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November 15, 2012 50 centsA Colorado Community Media Publication
Jefferson County, Colorado • Volume 146, Issue 50
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Candidates recounting on it�ree Jeffco races could be subject to recountBy Glenn [email protected]
Election Day has passed but the race is still on in three Jefferson County races.
Tightest of the races is the one for District 2 county commissioner. With all 262 county precincts reporting, appointed incumbent John Odom leads challenger Casey Tighe by only 133 votes.
“It’s exciting. We just needs to count up all the ballots and see who won,” Tighe said.
Odom said he had no comment on the state of the election, only that he trusted in county Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson and her department to determine the elec-tion winner soon.
The RTD race for District M, which is en-tirely within Jeffco, is also likely to trigger a mandatory recount, as Natalie Menten cur-rently leads Matt Cohen by 119 votes.
A ballot recount is done whenever the percentage of victory is one-half of 1 per-cent or less of the winner’s vote total.
In the state Senate District 19 race, the vote results fall just outside that range, with Democrat incumbent Evie Hudak beating Republican Lang Sias by 332 votes.
But with Jeffco’s Clerk and Recorder’s Office still sifting through more than 7,000 provisional ballots that were turned in on Election Day, any three of those races could move in or out of the threshold.
“That’s entirely possible,” said Josh Liss, deputy of elections for Jeffco. “But what we’ve seen in recent years is that the pro-visional ballots seem to reflect what we see on election night.”
Liss said the provisional ballots had to be processed, followed by the official certifica-tion of the election results. If the numbers of those certified results still triggered the need for a recount, then the county would have until Dec. 13 to do so.
“But we know everyone’s anxious to find out who won. If we can we’d like to get any recount started that last week of Novem-ber,” Liss said.
The optical vote-counting machines used by Jeffco, which Liss described as “simple and reliable,” would be checked for accuracy. Then the recount would begin, which in the case of the Odom and Tighe contest would involve recounting every ballot in the county. The process is expect-ed to take three to four days.
Liss said the county’s equipment is rare-ly wrong the first time around though.
“I don’t think we’ve ever seen a recount in Jeffco where the result changes.”
Maj. Janet Schonberg, instructor with the Colorado School of Mines Army ROTC, browses silent auction items up for bid during “A Salute to Veterans” at The Golden Civic Foundation 37th annual dinner and auction at the Denver West Marriott Saturday. Photo by Andy Carpenean
GOING, GOING ... GONE Double trouble in DeWild trialTwin brother’s confession at heart of case against DeWildBy Glenn [email protected]
The term double jeop-ardy had new meaning in a Jefferson County court-room last week, as the mur-der trial of Daniel DeWild got under way, with the defendant’s identical twin brother David serving as the prosecution’s star witness.
Daniel DeWild, 40, stands accused of first-de-gree murder and conspira-cy to commit murder in the death of his estranged wife Heather (Springer) DeWild. She was last seen alive on July 24, 2003, just one week before her divorce was to be finalized. Her body was found wrapped in plastic and buried in a shallow grave in Clear Creek Can-yon two months later.
The DeWild twins, and David’s wife Roseanne DeWild, were charged with first-degree murder in De-cember 2011. The following July, David met with the Jef-fco DA’s office, and worked out a plea agreement for his “truthful testimony” against his brother, in exchange for a reduced sentence. Rose-anne DeWild’s charges were dropped, after investigators became convinced that she was not part of a murder plot.
With the defendant’s ta-ble and the witness box only a few yards from each other, the twins appeared to never make eye contact.
“How close were you to your brother,” Chief Deputy DA Bob Weiner asked David DeWild, whose testimony filled up most of day two and part of day three of the trial.
“Very close,” David said.“How close are you
now?”“I think we’re going our
separate ways,” David re-plied.
Under direct examina-
tion David described how his brother grew increas-ingly angry about his im-pending divorce, and began talking about wanting to kill Heather DeWild. He said the two made plans about where to hide the body, and how to cover up evidence.
Defense attorneys raised questions about David’s trustworthiness after lying to investigators for nine years, and raised the theory that David was the one with motive to kill.
“David, did Heather re-ject your advances in 2003? Did you kill her in 2003? Or did you just not want your brother to go through the same kind of painful di-vorce you did?” Defense at-torney Tom Ward said dur-ing cross examination.
On July 24, 2003, Daniel asked Heather DeWild over to his house. She brought their children, ages 3 and 5. David testified that he was in the garage when his twin lured Heather DeWild there to kill her.
“He throws her to the ground. He picks up a rub-ber mallet and hits her in the head,” David said to the court.
“She didn’t know what was going on. She looked to the left and to the right. She looked me right in the eye and had a look like ‘help me,’” David said. “I’m the last thing she saw and I didn’t help her.”
‘I’m the last thing she saw and I didn’t
help her.’David DeWild
Community network feeds those in needBy Glenn [email protected]
Many Golden residents will likely worry about overeating this holiday season, but a significant number will be more worried about having food at all.
Luckily for those who do not know exactly where their next meal may be coming from, there is a loose network of volunteers, businesses and orga-
nizations that all help try to fill that need.
Calvary Church’s pastor for out-reach, Bethany Thomas said all the church-based food banks, and CAG all pass resources and referrals be-tween one another.
“We value all members of the community and want to make sure that we provide for those who might need extra support. Our energy is to make sure that individuals and fami-
lies are food secure,” Thomas said.Calvary is preparing to deliver
more than 300 Thanksgiving food boxes to the needy, but also provides food to other charitable groups who do similar work.
The Christian Action (CAG) Guild Food Pantry is one of those assist-ing organizations, serving as a non-denominational food distribution site. The food pantry helps individu-als and families on a referral basis, with other churches, social workers, schools or doctors sending the needi-est of Golden residents there.
“We do additional bags of food for Thanksgiving and Christmas,” said CAG board member and volunteer Audrey Brennecke.
She said the lack of plentiful food can become more noticeable this time of year, when big feasts are the norm. Visiting family members and school-age children with more
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First time at polls is vote of con� dence As Sianna Elmanouzi sat at the kitchen
table in early October marking her pick for president on her mail-in ballot, her mind rewound to fi fth grade, when her teacher conducted a class poll on who students would vote for if they could.
And then she fast-forwarded. “Wow,” she thought. “I’m 18 years old and I’m vot-ing. This is so cool.”
Jake Price, 20, walked into a voting booth on the University of Colorado campus on Halloween to make his choice. The feeling that followed took him a bit by surprise.
“To fi nally vote was very empowering,” he said. And regardless of who was vot-ing for whom, “you could kind of feel this unity that we were all there expressing our American rights. That was pretty cool.”
Unquestionably cool.The fi rst time I voted, in 1980, I was
20, a junior in college and Ronald Reagan trounced Jimmy Carter in a historic land-slide. Back then, voting booths had curtains to ensure privacy, and I remember the excitement, the goosebumpy-feeling that my vote gave me an infl uential seat at the country’s table.
Since then, I’ve cast my ballot for presi-dent eight more times. Incredible, really, when you think about it, that we live in a country in which the four-year cycle of popular elections has continued uninter-rupted and unchallenged since just after the 1788 ratifi cation of the U.S. Constitu-tion.
The privilege is profound.And there’s nothing quite like exercising
it for the fi rst time.“You really feel the power that your vote
has — your voice,“ said Chrissy Faessen of Rock the Vote, the national organization that spearheaded efforts to register voters between 18 and 29 years old.
Sianna, who is studying political science at CU, and Jake, a fi nance major, agree. So do Kyle Tosch, 19, an environmental and civil engineering student at Colorado State University, Chace Griffi n, 20, a business
fi nance major at CSU, and Grace Shea, 19, a history and secondary education major at CU.
“It’s exciting to feel that you actually mattered,” Kyle said.
Kyle and his peers are part of the much-touted 46 million-strong youth vote that helped shaped this election’s outcome — 19 percent of all votes came from the 18- to 29-year-old sector, 1 percent more than in 2008. They favored Obama by 60 percent to 36 percent and swing states such as Florida, Ohio and Virginia were won by voters under the age of 30, Rock the Vote numbers show.
Faessen wasn’t surprised. The organiza-tion’s 25-city national bus tour found en-ergy and enthusiasm on college campuses, she said, and an understanding of what was at stake — students’ potential livelihood.
A sense of urgency permeated the decision-making process.
Sianna and Grace became involved in campaigns — Sianna with Romney’s, Grace with Obama’s. They manned phone lines, sent out mailings, canvassed neighbor-hoods. Along with Chace, Kyle and Jake, they watched the debates and conducted their own independent research, searching for information free from bias.
“We wanted to make sure we were all educated and not just voting the way our parents voted,” Kyle said.
The issues of paying for college educa-tion, health care, the economy and jobs weighed heavily.
“It’s scary to think if one candidate leads us down the wrong road how impactful
that will be,” Jake said. “Not only for me, but I think about having children some day and what the economy is going to be then and what the overall cultural environment will be.”
Grace has watched her mother, who dealt with health care issues when she was diagnosed with breast cancer several years ago, also struggle fi nancially. “Depending on which direction you go,” she said, “life could be really different for some of us.”
They all believe their votes, regardless of whom they supported, made a difference.
“We are the ones who are going to be dealing with the consequences,” Grace said. “We need to have our voices heard.”
“It’s a domino effect,” Chace said. “My single vote may not matter, but if I don’t vote, that may infl uence others to not vote and, in the grand scheme of things, a group not voting will defi nitely have an impact.”
On election night, Kyle and Chace sat in their living room, doing homework and switching between the Nuggets game and election returns on TV. Grace nervously watched CNN in her sorority house. Jake dejectedly listened to a scratchy car radio broadcast returning from a church meet-ing.
And, depending on where she was, Si-anna followed results on TV, her laptop and her phone. Wearing a 2012 Romney T-shirt, she didn’t realize Obama had won until she
walked into her dorm lobby, crowded with cheering students.
“I felt defeated,” she said. “With so many fi scal issues at stake, I thought Romney was the better candidate.”
Grace and Kyle were elated.“I had a great sense of pride that our
voices … were heard and made a difference in this election,” Grace said.
Regardless of which candidate they supported, all fi ve students say this fi rst election experience inspired confi dence in their nation and fueled a sense of patriotic pride and civic duty.
“Feeling as though you have a voice in the say of your country is a rather rare com-modity in this world,” Jake said.
Research shows casting a ballot as a young voter makes one more likely to be-come a lifelong voter.
As Faessen said: “It’s not just about vot-ing every four years for the president of the United States. It’s really about your contin-ued participation and infl uence on shaping your country’s democracy.”
