is Aug. 17 at Fruitdale Park’s Off Leash Dog Park, 4700 Miller St., Wheat Ridge.

MOVIE SERIES Arvada presents Flicks in the Square every Fri-day in August. Movies will begin at dusk (about 7:45 p.m.) and are shown in the Town Square at 57th Avenue and Old Wad-sworth. Schedule of movies is: Aug. 17, “The Karate Kid” (the original); Aug. 24, “Dolphin Tale;” and Aug. 31, “Ghostbusters.” Check www.historicarvada.org/ for details and changes.

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PAINTINGS DISPLAYED The Art League will have paintings for sale and display in the Anderson Community Building from Aug. 17-19 during the Carnation Festival at 4355 Field St., Wheat Ridge. Call 303-278-8247 or 303-421-1356 or email

[email protected] or [email protected].

COMING SOON/AUG. 18

GARDENING CLASSES Echter’s Garden Center off ers a variety of classes for gardeners. Free admission and no registration required, unless otherwise noted. Classes are at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-424-7979 or visit www.echters.com for information.

“HARVESTING AND Preserving Herbs,” from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18. Discover how easy it is to harvest and pre-serve herbs with simple tools and techniques. Enjoy the fl avor of summer in the coming months. Instructor is Anne Carlson.

“PRESERVING YOUR Harvest - Make Summer Last All Winter,” from 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18. Learn several methods of food preservation, including canning, so that you can enjoy your summer harvest all winter long. The class will cover necessary equipment, tools, tips and techniques for success in the kitchen and good taste at the table. Instructor is Anne Carlson.

ARTS SALE The Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival will have a fi ne-arts sale Saturday, Aug. 18. Sign up today for one of the 10 available booths. Cost is $50. Go online to thecarnationfes-tival.com/art-show for information.

COMING SOON/AUG. 19

FREE CONCERT The Jeff erson Symphony Orchestra presents a free concert in the park at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Parfet Park in Golden. Attendees are encouraged to bring a picnic dinner to enjoy on the lawn while the symphony performs. Visit www.jeff symphony.org.

BARBECUE BENEFIT All-ages barbecue party to support domestic-abuse survivor Lisa Holden as she makes a new life for herself and her kids; 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Ziggies, 4923 W. 38th Ave., Denver. Frogs Gone Fishin’, Dyrty Byrds and Birds of a Feather will perform. Cost is $10 and all proceeds go to Holden. To read her story, go to www.huffi ngtonpost.com/2012/04/13/lisa-holden-josh-hid-in-woods-daughters-abuse_n_1424972.html.

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August 9, 2012

‘It’s about empowering people’Former Mines QB Pesek, Kmita use Invictus Initiative to make a differenceBy Brian [email protected]

It was some four years ago that David Pesek and Mike Kmita shared an experience that was both edu-cational and life-changing.

The pair was among eight individuals from Colora-do who traveled to Afghanistan to help build a school and a clinic in a refugee camp in Barek Aub. Upon their return, Pesek and Kmita got together to discuss future projects. How could they take what they saw and learned and use that to continue to provide help around the world?

From that meeting, The Invictus Initiative was born.Since that time, both have developed careers while

staying true to their dream. Pesek, a spacecraft design-er at Lockheed Martin, and Kmita, a financial analyst for a commercial real estate company, recently com-pleted their second humanitarian effort last month since co-founding The Invictus Initiative. The two men, joined by a team of seven individuals, traveled to Kenya to work with a clinic in the Uluthe Mungao community.

The group helped with the implementation of solar paneling and a solar charge station at the clinic, pro-viding electricity and the ability to stay open at night.

Kmita said the premise from the beginning was about redefining what the humanitarian model looks like.

“It’s always about empowering a local community versus a bunch of westerners coming in and dropping goods and telling people how to do things,” said Kmi-ta, a graduate of Colorado State University. “You aren’t empowering anybody if you do that.

“Not only did we provide electricity that’s going to basically help serve the community better, but we also empowered them with a means of sustaining them-selves and providing for themselves.”

By installing a solar charge station at the clinic, Ke-nyans who pay to charge their cell phones will see that revenue put back into the clinic and thus the commu-nity.

The group relies on fundraisers and donor funds to help pay for the effort. In the case of the trip to Ke-nya, they reached out to organizations and businesses that had those supplies and “connected them to the cause,” Kmita said.

A solar company donated two additional light

bulbs, and The Invictus Initiative held an essay-writ-ing contest at a school in the area to award the bulbs to students who were unable to study at night because of a lack of fuel for lanterns.

“Where else in the world are you going to change somebody’s life with a $20 light bulb?” Kmita asked.

Pesek earned his undergraduate and master’s de-grees from Colorado School of Mines in Golden before going to work at Lockheed Martin. He was the starting quarterback for the Orediggers for three seasons, and has used that connection to involve other students and athletes from Mines in The Invictus Initiative.

Some 13 students from CSM traveled with the group to Nepal back in the summer of 2011 to help re-build a trail in the area around Mt. Everest that aided the Khumbu region and helped connect isolated com-munities with resources and tourism.

