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Sentinel ournorthglennnews.com, ourthorntonnews.com Northglenn ornton December 13, 2012 50 cents A Colorado Community Media Publication Adams County, Colorado • Volume 49, Issue 18 POSTAL ADDRESS Printed on recycled newsprint. Please recycle this copy. Precious clothing drive under way Donated gear to benefit A Precious Child’s annual holiday efforts By Darin Moriki [email protected] Members of the North Metro Fire Rescue District took a few hours last week to give back to the community they serve by hosting a winter gear drive to benefit A Precious Tree, an annual holiday outreach effort run by A Precious Child. Throughout the two-hour event on Dec. 5, nearly 40 com- munity members filtered through NMFR Station 64 at 13515 Lowell Blvd. in Broomfield to learn about fire safety and the importance of giving back. “Considering what A Precious Child has done for the commu- nity, we’re very proud to be a part of it,” said NMFR spokeswoman Stacey Mulligan. “All the families have come in so far have brought donations, so it has been a huge success in that way for us.” Mulligan said the fire depart- ment has been involved in the an- nual holiday outreach event since the effort first began in 2007. She said it is particularly important to the fire department, because NMFR first responders often en- counter needy families and chil- dren when responding to emer- gency calls. “We see it firsthand … and we want to make sure we’re reach- ing out to the non-profit com- munity and helping them out,” Mulligan said. “We know that by doing things like this, holding these types of events, and making sure that we’re contributing to the cause of helping is going to make a big difference.” A Precious Child founder Ca- rina Martin said donations col- lected from all eight NMFR loca- tions will be transferred over to the nonprofit’s donation distribu- tion facility in Broomfield. There, she said, children and their fami- lies from 170 partnering agencies in Boulder, Broomfield, Adams, Jefferson, Arapahoe and Denver Counties can pick up any winter gear they need. Martin said donated, gently- used clothing items that are need- ed this winter season includes children’s coats, long pants, boots and blankets. Martin said the need for do- nations is becoming increasingly important as the community’s need and the organization’s reach grows. In fact, she said about 23 families across the Denver met- ro area stop by the non-profit’s donation distribution facility in Broomfield each day. “We still can’t even touch the surface for the need that exists out there, so we need everybody com- ing out and dropping off their do- nations,” Martin said. Broomfield resident Ginger Bransom said she heard about the donation event through a friend and decided to stop by the NMFR fire station and drop off a few of her children’s old jackets. “I think it’s a great grassroots movement for the Broomfield community to try and give back to our community,” Bransom said. “Oftentimes, I think that it’s always nice that we help other countries, but it’s just as impor- tant to help people in your own community and those that are in need as well.” The winter clothing drive will be held until Dec. 21. These drop-off locations include two of the fire department’s stations in Northglenn, at 10500 Huron St. and 10946 Irma Drive. For more information, contact Mulligan at 303-452-9910 or smul- ligan@northmetrofire.org. Jordan Bransom, 8, of Broomfield tries on firefighter gear Dec. 5 during a benefit for A Precious Child at North Metro Fire Station 64. Jordan and his family donated new and gently-used items to A Precious Child, an organization which helps support impoverished families throughout Colorado. Photo by Emily Mehring County, cities unite in DIA’s future Resurrected committee addresses ongoing future development concerns By Darin Moriki [email protected] A meeting of about 30 to 35 Adams County and neighboring city officials convened last week for the first time in five years to address looming concerns about proposed development around Denver International Airport. Members of the Airport Coor- dinating Committee, including Westminster and Thornton of- ficials, met in a two one-hour ex- ecutive sessions to discuss future plans outlined by Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock in June to build an Aerotropolis and Airport City surrounding the 34,000 acre airport. Adams County Commissioner Erik Hansen, the designated in- terim Airport Coordinating Com- mittee spokesman, said these concerns stem from alleged viola- tions of a 1988 intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between Adams and Denver Counties to construct the airport city portion of the plan. That agreement spells out the creation of the Airport Coordinat- ing Committee and restricts the development of “accessory uses,” confined to “only those land uses which are necessary for or di- rectly related to the operation of the new airport,” such as parking structures and retail or conces- sion space. The agreement also limits resi- dential, commercial and indus- trial development to areas south of 72nd Avenue, and south and east of an open space buffer along Peña Boulevard, requiring Den- ver to actively limit development north and west of the buffer. Existing plans for Airport City Denver plans calls for the con- struction of five business clusters within a 9,000-acre area, targeting the bioscience, renewable energy, aviation and aerospace, logis- tics, industrial agriculture and perishable-foods industries. The proposal includes areas where the agreement restricts development. Hansen acknowledged the committee and Denver County “are united in the belief that we need to work together toward the common goal of economic devel- opment for the region,” but said more must be done. “I think the message is pretty clear,” Hansen said. “There were promises made in the 1988 IGA and we expect them to be kept, and we’re unified in making sure Airport continues on Page 2 Region targets traffic congestion ornton joins forces in I-25 plan By Darin Moriki [email protected] Thornton City Council allocated funding for the Interstate 25 North Managed Lane Extension and Express Bus Project. At its Dec. 4 regular meeting, council unanimously approved $1.75 million for the highway improvements, that will in- clude the area between U.S. Highway 36 and 120th Avenue. Assistant City Manager Joyce Hunt said the $44 million project is subsidized with a mixture of federal funds and local con- tributions from seven surrounding mu- nicipalities, including Adams, Broomfield and Weld counties along with the cities of Federal Heights, Northglenn, Thornton and Westminster. “What really led to the success of the funding of this project was the coming to- gether of the counties and cities to make a significant contribution to this project,” Hunt said. “This is actually a very impor- tant project for the north area, because … it’ll provide a very important congestion relief for an interim period, which could be a while, until the permanent improvements are constructed to add general purpose lanes through that area at some point in the future.” Thornton’s contribution to the project will be doled out over a three-year period beginning next year. The project, which is expected to be completed by summer 2015, calls for the construction of one new managed lane in each direction on I-25 between U.S. 36 and 120 th by narrowing the inside shoulder of the existing thoroughfare. This six-mile stretch of highway would then be repaved and installed with a new one-mile noise wall to accompany an exist- ing three-mile noise wall. Public transit and high occupancy ve- hicles with two or more passengers will be allowed free access to the continuous man- aged lanes, while all other vehicles will be assessed a toll. In all, Hunt said $34 million of the proj- ect will be funded through the state grants from the Funding Advancements for Sur- face Transportation and Economic Recov- ery (FASTER) program and federal grants through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. Apart from the $4,525,000 con- tributed by surrounding cities and coun- ties, the remaining $5.8 million balance will be funded by Denver Regional Council of Governments federal funds and RTD local transit funds.
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Sentinel ournorthglennnews.com, ourthorntonnews.com
Northglenn �ornton
December 13, 2012 50 centsA Colorado Community Media Publication
Adams County, Colorado • Volume 49, Issue 18
POSTAL ADDRESS
Printed on recycled newsprint. Please recycle this copy.
Precious clothing drive under wayDonated gear to bene�t A Precious Child’s annual holiday e�ortsBy Darin [email protected]
Members of the North Metro Fire Rescue District took a few hours last week to give back to the community they serve by hosting a winter gear drive to benefit A Precious Tree, an annual holiday outreach effort run by A Precious Child.
Throughout the two-hour event on Dec. 5, nearly 40 com-munity members filtered through NMFR Station 64 at 13515 Lowell Blvd. in Broomfield to learn about fire safety and the importance of giving back.
“Considering what A Precious Child has done for the commu-nity, we’re very proud to be a part of it,” said NMFR spokeswoman Stacey Mulligan. “All the families have come in so far have brought donations, so it has been a huge success in that way for us.”
Mulligan said the fire depart-ment has been involved in the an-nual holiday outreach event since the effort first began in 2007. She said it is particularly important to the fire department, because NMFR first responders often en-counter needy families and chil-dren when responding to emer-gency calls.
“We see it firsthand … and we want to make sure we’re reach-ing out to the non-profit com-munity and helping them out,” Mulligan said. “We know that by doing things like this, holding these types of events, and making sure that we’re contributing to the
cause of helping is going to make a big difference.”
A Precious Child founder Ca-rina Martin said donations col-lected from all eight NMFR loca-tions will be transferred over to the nonprofit’s donation distribu-tion facility in Broomfield. There,
she said, children and their fami-lies from 170 partnering agencies in Boulder, Broomfield, Adams, Jefferson, Arapahoe and Denver Counties can pick up any winter gear they need.
Martin said donated, gently-used clothing items that are need-
ed this winter season includes children’s coats, long pants, boots and blankets.
Martin said the need for do-nations is becoming increasingly important as the community’s need and the organization’s reach grows. In fact, she said about 23 families across the Denver met-ro area stop by the non-profit’s donation distribution facility in Broomfield each day.
“We still can’t even touch the surface for the need that exists out there, so we need everybody com-ing out and dropping off their do-nations,” Martin said.
Broomfield resident Ginger Bransom said she heard about the donation event through a friend and decided to stop by the NMFR fire station and drop off a few of her children’s old jackets.
“I think it’s a great grassroots movement for the Broomfield community to try and give back to our community,” Bransom said. “Oftentimes, I think that it’s always nice that we help other countries, but it’s just as impor-tant to help people in your own community and those that are in need as well.”
The winter clothing drive will be held until Dec. 21. These drop-off locations include two of the fire department’s stations in Northglenn, at 10500 Huron St. and 10946 Irma Drive.
For more information, contact Mulligan at 303-452-9910 or [email protected].
Jordan Bransom, 8, of Broomfield tries on firefighter gear Dec. 5 during a benefit for A Precious Child at North Metro Fire Station 64. Jordan and his family donated new and gently-used items to A Precious Child, an organization which helps support impoverished families throughout Colorado. Photo by Emily Mehring
County, cities unite in DIA’s futureResurrected committee addresses ongoing future development concernsBy Darin [email protected]
A meeting of about 30 to 35 Adams County and neighboring city officials convened last week for the first time in five years to address looming concerns about
proposed development around Denver International Airport.
Members of the Airport Coor-dinating Committee, including Westminster and Thornton of-ficials, met in a two one-hour ex-ecutive sessions to discuss future plans outlined by Denver Mayor
Michael B. Hancock in June to build an Aerotropolis and Airport City surrounding the 34,000 acre airport.
Adams County Commissioner Erik Hansen, the designated in-terim Airport Coordinating Com-mittee spokesman, said these
concerns stem from alleged viola-tions of a 1988 intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between Adams and Denver Counties to construct the airport city portion of the plan.
That agreement spells out the creation of the Airport Coordinat-ing Committee and restricts the development of “accessory uses,” confined to “only those land uses which are necessary for or di-rectly related to the operation of the new airport,” such as parking structures and retail or conces-sion space.
The agreement also limits resi-dential, commercial and indus-trial development to areas south of 72nd Avenue, and south and east of an open space buffer along Peña Boulevard, requiring Den-ver to actively limit development north and west of the buffer.
Existing plans for Airport City Denver plans calls for the con-struction of five business clusters within a 9,000-acre area, targeting the bioscience, renewable energy, aviation and aerospace, logis-tics, industrial agriculture and perishable-foods industries. The proposal includes areas where the agreement restricts development.
Hansen acknowledged the committee and Denver County “are united in the belief that we need to work together toward the common goal of economic devel-opment for the region,” but said more must be done.
“I think the message is pretty clear,” Hansen said. “There were promises made in the 1988 IGA and we expect them to be kept, and we’re unified in making sure
Airport continues on Page 2
Region targets tra�c congestion�ornton joins forces in I-25 planBy Darin [email protected]
Thornton City Council allocated funding for the Interstate 25 North Managed Lane Extension and Express Bus Project.
At its Dec. 4 regular meeting, council unanimously approved $1.75 million for the highway improvements, that will in-clude the area between U.S. Highway 36 and 120th Avenue.
Assistant City Manager Joyce Hunt said the $44 million project is subsidized with a mixture of federal funds and local con-
tributions from seven surrounding mu-nicipalities, including Adams, Broomfield and Weld counties along with the cities of Federal Heights, Northglenn, Thornton and Westminster.
“What really led to the success of the funding of this project was the coming to-gether of the counties and cities to make a significant contribution to this project,” Hunt said. “This is actually a very impor-tant project for the north area, because … it’ll provide a very important congestion relief for an interim period, which could be a while, until the permanent improvements
are constructed to add general purpose lanes through that area at some point in the future.”
Thornton’s contribution to the project will be doled out over a three-year period beginning next year.
The project, which is expected to be completed by summer 2015, calls for the construction of one new managed lane in each direction on I-25 between U.S. 36 and 120th by narrowing the inside shoulder of the existing thoroughfare.
This six-mile stretch of highway would then be repaved and installed with a new one-mile noise wall to accompany an exist-ing three-mile noise wall.
Public transit and high occupancy ve-
hicles with two or more passengers will be allowed free access to the continuous man-aged lanes, while all other vehicles will be assessed a toll.
