Westsider North Jeffco ourwestminsternews.com December 14, 2012 A Colorado Community Media Publication North Jefferson County, Colorado • Volume 11, Issue 49 Printed on recycled newsprint. Please recycle this copy. Santa Claus waves at passing motorists while standing outside Iddle Bits of this & That during the Westminster Historical Society Hometown Christmas Dec. 6. Photo by Andy Carpenean HOMETOWN CELEBRATION Lighting ceremony dedicated to Jessica By Ashley Reimers areimers@ourcoloradonews. com At this year’s annual menorah lighting ceremony in Westminster, the tradition of lighting the lights for Chanukah, had more meaning than year’s past. The ceremony was dedicated to the memory of Jessica Ridge- way, the 10-year-old girl who was abducted and later killed in early October in Westminster. Sara Ridgeway, Jessica’s mother was in attendance and lit the cen- ter candle. “We don’t stamp out darkness with a broom but rather by light- ing a candle,” said Rabbi Benjy Brackman with the Chabad of NW Metro Denver, who also organized the event. “And therefore the mes- sage of the menorah is for each of to remember Jessica by becoming a beacon of light to those around you and to society at large.” Brackman said by dedicating the ceremony in Jessica’s memory, those feeling hurt and sadness be- cause of her death will have the opportunity to remember beauti- ful memories of the little girl and feel strength during difficult times ahead. He said he hopes those who at- tended the ceremony will also do good deeds in her memory. “The soul lives on after a per- son has been deceased,” he said. “The way we nourish the soul is through good deeds.” Mayor Nancy McNally was in attendance and thanked the Ridgeway family for their ongoing strength during a tragic time. She said the ceremony is an opportunity for the community to come together and remember Jes- sica in a fun and positive way. “You are a strong family, what can I say,” she told the Ridgeway family. “You have nurtured this community and kept us strong at times where we haven’t known what to do. What an appropriate time tonight to remember Jessica with the lighting of the menorah.” This was the 10th year the Chabad of NW Metro Denver hosted a menorah lighting cer- emony in Westminster. The event at Orchard Town Center featured music from Steve Brodsky and traditional Chanu- kah fare of latkes and donuts was served. For more information on the Chabad of NW Metro Denver, visit www.thechabadhouse.com. Westminster Mayor Nancy McNally, left, and Sara Ridgeway smile after embracing during a menorah lighting ceremony on Sunday at The Orchard Town Center in Westminster. The ceremony was dedicated to the memory of Jessica Ridgeway, Sara’s daughter. Photos by Ashley Reimers Sara Ridgeway lights the center candle of the menorah with Rabbi Benjy Brackman from the Chabad of NW Metro Denver during a menorah lighting ceremony on Sunday at The Orchard Town Center in Westminster dedicated to the memory of Jessica Ridgeway, Sara’s daughter. Budget cuts could hurt local projects By Darin Moriki dmoriki@ourcoloradone- ws.com As the Jan. 1 deadline nears for a broad swath of projected tax increases and federal budget reductions, lawmakers and local offi- cials remain optimistic that a bi-partisan deal will be reached. They, however, remain wary of how these spending cuts will affect a number of programs administered by individual cities and coun- ties. If Congress fails to come up with an alterna- tive budget reduction plan, proposed cuts call for an estimated $110 billion an- nual reduction to be evenly split between defense and non-defense discretionary spending from 2013 to 2022. Seventh Congressional District Rep. Ed Perlmutter said it is too early to specu- late on how the proposed budget cuts could affect city and county administer pro- grams statewide, but noted that the impact could be large. “I’m a pretty positive and optimistic guy, so I think that there’s going to be a deal struck which will provide some additional revenue and reduce some expenses so we can start cutting down our deficit and ultimately our debt ...” he said. His communications and policy director Les- lie Oliver said in an e-mail that automatic budget cuts could mean cuts in trans- portation grants like the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Re- covery (TIGER) grant fund- ing for the north I-25 proj- ect. She said the cuts could also impact Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds, which are used to rehabilitate low and moderate income senior housing. “It’s hard to speculate what will happen,” said Ad- ams County finance direc- tor Ben Dahlman. “If something were to happen, Adams County would have to adjust to that allocation.” The CDBG program is federally funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel- opment (HUD). The program allows eligi- ble government agencies to provide housing related ser- vices and complete housing related projects that target low- to moderate-income citizens through partner- ships with nonprofits and housing service providers. Thornton has been re- ceiving these funds since 1986 and new CDBG proj- ects are approved each fall by City Council. The city receives ap- proximately $400,000 to $500,000 each year to fund projects. Since 2010, the following activities have been funded: Public Ser- vices (homeless service providers, senior services); Public Facility improve- ments (medical and den- tal facilities); Housing Rehabilitation (single-fam- ily and multifamily); and Streetscape Improvements. ‘e soul lives on aſter a person has been deceased. e way we nourish the soul is through good deeds.’ Rabbi Benjy Brackman
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WestsiderNorth Jeffco
ourwestminsternews.com
December 14, 2012 A Colorado Community Media Publication
North Jefferson County, Colorado • Volume 11, Issue 49
Printed on recycled newsprint. Please recycle this copy.
Santa Claus waves at passing motorists while standing outside Iddle Bits of this & That during the Westminster Historical Society Hometown Christmas Dec. 6. Photo by Andy Carpenean
At this year’s annual menorah lighting ceremony in Westminster, the tradition of lighting the lights for Chanukah, had more meaning than year’s past.
The ceremony was dedicated to the memory of Jessica Ridge-way, the 10-year-old girl who was abducted and later killed in early October in Westminster.
Sara Ridgeway, Jessica’s mother was in attendance and lit the cen-ter candle.
“We don’t stamp out darkness with a broom but rather by light-ing a candle,” said Rabbi Benjy Brackman with the Chabad of NW Metro Denver, who also organized the event. “And therefore the mes-sage of the menorah is for each of to remember Jessica by becoming a beacon of light to those around you and to society at large.”
Brackman said by dedicating
the ceremony in Jessica’s memory, those feeling hurt and sadness be-cause of her death will have the opportunity to remember beauti-ful memories of the little girl and feel strength during difficult times ahead.
He said he hopes those who at-tended the ceremony will also do good deeds in her memory.
“The soul lives on after a per-son has been deceased,” he said. “The way we nourish the soul is through good deeds.”
Mayor Nancy McNally was in attendance and thanked the Ridgeway family for their ongoing strength during a tragic time.
She said the ceremony is an opportunity for the community to come together and remember Jes-sica in a fun and positive way.
“You are a strong family, what can I say,” she told the Ridgeway family. “You have nurtured this community and kept us strong at times where we haven’t known what to do. What an appropriate time tonight to remember Jessica with the lighting of the menorah.”
This was the 10th year the Chabad of NW Metro Denver hosted a menorah lighting cer-emony in Westminster.
The event at Orchard Town Center featured music from Steve Brodsky and traditional Chanu-kah fare of latkes and donuts was served.
For more information on the Chabad of NW Metro Denver, visit www.thechabadhouse.com.
Westminster Mayor Nancy McNally, left, and Sara Ridgeway smile after embracing during a menorah lighting ceremony on Sunday at The Orchard Town Center in Westminster. The ceremony was dedicated to the memory of Jessica Ridgeway, Sara’s daughter. Photos by Ashley Reimers
Sara Ridgeway lights the center candle of the menorah with Rabbi Benjy Brackman from the Chabad of NW Metro Denver during a menorah lighting ceremony on Sunday at The Orchard Town Center in Westminster dedicated to the memory of Jessica Ridgeway, Sara’s daughter.
As the Jan. 1 deadline nears for a broad swath of projected tax increases and federal budget reductions, lawmakers and local offi-cials remain optimistic that a bi-partisan deal will be reached.
They, however, remain wary of how these spending cuts will affect a number of programs administered by individual cities and coun-ties.
If Congress fails to come up with an alterna-tive budget reduction plan, proposed cuts call for an estimated $110 billion an-nual reduction to be evenly split between defense and non-defense discretionary spending from 2013 to 2022.
Seventh Congressional District Rep. Ed Perlmutter said it is too early to specu-late on how the proposed budget cuts could affect city and county administer pro-grams statewide, but noted that the impact could be large.
“I’m a pretty positive and optimistic guy, so I
think that there’s going to be a deal struck which will provide some additional revenue and reduce some expenses so we can start cutting down our deficit and ultimately our debt ...” he said.
His communications and policy director Les-lie Oliver said in an e-mail that automatic budget cuts could mean cuts in trans-portation grants like the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Re-covery (TIGER) grant fund-ing for the north I-25 proj-ect.
She said the cuts could also impact Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds, which are used to rehabilitate low and moderate income senior housing.
“It’s hard to speculate what will happen,” said Ad-ams County finance direc-tor Ben Dahlman.
“If something were to happen, Adams County would have to adjust to that allocation.”
The CDBG program is federally funded through
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel-opment (HUD).
The program allows eligi-ble government agencies to provide housing related ser-vices and complete housing related projects that target low- to moderate-income citizens through partner-ships with nonprofits and housing service providers.
Thornton has been re-ceiving these funds since 1986 and new CDBG proj-ects are approved each fall by City Council.
The city receives ap-proximately $400,000 to $500,000 each year to fund projects. Since 2010, the following activities have been funded: Public Ser-vices (homeless service providers, senior services); Public Facility improve-ments (medical and den-tal facilities); Housing Rehabilitation (single-fam-ily and multifamily); and Streetscape Improvements.
‘�e soul lives on a�er a person has been deceased. �e way we nourish the
soul is through good deeds.’Rabbi Benjy Brackman
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Some crimes do harm to us all Kimber Schneider, 42, mother of two,
can close her eyes and still see his face, the brown hair, the jean jacket.
Gene Martin. Last seen in August 1984 while delivering newspapers in Des Moines. Five days shy of his 14th birthday, he disappeared, never to be found. He rode the same school bus as Schneider, then in middle school.
“It has shaped how far I let my kids go out of my bubble,” she said. “And I didn’t think it would.”
But how could it not.One moment, a child is here, walking
to school, playing in the park, carefree, believer of good. The next instant: Van-ished. Innocence lost. Trust — in the world — broken.
For the family and friends left behind, the horror never ends. And in today’s world, it implants terror in the hearts and minds of parents everywhere.
As parents, where do we draw the line between fear and faith, protectiveness and independence? Where do we go when a child, like little Jessica Ridgeway, is ab-ducted on her way to school, then killed in a most terrible way?
We do what parents have always done. We grieve, because we can almost imagine what that loss would feel like. We worry, because what if it happened to our child? We reassess parenting methods and teach
vigilance better than before. And, we try to remind ourselves that good is more abun-dant than evil.
Fear cannot win.The black-and-white clarity of statistical
data also helps balance the tilting anxiety between possibility and probability.
Consider that the probability of a child being abducted by a stranger is about one in 650,000, slightly less than the odds of dying by fi reworks discharge, said Dr. Kim Gorgens, a clinical psychologist at the University of Denver who teaches the psychology of criminal behavior. The num-bers come from federal justice and health studies.
“Statistically speaking, kids are fairly safe, all things considered,” said Gorgens, who has an 11-year-old son. “The differ-ence is the availability of media and infor-mation overload about safety risks.”
Google news alerts on the Internet. Ra-
dio. TV. Text-message updates on phones. Facebook posts. The constant stream of news is inescapable when something bad happens today. The immediacy, in cases such as Jessica’s, overwhelmingly creates a sense that evil lurks in the corners and, even, wide-open spaces of communities we suddenly no longer consider safe.
Bad things have always happened.My neighbor remembers the sexual as-
sault of a classmate during his high school years in California more than 20 years ago. Schneider talks of another child kidnap-ping that happened in her husband’s home state of Minnesota in the 1980s. But instan-taneous cross-country knowledge didn’t exist then to cast its fearful net over us.