Four students from Mines traveled to Kenya this summer. Pesek said the group would like to build a stronger relationship with the school and eventually get even more students overseas.

The hope is to eventually attract interest from other universities around the state, and perhaps nationally as well.

Pesek will also be teaching a freshman-level course at Mines this fall that introduces students to engineer-ing tools and project management.

“I’ve always had that idea that they would be the pathfinder for it,” Pesek said of Mines. “Just use my relationship and experience through Afghanistan and then through Nepal and Kenya to keep building that. When we look for our next trip, the first place we’re go-ing to go to is Mines athletics and try and build that again.”

Mines senior Hannah Schuster, a graduate of D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School who competes in cross country and track and field for the Orediggers, traveled to Nepal and Kenya to help with both proj-ects. Schuster said she had always wanted to visit Ne-pal to help in any way possible, and The Invictus Ini-tiative gave her that chance.

“Being able to partner up with this group helped me to use what I had in a productive way instead of just showing up and trying to figure something out on my own,” Schuster said, “which would not have had a lasting impact like it can when you travel with a team and a group that has a plan.”

Safety of the team is always the first priority, which

is why Pesek visited both regions prior to bringing the team along. That allowed him to survey both sites and establish relationships within the community. From there he and Kmita collaborate with the region to bet-ter understand what projects will truly work.

Next spring they hope to take a team to Brazil be-fore returning to Kenya in the fall. Kmita said one of the things that Invictus was founded on is that every-one has a different resource, skill, or ability that they can bring to the group.

Those interested in learning more can visit the group’s website at www.TheInvictus.org.

“When you put all these heads, all these resources, all these skills together,” Kmita said, “you can create huge projects that have everlasting effects.”

Schuster said the experience helped her appreciate what she has that much more and has allowed her to try and slow things down in her own life. The commu-nities are that much better for the work The Invictus Initiative has accomplished, and the relationships formed are just as everlasting.

“I feel like it’s great to feel appreciated like that. I think just by making friends with these people we make such a huge impact,” she said. “I think it’s show-ing that we care, showing that we’re halfway around the world but we’re still the same people.”

David Pesek and Michal Kmita at the Hawagaya Primary School. Photo Provided by The Invictus Initiative

Colorado School of Mines student Katie Herrera with orphan at Uluthe Small Home for The Mentally and Physically Challenged. Photo Provided by The Invictus Initiative.

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Orediggers picked to fi nish second in RMAC Taylor Accardi

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COLORADO SPRINGS - The word “excited” was thrown around so many times Monday morning at the annual Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Football Me-dia Day, it was as if Tim Tebow were in the room giving an intro-ductory press conference.

The event is the unofficial kick-off for the upcoming 2012 college football season, and each of the conference’s 10 coaches were in attendance at the Marriott hotel in Colorado Springs, along with a couple dozen players.

In a move that surprised no one, defending RMAC champion CSU-Pueblo was picked to finish first in the preseason poll by the coaches, receiving nine of the 10 first-place votes.

The Thunderwolves were un-defeated in the 2011 regular sea-son, achieving the No. 1 ranking in NCAA Division II before being up-ended in their playoff opener.

“Last year was last year,” CSU-Pueblo coach John Wristen said. “It’s over with.”

Colorado School of Mines was selected to finish second in the conference. The Orediggers return 19 starters and seniors Cody Ren-ken (wide receiver), David Pawelek (tight end) and Taylor Accardi (punter) were named to the pre-season all-RMAC squad.

Accardi, after leading the nation in punting average at 48.5 yards in 2011, is the preseason MVP on special teams.

“It’s really starting to hit now that it’s football season,” Accardi said. “We’ve been working hard all summer and now it’s time to get out there and get things done.”

Players begin reporting this weekend and fall camp opens Monday.

The Orediggers start the season Saturday, Sept. 1 at Campbell Field

against William Jewell College.Mines will have a new starting

quarterback this fall in sophomore Matt Brown, who split time be-tween wide receiver and backing up Clay Garcia at quarterback in 2011.

Much of the rest of the starting offense is back, including running back Dan Palmer, and the team will get a boost with the return of Renken, who broke his leg in the first quarter of the 2011 opener.

The defense also is experienced despite the graduation of line-backer Alex Vigil and defensive back Bunmi Adetutu. Accardi is back at punter and red-shirt fresh-man Avery Llewellyn takes over kicking duties.

The RMAC has undergone some changes since the spring season ended in May. The University of Nebraska-Kearney moved to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Ath-letics Association (MIAA) for the 2012-13 season, and the RMAC welcomed Black Hills State in UNK’s stead.

Two new football coaches were introduced - Russ Martin at Colo-rado Mesa and Jay Long at Chad-ron State - and two colleges have achieved university status with Western State Colorado University

and Adams State University.One interesting note that was

discussed Monday at Media Day was the possibility that this could be Mines’ final year playing at their current facility. Preliminary plans are in place for funding to be used to build a football complex.

Mines Athletic Director Tom Spicer said things are in the works as of right now but that there are still some details that need to be ironed out.

Spicer added that hopefully in six months construction could be-gin on the facility, with the 2014 season the target opening.

