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Estimated 12,500 weekday riders using service

By Clarke [email protected]

Lakewood resident Alisha Eversole and her husband recently moved from Denver, where they used the light rail for any trip that wasn’t walking distance.

But although the transition from city to suburban life has been a bit bumpy, she said, one facet hasn’t changed: She can still take the light rail for those lon-ger trips.

“Having the W Rail readily available almost makes me forget that I’m no longer living in an urban area,” Eversole said.

It will be three years in April since the W Rail carried its first riders up and down the corri-dor. Years of planning, construction and development finally brought the comple-tion of the first of RTD’s FasTracks proj-ects. There are 11 stations along the line.

Now, with the East Line out to Den-ver International Airport and the Gold Line to Arvada and Wheat Ridge nearing completion, the W Rail is a window into the future for many communities.

With a current W Rail ridership of about 12,500 weekday riders, RTD is still finding ways to fine-tune service for riders.

“It is not uncommon for us to re-evaluate service changes that we insti-tuted around opening of rail lines at the request of our customers,” wrote Tina Jaquez, RTD public relations manager, in an email interview. “Many times we receive feedback from our riders that indicates the changes we made with the new rail line do not work well for the community. So we take a look at that and make further adjustments after a line opens.”

When the line first opened, many residents were concerned about changes in bus routes. RTD held several meetings to make the necessary adjustments.

“Initially, I think ridership was a little less than they (RTD) were expecting,

W Rail draws riders, spurs development

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ART @ 6 sets up at in-demand 40 West Studios


The 40 West Arts District has been among the leaders of the West Colfax re-naissance, and the organization’s efforts are bearing a variety of fruits.

One of them is the new ART @ 6 gallery and studio, created by Vikki and Brian King as a place to work on and display their fine art, jewelry and décor.

“We looked at other arts districts all over Colorado, but the overhead costs were just too high,” Brian said, who moved to the area from Albuquerque, New Mexico. “We had lost hope, but on the way out of town we decided to stop by 40 West, and that changed everything.”

Bill Marino, chair of the district, has been one of 40 West’s greatest champions. In this case he provided all the information needed for the Kings to fall in love with the area.

“There is no pretense, and it was so welcoming here,” Brian said. “At many of the other districts we looked at, there was friendliness but no openness, and that’s a big difference.”

The Kings set up ART @ 6 in the new 40 West Studios building, located at 1615 Reed St. The studio have long been a goal of Marino and the district. After being open for just three months, it’s already full.

“There are 16 spaces in the building — a building that we as a district lease to these artists,” Marino explained. “The studios have a great vibe, and there’s a wonderful group of creatives there.”

Vikki King founded ART @ 6 with her husband Brian after moving to the 40 West Arts District. Here she shows the pair’s works to visitors during the gallery’s opening on Jan. 29. Photo by Clarke Reader

40 West draws creativity‘�e studios have a great vibe, and

there’s a wonderful group of creatives

there.’Bill Marino, 40 West Arts District chair

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New group aims for civility in discussions


Immediately following the November election, old and new members of the Lakewood City Council spoke excitedly about the culture change reflected in the victories of the so-called “anti-establishment” candidates.

The group campaigned against what they described as reckless housing development. They called for more local government trans-parency, and were supported by some on the council who found

themselves at odds with the major-ity.

Ward 1 Councilwoman Ramey Johnson, Ward 3 Councilman Pete Roybal and Ward 4 Councilman Dave Wiechman were usually the nay votes on most issues under for-mer mayor Bob Murphy. They said they often felt treated as outsiders because of this.

“Things were so bad under the Murphy regime that almost any-thing would be better,” Wiechman said. “We’re seeing some improve-ments, but it’s still not totally equal yet.”

Murphy said council members are elected to serve the public, and the public rightfully expects

Council strives to let all members be heard

Council continues on Page 4

Lakewood resident Andy Maikovich shovels out his driveway near 19th Avenue and Balsam Street on Wednesday afternoon. The 20-year resident of the area said the total snow accumulation for his neighborhood was around 12-14 inches. Photo by Glenn Wallace

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CCU student, Bill Gordon Award recipient About me

I was born in Wray, and our family moved to Flagler, where my family still lives today. I graduated from Flagler High School with nine other kids in my class — it was a pretty small town.

I came to Colorado Christian University because both of my older brothers attended here, and whenever we came to visit them I liked the campus and the vibe here. My twin sister Morgan was also admitted here, so it’s nice to have family close.

I’ll be graduating early, so I’m a senior a semester early. I’m studying communica-tions, with a minor in business.

The Bill Gordon AwardThis award was truly a blessing. It’s given

by the Rocky Mountain Agribusinesses As-sociation, and my dad is a member of the organization. He was always telling us we should get more involved with the group.

My dad is very much invested in agricul-ture back home, and I worked with him a lot during harvest times. Flagler is extremely agriculture based, and it’s an area I think is fascinating and enjoyable. Often, people don’t think about where their food comes from, but I’ve seen it on a personal basis.

Applying for the award involved fi nding people to write me letters of recommenda-tion and writing about topics like how I’m going to use my major to help the world. I did my best to fi nd people who would give me a fair assessment.

As a winner, I received $1,500, which will certainly help me a lot.

In my free time...I work at Chick-fi l-A, which I really enjoy.

When I’m not working, I generally love to be

outdoors. I love to hike and go on random adventures. I like to be with my family and friends and have as many adventures as possible.

Looking toward the futureThe relationships I’ve built here at CCU

have been my favorite part of being here, because they’ve all been so substantial and long-lasting. There’s a sense here of every-one coming together, and it’s nice having that feeling.

I’m not sure what I want to do upon graduating — I’ve been considering a lot of options. I’ve thought about accounting or real estate, but right now I’m trying to learn as much as I can.

If you have suggestions for My Name Is..., contact Clarke Reader at [email protected].

Kathleen Oestman is a Colorado Christian University student who won the Bill Gordon Award. Courtesy photo

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Health department launches new communitywide plan to cover 5 years

By Christy Steadman [email protected]

To help improve the community’s overall health, Jefferson County Public Health is introducing the Community Health Improvement Plan that will fo-cus on six strategies to increase physical activity, health eating and overall mental well-being.