In all, Hunt said $34 million of the proj-ect will be funded through the state grants from the Funding Advancements for Sur-face Transportation and Economic Recov-ery (FASTER) program and federal grants through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. Apart from the $4,525,000 con-tributed by surrounding cities and coun-ties, the remaining $5.8 million balance will be funded by Denver Regional Council of Governments federal funds and RTD local transit funds.
Some crimes do harm to us all Kimber Schneider, 42, mother of two,
can close her eyes and still see his face, the brown hair, the jean jacket.
Gene Martin. Last seen in August 1984 while delivering newspapers in Des Moines. Five days shy of his 14th birthday, he disappeared, never to be found. He rode the same school bus as Schneider, then in middle school.
“It has shaped how far I let my kids go out of my bubble,” she said. “And I didn’t think it would.”
But how could it not.One moment, a child is here, walking
to school, playing in the park, carefree, believer of good. The next instant: Van-ished. Innocence lost. Trust — in the world — broken.
For the family and friends left behind, the horror never ends. And in today’s world, it implants terror in the hearts and minds of parents everywhere.
As parents, where do we draw the line between fear and faith, protectiveness and independence? Where do we go when a child, like little Jessica Ridgeway, is ab-ducted on her way to school, then killed in a most terrible way?
We do what parents have always done. We grieve, because we can almost imagine what that loss would feel like. We worry, because what if it happened to our child? We reassess parenting methods and teach vigilance better than before. And, we try to remind ourselves that good is more abun-dant than evil.
Fear cannot win.The black-and-white clarity of statistical
data also helps balance the tilting anxiety between possibility and probability.
Consider that the probability of a child being abducted by a stranger is about one in 650,000, slightly less than the odds of dying by fi reworks discharge, said Dr. Kim Gorgens, a clinical psychologist at the University of Denver who teaches the psychology of criminal behavior. The num-bers come from federal justice and health
studies.“Statistically speaking, kids are fairly
safe, all things considered,” said Gorgens, who has an 11-year-old son. “The differ-ence is the availability of media and infor-mation overload about safety risks.”
Google news alerts on the Internet. Ra-dio. TV. Text-message updates on phones. Facebook posts. The constant stream of news is inescapable when something bad happens today. The immediacy, in cases such as Jessica’s, overwhelmingly creates a sense that evil lurks in the corners and, even, wide-open spaces of communities we suddenly no longer consider safe.
Bad things have always happened.My neighbor remembers the sexual as-
sault of a classmate during his high school years in California more than 20 years ago. Schneider talks of another child kidnap-ping that happened in her husband’s home state of Minnesota in the 1980s. But instan-taneous cross-country knowledge didn’t exist then to cast its fearful net over us.
My mother, who is 79, remembers only one child abduction incident being talked about during her youth — of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh’s baby in 1932, which actually occurred the year before she was born.
“Bad things happened,” she said. “Be-fore, we didn’t know of them.”
She does, however, add a caveat: The world today is a less friendly place, a more suspicious one in which scarier incidents occur more frequently than the world in which she grew up, or the world in which
she raised her three kids.Back then, the culture was different, less
brutal violence in movies and video games. Boundaries were narrower and more respected; people paid attention to each other more, relied on each other more.
My mother could call the telephone operator to fi nd out where I had wandered as I played with friends. “She’s over at the Lopez’s house,” the operator would tell her. The grapevine constantly chattered and watched.
Now we have Neighborhood Watches, which are highly successful crime preven-tion programs, according to Gorgens. They require an investment by neighbors to look out for one another, to care beyond their fences, to believe that what happens to someone else is their business, too.
If we operated in such a fashion all the time, could we keep our children safer?
A positive outcome, if it can be called that, of Jessica’s tragedy was a re-examina-tion of family safety policies.
“It’s like a call to arms for parents,” Gorgens said. “Every parent evaluates their own procedures.”
The collateral damage, as Gorgens de-scribed it — a bruised perception of safety, the traumatic anguish — was more diffi cult to manage.
For many, a new reality exists.Kimber Schneider still sees Gene
Martin’s face. When her kids complain they can’t walk somewhere alone, she is unyielding: “You have to be with someone. There are bad people in the world who do bad things and that’s why mommy is really
careful about where you are. … People will take you. People take kids all the time and don’t think that just because you live where you live that it’s not going to happen, be-cause it can happen anywhere.”
They take her warning in stride, she said. Just a matter-of-fact part of life.
Like our parents before us, we tell our children not to talk to strangers. We teach them how to cross a street. But we have added to the precautionary list: Always walk with a buddy, even to a restaurant bathroom. Call as soon as you get to your destination, even if it’s just around the cor-ner. Park in well-lit areas, even if the area is crowded. Learn self-defense, even if you think you’ll never need it.
We do our best to prepare them to know how to be safe. Because, as my mother said, one day, “like all good parents, you have to let go.”
Gorgens offers this to think about: “When you have a quiet moment and your fear starts to unravel you, consider what’s the likelihood I’m going to face that prob-lem? Have I done everything possible to protect myself?”
That’s all, really, that we can do.That, and continue to believe in good-
ness — and make it our business to look out for one another.
Especially the children.Ann Macari Healey’s column about
people, places and issues of everyday life ap-pears every other week. She can be reached at [email protected] or 303-566-4110.
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that economic development benefi ts the entire region.”
The committee — con-sisting of Adams County, Aurora, Brighton, Com-merce City, Thornton and Westminster offi cials — re-inforced this commitment by unanimously passing a memorandum of under-standing during the public portion of the meeting.
The document spells out “a structure to carry out the purposes articulated in the original agreement” through collaborative discussions and open communication.
“This is really very im-portant to me that we are here all together in the best interest of Adams County,” outgoing Adams County Commissioner Alice Nichol said. “I’m really going away feeling good, because the mission was accomplished here in that we would all be united for a common cause for the citizens of Adams County.”
The next scheduled Air-port Coordinating Commit-tee meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17.
Airport: all for common good
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City adopts new purchasing policyBy Darin [email protected]
Thornton will now change the way it does business with contractors for public buildings following the adoption of several changes to the city’s screening and approv-al process.
These changes, which were laid out during the Thornton City Council’s Dec. 4 meeting, spelled out the policy on public input and transparency in construction of new public buildings and amended the city’s code to “promote fair and equitable working conditions for contractor employ-ees.”
Both measures were unanimously passed by council amid a stream of sup-port from city officials and community members.
The new policy will allow for the cre-ation of a Citizen Advisory Task Force charged with assisting council on the plan-ning, programming, design and siting of new public buildings.
The policy also provides for the creation of a Citizen Advisory Task Force on Con-tractor Workforce, and implementation of a set prequalification procurement pro-cess and prequalification criteria for pub-lic projects exceeding $50,000.
City Manager Jack Ethredge said these prequalification criteria are designed to ensure eligible contractors have personnel procurement, workforce development and training and benefit programs in place for employees.
Celebrate the Holidays
By Sandi [email protected]
Just who is this jolly old man that everyone’s talk-ing about this time each year? Miss Starr’s Rock Stars, also known as her second-graders at Camp-bell Elementary School in Arvada, sat down with me for an in-depth look into this man’s life, family and the huge job he has to do on Christmas Eve.
Santa Claus is a friend-ly, helpful and loveable 59-year-old man who lives at the North Pole with his wife Santy, also 59, and 150 children, also known as Santa’s elves. It’s very cold where they live, but Mr. and Mrs. Claus live on a warm party boat with a roof to keep out the weather. The boat is tied to a knob on the land – not far from where Santa’s reindeer live.
Santa wears a red suit and has a fat jacket with fl uffy white collar and wrists. His jacket is armed with magic feathers and pixie dust to help him get around the world.
The elves wear green like Batman and have red pants. They have pointy
ears that stick out from under their green hats, and their shoes have pointy toes. They all look like little cartoon charac-ters.
The other important members of Santa’s family are his reindeer – Blitzen, Comet, Dasher, Dancer, Rudolph, Prancer, Cupid, Donner and Vixen. Be-cause Rudolph has a big glowing nose, he gets to
be the leader on Christmas Eve.
Santa and his elves work hard all year making toys in their workshop. Most of the toys are made of wood and are for the kids, not the grownups. The elves make utensils for the par-ents.
Before the big trip around the world, the reindeer load up on fi sh and carrots for good eye-sight. After all, Christmas Eve is the darkest night of the year.
Just before the trip, the elves start packing Santa’s sleigh, which is green with gold swirls. It’s known to be a magic sleigh made of wood and equipped with headlights and metal skis underneath. Since there is no radio on board, Santa listens to his music with an iPod.
The sleigh travels at 12 miles per hour for the 10-hour trip around the world. If it begins to get light outside while Santa is still out and about, there is a time bubble on the sleigh that can freeze time and let Santa fi nish up without being seen. He fl ies over houses and drops the pres-ents into the chimneys.
If a house doesn’t have a chimney, Santa uses his magic dust.
One might ask how Santa knows who’s been naughty and who’s been nice.
Well, Miss Starr’s Rock Stars have the answer to that question. The elves are the ones who let Santa know. They check two machines – one has names of nice children and the other has names of the children who’ve been naughty. The data is received with the help of invisible cameras that can see us at all times. A back-up method is a pointer gun that can tell the per-centage of good and bad in each child it points to. Santa then puts all the names into a giant book that he uses as a reference while he travels around the world.
Someone who isn’t men-tioned at Christmas is Santa’s evil brother – Bad Santa – who lives at the South Pole.
Santa Claus gets all the glory because, as one Rock Star put it: even though it’s Jesus’ birthday, we all get presents because Santa is so generous.
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Federal budget cuts could hurt improvement project funds By Darin Moriki [email protected]
As the Jan. 1 deadline nears for a broad swath of projected tax increases and federal budget reductions, lawmakers and local offi cials remain optimistic that a bi-partisan deal will be reached.
They, however, remain wary of how these spending cuts will affect a number of programs administered by individual cities and coun-ties.
If Congress fails to come up with an alternative bud-get reduction plan, proposed cuts call for an estimated $110 billion annual reduction to be evenly split between defense and non-defense discretionary spending from 2013 to 2022.
Seventh Congressional District Rep. Ed Perlmutter said it is too early to speculate on how the proposed bud-get cuts could affect city and county administer programs statewide, but noted that the impact could be large.
“I’m a pretty positive and optimistic guy, so I think that there’s going to be a deal struck which will provide some additional revenue and reduce some expenses so we can start cutting down our defi cit and ultimately our debt ...” he said.
His communications and policy director Leslie Oliver said in an e-mail that au-tomatic budget cuts could mean cuts in transportation grants like the Transporta-tion Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER)
grant funding for the north I-25 project.
She said the cuts could also impact Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and HOME Investment Partnerships Pro-gram funds, which are used to rehabilitate low and mod-erate income senior housing.
“It’s hard to speculate what will happen,” said Ad-ams County fi nance director Ben Dahlman.
“If something were to happen, Adams County would have to adjust to that allocation.”
The CDBG program is federally funded through the U.S. Department of Hous-ing and Urban Development (HUD).
The program allows eli-gible government agencies to provide housing related ser-vices and complete housing related projects that target low- to moderate-income cit-izens through partnerships with nonprofi ts and housing service providers.
Thornton has been receiv-ing these funds since 1986 and new CDBG projects are approved each fall by City Council.
The city receives ap-proximately $400,000 to $500,000 each year to fund projects. Since 2010, the following activities have been funded: Public Services (homeless service providers, senior services); Public Facil-ity improvements (medical and dental facilities); Hous-ing Rehabilitation (single-family and multifamily); and Streetscape Improvements.
Triplets Aliyha Caudillo, left, and her two sisters Audriana, center, and Ava sit on Santa’s lap during Noel Northglenn at the Northglenn Recreation Center Friday. Photos by Andy Carpenean
NOEL NORTHGLENN
City adopts new purchasing policy By Darin Moriki [email protected]
Thornton will now change the way it does business with contractors for public buildings following the adoption of several changes to the city’s screening and approv-al process.
These changes, which were laid out during the Thornton City Council’s Dec. 4 meeting, spelled out the policy on public input and transparency in construction of new public buildings and amended the city’s code to “promote fair and equitable working conditions for contractor employ-ees.”
Both measures were unanimously passed by council amid a stream of sup-port from city offi cials and community members.
The new policy will allow for the cre-ation of a Citizen Advisory Task Force charged with assisting council on the plan-ning, programming, design and siting of new public buildings.
The policy also provides for the creation of a Citizen Advisory Task Force on Con-tractor Workforce, and implementation of a set prequalifi cation procurement pro-cess and prequalifi cation criteria for pub-lic projects exceeding $50,000.
City Manager Jack Ethredge said these prequalifi cation criteria are designed to ensure eligible contractors have personnel procurement, workforce development and training and benefi t programs in place for employees.
“The essence of the proposal essentially was to try to put the city in the best pos-sible position of hiring qualifi ed contrac-tors who have a practice of being fair and equitable in the treatment of the people who work for them,” Ethredge said. “This policy is steeped in the essence of what I believe is a value of the people who reside in Thornton.”
Thornton Mayor Pro Tem Eva Henry agreed and said the new policies ensure lo-cal and regional job creation, while secur-ing a sustainable workforce for the build-ing industry.
