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POSTAL ADDRESS Herald Englewood ourenglewoodnews.com January 11, 2013 75 cents A Colorado Community Media Publication Arapahoe County, Colorado • Volume 92, Issue 48 Printed on recycled newsprint. Please recycle this copy. Parents can’t visit jailed son Family asks to see man accused of attacking them By Tom Munds [email protected]Despite the plea by Mark Loats that he and his wife be allowed to visit their son Codell, who is in Arapahoe County jail and is charged with attacking them, 18th Judi- cial District Judge Elizabeth Weishaupl de- nied the request. “I sympathize with you and understand you will always love your son. However, I have reviewed the case and these are seri- ous charges against your son, so I will not modify the protection order which prohib- its contact between victims and suspect,” the judge said. “You son will be ar- raigned again on March 18 and you may raise the issue again at that time.” The judge’s ruling came during Codell Loats’ Jan. 7 arraignment. The 29-year- old is facing charges in- cluding first-degree at- tempted murder in the Sept. 14 beating of his parents in their home in the 4700 block of South Acoma Street. He was arrested Sept 16 in Morrison and has been held on $1 million bond. Codell Loats was brought into the court- room with a dozen other Arapahoe County jail prisoners. Handcuffs and ankle shackles were joined by a chain to a chain around his waist. He was clean-shaven and after talking to his lawyers, he frequently traded glances with the members of his family sitting in the audience. His first arraignment date in December was continued until Jan. 7. At the Jan. 7 ar- raignment session, public defender Julia Marchelya asked for another continuance because the defense was still trying to get medical records on behalf of the defendant. The judge granted the continuance and or- dered Loats return to court for arraignment March 18. Mark Loats then asked to speak to the court. He told the judge that he and his wife, who was by his side, were the victims of the attack but they love their son and it has been difficult because they haven’t been able to see him, even on special days like his birthday, Thanksgiving and Christ- mas. “We are his parents and we still love him,” Mark told the court. “We would like to be able to talk to him. My wife suffers from high blood pressure and not being able to talk to Codell is added stress and that isn’t good for someone with high blood pres- sure.” Weishaupl listened to the father’s com- ments and then thanked the husband and wife for coming to court. “I understand he is your son and you will always love him and I am sure you would like to talk to him, to support him,” the judge said. “But a protection order isn’t only for the victims, it is also for the defendant and I can’t modify it.” However, the judge thanked the parents for their appearance in court. “You being here today let your son know he is valued and there is someone who still cares about him,” she said. “So often, I see defendants in my court with no one here to support them.” Codell Loats Young hoop fans up to challenge Dozens show off basketball skills at Englewood event By Tom Munds [email protected]A couple hundred parents snapped pho- tos and yelled encouragement to their 7- to 14-year-olds as they dribbled, passed and shot basketballs at the Jan. 5 Nuggets Bas- ketball Challenge at the Englewood Recre- ation Center. “This is probably the biggest turnout we’ve had for the Nuggets Challenge,” Dave Parks, program director, said as he watched the hoop skills tests. “A lot of our kids are from our Englewood basketball programs, but this year, we have quite a few kids who are from the Bear Valley program.” There were about 90 kids registered for the challenge and they were divided into four groups: 7- and 8-year-olds; 9- and 10-year-olds; 11- and 12-year-olds; and 13- and 14-year-olds. In addition, there were separate competitions for boys and girls in each age group. Each child who signed up was scored on three different skills: shooting for ac- curacy from specific spots, dribbling a pat- tern through cones for time and how many passes hit a target. Angie Lawrence said the challenge was hard but it was also fun. “I liked the shoot- ing and the passing,” the Englewood girl said. “The dribbling was the hardest part for me. I dribble OK but I found it hard as I tried to do it as fast as possible. I messed up a little but I think I did OK.” The 13-year-old said this was the first year she entered the challenge but plans to work on her dribbling and sign up again next year. Englewood resident Chad Hanes watched his children compete in the chal- lenge. “I like it and I think it is a good pro- gram,” he said. “All five of my children like the challenge and really look forward to it. They are all competitive as they go against strangers as well as trying to do better than their siblings.” He smiled and said he likes to watch his kids, and so do a lot of other people, be- cause he feels three sons and two daughters who range in age from 9 to 12 all are the class clowns when they get on the basket- ball court. A short distance away, Anna Grosso awaited her turn for her next skill challenge. “Basketball is my favorite sport,” the 12-year-old St. Louis Catholic School stu- dent said. “I like shooting the best and I came today to learn what I could to help me be a better shooter.” She said she plays in a basketball league at her school and, in addition to basketball, she likes to play baseball and golf. Flora Martinez dribbles around the cones during the Jan. 5 Nuggets Basketball Challenge. About 90 kids signed up for the annual event at the Englewood Recreation Center to test their shooting, dribbling and passing skills. Photo by Tom Munds RTD smart-card program opens First phase affects those with EcoPass, CollegePass By Tom Munds [email protected]The Regional Transportation District ushered in the New Year by launching the first phase of its smart-card program. Holders of an EcoPass or a CollegePass can now use a smart card that changes the way those passengers let RTD know they rode the bus or light rail, and how RTD captures fare and ridership data. Before the smart card, pass holders had to always carry their pass with them and be ready to show it if asked. The smart card is a reusable plastic card the size of a credit card containing an em- bedded chip that instantaneously process- es information. An electronic reader vali- dates the card, updates information on the card, defines the correct fare and validates a transfer. RTD had volunteer smart card ambassa- dors like Pauletta Tonilas at bus stops and light rail stations to help anyone who had a question about how to use the new device. Tonilas was at the Englewood Light Rail Station for the morning rush hour Jan. 3 and 4. She said many people had no ques- tions as they used the card. Commuter Kevin Kabance swiped the reader with his smart card but wasn’t sure it worked. But Tonilas said the yellow light at the top of the reader showed the card had been read. “I’m not sure about the card,” Kabance said. “It seems like a good idea but I would rather have seen the turnstile system other cities use to make sure no one is not paying the fare.” He said he sort of likes the system but he had always carried his pass and had it handy if a fare checker requested to see it. “I guess this could be easier,” he said. “I just am not sure about the system so I guess I’ll have to wait and see.” Brent Fallsworth, a Littleton resident who is a CollegePass holder, said he will be getting a smart card and, from what he has read, it will easier for him to use RTD. “I ride light rail to and from classes at the Auraria Campus,” he said as he waited for the train at the Littleton station. “From what I am told, I will just tap the card on the reader and I’m good to go. It’ll be better than always having to have my pass in easy reach. That’ll be nice.” Scott Reed, RTD public affairs officer, said smart cards either have been issued or will be issued to all EcoPass and Colleg- ePass holders. He said some individuals like Fallsworth will receive their smart cards when college Card continues on Page 17
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Parents can’t visit jailed sonFamily asks to see man accused of attacking themBy Tom [email protected]
Despite the plea by Mark Loats that he and his wife be allowed to visit their son Codell, who is in Arapahoe County jail and is charged with attacking them, 18th Judi-cial District Judge Elizabeth Weishaupl de-nied the request.
“I sympathize with you and understand you will always love your son. However, I have reviewed the case and these are seri-ous charges against your son, so I will not modify the protection order which prohib-
its contact between victims and suspect,” the judge said. “You son will be ar-raigned again on March 18 and you may raise the issue again at that time.”
The judge’s ruling came during Codell Loats’ Jan. 7 arraignment. The 29-year-old is facing charges in-cluding first-degree at-tempted murder in the Sept. 14 beating of his parents in their home in the 4700 block of South Acoma Street.
He was arrested Sept 16 in Morrison and has been held on $1 million bond.
Codell Loats was brought into the court-room with a dozen other Arapahoe County jail prisoners. Handcuffs and ankle shackles were joined by a chain to a chain around his waist.
He was clean-shaven and after talking
to his lawyers, he frequently traded glances with the members of his family sitting in the audience.
His first arraignment date in December was continued until Jan. 7. At the Jan. 7 ar-raignment session, public defender Julia Marchelya asked for another continuance because the defense was still trying to get medical records on behalf of the defendant. The judge granted the continuance and or-dered Loats return to court for arraignment March 18.
Mark Loats then asked to speak to the court. He told the judge that he and his wife, who was by his side, were the victims of the attack but they love their son and it has been difficult because they haven’t been able to see him, even on special days like his birthday, Thanksgiving and Christ-mas.
“We are his parents and we still love him,” Mark told the court. “We would like to
be able to talk to him. My wife suffers from high blood pressure and not being able to talk to Codell is added stress and that isn’t good for someone with high blood pres-sure.”
Weishaupl listened to the father’s com-ments and then thanked the husband and wife for coming to court.
“I understand he is your son and you will always love him and I am sure you would like to talk to him, to support him,” the judge said.
“But a protection order isn’t only for the victims, it is also for the defendant and I can’t modify it.”
However, the judge thanked the parents for their appearance in court.
“You being here today let your son know he is valued and there is someone who still cares about him,” she said. “So often, I see defendants in my court with no one here to support them.”
Codell Loats
Young hoop fans up to challengeDozens show o� basketball skills at Englewood eventBy Tom [email protected]
A couple hundred parents snapped pho-tos and yelled encouragement to their 7- to 14-year-olds as they dribbled, passed and shot basketballs at the Jan. 5 Nuggets Bas-ketball Challenge at the Englewood Recre-ation Center.
“This is probably the biggest turnout we’ve had for the Nuggets Challenge,” Dave Parks, program director, said as he watched
the hoop skills tests. “A lot of our kids are from our Englewood basketball programs, but this year, we have quite a few kids who are from the Bear Valley program.”
There were about 90 kids registered for the challenge and they were divided into four groups: 7- and 8-year-olds; 9- and 10-year-olds; 11- and 12-year-olds; and 13- and 14-year-olds. In addition, there were separate competitions for boys and girls in each age group.
Each child who signed up was scored on three different skills: shooting for ac-curacy from specific spots, dribbling a pat-tern through cones for time and how many passes hit a target.
Angie Lawrence said the challenge was hard but it was also fun. “I liked the shoot-ing and the passing,” the Englewood girl said. “The dribbling was the hardest part
for me. I dribble OK but I found it hard as I tried to do it as fast as possible. I messed up a little but I think I did OK.”
The 13-year-old said this was the first year she entered the challenge but plans to work on her dribbling and sign up again next year.
Englewood resident Chad Hanes watched his children compete in the chal-lenge. “I like it and I think it is a good pro-gram,” he said. “All five of my children like the challenge and really look forward to it. They are all competitive as they go against strangers as well as trying to do better than their siblings.”
He smiled and said he likes to watch his kids, and so do a lot of other people, be-cause he feels three sons and two daughters who range in age from 9 to 12 all are the class clowns when they get on the basket-ball court.
A short distance away, Anna Grosso awaited her turn for her next skill challenge.
“Basketball is my favorite sport,” the 12-year-old St. Louis Catholic School stu-dent said. “I like shooting the best and I came today to learn what I could to help me be a better shooter.”
She said she plays in a basketball league at her school and, in addition to basketball, she likes to play baseball and golf.
Flora Martinez dribbles around the cones during the Jan. 5 Nuggets Basketball Challenge. About 90 kids signed up for the annual event at the Englewood Recreation Center to test their shooting, dribbling and passing skills. Photo by Tom Munds
RTD smart-card program opensFirst phase a�ects those with EcoPass, CollegePassBy Tom [email protected]
The Regional Transportation District ushered in the New Year by launching the first phase of its smart-card program.
Holders of an EcoPass or a CollegePass can now use a smart card that changes the way those passengers let RTD know they rode the bus or light rail, and how RTD captures fare and ridership data. Before the smart card, pass holders had to always carry their pass with them and be ready to show it if asked.
The smart card is a reusable plastic card the size of a credit card containing an em-bedded chip that instantaneously process-es information. An electronic reader vali-dates the card, updates information on the card, defines the correct fare and validates a transfer.
RTD had volunteer smart card ambassa-dors like Pauletta Tonilas at bus stops and light rail stations to help anyone who had a question about how to use the new device.
Tonilas was at the Englewood Light Rail Station for the morning rush hour Jan. 3 and 4. She said many people had no ques-tions as they used the card.
Commuter Kevin Kabance swiped the reader with his smart card but wasn’t sure it worked. But Tonilas said the yellow light at the top of the reader showed the card had been read.
“I’m not sure about the card,” Kabance said. “It seems like a good idea but I would rather have seen the turnstile system other cities use to make sure no one is not paying the fare.”
He said he sort of likes the system but he had always carried his pass and had it handy if a fare checker requested to see it.
“I guess this could be easier,” he said. “I just am not sure about the system so I guess I’ll have to wait and see.”
Brent Fallsworth, a Littleton resident who is a CollegePass holder, said he will be getting a smart card and, from what he has read, it will easier for him to use RTD.
“I ride light rail to and from classes at the Auraria Campus,” he said as he waited for the train at the Littleton station. “From what I am told, I will just tap the card on the reader and I’m good to go. It’ll be better than always having to have my pass in easy reach. That’ll be nice.”
Scott Reed, RTD public affairs officer, said smart cards either have been issued or will be issued to all EcoPass and Colleg-ePass holders.