The program, also known by its ac-ronym CHIP, refl ects the department’s priority on health equity, said Donna Viverette, the county’s health education supervisor. That equity can be achieved by addressing the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, learn and age, she added.

CHIP was developed based on the results of two comprehensive assess-ments in 2013 on the county’s commu-nity health and public health system capacity. The community health survey

Jeffco focuses on community health

WORDS TO KNOW

CHIP: Community Health Improvement Plan

CoIN: Coalition Integrated into the Net-work

The six CoINs of CHIP:

Active Living Policy: Advance a “health-in-all-policies” framework for decision-making related to local and county land use, transportation and community devel-opment initiatives, and develop strategies to increase access to physical activity.

Food Access: Promote sustainable, evidence-based policies or programs that increase equitable access to affordable, healthy foods in Jefferson County.

Healthy Beverage: Create collective, strategic and effi cient approaches to increase healthy beverage consumption in Jefferson County.

Health in Early Childhood: Align efforts

across organizations to improve the health and well-being of Jefferson County’s youngest children, as well as their families and caregivers.

School Wellness: Coordinate efforts across organizations to improve the health and well-being of Jefferson County’s K-12 students and staff by supporting school wellness efforts and providing needed health and wellness resources.

Preventive Care and Mental Health Re-sources: Establish methods and measures for the coordination of the provision of preventive care and mental health care.

Learn more or get involvedThe website to learn more about Jefferson County’s Community Health Improvement Plan is www.healthypeoplehealthyplaces-jeffco.com.

Also, contact Pamela Gould, the county’s health planner, at 303-275-7526 or [email protected].

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The chart at right says everything you need to know about why every well-priced listing gets multiple offers, driving home values up and up. It’s why the 20-city Case-Shiller Home Price Index shows Denver as the hottest real estate market in the country. Their November report issued last week showed Denver close to Portland and San Francisco as the only three metropolitan areas with more than 10% year-over-year price growth.

The trend of fewer active listings and more sales can’t go much fur-ther — after all, those two lines can’t cross! But it is likely that those two lines will continue to hug each other for at least the next year or two.

People like to speak of spring and summer as the “selling season” for real estate, but they should really be seen as the “listing season.” Notice that the dips in sales each January are less pronounced than the dips in listings. In-deed, the number of sales per month this winter is in excess of the number of sales in the sum-mer of 2011. Yet the number of homes to

choose from is one-fourth as high. Feeding this trend is the migration of people

into our state and the inability of home builders to keep up with the increased de-mand. And feeding the trend even further is the fear homeowners have of selling their home when it’s so hard to find a replacement home. Last week, I wrote about my new listing in Arvada which drew 125 showings and 19 offers in three days and sold for nearly 15% above its listing price. Significantly, not one of those 19 offers was contingent on the sale of a current home. Buyers and their agents are realizing that in today’s environment of multiple-offer

competition, you need to be a renter or a home-owner who can buy a home before selling your current home.

As I see it, that is the single biggest factor keeping sellers from listing their homes — either they can’t buy before selling or they can buy before selling but haven’t yet been able to find the right home or beat out the competition for

the homes they have found. I have one seller is the latter situation, and they have been there for months. I will be listing their Arvada home, but only after they’re under contract for their next home.

Some buyers — including two of my clients — are finding exactly what they want by buying a new home from a home builder. The nice thing about buying from a home builder is that the listed price is what you’ll pay — no bidding against other buyers. You choose the finishes and floor plan you want and just have to wait for it to be built.

There are some cautions I give to new home buyers, however. One is to make sure you identify yourself as having a Realtor agent be-fore you register your name at any sales office. Many builders will not compensate the buyer’s agent if he or she doesn’t accompany you on your first visit. This advice is for your benefit, because you still want and need professional representation.

That’s because (1) home builders write their own builder-friendly contracts instead of using the buyer-friendly state contracts required on all resales; and (2) you’ll want guidance on inspect-ing the new home at various stages of construc-tion plus referral to a buyer-friendly lawyer to interpret the builder-friendly contract for you.

And if you have a home to sell, you can negotiate a lower listing commission with your Realtor if you let him or her earn a commission on your new home purchase.

As I wrote last week, the group which will continue to suffer the most from this kind of market — we should really call it a “crisis” rather than a market — are our wounded warriors and other veterans, because buyers using VA loans simply can’t compete with conventional borrow-ers. FHA borrowers are in the same boat, be-cause both VA and FHA appraisers make de-mands on sellers that can be excessive and make any seller well-advised to discriminate against their offers, which they can do legally.

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found chronic illnesses such as car-diovascular disease and cancers were the leading cause of death in Jeffer-son County. They were linked to five common risk factors — poor diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use and exposure, alcohol use and chronic psychosocial stress.

The CHIP plan, in beginning stag-es of development and implementa-tion, includes six strategies covering a period of five years. In 2018, the plan will be revisited for further as-sessment.

An “overarching network allows each (strategy) to align partnerships, resources, communications and data to work together,” said Pamela

Gould, the county’s health planner. “Each one is tackling different focus areas.”

The first goal focuses on low-income families with children ages 0-18. The plan looks at ways to in-crease physical activity, healthy eat-ing and psychosocial well-being.

Each strategy is being referred to as a Coalition Integrated into the Net-work, or CoIN. They include: Active Living Policy, Food Access, Healthy Beverage, Health in Early Childhood, School Wellness and Preventive Care and Mental Health Resources.

Although working together to

accomplish the goals of CHIP, the CoINs are “very distinct with differ-ent focuses,” said Nancy Braden, the county’s public health communica-tions manager. Each of the CoINs is working toward creating coalitions or councils consisting of community partners. The community partners include local organizations, such as schools or farmers’ markets, and residents.

“Everyone has the opportunity to attain their highest level of health,” Viverette said. “Everyone deserves an equal chance to be healthy and thrive.”

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RRCC offers free tax filing services to families

This tax season, Red Rocks Community College is partnering with the Denver-based Piton Foun-dation to help families become more financially secure by providing free tax preparation assistance through the Tax Help Colo-rado program.

This free service will be offered at Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave. in Fire Science Building on the west end of campus, room 3750. Parking is available in the south lot. It will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays from Jan. 30 to March 9.

People who are get-

ting their taxes prepared at RRCC should bring the following documents:

· All W-2, 1099 and other income-related documents.