“When we are giving out our tax monies to contractors, we expect them to not only build a quality product, but we also expect them to provide jobs for citizens in Thorn-ton, Adams County and Colorado,” Henry said. “We also want to make sure they pro-vide training so that way it brings in future generations to the city of Thornton with trades, which doesn’t happen very often.”
Thornton resident Thomas Tuttle said he likes the city’s newly adopted policy and said it ensures that only qualifi ed contrac-tors and employees take on public proj-ects.
“I feel this will bring much needed val-ue to construction projects in the city of Thornton by bringing qualifi ed work peo-ple to accomplish these projects,” Tuttle said. “In that tune, these guys and women are trained in what they do, they under-stand what the project is, and bring safety and value to these projects.”
Mrs. Claus plays a song on her acoustic guitar for children during Noel Northglenn at the Northglenn Recreation Center Friday.
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County hears DA salary proposalDave Young prepares for o�ce By Darin [email protected]
Dave Young, the new district attorney-elect for Adams and Broomfield counties, may be receiving a bigger paycheck over the next few years.
The Adams County commissioners con-sidered a set of proposals posited by Young during a Dec. 3 study session that laid out two specific compensation options: A start-ing rate of $192,027 with a 4 percent annual increase over the next four years or a flat $203,859 rate with no annual increase.
Young said current DA Don Quick re-
ceived $184,641 in compensation this year that accompanied a 5 percent annual in-crease.
Current laws require district attorneys in all of the state’s 22 judicial districts to receive a minimum compensation of $130,000. About 80 percent of that amount or $104,000 is paid out by the state leaving any remaining compensation to be covered by individual counties.
Of the 20 percent left in the DA’s salary, Adams County pays about 90 percent, while Broomfield County pays the remaining 10 percent.
Young said his salary proposal is in line with the amount of crimes and case filings facing the DA’s office.
Last year alone, he said, the county
ranked among the top three counties in the state for the number of individual court fil-ings received, including 4,156 felony court, 37,540 county court and more than 3,000 driving under the influence filings.
The proposed salary increase also comes on the heels of efforts to improve programs and initiatives spearheaded by the DA’s office. These proposed efforts include in-creasing elder abuse reporting, creating a mental health court and economic crime unit.
Young said the increased volume and complexity of some cases — such as the multi-year Quality Paving and Quality Re-surfacing scandal — is making it increas-ingly difficult for the 160 DA office staff to thoroughly process and investigate all in-
coming cases.“I think they could be better investigated
and that’s what we’re at failing now, because we don’t have the resources to investigate,” Young said. “It’s easy to say, ‘It’s a civil issue and not a criminal issue,’ but unless you get your feet in the water and investigate it, you’re really not going to know that. I think there’s an expectation of us to do more than just looking at it that way, but when you don’t have the investigators out there to go and do the leg work, it’s hard to do that.”
The compensation option selected by the county commissioners will be built into the district attorney’s office budget for the upcoming fiscal year and considered for adoption some time within the next two weeks.
District purchases bikes to enhance safety, educationBy Ashley [email protected]
Adams 12 Five Star Schools is expanding its physical education curriculum to include bicycles.
The district recently purchased a bike fleet that will be used in ele-mentary schools that have partici-pated in the Safe Routes to School grant from the Colorado Depart-ment of Transportation.
Since 2009, the district has earned the grant, which pro-vides funding to foster a safe and healthy environment at school and to provided bicycle safety so students. The grant has also al-lowed the district to partner with Bicycle Colorado, a local nonprof-it organization, to provide pedes-trian and bicycle safety education at 18 elementary schools, said Matt Schaefer, planning manager for the district.
“We saw a need to educate our students and we also had in-creased walking distances around the schools causing kids to have to go farther to school, which caused more congestion around the schools with vehicles,” he said. “So through the grant and Bicycle Colorado we are able help families
with tools so they don’t have to drive their kids to school and also provide a healthy lifestyle for stu-dents, creating a duel benefit.”
The district partnered with BikeSource to purchase 12 bikes at a discounted rate. Schaefer said there are three sizes of bikes to accommodate all levels of el-ementary ages. He said he hopes with the purchase of the bikes a seed will be planted in the district to continue the bicycle program long term.
“In three years all the schools will have participated in the Safe Routes to School grant program,” he said. “Each year we choose different schools with different socioeconomic statuses to allow for the program to reach all of our students, who all have different backgrounds.”
The bikes were picked up in early November and will be avail-able to teachers in late January. Kaitlin Wasik, school wellness coordinator for the district, said the students will learn the basics of riding a bike like checking the brakes and the air in the tires. She said students will also learn the proper way to wear a helmet and safety techniques like how to use a cross walk.
Student in the Adams 12 Five Star School District participate in the Safe Routs to School grant program. The district recently purchased 12 bicycles to help continue the program. Photo provided
Online school continues with renewal application processBy Ashley [email protected]
Colorado Virtual Academy, whose char-ter expires mid-2013, reapplied with Adams 12 Five Star School District.
Adams 12 administrators received the application on Nov. 26.
According to the district website, COVA representatives will present a 45-minute presentation to the board of education on Jan. 16.
The board will vote on whether to renew
the application on Feb. 6.COVA is Colorado’s largest online school
with around 4,400 students. It is a free, public school offering educational services to students in kindergarten through high school.
It has been part of Adams 12 for years, but in September, the board voted to ap-prove a waiver to retain an exclusive charter to the district.
The current five-year charter between Adams 12 and COVA expires on June 30, 2013.
Superintendent Chris Gdowski was in
favor the board’s decision because only a small portion of students who are enrolled in COVA actually live in the district bound-aries.
“Only about 250 students in the school’s 4,400 students live in the Adams 12 district and we have a lot of important work to do that is much better for kids within our boundary, that should be our focus,” he said.
Mary Gifford, the interim executive di-rector of COVA, said the COVA board decid-ed in July to submit a renewal application to the district.
“We remain confident that COVA will be a public school option for our about 4,400 students across the state in future years,” she said.
If the Adams 12 board votes to deny CO-VA’s renewal application, the school can ap-peal to the State Board of Education, or seek another district to authorize its charter.
For questions concerning the renewal process or for copies of the appendices as-sociated with COVA’s renewal application, please contact Patti Gilmour, charter school liaison, at 720-972-4135
THORNTON POLICE NEWS IN A HURRY
First-degree assault, disorderly conduct: Offi-cers were dispatched Dec. 2 at 12:26 a.m. to Joe Paloo-ka’s Bar at 3923 E. 120th Ave. in reference to a physical
disturbance at that loca-tion. When officers arrived, there were 15 to 25 people physically fighting in the parking lot. When they saw the officers coming, they
began to disperse and run from the scene. The officers contacted a 22-year-old Westminster man who was bleeding from a severe laceration on his arm and a severe stab wound in the left kidney area. The victim said he was in an argument with a group of people. When the fighting carried out into the parking lot, a suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed the man in the arm and back. That man is still at large. The victim was transported to a hospital to be treated for his wounds. Two people involved in the fight – a 29-year-old Thorn-ton man and a 24-year-old Denver man – were issued summonses for disorderly conduct and later released.
Shoplifting: A 33-year-
old Thornton woman was arrested Dec. 2 at 5:46 p.m. when she tried to steal $255 in merchandise from Walmart at 9901 Grant St. A loss prevention officer observed the woman walk around the store and col-lect various bedding and clothing items and place them in her cart. She then exited the store, passing all points of sale. The woman was issued a summons and later released. The mer-chandise was recovered.
Assault, obstructing police, resisting arrest: Officers were dispatched Dec. 3 at 2:15 a.m. to 388 E. 88th Ave. in reference to a family disturbance. They contacted a 62-year-old Thornton woman who had fresh blood coming
from her nose and mouth. She told them that her 38-year-old daughter from Denver came over with her boyfriend, and a verbal argument started. They were all intoxicated. The woman’s daughter punched her three times in the face. When the officers took the daughter into custody, she became uncooperative with them. She was processed and later transported to the Adams County jail.
Possession of an illegal weapon, child abuse: Of-ficers were dispatched Dec. 6 at 8:30 p.m. to Trailside Saloon at 10360 Colorado Blvd. in reference to a child abuse call. Employees at the bar told the officers that a couple were at the bar with a 6-month-old baby
boy. Officers contacted a 30-year-old Northglenn man and 21-year-old Thornton woman and determined that they were extremely intoxicated. They were taken into custody. The man was in possession of a switchblade knife, and the woman was found to have a warrant out for her arrest. Both were transport-ed to the Adams County jail. The child was released to the custody of a grand-parent.
Items in the police reports are compiled from public information con-tained in police department records. Charges or citations listed don’t imply guilt or innocence, and all people are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel 7December 13, 20127
County hears DA salary proposalcoming cases.
“I think they could be better investigated and that’s what we’re at failing now, because we don’t have the resources to investigate,” Young said. “It’s easy to say, ‘It’s a civil issue and not a criminal issue,’ but unless you get your feet in the water and investigate it, you’re really not going to know that. I think there’s an expectation of us to do more than just looking at it that way, but when you don’t have the investigators out there to go and do the leg work, it’s hard to do that.”
The compensation option selected by the county commissioners will be built into the district attorney’s office budget for the upcoming fiscal year and considered for adoption some time within the next two weeks.
District purchases bikes to enhance safety, education
Student in the Adams 12 Five Star School District participate in the Safe Routs to School grant program. The district recently purchased 12 bicycles to help continue the program. Photo provided
Online school continues with renewal application process“We remain confident that COVA will be
a public school option for our about 4,400 students across the state in future years,” she said.
If the Adams 12 board votes to deny CO-VA’s renewal application, the school can ap-peal to the State Board of Education, or seek another district to authorize its charter.
For questions concerning the renewal process or for copies of the appendices as-sociated with COVA’s renewal application, please contact Patti Gilmour, charter school liaison, at 720-972-4135
EMAIL: [email protected]
A little of this and thatAlthough the song lyrics say, “It’s
beginning to look a lot like Christ-mas,” it isn’t.
We were so excited last Saturday night when huge snowflakes began falling.
But five minutes later we looked out, the snow had quit and when we woke the next morning the dusting of snow was already melting.
But the weather channel told us that our mountains received a healthy dose of the million dollar stuff.
And we all know how we depend on our mountain snow to fill our res-ervoirs. So bring it on, we are waiting for a good old-fashioned blizzard.
That’s wrongLast week I heard state Sen. Greg
Brophy extol the benefits of year-around daylight saving time.
I’ll fight tooth and nail to keep that from happening.
All you need to observe is a bunch of elementary school kids standing at bus stops or walking to school in total darkness and it should convince us to
not put so many students in harm’s way.
Now we have Brophy extol the extra hour of daylight in the late afternoon.
Well, Senator Brophy, we don’t need that extra hour at the end of the day and you’re dead wrong about the whole issue, so give the idea up and go on to some other silly idea that you may dream up. But leave daylight sav-ing time the same.
If I had my way, I’d go back to basic standard time and quit playing around with “God’s time” as my Dad used to call it. And that’s all I’m going to say on this matter unless he at-tempts to introduce such a bill in the
next legislation session which will be upon us in just another month.
Another ChristmasAnd before we know it Christmas
will be here. I’m way behind with my candy and cookie goodies and not one card has been mailed.
But I’m certain that I will get into high gear soon. Besides how can we get the Christmas spirit without some measurable snow?
That’s what I’m waiting for. Hope-fully, you all are in high gear and your shopping is done, wrapped and under the tree.
Merry Christmas!Stay well, stay involved and stay
tuned.
Vi June is past Democratic state representative for House District 35. She is a former mayor of Westminster and a former newspaper publisher. A Westminster resident for more than four decades, she and her husband, Bob, have five grown children and eight grandchildren.
Don’t be shy about spreading good wordWho do you know? I mean who do you
know that you would feel really good about recommending or providing a referral for?
What if I asked it a different way? What if the question was this, who
knows you and who would feel really good about giving you a referral or recommend-ing you as a friend, or for a job, or to join a committee?
You see, networking happens all the time, whether we do it consciously, un-consciously, or subconsciously, we have an opportunity to participate at many levels.
I can share with you that many years ago, when I had my first big opportunity to join a company, the difference maker between why I was hired and beat out the other few finalists was because of the let-ters of recommendation that were sent on my behalf.
They were so strong that the hiring manager almost couldn’t believe it.
But after following up and speaking directly to the people who endorsed me, the hiring manager became convinced that I was the right candidate and offered me the position.
Facebook and LinkedIn have helped me to reconnect with so many people.
Some folks that I grew up with and went to school with, others that I served with in the military, and many people that I have worked with or had an opportunity to know professionally. Social media is awe-some in that way, connecting us with peo-ple from our past as well as our present. But even without the help of such enabling technology, we still have our immediate circle of friends, family, co-workers and as-sociates that help us and who we should be willing to help as much as we possibly can.
Just think of all of the wrapping paper, Girl Scout cookies, popcorn or gift cards
you have purchased from a neighbors child.