He said some individuals like Fallsworth will receive their smart cards when college
Card continues on Page 17
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New year feels like all-clearWe’d come, my family and I, to the 16th
Street Mall to watch fireworks paint a final glittery statement to the departing year against the black backdrop above Denver’s skyline — or, depending on one’s perspec-tive, write a vibrant, joyful opening line for a new script.
The reverberating beat of up-tempo techno music pulsed through the light-hearted crowd, bundled in jackets and scarves as frosty puffs of breath rose and briskly dissipated in the winter air. A loud cheer echoed through the concrete canyon as rapid-fire, brilliant booms signaled the display’s end.
Just like that, one more cycle complet-ed, another set in motion.
“A new start,” 18-year-old Devin Wil-liams of Aurora said.
“New beginnings,” agreed Yekatena Breez, 24, of Russia, here visiting friends.
“A chance,” said Kevinia Pickford, also 24, of Denver, as she gazed into the sky, “to start up right again.”
For many, New Year’s Eve is more than a reason to celebrate. The older I’ve grown, the more I’ve come to appreciate the underlying reflection that threads through the traditional revelry. The clock is tick-ing away my minutes; I want to make sure what’s left counts. Although I consistently reassess and set goals, the transition from the old year to the new one provides a concrete place to shed pieces of my life that didn’t work and keep those that did, reshuffle priorities to accommodate evolv-ing experiences, or to just plant some new
dreams.The opportunity to be able to alter
course — if needed or wanted — at a mo-ment that provides a fresh and dependable starting point seems comforting.
“Every new beginning,” the Roman phi-losopher Seneca said, “comes from some other beginning’s end.”
The tradition of renewal is age-old.New year celebrations date back some
4,000 years to the ancient Babylonians, who believed the first new moon after the day in late March with an equal amount of sunlight and darkness ushered the start of a new year. For centuries, civilizations cel-ebrated New Year’s Day at different times of the year around festivals of religious significance. They celebrated much like we do, with music and dance and festivity.
While most of the world today marks Jan. 1 as the start of the new year, some countries still follow their own calendars. Depending on the moon’s position, the Chinese New Year, for instance, falls any-where between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20.
Traditions are as colorful and unique as
the fireworks that light up the night.Spaniards eat 12 grapes before mid-
night, each representing a month that will be either sweet or sour. Danes jump off chairs to symbolize leaping into the new year.
The Thai throw water on each other be-cause they believe water washes away bad luck and makes people fresh. The dropping of the Times Square ball in New York City has become an iconic countdown world-wide of the year’s end.
Regardless of the ritual or superstition, sociologists say new year’s celebrations are a way to let go of the past in a spirited, carefree manner before buckling down to start anew.
Continuous psychological rebirth.Monica McLaughlin, 48, of Highlands
Ranch, describes it as a reset button.“Maybe you didn’t accomplish every-
thing you wanted to,” she said. “Reset. It’s not `I have to go all the way back to the beginning. It’s where can I start from?’ … Basically, it’s to own your life as you can.”
Her good friend, Winston Murrell, 58, understands that sentiment. He is a tall man with a silvery stubble flecked across his cheeks and a navy blue New York Yan-kees beanie covering his head. He teaches middle school.
Eight years ago, a heart condition al-most ended his life. “Everything is a second chance,” he said. “I’m living on borrowed time.”
So, he looks to the challenge of the un-known, which comes full circle every New
Year’s Eve.“You look at what you have come
through in the past year and the promise of the future is before you. The future,” he said, “is unwritten.”
Like a clean sheet of paper waiting for the words of a story.
Devin Williams has some ideas for his: Get straight As in college. Be successful. Live a good life.
So does Kevinia Pickford, on this night working as a crosswalk officer ushering hordes of fireworks spectators safely across the street.
“My goal is to graduate from college this year, go into my nursing career and then start planning for school for my 2-year-old son.”
We headed home, the burst of fireworks already fading in memory, thoughts of tomorrow already scurrying through my mind, the tick, ticking of the clock inter-rupted by the excitement of possibility and purpose.
American businessman David Wein-baum has this to say about new ventures: “The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.”
I like that: Perpetual storylines of hope and promise. Constant rejuvenation — just like an old year giving way to a new one.
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.
Night of Stars auditions setTryouts will determine program for talent show
Kindergartners through high school seniors are ex-pected to show off their tal-ents at the Jan. 12 auditions as they try to land a spot on the program for the annual Night of Stars.
The Night of Stars is an annual citywide talent show. It is open to singers, dancers, magicians and jug-glers as well as musicians, but no bands are allowed.
The auditions will be held from 1:15 to 3:30 p.m. in the fitness room of the Englewood Recreation Cen-ter. The entry fee is $5 per performer and those plan-ning to take part in the au-
dition are asked to register in advance.
This year, for the first time, the categories will be voice, dance and vari-ety. Acts are also divided into three categories based on age — kindergartner through fourth-graders, fifth- through eighth-grad-ers and ninth- through 12th-graders.
There will be a dress re-hearsal Jan. 28.
Englewood Night of Stars will be held from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 1 at Hampden Hall, lo-cated on the second floor of the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Tickets for the show are $5, and children 4 and younger are admitted free.
Englewood’s first-place winners in each category will represent their commu-nity in the state competi-tion that will be held March 2 at Adams City High School in Commerce City.
The 2012 Night of Stars featured 39 performers, one of the largest lineups in re-cent history. The majority of entries last year were in the vocal category.
The Night of Stars traces its roots back to 1982 when the Englewood Recreation Department decided to of-fer area residents an oppor-tunity to “shine” on stage and created an annual tal-ent show titled Night of the Stars. The program contin-ued until 1993, when it was put on hold.
However, it was reintro-duced in 2004. About that time, Jenny Rulon, a rec-reation program director, spearheaded the effort to widen the scope of the tal-ent show by inviting recre-ation department in other cities to join together for a regional competition. The idea caught on and now there are more than a dozen communities that will en-ter performers in the state finals.
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SO MUCH INSIDE THE HERALD THIS WEEK
Legislative fore-cast. State Sen. Linda Newell, who was re-elected in November, expects children to be a major focus in the General Assembly this year. Page 5
It was 10 years ago. Remember the blizzard of 2003? Columnist Craig Marshall Smith does. Page 6
Sun fun. Castle Pines sculptor Mary Williams welcomed a crowd to enjoy her interactive artwork on the winter solstice. Page 8
Musical magic. The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra is coming to the area, along with the Ken Walker Sextet. Page 15
Heat help. The federally funded Low-Income Energy Assistance Program has already aided more than 5,000 Aparaphoe County households this winter. Page 16
Snazzy setup. A local pair o�er a way to turn your home into a top-end entertainment system ... and more. Page 20
Night of Stars auditions set The 2012 Night of Stars
featured 39 performers, one of the largest lineups in re-cent history. The majority of entries last year were in the vocal category.
The Night of Stars traces its roots back to 1982 when the Englewood Recreation Department decided to of-fer area residents an oppor-tunity to “shine” on stage and created an annual tal-ent show titled Night of the Stars. The program contin-ued until 1993, when it was put on hold.
However, it was reintro-duced in 2004. About that time, Jenny Rulon, a rec-reation program director, spearheaded the effort to widen the scope of the tal-ent show by inviting recre-ation department in other cities to join together for a regional competition. The idea caught on and now there are more than a dozen communities that will en-ter performers in the state fi nals.
Beckman bash brings bravos Commissioner served 12 years in Arapahoe By Jennifer Smith [email protected]
Susan Beckman’s going-away party was a veritable Who’s Who of the South Metro area, with everyone from mayors to ordinary citizens paying tribute to her 12 years as an Arapahoe County commissioner.
Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon offi cially proclaimed it “Susan Beckman Day.” State Rep. Kathleen Conti read an offi cial tribute from the Colorado House of Rep-resentatives. John Brack-ney, president of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, made her an honorary lifetime member.
“When I fi rst met her, I thought she was young and sexy and fun and smart,” Brackney said at the Jan. 3 gathering. “Now I’m old, and she’s young and sexy and fun and smart.”
That got a good laugh, even from her very proud husband, Littleton City Councilor Bruce Beckman.
Nearly everyone who spoke commended her work to preserve open space and the South Platte River corridor in particular, calling it a true legacy that will benefi t generations to
come.“You’re a rock star,” said
Commissioner Nancy Jack-son.
Commissioner Nancy Sharpe lauded Beckman’s creation of the “working group” concept, which brings stakeholders togeth-er to collaborate on regional issues.
The practice has been applied to the river cor-ridor, the High Line Canal and the Cherry Creek Basin corridor.
In 2008, the Denver Re-gional Council of Govern-ments recognized the South Platte Working Group with its highest honor, the Metro Vision Award.
“You don’t just focus on your community, you reach out to other communities too,” said Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella.
Several people spoke of Beckman’s work to protect children by spearheading REAL Colorado, which has led to a collaborative, stra-tegic reform of Colorado’s
human-services system; REAL stands for Respon-sive, Effi cient, Accountable Services delivered through Local�State Partnership.
But perhaps the most in-teresting compliment about
Beckman came from former Englewood City Councilor Laurett Barrantine.
“She brought one of my constituents back from the dead,” she said.
The Social Security offi ce had mistakenly declared an elderly woman dead instead of her husband, and she was in danger of losing her fi nancial assis-tance. Barrantine contacted Beckman, who was able to straighten everything out.
“That woman remem-bered that until the day she died,” said Barrantine.
Beckman capped the event by displaying a jacket with numerous nametags pinned to it, each one rep-resenting a different organi-zation she’s contributed to over the years.
“This isn’t really about me,” she said. “This is about everyone in this room, be-cause it’s about what we’ve accomplished.”
A good public servant, she said, wants to serve and keep their reputation intact with support of their family and friends, and the lucky ones achieve those goals.
“Leadership is danger-ous,” she said. “And it’s con-troversial, and it’s stressful, and there are a lot of long nights that go along with it. … Right now, I feel like the luckiest person in the world.”
Outgoing Arapahoe County Commissioner Susan Beckman speaks at her going-away party Jan. 3 at the county administration building. Photo by Jennifer Smith
Assault suspect arrestedEnglewood police arrested a
32-year-old man as a suspect in a felo-ny menacing case.
Offi cers went to investigate a report of felony menacing about 10:50 p.m. Jan. 1. Police talked to the 36-year-old victim who said he and a 32-year-old man got into an argument. The vic-tim said that when he attempted to leave the apartment, the 32-year-old grabbed him by the neck, held a knife to his face and reportedly threatened to “cut his face off.”
The victim got away after he suf-fered minor injuries to his neck and called the police. A witness to the in-cident corroborated the victim’s report and offi cers went to the apartment and arrested the suspect. He was ar-rested and taken to Arapahoe County jail, and could face charges of felony menacing.
Two arrested after stopAbout 5:30 p.m. Dec. 29, Englewood
Police Offi cer William Todis stopped a Jeep in the 3500 block of South Chero-
kee Street for a traffi c violation. An investigation led to the arrest of both people in the Jeep, not related to the traffi c violation.
The passenger, a 59-year-old man, appeared to be trying to hide some-thing. Offi cers took the man out of the Jeep and found a small baggie of suspected methamphetamine on the fl oor next to the passenger’s seat.
A routine check of the 28-year-old woman driving the Jeep found her driver’s license had been revoked.
Both suspects were taken to the Englewood Police Station. The baggie found in the Jeep tested positive for methamphetamine, so the passenger was arrested and taken to the Arapa-hoe County jail, where he could face charges of possession of a Schedule II controlled substance.
The driver was also arrested and taken to the Arapahoe County jail and could face charges of driving under re-vocation.
Money recoveredA traffi c stop enabled Englewood
police to locate a theft suspect and re-cover money stolen earlier that night.
The robbery was reported just after midnight Dec. 31 in the 3400 block of South Inca St. The 40-year-old victim told offi cers a bag of money contain-ing about $2,000 in cash and $1 silver coins had been stolen. However, the victim told offi cers he knew the man who took the money and had previ-ously played pool with him.
Later that night Englewood police stopped a vehicle near 10 E. Dart-mouth Ave. for a traffi c violation. Dur-ing the investigation, a man in the car was identifi ed as the theft suspect.
Police were given permission to search the car and, under the suspect’s seat, they found a bag that contained about $1,500 in cash and as they searched the suspect, they found nu-merous $1 silver coins.
A fi eld lineup was held and wit-nesses identifi ed the suspect as the man who took the money.
He was arrested and taken to the Arapahoe County jail. He could face charges of theft.
ENGLEWOOD POLICE BRIEFS
ENGLEWOOD NEWS IN A HURRY Two declare candidacy
The election isn’t until November, but City Council Member Rick Gillit has fi led his candidate affi davit de-claring his intention to seek another term as the District 4 representative, and resident Jim Jordan has fi led his affi davit to again be a council candidate, in hopes of representing District 2.
In November, residents will elect an at-large council representative, a representative for council districts 2 and 4 and a municipal judge.
Residents of the school district will
be asked to elect three board mem-bers.
City to observe holidayEnglewood’s city offi ces and
the library will be closed Jan. 21 in observance of the Martin Luther King holiday.
The city council meeting that was scheduled Jan. 21 has been post-poned until Jan. 22.