Mines coach Bob Stitt said a new facility would help recruiting, but it would also give the players a home of their own.

“It’s going to be bigger for reten-tion. It’s giving our team a home-base on campus which they’ve never had,” he said. “We’ve never had meeting rooms, our coaches don’t have offices. Our locker room is cement floor.

“It just takes us to the next level and legitimizes our program. As people in the RMAC continue to upgrade facilities, I think it’s go-ing to help the reputation of our conference and help us get more teams in the playoffs.”

Colorado School of Mines running back Dan Palmer leaps toward the goal line over Chadron State sopho-more Trelan Taylor during a game last season. Palmer is one of 19 returning starters for the Orediggers, who were picked to fi nish second in RMAC in the coaches preseason poll. Justin Sagarsee

QUICK HITS

Ralston Valley sophomore-to-be Garrett Moore recently competed at the Junior Olympics in track and fi eld in Balti-more, Md. Moore fi nished third in the 400-meter hurdles in the intermediate boys 15-16 age group. He also fi nished 20th in the open 400 run.

Gent claims transplant goldsArvada resident Robert Gent recently competed in the

Transplant Games of America in Grand Rapids, Mich. Gent, as part of the Utah/Idaho team, helped lead his group to the national championship.

Gent competed in eight events in track and fi eld, winning gold medals in the long jump, high jump and 400.

He medaled in every event but the shot put. Gent was the oldest member of the team at the age of 70.

He and his wife, Diane, had competed in the Rocky Moun-tain State Games in Colorado Springs the previous week. Gent won the 200, long jump and javelin in his age group and Diane won the 1,500 in the 50-59 age group.

Polsfut signs with Bethany CollegeArvada High School graduate Javier Polsfut has signed a

letter of intent to play baseball at Bethany College in Linds-borg, Kan.

Polsfut lettered three years in baseball and one year in wrestling for the Bulldogs.

In addition to pitching for Arvada, he also competed for the Colorado Khaos 18U team this summer.

Simers steps downColorado School of Mines’ Art Siemers has resigned his po-

sition as head cross country and track and fi eld coach. Siemers, who coached at Mines for eight seasons, will take

over the head cross country job and assistant track and fi eld position at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

Eight Oredigger athletes won a total of fi ve NCAA Division II national titles under Siemers.

Sports Quiz By Chris Richcreek [email protected]

1. Who was the last Detroit Tigers pitcher be-fore Justin Verlander (24 in 2011) to win at least 20 games in a season?

2. In 2011, Johnny Damon became the ninth player in baseball history to have 200 homers and 400 stolen bases for a career. Name four of the fi rst eight.

3. In 2011, Carolina rookie Cam Newton passed for 854 yards in his fi rst two NFL games, setting a record. Who had held the passing-yardage mark?

4. Who is the only men’s college basketball player to start in four Final Fours?

5. Only two NHL defensemen since 2000 have av-eraged a point per game for a season. Name them.

6. Name three of the top fi ve bowlers in career victories on the PBA Tour.

7. How many horses have won the fi rst two legs of the Triple Crown since the last Triple Crown win-ner in 1978?

Answers: 1. Bill Gullickson won 20 games in 1991. 2. Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonds, Roberto Alomar, Marquis Grissom, Rickey Henderson, Joe Morgan, Paul Molitor and Craig Biggio. 3. Todd Marinovich had 638 yards passing in his fi rst two regular-sea-son games for the Raiders in 1991-92. 4. Christian Laettner of Duke (1989-92). 5. Mike Green (2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons) and Nicklas Lidstrom (2005-06 season). 6. Walter Ray Williams (47 victories), Earl Anthony (43), Norm Duke (37), Pete Weber (36) and Mark Roth (34). 7. Twelve.(c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.


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Gent competed in eight events in track and fi eld, winning gold medals in the long jump, high jump and 400.

He medaled in every event but the shot put. Gent was the oldest member of the team at the age of 70.

He and his wife, Diane, had competed in the Rocky Moun-tain State Games in Colorado Springs the previous week. Gent won the 200, long jump and javelin in his age group and Diane won the 1,500 in the 50-59 age group.

Polsfut signs with Bethany CollegeArvada High School graduate Javier Polsfut has signed a

letter of intent to play baseball at Bethany College in Linds-borg, Kan.

Polsfut lettered three years in baseball and one year in wrestling for the Bulldogs.

In addition to pitching for Arvada, he also competed for the Colorado Khaos 18U team this summer.

Simers steps downColorado School of Mines’ Art Siemers has resigned his po-

sition as head cross country and track and fi eld coach. Siemers, who coached at Mines for eight seasons, will take

over the head cross country job and assistant track and fi eld position at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

Eight Oredigger athletes won a total of fi ve NCAA Division II national titles under Siemers.




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Home for Sale

Arvada Town Home,FSBO or lease to own

Large luxury townhome,West Arvada. Must See! Rare 3

bedroom+office/den on main floor.2.5 bathroom, 3-car garage! Handi-capped parking in front. 2,239 sq.

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unit. Large windows, lots of light.Patio. New in 2008.