· Proof of mortgage interest, property taxes, daycare payments, college education expenses, chari-table contributions, and all other tax-deductible expenses.

· For college expenses: In addition to Form 1098T from your college, you must bring your own records of expenses paid for tuition, books, fees and supplies.

· To report health cover-age, you will need one of these forms: 1095-A, 1095-B, and/or 1095-C.

· If you received a tax credit to lower the cost of paying health insurance,

bring form 1095-A, which you received from Connect for Health Colorado.

· Social Security cards (or ITINs) for all family members. Photo ID for taxpayer required.

· A copy of last year’s tax returns, if available.

· Bank account number and routing number to direct deposit the refund. With direct deposit, re-funds are received in 10 to 14 days.

IRS-certified RRCC accounting students and faculty will prepare and e-file tax returns free of charge for individuals with household incomes of less than about $53,000 a year.

Many of the families that qualify for free tax help are also eligible for valuable tax benefits such as the Earned Income Tax

Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit, and the prepar-ers at RRCC’s site special-ize in ensuring that tax-payers receive the refunds they deserve. For the first time in 15 years, low- to moderate-income workers can now also claim a state EITC, which is 10 percent of the federal EITC.

LWV hosts meeting with county assessor

The League of Women Voters will host a public general meeting 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 18.

The meeting will be in the Small Hearing Room on the first floor of the Administration and Courts Facility, 100 Jef-ferson County Parkway in Golden.

Jefferson County As-

sessor Ron Sandstrom will give an update on what is happening in his office and is expected to report on urban renewal, tax incremental financing (TIF) and special districts. This is an opportunity to meet the county assessor and ask questions to learn more about this process.

LAC seeks gardens for Garden Tour

The Lakewood Arts Council is looking for special gardens to be on its annual garden tour.

This year the tour is Saturday, June 25. The one day event is comprised of a self-guided tour of six to seven gardens in the west metro area with lunch for ticket holders included at the new gallery location at Lamar Station Plaza.

There will be a preview of all the gardens the evening before the event for those sharing their gardens on Saturday.

Those interested should contact Ann Quinn at 303-881-7874 or [email protected].

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK? Want to know what clubs, art exhibits, meetings and cultural events are

happening in your area and the areas around you? Visit our website at www.

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A showcase for women By Clarke Reader [email protected]

For the second year, the 40 West Arts District hosted the Athena Project’s kick-off art show. And this year was even bigger than the last.

“This is a great opportunity to showcase women in the arts,” said Liz Black, a 40 West Arts member, at the Jan. 27 exhibit opening. “As a community arts organi-zation, we want to be a hub for all kinds of groups in the district.”

This year’s exhibit is entitled “Point of Departure” and is on display through Feb. 12. All the works show a clear progression for each artist. Angela Astle, ex-ecutive producer of Athena, explained each work was based on a previous work, which allows the viewer to see the artists’ interpretive exploration.

Curator Michele Brower selected a variety of art-ists, including Hobie Aldrich, Maeve Leslie and Vicky Smith. The work of students at Denver School of the Arts, Lakewood High School, George Washington High School and Rocky Mountain College of Art and

Design are also on display.“The students are at a point where they’re depart-

ing from their schools into their art careers,” Astle said.

Many of the artists, their family and friends all turned up to show their support of the show. The gallery brimmed with more than 50 people, many of whom — like Ron Abo — stopped by to simply see the art.

“I’m here because I’m a friend of one of the artists,” said Jeri, a Lakewood resident. “I think this is one of the best exhibits she’s been a part of, and I really love her photographs.”

In addition to being a dynamic exhibit, “Point of Departure” is also the kick-off for Athena’s annual festival, which will be this spring at various locations throughout Denver. The project makes this kind of work a priority, not just for women, but for everyone.

“There are women who still initial their art be-cause they’re worried they will be judged if people know they’re a woman,” Astle said. “We want to change that.”

Artists, family and friends and art lovers gather at the 40 West Arts Gallery on Jan. 27 for the opening of the Athena Project’s “Point of Depar-ture” exhibit. Photo by Clarke Reader

professional communication from its government.“There’s a difference between honest and respect-

ful disagreement and nasty and disrespectful dis-agreement,” he said. “There are times when it gets emotional, but I always tried to run our meetings in a professional manner.”

With the balance of power on council now leaning more toward the anti-establishment approach, shifts can already be seen. In the Jan. 25 vote over the city’s charitable giving program, the passing vote was 6-5 — closer than council had seen in some time, with the anti-establishment candidates on the losing side.

“This kind of culture is how it should be — it should be the norm to have this kind of discussion,” Johnson said. “There shouldn’t be just a few people speaking. Everyone should be free to talk about the issue.”

As the new mayor, Adam Paul said he is responsible for setting an inclusive tone for all on council, no mat-ter their beliefs.

“My main goal is to make sure everyone is heard,” he said. “That allows us to focus on the reason we’re all here — to get the citizens’ work done.”

So far, nothing has been specifi cally covered regarding civility in new councilmember trainings, according to Ward 2 Councilwoman Sharon Vincent and Ward 5 Councilwoman Dana Gutwein. But main-taining a comfortable atmosphere is important for everyone.

“We all understand and believe different things,” Gutwein said. “I think a great rule for us would be to challenge the ideas, not the people.”

From the beginning, Vincent said all councilmem-bers have been respectful of each other and accepting of the fact that different perspectives make for better discussions.

“Everyone wants things to go smoothly as possible, and that’s a step in the right direction,” Johnson said. “I don’t care how people vote, because once we vote the issue is behind us, and we need to be able to move forward and talk afterward.”

City Manager Kathy Hodgson brings a positive at-titude to the new council, Gutwein said, and Wiech-man added that staff also appears willing to take new approaches to the process.

But he warned about letting too much civility lead to a lack of discussion and debate.

“You don’t want to get carried away with this. It’s one thing to be civil, but another to go along just to get along,” he said. “If we can still have independent thinkers and be civil in the process, that’s the perfect world.”


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Mines students start rebuilding Nepal school School, destroyed in earthquake, has links to Golden

By Christy Steadman [email protected]

For three days, 12 Colorado School of Mines students dug holes in Nepal that will hold septic tanks at the Chaurikharka school, work that offi cially kicked off the rebuild project of the school destroyed by last year’s earthquake.