My mother, who is 79, remembers only one child abduction incident being talked about during her youth — of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh’s baby in 1932, which actually occurred the year before she was born.
“Bad things happened,” she said. “Be-fore, we didn’t know of them.”
She does, however, add a caveat: The world today is a less friendly place, a more suspicious one in which scarier incidents occur more frequently than the world in which she grew up, or the world in which she raised her three kids.
Back then, the culture was different, less brutal violence in movies and video games. Boundaries were narrower and more respected; people paid attention to each other more, relied on each other more.
My mother could call the telephone operator to fi nd out where I had wandered as I played with friends. “She’s over at the Lopez’s house,” the operator would tell her. The grapevine constantly chattered and watched.
Now we have Neighborhood Watches, which are highly successful crime preven-tion programs, according to Gorgens. They require an investment by neighbors to look out for one another, to care beyond their fences, to believe that what happens to someone else is their business, too.
If we operated in such a fashion all the time, could we keep our children safer?
A positive outcome, if it can be called that, of Jessica’s tragedy was a re-examina-
tion of family safety policies.“It’s like a call to arms for parents,”
Gorgens said. “Every parent evaluates their own procedures.”
The collateral damage, as Gorgens de-scribed it — a bruised perception of safety, the traumatic anguish — was more diffi cult to manage.
For many, a new reality exists.Kimber Schneider still sees Gene
Martin’s face. When her kids complain they can’t walk somewhere alone, she is unyielding: “You have to be with someone. There are bad people in the world who do bad things and that’s why mommy is really careful about where you are. … People will take you. People take kids all the time and don’t think that just because you live where you live that it’s not going to happen, be-cause it can happen anywhere.”
They take her warning in stride, she said. Just a matter-of-fact part of life.
Like our parents before us, we tell our children not to talk to strangers. We teach them how to cross a street. But we have added to the precautionary list: Always walk with a buddy, even to a restaurant bathroom. Call as soon as you get to your destination, even if it’s just around the cor-ner. Park in well-lit areas, even if the area is crowded. Learn self-defense, even if you think you’ll never need it.
We do our best to prepare them to know how to be safe. Because, as my mother said, one day, “like all good parents, you have to let go.”
Gorgens offers this to think about: “When you have a quiet moment and your fear starts to unravel you, consider what’s the likelihood I’m going to face that prob-lem? Have I done everything possible to protect myself?”
That’s all, really, that we can do.That, and continue to believe in good-
ness — and make it our business to look out for one another.
Especially the children.
Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life ap-pears every other week. She can be reached at [email protected] or 303-566-4110.
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Just who is this jolly old man that everyone’s talk-ing about this time each year? Miss Starr’s Rock Stars, also known as her second-graders at Camp-bell Elementary School in Arvada, sat down with me for an in-depth look into this man’s life, family and the huge job he has to do on Christmas Eve.
Santa Claus is a friend-ly, helpful and loveable 59-year-old man who lives at the North Pole with his wife Santy, also 59, and 150 children, also known as Santa’s elves. It’s very cold where they live, but Mr. and Mrs. Claus live on a warm party boat with a roof to keep out the weather. The boat is tied to a knob on the land – not far from where Santa’s reindeer live.
Santa wears a red suit and has a fat jacket with fl uffy white collar and wrists. His jacket is armed with magic feathers and pixie dust to help him get around the world.
The elves wear green like Batman and have red pants. They have pointy
ears that stick out from under their green hats, and their shoes have pointy toes. They all look like little cartoon charac-ters.
The other important members of Santa’s family are his reindeer – Blitzen, Comet, Dasher, Dancer, Rudolph, Prancer, Cupid, Donner and Vixen. Be-cause Rudolph has a big glowing nose, he gets to be the leader on Christmas Eve.
Santa and his elves work hard all year making toys in their workshop. Most of the toys are made of wood and are for the kids, not the grownups. The elves make utensils for the par-ents.
Before the big trip around the world, the reindeer load up on fi sh and carrots for good eye-sight. After all, Christmas Eve is the darkest night of the year.
Just before the trip, the elves start packing Santa’s sleigh, which is green with gold swirls. It’s known to be a magic sleigh made of wood and equipped with headlights and metal skis underneath. Since there is no radio on board, Santa listens to his music with an
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12 miles per hour for the 10-hour trip around the world. If it begins to get light outside while Santa is still out and about, there is a time bubble on the sleigh that can freeze time and let Santa fi nish up without being seen. He fl ies over houses and drops the pres-ents into the chimneys. If a house doesn’t have a chimney, Santa uses his magic dust.
One might ask how Santa knows who’s been naughty and who’s been nice.
Well, Miss Starr’s Rock Stars have the answer to that question. The elves are the ones who let Santa know. They check two machines – one has names of nice children
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Someone who isn’t men-tioned at Christmas is Santa’s evil brother – Bad Santa – who lives at the South Pole.
Santa Claus gets all the glory because, as one Rock Star put it: even though it’s Jesus’ birthday, we all get presents because Santa is so generous.
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Pancake breakfast, reading day at Federal Heights ElementaryBy Ashley [email protected]
Students, staff and parents enjoyed pancakes and reading on Saturday during Federal Heights Elementary School’s first ever pancake breakfast.
The morning featured a family read-in, encouraging parents to take an active part in their child’s reading.
“Here at Federal Heights Elementary we feel that the community is an important part of what we do,” said Prin-cipal Ron Salazar. “We are working really hard to get par-ents involved in our building and this pancake breakfast is an extension of that effort.”
The event included book giveaways and stations for children to make their own book marks.
Salazar said reading is extremely important to the teach-ers and staff at the school because almost 85 percent of students are English language learners with many of their parents speaking Spanish as their first language.
He said he hopes parents leave the celebration motivat-ed to help their child with his or her reading skills.
“In order for us to be successful, we have to have that
partnership with the parents and provide them tools and things they can do at home,” he said. “Whether it’s just practicing high frequency words or attending a celebration like this, parents can make a difference in their child’s read-ing.”
The school also provides free breakfast, lunch and snacks to all students.
Salazar said students with full bellies are more motivat-ed and ready to learn.
Fifth-grade teacher Jason Soukup said the celebration was a great success with more than 500 plates served in one hour, plus it gave the school the opportunity to stress the importance of reading.
“This event was a great opportunity for us a school to reach out and further connect with our community,” he said. “With our school using this opportunity to also focus on reading it provided us with a chance to express the im-portance of reading not only while in school, but equally important, to read at home, in essence extending the stu-dents learning beyond the boundaries of school.”
Dave Conroy, with Chris Cakes of Colorado, right, flips pancakes on a commercial grill as Federal Heights Elementary School students and their families watch during a pancake breakfast and family read-in with bookmarks and story time Saturday. Photos by Andy Carpenean
Dave Conroy, right, with Chris Cakes of Colorado, serves a batch of hot cakes during the pancake breakfast.
Melanie Kegan, with Chris Cakes of Colorado, pours batter into a hopper during a pancake breakfast and family read-in with bookmarks and story time Saturday at Federal Height Elementary School.
COUNTY NEWS IN A HURRY
Accused impersonator pleads ‘not guilty’
A man accused of posing as a firefighter during the Lower North Fork Fire, and later the High Park Fire, was in Jefferson County court last week to plead “not guilty” to charges of criminal impersonation, imper-sonating a public servant and felony theft.
Michael Maher, 31, was arrested for impersonating a firefighter at the High Park Fire in Larimer County earlier this year. During the investigation, several pieces of firefighter-issued equipment from the Jef-fco fire in March and the Lower North Fork Fire were found in Maher’s possession including a portable radio and chainsaw. An April 2 jury trial was scheduled for Maher.
Amateur boxing for kidsBoxing for Christmas Crusade is an amateur box-
ing event on Saturday to benefit an annual toy drive sponsored by 98.5 KYGO to help Jefferson County law enforcement officers deliver toys to children.
The Denver Police Brotherhood Youth Boxing orga-nization is presenting the boxing event at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, with doors opening at 3 p.m. and the fights starting at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10, and free for five and younger. Tickets are available at the door, or at Rocky Mountain Law Enforcement Federal Credit Union locations, www.rmlefcu.org, 303-458-6660.
Funds raised for Christmas Crusade will help law enforcement officers deliver toys to the homes of families and children that they see could use a little extra cheer this holiday season. To donate directly to Christmas Crusade, donors can bring toys to Crusade headquarters at 7075 W. Hampden Ave. in Lakewood.
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Don’t let the locals fall off the cliffThere is little time left before the na-
tion hits the so-called “fiscal cliff.” President Obama and the lame-duck
Congress have an unprecedented number of issues to address — including some that directly affect every city, town, special district, county and school district in Colorado — and every Colorado taxpayer.
When they met right after the elec-tion, Obama and bipartisan congressional leaders agreed to a framework for deficit reduction that includes both revenue increases and spending cuts.
They will continue to flesh out this agreement over the next few weeks — but no state or local elected leaders will be at the table.
Their decisions to cut federal funds for education, highways, clean water, safe drinking water, housing and community development leave us only to ponder by how much.
And even more important to the long-term fiscal future of state and local gov-ernments, these federal decisions could also sharply increase the costs for vital public improvements such as schools,
roads, sewer systems, bridges and fire stations.
Here’s how that could happen.Obama and the leaders of Congress
seem to agree that additional federal revenues must be part of any agreement to avert the cliff and to put the U.S. on a more sustainable budget path.
It appears certain that Congress will go after what are called federal tax expen-ditures — the largest and fastest growing part of the federal government’s budget.
This could cover income tax deduc-tions like mortgage interest, employer-sponsored health insurance, and chari-
table contributions. Also, according to various congres-
sional study groups, it might also include municipal bonds.
Under current law, Colorado does not tax the interest earned by any family or corporation in Colorado from U.S. Trea-sury bonds. Similarly, since 1913, when the income tax code was first adopted, the federal government has never taxed the interest earned on a bond issued by a state, a university or by any local govern-ment; hence the term “tax exempt bond.”
If Congress suddenly changes this equation and eliminates the municipal bond interest exemption, the borrowing costs of local governments will go up, thereby placing more of a burden onto local taxpayers.
On Nov. 6, the overwhelming number of debt questions put forward by lo-cal officials to build new schools, repair city streets and build new water treat-ment plants received approval by voters throughout Colorado’s communities.
According to national statistics, state and local governments now shoulder over
75 percent of the costs of financing the nation’s public infrastructure.
Last year, the country’s state and local governments issued nearly $300 billion in long-term bonds to finance essential capital investment — 47 percent alone went for public education and 21 percent for transportation.
We respectfully urge Colorado’s con-gressional delegation, individuals we know to have the very best interests of our state and nation at heart, to remember that their decisions and those of their colleagues over the weeks ahead could have profound impacts on state and local leaders here at home in Colorado.
Don’t let the locals fall off this cliff.
From Bruce Caughey, executive director, Colorado Association of School Executives; Ken DeLay, executive director, Colorado Association of School Boards; Sam Mamet, executive director, Colorado Municipal League; Chip Taylor, executive director, Colorado Counties Inc.; and Ann Terry, executive director, Special District Associa-tion of Colorado
Economic times challenge mall redevelopmentWhen I last wrote about the status of
negotiations with the unnamed master developer in late October 2011 for the Westminster Center (formerly the West-minster Mall), city staff had thought the critical pre-development agreement would have been finalized and approved early in 2012.
As we head toward the end of 2012, no agreement has been accomplished.
Staff tells me that negotiations are on-going, but the less than robust economic picture is making it more difficult than under normal economic times to pull the financial components together.
Perhaps the city’s staunch vision for the multi-use development concept may be a little hard to swallow for the master developer.