These young voices make it clear our democracy is in excellent hands.
And that is unquestionably cool.Ann Macari Healey’s column about
people, places and issues of everyday life ap-pears every other week. She can be reached at [email protected] or 303-566-4110.
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Golden results for ‘Race’ Resident goes from global racerto local fundraiser By Glenn Wallace [email protected]
“The Amazing Race” competitor Mark “Abba” Abbattista came back to his Golden home and decided to do something amazing himself.
“I got to thinking what the best use of my 15 minutes (of fame) would be,” Abbattista said.
The answer was to fund raise for Jefferson County School District’s Outdoor Lab program, which has been threat-ened with being elimi-nated from the district’s budget in recent years.
Every Sunday, Abbat-tista helps organize and host fundraising events at The Buffalo Rose for the program which his own two children have both appreciated. The program has given school children an op-portunity to explore and learn about nature for more than 50 years.
“Oh, my kids loved it, and we’ve met so many people who said they did it when they were kids, and how it’s improved their lives,” Abbattista said.
That concept of learn-ing through traveling, getting outside of com-fort zones, is very much a part of “The Amazing Race” as well. The CBS re-ality TV show takes two-person teams around the world for $1 million. The current season includes
entertainment lawyer Abbattista and his good friend and professional rock musician, James Lo-Menzo, has already tak-en competitors through a diverse range of coun-tries (China, Italy, ect.) and activities, such as surviving a Turkish bath and eating frog fallopian tubes.
As of episode six, the long-haired “rocker” team of James and Abba are still in the running.
Abbattista said the race lived up to its “amazing” title from the very fi rst challenge, rap-pelling off of a Pasadena bridge.
“It was kind of a sur-real Salvador Dali mo-ment, sitting on the edge, about to jump off,” he said.
The experience has not been without its costs. The duo has had to deal with injuries, ex-haustion, and bad news from home concerning LoMenzo’s father.
“I ended up missing my daughter’s 8th grade graduation. He (James) ended up missing his daughter’s high school graduation,” Abbattista said.
Then there is the pain of watching the episodes on TV, where his team’s every wrong turn is made painfully clear to the viewing audience. In the very fi rst episode, the rockers are in fi rst place, but walk past a neces-sary clue for three hours.
“It’s like having a scab pulled off your body,” Abbattista said.
He said most of the teams have stayed in contact, and actu-ally grown closer in the weeks since they fi n-ished their journey to-gether, calling it “an odd little fraternity.” Several of his fellow racers have
even come to the weekly Outdoor Lab fundraisers to help.
Although Abbattista said he would go on The Amazing Race” again without hesitation — “I wouldn’t even pack” — after a month away from his family without any contact it was very nice to come home to Golden.
GOLDEN NEWS IN A HURRY
City Council on breakTo break for the holidays,
the Golden City Council will not hold any regular meetings or study sessions for the next few weeks. The next scheduled council meeting will be Dec. 6, and will include public hearing on the approval of the 2013-2014 city budget.
Elks Support vetsLast week the Golden Elks
Lodge hosted a free dinner for all veterans, funded through an ENF Veterans Service Freedom Grant.
Ron Beach CEA State Chair-man gave a speech on all of the Elks veteran programs, including therecent Homeless Veterans Stand Down event, and the Vet-erans Hide Program, complete with a picture of Golden Elks Lodge member Wayne Rogers
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Veterans bring history to lifeMitchell Elementary gets firsthand military history lesson
By Glenn [email protected]
What better day to celebrate Veterans Day than with veterans?
Around five years ago, Mitchell Elemen-tary began celebrating the holiday by set-ting the textbooks aside, and putting stu-dents in direct contact with veterans.
Mitchell Principal Samantha Hollman said students were encouraged to interview a veteran, a friend or family member pref-erably, and write up a short report. Then those veterans were invited to the school on Monday to enjoy a breakfast, donated by the school’s PTA, and served by a local Girl Scout troop.
The warm meal was followed by a flag ceremony in front of the school.
“And then the veterans go around to the classrooms to talk to the kids,” Hollman said
The veteran reports hang in the school’s library, alongside a display case filled with military memorabilia brought by the school staff and students. Hollman brought a pic-ture of her father, who served in Vietnam. Also in the case were an Air Force flight hel-met, and a Purple Heart medal.
The veteran interview sheets include quite a few grandfather, and great-grand-father profiles. Newer photos denote in-terviews of cousins, uncles, mothers and fathers who have served in Iraq and Afghan-istan. One sheet showed a great-grandfa-ther who received a Purple Heart from the government, and a bunch of hearts around his photo from his granddaughter.
Rob Phillips, the music teacher at Mitch-ell, also helped organize this year’s event, including having his choir perform “Amer-ica the Beautiful” at the flag raising cer-emony.
“We find that it is really meaningful for
the vets to be able to tell their stories, but also for the students to talk to someone who’s part of history,” Phillips said.
One of those veterans was Bill Barr, re-tired Army, and a Vietnam vet. His grand-daughter, in first grade, stood smiling by his side. A librarian asked her if she thought Vietnam was scary.
“I think so, but I wasn’t there,” she said with a shrug.
Barr said he thought the school activity was wonderful.
“It’s important that kids know that his-tory,” he said. “At this age, they won’t un-derstand all of it, but hopefully it sparks in a few of them an interest in history.”
Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts participate in the flag raising outside Mitchell Elementary School on Monday as part of the school’s Veterans Day ceremonies. Photo by Glenn Wallace
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“I think so, but I wasn’t there,” she said with a shrug.
Barr said he thought the school activity was wonderful.
“It’s important that kids know that his-tory,” he said. “At this age, they won’t un-derstand all of it, but hopefully it sparks in a few of them an interest in history.”
Some things are just not that important after all The other day as I was review-
ing my upcoming calendar I realized I was double booked on a few days, so I began to try and determine if there were meetings I could possibly reschedule or delegate to someone else.
In my head I was really focused on rescheduling the meetings because they all seemed very important, and of course I felt like I was the only one who could pos-sibly lead the meetings and deliver the best possible outcome.
And so I was staring at the large dry erase calendar in my offi ce that was fi lled with appointments as my wife came by.
She had asked what I was doing and so I told her. Her immediate reply, too immediate if you ask me, was this, “You sometimes think you are more important than you really are.”
Ouch, and it still stings a little as I write this, because it’s true.
The truth hurts sometimes.She pointed out that I am too
quick to want to handle everything and be involved in every oppor-tunity and initiative and that I needed to trust the very capable, smart, and talented people on my team.
Maybe she overheard some coaching I had done or read
something I had written about delegation in the past, and was now serving me a heaping helping of my own advice.
How about you? Are you that important?
Are you the only one who can get the job done, or are there people, processes and technology that you can rely on to take some of the burden or pressure off of your busy schedule?
Big question, right? It’s a big question because we fi rst have to determine what is truly important to us and what our priorities really are.
Every one of us will have the order of our own priorities. Some will consider relationships with their spouses, children and close friends as fi rst on their list.
Others will place their empha-sis on their faith. And there are many of us who prioritize our lives and schedules around our work.
Then there are the folks who seem to have money as the highest on their list of things most important.
Based on where we all are at the present moment, our priorities could easily shift, as each of the above could be increasingly more important at any given season of our lives.
As I refl ected on my own im-portance or lack thereof, I realized I could delegate a couple of the meetings and avoid a trip or two here at the end of the year.
There are people who can complete the task effectively and productively without me, and I can focus my energy and time of other things, things that do matter most.
Just like many of you, work and money are a priority for me too. But perhaps I have deluded myself and have made excuses that both were so important that I have accepted placing my family and faith behind work and money. Big mistake.
There is a framed poster on my offi ce wall with one of my favorite quotes and reminders by Forest E. Witcraft that reads, “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, what sort of house I lived in, or kind of car I drove … but the world may
be a different place because I was important in the life of a child.”
There it is in big print on my wall, right in front of me, I have to pass by it every day I come in and out of my offi ce.
And there are pictures of my children, my family and my friends all over my offi ce, once again right in front of me. I have memories of others so very important in my life embedded in my mind and held in my heart, not only right in front of me but a part of me.
Yet, I had to be reminded that maybe, just maybe, I am really not that important after all.
Now please don’t take this out of context.
I know we are all important in the lives of other people in both our personal and my professional life. I get that.
But I think I will accept the fact that sometimes I can allow myself to simply be … not that important.
I would love to hear all about your priorities and importance, or lack thereof at [email protected], and I hope that this will be a better than good week for you.
Michael Norton, a resident of Highlands Ranch, is the former president of the Zig Ziglar orga-nization and CEO and founder of www.candogo.com
Accolades for Golden girls Visitors Centervolunteers recognizedfor good works By Glenn Wallace [email protected]
They are often the fi rst and most important contact visitors to Gold-en have. They are the Greater Gold-en Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center volunteers, and with more than 60 members, they are quite lit-erally award-winning.
The group was awarded a na-tional second place prize for excel-lence from the company Positive Promotions last week.
“This is big stuff because we’re the only ones in the U.S. To win so much,” said volunteer coordinator Carol Ann Bowles.
The volunteers have been hon-ored with prizes for excellence sev-en times over the last 11 years. Cen-ter volunteers were also awarded a certifi cate of appreciation from the Presidential Council on Service and Civic Participation in 2002.
“Volunteerism is a very valuable commodity at the Golden Chamber and Visitors Center,” Bowles said.
To help recognize that value, Bowles said she organizes numer-ous fi eld trips for her volunteer corps, including preview perfor-mances at the Miners Alley Play-house, discount entry to Heritage Square activities, and tours of sev-
eral regional businesses.“She also writes Thank-you
cards for us,” said eight-year volun-teer Heidi Markley.
The fi eld trips and other signs of appreciation were appreciated by volunteers Colleen Faust and Bon-nie Driste as well.
Driste said she was working at Coors when she met Bowles 20 years ago.
“She was so enthusiastic, and worked up. It got me excited, too,” Driste said.
The center volunteers help throughout the community, serv-ing as volunteer staff for several of Golden’s many cultural events. The group also partners with military and School of Mines volunteers to do things like putting up holiday decorations around town. The vol-unteers also serve as a one-stop-shop for information, education, and advice for thousands of visitors each year.
“I like meeting the people, hav-ing an opportunity to meet people I
normally wouldn’t,” Faust said.The volunteers said that be-
ing helpful, even when the ques-tions are odd, or a language barrier makes things diffi cult, has always been rewarding.
“You wouldn’t think so,” Bowles said, “but there is personal benefi t in working at the visitors’ center, working to help others.”
Bowles said she is constant-ly looking for more volunteers. Those who are interested can call 303-279-3113.