$314,900.In HomeTown:

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Home for Sale

Arvada Town Home,FSBO, or lease to own

Large luxury townhome,West Arvada. Must See! Rare3 bedroom+office/den on main

floor. 2.5 bathroom, 3-car garage!Handicapped parking in front.

2,239 sq. ft. of maintenance-freeliving. Huge master suite with

oversized walk in closet.]Gorgeous kitchen with stainless

appliances included.Cherry upgraded cabinets.End unit. Large windows,

lots of light. Patio. New in 2008.$314,900.

In HomeTown:15346 W. 66th Dr, Unit A, Arvada.

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for more details and photos

Broomfield1425 W 12TH Ave. $409,995

Beautiful open floor plan ranchstyle home with breath takingmountain views! New GraniteCounter Tops! This home fea-tures deisgner touches + hard-

wood floors, high ceilings, formaldining, large kitchen, 4 bed-

rooms, 3 baths, 2&1/2 car gar-age, finished basement, backs to

open space, large deck, gor-geous fenced yard, in a wonder-ful neighborhood! The incrediblemountain views can be viewed

from the kitchen, breakfast nook,family room and master bedroom!Walking distance to the grocery

store, restuarant, banks etc. Wel-come home!

For your personal tour callBrandon @ 720-323-5839 or

Ruth @ 303-667-0455

Commerce City11622 FAIRPLAY St. $179,900Great 2 bedroom + loft, 3 bath 2story home! Features an over-

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Call Bill 303-799-0759

Home for Sale

Westminster9217 VRAIN Ct. $275,000

Mountain Views! Beautiful openfloor plan ranch style home in thehighly desired High Point area.

Adult Community! All appliancesincluded. Newer Carpet. Great

Location! Vaulted Ceilings! 2 CarGarage! Covered Patio over-looks the Rocky Mountains!

Large Master bedroom! Base-ment is finished beautifully, +great storage or a great work-

shop! Secure your future in thisgreat neighborhood! For your

personal tour call Ruth@ 303-667-0455

WestminsterBeautifully Updated:New Kitchen, Baths, Hardwood,

Tile, Roof, Windows, Siding.Walk to Elementary School, Park,

Recreation Center. In-groundSwimming Pool with security cov-er, new pump/filter, chlorinator.4 Bedrooms, 3 Full Baths, Fin-ished Basement. Dining Room,

Fireplace, Family and LivingRooms.

6260 W. 110th Place. $237,000.

Call Dianna 303-378-6257. Hurry!

Westmister10795 Zuni Dr $315,000Beauti ful Ranch Style PatioHome! Highly Desired LegacyRidge Neighborhood. The homefeatures main floor living at itsbest! Family,

Dining, Kitchen, Laundry andMaster Bedroom all on mainfloor! Fully finished basementfeatures 2 bedrooms, bathroomand large open area for gameroom, additional family room orwhatever you need! The kitchenfeatures breakfast nook, gasstove, and opens to dining roomand family room. Fall in love withthis wonderful home today! Foryour personal tour please call

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Cemetary Lots

2 Cemetary Lots in Garden of Geth-semane Chapel Hills Memorial Gar-dens $1500 each lot. 580-234-6135

Manufactured/Mobile Homes

*LakewoodNew 2012 Mobile Home 3bdr,2ba Lakewood Park $38,500

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*LakewoodNew 2012

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BRAND NEW 20122 bedroom, 2 bath

Lakewood Park $35,900. Call Barbara 303-988-6265or Tom 720-940-7754

Miscellaneous Real Estate

PRE-PURCHASE

Main Line Inspections.Please visit

www.fowlerpipeservices.com(303)463-6730

Mountain Properties

Black Hawk/Gilpin County/Ar-apahoe National Forest. Recre-ational residence well maintained,clean, nicely furnished, 600sf. hard-woods floors, 2 decks, 4 skylights,walk out basement, 3 securitydoors, spring water. Hot waterreservoir, kitchen sink & shower inbasement. Propane/generator, re-frigerator, lights & fan on Lopi fire-place insert, private out house$75,000 303-988-4040

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Apartments

Arvada:1 bedroom apartment$625 month Utilities paid. Near52nd & Wadsworth. No pets.Call for details. 303-918-6937

SENIOR HOUSINGWestminster Commons, a

subsidized senior/handicap apart-ment home, is now accepting ap-

plications for residency. Thesewell-maintained 1 bedroom units

are conveniently located near76th & Federal. Please call 303-

428-2786 for an application or in-formation.

BISHOP REALTY& MANAGEMENT

303-922-6333

Wheat RidgeVery nice 2bd, 1ba in a clean quietcomplex. Onsite laundry, off streetreserved parking, close to bus line,shopping & Lutheran Hospital,

quick access to downtown & moun-tains. Sorry no pets.