The City remains committed to a retail, office, high density residential and enter-tainment plan.
Control of site expandsSince the fall of last year, the city has
had the 100-plus acre site cleared of all buildings except Sears, J.C. Penney’s and a couple of individual pad sites such as Olive Garden Restaurant.
This fundamental step along with the acquisition of the separate land parcels represents an approximate $30 million investment of taxpayers’ dollars.
Earlier this year, Sears had a change of heart in wanting to stay at the site. So, the city’s urban renewal authority bought it out at a cost of $4.2 million, thus adding to the land controlled by the city — 90 percent of all land holdings.
It has been assumed all along that J.C. Penney’s would remain at the site and be one of the anchors for the new retail configuration. However, just recently, the Macerich Company, which owns the Flat Irons Crossing Mall in Broomfield, publicly stated their interest in luring Penney’s to its site. Whether it has its eye on the Westmin-ster store or has the idea of adding a new J.C. Penney’s up the turnpike is open to speculation.
Complexity of a legacy projectThe change of attitude by Sears and
Macerich’s statement about J.C. Penney’s denote the ongoing churning and change
that is ever prevalent in the retail/shopping center world. This adds to the complex-ity of securing anchors, and in turn, the tenant mix. Plus, no one can say which national retailers may be gone tomorrow due to a merger or bankruptcy. There are a set of dynamics providing challenges to achieve the legacy project the city coun-cil and staff are attempting. The city still believes it can accomplish an initial phase project with opening by summer/fall of 2015.
Some good newsAdams 50 School District is mov-
ing ahead with a STEM school plan. The focus on science, technology, engineering and math will take place at a stand alone school facility.
The former Crown Pointe Academy building at 72nd Avenue and Irving Street will be modified and rehabbed to meet the needs of this new exciting program.
Ultimately, 300 students will be enrolled in this program with an initial enrollment of 200 for the next school year. What is especially exciting is that the district is targeting 40 percent of the enroll-ment toward attracting students who live in District 50, but are currently attending a different school district.
For the district to succeed academically and financially, it is critical that they are
able to reclaim such students.
Longer winter daylightHow about state Sen. Greg Brophy’s
proposal to put Colorado on a year-round daylight savings time? I think the idea has merit. After all, who likes it to be dark at 4:30 p.m. in the winter? He plans to try again in the upcoming legislative session. Just think how much happier Coloradoans would be with that extra hour of daylight at the end of the day when it’s cold!
Less Mideast oil?Finally, now that the presidential elec-
tion is over, hopefully the president will be more relaxed to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. Increasing political pressure is being applied to gain approval of the $7 billion pipeline to transport oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. News sources say that support is gaining for the project on Capitol Hill.
The pipeline would complement the ongoing goal for the United States to be less reliant on Mideast oil. Let’s hope the right decision will finally be made without the campaign environment buzz still go-ing.
Bill Christopher is former city manager of Westminster and used to represent District J on the RTD board of directors.
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Snowflakes harken the holiday seasonAlthough the song lyrics say, “It’s begin-
ning to look a lot like Christmas,” it isn’t. We were so excited last Saturday night
when huge snowflakes began falling. But five minutes later we looked out, the
snow had quit and when we woke the next morning the dusting of snow was already melting.
But the weather channel told us that our mountains received a healthy dose of the million dollar stuff.
And we all know how we depend on our mountain snow to fill our reservoirs. So bring it on, we are waiting for a good old-fashioned blizzard.
That’s wrongLast week I heard state Sen. Greg
Brophy extol the benefits of year-around daylight saving time.
I’ll fight tooth and nail to keep that from happening.
All you need to observe is a bunch of el-ementary school kids standing at bus stops or walking to school in total darkness and it should convince us to not put so many students in harm’s way.
Now we have Brophy extol the extra
hour of daylight in the late afternoon. Well, Senator Brophy, we don’t need that
extra hour at the end of the day and you’re dead wrong about the whole issue, so give the idea up and go on to some other silly idea that you may dream up. But leave daylight saving time the same.
If I had my way, I’d go back to basic standard time and quit playing around with “God’s time” as my Dad used to call it. And that’s all I’m going to say on this mat-ter unless he attempts to introduce such a bill in the next legislation session which will be upon us in just another month.
Another ChristmasAnd before we know it Christmas will be
here. I’m way behind with my candy and
cookie goodies and not one card has been mailed.
But I’m certain that I will get into high gear soon. Besides how can we get the Christmas spirit without some measurable snow?
That’s what I’m waiting for. Hopefully, you all are in high gear and your shopping is done, wrapped and under the tree.
Merry Christmas!Stay well, stay involved and stay tuned.
Vi June is past Democratic state rep-resentative for House District 35. She is a former mayor of Westminster and a former newspaper publisher. A Westminster resi-dent for more than four decades, she and her husband, Bob, have five grown children and eight grandchildren.
Don’t be shy about spreading good wordWho do you know? I mean who do you
know that you would feel really good about recommending or providing a referral for?
What if I asked it a different way? What if the question was this, who
knows you and who would feel really good about giving you a referral or recommend-ing you as a friend, or for a job, or to join a committee?
You see, networking happens all the time, whether we do it consciously, un-consciously, or subconsciously, we have an opportunity to participate at many levels.
I can share with you that many years ago, when I had my first big opportunity to join a company, the difference maker between why I was hired and beat out the other few finalists was because of the let-ters of recommendation that were sent on my behalf.
They were so strong that the hiring manager almost couldn’t believe it.
But after following up and speaking directly to the people who endorsed me, the hiring manager became convinced that I was the right candidate and offered me the position.
Facebook and LinkedIn have helped me to reconnect with so many people.
Some folks that I grew up with and went to school with, others that I served with in the military, and many people that I have worked with or had an opportunity to know professionally. Social media is awe-some in that way, connecting us with peo-ple from our past as well as our present. But even without the help of such enabling technology, we still have our immediate circle of friends, family, co-workers and as-sociates that help us and who we should be willing to help as much as we possibly can.
Just think of all of the wrapping paper, Girl Scout cookies, popcorn or gift cards
you have purchased from a neighbors child.
If you are like me, you just can’t say “no.”If we took this same concept just one
or two steps farther, we should be asking ourselves things like, “If I am going to buy a car I will buy it from that guy I went to high school with who is now selling cars.”
Or “If my spouse and I are going to din-ner, why wouldn’t I go to that restaurant that my neighbors own and maybe where my other friend’s daughter is a server?”
I am not sure about you, but I love refer-ring people, connecting people or busi-nesses, and making recommendations or referring anyone and everyone I know to people and companies that I can trust and who I know will deliver a better than good result.
Many of my friends and family mem-bers work for big corporations, and I am grateful for the work that they do and all the people that they serve.
But I must share with you that my heart goes out to the entrepreneur or small busi-ness owner and their staff.
One day, and maybe one day soon, you
will find yourself in a position to recom-mend someone, refer people to a business, or network with folks where you can help connect the dots between two people or businesses.
And you may just even find that when you are the consumer, when you do every-thing you possibly can to shop where your friends and neighbors are trying so hard to build their business, that you will not only be helping them, but you will truly be enriching your own life as well.
I am not sure about you, but I am going to go the extra mile in seeking out my con-nections and see if I can make a purchase, give them a recommendation, provide a referral, or help them network.
And I would love to hear all about your thoughts at [email protected] because when we all do lock arms and help one another, it really will be a better than good week.
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Delusions help us forget about realities of the worldIs there anything so sad as watching
somebody suddenly be confronted with their own delusions?
I was thinking about this the other day as I was following the debacle that has be-come the search for a new head football coach for the University of Colorado.
How else do you explain that CU ap-proaches the coach of a school from a less-er conference, offers him a substantial pay raise and on paper articulate its intention to significantly upgrade the facilities at the university, and yet, he says “no”?
There was a time when CU was a great destination for a football coach.
CU could approach somebody from an-other major college program, a program that had enjoyed success, and entice him to come to Boulder.
It happened with Gary Barnett, and it happened again with Dan Hawkins.
But not so much any more. And yet, if you watch how the adminis-
tration at CU has approached this coach’s search, in every aspect from the high bar Athletic Director Mike Bohn set for the qualifications, to the media leaks, to the sort of myopic arrogance of only going after one candidate, you would think CU was still
a “plum” job. Kinda hard to imagine in the same week
that one sports publication listed CU as No. 114 in it’s power rankings of the 132 top-tier football programs in the country.
Sometimes, the delusions that we build up are like a defense mechanism — we put them in place to insulate ourselves from doubters and naysayers, from the people who would rather see us fail than wonder why they haven’t succeeded more.
But more often than not, those delusions are just a willing departure from the reali-ties of the world around us, and those can be dangerous.
I remember shortly after the Colum-bine massacre, we teachers went through a number of training sessions on bullying
and school violence. One snippet really stuck with me: The
student who has a ridiculously inflated es-timation of their own abilities is far more likely to become violent if that delusion is suddenly punctured.
In other words, when some kid’s oversize bubble bursts, sometimes it sprays violent shrapnel.
Of course, the same thing could be said of many aspects of life, without the dramat-ic violence.
When the ridiculously over-inflated pricing of homes suddenly was confronted with reality, it almost collapsed the entire financial system.
And in more trivial terms, think of the delusional mystique that got built around the Denver Broncos last year, especially after the playoff win against Pittsburgh — how much harder did that make it to watch New England dismantle the Broncos?
Confronting reality is sometimes a dif-ficult and painful thing, especially for a generation that has been raised to think that participation awards are as good as achievement awards, and that everybody gets a trophy regardless of whether they contributed.
Luckily, as any guy knows, there is no more effective cure for self-deluding be-haviors as a wife; but, short of that, it really points to the importance of having people in your life who are honest with you and who aren’t afraid to call you on your own garbage.
And sometimes, that’s going to mean starting all over from square one, rebuild-ing the reality you want through actual achievements and industry.
And that’s OK. If I recall correctly, once upon a time, CU
needed a reality check and went and hired a little-known assistant coach named Bill McCartney.
That seems to have worked out pretty well for CU in the 1980s and 1990s, and a similar “reset” may be just what the doctor ordered.
If Mike Bohn and the rest of the admin-istration in Boulder is willing to take their medicine.
Michael Alcorn is a music teacher and fit-ness instructor who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. He graduated from Alameda High School and the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Cash tight for county budgetApproved 2013 budget reflects decrease in revenuesBy Glenn Wallaceg w a l l a c e @ o u rc o l o ra -donews.com
The purse strings are tight in Jefferson County, as the county commission-ers voted 2-0 to approve a $382.9 million budget for 2013.
Commissioners Donald Rosier, District 3, and Faye Griffin, District 1, voted to approve the budget at the Dec. 4 board meeting. Dis-
trict 2 Commissioner John Odom was absent.
The adopted 2013 bud-get — available at www.jeffco.us/budget — includes $3.1 million less in operat-ing expenses than the 2012 budget.
Those reductions mir-ror the roughly 1-percent reduction in projected tax revenue for the county.
On the day of the bud-get’s adoption, County Budget Director Tina Ca-puto warned the two com-
missioners that she had just received the “Decem-ber letter” from the county assessor’s office, indicat-ing “an unanticipated slide,” revenues would be $157,257 lower than pre-viously anticipated. The figure was expected to be close to $2 million.
Back in October, the county’s budget office, in conjunction with Jeffco de-partment heads, presented a $386.5 million budget, which relied on $24.5 mil-lion in reserve and operat-ing fund transfers.
In commission budget talks, commissioners made it plain that they would seek to reduce that figure, and cut that transfer figure down to $20.9 million.
“We can’t continue to take at the rate we have been,” Rosier said.