If you are like me, you just can’t say “no.”If we took this same concept just one
or two steps farther, we should be asking ourselves things like, “If I am going to buy a car I will buy it from that guy I went to high school with who is now selling cars.”
Or “If my spouse and I are going to din-ner, why wouldn’t I go to that restaurant that my neighbors own and maybe where my other friend’s daughter is a server?”
I am not sure about you, but I love refer-ring people, connecting people or busi-nesses, and making recommendations or referring anyone and everyone I know to people and companies that I can trust and who I know will deliver a better than good result.
Many of my friends and family mem-bers work for big corporations, and I am grateful for the work that they do and all the people that they serve.
But I must share with you that my heart goes out to the entrepreneur or small busi-ness owner and their staff.
One day, and maybe one day soon, you
will find yourself in a position to recom-mend someone, refer people to a business, or network with folks where you can help connect the dots between two people or businesses.
And you may just even find that when you are the consumer, when you do every-thing you possibly can to shop where your friends and neighbors are trying so hard to build their business, that you will not only be helping them, but you will truly be enriching your own life as well.
I am not sure about you, but I am going to go the extra mile in seeking out my con-nections and see if I can make a purchase, give them a recommendation, provide a referral, or help them network.
And I would love to hear all about your thoughts at [email protected] because when we all do lock arms and help one another, it really will be a better than good week.
Michael Norton, a resident of Highlands Ranch, is the former president of the Zig Ziglar organization and CEO and founder of www.candogo.com
What’s not to love about local eventsSNCW Singles Social Club, of which
I’m a longtime member, recently hosted uber-performer Leonard E. Barrett Jr. who literally sang for his supper. Following our weekly Sunday night dinner, Leonard, of the fabulous four-plus octave range, treated the group to over an hour of sub-lime vocals. This guy is so good and he is as personable as he is talented.
Leonard performed several Nat King Cole tunes that were in his Lannie’s Clock-tower Cabaret show. Our audience was also spellbound by his songs from Broadway musicals. The singer-actor is a member of the PHAMALY Theater Company and has starred in shows like “Guys and Dolls,” “Beauty and The Beast” and “The Wiz,” among many others.
He’s working on a new show for Lannie Garrett. It’s Johnny Mathis and I can’t wait. It will probably be at the cabaret, which is in the basement of the May D&F tower. It’s a lovely, intimate setting and is just perfect for Leonard. Keep an eye out for more info. You really don’t want to miss it.
What’s showing Around Town‘Tis the season for wonderful the-
atrical performances, and I’ve had a lovely time dashing around town to as many shows as time and sched-ule allow. Here are some options:
“Miracle on 34th Street, the Musical”Playing at the Arvada Center Main Stage
through Dec. 23, this classic holiday pro-duction poses the question, “Is Santa Claus real?” The show opens with a very abbrevi-ated Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. A shopper who looks very familiar ends up replacing a drunk, fake St. Nick on a float. He claims he really is Kris Kringle much to the consternation of the woman who hired him. She knows there’s no such person and has spent considerable time educat-ing her young daughter about such myths.
It wouldn’t be a good musical without some romance, much confusion, many misun-derstanding and some top notch singing and dancing. This is just one of those shows where you can sit back, relax and enjoy the performance. What a pleasant way to spend some time. For ticket information call 720-898-7200 or visit arvadacenter.org.
‘White Christmas’ at the BuellDown the road at the Denver Center
for the Performing Arts you can continue the holiday fun with Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.” Using another common prem-ise, we find a couple of show biz guys fol-lowing a sisters’ act to a gig in New Eng-land. When they get to the country inn, the men discover that the owner of the failing establishment is their old commanding officer. There’s been no snow and skiers are cancelling their reservations in droves. Well, needless to say, they have to do their best to save their commanding officer. Along the way, romance blossoms, of course. Some of the tunes include “Sisters,” (which I couldn’t get out of my head until I heard the aforementioned Leonard), “Blue Skies,” “I Love a Piano,” and, of course, “White
Christmas.” You have until Dec. 24 to see this one. Great way to spend Christmas Eve.
‘When We Are Married’Also playing just across the galleria
at the DCPA is a brilliant British comedy that plays out, as the Brits are famous for, with twists and turns. Always be prepared for the unexpected. Three middle aged couples are celebrating their mutual 25th wedding anniversaries when it comes to light that the clergyman performing the ceremonies was not properly credentialed. The couples, all very prominent and very visible in their small community, are all in a twitter. Each has a unique reaction to the news. The audience cheered aloud as one of the principals made a few changes in be-havior. “When We Are Married” plays only through Dec. 16 so make your plans quickly.
For ticket information “White Christ-mas” and “When We Are Married,” call 303-893-4100 or visit www.denvercenter.org.
Wishing each of you a Merry Christ-mHanuKawanza and the best holi-day season ever. And let the good times roll right on through the New Year. Until next time, I’ll see you around town.
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Don’t let the locals fall o� the cli�There is little time left before the nation
hits the so-called “fiscal cliff.” President Obama and the lame-duck Congress have an unprecedented number of issues to ad-dress — including some that directly affect every city, town, special district, county and school district in Colorado — and every Colorado taxpayer.
When they met right after the election, Obama and bipartisan congressional lead-ers agreed to a framework for deficit reduc-tion that includes both revenue increases and spending cuts. They will continue to flesh out this agreement over the next few weeks — but no state or local elected lead-ers will be at the table.
Their decisions to cut federal funds for education, highways, clean water, safe drinking water, housing and community development leave us only to ponder by how much.
And even more important to the long-term fiscal future of state and local govern-ments, these federal decisions could also sharply increase the costs for vital public improvements such as schools, roads, sew-
er systems, bridges and fire stations. Here’s how that could happen.Obama and the leaders of Congress
seem to agree that additional federal rev-enues must be part of any agreement to avert the cliff and to put the U.S. on a more sustainable budget path.
It appears certain that Congress will go after what are called federal tax expendi-tures — the largest and fastest growing part of the federal government’s budget.
This could cover income tax deductions like mortgage interest, employer-spon-sored health insurance, and charitable con-
tributions. Also, according to various congressional
study groups, it might also include munici-pal bonds.
Under current law, Colorado does not tax the interest earned by any family or cor-poration in Colorado from U.S. Treasury bonds. Similarly, since 1913, when the in-come tax code was first adopted, the feder-al government has never taxed the interest earned on a bond issued by a state, a uni-versity or by any local government; hence the term “tax exempt bond.”
If Congress suddenly changes this equa-tion and eliminates the municipal bond interest exemption, the borrowing costs of local governments will go up, thereby plac-ing more of a burden onto local taxpayers.
On Nov. 6, the overwhelming number of debt questions put forward by local officials to build new schools, repair city streets and build new water treatment plants received approval by voters throughout Colorado’s communities.
According to national statistics, state and local governments now shoulder over
75 percent of the costs of financing the na-tion’s public infrastructure. Last year, the country’s state and local governments is-sued nearly $300 billion in long-term bonds to finance essential capital investment — 47 percent alone went for public education and 21 percent for transportation.
We respectfully urge Colorado’s con-gressional delegation, individuals we know to have the very best interests of our state and nation at heart, to remember that their decisions and those of their colleagues over the weeks ahead could have profound impacts on state and local leaders here at home in Colorado.
Don’t let the locals fall off this cliff.
From Bruce Caughey, executive director, Colorado Association of School Executives; Ken DeLay, executive director, Colorado As-sociation of School Boards; Sam Mamet, executive director, Colorado Municipal League; Chip Taylor, executive director, Colo-rado Counties Inc.; and Ann Terry, executive director, Special District Association of Colo-rado
Economic times challenge mall redevelopment
When I last wrote about the status of negotiations with the unnamed master developer in late October 2011 for the Westminster Center (formerly the West-minster Mall), city staff had thought the critical pre-development agreement would have been finalized and approved early in 2012.
As we head toward the end of 2012, no agreement has been accomplished.
Staff tells me that negotiations are on-going, but the less than robust economic picture is making it more difficult than under normal economic times to pull the financial components together.
Perhaps the city’s staunch vision for the multi-use development concept may be a little hard to swallow for the master developer.
The City remains committed to a retail, office, high density residential and enter-tainment plan.
Control of site expandsSince the fall of last year, the city has
had the 100-plus acre site cleared of all buildings except Sears, J.C. Penney and a couple of individual pad sites such as Olive Garden Restaurant.
This fundamental step along with the acquisition of the separate land parcels represents an approximate $30 million investment of taxpayers’ dollars.
Earlier this year, Sears had a change of heart in wanting to stay at the site. So, the city’s urban renewal authority bought it out at a cost of $4.2 million, thus adding to the land controlled by the city — 90 percent of all land holdings.
It has been assumed all along that J.C. Penney would remain at the site and be one of the anchors for the new retail configuration. However, just recently, the Macerich Company, which owns the Flat Irons Crossing Mall in Broomfield, publicly stated their interest in luring J.C. Penney to its site. Whether it has its eye on the Westminster store or has the idea of adding a new J.C. Penney up the turnpike is open to speculation.
Complexity of a legacy projectThe change of attitude by Sears and
Macerich’s statement about J.C. Penney denote the ongoing churning and change that is ever prevalent in the retail/shopping center world. This adds to the complex-ity of securing anchors, and in turn, the tenant mix. Plus, no one can say which national retailers may be gone tomorrow due to a merger or bankruptcy. There are a set of dynamics providing challenges to achieve the legacy project the city coun-cil and staff are attempting. The city still believes it can accomplish an initial phase project with opening by summer/fall of 2015.
Some good newsAdams 50 School District is mov-
ing ahead with a STEM school plan. The focus on science, technology, engineering and math will take place at a stand alone school facility.
The former Crown Pointe Academy building at 72nd Avenue and Irving Street will be modified and rehabbed to meet the needs of this new exciting program.
Ultimately, 300 students will be enrolled in this program with an initial enrollment of 200 for the next school year. What is especially exciting is that the district is targeting 40 percent of the enroll-ment toward attracting students who live in District 50, but are currently attending a different school district. For the district to succeed academically and financially, it is critical that they are able to reclaim such students.
Longer winter daylightHow about state Sen. Greg Brophy’s
proposal to put Colorado on a year-round daylight savings time? I think the idea has merit. After all, who likes it to be dark at 4:30 p.m. in the winter? He plans to try again in the upcoming legislative session. Just think how much happier Coloradoans would be with that extra hour of daylight at the end of the day when it’s cold!
Less Mideast oil?Finally, now that the presidential elec-
tion is over, hopefully the president will be more relaxed to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. Increasing political pressure is being applied to gain approval of the $7 billion pipeline to transport oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. News sources say that support is gaining for the project on Capitol Hill.
The pipeline would complement the ongoing goal for the United States to be less reliant on Mideast oil. Let’s hope the right decision will finally be made without the campaign environment buzz still go-ing.
Bill Christopher is former city manager of Westminster and used to represent Dis-trict J on the RTD board of directors.
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North Metro Fire Rescue District chief appointed to state committee
North Metro Fire Rescue District Fire Chief Joseph Bruce was ap-pointed recently to the Homeland Security and All-Hazards Senior Advisory Committee (H-SAC) through the Colorado Department of Public Safety.
Bruce was appointed as the committee representative for the Colorado State Fire Chiefs and the state’s fire service industry as a whole.
The 21-member Homeland Security and All-Hazards Senior Advisory Committee is charged with assisting the state in becoming better prepared to prevent, protect, mitigate and recover from threats and hazards posing the greatest risk to the state.
Other committee responsibili-ties include advising and counsel-ing the State Homeland Security Advisor; formulating recommen-dations on the state’s Homeland Security Strategy plan; reviewing
grant funding applications; and providing policy guidance to the new Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
For more information on the Homeland Security and All-Haz-ards Senior Advisory Committee, visit www.coemergency.com.
Green Waste Recycling Center switching to winter hours
Northglenn’s Green Waste Recycling Center, 12301 Claude Court, will switch to its winter
hours throughout the month of December.
The recycling center is now open on the first Saturday of the month through March (Jan. 5, Feb. 2 and March 2) from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The center will continue to be open every Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Residents are encouraged to bring green waste such as grass clippings, leaves, trimmings and branches to the center so that it can be turned into mulch rather than
go into a landfill. Sod is no longer accepted at the recycling center and should be disposed of.
Only single-axle trailers are allowed and all loads must be cov-ered. The recycling center is only open to Northglenn residents, so those interested in dropping off ac-ceptable types of green waste must show proof of residency such as a driver’s license or current utility bill.
For more information, call 303-450-4004 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays.
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T here is no denying the profound impact that the recession has
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� e National Association for Realtors says that, de-spite � oundering sales, there are fewer foreclosed homes available now than in recent years. Distressed homes -- foreclosures and short sales sold at deep discounts -- ac-counted for 25 percent of homes sales in May of 2012. � at � gure is down from 28 percent in April and 31 per-cent in May of 2011.
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Requirements:• Cheerful and helpful guest service skills• Friendly and upbeat attitude
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NOW HIRINGRETAIL
Help Wanted
Are you interested in being afoster parent but don't havethe ability to commit to morethan a weekend or a week
at a time?