3677 Teller St. $675/mo. +dep.303-445-0300

Homes

Pine Grove ColoradoGorgeous valley views

2 bedroom, large living room,stainless appliances, breakfast bar,includes water, trash removal and

1 acre of mowing. over-sized 2 cargarage. 12 miles from Conifer and

6 miles from highway 285$950/mo. (303)909-2404

Wheat RidgeAwesome Deal

$995 month plus deposit Superlarge 3 bedroom, 2 bath duplexwith large Bonus room. Water,

trash and lawn Service paid. Nearparks and walking distance to

Prospect Elementary. NO PETS36th & Parfet St. Call 303-202-9153

Wheat RidgeAwesome Deal

$995 month plus deposit Superlarge 3 bedroom, 2 bath duplexwith large Bonus room. Water,

trash and lawn Service paid. Nearparks and walking distance to

Prospect Elementary. NO PETS36th & Parfet St. Call 303-202-9153

Commercial Property/Rent

For Sale or Lease-2009 W Littleton BlvdSale Price: $1,250,000

Lease Rate: $18.00-$20.00/SFSF Available: 313-4,251SF

Robert Knisely: 303.312.4235Craig Myles: 303.312.4294

Misc. for Rent

Private Apartment & Hobby Shopin Castle Rock. Both 800sf. Shophas 11' ceilings, 230 volt plugs,separate entrance w/electric gate.$1650 + $250 utilities. 720-209-9997

Misc. for Rent

HALL RENTALGreat place for your next event

*Birthday*Graduation*Retirement*Teens or Business Meetings

Plan your event around ourBocce Court.For availabilitycall Tom 720-299-8325

Office Rent/Lease

ARVADA CentralSmall office starting at $125 orup to 3000s.f. Internet option.General office, retail, medical,

dental.303-475-9567

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1986 Ford 250XL32.5k $4,000 303-424-4807

2004 Saab 9.5 ARC 4dr. - $8800Dealer serviced - have all recordsSummer & Winter tires. 88K miles90K service done 720-353-4333

Majestic Towing& Recovery, LLC

999 Vallejo Street,Denver, CO 80204

720-775-2702Please be advised the following

vehicle is for sale:01. 2001 Silver Cadillac STS

VIN# 24517

Boats and Water Sports

12ft 2000 StarcraftV-bow aluminum fishing boat. Asnew condition, very safe and stablewith MinnKota trolling motor, newfold down seats and great trailer.Excellent for local lakes and reser-voirs. With extras, $975. Pleaseleave a message and I will call youright back. 303-237-6237.

Motorcycles/ATV’s

2004 HD Fatboy, 14,700 mileagedetachable windshield &sissy bar, t-bags vance & hines long shots,orig pipes incl, engine guard w/h i g h w a y p e g s , p o w e rcommander,lots of chrome, lift&ramp, brand new batt. (303)717-6147

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DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK,BOAT, RV; Running or not, to thedevelopmental disabled. Taxdeductible! 303-659-8086. 12years of service

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EXPERIENCED, LOYAL CARE INyour home. Prepare meals, clean.30 yrs. Experience. References. PTstarting at noon Call Isabel, 720-435-0742

Carpentry

Carpenter/Handyman:Semi retired but still ready to workfor you! 34 years own business.Prefer any small jobs. Rossi's:303-233-9581

Carpet/Flooring

Thomas Floor Covering

303-781-4919

~ Carpet Restretching~ Repair ~Remnant Installs

Residential & Commercial

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Cleaning

A continental flairDetailed cleaning at reasonable rates.Honest & DependableResidential • Commercial

Move Outs • New ConstructionReferences Available720.283.2155

Ali’s Cleaning Services

Call Ali @ 720-300-6731

Residential and Commercial Cleaning• 15yrs experience• Detailed,Honest,Dependable

•WindowCleaning• Insured&Bonded•Great Customer Service

AFFORDABLEHOUSECLEANINGDependable : Thorough : Honest

12 years experience.Great References

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Just Details Cleaning ServiceWhen “OK”Just isn’t good enough

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Computer Services

Cowboy Consulting 303-526-2739

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G & E CONCRETEResidential/CommercialFlatwork• Patios• Driveways• Garages• Foundations• Walks• Tearout/Replace25+ yrs. ExperienceBest Rates - ReferencesFree Estimates303-451-0312 or303-915-1559www.gandeconcrete.com

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303-423-8175

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Deck/Patio

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Fence Services

17yrs of quality serviceCJ Fence

Lowest prices in town!Free estimates. (303)669-9810

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Financial Services

Estate Planning.303-228-1500

Handyman

Handyman

“HONEY-DO’S DONE THATYOUR HONEY DON’T DO.”— SMALL JOBS INSIDE AND OUT —

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Plumbing + Electrical RepairsHot Water Heaters

Kitchen + Bath RemodelsBasements

Property + Building Maint.Free Estimates

Liscensed-Bonded-InsuredRon Massa

Office 303-642-3548Cell 720-363-5983

Bob’s Home RepairsAll types of repairs.

Reasonable rates 30yrs Exp.303-450-1172

Kitchen, Bathroom & Basement. Interior & Exterior Painting.