Golden Visitors Center volunteer coordinator Carol Ann Bowles (second from left) poses alongside three of her award-winning volunteers: Heidi Markley, Bonnie Driste and Colleen Faust. Photo by Glenn Wallace
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WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER
A year of yes for voters of the northThe day after the election one enthusi-
astic voter exclaimed voters in the Jefferson and Adams counties regions said yes to everything.
Well not everything.But voters in the two counties did
say yes to legalizing recreational use of marijuana in Amendment 64 and yes to Amendment 65, which urges support for a federal amendment to back limiting campaign contributions and spending. Further, Jefferson County voters said yes to a property tax increase for Jeffco school district for ballot questions 3A and 3B. And in Adams County, voters said yes to increasing the number of commissioners from three to five beginning in 2014.
Although we endorsed 3A and 3B we didn’t expect it to pass by such a strong margin nearing 60 percent for 3A. We noted
in our endorsement that Jeffco Schools did its best to tighten its belt and plan ahead starting about five years ago, so we give them credit for its efforts and credit again for passing the ballot questions. Question 3A will bring $39 million per year to help the district keep down class sizes and other efforts and although 3B wasn’t the most handsome bond because it didn’t promise a new building or specific centerpiece im-provement — it will update and renovate schools.
So now we ask the district to do a good job in return of sharing with voters where
the funds will go through the next few years.
As for Ballot Question 1A to add two commissioners, we thought Adams County, which is known to balk at tax increases — such as in the early Scientific and Cultural Facilities District tax proposal and some RTD measures — would say forget about it. Apparently the black eye that the Quality Paving incident left was enough for many people to say five heads are better than three.
Here, too, we urge the benefactor — the county — to give the voters the most bang for the buck. After the board goes to five members, we want to hear about how the commissioners are increasing connectivity, ethical oversight and effort to the good of the county.
The logic and potential revenue from
tax for Amendment 64 may have been enough for voters to back recreational use of marijuana. With the medical marijuana centers already anchored in Colorado, it just didn’t seem like a stretch to go this direction and not wait for other states to try it out first. We hope the costs, lawmak-ing and legal issues don’t make the state regret its decision. We appreciated Gov. John Hickenlooper’s comment that federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so “don’t break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly.” We are not about to celebrate anything about this yet.
We appreciate that voters made tough choices on Election Day. We especially appreciated the yeses to Jeffco Schools. Sometimes when money is tight and the chips are down people nonetheless just dig deeper into their pockets.
Truth, service missing from dutyMy son is going through a “superhero”
phase right now. His favorite movies are “The Avengers,” “Iron Man” and “Spider Man,” his favorite toys are his “Batman” Legos, and, best of all, the other day as we were about to cross the street, he looked to one side, extended his hands toward an oncoming car, and squeezed the inside fingers of each hand towards his palms and “shot webs” to stop the car.
Nope, no dolls for this little guy — he’s all about the imagination and saving the world. And sound effects — turns out superheroes make much better sounds than dolls.
I remember days, way back when, that I used to dream about having superpowers. My power of choice was flying, the power of unassisted flight always seemed like the coolest of all the superhero skills. Y’know, talking to fish and running really fast are all well and good, but, for my money, flying was always the way to go.
These days I want a different superpow-er, though I suspect it’s just as much of a thing of fantasy as flying. I want the ability to heal; more specifically, I want the ability to heal the divide in this country.
After the most expensive — and most negative — campaign in history, the coun-
try has returned the president to 1600 by the slimmest of popular margins, returned a strong Republican majority to the House of Representatives, and sent more Repub-licans to governor’s seats than two years ago. In other words, the country has voted for divided government, partisan gridlock and more bickering. Even more telling, I saw a graphic the other day that showed you could drive from the Canadian border to the Mexican border, and from the Pacific Ocean to within about 20 miles of the At-lantic Ocean, all without passing through a single county that voted for President Obama.
People in Jefferson County know all about this divide, because we enjoyed the glorious distinction of being a “swing” county. That’s why the candidates spent
so much time here, and why we were buried in ugly advertising for the last nine months. And, for all that, I really doubt that anybody’s minds were changed. Sure, there were a handful of people who didn’t make up their minds early who were influenced by the late barrage of advertising. But for the most part, this became an argument, not about which way was better, or which principles should guide us, but about who was the scariest person for the next four years. Hardly the stuff of Washington, Jef-ferson and Lincoln.
We should expect better. And I’m going to start to propose a way forward, starting with First Principles. Maybe we can’t all agree on First Principles, and maybe we can; I’m not reaching into any deep arcane list for my FPs. I’m going to try to keep it pretty simple. Ignore this if you want, and forgive me if this sounds preachy or sanctimonious, but I suspect that our revulsion over the last nine months will be repeated in four years if we don’t start to force change. And if our revulsion becomes the norm, then how can we hope to bring the country together?
First of all, we have got to start making our First Duty to be to the Truth. I know some wit said “truth is the first victim of
any campaign,” but I don’t think we should be so casual with the Truth. It’s not good enough to spin, or to interpret, but we should just speak to the Truth. If your par-ty, your candidate, your issue, your organi-zation is reluctant to deal with Truth, then there has to be a consequence for that. We can’t continue to return corrupt people to government and places of power, and then wonder why government is corrupt.
And secondly, can we re-prioritize Service? On this week, when we honor our veterans, let’s honor their service and sacri-fice by remembering that nobody ever took an oath to a party or president — they took oaths to the Constitution and served for the person on their left and on their right.
Maybe I’m making too much of this; then again, maybe we’ve all just lowered our expectations too far. There is no Super-man to save us from ourselves, though, if we continue to let the political season be this trivial.
Michael Alcorn is a music teacher and fitness instructor who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. He graduated from Alameda High School and the Univer-sity of Colorado-Boulder.
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A year of yes for voters of the north tax for Amendment 64 may have been enough for voters to back recreational use of marijuana. With the medical marijuana centers already anchored in Colorado, it just didn’t seem like a stretch to go this direction and not wait for other states to try it out fi rst. We hope the costs, lawmak-ing and legal issues don’t make the state regret its decision. We appreciated Gov. John Hickenlooper’s comment that federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so “don’t break out the Cheetos or Goldfi sh too quickly.” We are not about to celebrate anything about this yet.
We appreciate that voters made tough choices on Election Day. We especially appreciated the yeses to Jeffco Schools. Sometimes when money is tight and the chips are down people nonetheless just dig deeper into their pockets.
YOUR VIEW
3A, 3B approval sends a messageVoters in Jefferson County
sent a strong message on elec-tion night when 58 percent approved issue 3A and 54 percent backed 3B.
These are huge wins for our kids — and our community. Great schools benefi t us all. They improve our quality of life, attract businesses and protect our property values. Most important, they educate future citizens who one day will cast their own votes.
3A will generate $39 million each year to maintain class-room size; restore two days of school; and ensure students have access to instrumental music, teacher librarians, electives and Outdoor Lab. 3B will provide $99 million in funds for repairs to aging schools
For the average Jeffco homeowner, these measures cost $36 a year — and will provide a strong return on taxpayers’ investment. Our students outperform the state in all grade levels and content areas on 2012 state tests. Our high school graduation rates tie for second in the nation among the 50 largest school districts. More Jeffco students are pursuing post-secondary education. The class of 2012 earned $54 million in college scholarships.
And there is always room for improvement! We will continue to leverage every taxpayer dollar for student success.
In Jeffco, the win for 3A and 3B also demonstrates what a
community can accomplish when it puts children fi rst. Thousands of volunteers with Citizens for Jeffco Schools, led by co-chairs Kelly Johnson and Jonna Levine, walked door-to-door, called voters, waved signs at busy intersec-tions and much more. Cham-bers of Commerce, mayors, city council members and others across Jefferson County stood up and said this is the right thing to do right now.
Today, we get back to work analyzing student achieve-ment data, pinpointing classroom strategies that get results, and making sure our graduates are ready for col-lege, the workforce and life.
But we’ll savor the support of a community that came together on Nov. 6 to ensure every child in Jeffco receives a great education and we promise that we will be good stewards of the taxpayer dol-lars you have entrusted to us.
On behalf of the Jeffco school board members who voted to put these measures on the ballot, thank you Jeffco voters for believing in our kids and the teachers, principals and support staff who touch their lives every day.
Lesley Dahlkemper, Presi-dent, Jeffco Schools Board of Education
Paula Noonan, First Vice President, Jeffco Schools Board of Education
Robin Johnson, Treasurer, Jeffco Schools Board of Educa-tion
Jill Fellman, Secretary, Jef-fco Schools Board of Education
JEFFCO NEWS IN A HURRY
Missing woman foundAn 83-year-old woman who
went missing on Nov. 7 has been found. The south Jeffco woman, who suffers from short-term memory loss, had been driving to meet her husband in Denver but never arrived.
Jeffco Sheriff’s Department announced that the woman was found safe by the morning of Nov. 9.
Birthday for Je� co Open SpaceIt was in 1972 that Jefferson
County voters approved a one-half percent sales tax for “planning for, developing necessary access to, acquiring, maintaining, adminis-tering and preserving open space real property or interests in real property, and developing paths and trails thereon for the use and benefi t of the public.” And with that, Jefferson County Open Space became a reality.
The citizen’s group PLAN Jeffco led the effort to create Jeffco Open Space, aimed at protecting open lands throughout unincorporated portions of the county.
Early acquisitions included Matthews/Winters Park near Interstate 70 and the Hogback; Hiwan Homestead, Apex Park and Mount Falcon Park. To date, 52,000 acres, 28 Parks and 210 miles of trails for hikers, mountain bikers and horseback riders have been created and maintained through open space funding.
The cities and recreation districts within the County benefi t from the Open Space fund and program. A portion of the Open Space sales tax is distributed through a motor vehicle registra-tion formula directly to the cities for parks and open space purpos-es. Cities compete with the Recre-ation Districts for supplementary grant funding for capital and land purchase projects.
County Comprehensive Master PlanJeffco will host a public meet-
ing to discuss a draft version of the county Comprehensive
Master Plan today from 4-7 p.m. in the Quad Room (Rooms 1552AB/1565AB) at the Jeffer-son County Administration and Courts Facility, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, in Golden. Staff will make two identical 15 min-ute presentations outlining the changes to the Plan, the fi rst at 4 p.m. and the second at 5:30 p.m. Staff will be available to discuss the draft and answer questions. There will also be map displays available to review.
Information, and a draft ver-sion of the plan are available at jeffco.us/planning/.