The Englewood Recreation Center, the Malley Senior Recreation Center and the Broken Tee Golf Course will be open on Jan. 21.
Sakdol wins awardArapahoe County Assessor Corbin
Sakdol was named 2012 Assessor of the Year by the Colorado Assessors’ Association at its 70th annual winter conference, held Dec. 3-6 in Pueblo.
Sakdol, a 23-year veteran of Arapahoe County government, is the fi rst assessor from Arapahoe County to receive the honor, which has been awarded annually since 1992. He was unanimously chosen by his peers from a fi eld of six nominations. The association represents Colorado’s 64 counties.
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C-470 talks wind into final stretch Coalition expects to make expansion decision soon By Ryan Boldrey [email protected]
After months of public outreach, town halls and community surveys, the C-470 Corridor Coalition expects to decide by March or April how to pursue expanding the busy freeway corridor from Interstate 25 to Kipling Street.
“I think overall people are saying there is something that needs to be fi xed when it comes to the conges-tion,” said Jack Hilbert, a Douglas County commissioner who serves as chair of the coalition’s policy commit-tee.
According to the coalition, east-bound travelers from Kipling to I-25 face delays of more than 11 minutes during the morning rush hour, and westbound travelers are delayed as much as 18 minutes in the evening. Growth along the corridor is expected to increase by more than 30 percent over the next 20 years.
Beginning with a series of tele-phone town halls in July, the coali-
tion has been busy presenting three options to citizens and area business leaders: tolling any additional lanes and keeping the existing lanes free; tolling all the lanes, old and new; and raising property or sales taxes to pay for additional new lanes.
“The one thing that has come across clear,” Hilbert said, “is that there is just no way in the world you could go back and toll existing road-ways. No matter what is decided, ex-isting (lanes) will remain free.”
Hilbert said the coalition is leaning toward a decision to toll any new or additional lanes to pay for construc-tion and maintenance. He said this will be discussed heavily at the coali-tion’s January and February meetings, when they go over results from a re-cent telephone survey conducted by Hill Research Consultants.
“If we go that route, construction could start in early 2014, if not sooner,” he said. “If we pick a fi nancing option that requires a vote (raising taxes), that obviously pushes it out further. But I don’t think those two options are what I am hearing citizens say. I’m hearing citizens say `yeah, fi x it, but we want someone else to pay the taxes.’”
Raising taxes was a popular option in the early town hall surveys, but ac-cording to Hill’s survey only 9 percent
of people were in favor of increased property tax and 42 percent favored increasing sales taxes. Despite the higher numbers, 42-41, in favor of sales taxes over tolling one new lane, the report suggested that there was not suffi cient support to secure pas-sage in an election as required by TA-BOR.
Possibility of four lanes now Hilbert said there is a possibility
that C-470 could expand sooner rath-er than later into four lanes in each direction.
“If our study on the fi nal design cri-teria and cost comes out and it is sud-denly realized that for very little more we could expand it to two new toll lanes, then that’s an option we have to think about,” he said.
“That roadway, as it is, has reached its life cycle and we’ve already put one major overlay patch on it. The fact of the matter is CDOT already has to come in and do a major reconstruc-tion on it. … If we join efforts, we could actually save costs all the way around and do the reconstruction and all of the expansion at the same time.”
For more information, to request the survey results from Hill or to leave a comment or question, call 720-515-C470 or visit www.c470coalition.com.
Mental health agency has new CEO Insurance reform, ‘health care neighborhoods’ are parts of agency’s agenda By Deborah Grigsby [email protected]
Longtime Littleton resident and veteran psychiatric nurse Joan Di-Maria has been appointed to lead the Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network.
DiMaria, who assumed the role of chief executive offi cer and execu-tive director on Jan. 1, brings with her more than three decades of experi-ence in the fi eld and a plan to better integrate mental health treatment into mainstream medicine facilities.
The Yale-educated New Yorker said one of her goals in her new position is to bring health care services together in a more community-oriented con-solidated concept, dubbed “health
care neighborhoods.”“We’re really looking at how we can
better serve the whole person,” said DiMaria. “And one of the ways we can do this is through better accessibil-ity — a one-stop shop where you can get all of your health care needs met in one place.”
Specifi cally, DiMaria said it’s not ef-fi cient for customers to have medical appointments in one location, mental health treatment in another and then have to pick up a prescription in yet another location.
“Many of our customers have to take two and three buses to just to get here,” she said.
Also on her list is dealing with health-care reform.
“We must also continue to prepare our organization to meet the require-ments of health care and insurance reform,” she said. “This includes pre-paring for the expansion of Medicaid-eligible individuals and for the Colora-
do Healthcare Exchange, which begins in October.”
DiMaria’s work as a psychiatric nurse brought her to Arapahoe/Doug-las Mental Health Network in 1990, where she quickly rose to become pro-gram manager, clinical director and deputy director.
Appointed as chief operations offi -cer in 2006, she also played signifi cant roles in the opening of the ADMHN pharmacy, implementing the mental health court, the Bridge House Acute Treatment Unit, and the Be Well Pri-mary Care Clinic.
“Arapahoe Douglas Mental Health Network provides excellent treatment for mental health and substance abuse disorders,” she said. “We are commit-ted to growing with our community and to continue to be an important part of healthcare services.”
DiMaria replaces Scott Thoemke, who retired from ADMHN in Novem-ber after 35 years of service.
Learn something new in 2013 ACC community education provides lots of opportunities By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]
There are new year’s resolutions by the doz-ens fl oating around. Some will make a difference and some will fl oat away on the
breeze. But acquiring a new skill
or nugget of knowledge stays tucked into one’s bag-gage and might make a dif-ference in how the next new year looks.
Arapahoe Community College, with its three cam-puses (Littleton, Parker and Castle Rock), is right around the corner for many readers and offers hundreds of op-portunities—within walls and online.
A look at the new Com-munity Education catalog reveals a few new offerings, but a visit to Arapahoe.edu opens up a world of possi-bilities.
For community educa-tion, go to Arapahoe.edu/communityed. Register on-line or in person.
New under “Personal Development” is Vicki Nel-son’s “Acceptance — the Transformative Power of Non-Resistance,” which runs from 6:15-8:45 p.m. on Tuesdays from Jan. 29-Feb. 5. What if you could elimi-
nate a major source of daily stress? Littleton campus.
Do you have a manu-script on a shelf, or partially complete on your comput-er? Consider “Beyond the Writer’s Closet: Progenitor” with Writer’s Studio chair Kathryn Winograd, where you can participate in writ-ing and creating the 2013 version of The Progenitor, ACC’s award-winning liter-ary magazine. Meets Jan. 24-May 9 at the Littleton campus.
Or, consider Juliett Hub-bel’s “Publishing Your Writ-ing” for a broad-based path to targeting an audience and submitting a manu-script. Legal and profes-sional steps are considered. Littleton campus, Jan. 22-May 7.
On another track: Con-sider “Beginning Handbells: How Do They Do That Any-way?” with the Smithtonian Handbell Ensemble, which readers may have enjoyed at the Winter Evening on the Farm in Littleton. This
is a one-night session on March 21 from 6-8 p.m., Littleton campus.
Prior experience not re-quired. Receive your fi rst pair of Ringer gloves. Per-haps you’ll be moved to seek a spot in a local hand-bell choir.
“Foundations of Water-color” with instructor/artist Marilyn Cassidy offers Part I and Part II, depending on experience. Also offered in Littleton, it teaches various approaches and techniques in this tricky popular me-dium.
Learn to control those edges. Part I runs Feb. 27-April 3 and Part II, which also welcomes beginners, runs Jan. 16-Feb. 20 at the Littleton Campus.
Finally, there are fi ve new one-night classes in interior design with Sharon Breay in Littleton, running from Feb. 5-March 12 on Tuesday nights.
It’s the time of year to consider a fresh look in one’s surroundings.
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Newell predicts focus on kids General Assembly also could tackle mental-health issues By Jennifer Smith [email protected]
As state Sen. Linda Newell looked ahead to the legislative session that began Jan. 9, she saw children being a major focus.
“I would say the core of legislation in both chambers will be a child-protection agenda, in response to the public concern that continues to be there,” she said.
To that end, she’ll work to improve the child-fatality review team that one of her previous bills established. It looks at cases of death by abuse or neglect and tries to de-termine what went wrong and how it could have been prevented.
“It’s never been fully funded, so we’re never had it fully effective yet,” she said.
She also wants to establish a statewide process for tracking cases through the sys-tem, as opposed to the county-based sys-tem currently in place.
“There’s inconsistency with kids being screened in or out, and we don’t have the data because every county does it differ-ently,” she said. “If a family moves, you have to start all over again, and one county might not know the other county had been deal-
ing with this family already.”Another bill she’ll propose would elimi-
nate a 30-day waiting period for children to be insured after they’ve lost their parents’ insurance for some reason, perhaps unem-ployment or switching to a job that doesn’t offer it.
Hand in hand with child protection are mental-health issues, which she expects to be another focus. Newell notes that the ma-jority of child-abuse cases also involve sub-stance abuse or mental illness in the home.
“It is something we absolutely have to get our hands around in the country,” she
said, adding that she supports Gov. John Hickenlooper’s proposed mental-health hotline.
With both the House and the Senate blue this year, there’s an expectation that civil unions or even gay marriage will be re-visited. Newell, a Democrat, supports civil unions.
“To me, it’s a civil rights issue,” she said. “I don’t believe it’s government’s role to dic-tate who can love each other.”
With Democrats in the majority, Newell says it might force legislators to work more cooperatively, or it might drive both parties toward their extremes.
“After such a contentious election cycle, I think it’s going to be hard for people to work together at fi rst,” she said.
“It’s going to be hard to look some of those people in the eye. It’s hard to go back and trust in your bipartisanship when you’ve been beaten up so badly and falsely accused.”
But the trained mediator who is a mem-ber of the Offi ce of Dispute Resolution Ad-visory Council thinks things will smooth over eventually. She’s also been assigned to the Ethics Committee, so she’ll have a pret-ty good idea how things are going.
Additionally, she’s on the Capitol Build-ing Advisory Committee, chair of the chil-dren’s caucus, vice chair of the Health and Human Services Committee and a member of the Workforce Development Council.
State Sen. Linda Newell, a Littleton Democrat, was re-elected in November. File photo
District Attorney George Brauchler hugs his father after being sworn in Jan. 7 in Centennial. Brauchler, a Republican, won the 18th Judicial District Election in November, defeating Democrat Ethan Feldman. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen
EMBRACING A NEW JOB Frozen ponds not always solid bet Ice, snow can create deceptive traps for people, pets By Deborah Grigsby [email protected]
Whether you have two legs or four, ice is never safe.
That’s what Capt. Dan Goldan of South Metro Fire Rescue’s dive res-cue team wants residents to know about walking on frozen ponds and lakes.
Since the fall of 2009, South Met-ro has responded to 14 ice rescues, according to public information of-fi cer Andy Lyon.
Six of those were animal rescues.“People assume the ice is safe,”
said Goldan. “While thicker ice will hold more weight, there is no way to tell if it’s truly safe or not, until you have fallen through, and then it is too late.”
Goldan explained that while sev-eral factors affect how ice is formed, and how much weight it can sup-port, the best way to prevent an ac-cident is for people and pets to sim-ply stay away.
Dogs, in particular, like to chase ducks and geese across a frozen pond, often putting them at risk.
Frantic pet owners, in turn, can put their own lives in danger by at-tempting to rescue an animal that has fallen through.
While it may be tough to resist helping a struggling person or pet, Goldan said the fi rst thing to do is call 911
Don’t try to rescue people or ani-mals alone.
“If a person or a 40-pound dog has already fallen through the ice, you are guaranteed to do the same, turning you into another victim,” explained Goldan.
“The fi re department responds with specialized ice rescue suits and is trained to rescue both people and animals.”
Lyon said ice water rescues are extremely dangerous.
“Icy water can sap a person’s heat, and their ability to move their arms and legs, in just a matter of minutes,” he said. “We might also point out that, in a fair number of cases, animals are able to get out of the water by themselves, but we still want people to call 911 whenever they see an animal go through the ice.”
WHAT TO DO TO AVOID ACCIDENTS• Avoid frozen lakes, ponds and creeks.• Keep pets on a leash.If a person or pet falls though the ice:• Call 911 as soon as possible.• Do not attempt to rescue them yourself.• Keep others off the ice.• If the victim is human, make contact and keep them talking• If a rope or cable is available, try throwing it to them, but do not go out on the ice to do so.• Wait for emergency responders.“While waiting for emergency responders, try to keep others off of the ice,” he said. “Make verbal contact with the victim, if human, and keep talking to them until help arrives. If you have quick access to a rope or cable that you can throw to them, try that, but do not aban-don the victim.”of those the person or the animal is out of the water by the time we arrive. We did save two dogs, in two separate incidents, last month
JAN. 11
CALL FOR entries. Letters About Literature is a national writing competition for students in grades 4-10. Students are asked to write a personal letter to an author, poet or playwright, living or dead, from any genre, explaining how their ways of thinking about the world or themselves have changed as a result of reading the author’s work. Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book coordinates the adjudication at the state level. All winning entries receive prizes and are published in the Student Literary Award anthology. Deadline for entry is Jan. 11.