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Alan - 303/ 779-4517

Triumph HandymanServices

Painting, plumbing, dry wall,texturing, gutters, demo, yard

work, install, tile, toilets, faucets,bathrooms, kitchens,

sweating pipeAND MUCH MORE.720-427-9736 Milo

Hardwood Floors

INDEPENDENTHardwood Floor Co, LLC

• Dust Contained Sanding• New or Old Wood

• Hardwood InstallationInsured/FREE EstimatesBrian 303-907-1737

Hauling

"AFFORDABLEHAULING"You Call - I Haul

BasementsGaragesHouses

Construction DebrisSmall Moves

Office - 303-642-3548Cell 720-363-5983

Ron MassaBBB - Bonded - Insured

$$$ Reasonable RatesOn:

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

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Heating/ Air Conditioning

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Radek 720-202-8325

Landscaping/Nurseries

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RON’S LANDSCAPINGSpring Clean Up, Raking,Weeding,

Flower Bed Maintenance, Schrub RetrimmingSoil Prep - SodWork

Trees & Schrub Replacement also SmallTree & Bush Removal

Bark, Rock Walss & FlagstoneWork

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Lawn/Garden Services

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Jim 303-424-1832www.keepinitgreeninc.com

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• SodWork • Rock & BlockWalls • Sprinklers• Aeration • Stumps Ground • Mulch

DICK 303-783-9000Licensed Insured

Lawn/Garden Services

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owner operator!Call Tim

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Masonry

30 yrs experiencedbrick layer

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

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

Organizing Services

De-Clutter and Get Your Home inShape! Purge and discover the po-tential and functionality in yourhome! Facebook: The ClutterCoach", as seen on "Colorado'sBest".

Painting

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Small jobs or largeCustomer satisfaction

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Painting

Bob’s Painting, Repairs& Home Improvements

30 yrs experienceFree estimates 303-450-1172

CR&R Painting, Inc.Interior/Exterior, decks/fencesFree Estimates 303-349-1046www.crrpainting.com

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Interior & Exterior painting.Refs. 303-466-4752

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Interior/ExteriorFree Estimates(303)423-5465

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Pet Care & Services

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Plumbing

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Northglenn man arrested for menacingArvada residents with crossbow8:13 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 8200 block of Pierce Street

A Northglenn man was taken into custody a� er allegedly menacing some Arvada residents with a crossbow at their home. � e victims told police the man stopped at an address on Pierce Street, where he requested, from his car, to speak to the victims. When the victims went to the driveway to speak to him, the man raised a loaded crossbow and pointed it at them through the passenger-side window. � e victims said the man “fumbled” with the crossbow, and they were able to get inside their garage and shut the door.

� e man then returned to his Northglenn home, to which Northglenn police responded per a request from Arvada po-lice. � e Northglenn offi cers took the man and the crossbow into custody, a� er which he admitted to menacing the victims with a crossbow in an eff ort to scare them for perceived past mistreatment.

Kitchen � re engulfs home, residents evacuate with no injuries4:44 a.m. Sunday, July 15, 6700 block of Garrison Street

Arvada fi refi ghters extinguished a blaze that had fully engulfed a home July 15 a� er a kitchen fi re spread.

When Arvada police and fi refi ghters arrived, the home on Garrison Street was already engulfed in fl ames, and they evacuated surrounding houses.

� e occupants of the house evacuated a� er dis-covering the kitchen ablaze. � e initial investigation indicates the fi re was likely started by the stove, which was turned on by a resident at about 4:30 a.m.

Woman’s wallet stolen from shopping cart in King Soopers9 p.m. Monday, July 16, King Soopers, 12350 W. 64th Ave.

An unknown suspect reportedly stole a woman’s wallet from her cart while she was shopping with her boyfriend at King Soopers.

A� er the report was made, police contacted the victim who said at about 8 p.m. she was at King Soopers with her boyfriend, and at some point her wallet was taken from the upper part of the cart underneath some groceries.

� e wallet was described as a red Target-brand wallet made of faux leather with one snap button on the front and a change purse.

� e wallet contained the woman’s Colorado driver’s license, a silver Wells Fargo credit card, an orange First Bank debit card, her insur-ance card, miscellaneous gi� cards with little to no balance, a AAA card, $60-80 cash and a $15 check from her mother.

� e offi cer gave both the victim and King Soopers

loss-prevention personnel a case number to use if more in-formation becomes available. � e responding offi cer received surveillance video to review for evidence, but no more infor-mation is available at this time.

Home burglary by unknown suspect resultsin missing jewelry, laptop11:50 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, 7400 block of W. 76th Avenue

A woman’s house was burglarized by an unknown suspect, resulting in the loss of several full jewelry boxes and a Apple laptop. � e victim reportedly le� her house at 7:50 a.m. July 17 to go to the grocery store.

When she returned home at 9:20 a.m., she found cabinet drawers in her bedroom pulled out and overturned. She said several jewelry boxes, two drawers of another jewelry box and her daughter’s Apple laptop were missing. She valued the items at $1,200. � e woman told police she believes the suspect may have entered through the sliding glass door at the back of the residence, which she accidentally le� unlocked.

Police were not able to fi nd any latent fi ngerprints or other evidence. � e woman provided a list of the stolen items, which were logged into evidence with the Arvada Police Department.

� ere are no suspect leads in the case.