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The Foothills Art Cen-ter, 15th Street and Wash-ington Avenue, has trans-formed itself to host the Holiday Art Market (HART) for the 35th year in a row, featuring handcrafted po-tential presents.
Put another way: Holi-day present shopping just got a lot easier.
“We have over a hun-dred artists represented, throughout all of the gal-leries at the Foothills Art Center. We’ve taking over
the whole building,” said HART manager Pam Fort-ner. “We have almost 10,000 items that people can purchase everything from soap to ornaments. We have probably the best selection of handmade Christmas ornaments that people will fi nd in a 100-mile radius.”
Fortner, along with fel-low HART manager Mary Beth Beach, have trans-formed the Foothills Art Center into a “very sparkly” showroom for handmade original pieces, including clothing, furniture, 3-D wall pieces, pottery, ceram-ics, jewelry, and paintings.
Among the artists on display there is Cheryl St. John, whose painting “Awaiting Spring” was cho-sen to accompany the Cap-itol Christmas Tree and be displayed in Washington D.C.
“It’s just become a tradi-tion. It’s a highlight of the year,” said St. John, an Ar-vada resident.
For more than a decade, St. John has participated in HART and says it has always been not only fun, but profi table for her as an artist to participate.
“And the holiday art market is really beautiful this year,” St. John said.
As an added bonus for shoppers, many of the HART staff are actually art-ists, helping out with staff-ing.
“I think that that’s one thing people actually en-joy, having a chance to meet the artists,” St. John said, adding that she actu-ally helped a few shoppers purchase her own artwork last weekend. “It’s just a great place for Christmas shopping.”
HART is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. It runs through Dec. 30.
Clinic free to students By Cassie Monroe [email protected]
The students of Red Rocks Community Col-lege agreed having a health clinic on campus was so important they were will-ing to pay more in fees for its creation.
Joe Heimer, student body president, launched the project after he found out three other community colleges in the state had
health clinics on campus available for students.
He started by surveying the student body to see if they were interested in hav-ing a clinic, and explained semester fees would in-crease if they wanted to make this a reality. There are only 13 community colleges nationwide that provide student health clinics on campus. There is no cost for a student to come into the clinic to see the physician’s assistant,
Johnna Jaymes, but if any lab work needs to be done there is a small charge.
“If it’s something we can’t do then we’ll help them get connected with someone in the commu-nity who can,” Jaymes said. According to Carolyn Mat-tern, director of student life and services, The results of the student survey in sum-mer and fall of 2011 indi-cated more than 35 percent of students did not have health insurance.
In order for the school to start building and sup-plying the clinic the stu-dent body had to vote on a referendum in favor of the initiative.
On the referendum in spring 2012, 95 percent of the vote was in favor of adding an additional fee to fund the operation of a student health clinic. Construction began in June 2012 and was com-pleted three months later.
The clinic saw its fi rst visitors this fall, and ac-cording to Nicole Brown, medical assistant, she and Jaymes see an aver-
age of 11 to 16 patients Monday through Thurs-day and only about four patients on Fridays. On Mondays and Tues-days the clinic is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednes-days and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Fri-days from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Most classes at RRCC are from Monday through Thursday, so there is not much campus activity on Fridays.
“The goal was to have, no matter what kind of student you are, a time to come in,” Jaymes said. Jaymes graduated from the physicians assistant pro-gram in 2009. She worked in preventative cardiology for a while, but eventually decided to continue her education at RRCC.
After learning the school had a need for a cardiology teacher, she began teach-ing at the college in Janu-ary 2011.
Brown said she un-derstands why this clinic is so important for students to have. “I know what it is like not having health care and not knowing where to go or where to turn,” she said. “This is a service students won’t fi nd anywhere else.”
Johnna Jaymes, director of Red Rocks Community College student health clinic, stands in one of the examination rooms Monday. Photo by Andy Carpenean
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When it comes to deco-rating with lights for the holidays, there are unlim-ited ways to add twinkle to the inside as well as the outside of your home. Some people favor an elegant, re-strained sprinkling of lights around a door, while others go for a more exuberant dis-play of illumination on vir-tually every surface.
The American Lighting Association (ALA) offers some holiday lighting tips and ideas:
• Make your home’s en-trance a priority. The front door is more than just the entryway into your home; it’s also a welcoming fi rst impression for family and friends. Start by adding a few, easy-to-install land-scape uplights to highlight trees and shrubs, or path lighting to illuminate a side-walk or driveway.
“Tree lighting uses the heights of trees to spread the light out in a soft and subtle way to bathe the area in light,” said Richard Lentz, owner of Dallas-based Lentz Landscape Lighting and its interiors division Lentz Services.
Do-it-yourself tip: Go for low-voltage landscape lights, which are easy to in-stall and consume less en-ergy.
• Add drama with color-changing lights. Newer LED lights can add custom color scenes that complement a specifi c holiday decorating mood. You can produce the exact ambiance you like at any moment during your party or gathering this sea-son. Colors can be changed at the push of a button without changing the fi x-ture, making these products
useful year round.• Use lighting to create
a focal point. Lights can draw attention to virtually anything – a centerpiece, buffet, unusual decoration – which helps guests know where to focus their eyes.
• Add portable spotlights as highlights. These small, inexpensive fi xtures typi-cally work with a tabletop dimmer and can create pretty silhouettes, particu-larly under a Christmas tree, shining up through the branches.
• Illuminate corners. When decorating with lights for the holidays, make your space feel larg-er by placing spotlights in room corners to illuminate dark spaces.
• Swap out lighting ac-cents. Replacing a neutral lampshade with one that is
red or gold will soften the light and create a pretty at-mosphere when decorating with lights for the holidays. Replace a chandelier’s crys-tal teardrops with gold, sil-ver or red glass balls, or add a few shade charms, avail-able at many craft stores, to add some sparkle and fun.
“One of the great things about this time of year, when there are a lot of fes-tive gatherings, is that it’s all right to break away from a few traditions and try some new things with lighting and decorating,” said Bruce Hathaway, national sales manager for the Vermont-based lighting manufactur-er Hubbardton Forge.
• Check your dimmers. “Dimmers are ideal for
creating that perfect look, regardless of the season, because they allow for the general lighting to play a supporting role,” said Joe Rey-Barreau, education consultant for ALA and an associate professor at the University of Kentucky’s School of Interior Design.
• Update your powder room.
“It’s often the smallest room, yet if you measure the worth of the powder room by the amount of traffi c a room gets per square foot, the powder room could easily be the most valuable space in your house,” said Rick Wiedemer, president of Hinkley Lighting.
A few simple, extra touch-es, such as a portable lamp with a colored shade, will make a huge impact.
• Try novelty lights. Con-sider themed novelty lights for a bit of fun when deco-rating for any holiday.
“Try string lights in shapes or LED crystal lights on a festive mantle,” said Edward Cook, president of National Specialty Lighting in Colorado.
Visit your local ALA-member lighting showroom to discover more ideas for decorating with lights for the holidays. For informa-tion, visit www.American-LightingAssoc.com.
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Where were you born? I was born in Milwaukee but grew up in Larchmont, NY.
A� er college, I took a year o� to ski and landed in Steam-boat Springs. I fell in love with Colorado and never le� .
How long have you lived in the area? I have lived in Willow Springs,
Morrison for over 30 years, with Red Rocks Country Club at the base of the neighborhood.
What do you like most about it? I love the small town feel of
our neighborhood where the neighbors all know each other. It truly “takes a village” and our kids grew up with lots of adults to watch out for them. I also love the 800 acres of open space and the golf course.
How long have you worked in Real Estate?
18 years.
What is your specialty and what does that mean for the people you work with?
My specialty is residential real estate and I’m a real estate divorce specialist. I work with � rst time homebuyers as well as empty nesters and relocation folks. I work the complete metro area from Morrison, � ornton, Parker, Littleton and Denver. I just helped my son and his new bride buy a great house in Littleton and am so happy for them.
What is the most challenging part of what you do?
Right now, the challenge is � nding appropriate homes for my buyers. � e inventory has been down recently. In addition, there are a lot of � x n � ippers out there doing substan-dard work, so hire a
good inspector.
What do you most enjoy doing when you’re not working? You can � nd me on the golf course in the summer and
the ski slopes in the winter. Nevertheless, I always have my cell phone so clients can always get hold of me. I’m on two so� ball teams and love riding my motorcycle.
What is one tip you have for someone looking to sell a house? Clean and stage it.
What is one tip you have for someone looking to buy a house?
Be realistic. Let me help you with comparable sales.
What is the most unusual thing you’ve encountered while working in Real Estate?
I had an appointment to show a house but appar-ently, someone didn’t get the message. I opened a bedroom door to � nd a sleeping person in bed. � at was awkward so we quickly le� .
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West MetroLIFE
Ex-gridder didn’t fritter
There are plenty of stories about former Broncos who lived the high life only to crash and burn post their NFL career.
But former wide receiver Rod Smith has avoided slipping into the “fortune, fame then falling flat on his face” cycle. His sto-ry is told as part of an Oct. 31 Forbes story headlined, “Not broke: How NFL players stay financially stable after the game ends.” To read the whole story, go to forbes.com and enter “NFL” in the search field.
Smith recounts being 10 years old and watching an episode of “Where Are They Now?” on HBO.
“There was a guy on the show who played in the NFL and then became home-less. When I saw that, I thought, `When I get into the NFL, there is no way I’m going broke,’” Smith told Forbes.
Forbes also cited a 2009 Sports Illustrated report that said within two years of retir-ing, 78 percent of NFL players face financial stress.
Smith hung onto his frugality through-out his 14-year NFL career in part because he joined the pros as an undrafted player in 1994. At his alma mater, Missouri Southern State University, he completed three de-grees in business, economics and finance, and marketing and management, the story said.
“I didn’t get drafted, so that helped me build financial stability,” Smith told Forbes. “I had a chance to be in the NFL, but not a chance to be in the NFL lifestyle, because I didn’t have the income for it.”
On the Broncos practice squad making $60,000 a year, Smith didn’t attempt to keep up with the financial luxuries of other play-ers in the locker room.
Now in retirement, Smith has kept up a practice he started in the Broncos locker room under the leadership of former head coach Mike Shanahan of mentoring young-er players about financial responsibility.
“I appreciate Shanahan because he let me teach a financial class to the rookies,” Smith said in the story. “Nobody was teach-ing me these principles. I learned them from watching people.”
Il Mondo Vecchio bids arrivederciIl Mondo Vecchio, the much-lauded
Denver salumi producer, will shut its doors on Nov. 30 due to increased regulatory re-quirements and pressures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The production facility at 1174 S. Chero-kee St. famously produced salami, pepper-oni, bresaola and other cured meats along with fresh sausages for local restaurants and markets, as well as for eateries in out-of-state cities including San Francisco, Se-attle and Houston.