Consider becoming arespite foster care provider and
take foster children into yourhome in a way that fits your
busy schedule.
For details contact Tracy at303/225-4152
BIG R STORE IN ElizabethIS SEEKING AN
ASSISTANT MANAGERFULL TIME – APPROX 45 HRS
PER WEEKA associates degree or higher is
preferred but not requiredMust have 2 years of Retail Experi-
enceMust be Self Motivated & Detail Ori-
entedGood people skills
Farm & Ranch or Ag BackgroundVery Helpful
Basic Computer Skills, MicrosoftWord, Excel
Merchandising, Salesmanship, &Leadership Skills a Must
Must work well with Others & PublicGood Driving Record
Be able to type 20-30 WPMIf you are this person we offer:
Above average wages401k/Employee Discounts
Paid Vacation/Insurance Programs
You may pick up an application atBig R Store of Elizabeth
650 Beverly St. Elizabeth CoOr online at bigronline.com
Please return your Application [email protected]
or Mail toBig R HoldingsAttn Bill Briggs
350 Keeler ParkwayPueblo Co. 81001
Caregivers. to provide in-homecare to senior citizens who needassistance with activities of daily
living. Up to 40 hrs. per weekCall Today 303-736-6688
www.visitingangelss.com/em-ployment
Executive DirectorLone Tree Chamber of Commerce.Responsible for all aspects of theChamber operation. Call Chad 303662-9727, or Bob 303 768-9000 toschedule time to drop resume.
EXPERIENCEDFOSTER PARENTS
NEEDED!
Savio House is currently seekingexperienced foster/group home
parents to live on site at ourpremier group center located in
Lakewood. Applicants mustprovide a loving, nurturing, home
environment to children in thecustody of the Department of
Human Services. Qualificationsinclude: HS diploma or above, at
least 21 years of age, ability topass motor vehicle/criminal and
background check. Lucrativereimbursement for highly qualified
candidates.
For details contactRebecca at 303-225-4108 or
Tracy at 303-225-4152
GAIN 130 LBS!Savio House needs foster
parents to provide temporary carefor troubled teens ages 12-18.Training, 24 hour support and$1900/month provided. Must
complete precertification trainingand pass a criminal and motor
vehicle background check.Call Michelle 303-225-4073
or visit saviohouse.org.
Is now looking for 15 freaky fastsandwich makers and 6 super
speedy delivery drivers for a newstore location by the Colorado
mills mall. For more informationon how you can become a part of
the jimmy johns teamplease contact Mike Campbell at970 518 1620 or Steve Mustin at
720 940 0912
Help Wanted Help Wanted
Keep Kids Together
Abused and neglectedbrothers and sisters are often
separated in foster care.There just aren’t enough fosterhomes to keep them together.This leaves them sad, anxious
and confused and they feellike it’s “all their fault.”Give the Gift of Hope--
Become a Savio foster parent.
Call Tracy Stuart303/225-4152
Kennel Tech: Indoor/outdoor ken-nel chores. After school, weekends,holidays. Indiana & 72nd Ave. area.Call 8am-12 noon weekdays 303-424-7703
LEGITIMATEWORK AT HOME
Opportunity Backed by BBB, NoSales, no Investment, No Risk,Free training, Free website. Con-tact Susan at 303-646-4171 or fillout form at www.wisechoice4u.com
Western SummitConstructors, Inc. is seekingFormwork Carpenters (includingForemen, Leadmen & Helpers),Concrete Finishers, Concrete Pla-cing Foremen, Pipefitters, YardP ipe (Ope ra to r s , Laye rs &Laborers), and Tower Crane Oper-ators for Metro Denver areaprojects (58th & York and Cham-bers & Hess). Applications will betaken at 9780 Pyramid Ct, Suite100, Englewood, CO 80112, from 8-5 M-F. Send resumes to [email protected] or call(303)325-0325. WSCI is an EEOEmployer.
Work From Home
AVONGood earnings to sell or buy, CR,
Parker, HR & Centennial.Call for informationFay, (303)[email protected]
Significant Monthly IncomeGreat Local Team
NO Sales • NO InventoryNO Risk
INC 500 CompanyCall Stacy 303•908•[email protected]
Business Opportunity
Chocolatiers wanted! Do you lovechocolate? Would you like to earn alittle extra? Wouldn't you LOVE toput the two together and get paid toeat chocolate? For more informa-tion call Kathie at 303-898-1380
GREENWAY DEVELOPMENTDIRECTORJOB SUMMARY:Under the direction of the CountyAdministrator this position will leadthe development, inspire inter-agency cooperation, build relation-ships with land managers, seeknew funding sources, secure rights-of-ways and oversee constructionand maintenance of the ClearCreek County Greenway accordingto the Clear Creek Greenway Mas-ter Plan.
CompensationThis is a full-time salaried position.Compensation is $72,000/year andincludes a benefit package that in-cludes retirement, disability, andPTO. Also, this position is eligiblefor medical, dental, and vision.
To Apply go to:www.co.clear-creek.co.us under "IWant To…", "Find Job Opportunit-ies"
Please send cover letter, resume,application, and one to three pagewriting sample to:
Cate Camp, Humans ResourcesManager, PO Box 2000, Geor-g e t o w n , C O 8 0 4 4 4 ; e m a i [email protected] Takingapplications until 12/17/2012
Resumes submitted without a ClearCreek County Application and lateapplications will not be considered.C l e a r C r e e k C o u n t y i s a nA D A A A / E E O e m p l o y e r .
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Appliances
Maytag Washer &Whirlpool Dryer exc condReasonable(303)279-0602
Firewood
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random links, you load, you haul.$60.00 for pick up load.
Split firewood also available.303-431-8132
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Dogs
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Office 303-840-7347Mobile 303-902-1503
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303-423-8175
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Electricians
Radiant LightingService **
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Free estimates.Craig (303)429-3326
Fence Services
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10 yrs. exp.Free Estimates.
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Garage Doors
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*Snow plowing servicing theWestminster, Northglenn and
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Professional JunkRemoval
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We take what your trash manwon't. Branches, mattresses,
appliances, reasonable rates &prompt service 720-333-6832
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House Cleaning
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303-456-5861Servicing the Metro North and
Metro West areas
Landscaping/Nurseries
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FREE EstimatesFamily owned business with over 35 yrs. exp.
Call or emailRon 303-758-5473
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debris. *Gutter cleaning. *StormDamage Cleanup. Refs.
Servicing the Denver West andNorth areas
Mark: 303.432.3503
Lawn/Garden Services
Columbine Lawn& Sprinkler
Sprinkler Blowouts $40Aeration $40
Fertilization $30Gutter Cleanouts $35 and up
Licensed Plumberand Custom Contracting
Hardwood Floors,Fencing, Remodels,
Snow Removal
Tony 720-210-4304
Masonry
30 yrs experiencedbrick layer
Patios, brick laying, block work,pavers, & tile work.
Brick fireplaces & chimneys.Call Matt (303)419-3424
Misc. Services
Licensed and InsuredCall Us Today! 720-545-9222
STAIRLIFTS INSTALLEDwith a Warranty Starting at $1575
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Painting
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Small jobs or largeCustomer satisfaction
#1 priority
Call Bert for FREE ESTIMATE303-905-0422
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30 yrs experienceFree estimates303-450-1172
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Holiday market brings winter wonderlandShow features variety of wares, moods to fit the seasonBy Clarke [email protected]
The Foothills Art Center is taking the “winter wonderland” from song and bringing it to life with its 38th annual
holiday market.The market runs until Dec. 30 at the
center, 809 15th St. in Golden, and features more than 100 local artists displaying their hand-crafted work.
“We have every medium here, and some people wouldn’t even think of,” said Reilly Sanborn, executive director for the center. “Things like jewelry and crafts to wood-carved dog beds.”
The market is a juried exhibition, with artists contributing from as far away as Grand Junction and La Veta, but most are
from Jefferson County, according to San-born.
“Some artists live so close they can lit-erally walk their work to the gallery,” said Pam Fortner, who manages the market with Mary Beth Beach. “I think the jury did a great job selecting a wide variety of work that will appeal to a lot of people. There are a lot of options and price points for ev-eryone.”
Sanborn said one of the best things about the market being local is that it al-lows people to not only support artists, but Golden as well.
“It’s part of our mission to support Col-orado artists, and the sales tax go back to Golden, and we’re very proud of that,” she said.
While the items for sale are certainly the major draw of the market, Fortner and those she works with put a lot of time and imagination into creating a different deco-ration theme every year.
This year’s theme is a winter won-derland, and Fortner and her team have spread out more than 500 cellophane flow-ers in wintry colors — white, cranberry red
and lavender — throughout the gallery to bring that wonder to shoppers.
“This way we make it fun for people to just come and see, and it’s also fun to shop in,” she said.
Market shoppers will have no shortage of gifts and goods to delight them.
Sanborn said the market sells food items like toffee and homemade jams that sell out every year.
There are also the more traditional gifts like jewelry, which Fortner said is one of the market’s most popular areas.
“We have some wonderful glass artists with works that are both functional and gorgeous,” she said. “We also have some great fiber gifts — some great hats, scarves and jackets. Anyone with a taste for finely crafted clothing will find something here.”
Fortner also added that she asked all artists to contribute at least one hand-made ornament, and the results are six-trees worth of ornaments for shoppers.
Shoppers who come late to the market don’t need to worry about everything be-ing picked-over.
As work sells, the artists are informed, so they can bring more inventory or new items to fill the space.
“Our shoppers can find high-quality, hand-crafted, nice gifts any time, and they’re likely to see something new every time,” Fortner said.
For more information on the market, call 303-279-3922 or visit www.foothills artcenter.org.
The children and pets area of holiday art mart at the Foothills Art Center in Golden. Photos by Andy Carpenean
A collection of holiday hats for sale at the art market at the Foothills Art Center in Golden.
Meals go mile high
The Colorado Convention Center is stepping up its cuisine scene to incor-porate Colorado-produced eats into its concession stands.
Centerplate, the Convention Center’s official caterer, has brought in Colorado suppliers such as Polidori Sausage, Con-tinental Sausage, produce from Blue Bear Farm (Centerplate’s 5,000-square-foot urban garden), along with grass-fed beef burgers from TAG chef/owner Troy Guard, to up its good-grub game to ap-peal to conventioneers who bring in mil-lions of dollars annually to support our economy.
“We started this project in February by talking to talents in the country using local products and bringing authentic Colorado (cuisine) to the Convention Center,” said Laurence Rua, Center-plate’s regional vice president, during a press lunch last week.
All 14 of the Convention Center con-cessions are now sending a clear Colo-rado cuisine message to visitors.
“We’re designing food not just to eat, we’re designing food … to say welcome to Colorado, which is our theme of the redesign of the food program,” said John Sergi, Centerplate’s chief design officer.
QR codes on concession stand signs connect with the www.visitdenver.com website to take viewers to see other eat-eries around town where out-of-towners can dine.
Other chef consultants who were brought into the program’s redesign were Roberto Santibanez, a New York restaurateur and author of “Truly Mexi-can,” who created tortas and tacos using local ingredients, and Italian expert Bill Pustari from New Haven, Conn., who created pizzas using seasonal vegetables and locally sourced meats.
The public is invited to try out the new food program whenever the Con-vention Center is open.
Spoiler alertIf you haven’t watched your recorded
version of Wednesday’s “Top Chef” series on Bravo, don’t read this.
Denver’s Tyler Wiard, exec chef of El-way’s steakhouse, was told to “pack his knives and go” after he was paired up with CJ, one of the show’s past chef-tes-tants, after the reluctant duo bummed out the judges with a badly executed pork burger.
But don’t count Wiard down and out quite yet. Bravo continues the contest with “Last Chance Kitchen”, a web-only battle by the ousted chefs to win a place back on the big show.
On this week’s webcast, Wiard and CJ were again paired (to their amusement and chagrin) and challenged to make a dessert in competition against reigning “Last Chance Kitchen” champ Kuniko Yagi.
Chef/judge Tom Colicchio declared the pair the winners of the dessert chal-lenge for their cherry fritters and hay (yes, you read that right) ice cream. So they will move on to face the next ousted “Top Chef” contender.
To see the webisode, go to www.bravo tv.com/top-chef.
IF YOU GO
WHAT: Holiday Art Market
WHERE: Foothills Art Center
809 15th St., Golden
WHEN: Through Dec. 30
Monday through Saturday — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday — Noon to 5 p.m.
COST: Free admission
$1 donation encouraged
INFORMATION: 303-279-3922 or visit www.foothillsartcenter.org
Parker continues on Page 18
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The Pumpkins are coming! We are hosting a community Pumpkin Patch sale Oct. 17-31st at 1605 W. 106th Ave.
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End of the world?Party like there’s no tomorrow with a package
at Denver’s The Curtis — a Doubletree Hilton ho-tel on Dec. 21, the day the world will end, accord-ing to the Mayan calendar.