Only one member of the audience spoke during the budget approval hear-ing. Kathy Doyle of Golden criticized the county for not making it clearer to the public just how much money was being spent an-nually as part of the Jeffer-son Parkway Public High-
way Authority. Caputo said the 2013 budget includes a floating $1.5 million alloca-tion set aside to assist with the parkway.
Virtually all staff in-crease requests were de-nied for 2013.
The budget includes zero salary increases for county employees. Those employees will have their medical benefit costs rise 5 percent next year, of which the county will cover half.
The Sheriff’s Office, the largest county department by expenditure and em-ployee count, had its ex-penditure budget reduced from the draft budget by $500,000 as well as having several project requests be-ing denied.
The commissioners also set mill levy rates for unincorporated Jefferson County at the meeting, opting to keep rates steady by extending a temporary 1.6-mill reduction in place for at least another year.
Rosier said that himself, “and the commissioners believe that now is not the time in this economic re-cession to increase taxes.”
Drug ring on runOperation Blood Sport results in 10 arrests for drug running
Authorities in Jefferson County broke up a major cocaine and methamphet-amine interstate distribution ring.
Nicknamed “Operation Blood Sport” because several of the suspects were believed to be involved in cock fight-ing, authorities called the ar-rests and drug seizures made so far in the investigation “a major dent” to the drug trade in the Denver metro area.
“This was a major drug smuggling ring brought down with the cooperation of multiple law enforcement agencies,” Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink said at press conference held Monday.
DEA Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach, Lake-wood Police Chief Kevin Pal-etta and Wheat Ridge Police Chief Dan Brennan were at the press conference, where First Judicial District Attor-ney Scott Storey revealed de-tails of the Nov. 30 grand jury indictment that included 49 counts against 16 indi-viduals. Ten are currently in custody on charges of distri-bution of a controlled sub-stance, conspiracy to distrib-ute, and money laundering.
“This investigation was actually part of a national ef-fort called Operation Below the Belt,” Roach said.
Investigators found evi-dence of interstate drug smuggling, cocaine arriving from California, and meth from Arizona. In the course of their investigation author-ities say they found $21,500 in drug proceeds, two ki-lograms of cocaine, and 12 pounds of meth (hidden in the engine of an SUV).
Last week a search of a suspected location in the 6300 block of West Missis-sippi Avenue in Lakewood revealed approximately 70 roosters, as well as cockfight-ing accessories.
Roach said additional charges regarding cockfight-ing could be forthcoming.
Authorities are seeking six more individuals who are named in the indict-ment: Francisco Leon, 22; Homero Reynosa-Cardenas, 21; Francisco M. Barragan, aka Chapetes, 26; Jesse Ru-bio, aka Chapito, 24; Manuel Eduardo Carrola-Hernan-dez, aka Anthony Castro, aka Trompis, 25; and Oswaldo Rodriguez-Sanchez, 33. Roach said she believes some of the six may still be in the area because they have strong local ties.
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Richard Cherrington with Order of the Arrow, right, grills brats and hot dogs during the Westminster Historical Society Hometown Christmas Dec. 6. Photo by Andy Carpenean
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Benefi t for Jessica Ridgeway Park FundThe Westminster Police and Fire Games
are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at B Fitness, 120th Avenue and Federal Boulevard.
This event benefi ts and brings awareness to the Westminster Public Safety Recognition Foundation and this year the foundation will give a portion of the funds raised to the Jes-sica Ridgeway Park Fund.
This is the second year of this high-in-tensity event featuring six fi tness challenges with police offi cers, fi refi ghters and personal trainers facing off.
In addition to the competition, there will be food, drinks, music, gift bags, prize draw-
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Purchase tickets at B Fitness or call 303-643-5699. Santa Claus will be fl ying in from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. so children can tell Santa what they want for Christmas, take a family photo and receive a special gift.
A $5 donation per family is appreciated.When temperatures drop,
avoid frozen water pipesThe city of Westminster utilities division
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Drain outside faucets by disconnecting
garden hoses, turn off and drain irrigation sprinkler systems, wrap exposed pipes with insulation or electrical heat tape, turn off water and drain piping in vacant, unheated buildings, locate and mark the main shut-off valve that turns off the water to your entire house, when the temperature becomes
extremely cold, open up cabinets where sink water pipes are so heat can reach those areas, periodically turn on cold water faucets and ensure water is fl owing.
Make sure your water meter pit cover is secure. If not, call the city of Westminster’s Meter Shop at 303-658-2500.
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T here is no denying the profound impact that the recession has
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Holiday market brings winter wonderlandShow features variety of wares, moods to fit the seasonBy Clarke [email protected]
The Foothills Art Center is taking the “winter wonderland” from song and bringing it to life with its 38th annual
holiday market.The market runs until Dec. 30 at the
center, 809 15th St. in Golden, and features more than 100 local artists displaying their hand-crafted work.
“We have every medium here, and some people wouldn’t even think of,” said Reilly Sanborn, executive director for the center. “Things like jewelry and crafts to wood-carved dog beds.”
The market is a juried exhibition, with artists contributing from as far away as Grand Junction and La Veta, but most are
from Jefferson County, according to San-born.
“Some artists live so close they can lit-erally walk their work to the gallery,” said Pam Fortner, who manages the market with Mary Beth Beach. “I think the jury did a great job selecting a wide variety of work that will appeal to a lot of people. There are a lot of options and price points for ev-eryone.”
Sanborn said one of the best things about the market being local is that it al-lows people to not only support artists, but Golden as well.
“It’s part of our mission to support Col-orado artists, and the sales tax go back to Golden, and we’re very proud of that,” she said.
While the items for sale are certainly the major draw of the market, Fortner and those she works with put a lot of time and imagination into creating a different deco-ration theme every year.
This year’s theme is a winter won-derland, and Fortner and her team have spread out more than 500 cellophane flow-ers in wintry colors — white, cranberry red
and lavender — throughout the gallery to bring that wonder to shoppers.
“This way we make it fun for people to just come and see, and it’s also fun to shop in,” she said.
Market shoppers will have no shortage of gifts and goods to delight them.
Sanborn said the market sells food items like toffee and homemade jams that sell out every year.
There are also the more traditional gifts like jewelry, which Fortner said is one of the market’s most popular areas.
“We have some wonderful glass artists with works that are both functional and gorgeous,” she said. “We also have some great fiber gifts — some great hats, scarves and jackets. Anyone with a taste for finely crafted clothing will find something here.”
Fortner also added that she asked all artists to contribute at least one hand-made ornament, and the results are six-trees worth of ornaments for shoppers.
Shoppers who come late to the market don’t need to worry about everything be-ing picked-over.
As work sells, the artists are informed, so they can bring more inventory or new items to fill the space.
“Our shoppers can find high-quality, hand-crafted, nice gifts any time, and they’re likely to see something new every time,” Fortner said.
For more information on the market, call 303-279-3922 or visit www.foothills artcenter.org.
The children and pets area of holiday art mart at the Foothills Art Center in Golden. Photos by Andy Carpenean
A collection of holiday hats for sale at the art market at the Foothills Art Center in Golden.
Meals go mile high
The Colorado Convention Center is stepping up its cuisine scene to incor-porate Colorado-produced eats into its concession stands.
Centerplate, the Convention Center’s official caterer, has brought in Colorado suppliers such as Polidori Sausage, Con-tinental Sausage, produce from Blue Bear Farm (Centerplate’s 5,000-square-foot urban garden), along with grass-fed beef burgers from TAG chef/owner Troy Guard, to up its good-grub game to ap-peal to conventioneers who bring in mil-lions of dollars annually to support our economy.
“We started this project in February by talking to talents in the country using local products and bringing authentic Colorado (cuisine) to the Convention Center,” said Laurence Rua, Center-plate’s regional vice president, during a press lunch last week.
All 14 of the Convention Center con-cessions are now sending a clear Colo-rado cuisine message to visitors.
“We’re designing food not just to eat, we’re designing food … to say welcome to Colorado, which is our theme of the redesign of the food program,” said John Sergi, Centerplate’s chief design officer.
QR codes on concession stand signs connect with the www.visitdenver.com website to take viewers to see other eat-eries around town where out-of-towners can dine.
Other chef consultants who were brought into the program’s redesign were Roberto Santibanez, a New York restaurateur and author of “Truly Mexi-can,” who created tortas and tacos using local ingredients, and Italian expert Bill Pustari from New Haven, Conn., who created pizzas using seasonal vegetables and locally sourced meats.
The public is invited to try out the new food program whenever the Con-vention Center is open.
Spoiler alertIf you haven’t watched your recorded
version of Wednesday’s “Top Chef” series on Bravo, don’t read this.
Denver’s Tyler Wiard, exec chef of El-way’s steakhouse, was told to “pack his knives and go” after he was paired up with CJ, one of the show’s past chef-tes-tants, after the reluctant duo bummed out the judges with a badly executed pork burger.
But don’t count Wiard down and out quite yet. Bravo continues the contest with “Last Chance Kitchen”, a web-only battle by the ousted chefs to win a place back on the big show.
On this week’s webcast, Wiard and CJ were again paired (to their amusement and chagrin) and challenged to make a dessert in competition against reigning “Last Chance Kitchen” champ Kuniko Yagi.
Chef/judge Tom Colicchio declared the pair the winners of the dessert chal-lenge for their cherry fritters and hay (yes, you read that right) ice cream. So they will move on to face the next ousted “Top Chef” contender.
To see the webisode, go to www.bravo tv.com/top-chef.
IF YOU GO
WHAT: Holiday Art Market
WHERE: Foothills Art Center
809 15th St., Golden
WHEN: Through Dec. 30
Monday through Saturday — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday — Noon to 5 p.m.
COST: Free admission
$1 donation encouraged
INFORMATION: 303-279-3922 or visit www.foothillsartcenter.org
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The Party Like There’s No To-Maya package, priced at $12,021 (does money really matter if Earth takes a powder?), gets you and dozens of your closest friends rental of the entire 15th fl oor, including the British Invasion Suite and the Rolling Stone Suite plus 22 guest rooms; lim-ousine transportation to the downtown hotel; a full fl oor party with two bars stocked with top-shelf al-cohol, a spread of glutinous foods and decked out with party decor and rockin’ music; apocalypse-worthy guest room amenities in-cluding freeze-dried foods, gas masks, anti-radiation tablets and water purifi ca-tions tablets; and a tattoo artist ready to give you the butterfl y or tribal tattoo that you’ve always wanted.
And if the sun does come out on Dec. 22, the hotel’s Corner Offi ce restaurant will throw in brunch for 48 people and limo transpor-tation home. To book the doomsday package, go to www.thecurtis.com or call 1-800-525-6651.
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The New York Jets backup QB apparently has introduced actress girl-friend Camilla Belle to his parents, and “mom and dad approve,” according to an item last week in the New York Post’s Page Six column, which credits In Touch magazine for the initial report.
“His mom, Pam, likes that Camilla comes from a strict Catholic family, and loves that she does so much work with a children’s char-ity,” Page Six said, quoting an In Touch source. “Pam thinks Camilla could be the
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Here’s the link to the story: www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/tim_tebow_intro-duces_camilla_belle_wl-8S5J9u5EYGn2G1mCkzmI.
Trice party is this weekThe third annual Trice
Jewelers Holiday Party is scheduled between 7 and 9 p.m. Dec. 13 in the store at 6885 S. University Blvd. (University and East Easter Avenue) in Centennial.
You can shop, sip and snack knowing a percent-age of the evening’s pro-ceeds will go to the Cancer Center at the University of Colorado Hospital.
RSVP to Wendy Duncan at [email protected] or by calling 303-981-8850.
Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, res-taurants, businesses, par-ties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colora-do.com. She can be reached at [email protected] or at 303-619-5209.