Mark DeNittis and business partner Gennaro DeSantis have owned and operat-ed Il Mondo Vecchio under the local USDA watchdog for three years. When a represen-tative from the national USDA went on an inspection, the salumeria was put under more fierce scrutiny.
Parker continues on Page 19
New talent On the EdgeFour playwrights get chance to shine in theater’s season finaleBy Clarke [email protected]
The Edge Theater will sound its reputa-tion of pushing boundaries with the works of four local playwrights in the final perfor-mance of the season.
“On the Edge: A Festival of New Plays” began on Nov. 9 and will run through Dec. 2 at the theater, 9797 W. Colfax Ave., and features a new play every weekend.
Tickets are $10 per show. “Crasher/Hostess” by Ellen K. Graham kicked off the festival and ran Nov. 9-11.
“In our second season we really wanted to make a commitment to new works. We’re giving local playwrights an opportunity to get their work produced, which is hard to do,” said Rick Yaconis, executive and artis-tic director of The Edge. “For these shows, the stars are the writers, not the actors or directors.”
The writers of the four plays were cho-sen from the theater’s On Your Feet work-
shop, which gives playwrights a chance to refine their work with other writers. Yaco-nis said the theater received a lot of scripts when they put out the call about the festi-val, and honed the numbers down from the top 40 to the top 20 and finally, the top four.
“Room No. 12” by Haley Johnson — Nov. 16-18Johnson has acted in two of the Edge’s
previous productions, and while she said she tends to watch a lot of comedy, when it comes to her writing, she focuses on the dramatic. Her play focuses on a women and a girl who go through a horrific ex-perience together and how their rela-tionship changes based on what they’ve gone through.
“It’s a story some people may love, some may hate, but you won’t be able to walk away indifferent,” she said.
Johnson is an actor primarily, and said that most of her writing has been in more of a short story format, which is how “Room No. 12” started. She said she has enjoyed the process in taking it to a play format.
“I wrote it with the lead as someone I could see playing the role of,” she said. “But it’s been really fun seeing other people
breath life into it by doing things I’d never thought of before.”
“Gifted” by Carrie Printz — Nov. 23-25Printz has always had an interest in
multi-ethnic stories, especially since they have become more common in American society, and decided to tackle the subject in “Gifted.”
“The play is about the family of a 15-year-old boy. His father is Indian and his mother is Caucasian, and he’s going through a bit of an identity crisis about his culture,” she said. “At the same time, he is very, very smart, and has an opportunity to go on a game show to show it.”
Printz is a journalist for a medical pub-lication, and became interesting in writing plays about four years ago, so she started taking classes.
“I’ve never seen the whole play acted out before, and there’s really nothing quite like it,” she said. “I’m excited to see it come to life.”
“Straight Sitting” by Melanie Tem — Nov. 30-Dec. 2
Tem’s play is inspired by actual events that happened in Evergreen, when a child was killed during a “re-birthing” therapy session, and asks the audience to examine some serious questions.
“It’s not the story of what happened in Evergreen, but it was inspired by it,” she said. “The therapists are trying to help, and it’s an extremely complex situation I want people to think about.”
Tem is a social worker, but said she has always had a second career as a writer, and has had other stories published before.
“I really enjoy the fluid and collaborative nature of plays,” she said. “The number of places where you can get a production like this are pretty small, so Rick and The Edge are taking a bit of a gamble.”
Audiences who attend all four shows will have the chance to vote for which play deserves a full production in the 2013 season.
There will also be a panel of seven judg-es, including Yaconis and his wife, a local theater critic and two representatives from the Colorado Theater Guild, deciding on which play wins the top prize.
For more information and tick-ets, call 303-232-0363 or visit www. theeproject.com.
Ellen K. Graham, the writer of “Crasher/Hostess,” works with the play’s director, Rick Yaconis, on staging a scene. “Crasher/Hostess” was the first production of the festival. Courtesy photos
Laura Lounge (portraying Constance) and Brock Benson ( portraying Tog) act out a scene from “Crasher/Hostess.”
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Time to get full swing into holiday season Now that Thanksgiving is approaching I
start to get into full swing with all the holi-day activities and thoughts of Christmas. All the holiday movies and ads for every-thing under the sun start to pop up and a lot of us start getting the boxes of decora-tions out and sifting through what we are going to put up this year and what we may want to add to our collections.
For me, this time of year always brings my focus back to one thing: Trains! I don’t know what it is about Christmas, but it seems to bring forth images of steam locomotives, passenger cars fi lled with people heading home for the holidays and box cars full of all kinds of goodies. I guess it stems from all the old movies or from getting a toy train set back when I was a kid. Visions of the “Polar Express” always seem to dominate my imagination for the Holidays.
Of course, the fact that I have been col-lecting model trains of all scales for years and always set up some kind of layout around the tree in the living room every year might have something to do with it but I’m not alone. Model railroading is still a huge hobby and I’m sure a lot of you have little worlds of your own down in the base-ment that you use to escape the stresses of everyday living and for those of you who have one of these enthusiasts on your gift list, it can be a challenge to know what to
get for them, and where to fi nd it.Unfortunately, we lost one of the main-
stays of model trains, Mizell Trains and Hobbies, in August but the old standby, Caboose Hobbies on south Broadway in Denver is still going strong. But when it comes to fi nding treasures nothing beats heading to a model railroad show and sift-ing through all the stuff you can fi nd there.
These shows only pop up a few times a year, but fortunately a pretty big one is about to hit town, just in time for the holidays!
It’s the Rocky Mountain Toy Train Show at the Denver Merchandise Mart and is billed as the largest toy train show west of the Mississippi. This is going to be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 24-25. Now, if you have never been to one of these shows, they really are quite the adventure.
First off, they have loads of people with booths selling everything associated with
toy trains you can imagine, often at rock bottom prices. You can fi nd trains, track, transformers, buildings, landscaping mate-rials, books, videos, you name it. Both new and used, there is something there you are going to want to take home with you.
They also have several operating train layouts in all scales so you get to see the trains in action. A lot of clubs bring their projects to these shows and if you are interested in joining a club there will be plenty of friendly people from all of the clubs in the area for you to talk to. Whether it’s tiny N scale modules or huge garden railroad set-ups, trust me, there will be someone there who is an expert on it.
They also have “how-to” clinics, manu-facturer displays, representatives from real tourist railroads with vacation info, a kids corner plus drawings for door prizes.
The bottom line here is that you can spend the whole day or weekend at this show and get a lot of entertainment and shopping value for your buck. Admission is only $8 for adults over 12, and kids under 12 are admitted free.
Tickets are available in advance at all King Soopers stores. Visit www.rmtts.com and you can print out a dollar off coupon that you can use if you buy tickets at the door.
So, grab your engineers hat and I’ll see you at the show. You can’t miss me, I’ll be
the guy standing there with the stupid grin on my face debating whether I should blow a week’s pay on a brass locomotive I don’t really need. Oh wait, there will probably be 500 other guys there doing the same thing.
Move up to the big onesOf course playing with trains is always
fun, no matter how old you are, but noth-ing beats actually being able to ride the real rails behind a steam locomotive or powerful diesel. But most of us really don’t have the time to plan a rail adventure as often as we would like to. Luckily, the solu-tion is right here in our own back yard at the Colorado Railroad Museum.
It’s Ride the Rails Saturdays, held every third Saturday of the month at the mu-seum. On those days they run one of their historic engines with some cars coupled to it, and you get to actually ride trains from different eras.
The next one is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 17. For more information on this and all their other events, check out www.coloradorailroadmuseum.org or call 303-279-4591.
John Akal is a well-known jazz artist/drummer and leader of the 20-piece Ultra-phonic Jazz Orchestra. He also is president of John Akal Imaging, professional commer-cial photography and multimedia produc-tion.
YOUR WEEK & MORE THURSDAY/NOV. 15
SILENT AUCTION Oberon PTSA will have its spaghetti dinner and silent auction at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at Oberon Middle School, 7300 Quail St., Arvada. Call 303-982-2020.
SYMPHONY CONCERT Lakewood Symphony presents “In the Style of the Boston Pops,” featuring baritone Steven Taylor, dean of the school of music at Colorado Christian University, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 Allison Parkway. Tickets are available by calling 303-987-7845 or at Lakewood.org/Tickets.
THEATER AUDITIONS The Arvada Center will have auditions for “Blithe Spirit” by appointment only, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15, at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Call 720-898-
7200 to schedule a time. Actors must be 18 years and older to audition. The show runs from Jan. 22 to Feb. 17. Visit www.arvadacenter.org.
SILENT AUCTION The Lakewood Symphony presents “In the Style of the Boston Pops!” an evening of music including Broadway, light classics and other pops. Steven Taylor, baritone soloist, will perform Shenandoah, the Toreador Song, the Music of the Night and more. The silent auction has some-thing for everyone. The event is from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. For ticket information, call 303-987-7845 or go online at www.Lakewood.org/Tickets.
ISLAMIC FAITH Join Active Minds as it explores the sometimes violent reaction from parts of the Muslim world to what many deem as “free speech” in
other parts of the world. The program is planned from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at Atria Inn at Lakewood, 555 S. Pierce St., Lakewood. RSVP at 303-742-4800.
FALL PLAY Golden High School’s Stage Right Productions will present its fall play, “Night of January 16th,” by author Ayn Rand. Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Nov. 15-17, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 in the high school auditorium. Cash and check accepted at the door. For advanced ticket purchase, call 303-982-2813 or email at goldentheater@jeff co.k12.co.us. For other information, contact Scott Hasbrouck at shasbrou@jeff co.k12.co.us or 303-982-2813.
THURSDAY TO Monday/Nov. 15- 19
CHRISTMAS COLLECTION Faith Mountain Church in Lakewood will
be bustling with activity as shoeboxes packed full of goodies for needy kids overseas are dropped off by local indi-viduals and families as part of Operation Christmas Child. Winnie Barnes is the collection site coordinator and can be reached at 303-980-1683. Additional local collection sites in Wheat Ridge, Arvada, Golden and Evergreen can be found at www.samaritanspurse.org.
THURSDAY TO Tuesday/Nov. 15- 20
FOOD DRIVE Revolution Chiro-practic will have a food drive for the Ar-vada Food Bank. New patients who make a donation of $10 can receive their initial appointment for free. Call Revolution Chiropractic at 303-284-9875 or email to [email protected]. The special will be honored through Nov. 20.