The Chaurikharka school is located in the Khumbu Valley, near the base of Mount Everest in the Himalayas. The area was one of the hardest hit from the April 25 earthquake, and the school is where local

business owner and Goldenite Lhakpa Sherpa earned his high school diploma. The quake left the school in ruins — students are still receiving their lessons in a temporary building without insulation.

The Mines students, who went as volunteers with Sherpa’s nonprofi t organization, Hike for Help, were in Nepal Dec. 26-Jan. 8. They dug holes, and, for the fi rst time in the school’s history, installed the Internet. The Mines students played volleyball and soccer with the Chaurikharka students and celebrated New Year’s with the Nepalese people.

A highlight of the trip was presenting a $50,000 check to the school’s

management/Building Back Better committee. The check, Sherpa said, is thanks to the generosity of the people of Golden, who donated money through Hike for Help online or at Sherpa House. Also helping was Sherpa Brewery Pvt. Ltd, which partners with Golden City Brewery.

And it wasn’t only funds that people wanted to give to Nepal.

After the earthquake, many brought clothing and hygiene products to the Sherpa House, Sherpa. So, the Mines students hiked for two days to deliver the items to the Dalit community of Sano Gumelav, which is north of the Chaurikharka school. At least 90 people, children to seniors, received blankets, clothes, toothpaste and brushes, school

supplies and some other various hygiene products.

Although the Chaurikharka school has a long way to go—Sherpa expects the project will take three years to complete—the trip was a success. The Mines students

instilled confi dence in the project, Sherpa said.

“They got to put their hands on the project,” he said. “All the volunteers made a big difference. (And) they brought back memories they will never forget.”

At least 90 Nepalese people — children to seniors — benefi tted from the clothing and hygiene donations that Goldenites dropped off at the Sherpa House in downtown Golden after the April 25 earthquake, which severely damaged much of the small country. Photos courtesy of Lhakpa Sherpa

Colorado School of Mines volunteers make their way to Sano Gumelav, a small village which is a two-day trip on foot north of the Chaurikharka school, to deliver clothing and hygiene donations to the Dalit community.

HEALTH CLINIC NEAR THE TOP OF THE WORLDAnother Hike for Help project

is building a small, $30,000 health clinic in Thaksindu Hewa Village, Solukhumbu Nepal, which is near the base of Mount Everest and south of the Chaurikharka school.

A team of two doctors, three nurses and two pharmacists from across the U.S. traveled to the village with Golden business owner Lhakpa Sherpa’s nonprofi t Hike for Help organization. For three days, from Nov. 30-Dec. 3, the Americans worked with one Nepalese doctor and one Nepalese nurse to provide a general check-up to 237 villagers — infants to seniors. A number of people had high blood pressure, Sherpa said, and they received immediate treatment and medication for up to six months. Pregnant women received a supply

of prenatal vitamins, and the biggest needs were arthritis medication and multivitamins for children. People received a vision test and eyeglasses if needed, and many oral care products were given out.

“I feel that we really helped with saving their lives,” Sherpa said. “It was a wonderful experience to see the doctors and nurses from two different parts of the world working together.”

This was the fi rst health clinic in the village. Villagers must hike two days to the nearest hospital, Sherpa said. Sadly, some aren’t healthy enough to survive the trip, he added. A small clinic would serve about 650 people in the nearby area.

The health clinic, Sherpa said, is a “small-scale project with a high impact.”

HIKE FOR HELP PROJECTS

A Thaksindu Hewa Village clinic build trip is scheduled for Feb. 17-March 8. There is still room for volun-teers, including licensed medical practitioners.

Medical sup-plies and mon-etary donations can be dropped off at Sherpa House Restau-rant and Culture Center, 1518 Washington Ave. in Golden.

To learn more about Hike for Help, or to get involved with any of the organiza-tion’s projects, visit www.hike-forhelp.org.

it was really starting to build going into 2014,” said David Baskett, a traffic engineer with Lakewood. “The changes they made in the fare structure also helped increase ridership.”

The fare changes went into effect Jan. 1, and now allow riders to purchase day pass-es that allow for unlimited rides, or one-way tickets for single use. There are also monthly and annual passes for frequent riders.

Jaquez said RTD is happy with the rider-ship numbers on the line.

Lakewood is still working on improving its own infrastructure, or connections to the stations, to encourage more people to use the line, Baskett said. Work is underway to add sidewalks to many neighborhoods, and the city also wants to improve bicycle paths to the stations.

Eversole and her husband, who live near

the Oak Station, said there is a serious lack of sidewalks and functioning streetlights leading toward Colfax.

“Making it more continuous and easy — all that helps everyone,” Baskett said.

One of the clearest signs of the line’s suc-cess is the increase in development along the line, according to Lakewood and RTD officials.

“There’s no doubt that line has been a game-changer,” said Robert Smith, Lake-wood’s economic development manager. “We’re seeing a lot of apartments along the line, which is important because the need for housing is going up and we have more millennials coming in.”

The Eversoles hope the line will bring in more pedestrian-friendly businesses.

“We hope that the line will motivate business owners to branch out to our neck of the woods,” she said. “We could really use a coffee shop within walking distance.”

Projects like Metro West’s Lamar Station Crossing, Zephyr Line Apartments and West Line Flats are all transit-oriented develop-ments that developers hope will bring more

residents to the city.However, because the line runs through

many Lakewood neighborhoods, this kind of progress isn’t necessarily welcomed by residents.

“Our neighborhood has been very involved in housing projects, because we knew this would be happening with the light rail,” said Paul Ditson, president of the Eiber Neighborhood Association, during a recent public meeting about a senior housing project coming to the area. “We’re one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city — Eiber has been around before Lakewood was even a city.”

But for people like the Eversoles, who are looking for a new place to put down roots, the line has been a significant boon.

My husband and I use the rail every day that we go to work and school,” said Eversole. “We’re extremely pleased to see that the city of Lakewood, and its citizens, are meeting the needs of the community by revamping Colfax and creating places that our family wants to go to.”


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Di� erences do not equal detriments The other day I was listening to sports talk

radio — I think a lot of us have been listening to sports talk this week — and I heard one of the talkers describe a Denver Broncos player (maybe Aqib Talib) as “a human Red Bull.”