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YOUR WEEK & MORE FOR THE HOLIDAYS THURSDAY/DEC. 13
AUDITION NOTICE Auditions for Creative Revolution Theatre Company’s upcoming murder mystery dinner theater production of “The Matchmaker’s Date with Murder” are from 5-9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, at North Valley Tech Center, Suite C1, Thornton. Email [email protected] to set up an appointment. Roles are for adults and teens ages 16 and older. Rehearsals will be the week of Jan. 7, and the show is Feb. 8-9 at the Thornton Arts & Culture Center, 9209 Dorothy Blvd., Thornton.
ARTS FESTIVAL Broomfi eld Academy (grades 1-8) presents its winter arts festival and program from 7-8:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13. Bring the kids and enjoy our play, singing, dancing and fun. Open to the public; fun for kids ages 5-14. The event is free. Call 303-469-6449.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/DEC. 14-16
THE NUTCRACKER Ballet Nouveau Colorado presents the traditional family holiday favorite “The Nutcracker” Dec. 7-9 and Dec. 14-16 at the Performing Arts Complex at Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 W. 84th Ave. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Free parking available on-site. Order tickets online at www.bncdance.com or call 303-466-5685.
SATURDAY/DEC. 15
CHRISTMAS CONCERT Ring Christmas Bells concert by the Risen Savior Lutheran Church’s Handbell Choirs is at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 at the church, 3031 W. 144th Ave., Broomfi eld. Tickets required; children ages 10 and younger are free. To purchase tickets, stop by the church offi ce during busi-ness hours or call 303-469-3521. Proceeds to benefi t the Risen Savior Handbell Fund. Visit www.rslc.org.
HOLIDAY CONCERT Rocky Mountain Brassworks performs its annual holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Broomfi eld Auditorium. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets available at the door or in advance at the Broomfi eld Auditorium box offi ce. Call 720-887-2371 for prices and hours. The auditorium is at 3 Community Park Road, Broomfi eld. Visit www.rockymoun-tainbrassworks.org.
SUNDAY/DEC. 16
HOLIDAY CONCERT The Broomfi eld Symphony Orchestra presents “Celebrate The Season With Song” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at Broomfi eld United Methodist Church, 545 W. 10th Ave., Broomfi eld. Traditional holiday will be featured with favorites by Leroy Anderson and Ralph Vaughan Williams, along with selections from Handel’s Messiah, with a 60-voice choir led by Dr. Rebecca Arendt, all conducted by music director David Brussel. Tickets available online or at the door. For information, visit www.broomfi eldsymphony.org or call 303-912-1649.
TUESDAY/DEC. 18
LIFETREE CAFÉ Fate, luck and divine intervention will be explored at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field St., Arvada. The event “Fate, Free Will or God’s Plan?” features a showing of Crossword, an award-winning short fi lm that follows a lonely Irish woman who fi nds solace in the daily crossword puzzle. The crossword clues seem to link mysteriously to her own life circumstances. Admission is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Contact Polly Wegner, 303-424-4454 or [email protected].
WEDNESDAY/DEC. 19
WEDNESDAYS AT 2 Covenant Village in Westminster presents a series of monthly events featuring expert speakers on a variety of educational and entertaining topics. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Call 303-403-2205 for reservations and directions. Lectures begin at 2; come early for refreshments and fellowship. For information, call 303-424-4828. Upcoming topics:
DEC. 19: “Paris: Biography of a City,” presented by Active Minds. We will trace the city’s history from its Celtic origins through modern times.
JAN. 16: “South Africa: Journey from Apartheid,” presented by Active Minds. Join Active Minds as we explore the history of South Africa, its struggle with Apartheid, and its journey to rejoin the international community since Apartheid’s end in 1994.
THURSDAY/DEC. 20
HOLIDAY PARTY Friends Night Out for adults with develop-mental disabilities is from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, at the Miramonte Lodge, 1200 Miramonte St., Broomfi eld. Cost is $20. The party includes snacks only; please eat dinner before attending. Call Molly Coufal, evening/social program director, at 303-404-0123 or email info@friendsofbroomfi eld.org.
COMING SOONCOMING SOON/DEC. 22
LABYRINTH WALK To celebrate the winter solstice, North-glenn UCC is hosting a group labyrinth walk from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, at 10500 Grant Drive. Suggested donation is $5. Also, please bring donations of mittens and socks to place on or mitten tree to benefi t Boulder Bridge House (boulderbridgehouse.org), which provides homeless with meals, mental health care and case management.
COMING SOON/DEC. 24
DENTAL CARE Comfort Dental off ers free dental care from 7:30-11:30 a.m. Dec. 24. For locations, see www.ComfortDen-tal.com.
COMING SOON/DEC. 26
BLOOD DRIVE Walmart Community Blood Drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, inside Bonfi ls’ bus at 7101 E. 128th Ave., Thornton. For information or to schedule an appointment contact Bonfi ls’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfi ls.org.
COMING SOON/DEC. 27-28
BLOOD DRIVE Snow Fun Community Blood Drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, and Friday, Dec. 28, inside Bonfi ls’ bus at 14697 Delaware St., Westminster. For more information or to schedule an appointment contact Bonfi ls’ Ap-pointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfi ls.org.
RECURRING EVENTSRECURRING/THROUGH FALL
HOMEWORK HELP Free drop-in homework center is open 3-5:30 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays at the Westminster Public Library, 7392 Irving St., Westminster. Call 303-658-2306 or visit www.westminsterlibrary.org.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 14
TOY COLLECTION New Dawn Chiropractic & Acupuncture is an offi cial collection site for this year’s U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. New Dawn will accept new and unwrapped toys through Dec. 14. Donors will receive a 25 percent discount. New Dawn is at 7597 W. 66th Ave., Suite 201, Arvada. Call 303-420-7707 or visit www.newdawndc.com.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 15
MINI SHOW Art Gallery 3698, 3998 W. 72nd Ave. in Westmin-ster, will host its fourth annual mini show through Dec. 15. Call 303-487-1981.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 16
PLAYHOUSE SHOW The Festival Playhouse presents “The Man Who Wanted to Be Santa,” through Dec. 16 at 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2 p.m. Sundays. Call 303-422-4090 or visit www.festivalplayhouse.com for information.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 21
HELP SANTA North Metro Fire Rescue District will accept donations of new or gently-used children’s coats and long pants as well as other cold weather wear or gift cards to purchase coats and pants for A Precious Child Inc., a nonprofi t organiza-tion that provides basic essentials to disadvantaged and displaced children living in the North Metro area. Donations will be collected until Dec. 21 and can be dropped off at the North Metro Fire Rescue District Headquarters or fi re stations. Contact 303-452-9910 or smulligan@northmetrofi re.org for details.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 23
THEATER SHOW “Miracle on 34th Street,” with book, music and lyrics by Meredith Willson, will show through Dec. 23 in the Main Stage Theater at the Arvada Center. The Arvada Center is at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. and provides free parking for all its patrons. Visit www.arvadacenter.org or call 720-898-7200.
RECURRING/THROUGH DEC. 27
HOLIDAY SHOW The Broomfi eld Art Guild’s holiday show, “Inside/Outside,” runs through Dec. 27 at the Broomfi eld Audi-torium Lobby, 3 Community Park Road, Broomfi eld. All artwork will be for sale and can be viewed from 2-6 p.m. Thursdays, 2-5 p.m. Fridays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Holiday gift items such as cards and jewelry will also be for sale. For information, see broomfi eldartguild.org.
RECURRING/NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
NEWCOMERS CLUB The Northwest Area Newcomers and Social Club, serving the women of North Jeff co and Northwest Denver Metro, welcome women who want to meet new friends and have new activities. We will meet on the second Tuesday in November and December. For information and reservations, call Peggy Francis 303-215-9627 or Karen Dowling 303-422-7369.
RECURRING/THROUGH JAN. 7
ART DISPLAY “Fresh Expressions,” works by Betty Grace Gibson, Mary Bass, Dianna Wilson, Becky Enabnit Silver and Ben Silver, will be on display through Nov. 30 at College Hill Library, 3705 W. 112th Ave., Westminster. The works also will be on display through Jan. 7 at The Ranch Country Club, 11887 Tejon St., Westminster. A reception is from 6-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 for that display.
RECURRING/MONTHLY THROUGH May
FAMILY CONCERTS The Music Train and Swallow Hill Music presents the family concert series, at 4 p.m. the second Sunday of each month through May at Swallow Hill Music Association, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver; and at 4 p.m. the third Saturday of each month through May at the D-Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada. For information and tickets, visit http://ridethemusic-train.com.
LOOKING AHEADLOOKING AHEAD/DEC. 28
BLOOD DRIVE St. Anthony North/Centura Health Community Blood Drive is from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28 at 2551 W. 84th Ave., Aspen Room, Westminster. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact Bonfi ls’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfi ls.org.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 6
“GODSPELL” AUDITIONS Auditions for the Northglenn Players’ summer production of “Godspell” will take place Sunday, Jan. 6, by appointment only. Prepare 16 bars from a contemporary musical and a comedic monologue (up to two minutes in length). Bring a head shot, resume, and sheet music. Accompanist provided. Small stipend if cast. Show is directed by Warren Sherrill and is for ages 18 and older. Call 303-450-8800 for an appointment. Callbacks are Wednesday, Jan. 9, and rehearsals begin in June. Performances will be July 19-27.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 12
WINNERS RECITAL Music Teachers Association Suburban Northwest will have its ensemble competition winners recital at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at the School of Music at CU Boulder, 914 Broadway, Boulder. For intermediate to advanced music students performing in ensembles on piano, fl ute, strings and voice.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 21
CHILDREN’S THEATER Auditions for Missoula Children’s Theatre’s musical production of “Blackbeard the Pirate” will be Jan. 21. Check-in is from 3-3:55 p.m., and auditions run from 4-6 p.m. No late-comers will be accepted. No prepared materi-als are necessary. About 60 roles are available. To audition, you must be able to attend all rehearsals. Open to ages 6-18. Fee applies if cast. Rehearsals are Jan. 21-25, and performance is Jan. 26.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 28-29
TALENT SHOW Auditions for the 7th annual Night of the Stars talent show for ages 5-18 will be from 4-8 p.m. Jan. 28-29 at the D.L. Parsons Theatre, inside the Northglenn Recreation Cen-ter. Visit www.northglenn.org/talentshow for information. Call 303-450-8800 for an audition appointment. Dress rehearsal will be Thursday, Feb. 7, and the show will be Friday, Feb. 8.
LOOKING AHEAD/FEB. 10
PERFORMANCE CONCERT A collaborative performance concert of the Music Teachers Association Suburban Northwest is at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. All levels of music students performing in ensembles on piano, fl ute, strings and voice.
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LOOKING AHEAD AND ONGOING Bells create unique music By Ashley Reimers [email protected]
Since 1986, Robert Gift has been playing the bells for the city of Westmin-ster during the annual Holiday Lighting Ceremony. And this year was no differ-ent.
He continued the tradition on Dec. 2, playing holiday classics like “White Christmas,” his most requested song. Gift enjoyed warmer weather this year from year’s past and continued to enjoy the city’s bells.
“The best part of playing the lighting ceremony is the bells, they are beauti-fully tuned,” he said. “It’s just wonderful. There are so many beautiful undertones you can hear. It’s just so fun for me.”
Gift is a classic organist and carillon-neur. He began his musical studies in 1973 and began playing the bells for the city and county of Denver in 1979 before playing in the bell tower in Westminster.
“Playing the bells can be diffi cult, es-pecially when they aren’t tuned correct-ly,” he said. “But I have never had that problem before in Westminster.”
According to the city’s website, the idea for a bell tower came about in 1986 when the city was celebrating its 75th an-niversary of incorporation. Since then it has been the symbol of the city and a community landmark challenging residents to climb to the top. It is also a source of traditional and unique music. It is 130-feet tall and features 24 bells composed of pure copper and block tin in the tower. The largest bell has a 25-inch diameter and weighs 341 pounds.