JAN. 19
MUSIC WORKSHOP. Organists, choir directors and church music a� cionados are invited to a music workshop from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at First Plymouth Congregational Church, 3501 S. Colorado Blvd., Englewood. Take advantage of an opportunity sponsored by the Denver Chapter of the American Guild of Organ-ists to learn more about voice care and vocal techniques for singers, teachers and conductors (Barry Roberts); choral conducting 101 (Brian du Fresne); stepping stones to improvisation at the console (Denise Lanning), and easy Sunday
morning repertory for the organ (Tamara Schmiege). Cost is $25 for guild members and $30 for non members; $5 discount off ered for registration before Jan. 10. For information and registration, visit http://www.agodenver.org or call 720-226-3214 or 303-984-9381.
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Getting an early take on issues at the CapitolOn Friday, as a group of editors, manag-
ers and the owner of Colorado Community Media met with legislators in the hallowed halls of the Capitol, it occurred to me how much change can be jammed into a short, little span.
With the November election and the Democrats gaining control of both cham-bers, leadership in the House and Senate has taken on a decidedly different look in the General Assembly session that just started.
For all intents and purposes, the same topics and concerns are likely to surface.
The approach, however, I expect, will raise some eyebrows. And perhaps, some voices.
Because I live and work in Republican-landia, and travel back and forth between workplaces in Monument and Woodland Park via Ronald Reagan Highway, I often forget how evenly divided, and differently aligned, the state’s voters can be.
The state’s tale is of two Colorados (though not always the same two) - rural and urban, Front Range and Western Slope, and Democrats and Republican, and so on.
The lines are likely to be drawn over the expected issues:
• Legalization details for marijuana• Gun control measures• Death penalty• Increased school safety• Civil unionsThe fights will also occur in unexpected
areas. We received hints of possible work areas during our meeting.
House Minority Leader Mark Waller, R-El Paso County, said he plans to make higher education “an absolute priority.” Because education creates opportunity, he says, he will pursue efforts to establish merit-based scholarships and increase opportunity for technical training, and he thinks bipartisan efforts in these areas will bear fruit.
We also met briefly with other Re-
publican legislators: Sen. Mark Scheffel, R-District 4; Rep. Cheri Gerou, R-District 25; Rep. Carole Murray, R-District 45; and their various communications directors and staff.
Another area of concern is Medicaid and health care, which Gerou said “affects our two largest populations, children and the elderly” and will naturally be a hot topic. Waller also wants to address how re-turning veterans are dealt with as it relates to mental health, courts and the justice system.
From the Democrats, Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, who replaced Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, as House speaker, sees the focus this session being dominated by jobs and the economy. As his baby crawled around on the speaker’s conference room floor, he says he sees opportunity in help-ing businesses through “economic garden-ing.”
He pointed to a jobs-training bill prof-fered by Rep. Pete Lee, D-District 18, and other efforts aimed at job training and reducing the skills gap.
Ferrandino also cited K-12 education as being severely and seriously underfunded, and expects to tackle that, perhaps even
with bipartisan efforts.One of the most difficult jobs is going to
be figuring out what to do after voters’ ap-proval of marijuana for recreational use by adults. Rep. Dan Pabon, D-District 4, says he volunteered to serve on a 24-member, bipartisan task force that includes perspec-tives from health care, law enforcement and other government and non-govern-ment disciplines. And sifting though public policy decisions and recommendations regarding how to deal with issues related to potency, law enforcement, employee rela-tions and more might be a serious test for the new industry.
And then, of course, there is transporta-tion, where a plan is in the works to free up nearly $300 million in development funds for road projects.
As Rep. Max Tyler, D-District 23, and chair of the Transportation Committee, observed, “Everyone is the parent of a good idea.”
Rob Carrigan is the editor and publisher of the Pikes Peak Courier-View and the Tri-Lakes Tribune, Colorado Community Media publications. He can be reached at [email protected]
Bleepin’ blizzard, it was a big mess“Did he say 3 inches or 30 inches?”
That’s what I asked myself on the way to the grocery store on Sunday, March 16, 2003. I was listening to the weather report on KOA. I bought groceries for 3 inches.
Big mistake.I bought Diet Coke, angel hair pasta,
spaghetti sauce, a bag of romaine lettuce, and some soft-baked chocolate chip cook-ies. It would be almost a week before I was allowed to go back to the grocery store.
The dog and I took the groceries home and I did some schoolwork. It was my final semester of teaching. We were just a week away from spring break, when I was going to meet select students in New York City for my annual art museum tours. Then it was just a hop, step and jump until school’s out, forever.
By Wednesday it didn’t look like I was ever going to make it to New York because I couldn’t make it to the corner.
It sure looked pretty at first. But it seemed unusually relentless. The last big blizzard we had around here came 21 years before on Christmas Eve 1982. About 2 feet of snow fell. That one caused a lot of incon-veniences. But it was a junior blizzard compared to this one.
If you were here then, you know that there were life-threatening situations, restrictions on driving, broken water pipes, and all kinds of human interest stories.
By the time it was over we had close to 32 inches of snow. I had drifts that were 5 feet deep. I had to shovel a channel to the back yard to a little area that I had cleared for the dog. She didn’t always use the chan-nel or the back yard. Clean up on aisle 2.
I had enough dog food but not enough food for myself. It crossed my mind that I might have to develop a taste for dog food. In a particularly dark moment I thought I might have to develop a taste for dog.
The sweetest sound I heard in days was a snow removal truck just a block away. They were finally getting to the side streets.
One lane, albeit sloppy, was opened, I made it out and bought food, and got a New York haircut at Great Clips.
Most of the students had to re-book their flights. A few took red-eyes. But we all made it and when we arrived it was a delightful spring day. Some people were in short sleeves and shorts.
The war in Iraq had started on March 20. I was against it, but like everyone else I felt it would be over swiftly. We watched highlights — or lowlights — in restaurants and bars, and then went to our museums.
When I returned I saw that the 20-foot maple in my front yard had splayed. That was very sad. It had to be cut down. One of the snow-laden branches had damaged one of my yard sculptures.
But that was not the worst. I smelled the smell of water and concrete, in the house. That’s a perfume called Trouble.
I went downstairs and stepped into sev-eral inches of water, and watched the sump pump shoot water on the floor. The pipe had come apart while I was in New York.
I lost record albums, family pho-tographs and letters, documents, and artwork. It was devastating at the time. By now I don’t even remember exactly what I lost. It was life’s way of doing a de-acquisi-tion for me.
Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at [email protected]
Commitment is the watchwordHappy new year! Did you make any new
year’s resolutions this year? Are there any carry-over goals or resolutions left to con-quer from last year? Or are you still basking in the wondrous feeling of accomplish-ment from achieving and exceeding your own expectations from last year?
Whatever your situation may be, it is that time of year again to identify and pursue what it is we really want in this life for ourselves and for others. It’s time to stop being opportunistic, hoping that something good will happen for us or that someone will just hand us what we want most. It is time for us to become more strategic about our dreams and goals and actually make things happen for us instead of waiting for things to happen to us.
The easy way out might be to say that this sounds like more philosophical rheto-ric or feels like too much work. Well here
is the deal, we can either attach our sail to someone else’s boat, tagging along on their dreams and goals, or we can navigate our own ship on the seas of our own destiny. And the difference-maker will be our level of commitment.
But isn’t that always the case? I mean, we get these great ideas and set our new year’s resolutions to improve our lives in some way or do more for ourselves and
Sensibly armed citizenry is crime deterrentAppalling and tragic as any killing is,
whatever the weapon, we need to apply reason and reliable data in crafting solu-tions.
Hence, the knee-jerk response of de-manding additional gun-control legisla-tion should be dampened while calmer minds research and deliberate.
Data do not support the expectation that stronger gun-control laws reduce the incidence of shootings. For example, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, referenced in a 12/20/2012 Wall Street Journal article, ranks Connecticut high for restrictive gun laws.
Rather, a sensibly armed citizenry is a better deterrent. Whether criminally inclined or tragically misguided, a killer can and will obtain a weapon. People need to be able to defend themselves and their loved ones from attack.
In the Bill of Rights, the wise authors of our treasured Constitution firmly and unambiguously stated that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Very careful thought, not motivated by personal anguish or political agenda, must precede any step to erode that right.
Peg BradyCentennial
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others. And then before we know it, convenience takes over for commitment, long-term goals give way to our instant gratifi cation.
Commitment will be my watchword as I know that I have more to give, learn, do, and love in this world.
As I prepare to steer my ship this year and to help me grow personally, profes-sionally and spiritually, I am committed to do the following:
Personal growth: One of my favorite websites is www.candogo.com. OK, maybe it’s one of my favorites because I built the website. Even so, I am committed to spending just seven minutes each day watching fi ve video clips that will have an impact on my day. Here is where I get my daily dose of motivation and inspiration in quick little sound bites.
Professional growth: “The Sandler Rules: 49 Timeless Selling Principles
and How to Apply Them” is a fantastic book. In ad-dition to everything else I read, which is usually about one book per week plus the Bible and the newspa-per and various blogs and columns, I will commit to reading one chapter each week and work on building upon that specifi c sell-ing principle or skill. This book can be found at www.sandler.com
Spiritual growth: This will be a huge daily com-mitment and one that I invite you to join me in. I am starting a daily devo-tional reading, “The One Year Daily Insights.” It is a book written by Zig Ziglar and Ike Reighard and has 365 quick insights based on Scripture and tied to a motivational principle. I will be sharing my thoughts each day on Facebook, so please join me and share your thoughts and ideas as well. You can fi nd the book at www.ziglar.com/shop or on Amazon and you can fi nd me on Facebook
to participate or follow along. If you can’t fi nd me on Facebook or have a problem fi nding the book just send me an email at [email protected].
As I set my course for the coming year I know that these three things will have a huge impact on my results and I will be absolutely committed to each one for the entire year. Commitment is my watchword.
How about you? I would love to hear what you will do to navigate your life this year, the course you will set for yourself, and how you plan on making commit-ment your watchword for 2013 at [email protected]. When we know where we are headed, this really will be a better than good week.
Michael Norton, a resi-dent of Highlands Ranch, is the former president of the Zig Ziglar organization and CEO and founder of www.candogo.com
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Norton: Goals set for personal, professional, spiritual growth
Legislators heading into busy session I’m grateful that the voters of House
District 3 have placed their trust in me to represent them in the Legislature for the next two years.
I’m also grateful to Speaker-designate Mark Ferrandino for appointing me chairman of the House Judiciary Commit-tee, which watches over the state’s court system, its Constitution and laws, the state correctional system and other areas. The committee will be dealing with many of the important issues we’ll face in the legislative session that begins Jan. 9.
Our top priority is unchanged from pre-vious years: We have to fi nd ways to ensure a more robust state economy that supplies good jobs to more Coloradans.
Fortunately, Colorado’s economy is healing. Four years after the Bush reces-sion, unemployment is still too high, but it is coming down. Home prices are recover-ing and new businesses are springing up.
The “fi scal cliff” standoff in Washington shows us that we can’t rely on the federal government to help us. We have to help ourselves. So our job in the state Legisla-ture is to do what we can to bolster our
positive economic trends.The Colorado House Democrats will
present common-sense legislation to lay the groundwork for sustained economic growth.
We will make smart investments in eco-nomic development programs that have been proven to work, and we will take steps to ensure that Colorado plays a role in the high-tech economy of the 21st century.
But above all else, economic prosperity requires bolstering our education system. An undereducated workforce will rel-egate our state and its citizens to the back burner.
I am cheered by the action of voters in
the Cherry Creek, Littleton and Sheridan school districts to increase school fund-ing, proving that voters will accept tax increases for demonstrated need. But even in a rebounding economy, we will have to make more tough budget choices if we are going to restore our education system to pre-recession levels.
One way to ensure that we don’t waste our investment in education is by reaching out to young people who have graduated from our high schools but, through no fault of their own, lack legal immigration status. By giving them an easier path to college, we can help them reserve their place at the table. We must acknowledge that all com-mitted couples deserve equal protection under the law.
We must fi nd ways to bolster our mental health system and reduce the appalling level of gun violence in Colorado while we uphold the Second Amendment.
We must implement major parts of the Affordable Care Act, which will enhance access to care while also bending the cost curve.
We must make sure we reap the eco-
nomic benefi ts of oil and gas exploration in Colorado while we safeguard the health and safety of our communities.
In a time of rising temperatures and falling rainfall totals, we must take steps to mitigate wildfi re danger and protect our water supply.
We must make sure that voting rights are respected in Colorado.
And, since the people have spoken, we have to create a legal framework that per-mits the production, sale and consump-tion of marijuana by adults without risking the health and safety of non-smokers, including our children, and while navigat-ing the uncharted waters of our differences with the federal authorities.
As you can see, we have a crowded agenda for the 69th General Assembly. I’m eager to get to work, and I promise never to forget that I’m working on your behalf.
Daniel Kagan represents House District 3, which includes Sheridan, Englewood, Cherry Hills Village and Greenwood Village and parts of Littleton and unincorporated Arapahoe County.
Cliff deal is case of sheer foolishness The so-called “fi scal cliff” agreement
written by the U.S. Senate last week, ac-cording to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Offi ce (CBO), actually increases future defi cits instead of reducing them.