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FRIDAY /NOV. 16
BLOOD DRIVE Belmar Library Community Blood Drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, inside Bon� ls’ bus at 555 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. For information or to sched-ule an appointment, contact Bon� ls’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bon� ls.org.
GARAGE SALE A multi-home fall garage sale to bene� t Misha May Foundation Dog Training and Rescue is from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at a private home at 8415 W. Third Place in Lakewood. Items for sale include furniture, tools, clothing, kitchen gadgets and more. For information, or to volunteer, email [email protected].
WINE TASTING Tickets are available for the sixth annual Wines for the Holidays wine tasting from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. The event will help support the Arvada Community Food Bank. Reservations must be made in advance through the Arvada Festivals Commission at https://winetasting.webconnex.com/winetasting.
FRIDAY AND Saturday/Nov. 16-17
THEATER SHOW Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen presents “The Little Mermaid Jr.” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, and at 2 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Center/Stage Theater, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreeen. Purchase tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com.
FRIDAY TO Sunday/Nov. 16-18, Nov. 23-25, Nov. 30 to Dec. 2
THEATER FESTIVAL See a new play every week for four weeks at The Edge Theatre: “Room #12” plays Nov. 16-18; “Gifted” plays Nov. 23-25; and “Straight Sitting” plays Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. The theater is at 9797 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. Visit www.theedgetheater.com or call 303-232-0363 for tickets and information on the shows.
SATURDAY/NOV. 17
CRAFT FAIR Golden Gate Grange will have its annual Holiday Craft Faire from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. Free admission, cookies and co� ee. Four miles west of Route 93 in Golden at 25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road. Call Jayne 303 215-9257 or Mary 303-277-0134.
ALZHEIMER’S CARE In recognition of National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month, Home Instead Senior Care is o� ering free Alzheimer’s CARE training workshops for area families. The next training is at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at 6191 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge. RSVP at 303-463-1900 or [email protected].
ANIMAL RIGHTS Misha May Foundation Dog Training and Rescue President Doug Torza leads a seminar on Animal Rights, Animal Welfare and Animal Advocacy Through the Ages from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Doggie Delights, 1432 S. Broadway, Denver. Includes a vegan lunch with gluten-free options. Discus-sion will continue during lunch. Fee is discounted if paid by Friday, Nov. 16. For
information, email [email protected] or call 303-239-0382, or use the Paypal button at www.mishamayfoundation.org to register and pay for this class.
SATURDAY/NOV. 17 and Dec. 8
ALZHEIMER’S WORKSHOP Home Instead Senior Care is o� ering a free educational workshop for those caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. The workshop will cover how to manage behaviors, learn engagement skills and how to care for yourself while caring for a loved one. Two workshops are planned from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 17, and Saturday, Dec. 8, at Home Instead Senior Care, 6191 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge. RSVP at 303-463-1900.
SUNDAY/NOV. 18
STRANGER AWARENESS An Arvada Police Department volunteer will host a stranger awareness class from 1-2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Stanley Lake Library. The class is geared for children in kindergarten to third grade, but all ages are welcome. Atten-dance is on a � rst-come basis. Check the Arvada Police Department website for additional classes to be scheduled and safety tips at arvadapd.org. Questions can be directed to [email protected].
THEATER SHOW The Littleton Catholic home-school satellite class of Colorado ACTS performs “Anne of Avonlea,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Colorado ACTS Theater, 9460 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Tickets available at the door.
CONCERT SERIES St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 9200 W 10th Ave.,
Lakewood, presents its 2012-13 concert series. Season and individual tickets are available. Email [email protected] or call 303-279-2932. All concerts take place in the St. Paul Sanctuary. Concerts are:
NOV. 18: Con� uence a cappella choir will present “The War Between Men and Women,” based on James Thurber’s cartoon series of the same name, at 3 p.m.
DEC. 16: On the third Sunday of Advent this year is the Festival Service of Les-sons and Carols, at 3 p.m. This service features the St. Paul’s Church Choir and Con� uence, a child soprano singing the traditional opening verse, and this year the Park Hill Brass Quintet.
MONDAY/NOV. 19
REAL ESTATE The Third Monday Real Estate Investing Group will meet from 7-9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge. Meet in Classroom 1. The meeting will cover all the information needed to successfully � x and � ip or to buy rentals with posi-tive cash � ow.
COMING SOONCOMING SOON/NOV. 23 to Dec. 16
PLAYHOUSE SHOW The Fes-tival Playhouse presents “The Man Who Wanted to Be Santa,” from Nov. 23 to Dec. 16 at 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2 p.m. Sundays. Call 303-422-4090 or visit www.festi-valplayhouse.com for information.
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Parker: Early bird gets cheap rec passes“Il Mondo Vecchio has had three
solid years of uninterrupted busi-ness growth and has never had one instance of food safety violation, is-sue or complaint,” DeNittis said in a written statement. “In August, the USDA imposed additional require-ments on Il Mondo Vecchio’s pro-duction methods. After two months of sharing information and col-laboration back and forth between Il Mondo Vecchio and the USDA as well as various attempts to modify the production methods, Il Mondo Vecchio has determined that the impact of the regulatory require-ments on dry cured sausage prod-ucts was detrimental to the quality of the product and therefore, (we) are forced to close the doors.”
DeNittis said that his company and the USDA came to an impasse. “(We) could either change (our) methods to a process that has been validated by the USDA such as fer-menting (cooking the product) or adding nitrites, nitrates, acids or co-pious amounts of salt, all resulting in what IMV believes to be an inferior product or stop production.”
They chose the latter.The public is still invited to attend
the weekly Friday afternoon Loading Dock Friday product sales until the end of this month.
All proceeds benefi t the Denver Scholarship Foundation and its mis-sion to inspire and empower Denver Public Schools students to achieve
their quest for college.For tickets, contact Abigail Whit-
eing at 303-640-6568 or [email protected]. More infor-mation at www.denverscholarship.org.
He ‘otter’ be a spokesmouthFormer Denver daily newspaper
sports columnist and stand-up co-median Sam Adams is one of the new “spokesmouths” for the Samsung (get it?) OtterBox, the safety cover for the company’s smartphones.
“This holiday season, keep me safe in an OtterBox cuz I’m better than any wingman you’ve ever par-tied with,” Adams says under the post of his video pitch at www.ot-terbox.com/wrapme. Click on “above average Joe.”
Wiley WeilRockmount Ranch Wear owner
Steve Weil never met a celebrity he didn’t like, especially if they buy and wear his shirts in concert.
So recently when rock icons Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfl er were on tour for two shows in Denver, Knopfl er and the band stopped and shopped at Rockmount in LoDo.
The bass player wore his Rock-mount denim shirt (No. 640-DT, Weil tells me) at the show.
“This is one perk at Rockmount, not knowing who is going to drop by unexpectedly,” Weil said.
Dylan has been to Rockmount and has many shirts, including the one he wore when he received the
Medal of Honor from President Obama earlier this year.
Rev up for Restaurant Week(s)The ninth annual Denver Restau-
rant Week(s) will be held from Feb. 23 to March 8.
DRW restaurant participants will once again offer diners a multi-course dinner for two for the “Mile High” price of $52.80, not including tax and tip.
Registration for Denver Restau-rant Week for restaurants were to open this week. Questions: Contact Valerie Farrell at 303-571-936 or [email protected].
Early bird gets best pricesCome to Lakewood’s recreation
centers from 3-9 a.m. Nov. 23 (yes, you read that right) to save up to 50 percent on recreation passes, classes and leagues. Carmody Recreation Center will open at 3 a.m., and the other three facilities will open at 5 a.m. The fi rst 250 people to take ad-vantage of the deals will receive a mystery goodie bag and a chance to win a $750 Belmar gift certifi cate. For more information, visit www.Lake-wood.org/BlackFriday.
Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, par-ties 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.
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Faye Steuck
Faye Steuck, 61, of Gold-en, passed away on Tues-day, Oct. 30.
Originally from Detroit, she was a 1979 graduate of the National University of Health Sciences in Lom-bard, Illinois, moving to Golden in 1980.
She served that com-munity for over 30 years in the practice of chiropractic and nutritional medicine, enthusiastically embracing the importance of treating body, mind and spirit.
She enjoyed living and working in Golden and es-pecially loved taking walks along Clear Creek by the library and Lions Park. She raised her two daughters in Golden and always appre-ciated how fortunate she was to live in such a beauti-ful community.
She is survived by her husband, Greg Steuck, daughters Melissa Martin (Matt) Raia and Diana Mar-tin, and grandson Martin Raia. Also siblings Sheila, Mark and Neil Stephenson of Michigan, and many nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Faye’s Life is planned for Sunday, Nov. 18 at 2:00 p.m. at Foot-hills Chapel at 1950 Ford St. in Golden.
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Sidney Stillman, Den-ver, husband of Noreen Stillman, father of Scott (Andrea) Stillman, Mi-chael Stillman and Stacy (Richard) Subar. Brother of Jay Stillman, Suzan (Allan) Markman and Sandy (Steve) Berkow-itz,. Son of the late Leo and Gertrude Stillman. Grandfather of 12. Great-grandfather of 1. Service was Oct. 30 at AISH Den-ver. Interment at Eman-uel Cemetery. Contribu-tions to Shalom Hospice, Jewish Family Service or Denver Police Orphans’ Fund Inc. 1331 Cherokee St. Denver 80204.
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COMING SOON/NOV. 24
MOVIE SHOWING The epic movie “Gandhi” will be shown Saturday, Nov. 24, at Arvada Mennonite Church Spirit of Joy Church of the Brethren, 5927 Miller St., Arvada. The movie will start at 4:30 p.m., and a break for Indian food will be at 6 p.m. The second half of the movie starts at 7 p.m. Movie is food, but a donation is being requested to cover the cost of the food. RSVP at 303-421-8466. Come for all or part of the evening.
SHOPPING EVENT Historic Olde Town Arvada presents Small Business Saturday on Nov. 24. Several Olde Town shops will have special off ers, and gift/trunk shows will be scattered throughout Olde Town shops. Visit www.historicar-vada.org for a list of participating stores.
COMING SOON/NOV. 24, Dec. 1-2, Dec. 8
MEET SANTA Meet Santa and his reindeer at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 W. 52nd Ave., Arvada. Santa will be at the garden center from 1-4 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 24, Dec. 1 and Dec. 8, and Sunday, Dec. 2. Bring your pets on Dec. 2 for a visit and photo with Santa. On Saturday, Dec. 1, the reindeer will be visiting from the North Pole, from 1-4 p.m. On Sunday, Dec. 2, enjoy music of the Arvada Chorale from 1-3 p.m. Don’t forget your cameras, and please bring along a can or package of non-perishable food for Santa to share with the Arvada Food Bank. Call 303-424-7979 or visit www.echters.com.