“One of the reasons I love to play the bells in Westminster is because people get to hear something unique,” Gift said. “The fact that it’s coming out of a piece of metal is amazing and people don’t get to hear this kind of music very often.
RECURRING/MONTHLY THROUGH May
FAMILY CONCERTS The Music Train and Swallow Hill Music presents the family concert series, at 4 p.m. the second Sunday of each month through May at Swallow Hill Music Association, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver; and at 4 p.m. the third Saturday of each month through May at the D-Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada. For information and tickets, visit http://ridethemusic-train.com.
LOOKING AHEADLOOKING AHEAD/DEC. 28
BLOOD DRIVE St. Anthony North/Centura Health Community Blood Drive is from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28 at 2551 W. 84th Ave., Aspen Room, Westminster. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact Bonfi ls’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfi ls.org.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 6
“GODSPELL” AUDITIONS Auditions for the Northglenn Players’ summer production of “Godspell” will take place Sunday, Jan. 6, by appointment only. Prepare 16 bars from a contemporary musical and a comedic monologue (up to two minutes in length). Bring a head shot, resume, and sheet music. Accompanist provided. Small stipend if cast. Show is directed by Warren Sherrill and is for ages 18 and older. Call 303-450-8800 for an appointment. Callbacks are Wednesday, Jan. 9, and rehearsals begin in June. Performances will be July 19-27.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 12
WINNERS RECITAL Music Teachers Association Suburban Northwest will have its ensemble competition winners recital at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at the School of Music at CU Boulder, 914 Broadway, Boulder. For intermediate to advanced music students performing in ensembles on piano, fl ute, strings and voice.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 21
CHILDREN’S THEATER Auditions for Missoula Children’s Theatre’s musical production of “Blackbeard the Pirate” will be Jan. 21. Check-in is from 3-3:55 p.m., and auditions run from 4-6 p.m. No late-comers will be accepted. No prepared materi-als are necessary. About 60 roles are available. To audition, you must be able to attend all rehearsals. Open to ages 6-18. Fee applies if cast. Rehearsals are Jan. 21-25, and performance is Jan. 26.
LOOKING AHEAD/JAN. 28-29
TALENT SHOW Auditions for the 7th annual Night of the Stars talent show for ages 5-18 will be from 4-8 p.m. Jan. 28-29 at the D.L. Parsons Theatre, inside the Northglenn Recreation Cen-ter. Visit www.northglenn.org/talentshow for information. Call 303-450-8800 for an audition appointment. Dress rehearsal will be Thursday, Feb. 7, and the show will be Friday, Feb. 8.
LOOKING AHEAD/FEB. 10
PERFORMANCE CONCERT A collaborative performance concert of the Music Teachers Association Suburban Northwest is at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. All levels of music students performing in ensembles on piano, fl ute, strings and voice.
LOOKING AHEAD/MARCH 14
SPELLING BEE Compete with other spelling whizzes in the 60+ Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Arvada Press/Mile High News, Brookdale Senior Living’s Arvada Sterling House and Arvada Meridian, and Prime Time for Seniors Newspaper. Prizes and refreshments included. This is a free event, but both contestants and spectators must register by March 2. Contes-tants must be 60 and over. Sign up soon; space is limited. The spelling bee is from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Community Recre-ation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.
ONGOING/LIBRARY PRESCHOOLERS GATHERING Prime-time for Preschoolers meets 10-10:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Anythink Huron St., 9417 Huron St. in Thornton. Admission is free. For more information, call 303-452-7534 or go online to librarianship.
MUSIC TIME Music and Movement meets 1:30-2:15 p.m. Wednesdays at Anythink Huron St., 9417 Huron St. in Thornton. Children ages 3 to 6 years can sing, dance, play games and learn how to play instruments. Registration is required. To register, visit the online calendar at librarianship. For more information, call 303-452-7534.
ONGOING/CLUBS AND SERVICESMONDAYS
ADULT SURVIVORS of Childhood Sexual Abuse Northglenn Women’s Group meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays. WINGS provides therapist-facilitated, peer-support groups in which survivors are believed, accepted and no longer alone. For more information, call 303-283-8660.
DENVER THYROID Cancer Support Group meets 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays at Montclair Recreation Center Lowry, 729 Ulster Way. For more information, call 303-388-9948.
GRIEF RECOVERY A 12-week Grief Share program meets at 6:30 p.m. each Monday at Arvada Covenant Church, 5555 Ward Road.
HYLAND HILLS Women’s Golf League meets Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, May through September, at 9650 Sheridan Blvd. For more information, call Bernice Aspinwall at 303-426-7579.
LA LECHE League of Broomfi eld meets 10 -11 a.m. the second Monday of the month at Brunner Farm House, 640 Main St.
LIFERING SECULAR Recovery meets at 6 p.m. Mondays at Washington Park United Church of Christ, 400 S. Williams St. This is a nonprofi t, abstinence-based peer-support group for recovering alcoholics and addicts. For more information, call 303-830-0358 or go online to www.unhooked.com.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets at 7 p.m. Mondays at North Metro Church, 12505 Colorado Blvd. in Thornton.
WEST METRO Real Estate Investing Educa-tion Group meets from 7-9 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. We meet in Classroom 1. We cover all the information you will need to suc-cessfully fi x and fl ip or buy rentals with posi-tive cash fl ow. We analyze deals as examples, talk about where to get funding, the best ways to fi nd a bargain and sometimes do property tours. Investors of all levels of experience are welcome but no agents please.
TUESDAYS
DENVER NORTH Metro Rotary Club meets 7:10 -8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at The Egg & I, 855 Thornton Parkway in Thornton.
LET GO and Let God AFG Al-Anon meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 12021 Northaven Circle in Thornton. For more information, visit www.al-anon-co.org.
METRO NORTH Chamber Leads Tuesday group meets at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Lone Star Steakhouse, 237 E. 120th Ave. in Thornton. For more information, call Alan at 720-233-5873.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Group meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at 3585 W. 76th Ave. in Westminster. For more information, go online to www.nacolorado.org.
NEW SWING Swing dancing comes to Thornton 8:30-11 p.m. Tuesdays at Taps and Toes Dance Studio, 12720 N. Colorado Blvd. Beginners are welcome; World Champion Lindy Hop dancers Mark Godwin and Shauna Marble, along with other dancers will provide instruction. Cost is $5. For more information, go online to www.markandshaunaswing.com/weekly_dances/.
NORTHGLENN AFG Al-Anon meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 11385 Grant Drive. For more information, go online to www.al-anon-co.org.
NORTHGLENN-THORNTON ROTARY Club meets at noon Tuesdays at Red Lobster, 1350 W. 104th Ave. in Northglenn. For more information, email [email protected].
NORTHWEST AREA Newcomers and Social Club meets at 11:30 a.m. every fourth Tuesday of the month at Wishbone Restaurant ,9701 Federal Blvd. in Westminster. The club serves the women of North Jeff co and Northwest Denver Metro. All women are welcome to meet new friends and have new activities. There are new speakers and topics every month. For more information, call Delores Ja-cobson at 303-425-4205 or email [email protected].
NORTH METRO Newcomer and Social Club meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month for lunch and a program. We welcome all women who would like to meet new friends and fi nd new activities. Call Peggy Frances at 303-215-9627 or Karen Dowling at 303-422-7369.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Westminster
United Methodist Church, 3585 W. 76th Ave. Contact Laura at 303-428-9293.
TAE KWON do Learn self-defense, get a workout and increase self-confi dence. Two classes available on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the city of Westminster recreation division: peewees (ages 5-8), from 6:30-7:30 p.m., and ages 9 and up, 6:30-8 p.m. Classes at the MAC, 3295 W. 72nd Ave. Call 303-426-4310. Visit www.hupstaekwondo.com and www.ttatkd.com.
TALKING IDEAS Toastmasters Club meets noon-1 p.m. Tuesdays at 10155 Westmoor Drive, Suite 225, in Westminster. For more information, call Mary Taylor at 303-327-1616.
TOPS CO 538, a weight-loss support group, meets Tuesdays at St. Martha’s Episcopal Church, 76th and Bradburn. Weigh-in is from 6-6:45 p.m., followed by the meeting. For information, call 303-429-5923.
WESTMINSTER OPTIMIST Club meets at 7 a.m. Tuesdays at the Egg & I, 799 Highway 287, Broomfi eld. For more information, call John Swanborg at 303-466-5631 or email him at [email protected].
WEDNESDAYS
ARVADA BIZ Connection (http://www.meetup.com/Arvada-Business-Connection/) is an informal networking event that brings together local entrepreneurs. Meetings are Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at various restaurants in Olde Town Arvada. A $5 fee is collected from each attendee, which is then donated to a local charity at the end of each quarter. The 4th Quarter Charity is the Dan Peak Foundation who assists families in need. http://danpeakfoundation.webs.com/. For more info call Virlie Walker 720-323-0863.
FLATIRONS VIEW Toastmasters meets at 6:30 p.m. the fi rst and third Wednesday of every month at The Depot at Five Parks, 13810 W. 85th Ave. in Arvada. Polish your speaking and presentation skills in a fun, instructional, nurturing environment. For more information visit http://9407.toastmastersclubs.org/.
MUSIC TEACHERS Association Suburban Northwest meets from 9:30 a.m. to noon the fi rst Wednesday of the month at Community in Christ Church, 12229 W. 80th Ave., Arvada. Meetings are open to the public and include refreshments, business meeting and program featuring music teaching professionals from around the state lecturing on the latest teach-ing developments. Upcoming meetings are Nov. 7, Feb. 6, March 6, April 3, May 1.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN Submarine Veterans meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at American Legion Wilmore-Richter Post 161, 6230 W. 60th Ave. in Arvada. Active duty, reserve, retired, veterans, interested public and their ladies are cordially invited. For more information, go online to www.rockymountainsubvets.com.
TOASTMASTERS-WESTMINSTER COMMUNICATORS meets 12:15-1:15 p.m. every Wednesday at DeVry University, 1870 W. 122nd Ave., Room 134. Toastmasters has helped thousands of people over the years and
we can help you. Admission is free. Enter the southeast door to the fi rst room, 134. Call Ray Hamilton at 303-284-4223.
WESTMINSTER ROTARY 7:10 Club meets 7:10-8:30 a.m. Wednesdays at The Ranch Country Club, 11667 Tejon St., Westminster. For more information, call Angela Habben at 720-947-8080.
THURSDAYS
ADAMS COUNTY Triad meets 1-2 p.m. the third Thursdays of the month at 3295 W. 72nd Ave. in Westminster. The Triad is formed of law enforcement offi cers, senior citizens, fi re personnel and senior organizations. Triad volunteers develop and implement crime-prevention and education programs for older adults. Activities address crime from both a pre-victimization (preventive) standpoint and a post-victimization (victim/witness assistance) standpoint. All senior citizens or people who care about senior citizens of Ad-ams County are welcome. Topic changes each month. For more information, contact Jenee Centeno at 303-854-7420. Fridays.
FOOD PANTRY Agape Life Church distributes Jeff erson County commodity foods from 10-11 a.m. Thursdays, at the church, 5970 W. 60th Ave. in Arvada. The church provides this service to all Jeff erson County residents. If you have questions, call 303-431-6481.
FRONT RANGE Toastmasters Club meets from 7-9 p.m. every Thursday at the Thornton Civic Center, 9500 Civic Center Drive, Thornton. Develop your prepared and impromptu speaking skills. Guests are encouraged to drop in and participate at their comfort level. For information, contact www.d26toastmasters.org/frontrange/about_us.htm.
GRIEFSHARE SUPPORT Group meets at 9:30 a.m. Thursdays at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 1481 Russell Way. For more information, go online to www.mountain-viewlutheran.com.