I hear things like that with a lot of differ-ent ears. The storyteller in me recognizes a brilliant metaphor, and laughs. The youth soccer coach in me, briefl y, thinks about how useful it would be to give my players Red Bull before our games. Just kidding. Briefl y.

But the fi rst one of my personas that lent voice to thought was the teacher, who recog-nized the metaphor and said, “I bet that kid was a nightmare in fi fth grade.” A kid with an inexhaustible supply of energy is not likely to be a kid who is really good at sitting still during math class or to be patient waiting for the teacher to see their hand in the air.

But, what a gift! And, make no mistake, for a young man with athletic aspirations to have access to the energy to it takes to play basketball at recess, do races in gym class, and then still be ready to run through a three-hour football practice after school is a wonderful gift. Just, not one that is appropri-ate for all circumstances.

It brought to mind a meme my wife showed me last week. It was an unattributed quote that read, “Our generation is becom-ing so busy trying to prove that women can do what men can do that women are losing their uniqueness. Women weren’t created to

do everything a man can do. Women were created to do every-thing a man can’t do.” (That last thing, by the way, is a long list — ask my wife). I pray that my girls hear that, and remember it every day.

For that matter, I pray that all children hear that message and remember it. It isn’t just girls that are being told to be boys, or boys told to be girls — little Bobby and Jill and Trey and Rissa are all being

told on a constant basis that they all have to be just like each other. Our institutional message, whether it is intentionally delivered or not, through our standardized testing, curricula, discipline, and expectations, is that every little kid, regardless of where they are when they get to us, is that they will be roughly the same when they’re done with our institutions.

And, in the process, that also means that some of those wonderful qualities which don’t translate very well to our institutions — like endless energy — have to get “smoothed out,” and equalized, perhaps even medi-cated. Academic gifts we’re pretty good at

dealing with, as long as they fi t well into our existing course offerings. Well-disciplined kids, kind children, punctual and diligent kids we understand and love. But, not so much the odd, the imaginative, the energet-ic, the preoccupied — they don’t fi t so well.

And, by the way, it may sound like I’m denigrating the public schools here. I’m not. Imagine what you would do, as an institu-tion, who has been handed a set of rules by politicians hundreds of miles away, not enough money to accomplish those rules, and in your door on day one walks Bill Gates, Albert Einstein, Johnny Depp, Yono Oko, Hillary Clinton and Thomas Aquinas. What schools and teachers do manage to accom-plish is nothing short of miraculous.

What I would love is if we, as a society, learned to recognize that God has chosen to give each of us a different set of gifts and talents, and that all of them work together, somehow, to keep the whole thing working. There’s no point in making everybody the same — the world needs all of us, if for no other reason than to give us somebody to root for this Sunday.

Viva le difference!

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A wonderful mother, homemaker, grandmother, and caregiver, Betty always put others before herself. She was a constant source of support to Jim through-out his long career with Procter & Gamble and in Colorado politics. Jim described her as “a tower of strength” and was proud that “wherever she went she impressed people.” Betty was the first First Lady of Lakewood, when Jim was elected the city’s first Mayor, and was named Woman of the Year by the Lakewood Sentinel in 1978.

Throughout her life, Betty devoted herself to caring for her family including her daughter Kathy Vaughan of Boulder, daughter Nancy Polumbus of Castle Rock, son Jeff Richey of Boulder, and especially her youngest daughter, Robyn, who suf-fered from kidney failure at age 13 and had two kidney transplants during her lifetime.

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and supported the Kidney Foundation and various animal-related charities.

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Putting Mile High � rst broadcasts stadium’s mystique The Broncos are in Super Bowl 50.

No matter the outcome of the game (although we’re gonna win), I want to talk to you about the home they’ll return to here in Denver.

As a longtime football fan(atic), I’ve heard lots of sports announcers reference lots of pro stadiums over the years. Now, with the preponderance of sponsor-named stadiums, sometimes even I am hard pressed to know which team plays in what stadium. For example, who puts on pads and pants in Levi’s Stadium, also the site of Super Bowl 50? Oh, right, the San Francisco Forty-Niners. But then where, exactly, is Santa Clara?

There’s no such confusion about Denver’s Mile High Stadium, though, sitting 5,280 feet up in the thin, thin air of the Colorado Front Range. Except that a new stadium replaced the original Mile High in 2001, which then became

Invesco Field at Mile High, and then Sports Authority Field at Mile High when that company purchased the 10 years remaining in the Invesco naming rights deal. So unless something changes, the “Mile High” of “Sports Authority Field at Mile High” will continue to get short shrift until 2021.

And that’s a shame. Because even though the aforementioned sports commentators always commentate on the effects of our rarefi ed air, they often skip the “Mile High” in our name.

Why wouldn’t just the term “Mile High” strike fear into the hearts of teams on the coasts and in the fl atlands? The Broncos’ pro football playground is the highest in altitude … by far. The University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, home of the Arizona Cardinals, is next on the list at a measly 1,070 feet above sea level. The Saints’ Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans claims the bottom at 3 feet above sea level, and the rest of those coastal and fl atlander stadiums fall in between.

Advantage: Broncos.Yes, I understand the necessity and the

impact of sponsorship revenues for the Denver Metropolitan Football Stadium District. But I also swear by the power of mystique. Think of places such as Soldier Field in Chicago, and our often-time archrival Kansas City Chief’s Arrowhead Stadium. I’ll bet places like Qualcomm

Stadium don’t instill the awe and respect of say, the Packers’ Lambeau Field. No wonder the San Diego Chargers wanted to move.

So how about something like “Mile High Stadium presented by [insert sponsor’s name here]”? Or maybe “Mile High Stadium brought to you by [name]”? Everyone knows it’s a sponsorship, so why not even “The Awesomely Cool Reincarnation of the Original Mile High Stadium, Sponsored By [name]”? OK, I’m just kidding … sort of.

Seriously, though, a return to “Mile High” fi rst would vault our stadium to an exalted middle ground between those iconic places such as Lambeau Field, and other nondescript locations such as the Seahawk’s CenturyLink Field, or the O.co Coliseum. No wonder the Oakland

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Caucus conundrumI am very concerned that caucuses for

presidential primary selection disenfran-chise disproportionately the young and poor, who cannot get off work to caucus exactly at 7 p.m. and thus are prevented from participating in the presidential pri-mary process. Are there any laws requir-ing businesses to allow workers to take off the several hours to attend a caucus? Would that mean McDonald’s would have to close for several hours on caucus night? I am running into those who want to caucus for their candidate but believe their employer will not allow it. What can we do for them?