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Notice is hereby given that disbursementsin final settlement will be issued by theFinance Director at 10:00 a.m., August 21,2012 to Concrete Express for work re-lated to Project No. 08-ST-20 – West 64thAvenue Improvements, Phase II and per-formed under that contract dated Septem-ber 13, 2011 for the City of Arvada.Any person, co-partnership, association ofpersons, company or corporation that fur-nished labor, material, drayage, susten-ance, provisions or other supplies used orconsumed by said contractor or his sub-contractors in or about the performance ofthe work contracted to be done by saidConcrete Express and its claim has notbeen paid, may at any time on or prior tothe hour of the date above stated, file withthe Finance Director of the City of Arvadaat City Hall, a verified statements of theamount due and unpaid on account ofsuch claim.Dated this July 20, 2012CITY OF ARVADA/s/ Christine Koch, City ClerkDates of Publication: August 2 & 9, 2012Wheat Ridge TranscriptArvada Press

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that disbursementsin final settlement will be issued by theFinance Director at 10:00 a.m., August 28,2012 to Jalisco International, Inc. for workrelated to Project No. 11-ST-16 – W. 72ndAvenue, Kipling St. to Simm St. Trails andperformed under that contract dated Au-gust 22, 2011 for the City of Arvada.Any person, co-partnership, association ofpersons, company or corporation that fur-nished labor, material, drayage, susten-ance, provisions or other supplies used orconsumed by said contractor or his sub-contractors in or about the performance ofthe work contracted to be done by saidJalisco International, Inc. and its claim hasnot been paid, may at any time on or priorto the hour of the date above stated, filewith the Finance Director of the City of Ar-vada at City Hall, a verified statements ofthe amount due and unpaid on account ofsuch claim.Dated this July 31, 2012CITY OF ARVADA/s/ Chris Koch, City ClerkDates of Publication: August 9 & 16, 2012Wheat Ridge TranscriptArvada Press

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at themeeting of the City Council to be held onMONDAY, the 20th day of August , 2012,at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building,8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, CityCouncil will hold a public hearing on thefollowing proposed ordinances and there-after will consider them for final passageand adoption. For the full text version inelectronic form go to www.arvada.org/leg-alnotices, click on Current Legal Notices,then click on the title of the ordinance youwish to view. The full text version is alsoavailable in printed form in the City Clerk’soffice. Contact 720.898.7550 if you havequestions.CB12-032 An Ordinance Annexing Cer-tain Land Into the City of Arvada, Pat-tridge No. 3, Approximately 7500 StateHighway 93CB12-033 An Ordinance Rezoning Cer-tain Land Within the City of Arvada, Pat-tridge No. 3, from Jefferson County A-2(Agricultural) to City of Arvada C-1 (Con-servation District), and Amending the Offi-cial Zoning Maps of the City of Arvada,Colorado, Approximately 7500 State High-way 93CB12-034 An Ordinance Approving aConditional Use Permit to Allow Addition-al Telecommunication Antennas Onto theExisting Tower, Pattridge No. 3, Approx-imately 7500 State Highway 93CB12-035 An Ordinance Repealing andReenacting Section 6.7 (“Lighting”) of Art-icle 6 (“Development Standards”) andAmending Section 10.3 (“Definition ofWords, Terms and Phrases”) of Article 10(“Rules for Measurement and Definitions”)of the Land Development Code Pertain-ing to LightingCB12-036 An Ordinance Approving aConditional Use Permit to Allow for a FastFood Restaurant With a Drive-Thru Facil-i ty , Chick-F i l -A, 7809 Wadswor thBoulevardPublication date: August 9, 2012Wheat Ridge TranscriptArvada Press

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at themeeting of the City Council to be held onMONDAY, the 20th day of August , 2012,at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building,8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, CityCouncil will hold a public hearing on thefollowing proposed ordinances and there-after will consider them for final passageand adoption. For the full text version inelectronic form go to www.arvada.org/leg-alnotices, click on Current Legal Notices,then click on the title of the ordinance youwish to view. The full text version is alsoavailable in printed form in the City Clerk’soffice. Contact 720.898.7550 if you havequestions.CB12-032 An Ordinance Annexing Cer-tain Land Into the City of Arvada, Pat-tridge No. 3, Approximately 7500 StateHighway 93CB12-033 An Ordinance Rezoning Cer-tain Land Within the City of Arvada, Pat-tridge No. 3, from Jefferson County A-2(Agricultural) to City of Arvada C-1 (Con-servation District), and Amending the Offi-cial Zoning Maps of the City of Arvada,Colorado, Approximately 7500 State High-way 93CB12-034 An Ordinance Approving aConditional Use Permit to Allow Addition-al Telecommunication Antennas Onto theExisting Tower, Pattridge No. 3, Approx-imately 7500 State Highway 93CB12-035 An Ordinance Repealing andReenacting Section 6.7 (“Lighting”) of Art-icle 6 (“Development Standards”) andAmending Section 10.3 (“Definition ofWords, Terms and Phrases”) of Article 10(“Rules for Measurement and Definitions”)of the Land Development Code Pertain-ing to LightingCB12-036 An Ordinance Approving aConditional Use Permit to Allow for a FastFood Restaurant With a Drive-Thru Facil-i ty , Chick-F i l -A, 7809 Wadswor thBoulevardPublication date: August 9, 2012Wheat Ridge TranscriptArvada Press