The Party Like There’s No To-Maya package, priced at $12,021 (does money really matter if Earth takes a powder?), gets you and dozens of your closest friends rental of the entire 15th fl oor, including the British Invasion Suite and the Roll-ing Stone Suite plus 22 guest rooms; limousine transportation to the downtown hotel; a full fl oor party with two bars stocked with top-shelf alco-hol, a spread of glutinous foods and decked out with party decor and rockin’ music; apocalypse-worthy guest room amenities including freeze-dried foods, gas masks, anti-radiation tablets and water purifi cations tablets; and a tattoo art-ist ready to give you the butterfl y or tribal tattoo that you’ve always wanted.
And if the sun does come out on Dec. 22, the
hotel’s Corner Offi ce restaurant will throw in brunch for 48 people and limo transportation home. To book the doomsday package, go to www.thecurtis.com or call 1-800-525-6651.
Meet the parentsFormer Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is
making hay in the New York gossip columns with a much higher completion rate than he ever had during his short stint here.
The New York Jets backup QB apparently has introduced actress girlfriend Camilla Belle to his parents, and “mom and dad approve,” according to an item last week in the New York Post’s Page Six column, which credits In Touch magazine for the initial report.
“His mom, Pam, likes that Camilla comes from a strict Catholic family, and loves that she does so much work with a children’s charity,” Page Six said, quoting an In Touch source. “Pam thinks Camilla could be the girl Tim has been waiting for!”
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Trice party is this weekThe third annual Trice Jewelers Holiday Party
is scheduled between 7 and 9 p.m. Dec. 13 in the store at 6885 S. University Blvd. (University and East Easter Avenue) in Centennial.
You can shop, sip and snack knowing a per-centage of the evening’s proceeds will go to the Cancer Center at the University of Colorado Hos-pital.
RSVP to Wendy Duncan at [email protected] or by calling 303-981-8850.
Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives in-sights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. She can be reached at [email protected] or at 303-619-5209.
Parker: Trice Jewelers Holiday Party scheduledParker continued from Page 17
YOUR WEEK: HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES THURSDAY/DEC. 13
AUDITION NOTICE Auditions for Creative Revolution Theatre Company’s upcoming murder mystery dinner theater production of “The Matchmaker’s Date with Murder” are from 5-9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, at North Valley Tech Center, Suite C1, Thornton. Email [email protected] to set up an appointment. Roles are for adults and teens ages 16 and older. Rehearsals will be the week of Jan. 7, and the show is Feb. 8-9 at the Thornton Arts & Culture Center, 9209 Dorothy Blvd., Thornton.
ARTS FESTIVAL Broomfi eld Academy (grades 1-8) presents its winter arts festival and program from 7-8:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13. Bring the kids and enjoy our play, singing, dancing and fun. Open to the public; fun for kids ages 5-14. The event is free. Call 303-469-6449.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/DEC. 14-16
THE NUTCRACKER Ballet Nouveau Colorado presents the traditional family holiday favorite “The Nutcracker” Dec. 7-9 and Dec. 14-16 at the Performing Arts Complex at Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 W. 84th Ave. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Free parking available on-site. Order tickets online at www.bncdance.com or call 303-466-5685.
SATURDAY/DEC. 15
CHRISTMAS CONCERT Ring Christ-mas Bells concert by the Risen Savior Lutheran Church’s Handbell Choirs is at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 at the church, 3031 W. 144th Ave., Broomfi eld. Tickets required; children ages 10 and younger are free. To purchase tickets, stop by the church offi ce during business hours or call 303-469-3521. Proceeds to benefi t the Risen Savior Handbell Fund. Visit www.rslc.org.
HOLIDAY CONCERT Rocky Mountain Brassworks performs its annual holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Broomfi eld Auditorium. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets available at the door or in advance at the Broomfi eld Auditorium box offi ce. Call 720-887-2371 for prices and hours. The auditorium is at 3 Com-munity Park Road, Broomfi eld. Visit www.rockymountainbrassworks.org.
SUNDAY/DEC. 16
HOLIDAY CONCERT The Broomfi eld Symphony Orchestra presents “Celebrate The Season With Song” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at Broomfi eld United Methodist Church, 545 W. 10th Ave., Broomfi eld. Traditional holiday will be featured with favorites by Leroy Anderson and Ralph Vaughan Williams, along with selections from Handel’s Messiah, with a 60-voice choir led by Dr. Rebecca Arendt, all conducted by music director David Brussel. Tickets available online or at the door. For information, visit www.broomfi eldsymphony.org or call 303-912-1649.
TUESDAY/DEC. 18
LIFETREE CAFÉ Fate, luck and divine intervention will be explored at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field St., Arvada. The event “Fate, Free Will or God’s Plan?” features a showing of Crossword, an award-winning short fi lm that follows a lonely Irish woman who fi nds solace in the daily crossword puzzle. The crossword clues seem to link mysteriously to her own life circumstances. Admission is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Contact Polly Wegner, 303-424-4454 or [email protected].
WEDNESDAY/DEC. 19
WEDNESDAYS AT 2 Covenant Vil-lage in Westminster presents a series of monthly events featuring expert speakers on a variety of educational and entertaining topics. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Call 303-403-2205 for reservations and directions. Lectures begin at 2; come early for refreshments and fellowship. For information, call 303-424-4828. Upcoming topics:
DEC. 19: “Paris: Biography of a City,” presented by Active Minds. We will trace the city’s history from its Celtic origins through modern times.
JAN. 16: “South Africa: Journey from Apartheid,” presented by Active Minds. Join Active Minds as we explore the history of South Africa, its struggle with Apartheid, and its journey to rejoin the international community since Apart-heid’s end in 1994.
THURSDAY/DEC. 20
HOLIDAY PARTY Friends Night Out for adults with developmental disabilities
is from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, at the Miramonte Lodge, 1200 Miramonte St., Broomfi eld. Cost is $20. The party includes snacks only; please eat dinner before attending. Call Molly Coufal, evening/social program director, at 303-404-0123 or email info@friendsofb-roomfi eld.org.
COMING SOONCOMING SOON/DEC. 22
LABYRINTH WALK To celebrate the winter solstice, Northglenn UCC is hosting a group labyrinth walk from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, at 10500 Grant Drive. Suggested donation is $5. Also, please bring donations of mittens and socks to place on or mitten tree to benefi t Boulder Bridge House (boulderbridgehouse.org), which provides homeless with meals, mental health care and case management.
COMING SOON/DEC. 24
DENTAL CARE Comfort Dental off ers free dental care from 7:30-11:30 a.m. Dec. 24. For locations, see www.Com-fortDental.com.
COMING SOON/DEC. 26
BLOOD DRIVE Walmart Community Blood Drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, inside Bonfi ls’ bus at 7101 E. 128th Ave., Thornton. For information or to schedule an appoint-ment contact Bonfi ls’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfi ls.org.
COMING SOON/DEC. 27-28
BLOOD DRIVE Snow Fun Community
Blood Drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, and Friday, Dec. 28, inside Bonfi ls’ bus at 14697 Delaware St., Westminster. For more information or to schedule an appointment contact Bonfi ls’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfi ls.org.
RECURRING EVENTSRECURRING/THROUGH FALL
HOMEWORK HELP Free drop-in homework center is open 3-5:30 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays at the Westminster Public Library, 7392 Irving St., Westminster. Call 303-658-2306 or visit www.westminsterlibrary.org.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 14
TOY COLLECTION New Dawn Chiropractic & Acupuncture is an offi cial collection site for this year’s U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. New Dawn will accept new and unwrapped toys through Dec. 14. Donors will receive a 25 percent discount. New Dawn is at 7597 W. 66th Ave., Suite 201, Arvada. Call 303-420-7707 or visit www.newdawndc.com.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 15
MINI SHOW Art Gallery 3698, 3998 W. 72nd Ave. in Westminster, will host its fourth annual mini show through Dec. 15. Call 303-487-1981.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 16
PLAYHOUSE SHOW The Festival Play-house presents “The Man Who Wanted to Be Santa,” through Dec. 16 at 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and
at 2 p.m. Sundays. Call 303-422-4090 or visit www.festivalplayhouse.com for information.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 21
HELP SANTA North Metro Fire Rescue District will accept donations of new or gently-used children’s coats and long pants as well as other cold weather wear or gift cards to purchase coats and pants for A Precious Child Inc., a nonprofi t or-ganization that provides basic essentials to disadvantaged and displaced children living in the North Metro area. Donations will be collected until Dec. 21 and can be dropped off at the North Metro Fire Res-cue District Headquarters or fi re stations. Contact 303-452-9910 or smulligan@northmetrofi re.org for details.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 23
THEATER SHOW “Miracle on 34th Street,” with book, music and lyrics by Meredith Willson, will show through Dec. 23 in the Main Stage Theater at the Arvada Center. The Arvada Center is at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. and provides free parking for all its patrons. Visit www.arvadacenter.org or call 720-898-7200.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 27
HOLIDAY SHOW The Broomfi eld Art Guild’s holiday show, “Inside/Outside,” runs through Dec. 27 at the Broomfi eld Auditorium Lobby, 3 Community Park Road, Broomfi eld. All artwork will be for sale and can be viewed from 2-6 p.m. Thursdays, 2-5 p.m. Fridays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Holiday gift items such as cards and jewelry will also be for sale. For information, see broomfi eldartguild.org.
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RECURRING/NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
NEWCOMERS CLUB The Northwest Area Newcomers and Social Club, serving the women of North Jeff co and Northwest Denver Metro, welcome women who want to meet new friends and have new activities. We will meet on the second Tuesday in November and December. For information and reservations, call Peggy Francis 303-215-9627 or Karen Dowling 303-422-7369.
RECURRING/THROUGH JAN. 7
ART DISPLAY “Fresh Expressions,” works by Betty Grace Gibson, Mary Bass, Dianna Wilson, Becky Enabnit Silver and Ben Silver, will be on dis-play through Nov. 30 at College Hill Library, 3705 W. 112th Ave., Westminster. The works also will be on display through Jan. 7 at The Ranch Country Club, 11887 Tejon St., Westminster. A reception is
from 6-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 for that display.
RECURRING/MONTHLY THROUGH MAY
FAMILY CONCERTS The Music Train and Swallow Hill Music presents the family concert series, at 4 p.m. the second Sunday of each month through May at Swallow Hill Music Association, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver; and at 4 p.m. the third Sat-urday of each month through May at the D-Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada. For information and tickets, visit http://ridethemusictrain.com.
LOOKING AHEADLOOKING AHEAD/DEC. 28
BLOOD DRIVE St. Anthony North/Centura Health Community Blood Drive is from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28 at 2551 W. 84th Ave., Aspen Room, Westminster. For information or to
schedule an appointment, contact Bonfi ls’ Ap-pointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfi ls.org.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 6
“GODSPELL” AUDITIONS Auditions for the Northglenn Players’ summer production of “God-spell” will take place Sunday, Jan. 6, by appoint-ment only. Prepare 16 bars from a contemporary musical and a comedic monologue (up to two minutes in length). Bring a head shot, resume, and sheet music. Accompanist provided. Small stipend if cast. Show is directed by Warren Sherrill and is for ages 18 and older. Call 303-450-8800 for an appointment. Callbacks are Wednesday, Jan. 9, and rehearsals begin in June. Performances will be July 19-27.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 12
WINNERS RECITAL Music Teachers Association
Suburban Northwest will have its ensemble competition winners recital at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at the School of Music at CU Boulder, 914 Broadway, Boulder. For intermediate to advanced music students performing in ensembles on piano, fl ute, strings and voice.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 21
CHILDREN’S THEATER Auditions for Mis-soula Children’s Theatre’s musical production of “Blackbeard the Pirate” will be Jan. 21. Check-in is from 3-3:55 p.m., and auditions run from 4-6 p.m. No late-comers will be accepted. No prepared materials are necessary. About 60 roles are available. To audition, you must be able to attend all rehearsals. Open to ages 6-18. Fee applies if cast. Rehearsals are Jan. 21-25, and performance is Jan. 26.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 28-29
TALENT SHOW Auditions for the 7th annual Night of the Stars talent show for ages 5-18 will be from 4-8 p.m. Jan. 28-29 at the D.L. Parsons Theatre, inside the Northglenn Recreation Center. Visit www.northglenn.org/talentshow for information. Call 303-450-8800 for an audition appointment. Dress rehearsal will be Thursday, Feb. 7, and the show will be Friday, Feb. 8.
LOOKING AHEAD/FEB. 10
PERFORMANCE CONCERT A collaborative performance concert of the Music Teachers As-sociation Suburban Northwest is at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. All levels of music students performing in ensembles on piano, fl ute, strings and voice.