Judy Denison,Golden

Is the path to proposed school lined in gold?

For $25 million one would think so. Schools do not need to be masterpieces of architectural design. I am shocked at the cost to build a new school in Jeffco when

other districts are building similar schools for under $18 million.

Why would the new school board move $15 million out of capital reserves and not use that for a new school? Why build a K-8 when really only a K-6 is needed? Why incur all this debt (it will cost us $33 million to pay off the $25 mil-lion debt) without voter approval? Is that what is really best for Jeffco?

I do not feel facilities planning or the board has done their job at exhausting creative capacity solutions in Jeffco when so many areas in Jeffco have schools that are at 50-70 percent capacity. We do not need to be spending $33 million on a school when other solutions have not been thoroughly investigated. The Jef-fco board should be demanding fi scally responsible options and should be sup-porting and voting for fi scally responsible options versus putting the district in debt.

Stephen R. Alley Jr.,Lakewood

Why borrow what you already have?At last week’s Jeffco board meeting, the

board voted to move forward with lease-to-own fi nancing options (otherwise known as Certifi cates of Participation or COPs) to build a kindergarten through eighth grade school that would serve the Candelas neighborhood. You may remember that last year the former board majority, in a fi scally-smart move, chose to use the $15 million in underspend and $3 million from this year’s revenue to build a new (K-6) school in the Candelas neighborhood. Our new union-backed board voted to approve district staff’s recommendation of changing it to a K-8 school that costs $25 million, and decided to pay for it through COPs.

In another questionable move, the school board voted to direct district of-fi cials to begin the process of securing more COPs to complete a new wing at Sierra Elementary School in Arvada (a proposal that the community said “no” to in 2008 when voters rejected a bond for the expansion).

That means the board has directed the district to secure $40 million in new debt. More than likely, the interest on this debt will be about 3 percent, which means additional payments of $13 million over 20 years.

Is this OK with you Jeffco taxpayers, when the money was already there in the Capital Reserve account for the K-6 school?

How can our school board make a decision to readily assume $53 million in additional unnecessary debt pay-ments, when at the same time they com-plain that there is not enough money to educate our students?

Just like politicians at the federal government level who have more than doubled our national debt in the last eight years, I guess it’s no skin off their backs — they’ll just propose a tax hike to take care of the overspending.

Hold onto your wallets, Jeffco, the “ask” for more money is coming!

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Peyton Manning is the only fi ve-time MVP in NFL history, one of the faces of the league and, at 39, the oldest starting quarterback to lead a team to the Super Bowl.

Slowed by age and injury, he is no longer the record-breaking passer he once was. Most folks fi gure Manning’s fourth Super Sunday appearance will be his last game as a pro.

Cam Newton is at the opposite end of his career, just 26, making his debut in the big game. He is part of a new breed of dual-threat quarterbacks as good at running as they are at throw-ing.

When Manning’s AFC champion Denver Broncos play Newton’s NFC champion Carolina Panthers for the Lombardi Trophy in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 7, much of the focus will be on the two quar-terbacks who were No. 1 overall draft picks 13 years apart.

“Oh, wow,’’ Newton said. “Playing ‘The Sheriff.’ ”That is a reference to Manning, who is 1-2 in past

Super Bowls. He won a championship with the India-napolis Colts in 2007, lost with the Colts in 2010, and lost again with the Broncos in 2014.

But this is a different version of Manning.Yes, he’s still as good as anyone at diagnosing

defenses and changing things up — or appearing to, anyway — at the line of scrimmage.

Yes, he’s still out there yelling “Omaha!’’

“He most certainly is a Hall of Famer,’’ Panthers coach Ron Rivera said.

But Manning is not quite as capable as he was, once upon a time, when it comes to putting the football exactly where he wants it, especially on deep routes.

This has hardly been a record-setting season for Manning — or, until now, one worth remembering. Overall, the bad far outweighed the good, including one game with a passer rating of 0.0, 17 interceptions to only nine touchdown passes in the regular season, being sidelined for six weeks with a series of injuries, getting relegated to backup duty in the NFL for the fi rst time, and vehemently denying a report linking Manning’s wife to the banned drug HGH.

“My role has been different and my contributions are different,’’ Manning said. “But I’m fortunate and grateful that I have the opportunity to contribute still,

in some way. And it’s a great honor to be going back to the Super Bowl.’’

While Manning was something of a game manager in helping direct the Broncos to wins over the Steel-ers and Patriots in the AFC playoffs, Newton was dynamic.

Newton threw for 335 yards and two touchdowns, and he ran for 47 yards and a pair of scores, leading Carolina past the Arizona Cardinals 49-15 in the NFC title game. It was the type of performance he put on all season, the sort of promise he showed while win-ning a Heisman Trophy in college at Auburn.

“I keep saying it: We’re not fi nished,” Newton said. “We’re not fi nished.”

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Record 14-4 17-1

Points scored per game 22.1 32.2

Points allowed per game 18.3 19.3

Passing yards per game 240.6 225.8

Rushing yards per game 107.0 143.2

Total yards per game 347.6 369.0

Passing yards allowed per game 210.9 239.1

Rushing yards allowed per game 81.4 86.3

Total yards allowed per game 292.3 325.4

Quarterback sacks 59 52

Quarterback sacks allowed 43 35

Turnover margin -2 +28

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Super Bowl 50 will be the eighth time the Broncos will play for the NFL cham-pionship.

And this is the eighth time I have failed in the lottery to have a chance to pur-chase Super Bowl tickets, despite being a season-ticket holder for more than four decades.

Maybe that’s why I shy away from buy-ing Powerball tickets.

However, I was lucky enough to be at Super Bowl XXXIII as a writer for the Rocky Mountain News. That was Jan. 31, 1999, when the Broncos beat Atlanta for their second consecutive title at Pro Player Stadium in Miami.

Since I was a late addition to the cover-age team, I missed all the media-day hysteria and didn’t have to do any of the advance stories. I did arrive in time to accompany friends for a dinner in South Beach.

The atmosphere plus the pre-game and halftime activities were something to experience. It was bedlam after the game trying to get comments from players only to have a surprise waiting when return-ing to the makeshift press box that was located in the stands.