COMING SOON/NOV. 24-25, Dec. 1-2
WREATH MAKING Create your own handcrafted wreath using fresh aromatic boughs at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 W. 52nd Ave., Arvada. This is a popular hands-on class; please bring pruners. Reservations required; call 303-424-7979. Visit www.echters.com.
COMING SOON/NOV. 25
LIGHTING CEREMONY The Tesoro Cultural Center continues its southwestern tradition of lighting the farolitos (meaning `little lanterns’) to usher in the holiday season and to honor
a member of the community who has enlightened the hearts, minds and souls of others. The ceremony begins with seasonal carols led by members of the Southwest Musicians, complimentary hot spiced apple cider, coff ee and biscochito cookies. The event is at 4 p.m. Nov. 25 at The Fort. Call 303-839-1671 or visit www.tesoroculturalcenter.org.
COMING SOON/NOV. 27
BLOOD DRIVE High Point Finan-cial Group, LLC Community Blood Drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, inside Bonfi ls’ bus at 215 Union Blvd., Lakewood. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact Mike Stahl at 303-941-8588 or [email protected].
COMING SOON/NOV. 27 to Dec. 23
THEATER SHOW “Miracle on 34th Street,” with book, music and lyrics by Meredith Willson, will show Nov. 27-Dec. 23 in the Main Stage Theater at the Arvada Center. The Arvada Center is at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. and provides free parking for all its patrons. Visit www.arvadacenter.org or call 720-898-7200.
COMING SOON/NOV. 29
EVENING OF Hope Echter’s Garden Center is partnering with Hope House of Colorado and other local busi-nesses for An Evening of Hope, from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at the garden center, 5150 W. 52nd Ave., Arvada. Door prizes, discounts and music add to the fun. Tickets are limited; call 303-424-7979. A portion of the ticket price goes to Hope House of Colorado. Visit www.echters.com or www.hopehouseofcolo-rado.org.
BLOOD DRIVE St. Anthony Hospital Community Blood Drive is from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, inside Auditorium A at 11600 W. 2nd
Place, Lakewood. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Bonfi ls’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfi ls.org.
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time off from school (where free and reduced breakfast and lunch is offered) can also increase the strain on a bare pantry.
Brennecke said every year costs go up a little, as does demand. Friday was a good example: It had been a busy day, with 16 house-
holds stopping by for their monthly allocation of food. In a month, the pantry typi-cally helps feed more than 300 people.
“We run out of things daily,” Brennecke said, pointing to sparsely stocked shelves.
“When you’ve got a fam-ily of six, three meals a day, it doesn’t take long to go through the food,” fellow CAG board member and
volunteer Jeanne Crass.Both CAG and the faith
community report that more can be done to battle hunger in the community. Crass said the CAG was on constant lookout for more (unexpired) food dona-tions, volunteer hours, and funding. For more informa-tion, go to www.christian-actionguild.org or call 303-279-5674.
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salting down some donated hides. All 11 veterans in attendance were recognized for their service to the country.
Fourteeners get $20,000The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
in Golden was recently awarded $20,000 from Tom’s of Main, as part of the shoe company’s 50 States for Good program.
The Fourteeners Initiative reports that the funding will be used to help vol-
unteers protect rare and fragile alpine tundra ecosystems on Colorado’s 54 mountains that rise above 14,000 feet. Among the Fourteeners Initiative spe-cifi c programs are “Adopt-a-Peak” vol-unteers build and maintain sustainably located, durably constructed summit hiking trails. “Peak Steward” volunteers educate hikers about Leave No Trace practices designed to minimize resource impacts on heavily used peaks.
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MOVER & SHAKERLee is a 2-year-old female German Shepherd mix. She is very active and would love a home where she can go on daily walks or hikes. Lee gets along well with her fellow canines and is also a quick learner. Maybe you can take an obedience class together!
Featured petsAdd a new addition to your family. To see how to adopt these furry friends, visit the Foothills Animal Shelter, 580 McIntyre St., Golden 80401, or online at www.foothillsanimalshelter.org. All photos submitted by Foothills Animal Shelter.
BUNDLE OF LOVEKoko is a 7-year-old male Chihuahua mix. He came to the shelter as a lost puppy and is ready to fi nd his new forever home! Koko can be a little shy at fi rst, but he warms up quickly. He enjoys being petted and will lean into you, looking for some extra contact.
LET’S PLAY FETCHGracie is a 3-year-old fe-male Doberman Pinscher mix. She is a friendly and playful pup. Gracie enjoys chasing tennis balls and will even bring them back to you. She participates in a doggie play group at the shelter and gets along well with her canine companions.
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One title clinched, Mines eyeing bigger prize RMAC regular-season champion is the top seed for conference tourney By Brian Miller [email protected]
When the University of Nebraska-Kear-ney left the Rocky Mountain Athletic Con-ference last spring, the sport that fi gured to see the biggest change was volleyball.
The Lopers had captured at least a share of the regular-season crown in each of the past eight seasons, meaning the conference was up for grabs this fall.
Not anymore. After an impressive close to the season, No. 12 Colorado School of Mines snared its fi rst RMAC championship last Friday with a three-set sweep of UC-Colorado Springs.
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Cards’ second-half barrage ends run for MinesIncarnate Word pours in four goals to down ‘Diggers in second roundBy Brian [email protected]
GOLDEN — It wasn’t a pleasant feeling to be the team left out in the cold Saturday afternoon.
Hosting the second round of the NCAA Division II men’s soccer tournament, No. 19 Colorado School of Mines saw its hopes of advancing fall apart midway through the second half. Thirteenth-ranked Incarnate Word snapped a tie with two goals in four minutes, taking a 4-2 victory on a snowy day at the CSM Soccer Stadium.
The Cardinals (14-3-1) move on to play Regis in the third round. The Orediggers (14-5-2) saw their season come to a close, though 2012 did include plenty of high-lights after a rough start in the Rocky Moun-tain Athletic Conference.
“Once we lost that first game to UCCS, none of us really imagined us even making it this far, much less beating the No. 1 team in the nation and winning the RMAC tour-nament,” Mines senior Zach Page-Belknap said. “Just making it this far was really a bo-nus for us.
“We would have, of course, liked to go farther but in terms of how our season started off for league, this was just the result of hard work on our part and just staying with it.”
Coming off a victory over then-No. 1 Re-gis that clinched the RMAC tourney title, the Orediggers had won four in a row and had momentum on their side. But Incar-nate Word, which dropped a 3-2 decision in Golden back in September, was the squad that took control early.
Alex de la Garza needed less than four minutes to put UIW on top, taking a short ball off a corner kick and pushing a high shot over the Mines defense and goalkeeper Manville Strand.
Tesho Akindele answered right back for CSM in the 12th minute on a ball from the right side for his team-record 22nd goal of the season. Incarnate Word’s Leon Taylor and Page-Belknap traded goals later in the half to create a 2-2 tie going into halftime.
“We knew since they were coming up from Texas they were not really acclimated and we could tell they were getting tired,” Page-Belknap said. “Our goal was really just to come out and run as hard as we could be-cause if we got the next goal we knew that we would break them.
“But unfortunately things didn’t pan out that way.”
It was a pair of set pieces that gave the Cardinals the lift they needed in the second half. A foul in the 68th minute of play set up a free kick from the corner of the box by Vincent Bailey, and Josh Ferona headed the ball past Strand for the go-ahead score.
Another corner set up de la Garza for his second score in the 72nd minute. In all UIW had 12 shots on goal, nine of which came in the second half.
“I think what it came down to is they did a better job than we did of getting after the second ball,” Orediggers coach Frank Kohlenstein said. “If you look at the sec-ond half, there were balls dangling in front of each goal. They got after theirs and we didn’t do a very good job of getting after the opportunities that we had.”
Mines was whistled for 11 fouls and given four yellow cards on the afternoon. Page-Belknap said it was hard to build mo-mentum with the calls going against Mines, but the senior commended Incarnate Word for playing hard.
“They played well,” he said. “I just wish we could’ve stayed more focused.”
Strand finished with eight saves, giving him 296 overall during his four-year career. Page-Belknap, Alex Nass, Sean Helster and Alex Gunberg will also graduate, and the
group is the first class at Mines to qualify for the D-II tournament in three of its four years.
“That pretty much says it all,” Kohlen-stein said. “The men’s soccer tournament is the hardest tournament to get into in the NCAA. For them to come in here and go three-out-of-four, that’s pretty good when previous to them coming we’d only been one time.
“Hopefully the legacy that they’ve left will help us in the future.”
Colorado School of Mines freshman midfielder Richard Garvey advances the ball up field Saturday against Incarnate Word during the RMAC Men’s Soccer Championship. The Oredig-gers lost 4-2. Photo by Photo by Brian Miller
One title clinched, Mines eyeing bigger prizeRMAC regular-season champion is the top seed for conference tourneyBy Brian [email protected]
When the University of Nebraska-Kear-ney left the Rocky Mountain Athletic Con-ference last spring, the sport that figured to see the biggest change was volleyball.
The Lopers had captured at least a share of the regular-season crown in each of the past eight seasons, meaning the conference was up for grabs this fall.
Not anymore. After an impressive close to the season, No. 12 Colorado School of Mines snared its first RMAC championship last Friday with a three-set sweep of UC-Colorado Springs.
The Orediggers (23-5, 17-2 in the RMAC) secured the regular-season title and the top seed in the conference tournament that be-gan Tuesday evening, after press deadline. Mines hosted Colorado Mesa in the quar-terfinals, and with a victory would be the host site for the semifinals and champion-ship this weekend at Lockridge Arena.
The 25-21, 25-23, 25-12 victory UCCS capped a whirlwind two weeks that includ-ed victories over ranked foes in Regis and Metro State, capped by sweeps of Colorado Christian and the Mountain Lions, who handed Mines one of its two conference losses this season.
“We have a banner in the gym that’s blank,” Orediggers coach Jamie Skadeland said of the flags marked each time a pro-gram wins a conference title. “We practice under it every day. That in itself is motivat-ing.”
Mines understood the final two weeks would be the decisive measure in the RMAC, given that its four opponents were the teams right behind CSM in the East Division. The victory over then-No. 13 Re-gis was the catalyst, and was especially impressive given that it was a three-set sweep on the Rangers’ home floor. A five-set thriller over Metro State was followed by the sweeps of CCU and UCCS, with Melanie Wannamaker’s 14 kills leading the charge in the finale.
The conference tournament puts the pressure right back on Mines’ shoulders. Skadeland said it’s almost like starting over - the first season is non-conference, the second season is the RMAC, and the third battle is the postseason.