LET’S FIND Serenity Al-Anon meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at Park Center Offi ce Building Room 104, 3489 W. 72nd Ave. For more information, go online to www.al-anon-co.org.
METRO NORTH Chamber Leads Thursday group meets at 8 a.m. Thursdays at the Egg and I, 885 Thornton Parkway in Thornton. For more information, call Jim Johnson at 303-522-3608.
ONE BUSINESS Connection meets from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays at Barker’s St., 2831 W. 120th Ave. in Westminster. For more information, call Michelle Mathiesen at 303-424-1207 or go online to www.wbncolorado.com.
WOMEN’S BUSINESS Network meets 7:20-8:35 a.m. Thursdays at the Doubletree Hotel, 8773 Yates Drive in Westminster. For more information, call Michelle Mathiesen at 303-424-1207 or go online to www.wbncolorado.com.
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HAVE AN EVENT?To submit a calendar listing, send information by noon Friday to [email protected] or by fax to 303-426-4209.
FRIDAYS
CAFFEINATED CAREER Club meets 8:15-10 a.m. Fridays at La Dolce Vita, 5756 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. An inspirational weekly job-search networking group, facilitated by a job-search expert. Bring business cards and a 60-second introduction. Typical attendance is more than 20 people, and the restaurant prefers that you order breakfast. RSVP recommended. For more information call CAREER-Magic at 303-424-5451. For directions, call Don Carver at 303-420-1637.
NORTH SUBURBAN Sales Professionals meets 7:30-9 a.m. Fridays at Indian Tree Golf Course, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. This club is for entrepreneurs, small-business owners, independent distributors and professional salespersons for business education, sales training, motivation, fun, food, and fellowship. Ticket price includes parking, breakfast buff et, pro-gram and chances to win door prizes and lottery tickets. New-comers are welcome. Call Laura Nokes Lang at 303-428-9293.
SWING THRU’S Square Dance Club meets Fridays at the Vic-tory Grange, 2025 Tower Road in Aurora. Singles, couples and youth are welcome. For more information, call 303-426-8986.
SATURDAYS
NORTH SUBURBAN Republican Forum meets 9:45-11:15 a.m. the second Saturday of the month at Anythink, Huron St. Community Room, 9417 Huron St. in Thornton. Admission is $3 and includes a continental breakfast. Meet like-minded people and discuss Colorado political issues.
WHAT YOU Want to Be AFG Al-Anon meets at 9:30 a.m. Saturdays at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in the Richard P. Young Room, 11245 Huron St. For more information, go online to www.al-anon-co.org.
SUNDAYS
HOW AFG Works Book Study Al-Anon meets at 9 a.m. Sundays at Park Center Offi ce Building, Room 104, 3489 W. 72nd Ave. For more information, go online to www.al-anon-co.org.
MILE HIGH Harmonica Club meets 1:30 -3:30 p.m. the second and fourth Sundays of the month at Grant Avenue Community Center, 216 S. Grant St. in Denver.
THORNTON VFW Post 7945 meets 8:30 -11 a.m. Sundays at 10217 Quivas St. in Thornton. Admission is $5 for breakfast. For more information, call 303-438-6700.
YOGA FOR Survivors Whether you’re a longtime cancer survivor, in treatment or a caregiver to a cancer survivor, Yoga for Cancer Survivors & Caregivers is a great way to live more comfortably in your own body. Benefi ts include decreased stress and pain, improved sleep and energy, improved lymphatic fl ow, reduced nausea and a greater sense of well-being. Class led by Shari Turney, a registered yoga instructor with specialized training through Yoga for Survivors. Class off ered from 1:30-2:45 p.m. Sundays at Duncan Family YMCA, 6350 Eldridge St., Arvada. Contact Turney at 720-319-3703 or [email protected] before taking your fi rst class to ensure a safe practice.
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
FRONT RANGE Boot Camp gets you out of the gym and gets results. Front Range Boot Camp provides dynamic, unique and results-driven full-body workouts exclusively for women. All ages, sizes and fi tness levels will succeed. Indoor location is just behind Super Target at Kipling and 50th Avenue. Outdoor location is Skyline Park by Stenger soccer fi elds. Email [email protected] or go online to www.FrontRange-BootCamp.com.
GIRL SCOUTS Snowboard. Scuba dive. Sleep over in a museum or at the zoo. Go backstage at a concert or a Broadway play. Even stage your own Project Runway. Girl Scouts turns normal days into days you’ll remember all your life. Girl Scouts off ers girls of all ages and backgrounds a safe place to explore the world and discover their potential. There are now more fl exible ways to be a Girl Scout than joining a troop. To explore your options, visit girlscoutsofcolorado.org, email [email protected] or call 1-877-404-5708.
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OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF BOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBY THE NUMBERSNumber of steals Ho-
rizon’s Ste-ven Sumey is averaging per game
this season. Through three games he has 16 to help the Hawks jump out to a perfect 3-0 start. He had 10 steals to help Horizon top Prairie View last week.
Number of rebounds C o m m u -nity Chris-tian’s Bryce H o d g e
pulled down Saturday aganst Faith Baptist. Hodge also scored 29 points for his third dou-ble-double of the sea-son. He is currently av-eraging 25.3 points and 13 rebounds for the 3-1 Crusaders.
Number of rebounds Ho r i z o n’s A l y s s a and Kay-lie Rader
have combined to grab through the Hawks fi rst three games. The sis-ter duo have also com-bined to score 70 points and have 11 blocks to help the Hawks improve to 2-1. Kaylie Rader is leading the team with 14.3 points and 11.7 re-bounds, while Alyssa Rader is averaging 10.3 and 10.7.
GAME OF THE WEEK
HOCKEYRalston Valley (1-0)
at Standley Lake (1-2), Friday 5:45 p.m.,
Ice Center at the Promenade
In a rematch of last season’s quarterfi nals, the Gators will be out for revenge after falling 7-1 to the Mustangs dur-ing last season’s playoffs. Ralston Valley also beat Standley Lake in the reg-ular season last year 5-4. The Mustangs lost to Re-gis Jesuit 3-2 in the state championship game.
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Legacy wins Gator Duals Deakin and Cassidy chosen Outstanding Wrestlers By Jonathan Maness [email protected]
WESTMINSTER - The Legacy wrestling team got a good jump on the 2012-13 season Saturday.
The Lightning took fi rst at the Gators Dual, sweeping all fi ve rounds to go a perfect 5-0 on the day and also had two wrestlers earn top honors. Freshman Ryan Deakin (106 pounds) was unde-feated and was chosen the tournament’s outstanding wrestler in the 106-145 class. Senior Connor Cassidy also went undefeated at 160 pounds and was chosen the outstanding wrestler from 152-285.
“I thought I wrestled well,” Deakin said. “I was light on my feet and thought we did a good job as team.”
Horizon, which sent both its varsity and junior varsity teams, took second and sixth. Overland was third, followed by Standley Lake and Faith Christian.
“It was a good early tournament,” Legacy’s coach Mike Thomp-son said. “There was a lot of great competition and we had a lot of wrestlers that wrestled well.”
Deakin had little problems in his matches; he pinned Standley Lake’s Dakota Ogata and Overland’s Daniel Cue Capota, and beat Horizon’s Jackson Huffman (10-6).
Cassidy was just as dominant at 160. He had two forfeit victories and pinned the three opponents he faced.
“Ryan did a great job, as did Connor,” Thompson said. “I think we had a lot of wrestlers that did well.”
Legacy’s Brian Mooney went undefeated, while Adam Otterman (132), Cole Randall (145) and Lucas Robinson (195) all went 4-1 for the Lightning.
Horizon’s varsity team won four of its fi ve duals. The Hawks lone loss came to Legacy, 47-27. Horizon also had three wrestlers that went undefeated, Brian Janovach, Matt Emerson (145), and Aus-tin Gonzalez (152). Gonzalez had four pin falls, while Emerson had three.
Standley Lake beat both Faith Christian and Horizon’s junior var-sity team, but had Nathaniel Carlson go undefeated on the day at 132 pounds. Carlson also pinned three of his foes on the day.
Horizon, Legacy and Standley Lake will all be wrestling at the Denver North tournament on Saturday.
Legacy’s 106-pounder Ryan Deakin wrestles Standley Lake’s Dakota Ograta at the Gators Duals on Saturday. Deakin went 5-0 and was chosen the tournament’s outstanding wrestler in the 106-145 class. Photos by Jonathan Maness
Horizon’s 138-pounder Hunter Lucas is close to scoring a pinfall on Standley Lake’s Daniel Hoang at the Gators Duals on Saturday.
Standley Lake’s 132-pounder Nathaniel Carlson wrestles Legacy’s Adam Otterson at the Gators Duals on Saturday.
Legacy’s 160-pounder Connor Cassidy wrestles Standley Lake’s Ryan Wosk at the Gators Duals on Saturday. Cassidy was undefeated and was chosen the outstanding wrestler from 152-285.
Standley Lake’s 152-pounder Roberto Maestas wrestles Horizon’s Austin Gonzalez at the Gators Duals on Saturday.
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All-Region soccer: Vigil garners coach of the yearHoly Family’s Arguello chosen Player of the YearBy Jonathan [email protected]
BROOMFIELD - Nobody expected Jeff Vigil’s Standley Lake soccer team to do much in the coach’s second season.
In Vigil’s first year as coach of the Ga-tors his squad was a respectful 6-9, but that didn’t deter Standley Lake that.
The Gators only lost two of their first 12 games and advanced to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years.
And due to that Vigil earned the Met-roNorth Coach of the Year honors.
Standley Lake did fall to the Adams City, 3-0, in the opening round of the playoffs.
But that was after the Gators caused some havoc in the Jeffco League. They opened league 3-0-2 with a big 3-2 win over Chatfield.
What made Standley Lake’s squad spe-cial was there wasn’t one standout player; instead 10 different players scored two goals or more.
“We’ve had a great season,” Vigil said earlier this season. “Our kids have shown a lot of character.”
Also making the All-Region soccer team from Standley Lake was midfielder Sean Palizzi and goalkeeper Cameron Chacon.
Holy Family’s Preston Arguello was the MetroNorth’s Player of the Year. Arguello led the Tigers with 10 goals and eight as-sists.
He scored in eight of Holy Family’s 18 games and had two games in which he scored two goals.
He even had three assists in the 5-1 vic-tory over Manual.
Arguello had the Tigers lone goal in
their 2-1 loss to Kent Denver in the 3A quarterfinals.
Arguello, a four-year letterman, finish-es his career at Holy Family with 43 goals and 32 assists.
Also making the first team from the Ti-gers was Patrick Borer and Jay Elliott.
MetroNorth Newspapers 2012 All-Region boys soccer teamPlayer of the Year
Holy Family senior Preston Arguello, No. 7, is the MetroNorth Newspapers Player of the Year for 2012. Arguello led the Tigers with 10 goals and eight assists. Photo by Pam Wagner
Sports Roundup: Hawks stay perfectRivas helps Horizon boys top NorthglennBy Jonathan [email protected]
THORNTON - Dustin Rivas scored 19 points to help the Hawks top Northglenn 73-50 on Friday night.
The Hawks (3-0) forced the Norse into 25 turnovers and jumped out to a 24-11 lead in the first quarter.
Rivas and Josh Ralphs nailed three treys, while Jordan Radebaugh had a double-double with 10 points and 10 re-
bounds for Northglenn.
CLEAN SWEEP: Holy Family boys and girls basketball teams both beat
Academy Tuesday night.Four different players scored in double figures to help
the boys win 72-46, and improve to 4-0.David Sommers scored 14, while Devlin Granberg and
Ryan Willis had 13 and Austin Brown chipped in 11.The girls (4-2) outscored Academy 34-10 in the first
half to seal the 55-25 victory.