All of the Bush-era tax cuts were set to expire at the end of the year, and action had to be taken or taxes would automati-cally go up on everyone. However, I agree with the Denver Post editorial board, which said “the deal isn’t much of one at all.” No doubt, this agreement is far from being a balanced one.
The CBO projected that the value of the tax revenue gained by ending the Bush-era tax cuts for individuals making more than $400,000 and couples earning over $450,000 will be dwarfed by the projected $4 trillion more in debt over the next 10 years that is also in the package. This is not progress and this is defi nitely not solving the problem.
I supported the tax policy part because
the Bush-era tax cuts had expired at the end of the year and I thought that the proposal was more than fair by making the Bush-era tax cuts permanent for the vast majority of Americans. However, the cuts needed to change the trajectory of our defi cits and put us on a path where we could begin to reduce our dangerous debt levels were missing.
The most disingenuous provision of the agreement was how a two-month delay in the spending cuts, previously agreed to in
the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011, was paid for.
The 2011 Act was the last time Congress had to approve an increase in the debt ceiling, and in agreeing to that debt limit increase Congress approved an across-the-board cut to spending if the “Super Committee” did not fi nd a better plan. They didn’t.
Across-the-board is a poor way to cut the budget because it gives the same weight to programs that are vital as to ones that have little merit. I believe that the Pentagon is capable of making the cuts without hurting national security, so long as they can prioritize.
The BCA does not give that option, and so I’m all for delaying the cuts while a better implementation is found — but only so long as the new cuts identifi ed are still equal to the two months’ worth of cuts under the BCA that were postponed.
Unfortunately the Senate used prover-
bial “smoke and mirrors” accounting gim-micks that equal the necessary cuts — $24 billion — only on paper. So while the deal does make permanent lower rates for most Americans, it not only does not address our over-spending problem, it retreats from previous efforts to do so. In addition, nothing was done to simplify the tax code, or remove loopholes and special interest giveaways.
During my time in Congress I have advocated for specifi c and sensible defense cuts, supported a balanced budget, and voted against bloated government spend-ing and waste. I was not able to support this bill, but I will remain committed to fi nding solutions to our revenue and spending problems.
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman serves the 6th Congressional District, which includes Aurora, Greenwood Village, Centennial, Littleton and Highlands Ranch.
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Two Colorado natives — Angela Reed and Mat Hostetler — have been cast in the coming Denver engagement of the 2011 Tony Award-winning Best Play “War Horse,” playing Jan. 8-20 at the Buell The-atre.
Reed plays Rose Narracott and Hostetler plays Veterinary Officer Mar-tin. Reed grew up in Douglas County and graduated from Ponderosa High School. She studied theater and psychology at the University of Colorado, and holds an MFA from The University of California, San Diego.
Hostetler makes his national tour-ing debut in “War Horse.” He grew up in Glenwood Springs and received his MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver.
“War Horse” is the story of a young man’s beloved horse who has been enlisted to fight for the English in World War I. Tick-ets are available by calling 303-893-4100 or online at www.denvercenter.org.
Americana folk in ParkerFolk and bluegrass performers Stepha-
nie Bettman and Luke Halpin will perform their original acoustic Americana folk mu-sic in Parker, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave.
Bettman & Halpin’s records have received national and international radio play along with critical acclaim, both reaching the Top 10 on the National Folk DJ chart. They have just released a live CD.
The duo will play two full sets of live music with tickets starting at $11. Tickets can be purchased at www.PACEcenteron-line.org or by calling 303-805-6800.
Fitness at The Four SeasonsOK, so most of us make New Year’s
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“Our spa and fitness center are truly a unique offering in the Denver area,” said Matt Turner, spa director. “The option of membership is popular among Denverites who want to experience more out of their fitness routine.”
Fitness club membership costs $250 a month for one member of $450 per month for a couple. For more information on fit-ness memberships, call the Spa at The Four Seasons Hotel Denver at 303-389-3020.
Winner, winner special dinnersDazzleJazz Restaurant and club at 930
Lincoln St. celebrates its 15th anniver-sary from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Jan. 15 with a benefit for The Gift of Jazz, supporting the past, present and future of jazz in the Rocky Mountain region.
Food will be presented by chefs Duncan Smith and Benjamin Erickson, desserts by Karen Storck, live jazz performance by The Bob Montgomery/Pete Olstad Big Band and a Dazzle recording session with The Funky Fresh Trio and guests.
To RSVP online (suggested minimum donation of $30), go to www.blacktie-colorado.com/rsvp and enter event code: DAZZLE115.Come support awesome own-er Donald Rossa who has tirelessly toiled to make Dazzle a great space for jazz, food and a famous happy hour.
Also Jan. 15, celebrity chef Jenna Jo-hansen (from Bravo’s “Around the World in 80 Plates”) is the special guest chef along
The winter solstice celebration in Castle Pines could become a holiday tradition if Mary Williams has her way.
Williams on Dec. 21 welcomed a crowd to the second annual solstice celebration and a chance to enjoy her interactive art on permanent display at Elk Ridge Park.
The Castle Pines artist in 2011 unveiled her solstice sculptures at the park and was on her own for that year’s winter cel-ebration. With the help of the City of Castle Pines and word of mouth in her neighbor-hood, the 2012 celebration was more of a community event.
Nearly 50 people joined Williams at the park around the noon hour on winter sol-stice, the shortest day of the year and the day when the sun is at its lowest altitude. Williams’s solstice sculptures comprise a summer display at one end of the park and a winter display at the other.
The functional pieces were inspired by the Anasazi Sun Dagger in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon. The Sun Dagger marks the extreme positions of the sun and moon during the summer and winter solstices and is said to be an ancient calendar.
Notable in the discovery of the Sun Dag-ger, a rock formation believed to have been used by the Anasazi to plan their planting seasons, was that the formation was discov-
ered by an artist, Williams said.“After several visits, they realized it was a
solstice,” she said.The same sense of discovery moved
those who joined the winter celebration, in-cluding residents who asked how the sculp-ture worked, when the solstice started and “what are we looking for?”
Others came with answers and used the outing as an educational opportunity.
Karen Keller of Castle Pines home-schools her three elementary school-age children and prepared for the solstice cel-
ebration with lessons about the solstice in ancient cultures.
The pinnacle of Keller’s lessons was the outing to visit the sculptures on the day the sun was to shine its light through Williams’s taller sculpture and, at the noon hour, il-luminate a sunbeam in perfect formation upon the ground-mounted sculpture.
“Some ancient cultures believed it was evil spirits and would have ceremonies to bring the sun back,” she said. “Other cul-tures would build a sculpture so they would know when the sun was coming back.”
Castle Pines artist Mary Williams welcomed about 50 visitors to the Dec. 21 solstice celebration at Elk Ridge Park. Photos by Rhonda Moore
Everleigh Lovitt of Castle Pines joined her mother and little brother at the winter solstice celebration in Elk Ridge Park.
The Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering enters its 24th year of celebrating the cowboy way of life — romanticized and other-wise.
It’s presented this year on Jan. 17-20 at the American Moun-taineering Center in Golden, the re-purposed former Golden Ju-nior and Senior High School, at 710 10th St.
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Sat-urday, plus matinees at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and 10 a.m. Saturday. Cowboy Church is at 10 a.m. Sunday. See the web-site for schedule of entertainers at www.coloradocowboygather-ing.com. This is the second year in Golden for this unique event, which spent 10 years at the Ar-vada Center and has been wan-dering to various venues since.
Each show will be different. There is a special focus on cow-boy poetry, an art form that grew out of long days in the saddle. Cowboys would gather around a campfire at night and entertain
each other with tall tales and songs. Poets, Western singers and old-fashioned yodelers will spin songs and stories about the happy times and rough times ex-perienced in life in the Old West — the West of legends, films and books. And they will look at con-temporary life as well.
Performers include: Eli Bar-si, Sam DeLeeuw, Bill Barwick, John Schaffner, Skip Gorman, Pop Wagner, Mike Blakely and Ernie Martinez. Also: Bary Ward, Liz Masterson, Jon Chandler, Yampa Valley Boys, Patty Clay-ton, Gary McMahan, Al “Doc” Mehl, Doris Daley, Chick Pyle.
Some are local musicians
who have appeared at the Little-ton Museum over recent years.
Families are welcome at these performances and program-ming is fashioned for kids age 8 and older, especially at themed matinees, where there will be stories of cattle drives and life on the plains.
When the munchies strike, there will be cowboy grub served from the Authentic Chuck Wag-on, owned by John Schaffner. Hours: 5-7 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Ticket prices vary, see web-site, or there is a super ticket for all six shows. Parker continues on Page 14
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Cost is $65, which includes an amuse bouche and four courses with paired wines, a seasonal cocktail or craft beer.
Please RSVP to 303-379-9759.At 6 p.m. Jan. 10, 1515 Restaurant at
1515 Market St., hosts Portland-based Widmer Brothers Brewery for a special beer dinner.
Executive Chef Garren Teich will prepare four courses to be paired with the Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen, the Reserve Series: Old Embalmer Barleywine, the Nelson Imperial IPA and other craft brews made in Oregon.
The dinner at the beer tasting is $40 per person, not including tax and gra-tuity. Reservations: 303-571-0011 or [email protected].
“This will be a sumptuous dinner paired with great Widmer Brothers’ beers,” said 1515 Lounge manager Brandon Schlag. “It’s only January, but this will be one of the beer events to remember in 2013.”
The seenAward-winning actor and East High
School grad Don Cheadle celebrating on New Year’s Eve at Rioja on Larimer Square. Cheadle’s second season of Showtime’s
original series “House of Lies” premieres on Jan. 13.
Rockmount going strongRockmount Ranch Wear, the LoDo-
based Western snap-front shirt maker and a favorite company of this column, has a lot to be thankful for in 2012 and is moving forward with a big “yeehaw” in 2013.
Country singer Dwight Yoakam wears Rockmount’s blue hombre stripe No. 690, a remake from its historic archives dating back to the 1950s seen here: www.npr.org/event/music/167532013/kcrw-presents-dwight-yoakam.
Rockmount shirts have a large role on Fox Network’s “The Factor” winner Tate Stevens who wore a full range including various red plaids.
Dennis Quaid wears Rockmount shadow plaids on the new CBS network hit drama “Vegas.” Rockmount shirts are also featured in ABC’s new show “Nashville.”
The shirts worn by celebrities in movies, on TV shows and in concert are bought by the artists and production companies.
Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, res-taurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. She can be reached at [email protected] or at 303-619-5209.
Spotlight on critters in Parker “Lauren’s Live Animal Days,” funded by
the Lauren Townsend Memorial Wildlife Fund, is expanded in 2013 at The Wildlife Experience, 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker.
Learn about every animal’s role in our ecosystem.
Next: several inhabitants of the Denver Zoo will appear from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Feb. 3, and Rosie, the tarantula from the Butter-fl y Pavilion, will be on hand Feb. 10.
Admission is free with general admis-sion. 720-488-3329, thewildlifeexperience.org.
Rocky roads “Railroading in the Rockies” is Dr. Tom
Noel’s topic on Jan. 15 when he speaks at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.
He will spin stories from 7-8:30 p.m. about scenic rail lines and hotel stops and saloons along the way, such as Durango’s Strater Hotel. Copies of his recent books will be available. Free. 303-795-3961.
Learn ChineseFree conversation classes in Mandarin
Chinese will be offered from 2-3 p.m. every Friday from Jan. 18-March 29 at Bemis Li-brary, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.
Instructor Yi Ren, a Beijing native, will also talk about Chinese culture and litera-ture. Register at 303-795-3961.
Bluegrass at PACEStephanie Bettman and Luke Halpin, an
award-winning acoustic duo from Califor-nia, will perform original Americana folk music at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at Parker’s PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.
Tickets start at $11. 303-805-6800, PACE-centeronline.org.
Recycle old electronicsClear out old electronics and benefi t Lit-
tleton’s LI3, Littleton Immigrant Integration Initiative. Take them to the Arapahoe Com-munity College parking lot at the southeast corner of Santa Fe Drive and Church Ave-nue from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 12. (Alternate date if bad weather: Jan. 19).
Pay a small fee to have TVs, monitors, CPUs/laptops, cell phones, cords, wires and more recycled by Metech. For information, or to donate: connectingimmigrants.org.
Letinsky photographs“Laura Letinsky: Still Life Photographs,
1997-2012” is on view at the Denver Art Mu-seum through March 23.
The artist will speak about her challeng-ing work at 7 p.m. Jan. 23 in the Sharp Au-ditorium. Tickets: $12-$18, 720-913-0130, denverartmuseum.org.
Wildlife-area walkSouth Platte Park’s next Cooley Lake
Nature Walk, to the park’s restricted wild-life area, is 9:30-11 a.m. Jan. 12 (naturalist-
guided). Families are welcome. Register: 303-730-0122.
Stock ShowThe National Western Stock Show
and Rodeo, a Denver tradition, runs Jan. 12-27 this year at the Denver Coliseum, including thousands of prize animals, the Coors Western Art Exhibit and more.