It had rained, but some heads-up press box attendant had put the laptops of re-porters under the tables so the computers didn’t get waterlogged.

John Elway became the oldest quar-terback to start in a Super Bowl and later that summer announced his retirement, which could turn out to be one of several similar links to this season’s team.

On the home frontIt was terrifi c to attend a Super Bowl

but it’s also been fun to observe how Broncomania runs rampant before the big games.

Fans paint their houses, sheds, hair and fi ngernails orange and blue. Billboards and business sign-boards offer words of encouragement and buildings are lit up with the team colors. The star atop the rock in Castle Rock will once again shine with orange and blue lights this week.

In 1988, the Rocky Mountain News ran an advertisement of man offering to trade his wife for two Super Bowl tickets. Luckily, it was a prank, since the Redskins whipped the Broncos 42-16 in Super Bowl XXII.

I can remember sitting in section 306 of the old Mile High Stadium on Jan. 1, 1978, watching Otis Armstrong lean past the fi rst-down marker late in the game to seal Denver’s 20-17 win over defending champion Oakland to earn the Broncos their fi rst trip to the Super Bowl. The crowd noise and reaction of the fans was deafening and I couldn’t hear anything my son was saying.

That Broncos team had the Orange Crush defense and an offense that did enough to win, although they lost Super Bowl XII and the next three in which they were participants.

Many halfhearted Broncos fans didn’t want Denver to make another Super Bowl appearance and get embarrassed by another blowout loss. In Super Bowl XXXII against the heavily favored Green Bay Packers, Denver captured its fi rst NFL championship with a 31-24 win in San Diego. That set off some unruly celebra-tions in Denver.

Driving home from a watch party in Aurora, cars were honking horns and I still had a hard time believing the Bron-cos had fi nally won a Super Bowl.

Who will get the last laugh?This season is similar to years past, and

not much of the Mile High enthusiasm has evaporated.

My family uses my tickets to attend Broncos games these days, since all I did was complain about Sports Authority Sta-dium. However, I understand the crowd noise at the AFC championship game Jan. 23 sounded a lot like Mile High.

I watched a gentleman at one store heading for the checkout stand with an armful of Broncos T-shirts the day after they won the AFC title.

9News ran a story of an Erie man who has been getting calls after a friend, who is a Steelers fan, placed a newspaper ad saying his Erie home was for sale in ex-change for two Super Bowl tickets. It was a practical joke.

Teams and players are different but Super Bowl 50 has plenty of comparisons

to years gone by.Peyton Manning will edge Elway and

become the oldest quarterback to play in a Super Bowl and he plays on a team, like that fi rst Broncos Super Bowl team in the 1970s, with a great defense and an offense that sometimes sputters but fi nds a way to win.

Will Manning retire after this season if the Broncos win like Elway did after Super Bowl XXXIII?

In 2001, when walking into the Colo-rado Avalanche dressing room you could sense the team had come together to make sure defenseman Ray Bourque won a Stanley Cup in his 22nd year in the National Hockey League.

Seems like the Broncos want to win a second Super Bowl for Manning, who in his own muffl ed words, might be playing in his “last rodeo” after 17 seasons.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at [email protected] or at 303-566-4083.

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Most-watched television shows in historySeven of the top eight most-watched television shows in history are Super Bowls. The lone exception is the M.A.S.H. series finale in 1983.

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46.7Super Bowl XLVIII, FOX (Feb. 2014)

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48.3Super Bowl XX, NBC (Jan. 1986)

48.6Super Bowl XVII, NBC (Jan. 1983)

49.1Super Bowl XVI, CBS (Jan. 1982)

98.7 Super Bowl XLIII, NBC (Feb. 2009)

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Peyton Manning will edge Elway and become the oldest quarterback to play in a Super Bowl and he plays on a team, like that fi rst Broncos Super Bowl team in the 1970s, with a great defense and an offense that sometimes sputters but fi nds a way to win.

Will Manning retire after this season if the Broncos win like Elway did after Super Bowl XXXIII?

In 2001, when walking into the Colo-rado Avalanche dressing room you could sense the team had come together to make sure defenseman Ray Bourque won a Stanley Cup in his 22nd year in the National Hockey League.

Seems like the Broncos want to win a second Super Bowl for Manning, who in his own muffl ed words, might be playing in his “last rodeo” after 17 seasons.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at [email protected] or at 303-566-4083.

By Arnie Stapleton | Associated Press

When Tom Brady took a knee with 33 seconds left in the fi rst half of the AFC championship game and turned to trot toward the tunnel, Broncos tight end Owen Daniels wasn’t buying it.

He stood on Denver’s sideline pointing at the New England Patriots until they indeed disappeared into their locker room. Only then did he head off the fi eld, passing his coach along the way.

“I got some comments about that on social media that I looked really confused,’’ Daniels said.

Daniels wasn’t confounded, just cautious.You see, while he was in Baltimore last season, the

Ravens came up with a scheme to fool the Steelers in the playoffs. If they had enough time, they were going to take a knee and fake like they were trotting off to their nearby tunnel only to run back to the line of scrimmage, snap the ball while the Steelers were walking off and run for an easy touchdown.

They never got that chance.But, hey, if anyone else has thought of it, you can bet Bill

Belichick has, too.“New England has always got something up their

sleeve,’’ Daniels said. “So, I was just making sure I was ready to make a tackle.’’

It’s that football acumen that led coach Gary Kubiak to vouch for Daniels last spring when he and general man-ager John Elway mapped out their free agency plans and offered Daniels a three-year, $12 million contract.

Daniels has played for Kubiak his entire NFL career. He spent eight seasons with him in Houston and followed him to Baltimore in 2014 when Kubiak was hired as the Ravens’ offensive coordinator following his fi ring as the Texans’ head coach.

Together, they resurrected their respective careers before coming to Colorado.

Daniels caught 48 passes for 527 yards and four touch-downs in helping the Ravens reach the playoffs, where he scored his fi rst postseason touchdown against New England.

In Denver, Daniels caught 46 passes for 517 yards and three TDs in the regular season. He had TD grabs of 21 and 12 yards against the Patriots in the AFC championship.