NOTICEThe following ordinances were adopted bythe City Council of the City of Arvada onsecond reading following the public hear-ing held on the 6th day of August, 2012:Ordinance 4341 An Ordinance AmendingSubsection 5.1.2 (“Summary Table of Al-lowed and Conditional Principal Uses byZoning District”) of Section 5.1 (“Allowedand Conditional Uses by Zoning District”)of Article 5 (“Use Regulations”) of theLand Development CodeOrdinance 4342 An Ordinance Amendingor Adding Various Provisions in Article 5(“Use Regulations”) and Article 10 (“Rulesfor Measurement and Definitions”) of theLand Development Code to Address FoodTruck VendingOrdinance 4343 An Ordinance Amendingor Adding Various Provisions in Article 5(“Use Regulations”), Article 6 (“Develop-ment Standards”), and Article 10 (“Rulesfor Measuremen t and Definitions”) of theLand Development Code to Address Com-munity AgricultureOrdinance 4344 An Ordinance AmendingChapter 14, Animals, of the Arvada CityCode by Amending Various ProvisionsThereofOrdinance 4345 An Ordinance AmendingChapter 38, Environment, of the ArvadaCity Code by Adding a New Article VIII,BeesOrdinance 4346 An Ordinance AmendingSection 74-31 (“Land-Use Fees”) of Art-icle II (“Community Development Depart-ment Service Fees”) of Chapter 74 (“Plan-ning and Development”) of the City Codeof the City of Arvada, ColoradoOrdinance 4347 An Ordinance Authoriz-ing an Intergovernmental AgreementBetween Jefferson County, the City of Ar-vada, the City of Lakewood, the City ofWheat Ridge, the City of Golden, the Cityof Westminster, and the City of Edgewa-ter Animal Shelter/Dog Licensing FundingPublication Date: August 9, 2012Wheat Ridge TranscriptArvada Press

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that disbursementsin final settlement will be issued by theFinance Director at 10:00 a.m., August 28,2012 to Perfect Patch Asphalt for work re-lated to Project No. 12-ST-08 – Milling-2012 and performed under that contractdated July 12, 2012 for the City of Arvada.Any person, co-partnership, association ofpersons, company or corporation that fur-nished labor, material, drayage, susten-ance, provisions or other supplies used orconsumed by said contractor or his sub-contractors in or about the performance ofthe work contracted to be done by saidPerfect Patch Asphalt and its claim hasnot been paid, may at any time on or priorto the hour of the date above stated, filewith the Finance Director of the City of Ar-vada at City Hall, a verified statements ofthe amount due and unpaid on account ofsuch claim.Dated this July 31, 2012CITY OF ARVADA/s/ Chris Koch, City ClerkDates of Publication: August 9 & 16, 2012Wheat Ridge TranscriptArvada Press

NOTICEThe following resolution can be viewed inits entirety in electronic form by going towww.arvada.org/legalnotices and clickingon Current Legal Notices. The full text ver-sion is also available in printed form in theCity Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550if you have questions.R12-067 A Resolution Accepting an An-nexation Petition concerning PATTRIDGENUMBER 3, approximately 7500 STATEHIGHWAY 93, finding said petition sub-stantially compliant with C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and setting a public hearing forAugust 20, 2012, 6:30 P.M. at Arvada CityHall for City Council to determine whetherthe area meets the requirements of C.R.S.31-12-104 AND 105, and is consideredeligible for annexation.Publication dates: July 19, 2012 July 26, 2012 August 2, 2012 August 9, 2012Wheat Ridge TranscriptArvada Press

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Suspect pleads guilty to assisting in murder of sister-in-law Staff Report

One of three suspects has pleaded guilty to conspira-cy to commit second-degree murder in connection with the death of an Edgewater woman in 2003.

According to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Offi ce, David Norman DeWild, 40, pleaded guilty Aug. 2 to the class-three felony for the murder of his sister-in-law, Heather DeWild, the mother of two.

DeWild will be sentenced at 8 a.m. Oct. 19. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison.

In December 2011, a grand jury indicted DeWild; his wife, Mary Roseanne DeWild, 50; and his twin brother, Daniel Donald DeWild for their roles in the murder of

Daniel’s estranged wife.Heather DeWild disappeared after dropping off the

couple’s children at Daniel DeWild’s home on July 24, 2003. Her body was found six weeks later in a shallow grave along U.S. Highway 6 in Clear Creek Canyon, west of Golden.

Daniel DeWild faces charges of fi rst-degree murder after deliberation, and conspiracy to commit fi rst-de-gree murder. His trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 2.

Mary Roseanne DeWild’s charges were reduced to accessory to commit fi rst-degree murder, a class-four felony; and conspiracy to commit accessory to a crime, a class-fi ve felony.

Her pretrial conference is set for Aug. 2, and her trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 30.


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