“Lauren’s Live Animal Days” is expanding at The Wildlife Experience in Parker. Courtesy photo
15 dance companies aid one of their own Ballerina hit by car a� er performance By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]
Amy Hollinger, a 22-year-old profession-al ballerina and teacher, was walking home after attending a dance performance in Oc-tober and was struck by a vehicle, suffering severe injury to the left side of her brain. Immediate surgery, a medically induced coma and more than a month in ICU fol-lowed.
She now is undergoing intense therapy to retrain in speech and mobility at a reha-bilitation center.
At 7 p.m. on Jan. 19, 15 area dance com-panies will join forces to put on a benefi t dance performance at the Performing Arts Center at the Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver (home of Ballet Nou-veau Colorado).
Suggested donation is $20/ticket, avail-able at the door.
Reserved seats are available: amy.hol-linger.benefi [email protected] or 720-432-7704. All proceeds will go to the family.
This is a second benefi t these compa-
nies have put on to assist Amy and her family with medical expenses. Companies involved include Ballet Nouveau Colorado, Colorado Ballet, Boulder Ballet, Dawson Wallace Dance Project, 7 Dancers, Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet, 3rd Law Dance/Theater, Zikr Dance Ensemble, Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance, Apex Dance, Evolving Doors, Ballet Ariel, Hannah Kahn Dance Company, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble and Ascential Dance The-atre Colorado.
Hollinger was an active member of the large local dance community, and since her arrival in 2008 from the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C, she performed with Colorado Ballet, Dawson Wallace Dance Project, 7 Dancers and currently, Boulder Ballet.
She has also taught at several places in the area, contributing to the community as she worked with students and dancers.
A silent auction in the lobby will feature paintings and other artworks by Amy’s artist mother and prints by photographer Rachel Becker, who photographed these dancers during the fi rst benefi t in November.
To follow Amy’s recovery progress, go online to amyhollinger.blogspot.com.
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Comic headlines fundraiser in Lone Tree Event to bene� t Friendship Circle By Jane Reuter [email protected]
Comedian Mark Schiff will headline an evening of entertainment to raise funds for The Friendship Circle, a growing Lone Tree-based program that matches teens with special-needs youth in a unique, mutually benefi cial partnership.
Schiff will perform Jan. 12 at the Lone Tree Arts Center. In addition to Schiff’s act, tickets will include hors d’oeuvres, desserts and a silent auction. A full bar also will be available. The evening begins at 7:30 p.m.
The Friendship Circle is coordinated through the Chabad Jewish Center.
Schiff has appeared on Comedy Central, “The Tonight Show,” “Late Night with David Letterman,” HBO, Showtime and was a fea-ture act at the Montreal Comedy Festival. He has guest-starred on “Mad About You”
and “Empty Nest,” and was a writer for “The Roseanne Show.”
“Mark Schiff is coming out from Hol-lywood to do this event,” said the center’s Rabbi Avraham Mintz. “It’s a really full eve-ning, with a buffet, auction and other en-tertainment, and Mark Schiff, who is the highlight.”
The no-fee Friendship Circle, started locally in 2011, pairs local teen volunteers with special-needs youth for in-home visits and fun outings. The Jewish Center coor-dinates it, but it is open to “Jews and non-Jews alike,” Mintz said.
“The special-needs community is, un-fortunately, growing and is underserved,” he said. “There are a lot of services out there (for them), but one thing very visibly miss-ing was companionship and friendship for the child. They’re just like anyone in their need for friendship.”
Tickets for the evening are $54 per per-son or $100 per couple. The Center also is seeking event sponsors. To purchase tickets visit www.DenverJewishCenter.com.
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Stock ShowThe National Western Stock Show
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Jazz concert will put crowd on stage Bevy of performers coming to Lone Tree By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]
When the Colorado Jazz Repertory Or-chestra sets up for its Jan. 18 concert at the Lone Tree Arts Center, there will be extra chairs lined up to include the Ken Walker Sextet, headed by well-known bassist/edu-cator Ken Walker.
“The goal of our January concert is to both introduce audiences to the fi nest, swinging-est small ensemble around and to show that a big band is made up of many small ensembles,” said Art Bouton, who di-rects the big band.
“The Ken Walker Sextet will be the core of the CJRO, will play several tunes of their own and then will switch gears to support Wil Swindler’s Elevenet — just fi ve more players.”
Composer/saxophonist Swindler is a member of CJRO and a Gil Evans Fellow-ship winner.
Walker is also on the Jazz Studies faculty
at Lamont School of Music. His sextet in-cludes Paul Romaine, Peter Sommer, Dave Corbus, Al Hood and Jeff Jenkins
Bouton, who is professor of woodwinds at the University on Denver’s Lamont School of Music and a Lone Tree resident, also said: “We will feature Metro State Uni-versity saxophone instructor Mark Harris on a Stan Kenton arrangement of a Gerry Mulligan tune for the entire CJRO.
“We will also break down to just one or two folks for some intimate moments where we hope to show that jazz is about commu-nication and, of course, spontaneity.”
The Walker ensemble can be counted on for swinging hard bop, with some Stan Ken-ton and Maynard Ferguson favorites from the whole CJRO.
One of the joys of listening to — and watching — this group of musicians is that
each one of them is a solo-quality artist who can also blend perfectly with the others.
Bouton has assembled an orchestra of top jazz professionals.
Many, like him, are university faculty members, while others freelance across the nation.
Other CJRO concerts have been on Mon-days, because that’s when these folks are most likely to be in town.
One hopes the energy — and underwrit-ing — will be available for this series to con-tinue for future concerts.
The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra will play with the Ken Walker Sextet on Jan. 18 at Lone Tree Arts Center. Courtesy photo
IF YOU GO“Essential Jazz” is at 8 p.m. Jan. 18 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: $15. 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org
‘� e goal of our January concert is to both
introduce audiences to the � nest, swinging-est small ensemble around and to show that a big
band is made up of many small ensembles.’
Art Bouton, director
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For Colorado to forge ahead as leader in energy production, we will need to rely on our wealth of natural resources and build understanding how oil and gas exploration and innovation in renewable energy can coexist, former Gov. Bill Ritter told a group of business leaders recently.
“It’s important to look ahead and natural gas is important for the clean energy future,” said Ritter, speaking to about 60 members of the South Metro Denver Chamber’s Energy and Renewable Infrastructure Council (ERIC). “Natural gas production has to be done in a very environmentally sound way.”
The ERIC’s role at the chamber has been to promote the region and the state as the energy capital of the nation and Ritter has been among a list of innovators and experts in traditional oil and gas and renewable energy who have met with the group.
“Colorado is doing it the right way,” said Chamber President & CEO John Brackney. “Bringing in great minds, leaders of innovation and power players – which Governor Ritter fits into all three – is how this business community is helping to advance things in traditional and renewable energy.”
Ritter, who served as Colorado’s governor from 2007 to 2011, currently serves as Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University. As governor, he was active in propping up Colorado as a clean energy state while urging for tighter regulations on traditional oil and gas processes. At CSU, he has been active in making a business case for clean energy while working with communities to build understanding and acceptance around traditional oil and gas operations.
“We talk a lot at CSU about the social license for natural gas,” Ritter said. “You need
a social license to operate with communities you impact.”
Ritter also alluded to the challenges politics brings to the mix.
“The last of two years has been pretty contentious inside the halls of legislatures around the country and we saw energy politics become a wedge issue,” he said. “When I was governor we passed some really significant energy legislation in a bipartisan way, Clean Energy Clean Jobs, with some really serious bipartisan support. We haven’t experienced that much around the country.”
Ritter did point out that Colorado is in a delicate place as the economy forges ahead and that innovation in technology around hydraulic fracturing could address issues specific to our state’s water shortages. Fracturing utilizes about one percent of the state’s water for gas processing, he pointed out.
“But I think it’s that one percent that everyone is arguing over,” Ritter said. “We
need to respect and understand the relationship between energy, food and water in this state. What we’re seeing is farmers and ranchers going to auction to buy surplus water and find themselves bidding against energy companies. We don’t want to see our agricultural economy suffer in a significant way because of energy.”
The South Metro Denver Chamber Energy and Renewable Infrastructure Council is a coalition of leaders in a public/private partnership to explore aspects of renewable energy. These forward-thinking business professionals want to create jobs, put Colorado on the map as a technology hub and provide an energy road map for the next generation. This is the execution of the idea that the entire south metro area can exist on alternative and renewable fuels. The group meets the third Friday of every month at the Chamber Center – 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342 in Centennial. For more information, call 303-795-0142.
Governor Ritter Explains Energy / Innovation Linkto Chamber Group By Manny Gonzales | [email protected]
Calendar of Events For a complete calendar of South Metro Denver Chamber events or more information, visit our
web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.
Thursday, January 10th:7:30 am: Technology Advocates Group Discussion The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial11:30 am: HYPE Business Empowerment Group The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial3:30 pm: Women in Leadership: Shall We Have a Healthy Start to the New Year, Ladies? The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial
Friday, January 11th: 7:30 am: Economic Development Group Investor Breakfast The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial
Tuesday, January 15th: 4:30 pm: An Afternoon with Ryan Call, Colorado GOP Chair The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial
Wednesday, January 16th:4:30 pm: Southwest Metro Business Alliance Ken Caryl Ranch Recreation Center, 7676 S. Continental Divide Rd., Littleton
Thursday, January 17th: 9:00 am: Where’s My Lead? Using the DBJ for Effective Lead Building The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial4:00 pm: Meetup for Profit: Building Business Using Social Marketing The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial
Friday, January 18th:7:30 am: Social Marketing for Business: Understanding the Mechanics of Social Media... The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial11:30 am: Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure Council: CU, CSU, School of Mines & NREL The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial
Former Governor Bill Ritter speaks to the Chamber Energy & Renewable Infrastructure Council
LEAP assists needy with heating costs Douglas/Elbert Task Force can also o� er helping hand By Ryan Boldrey [email protected]
In an effort to assist struggling Colorado families with heating costs during the dead of winter, the state’s federally funded Low-Income Energy Assistance Program has al-ready aided 52,642 qualifi ed families since Nov. 1.
LEAP, which helped pay heating bills for more than 101,000 Colorado families a year ago, has thus far given assistance to 380 households in Douglas County, 146 in El-bert County and 5,518 in Arapahoe County this winter.
“We know that there are a lot more eli-gible people in the state,” said Aggie Berens, LEAP manager for Colorado Department of Human Services. “Sometimes, for varying reasons, people don’t apply, though. Often, people feel like they can make it on their own. But we want them to know, it’s here as a resource to use if you meet the eligibility
requirements.”For an individual to qualify, they must
have a pre-taxable income of no greater than $1,397 a month.
The income amount goes up $495 per individual in the household, so for an aver-age-sized family of four, the requirements are a maximum of $2,882 in pre-taxable income per month, which equates to 150 percent of the poverty line.
For many, the perception in Douglas County is that most people don’t need help, but Suzanne Greene, executive director of the Douglas/Elbert Task Force, is quick to point out that 16,000 individuals received assistance from the dual-county organiza-tion during 2011.
“Every single person, every single client that comes here, we talk about resources to,” Greene said. “We not only talk about LEAP, but one of the requirements we have
here at the Douglas/Elbert Task Force is that if you are qualifi ed to receive LEAP then you have to apply for LEAP in order for us to be able to assist you with any utili-ties.
“One of the ways we defi ne self-suffi -ciency here is by making use of available resources. The analogy I use with clients is that if you are eligible for LEAP and aren’t enrolled, it’s like having a winning lottery ticket and not cashing it in.”
Whereas LEAP is an income-based pro-gram, the Douglas/Elbert Task Force itself is a needs-based organization, Greene said. “If someone has determined that they have need and they are not able to meet that need, they should call us,” she said.
The task force offers clients the ability to take advantage of their food bank once ev-ery 30 days and free medical treatment on the fi rst and third Wednesdays of the month
for everything but emergency services. It also pays GED costs and portions of
people’s rent. The organization also offers a unique birthday room where needy parents can pick out three to fi ve gifts for a child or pick out a gift for the child to give another child when they are attending a birthday party so that they don’t have to show up empty-handed. For more information on the task force, contact 303-688-1114 or stop in at 1638 Park St. in Castle Rock.
For more information on LEAP, call 866-432-8435 or visit www.colorado.gov/cdhs/leap. The application process can be done entirely by mail.
TASK FORCE SEEKS DONATION
With a fully functioning on-site thrift store, Treasures on Park Street, located right next to the food pantry at 1638 Park St. in Castle Rock, the Douglas/Elbert Task Force is constantly seeking donations, either hand-me-down items or food items.
“We tend to get sort of fat and happy around the holidays, and from Nov. 1-Christmas Eve we are just bombarded with donations,” said Suzanne Greene, executive director of the task force. “After the � rst of the year we hardly see anybody until March. … A lot of people really rely on food banks. We like to tell people that if you use the food bank, you can use the money you are saving on other bills.”
‘One of the ways we de� ne self-su� ciency here is by making use of available resources.’
Douglas/Elbert Task Force executive director Suzanne Greene
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classes resume.The new card system means bus riders with either the
EcoPass or CollegePass will tap their smart card against a reader on the bus as they board. Light-rail passengers trav-eling somewhere other than downtown Denver will select the fare category of local, regional or express, and tap the smart-card reader located on or near the light-rail plat-form. Light-rail passengers traveling to or within down-town won’t have to select a fare category.