ALSO UNDEFEATED: The Mountain Range girls overcome a 7-point deficit to
top Thornton 40-30 Friday to improve to 3-0.The Mustangs outscored the Trojans 26-9 in the second
half, Tory Travers led the way with nine points.Jefferson Academy girls beat Eaton 36-22 Tuesday to
improve to 3-0 on the young season. Alyson Thimsen had 10 points for the Jaguars.
HAWKS GET FIRST LOSS: ThunderRidge gave the Horizon girls its first loss of the
season on Tuesday night. The Hawks were outscored 22-11 in the second quarter
and lost 68-53.
ON THE ICE: Standley Lake hockey team picked up its first win of
the season Monday, beating Coronado 10-2. Mitch McEwan and Christian Akita each had three
goals.
BRUSH INVITE: Mountain Range grapplers went 4-1 at the Beetdiggers
Invite on Saturday. The Mustangs lost to Mesa Ridge in the
championship bout 35-30.
HRANICKA, NELSON RECOGNIZED: Holy Family volleyball players Blayke Hranicka and Ty-
lynn Nelson each were chosen All-Colorado team honor-able mention.
Hranicka led the Tigers with 312 kills, while Nelson had a team-best 57 aces.
ON FIRE: Community Christian’s Bryan Hodge is averaging 25.3
points and 13 rebounds in the Crusaders first four games. He scored 30 points and brought down 11 rebounds in
a loss to Battle Mountain and on Saturday he went for 28 and 20 against Faith Baptist.
Thornton Trojans sophomore guard Daezionte Henderson scores on a fast break against Wheat Ridge during first half action at Thornton High School. The Trojans raced to a big lead and won 49-36. Photo by Andy Carpenean
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Government Legals LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT
City of Westminster
A sixty (60) day Public Comment Periodwill open for a proposed City of West-minster Water Conservation Plan onFriday, Dec 14, 2012 and run throughMonday, Feb 11, 2013. The City of West-minster has developed the proposedwater conservation plan to be submitted tothe Colorado Water Conservation Boardfor State approval. The plan containshistoric and current information on theCity’s water use and water systems aswell as goals for identified future waterconservation programs. The plan is avail-able and comments may be submittedthrough the City of Westminster website:www.cityofwestminster.us
All comments must be received byMonday, February 11, 2013.
Published in the WestsiderDecember 14, 201200028251
CITY OF WESTMINSTERNOTICE OF
CONTRACTOR'S SETTLEMENT
Pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S.,notice is hereby given that on or afterDecember 24, 2012, at Westminster, Col-orado, final settlement will be made by theCity with American West Construction,LLC, hereinafter called the "Contractor,"for and on account of the contract formaintenance of improvements installedwith a Project described as: McKayDrainageway Improvements, Phase 3.
1. Any person, co-partnership, associ-ation of persons, company, or corporationthat has furnished labor, materials, teamhire, sustenance, provisions, provender,or other supplies used or consumed bysuch Contractor or his subcontractor, orthat supplies rental machinery, tools, orequipment to the extent used in theprosecution of the work, whose claimtherefor has not been paid by the Con-tractor or the subcontractor for the workcontracted to be done, may file with theCity a verified statement of the amountdue and unpaid on account of such claim.
2. All such claims shall be filed with theCity Attorney's Office, City of Westminster,4800 W. 92nd Avenue, Westminster,Colorado, 80031 by December 20, 2012.
3. Failure on the part of a creditor to filesuch statement prior to such final settle-ment will relieve the City from any and allliability for such claim.
Dated at Westminster, Colorado this 6thday of December, 2012.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER/s/ Martin R. McCullough
City AttorneyPublished in the WestsiderFirst publication: December 7, 2012Last publication: December 14, 201200027860
CITY OF WESTMINSTERNOTICE OF
CONTRACTOR'S SETTLEMENT
Pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S.,notice is hereby given that on the 24th dayof December, 2012, at Westminster,Colorado, final settlement will be made bythe City with Duke’s Root Control, Inc.,hereinafter called the "Contractor," for andon account of the contract for the con-struction of a Project described as the2012 Wastewater Collection SystemMaintenance, Chemical Root Foaming.
1. Any person, co-partnership, associ-ation of persons, company, or corporationthat has furnished labor, materials, teamhire, sustenance, provisions, provender,or other supplies used or consumed bysuch Contractor or his subcontractor, orthat supplies rental machinery, tools, orequipment to the extent used in theprosecution of the work, whose claimtherefor has not been paid by the Con-tractor or the subcontractor for the workcontracted to be done, may file with theCity a verified statement of the amountdue and unpaid on account of such claim.
2. All such claims shall be filed with theCity Attorney's Office, City of Westminster,4800 W. 92nd Avenue, Westminster,Colorado, 80031, by December 20, 2012.
3. Failure on the part of a creditor to filesuch statement prior to such final settle-ment will relieve the City from any and allliability for such claim.
Dated at Westminster, Colorado this 6thday of December, 2012.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER/s/ Martin R. McCullough
City AttorneyPublished in the WestsiderFirst publication: December 7, 2012Last publication: December 17, 201200027857
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Fire� ghters take � rst in competition By Ashley Reimers a re i m e r s @ o u rc o l o r a -donews.com
It’s considered the toughest two minutes in sports by ESPN, a course taken on by only the fi ttest fi refi ghters in the world — the Firefi ghter Combat Challenge World Champi-onships.
This year the Westmin-ster Fire Department’s relay team took fi rst place, beat-ing out 64 other teams from around the world.
The course is a series of fi ve linked tasks that simulates real fi refi ghting techniques — running up a fi ve-story tower, hoisting up a weight to the top of
the tower, chopping, drag-ging a hose and rescuing a life-size 175-pound human dummy, all while wearing full bunker gear and using an air pack.
The Westminster fi re-fi ghters began training weeks before the world championship competition in order to meet the ex-treme physically demand-ing course.
“I’ve played college football and wrestled, but this course is by far the most physically challeng-ing thing I have ever done,” said team caption Luke Gearhard. “We are really dedicated to our training, running everyday, lifting and competing in local
competitions.”Gearhard, Courtney Van
Marter, Matt Meyer, Brett Miller, Chris Dinges, Shawn Caswell and Nick Vinson all traveled to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for the competition in November.
Along with the relay team victory, Van Mar-ter, Miller and Gearhard achieved the “Lion’s Den” status ,which requires men to fi nish the course in less than 100 seconds and women to fi nish in less than three minutes. Miller is now ranked sixth in the world and Van Marter is ranked third in the world in the women’s category.
But the team wasn’t al-ways on top.
Just four years ago Gear-hard took over the team and he admits in the be-ginning the team wasn’t quite up to speed. So to help with its technique, the team trained with the US Air Force Academy team, which it ended up facing in the fi nals.
“One special thing about our victory is the fact that we raced against another Colorado team, the US Air Force Academy,” Mill-er said. “They have been teachers, mentors and friends for years. We had to compete against them in the fi nal and were able to take the win in a very close race. To have two Colorado teams in the fi nals is very rare.”
Now that the world championships are over, Gearhard said the team will take a quick breather be-fore starting up their train-ing again in January.
He said it feels great to be number one in the
world, but what’s really made a difference in his life are the friendships he’s made on the team.
“It’s the hours we put in with training and fund-raising and spending time together that I will really take away from this experi-ence,” he said “We are really a bunch of (guys) who hang out together, who will now be friends for the next 30 years of our careers.”
Westminster fi refi ghter Courtney Van Marter competes during the 2012 Firefi ghter Combat Challenge World Championships. After this competition, Van Marter is ranked third in the world in the women’s category. Photos provided
From left, Westminster Firefi ghters Matt Meyer, Nick Vinson, Chris Dinges, front, Luke Gearhard and Brett Miller took fi rst place at the 2012 Firefi ghter Combat Challenge World Championships in November in the relay category. The relay team beat out 64 other departments from all over the year. Photo by Victoria Novosel
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ONGOING VOLUNTEER Opportuni-ties
GATEWAY BATTERED Women’s Services is looking for volunteers to work on various planning committees for its upcoming fundraising endeavors. Monthly attendance for fundraising meetings required. Contact Jeneen Klippel at 303-343-1856 or email [email protected].
GIRL SCOUT volunteers Whether you commit a few hours a month running a troop, or a few hours a year helping with a science event, tackle important issues, travel to incredible places, share interests and create experiences with girls and other adults you will never forget. Gain marketable skills that will benefi t you in ways beyond Girl Scouting. Join Girl Scouts today and become one of our volunteers. Both men and women 18 and older are invited to join. In addition to positions working with the girls, we’ve got volunteer needs in our offi ces around the state to help with paperwork and other administrative duties. For more information, visit girlscoutsofcolorado.org, email [email protected] or call 1-877-404-5708.
HEALTH PASSPORT Looking for a volunteer opportunity? Health Passport volunteers provide support for patients and their families both in the hospital and upon discharge; help with outreach, marketing, and social networking; connect patients, families, and volunteers with the services and programs right for them; host classes at various Health Passport locations; contribute to the health and wellness of those in the community; counsel clients who need prescription drug assistance, and help with day-to-day living ex-penses, Medicare and Medicaid issues. For information about these volunteer opportunities, contact Kerry Ewald, Health Passport volunteer coordinator, at 303-629-4934. For more, visit www.myhealthpassport.org.
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A book for the holidays This Christmas,
you’ll fi nd lots of sur-prises beneath your tree. Some of them, of course, will arrive from Santa.
Others will come in the mail from Grandma or a favorite aunt who lives far away.
Then there are the be-ribboned packages that somehow manage to sneak under the tree, cour-tesy of someone special. Emerson Johansson never expected a gift, especially not something sent de-cades ago.
But in the new book “The Lost Christmas Gift” by Andrew Beckham and published by Princeton Ar-chitectural Press, received a box full of memories … Two days before Christmas, a box arrived at Emerson Johansson’s house. It was wrapped in paper that was old and fragile, and he was surprised to see his father’s handwriting on the outside.
His dad had been dead for years. During World War II, Em-
erson’s father worked as a cartographer in France and, judging by the post-marks, Emerson knew that that was where the box had come from, some seventy-odd years ago.
He wondered where it had been all this time. With excitement, he won-dered what was inside it. When he opened the box, he found a book.
Memories came fl ooding back. It had been a special fa-ther-son outing, the kind that boys eagerly anticipate each year.
They had set out to fi nd the perfect Christmas tree; Emerson had taken his new camera to mark to the occa-sion, and a fl ask of hot cof-
fee to keep them warm.It was a good thing, too,
because the clouds rolled in about noon that day and it snowed very hard.
Soon, Emerson and his father were lost and they knew they’d have to spend a cold night in a hastily-dug snow shelter.
But before they could huddle down for the night, Emerson saw something in the woods: it was a small man who carried twigs, and Emerson took a picture.
Then they saw another man through the trees, who left some coal. The gifts were just enough to get them through the cold night. As he looked through the book his father had made for him all those years ago, Emerson was amazed.
His pictures — the ones he thought were missing — were in the
book, along with draw-ings his father had made. Drawings made with love.
Pictures with Christ-mas magic behind them… OK, I have to admit that au-thor Andrew Beckham had me there for a minute.
In his brief introduc-tion to “The Lost Christ-mas Gift,” he says that he’s known Emerson Johansson for years, which starts this delightful story off on just the right note.
From there, we’re treated to a book-within-a-book and side-by-side, across the years comments about a special day shared and the incredible things that hap-pened.
I’m not going to give you one more hint here, except to say that if you’re not a be-liever in holiday enchant-ment now, you will be when you’re done reading this tale.
This Christmas, start a brand-new tradition by reading this exquisitely il-lustrated, wonderfully told story together with your family.
For you and for them, “The Lost Christmas Gift” is the perfect holiday fi nd.