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RECURRING AND LOOKING AHEADat 2 p.m. Sundays. Call 303-422-4090 or visit www.festivalplayhouse.com for information.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 21
HELP SANTA North Metro Fire Rescue District will accept donations of new or gently-used children’s coats and long pants as well as other cold weather wear or gift cards to purchase coats and pants for A Precious Child Inc., a nonprofi t or-ganization that provides basic essentials to disadvantaged and displaced children living in the North Metro area. Donations will be collected until Dec. 21 and can be dropped off at the North Metro Fire Res-cue District Headquarters or fi re stations. Contact 303-452-9910 or smulligan@northmetrofi re.org for details.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 23
THEATER SHOW “Miracle on 34th Street,” with book, music and lyrics by Meredith Willson, will show through Dec. 23 in the Main Stage Theater at the Arvada Center. The Arvada Center is at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. and provides free parking for all its patrons. Visit www.arvadacenter.org or call 720-898-7200.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 27
HOLIDAY SHOW The Broomfi eld Art Guild’s holiday show, “Inside/Outside,” runs through Dec. 27 at the Broomfi eld Auditorium Lobby, 3 Community Park Road, Broomfi eld. All artwork will be for sale and can be viewed from 2-6 p.m. Thursdays, 2-5 p.m. Fridays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Holiday gift items such as cards and jewelry will also be for sale. For information, see broomfi eldartguild.org.
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Holiday Recipes
PANHANDLE BEEF BRISKET RECIPE
Ingredients-2-1/4 cups ketchup-1-1/2 cups beef broth-1 large onion, chopped-1/2 cup packed brown sugar-1/2 cup white wine vinegar-2 tablespoons chili powder-2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce-3 garlic cloves, minced-1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper-1 fresh beef brisket (5 to 7 pounds), trimmed-2 tablespoons Liquid Smoke, optional
Directions1. In a large saucepan, combine the first nine ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; sim-mer, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. 2. Remove 2 cups sauce to a bowl; cover and refrigerate for serving. Place brisket in a shallow roasting pan; brush with Liquid Smoke if desired. 3. Pour remaining sauce over meat. Cover and bake at 325° for 3 hours or until meat is tender. 4. Let stand for 5 minutes. Heat reserved sauce. Thinly slice meat across the grain. Serve sauce with meat. Yield: 16 servings (2 cups sauce).
LEMON SUNSHINE CAKEINGREDIENTS
-Original recipe makes 1 10-inch fluted tube cake -1 (18.25 ounce) pack-age lemon cake mix -1/2 cup white sugar -1 cup peach nectar
-1 (3 ounce) package instant lemon pudding mix -1/2 cup vegetable oil -2 cups sifted confec-tioners’ sugar
-4 eggs -1/4 cup peach nectar -1 tablespoon lemon juice -1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
DIRECTIONS1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 2. Grease and flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as a Bundt®). 3. Beat lemon cake mix, lemon pudding mix, white sugar, eggs, 1 cup peach nectar, and vegetable oil in a bowl with electric mixer on
medium speed for 2 minutes. 4. Pour batter into prepared cake pan. 5. Bake in preheated oven until top of cake springs back when lightly pressed and a toothpick in-serted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, about
50 minutes. 6. Cool cake in the pan for 15 minutes before removing cake to finish cooling on rack. 7. Mix
confectioners’ sugar, 1/4 cup peach nectar, lemon juice, and lemon peel in a bowl to make a smooth frosting. 8. Place cake on a serving platter; poke
holes in top of the cake with a fork. Pour frosting slowly over the cake, allowing frosting to soak into the holes and drizzle down the sides of the cake.
ORANGE AND MAPLE GLAZED TURKEY
Ingredients
-Original recipe makes
1 20-pound turkey
-1 teaspoon salt
-1/4 teaspoon ground
black pepper
-1/4 cup butter, soft-
ened
-3 tablespoons
chopped fresh thyme
-3 tablespoons
chopped fresh sage
-1 (20 pound) whole
turkey, neck and giblets
removed
-3 tablespoons olive
oil -1/4 cup orange juice
-1/2 cup maple syrup
-1 cup chicken broth,
divided
-1/2 cup dry vermouth
Directions1. Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease a roasting pan.
Mix the salt and pepper together in a small bowl, and set aside.
2. Stir together the butter, thyme, and sage in a small bowl. Place the turkey
into the prepared roasting pan, and separate the skin from the breast through
the neck cavity. Spread the butter mixture evenly over the breast, then press
the skin back down on top of the butter. Brush the outside of the turkey with
the olive oil, then sprinkle with the salt and pepper mixture. Whisk together
the orange juice, maple syrup, and half of the chicken broth, and set aside. 3.
Bake the turkey in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone
and the juices run clear, about 3 hours. Baste every 30 minutes with the
maple syrup mixture. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the
thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 180 degrees F (82
degrees C). Remove the turkey from the oven, cover with a doubled sheet
of aluminum foil, and allow to rest in a warm area 10 to 15 minutes before
slicing. 4. Once the turkey has rested, remove it from the roasting pan,
and place it onto a serving platter. Place the roasting pan onto
the stove, and stir in the remaining chicken broth along with
the vermouth. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
Scrape the bottom of the roasting pan well to dissolve the
browned bits, then simmer over medium-low heat until the
gravy thickens, about 10 minutes total. Strain before serving
with the turkey.
Candy Cane Snowball CookieS
ingredients-2 cups butter -1 cup confectioners’ sugar -1 teaspoon vanilla extract -3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour -1 cup chopped pecans -1/3 cup crushed hard peppermint candies, or more as needed -8 ounces white confectioners’ coat-ing, chopped
directions1. Beat butter and confectioners’ sugar in a bowl until creamy; stir vanilla extract into butter mixture. Gradually beat flour into mixture to make a smooth dough. Stir pecans into dough; refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, 3 to 4 hours. 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 3. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. 4. Bake cookies in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove to cool on wire racks. 5. Place crushed peppermints into a shallow bowl. Microwave confec-tioners’ coating in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds; stir. Continue heating in 15-second intervals, stir-ring after each interval, until coating is warm and smooth. Dip tops of cooled cookies in coating, then press into crushed candy. Set cook-ies aside to let coating set.
BEEF TENDERLOIN WITH ROASTED SHALLOTSINGREDIENTS
-3/4 pound shallots, halved lengthwise and peeled -1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil salt and pepper to taste -3 cups beef broth
-3/4 cup port wine -1 1/2 teaspoons tomato paste -2 pounds beef tenderloin roast, trimmed -1 teaspoon dried thyme
-3 slices bacon, diced -3 tablespoons butter -1 tablespoon all-purpose flour -4 sprigs watercress, for gar-nish
DIRECTIONS1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In 9 inch pie pan, toss shallots with oil to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Roast until shallots are deep brown and very tender, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes. 2. In a large saucepan, combine beef broth and port. Bring to a boil. Cook over high heat until the volume is reduced by half, about 30 minutes. Whisk in tomato paste. Set aside. 3. Pat beef dry; sprinkle with thyme, salt and pepper. In a large roasting pan, set over medium heat on the stove top, saute bacon until golden. Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels. Add beef to pan; brown on all sides over medium high heat, about 7 minutes. 4. Transfer pan to oven. Roast beef until meat thermometer inserted into center registers 125 degrees F (50 degrees C) for medium rare, about 25 minutes. Transfer beef to platter. Tent loosely with foil. 5. Spoon fat off top of pan drippings in roasting pan. Place pan over high heat on stove top. Add broth mixture, and bring to boil; stir to scrape up any browned bits. Transfer to a medium saucepan, and bring to simmer. Mix 1 1/2 tablespoon butter and flour in small bowl to form smooth paste; whisk into broth mixture, and simmer until sauce thickens. Whisk in remaining butter. Stir in roasted shallots and reserved bacon. Season with salt and pepper. 6. Cut beef into 1/2 inch thick slices. Spoon some sauce over, and garnish with watercress.
Kahlua Creamy Fudge INGREDIENTS
-1 1/3 cup granulated sugar-1 (7 0z) jar marshmallow creme-2/3 cup evaporated milk-1/4 cup salted butter
-1/3 cup Kahlua Mudslide-1/4 teaspoon salt-1 teaspoon espresso powder-2 cups semi-sweet chocolate pieces-1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions1. Line an 8 inch square pan with baking foil.or parchment paper.2. In a 3 1/2 quart saucepan combine sugar, marshmal-low, milk, butter, Kahlua and salt. Bring to a rapid boil, stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Remove from heat; add the espresso powder and chocolate. 3. Stir until melted. Add vanilla. Turn into prepared pan.4. Cool on wire rack for 30 minutes and then refrigerate until firm. To serve cut into squares.
Serving: Approximately 2 1/2 pounds
Happy Holidays
LOOKING AHEAD/MARCH 14
SPELLING BEE Compete with other spelling whizzes in the 60+ Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Arvada Press/Mile High News, Brookdale Senior Living’s Arvada Sterling House and Arvada Meridian, and Prime Time for Seniors Newspaper. Prizes and refreshments included. This is a free event, but both contestants and spectators must register by March 2. Contestants must be 60 and over. Sign up soon; space is limited. The spelling bee is from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.
ONGOING/LIBRARY
PRESCHOOLERS GATHERING Prime-time for Preschoolers meets 10-10:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Anythink Huron St., 9417 Huron St. in Thornton. Admission is free. For more information, call 303-452-7534 or go online to librarianship.
MUSIC TIME Music and Movement meets 1:30-2:15 p.m. Wednesdays at Anythink Huron St., 9417 Huron St. in Thornton. Chil-dren ages 3 to 6 years can sing, dance, play games and learn how to play instruments. Registration is required. To register, visit the online calendar at librarianship. For more information, call 303-452-7534.
ONGOING/CLUBS AND SERVICESMONDAYS
ADULT SURVIVORS of Childhood Sexual Abuse Northglenn Women’s Group meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays. WINGS provides therapist-facilitated, peer-support groups in which survivors are believed, accepted and no longer alone. For more information, call 303-283-8660.
DENVER THYROID Cancer Support Group meets 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays at Montclair Recreation Center Lowry, 729 Ulster Way. For more information, call 303-388-9948.
GRIEF RECOVERY A 12-week Grief Share program meets at 6:30 p.m. each Monday at Arvada Covenant Church, 5555 Ward Road.
HYLAND HILLS Women’s Golf League meets Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, May through September, at 9650 Sheridan Blvd. For more information, call Bernice Aspinwall at 303-426-7579.
LA LECHE League of Broomfi eld meets 10 -11 a.m. the second Monday of the month at Brunner Farm House, 640 Main St.
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WonderfulThornton Winterfest PHOTOS BY ANDY CARPENEAN
The annual Thornton Winterfest featured the
turning on of the holiday lights, the miniature San-ta’s Village, an ice skating rink, a community tree decorating contest and a grand fi nale fi reworks show. The event was Dec. 6-9 at 108th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
Tasha Kister-Wolfe gives her daughter, Hailey, a hand on the Winterfest ice skating pond Saturday in Thornton.
Aspen Sanchez climbs stairs with other Thornton pre-schoolers to sing Christmas carols on stage during Winterfest Saturday in Thornton.
Sabine Boss serves pretzels for customers during Winterfest Saturday in Thornton.
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OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF BOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBY THE NUMBERSNumber of steals Ho-
rizon’s Ste-ven Sumey is averaging per game
this season. Through three games he has 16 to help the Hawks jump out to a perfect 3-0 start. He had 10 steals to help Horizon top Prairie View last week.
Number of rebounds C o m m u -nity Chris-tian’s Bryce H o d g e
pulled down Saturday aganst Faith Baptist. Hodge also scored 29 points for his third dou-ble-double of the sea-son. He is currently av-eraging 25.3 points and 13 rebounds for the 3-1 Crusaders.
Number of rebounds Ho r i z o n’s A l y s s a and Kay-lie Rader
have combined to grab through the Hawks fi rst three games. The sis-ter duo have also com-bined to score 70 points and have 11 blocks to help the Hawks improve to 2-1. Kaylie Rader is leading the team with 14.3 points and 11.7 re-bounds, while Alyssa Rader is averaging 10.3 and 10.7.
GAME OF THE WEEK
HOCKEYRalston Valley (1-0)
at Standley Lake (1-2), Friday 5:45 p.m.,
Ice Center at the Promenade
In a rematch of last season’s quarterfi nals, the Gators will be out for revenge after falling 7-1 to the Mustangs dur-ing last season’s playoffs. Ralston Valley also beat Standley Lake in the reg-ular season last year 5-4. The Mustangs lost to Re-gis Jesuit 3-2 in the state championship game.
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Legacy wins Gator Duals Deakin and Cassidy chosen Outstanding Wrestlers By Jonathan Maness [email protected]
WESTMINSTER - The Legacy wrestling team got a good jump on the 2012-13 season Saturday.
The Lightning took fi rst at the Gators Dual, sweeping all fi ve rounds to go a perfect 5-0 on the day and also had two wrestlers earn top honors. Freshman Ryan Deakin (106 pounds) was unde-feated and was chosen the tournament’s outstanding wrestler in the 106-145 class. Senior Connor Cassidy also went undefeated at 160 pounds and was chosen the outstanding wrestler from 152-285.
“I thought I wrestled well,” Deakin said. “I was light on my feet and thought we did a good job as team.”
Horizon, which sent both its varsity and junior varsity teams, took second and sixth. Overland was third, followed by Standley Lake and Faith Christian.
“It was a good early tournament,” Legacy’s coach Mike Thomp-son said. “There was a lot of great competition and we had a lot of wrestlers that wrestled well.”