The smart-card program is only being used by the hold-ers of an EcoPass or a CollegePass, but that will change in the second phase of a two-phase rollout of the smart-card system. Reed said the next phase — affecting other riders with all other types of passes — will kick in next fall. He said when phase two is put in place, any RTD rider can buy a smart card for a specifi c amount that will be used for fares. He added that any rider can still pay the fare with cash.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of University Women, Littleton-Englewood Branch invites baccalaureates to participate in activities that further the goals of equity for women and girls, lifelong education and positive societal change. Meetings usually are Mondays each month, September through May, at Koelbel Library, Orchard Road and Holly Street, Centennial. Social time is followed by business meet-ing and informative program on subjects ranging from public policy issues to poetry. Call Linda Shell at 303-796-7702.
DENVER INVESTOR Club meets the � rst Thursday each month at 7:30 p.m. at the IHOP on Clinton
Street in Englewood. Call Gail Segreto at 303-810-9015 or e-mail [email protected]. This is a nonpro� t educational club.
ENGLEWOOD CHAPTER of the Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) needs men and women between the ages of 21 and 40 to help re-establish the chapter. Jaycees work to help chapter members grow profession-ally and to help serve the community through hands-on projects. To become involved, call 303-914-0180 or visit www.coloradojaycees.org.
LETIP INTERNATIONAL, local chapter, is a profes-sional referral organization that meets at Maggiano’s at the Denver Tech Center, 7401 S. Clinton St., in Engle-wood. A Highlands Ranch chapter meets at LePeep’s, 7156 E. County Line Road. Call 303-789-7898 or visit www.letip.com.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of Retired Federal Employ-ees, Chapter 1089, invites all current and retired federal employees to membership meetings from 1:30-3 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln, Englewood.
RECREATION
CHERRY CREEK Anglers meets at 7 p.m. every second Thursday in the Lodge Meeting Room at Gander Mountain Sports, 14000 E. Jewell Ave. Call Dennis at 303-841-3612.
KILOWATT EIGHTS is for people interested in square dancing. Dances are the � rst, third and � fth Friday each month at Malley Senior Center in Englewood. Call Ron at 303-759-4862.
MOUNTAINEERS SQUARE Dance Club meets the � rst, third and � fth Saturdays of the month at the Valley View Church of God, 4390 S. Lowell Blvd., Englewood, to square dance. Dances start at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and watch. This is a healthy activity for all. Call 303-798-4472.
POETRY NIGHT honors the great Edgar Allan Poe by reading poetry at The Attic Bookstore, 200 W. Hampden
Ave., near Hampden and Bannock in Englewood. Take originals or an old favorite to read to others. Readings will be limited to � ve minutes. Sign up begins at 7 p.m. Readings begin at 7:30 p.m. All styles of poetry are welcome. Call 303-777-5352.
SERVICES
HOMECOMING INC. o� ers caregivers of low-income seniors who are frail, disabled or unable to live alone without care in Adams, Arapahoe, Je� erson and Denver counties respite care. Assistance includes personal care and homemaking. Call Pamela Dombrowski-Wilson or Trini Martinez at 303-526-2318 for an application and information.
SOCIAL
DAUGHTERS OF the American Revolution, Columbine Chapter meets at 1 p.m. every second Saturday at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Unita St., Englewood. Call Michelle Brown at 303-979-7550.
DAUGHTERS OF the British Empire is a national organization with a philanthropic purpose. For almost a century, DBE has been a common bond for women of British heritage living in the United States. DBE is open to women who are citizens or residents of the U.S. who are of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry or who are married to men of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry. There are six chapters in Colorado, including chapters in Littleton, Englewood, Centennial, Evergreen and Boulder County. Call Chris at 303-683-6154 or Olive at 303-347-1311, or visit www.dbecolorado.org and use the contact form available.
EMBROIDERERS GUILD of America Colorado Chapter meets at Bethany Lutheran Church at Hampden Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Englewood the fourth Tuesday each month from 9:30 a.m. to noon, excluding December and July. Meetings include needlework projects, needle art education, lectures and workshops of all levels. Guests are invited. Call Marnie Ritter at 303-791-9334.
THE ENGLEWOOD Lions Club meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at the Grill at Broken Tee Golf Course, 2101 West Oxford Avenue. Previously the Lions Club met every Wednesday at noon. The change in time is being made to better accommodate working men and women in the Englewood area who are interested in serving the community. Please join the Lions for breakfast and a weekly program and learn more about Lions Club Inter-national and the activities of the Englewood Lions Club.
THE ROTARY Club of Englewood meets each Wednes-day at 12:15 p.m. at the Wellshire Inn, 3333 S. Colorado Blvd, Denver. For information, contact Josh Staller at 303-721-6845, or visit rotaryclubofenglewood.org.
FRIENDSHIPS ARE Golden, a Precious Moments collectors club, meets the fourth Thursday each month at Castlewood Library in Englewood.
DINNER PROVIDED by club members at 6 p.m., meeting from 7-9 p.m. Give back to the community
by doing local charity work. Talk and share stories about Precious Moments. Call Leota Stoutenger, club president, at 303-791-9283.
GRACE CHAPEL Mothers of Preschoolers meets second and fourth Wednesdays from 9-11:30 a.m. at Grace Chapel, I-25 and County Line Road, Englewood. Call Karleen Wagner at 303-799-4900 or visit www.gracechapel.org.
KIWANIS CLUB of Englewood believes it has an obli-gation to be involved in community projects. Members meet Wednesdays 7 a.m. at The Neighborhood Grille 1500 W. Littleton Blvd. Everyone is welcome to join and have breakfast on Kiwanis. Call 303-783-9523.
TOASTMASTERS - Meridian Midday. Experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike can bene� t from our practical, face-to-face learning program. Whether you’re speaking to the board of directors, your customers, your co-workers or your kids, Toastmasters can help you do it better. We meet every Thursday from 11:35 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. at the American Family Insurance Building, 9510 South Meridian Blvd. in Englewood. For more information, contact our current VP of Membership, Brent Hilvitz at 303-668-5789. We hope you will visit us and check out Meridian Midday Toastmasters. www.meridianmidday.com
NEWCOMERS AT Grace Chapel in Englewood welcomes women who are new to the Denver area. Learn about the group’s ongoing Bible study, make new friends, and be encouraged about God’s faithfulness and what happens after the boxes are unpacked. Call Carolyn Chandler at 303-660-4042 for information on welcome teas, Bible study, � eld trips and get acquainted luncheons.
ROTARY CLUB of Denver Tech Center meets from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Tuesdays at the Glenmoor Country Club in Englewood. Call Larry McLaughline at 303-741-1403.
WIDOWED MEN and women of America, Come join us and make new friends and share in a variety of activi-ties. Our monthly meetings are the third Wednesday of the month at 5 p.m. at Rox Bar and Grill, 12684 W. Indore Place, in Je� erson County. For more information call Mel at 303-973-8688or Nan at 728-981-1841.
SOUTH SUBURBAN Women’s Connection, a� liated with Stonecroft Ministries, meets from 9-11 a.m. the second Wednesday of every other month beginning in January at Maggiano’s, 7401 S. Clinton St. The brunch includes a feature and an inspirational speaker. For details, reservations and complimentary nursery, call Rachel Lee at 303-866-1444 or e-mail [email protected].
WHATCHA READIN’ meets at 7 p.m. monthly at The Attic Bookstore, 200 W. Hampden Ave., near Hampden and Bannock in Englewood. If having a prescribed read-ing list isn’t appealing, but gushing about an amazing or horrible read is, this is the right book club. Discuss books and get recommendations from other avid read-
CLUBS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Harmony and humor“Forever Plaid” by Stuart Ross be-
gins 2013 for Town Hall Arts Center, playing Jan. 11 to Feb. 10 at 2450 W. Main St., downtown Littleton. Nick Sugar is director/choreographer about a ‘50s boy group. Donna Debreceni is music director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and Jan. 26; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27. Tickets: $20-40, 303-794-2787 ext. 5; TownHallArtsCenter.com.
Telling performance“New Realities” is presented by Sto-
ries on Stage at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at Su Teatro Cutural and Perform-ing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. A look at how we communi-cate today with John Arp, Steven Cole Hughes and Alison Watrous reading stories. Tickets: $25/$15 student, 303-494-0523, storiesonstage.org.
Play in two venues“The Foreigner” by Larry Shue will
be presented Jan. 17-Feb.2 at the Au-rora Fox Theatre, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., and Feb. 22-24 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Edith Weiss di-rects this PHAMALY production — a company composed of performers with a variety of physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities. Perfor-mances (Aurora): 7:30 Fridays, Satur-days, Monday, Jan. 28; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $29, $22, $15 on Jan. 17, 18, 28. 303-739-1970, phamaly.org. Perfor-mances (Arvada): 7:30 Friday, Satur-day; 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $29. 720-898-7200, phamaly.org.
George and Martha revisited“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” by
Edward Albee, a fi ve-decade-old Pulit-zer Prize winner, is presented by Spark Theater, 985 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Jan. 18 to Feb. 16. Directed by Ber-nie Cardell. Susan Nepi of Highlands Ranch plays Martha. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Satur-days; 2 p.m. Jan. 27. Tickets: $20/$10 Thursdays. Sparktheater.org.
Prospero’s Island“Wake: a riff on Shakespeare’s Tem-
pest” is the latest Buntport produc-tion, created with composer Adam Stone. Performances: Jan. 25 to Feb. 23 at 717 Lipan St., Denver. Perfor-mances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays Feb. 10 and 17. Tickets: $16/$13; $20 for opening and closing night receptions. 720-946-1388, buntport.com.
Mom comedy“Motherhood Out Loud” is a col-
lection of comedic work about moth-erhood by top woman playwrights, originally created by Joan Stein and Susan Rose. It is the 2013 installment in the Avenue Theater’s annual “Girls Only Series” and plays Jan. 18 to Feb. 23 at Avenue Theater, 421 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Girls’ night out, anyone? Per-formances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Satur-days; Thursdays, Feb.14, 17, 21; 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. Tickets: $18-$26, av-enuetheater.com
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LEAP assists needy with heating costs
for everything but emergency services. It also pays GED costs and portions of
people’s rent. The organization also offers a unique birthday room where needy parents can pick out three to fi ve gifts for a child or pick out a gift for the child to give another child when they are attending a birthday party so that they don’t have to show up empty-handed. For more information on the task force, contact 303-688-1114 or stop in at 1638 Park St. in Castle Rock.
For more information on LEAP, call 866-432-8435 or visit www.colorado.gov/cdhs/leap. The application process can be done entirely by mail.
Alumni play hoops on Pirate courts on SundayWeekly pick up games raise money to help current basketball teamBy Tom [email protected]
The normal Sunday quiet at the Englewood High School Field House disappears about 9 a.m. when two dozen or more Pirate alumni gather to play basketball.
“Trevor Hammers, a 1997 graduate, talked to me about the Sunday alumni games last year after his cousin told him about a similar program at D’Evelyn High School,” Stu Howard, retired basketball coach and teacher, said. “We decided to give it a try and, at first, it was just a handful of guys. Trevor and a couple other alumni spread the word and more guys began showing up. This year, we’ve had as many as 30 guys here on a Sunday. Trevor and the guys wanted it to be more than just getting together and playing hoops. So, each guy kicks in two dollars or more and the money goes to the Pirate boys basketball program.”
The money adds up and the program recently contrib-uted $400 to the boys basketball program. Hammers said the money is to help the team cover costs not in the normal budget.
Last year, money from the program helped buy uni-forms. Hammers said he hopes the program will continue to grow and the donations keep coming in to the point there will be enough money to help Pirate players attend a summer basketball camp.
There were 20 guys at the Jan. 6 session. Captains were selected and they picked teams. At first, there was just one full-court game going while the other alumni were just shooting baskets. But that came to an end, teams were picked and a second game got rolling.
It is nothing fancy. There are no uniforms and it is the traditional shirts and skins system to make it easy to know which player is on which team.
The system simply has members of one team wear-ing some type of shirt and the members of the other team wearing no shirt.
There are no officials but the rules are observed and if a player feels he has been fouled, he calls it and his team gets the ball.
No one officially keeps score but be assured the players know which team scored the most points.
“It started out as just a group of guys getting together to play hoops and kick in a little money to help our Pirate
team,” Hammers said. “But, there have been some unex-pected great benefits. For example, Ben Ottoson said play-ing basketball with alumni on Sundays has been a huge help as he has lost almost 200 pounds.”
Hammers said another benefit is the camaraderie that has been established among Pirate players of different eras.
“We’ve got guys from the 90s like me as well as guys who have gone to Englewood since we graduated,” he said. “Quite a few of us have little kids and some of the wives of-ten come down to babysit and ask nothing in return except maybe a coffee or breakfast burrito.”
Hammers gave a lot of credit to the success of the pro-gram to Howard.
“This program would never have gotten off the ground without Coach Howard’s help,” he said. “He helped sched-ule the gym time, comes down and opens the field house for us and is always there to encourage us. Even now that he is retired, he is here almost every Sunday to turn on the lights and lower the baskets for us. That’s a sacrifice for a guy who is now retired.”