“We want to be sure we don’t overlook any team,” she said. “We want to be sure we’re not overlooking the conference tour-
nament.”Even with a regular-season crown and a
No. 1 seed in the RMAC tourney, Mines still has plenty of motivation to remain at the top of its game. The NCAA Division II South Central Region rankings, as of Nov. 8, still had Regis above Mines despite the Oredig-gers sweeping the Rangers during the regu-lar season and owning four more in-region victories.
The top-ranked team in the region hosts the regional tournament starting Nov. 29.
“I was not happy when I saw those rank-ings. I think that’s part of the reason why we went into Regis (Nov. 2) and wanted that win,” Skadeland said. “I think if you have the kind of year this team is having, you want to host the NCAA tournament.
“We’re still No. 2, so we still have work to do. I think that is motivating to those girls. They were just as upset as I was.”
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5A state playoff quarterfi nals:No. 7 Pomona (9-2, 4-1) at No. 2 Ralston Valley (10-1,
5-0), Friday at 7 p.m. at North Area Athletic Complex* Game plan: This game is truly a clash of the titans and
a rematch of one of the best 5A games played all season. Ralston Valley - winner of the 5A North Metro league -
beat league runner up Pomona 30-22 on their Oct. 12 meet-ing. Pomona played good enough to win that day but their quarterback senior Alec Feland threw four interceptions. Ralston Valley senior Spencer Svejcar intercepted two of Feland’s passes that day and added 109 receiving yards.
Pomona junior running back Chris Marquez ran for 114 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the loss.
However, this time around could be a different story. Pomona is coming off beating reigning state champion Columbine 42-22 and has won four straight games since their loss to Ralston Valley outscoring their opponents 153-52. But many also believe Ralston Valley is the best team in the state. They average 39.5 points per game and their one loss was a 29-25 road defeat to No. 1 ranked ThunderRidge. Moreover, Ralston Valley’s defense has not allowed a single
point on the scoreboard this postseason, outscoring their two opponents 87-0.
* Extra point: Ralston Valley is the slight favorite going into this game and rightfully so. Their body of work this sea-son is as impressive as any team in the state. However, Po-mona has something extra and seems to be made of some-thing special this season.
The Panthers have grit, heart, swagger and have shown they are never out of a game even on days when they are not at their best. If Pomona doesn’t turn the ball over they can beat anyone. But if Ralston Valley brings their A-game on Friday they will be hard - if not impossible - to beat.
4A state playoff quarterfi nals:No. 6 Wheat Ridge (10-1, 4-1) at No. 3 Denver South
(10-1, 5-0), Friday at 7 p.m. at All City Field* Game plan: This game is a rematch of a lopsided 17-0
South victory over Wheat Ridge on Oct. 17. South shutout then No. 1 ranked Wheat Ridge on a soggy
afternoon looking more like the state’s No. 1 team that day. But that game might as well have been played in October of 2011 because the Farmers are a different team than they were a month ago.
Led by senior running back Davion Amos-White Wheat Ridge has outscored their last four opponents 130-37, in-cluding last week’s 47-17 victory over No. 11 Cheyenne Mountain.
South on the other hand might be the state’s best 4A unit. They have a pair of running backs in Pete Williams and Zachary Lindsay that have combined for over 1,700 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns, and their offense aver-ages over 414 yards of offense per game.
Be careful for quarterback Malik Tollerson, an athletic senior who has not only thrown 19 touchdowns this season but he also sports a quarterback rating of 107.
Because of Tollerson’s athletic gifts South is able to be very creative in terms of their play calling.
* Extra point: This game will be decided up front. Both teams pride themselves on running the ball well
and backing it up with solid defense. While the game likely won’t be a shootout it likely will be a four quarter thriller because both teams are very evenly matched.
It’s too bad these two teams couldn’t have met later in the tournament because not only do both teams have championship aspirations but they also have the good to get it done. Look for the team with the fi nal possession to
win this game - and maybe the entire tournament.In 2A football action:No. 6 Faith Christian’s season ended with an 18-13 loss
to No. 3 Bayfi eld Saturday at Bayfi eld High School.Faith Christian (8-3, 5-0), the 2A Plains league champi-
on, fell behind 18-6 after tying the contest 6-6 early in the second quarter.
The Eagles defense made adjustments and held Bayfi eld scoreless in the second half and their offense rallied and scored an early fourth quarter touchdown.
But Bayfi eld’s defense as equally as tough, keeping Faith Christian out of the end zone over the fi nal 11 minutes of game and causing a pair of turnovers to help them advance to the semifi nals.
Bayfi eld (11-0, 7-0) will host No. 7 Platte Valley (9-2, 6-1) Saturday at 1 p.m. at Platte Valley High School.
Pomona’s Chris Marquez (14) and the Panthers will battle Ralston Valley Friday night for the chance to advance to next week’s semifi nals. Photo by Pam Wagner
MINES QUICK HITS
Football falls in season � naleA rough season ended on a sour
note for the Colorado School of Mines football team Saturday in Chadron, Neb. The Orediggers fell behind early, rallied late but fell 20-14 to No. 21 Chadron State in the season fi nale. Mines (6-5, 4-5 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) did get a boost from the return of its running game, with Tevin Champagne rushing for a season-high 132 yards and a touch-down. Matt Brown passed for only 132 yards but rushed for 39 yards and another score. Senior punter Taylor
Accardi fi nished his four-year career with NCAA Division II season record an average of of 51.1 yards per punt. He also set the career mark of 46.1 yards per kick.
Basketball teams open strongBoth the Mines men’s and women’s
basketball teams kicked off the 2012-13 season with a bang. The No. 13 Mines men held off Minot State 87-83 in double overtime in its season opener, with Brian Muller scoring 28 points and Trevor Wages going for 15 points and 15 rebounds.
The Mines women defeated Alaska-Anchorage 80-74 and Alaska-Fairbanks 87-73, giving new coach Brittany Simp-son her fi rst two victories. Angie Char-chalis led the way in the opener with 31 points, and Allie Grazulis scored 22 points in the victory over Fairbanks.
Wrestlers win titlesFreshmen John Crowley and Paul
Wilson scored a pair of fi rst-place fi n-ishes at the Colorado Mesa University Open last weekend in Grand Junction. Crowley went 5-0 in the 157-pound bracket, and Wilson was 4-0 at 197.
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Pomona’s Chris Marquez (14) and the Panthers will battle Ralston Valley Friday night for the chance to advance to next week’s semifi nals. Photo by Pam Wagner
The Mines women defeated Alaska-Anchorage 80-74 and Alaska-Fairbanks 87-73, giving new coach Brittany Simp-son her fi rst two victories. Angie Char-chalis led the way in the opener with 31 points, and Allie Grazulis scored 22 points in the victory over Fairbanks.
Wrestlers win titlesFreshmen John Crowley and Paul
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Orediggers, Roadrunners ready for Round 4 Mines women open NCAAs with two shutouts, meets Metro State in third round By Brian Miller [email protected]
Jayln Yates has only been a college student for some three months, but given her play on the soccer pitch, the Colorado School of Mines freshman is acting the part of a seasoned veteran.
In the past two weeks, all Yates has done is notch fi ve consecutive shutouts while recording 18 saves. In her most recent performance, the goalkeeper made seven saves as the 15th-ranked Orediggers blew past No. 4 Dallas Baptist 3-0 in the second round of the NCAA Division II tournament, on the Pa-triots’ home fi eld no less.
“In the beginning I was a scared, nervous little freshman,” Yates said of coming into the 2012 season as the starting keeper. “But now I feel comfortable on my role with the team and I feel a lot more experienced. I’ve just grown so much throughout this whole pro-cess.”
Mines (17-4-1), which downed Regis 1-0 in the fi rst round last Thursday before knocking off Dal-las Baptist, visits another familiar foe Friday when the Orediggers take on Metro State at 11 a.m. at Auraria Field in the third round. The winner of that contest faces either UC-San Diego or Western Washington on Sunday, also at Auraria Field.
A victory Friday would send CSM to the quarterfi nals for the third time in four years and the second year in a row, though Mines isn’t looking that far ahead. First and foremost are the Road-runners (15-5-2), a team that defeated the Orediggers twice during the regular season before Mines upended Metro State 1-0 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Con-ference Tournament semifi nals Nov. 2.
“One of the disadvantages of the Division II level is the chance that you’re going to play someone you’ve seen two or three times. I think that takes away some of the excitement of it,” Orediggers coach Kevin Fickes said. “But the bottom line is it’s a shot at being region champions again.”
Mines is all too familiar when it comes to matching up against RMAC foes in the NCAA tourney. In each of the three previous sea-sons the Orediggers have faced a conference opponent in the NCAAs, including the Roadrun-ners twice. In 2009 Mines defeat-ed Metro State in a shootout in the third round, and a year later the Roadrunners repaid the favor in the fi rst round.
Most recently the Orediggers had to defeat Regis twice in a span of four days to move on in the tournament, a fact that didn’t sit well with the team.
“Quite frankly when it came through that we were playing them and it would be down in Texas, in the room you couldn’t
feel any excitement for having to play Regis again,” Fickes said. “We talked to the girls about the fact that it’s the NCAAs, you’re play-
ing and it’s a great achievement to have gotten there. If we were go-ing to keep it going we needed to get excited.”
That’s just Mines did, as Megan Woodworth scored the game-win-ning goal less than two minutes into the fi rst half. Playing Dallas Baptist two days later, Anna Evans scored in the 44th minute of play, and the junior added a second goal early in the second half. Bree Archuleta made it 3-0 47 seconds later.
“Going into it we knew they were ranked highly and everyone was expecting them to win,” Yates said. “That only gave us more mo-tivation … The odds were against us in many people’s minds, but we just went out there and played our game and showed them it’s not good to underestimate us.”
Yates is a Highlands Ranch graduate who didn’t even play high school soccer as a senior or club soccer her last two years in high school. The 5-foot-11 fresh-man played basketball instead, but a torn ACL and meniscus caused her to miss the recruiting season.
Yates came to Mines and earned the starting keeper job before the season began. She has posted 10 shutouts, though she credits the defensive backs for taking charge during the team’s postseason run.
“From game-to-game she’s gotten stronger mentally and her voice is getting louder,” Fickes said. “She’s defi nitely gaining in confi dence and stature.”
Colorado School of Mines keeper Jayln Yates is greeted by her teammates before a recent game. Yates and the 15th-ranked Orediggers beat No. 4 Dallas Baptist 3-0 in the second round of the NCAA Division II tournament. Photo by Joel M. Bach/Thin Air Images
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