Deakin had little problems in his matches; he pinned Standley Lake’s Dakota Ogata and Overland’s Daniel Cue Capota, and beat Horizon’s Jackson Huffman (10-6).
Cassidy was just as dominant at 160. He had two forfeit victories and pinned the three opponents he faced.
“Ryan did a great job, as did Connor,” Thompson said. “I think we had a lot of wrestlers that did well.”
Legacy’s Brian Mooney went undefeated, while Adam Otterman (132), Cole Randall (145) and Lucas Robinson (195) all went 4-1 for the Lightning.
Horizon’s varsity team won four of its fi ve duals. The Hawks lone loss came to Legacy, 47-27. Horizon also had three wrestlers that went undefeated, Brian Janovach, Matt Emerson (145), and Aus-tin Gonzalez (152). Gonzalez had four pin falls, while Emerson had three.
Standley Lake beat both Faith Christian and Horizon’s junior var-sity team, but had Nathaniel Carlson go undefeated on the day at 132 pounds. Carlson also pinned three of his foes on the day.
Horizon, Legacy and Standley Lake will all be wrestling at the Denver North tournament on Saturday.
Legacy’s 106-pounder Ryan Deakin wrestles Standley Lake’s Dakota Ograta at the Gators Duals on Saturday. Deakin went 5-0 and was chosen the tournament’s outstanding wrestler in the 106-145 class. Photos by Jonathan Maness
Horizon’s 138-pounder Hunter Lucas is close to scoring a pinfall on Standley Lake’s Daniel Hoang at the Gators Duals on Saturday.
Standley Lake’s 132-pounder Nathaniel Carlson wrestles Legacy’s Adam Otterson at the Gators Duals on Saturday.
Legacy’s 160-pounder Connor Cassidy wrestles Standley Lake’s Ryan Wosk at the Gators Duals on Saturday. Cassidy was undefeated and was chosen the outstanding wrestler from 152-285.
Standley Lake’s 152-pounder Roberto Maestas wrestles Horizon’s Austin Gonzalez at the Gators Duals on Saturday.
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All-Region soccer: Vigil garners coach of the year Holy Family’s Arguello chosen Player of the Year By Jonathan Maness [email protected]
BROOMFIELD - Nobody expected Jeff Vigil’s Standley Lake soccer team to do much in the coach’s second season.
In Vigil’s first year as coach of the Ga-tors his squad was a respectful 6-9, but that didn’t deter Standley Lake that.
The Gators only lost two of their first 12 games and advanced to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years.
And due to that Vigil earned the Met-roNorth Coach of the Year honors.
Standley Lake did fall to the Adams City, 3-0, in the opening round of the playoffs.
But that was after the Gators caused some havoc in the Jeffco League. They opened league 3-0-2 with a big 3-2 win over Chatfield.
What made Standley Lake’s squad spe-cial was there wasn’t one standout player; instead 10 different players scored two goals or more.
“We’ve had a great season,” Vigil said earlier this season. “Our kids have shown a lot of character.”
Also making the All-Region soccer team from Standley Lake was midfielder Sean Palizzi and goalkeeper Cameron Chacon.
Holy Family’s Preston Arguello was the MetroNorth’s Player of the Year. Arguello led the Tigers with 10 goals and eight as-sists.
He scored in eight of Holy Family’s 18 games and had two games in which he scored two goals.
He even had three assists in the 5-1 vic-
tory over Manual.Arguello had the Tigers lone goal in
their 2-1 loss to Kent Denver in the 3A quarterfinals.
Arguello, a four-year letterman, finish-es his career at Holy Family with 43 goals and 32 assists.
Also making the first team from the Ti-gers was Patrick Borer and Jay Elliott.
MetroNorth Newspapers 2012 All-Region boys soccer teamPlayer of the Year
Preston Arguello, Holy Family
Coach of the Year Jeff Vigil, Standley Lake
First TeamFW - Trevor Amann, Fr., Northglenn 19
goals, 1 assist, 39 pointsFW- Preston Arguello, Senior, Holy
Family 10 goals, 8 assists, 28 pointsFW - Eduardo Belmar, Sr., Pomona 10
goals, 3 assists, 23 pointsMF - Patrick Borer, Jr., Holy Family 9
goals, 7 assists, 25 pointsMF - Jay Elliott, Sr., Holy Family 4 goals,
7 assists, 15 pointsMF - D’Angelo Escobar, Soph., Skyview
1 goal, 5 assists, 7 pointsMF - Sean Palizzi, Sr., Standley Lake 3
goals, 2 assists, 8 pointsMF - Steven Salter, Sr., Mountain Range
8 goals, 4 assists, 20 pointsD - Dillon Douglas, Sr., Horizon 3 goals,
4 assists, 10 pointsD - Joseph Goracke, Sr., Legacy 1 goal,
1 assist, 3 pointsGK - Cameron Chacon, Sr., Standley
Lake 33 saves, 4 shutouts, 7 goals allowed
Second TeamFW - Ivan Armendaris, Sr., PinnacleFW - Kyler Fowkes, Jr., Standley LakeFW - Oscar Castorena, Sr., SkyviewFW - Devin Wells, So., Jefferson Acad-
emyMF - Dillon Fee, Jr., PomonaMF - Nick Rhoden, Sr., Holy FamilyMF - Carlos Diego Luna, Jr., Mountain
RangeD -- Daniel Salas, Sr., LegacyD - Cody Calcagno, Soph., Standley
LakeD - Dylan Pilkington, Sr., Holy FamilyGK - Robert Hanley, Jr., Holy Family
Honorable MentionCommunity Christian (Nick Gus-
tafson), Horizon (Christian Rico, Jared Rio), Legacy (Dreese Marrakchi, Jonah Cavender, Caio Miranda), Mountain Range (Chris Keil), Northglenn (Juan Pacheco, Austin Vang), Pomona (Loren Drewes, Dillon Fee, Tyler Hamilton), Sky-view (Adrian Avila), Standley Lake (Zach Hott)
Holy Family senior Preston Arguello, No. 7, is the MetroNorth Newspapers Player of the Year for 2012. Arguello led the Tigers with 10 goals and eight assists. Photo by Pam Wagner
Sports Roundup: Hawks stay perfect Rivas helps Horizon boys top Northglenn By Jonathan Maness [email protected]
THORNTON - Dustin Rivas scored 19 points to help the Hawks top Northglenn 73-50 on Friday night.
The Hawks (3-0) forced the Norse into 25 turnovers and jumped out to a 24-11 lead in the fi rst quarter.
Rivas and Josh Ralphs nailed three treys, while Jordan Radebaugh had a double-double with 10 points and 10 re-bounds for Northglenn.
CLEAN SWEEP: Holy Family boys and girls basketball teams both beat
Academy Tuesday night. Four different players scored in double fi gures to help
the boys win 72-46, and improve to 4-0. David Sommers scored 14, while Devlin Granberg and
Ryan Willis had 13 and Austin Brown chipped in 11.The girls (4-2) outscored Academy 34-10 in the fi rst half
to seal the 55-25 victory.
ALSO UNDEFEATED: The Mountain Range girls overcome a 7-point defi cit to
top Thornton 40-30 Friday to improve to 3-0.The Mustangs outscored the Trojans 26-9 in the second
half, Tory Travers led the way with nine points.Jefferson Academy girls beat Eaton 36-22 Tuesday to
improve to 3-0 on the young season. Alyson Thimsen had
10 points for the Jaguars.
HAWKS GET FIRST LOSS: ThunderRidge gave the Horizon girls its fi rst loss of the
season on Tuesday night. The Hawks were outscored 22-11 in the second quarter and lost 68-53.
ON THE ICE: Standley Lake hockey team picked up its fi rst win of the
season Monday, beating Coronado 10-2. Mitch McEwan and Christian Akita each had three goals.
BRUSH INVITE: Mountain Range grapplers went 4-1 at the Beetdiggers
Invite on Saturday. The Mustangs lost to Mesa Ridge in the championship bout 35-30.
HRANICKA, NELSON RECOGNIZED: Holy Family volleyball players Blayke Hranicka and Ty-
lynn Nelson each were chosen All-Colorado team honor-able mention.
Hranicka led the Tigers with 312 kills, while Nelson had a team-best 57 aces.
ON FIRE: Community Christian’s Bryan Hodge is averaging 25.3
points and 13 rebounds in the Crusaders fi rst four games. He scored 30 points and brought down 11 rebounds in
a loss to Battle Mountain and on Saturday he went for 28 and 20 against Faith Baptist.
Thornton Trojans sophomore guard Daezionte Henderson scores on a fast break against Wheat Ridge during fi rst half action at Thornton High School. The Trojans raced to a big lead and won 49-36. Photo by Andy Carpenean
HAVE A STORY IDEA?Email your ideas to Ad-ams County Sports Jona-than Maness at [email protected] or call him at 303-566-4137.
LIFERING SECULAR Recovery meets at 6 p.m. Mondays at Washington Park United Church of Christ, 400 S. Williams St. This is a nonprofi t, abstinence-based peer-support group for recovering alcoholics and addicts. For more information, call 303-830-0358 or go online to www.unhooked.com.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets at 7 p.m. Mondays at North Metro Church, 12505 Colorado Blvd. in Thornton.
WEST METRO Real Estate Investing Educa-tion Group meets from 7-9 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. We meet in Classroom 1. We cover all the information you will need to successfully fi x and fl ip or buy rentals with positive cash fl ow. We analyze deals as examples, talk about where to get funding, the best ways to fi nd a bargain and sometimes do property tours. Investors of all levels of experience are welcome but no agents please.
TUESDAYS
DENVER NORTH Metro Rotary Club meets 7:10 -8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at The Egg & I, 855 Thornton Parkway in Thornton.
LET GO and Let God AFG Al-Anon meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 12021 Northaven Circle in Thornton. For more informa-tion, visit www.al-anon-co.org.
METRO NORTH Chamber Leads Tuesday group meets at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Lone Star Steak-house, 237 E. 120th Ave. in Thornton. For more information, call Alan at 720-233-5873.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Group meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at 3585 W. 76th Ave. in Westminster. For more information, go online to www.nacolorado.org.
NEW SWING Swing dancing comes to Thornton 8:30-11 p.m. Tuesdays at Taps and Toes Dance Studio, 12720 N. Colorado Blvd. Beginners are welcome; World Champion Lindy Hop dancers Mark Godwin and Shauna Marble, along with
other dancers will provide instruction. Cost is $5. For more information, go online to www.markan-dshaunaswing.com/weekly_dances/.
NORTHGLENN AFG Al-Anon meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 11385 Grant Drive. For more information, go online to www.al-anon-co.org.
NORTHGLENN-THORNTON ROTARY Club meets at noon Tuesdays at Red Lobster, 1350 W. 104th Ave. in Northglenn. For more information, email [email protected].
NORTHWEST AREA Newcomers and Social Club meets at 11:30 a.m. every fourth Tuesday of the month at Wishbone Restaurant ,9701 Federal Blvd. in Westminster. The club serves the women of North Jeff co and Northwest Denver Metro. All women are welcome to meet new friends and have new activities. There are new speakers and topics every month. For more information, call Delores Jacobson at 303-425-4205 or email [email protected].
NORTH METRO Newcomer and Social Club
meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month for lunch and a program. We welcome all women who would like to meet new friends and fi nd new activities. Call Peggy Frances at 303-215-9627 or Karen Dowling at 303-422-7369.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Westminster United Methodist Church, 3585 W. 76th Ave. Contact Laura at 303-428-9293.
TAE KWON do Learn self-defense, get a workout and increase self-confi dence. Two classes avail-able on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the city of Westminster recreation division: peewees (ages 5-8), from 6:30-7:30 p.m., and ages 9 and up, 6:30-8 p.m. Classes at the MAC, 3295 W. 72nd Ave. Call 303-426-4310. Visit www.hupstaekwondo.com and www.ttatkd.com.
TALKING IDEAS Toastmasters Club meets noon-1 p.m. Tuesdays at 10155 Westmoor Drive, Suite 225, in Westminster. For more information, call Mary Taylor at 303-327-1616.
TOPS CO 538, a weight-loss support group, meets Tuesdays at St. Martha’s Episcopal Church, 76th and Bradburn. Weigh-in is from 6-6:45 p.m., followed by the meeting. For information, call 303-429-5923.
WESTMINSTER OPTIMIST Club meets at 7 a.m. Tuesdays at the Egg & I, 799 Highway 287, Broomfi eld. For more information, call John Swanborg at 303-466-5631 or email him at [email protected].
WEDNESDAYS
ARVADA BIZ Connection (http://www.meetup.com/Arvada-Business-Connection/) is an informal networking event that brings together local entrepreneurs. Meetings are Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at various restaurants in Olde Town Arvada. A $5 fee is collected from each attendee, which is then donated to a local charity at the end of each quarter. The 4th Quarter Charity is the Dan Peak Foundation who assists families in need. http://danpeakfoundation.webs.com/. For more info call Virlie Walker 720-323-0863.
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Police reported an elderly lady accidentally drove her car through the front window of a business Friday, Dec. 7, at 112th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. No injuries were reported. Photo by Donald Van Camp
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