Howard said he enjoys working with the alumni basket-ball program.
“The program is a great way to get in touch with guys I coaches and see what they have done since graduation,” he said. “The program brings guys of different eras together and they seem to have a lot of fun.”
Englewood 2007 graduate Zack Sharrett dribbles the ball down court as teammate 2011 grad Joe Howard, left, moved into the post position during the Jan. 6 Pirate alumni pickup basketball game. The weekly program is open to all alumni. Photo by Tom Munds
Roundup: Vieselmeyer leaving Valor ChristianCoach led Eagles to four football championshipsBy Jim [email protected]
Valor Christian is shopping for a new football coach.
Brent Vieselmeyer, who guided the Ea-gles to four consecutive state champion-ships, is leaving to assume the role as de-fensive coordinator at Houston Baptist, a school that will be playing its first season of Division I football this fall.
Vieselmeyer, the Colorado Community Media Coach of the Year after the Eagles won the Class 5A state championship last November, compiled a 55-11 record in five seasons at Valor.
EAGLES WIN HOOPS SHOWDOWN - Valor Christian, ranked No. 5 in Class 4A heading in to last Friday’s showdown, was sparked by Chase Foster’s 28 points in a 79-77 win over top-ranked D’Evelyn.
Foster, a junior, is scoring 22.1 points a game this season.
The Eagles jumped up to the top of the polls after the win over the Jaguars.
HERITAGE WINS TWO - Heritage boys won two games last week and allowed only 65 points in those contests.
The Eagles (4-6) beat Mesa Ridge 56-31 and routed Prairie View 62-34. Eli Ziegler leads the team in scoring, averaging 17.6 per contest. He scored 20 points in the win over Prairie View, and poured in a season-high 28 on Dec. 8 in a 67-50 victory over
Gateway.LITTLETON LOSES - Littleton (5-5)
came back from the holiday break and suf-
fered a 68-57 loss to Evergreen.SLOW START - Heritage (2-7) girls were
outscored 25-1 in the first quarter in a 71-38
loss to Doherty.BRADBURY STARS - Valor Christian
girls (4-9) lost twice despite the efforts of Kendall Bradbury. The 5-11 sophomore had 19 points in a 63-52 loss to Pueblo West and scored 26 points in a 71-60 setback to Sand Creek.
RESUMING ACTION - Chaparral, a team averaging 59.3 points per game, was one of five teams that did not play last week.
The Wolverines play at Montbello to-night and face Grand Junction Friday.
Highlands Ranch faced Denver East Tuesday night.
Legend was on the road at Mesa Ridge Tuesday and goes to Pine Creek tonight. Lit-tleton battled Gateway Tuesday and plays Denver North Friday.
Lutheran, unbeaten at 4-0, entertained Lyons Tuesday at plays at St. Mary’s Acad-emy Friday.
ON THE ICE - Mountain Vista and Heri-tage’s hockey teams are both 4-0-0 in the Peak Conference.
Mountain Vista (7-1-0) whipped Valor Christian 8-1 last week and dropped a 2-0 non-conference decision to Regis Jesuit.
Heritage (6-1-0) lost to Monarch.The Eagles’ Connor Crory leads the Peak
Conference in scoring with 19 points on 12 goals and seven assists heading into this week’s action.
Michael Ellis of Mountain Vista has nine goals and eight assists and is tied for second in the scoring race with 17 points.
Ben Joseph of Valor Christian has 10 goals which rank third in the Peak Confer-ence.
Valor Christian’s Kendall Bradbury, center, had 19 points in a 63-52 loss to Pueblo West and scored 26 points in a 71-60 setback to Sand Creek. Photo by Andy Carpenean
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Up With People volunteer gets around Mountain Vista grad gets new outlook By Ryan Boldrey [email protected]
After graduating from Mountain Vista High School in 2011, Grant Ham-ilton didn’t feel he was quite ready for a four-year uni-versity.
What he was ready for, though, was an opportunity to make the world a better place.
So Hamilton, who had invested one year at Arapa-hoe Community College, decided to put his studies on hold and sign up with the Denver-based nonprofi t Up With People, in attempt to “help bring the world to-gether through community service and music.”
Along with 99 other volunteers, representing 20 countries, he spent the last six months traveling through Massachusetts, Taiwan, the Philippines and Mexico, completing close to 200 hours of community service and singing in 85 shows.
The journey provided Hamilton with the oppor-tunity to visit places he says he otherwise never would have seen, along with a huge dose of humility.
“You really learn not to take anything for grant-ed,” he said, “just appre-ciate what you have and be content. There’s always somebody out there who is worse off, but they could be the happiest person in the world. You have to real-ize that no matter how bad it gets, it could always be worse.”
When he wasn’t per-forming community ser-vice or the group’s 13-song musical “Voices,” Hamil-ton, like his fellow travelers, spent time with his host families, learning the lay of the land in a way that only locals saw it.
“It was really eye-open-ing,” he said. “One week you’d be staying with some-one super-wealthy and the next you’d be staying on a mat. … Honestly, the poor families are the ones you’ll remember the most, be-cause they will give you ev-erything they have.”
A witness to extreme wealth and crippling pov-erty, Hamilton experienced
what it was like not to have clean drinking water, electricity or plumbing. He went into schools and talked about anti-bullying, spent time with abused and neglected orphans in Third World countries, performed manual labor, and on stage performed songs fi lled with positive messages in mul-tiple languages.
“You get to a point where the people you are helping are helping you more than you are helping them,” he said. “I learned something new everywhere I went.”
He was so moved, in fact, that he leaves Jan. 10 for another six months. This time, he will head south to
Georgia and Florida, before spending eight weeks in Europe, four weeks in Mex-ico and two weeks in Cuba. In addition to performing another 80-plus shows, he expects to do more manual labor, volunteer in senior centers, nursing homes, and schools, and help or-ganize food pantries. Once he gets back in June, he will take some time off, and then plans to pursue a de-gree in political science.
“I’ve always wanted to do something with poli-tics,” he said. “I really just want to better the world and it gives me something where I know I can try to help do that.”
Of course, if Up With People offers him a perma-nent staff position, he may put his studies on hold for just a little bit longer, he said, adding that the past six months have allowed him to grow more than he even thought possible.
Up With People is open to international applicants between the ages of 17 and 29. For more information, visit www.upwithpeople.
org.“If you aren’t sure if want
to go to college, it’s a great opportunity,” Hamilton said. “You may learn more in one year of traveling than you ever would in four years of college. There are defi nitely things out there that you can’t learn from a book or a professor that you just have to experience. Plus, it looks good on a re-sume.”
Mountain Vista High School graduate Grant Hamilton, singing, performs on stage in Mexico with Up With People as part of the nonpro� t organization’s recent six-month world tour � lled with performances and charitable work. Courtesy photo
Roundup: Vieselmeyer leaving Valor Christian loss to Doherty.
BRADBURY STARS - Valor Christian girls (4-9) lost twice despite the efforts of Kendall Bradbury. The 5-11 sophomore had 19 points in a 63-52 loss to Pueblo West and scored 26 points in a 71-60 setback to Sand Creek.
RESUMING ACTION - Chaparral, a team averaging 59.3 points per game, was one of fi ve teams that did not play last week.
The Wolverines play at Montbello to-night and face Grand Junction Friday.
Highlands Ranch faced Denver East Tuesday night.
Legend was on the road at Mesa Ridge Tuesday and goes to Pine Creek tonight. Lit-tleton battled Gateway Tuesday and plays Denver North Friday.
Lutheran, unbeaten at 4-0, entertained Lyons Tuesday at plays at St. Mary’s Acad-emy Friday.
ON THE ICE - Mountain Vista and Heri-tage’s hockey teams are both 4-0-0 in the Peak Conference.
Mountain Vista (7-1-0) whipped Valor Christian 8-1 last week and dropped a 2-0 non-conference decision to Regis Jesuit.
Heritage (6-1-0) lost to Monarch.The Eagles’ Connor Crory leads the Peak
Conference in scoring with 19 points on 12 goals and seven assists heading into this week’s action.
Michael Ellis of Mountain Vista has nine goals and eight assists and is tied for second in the scoring race with 17 points.
Ben Joseph of Valor Christian has 10 goals which rank third in the Peak Confer-ence.
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There’s really no place like homeBusiness turns dwellings into entertainment centersBy Ryan [email protected]
Fernando and Debbie Salazar know a bit about maximizing home entertainment. They also know a bit about simplifying life.
The two have spent the past dozen years working alongside architects, interior de-signers and custom builders to help deliver the perfect, custom home entertainment experience — all at the touch of the home-owner’s fingers.
The couple, who got their entrepre-neurial start in Miami, are new to High-lands Ranch, as is their latest venture, i-Homeconnect. As technology has evolved through the years, so has their business.
Specializing in bringing their clients music, television and ultimate control of everything from lighting to climate in a concealed, wireless fashion, the Salazars are big on what you can’t see — from a hid-den TV to a bamboo speaker that blends in with the aesthetics of the room.
“It’s all about designing, cleaning things up, making your home so that you can walk into it and it’s not all full of electronics but it does everything you need it to do,” said Debbie Salazar. “You have the music, you have the TV, and you don’t have to point a remote at anything. You can simply take an iPad and turn everything on or off.”
“The industry has changed a lot,” Fer-nando Salazar added. “It used to be typi-cally represented by the fact you had a con-troller in your hand that was geared to TV and music. Then over the years, they start-ed adding stuff like thermostats and lights, pretty much point and shoot type stuff. In the last couple years, iPhones and iPads have just opened up the market entirely, because it’s all wireless now and everything
is media-based. You can stream unlimited content into your home.”
As opposed to a remote that cost up-ward of $7,000 to run a complete home entertainment system a decade ago, now it’s one simple downloaded app on an iPhone or iPad that can introduce a person to their entire iTunes library, boost your thermostat while you are on the way home from work or lower your shades when the sun goes down — even if you are in a
different state.Everything is run from a rack-shaped
server that can hide away easily in a base-ment or utility closet, eliminating the vi-sual presence of mass electronics. With new construction, the Salazars like to do a consultation in advance of the master plan’s completion to come up with the perfect location for the server as well as to implement speakers into the walls and ceiling and decrease wiring related to
thermostats and lights.For more information, visit www.i-
homeconnect.com or call 303-214-8045. The business is located at 9337 Commerce Center, C-2, in Highlands Ranch, in the same space as Décor and You.
The Salazars offer free lunch-and-learn seminars for architectural firms, interior designers and custom builders. They also offer free consultations to interested cli-ents.
Deb and Fernando Salazar, of Highlands Ranch, run i-Homeconnect, a local business that customizes home electronics for people, allowing the user to operate everything from shutters and lighting to their music and television with an iPad or iPhone. The mirror behind them also doubles as a television. Photo by Ryan Boldrey
Breeding season causes increase in coyote aggressionSteps can diminish danger of encountersBy Deborah [email protected]
January is coyote breeding season, and that means the animals be more visible, more aggressive and more territorial, par-ticularly in the open-space areas where they live.
Coyotes have always been in the city, but reports of interactions between coyotes, humans and pets have increased over the years, and will most likely continue to oc-cur, according to the City of Centennial.
While coyotes help maintain a healthy ecosystem by keeping rodent, rabbit, rac-coon and fox populations in balance, they also present a danger to humans and pets.
The city recommends several ways to help reduce the chances of a coyote en-counter.
“The City of Centennial encourages resi-dents to be prepared and know what to do if they encounter a coyote,” said Allison Wit-tern, city spokeswoman. “Things that can be done like waving your arms, yelling in a loud voice, blowing a whistle or honking a
horn can deter the coyote from approach-ing you.”
Coyotes have a reputation as survivors and they tend to adapt their diet to what is available, eating everything from trash to carrion.
Simple things like keeping a clean yard, not leaving pet food outside, and picking up fallen fruit can make a yard less attrac-tive.
Residual food in trash cans and on the grill can attract hungry coyotes.
The city also recommends trimming trees to reduce hiding areas and boarding up crawl spaces under homes and decks that might become future dens.
While walking dogs outdoors, residents should carry a whistle or small air horn to frighten the coyote should it get too close.
Cats should be kept indoors and dogs should always be walked on a short leash.
Dogs should never be allowed to interact or “play” with coyotes or other wildlife.
Children should also be taught about the presence of wildlife, and never permitted to approach or feed wild animals of any kind.
It is illegal to feed coyotes in the state of Colorado. People who feed coyotes should be reported to the Colorado Division of Wildlife at 303-291-7227.
Coyotes that associate humans with food may become demanding and aggres-sive.
In Arapahoe County, aggressive coyotes or those that attack should be reported to animal control at 720-874-6750.
Coyote breeding season begins in January and continues through February. During this time, the animals become more aggressive and territorial. Extra care should be taken to prevent encounters with people and pets. Courtesy photo
SAFETY AROUND COYOTES
IF A COYOTE APPROACHES:
• Do not run or turn your back.
• Be as big and loud as possible.
• Wave your arms and throw objects.
• Face the coyote and back away slowly.
• If attacked, �ght back.
PROTECT PETS:
• Keep pets on a short leash.
• Use extra caution dusk through dawn.
• Avoid known or potential den sites and thick vegetation.