“As a coach when you bounce to different places and guys’ names come up, you’ve got to be careful,’’ Kubiak said. “But there are certain guys you have no doubt stay-ing up for, saying, ‘Put him on your team.’ And he’s one of those guys.’’

Daniels brought pedigree to a position where Peyton Manning had lost Julius Thomas and his two dozen TD catches from 2013-14 to free agency.

He immediately received an invitation from Manning to attend his annual passing camp at Duke, where the 39-year-old quarterback picked Daniels’ brain about Ku-biak’s offensive philosophy.

Then, Daniels tutored the rest of the offense.“He didn’t like directly order me to do that, but ... it kind

of happened naturally,’’ Daniels said. It’s not just Daniels’ production, but his football instincts

that helped the Broncos get back to the Super Bowl.Like his heads-up on Brady’s kneel-down.“We tried to do that to another team,’’ Daniels said, “so I

was kind of alert to that.’’After the game, Daniels searched for Kubiak to soak in

the moment.After the trophy presentation, the two embraced. “We had a little moment,’’ Daniels said. “I know it means

a ton to him to be in this situation. It means a lot to me to share that with him.’’

Kubiak and Daniels stick together

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Safety Shiloh Keo made a bad fi rst impression when he joined Denver’s domi-nant defense. He’s more than made up for it with big plays that helped the Broncos reach the Super Bowl.

Five days after joining the league’s top-ranked defense, Keo made a big blunder, surrendering the winning touchdown in the Broncos’ 15-12 loss to the Oakland Raiders.

Keo was a fi fth-round pick in 2011 by Houston but hadn’t played in the NFL since 2013. He had to lobby defensive co-ordinator Wade Phillips for a job on Twit-ter, and then was pressed into duty right after signing because an injury epidemic leveled the Broncos’ depth at safety.

He helped them hold the Raiders to a

paltry 126 yards in Week 14, including mi-nus-12 yards in the fi rst half. But after Em-manuel Sanders fumbled a punt deep in Denver territory, the nightmare unfolded for the free agent who had been working out in hopes of signing a futures contract and making a comeback next season.

On third-and-15 from the 16, David Carr dropped back and threw to tight end Mychal Rivera, who whizzed past Keo and hauled in the game-winning touchdown pass.

Chided by his coaches, chewed out by his teammates and cursed by fans for not staying back in coverage, Keo vowed to make up for his mistake.

Has he ever.Keo intercepted Philip Rivers with 5

minutes left in the regular season fi nale, setting up Ronnie Hillman’s game-winning

TD in Denver’s 27-20 win that secured the AFC’s top seed.

He topped that in the AFC champion-ship game when he was pressed into crunch-time duty again along with Josh Bush when starting safeties T.J. Ward sprained an ankle and Darian Stewart sprained a knee.

Keo played 36 snaps on defense and 29 more on special teams.

He helped cover Rob Gronkowski on Tom Brady’s 2-point conversion attempt, and when Aqib Talib tipped the throw to Julian Edelman into Bradley Roby’s hands, they needed one more big play to seal the AFC title.

They got it from Keo.He lined up right in front of kicker Steve

Gostkowski, whose fi rst missed PAT in 524 tries in the fi rst half put them in this

precarious position. The kicker had six teammates bunched to his right and four to his left.

He tried the straight-ahead on-side kick, but Keo sliced in and grabbed it 6 yards downfi eld, cradling both the football and redemption.

“What a gutsy play,’’ coach Gary Kubiak said.

Afterward, Keo sat in the corner locker, soaking in the moment with linebacker Brandon Marshall.

“When I think about it, I get emotional,’’ Keo said.

“They believed in me, that’s why they brought me here,’’ Keo said. “They trust everybody in this locker room. I just hope I can continue to come through and bring home a championship.’’

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Colorado Community Media reporters asked people around the metro area their predictions for the big game.

“The Broncos will win, as the team has a lot of heart this year. Their defense is good, and I like Peyton Manning — he’s a class act.”

Ruth Mitchler, Thornton

“The Panthers because they have Cam Newton and a better offense than Denver. He really is a double threat.”

Larry Mitchler, Thornton

“I believe the Broncos are go-ing to win. They play to the level of their compe-tition. Any team that’s heavily favored against the Broncos can attest to that, e.g. Green Bay, New England. What do they say — defense wins champion-ships.”

Dick Okimoto, Thornton

“The Broncos, if their defense shows up. And, if DT (Demary-ius Thomas) catches the passes thrown to him, (Ronnie) Hillman doesn’t fumble and the cornerbacks and safeties can cover the Panthers’ wide receivers. Also if Von Miller and Demarcus Ware can get to Cam Newton.”

Ted Casellini, Thornton

“I think it is going to be 45-7 Panthers. If you have seen the Panthers play, they are a highly motivated team that plays like they are having fun every day.”

Dennis Phinney,Castle Rock

“I think Carolina will take it. Cam is playing lights out. The way that they ran over Arizona was impres-sive. I thought Arizona was going to win that game, but Carolina Cam in with a full head of steam and looked unbeat-able. If the Broncos offense can’t score 28 points, I don’t think they can win.”

Dan Baron, Lone Tree

“I’d like to say (the Broncos), just because they’ve made a big comeback with Peyton being back. And Peyton’s good about study-ing team plans and that kind of thing. So, I think he’s really going to study the Panthers and do his homework.”

Emmie Baykian,Castle Rock

“The Broncos, because of Pey-ton Manning. It will probably be his last game.”

Mel Bell, Littleton

“The Broncos will beat the Panthers based on number of players who have played in playoff games before. History has shown that it is hard for fi rst time Super Bowl attendees to win as the hype and excitement affect the level of play.”

John Bodnar, Arvada

“(The Broncos) because of our defense.”

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Before his whirlybird spin in the air forever etched him in NFL lore, two-time Super Bowl champion John Elway called his mother on the team fl ight from Pittsburgh after winning the AFC championship on Jan. 11, 1998.

“I said, `Mom, guess what? We get to go back to the Super Bowl!’’ ” Elway recounted. “She said, `Do we really have to go back?’ ‘’

After so many Super Bowl letdowns — three losses by an average of 32 points — she wasn’t sure watching her son face the two-touchdown favorite Green Bay Packers was such a good idea.

Many Denver fans are similarly pensive as these Bron-cos prepare to face Cam Newton and the mighty Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 as, in the eyes of many book-makers, fi ve-point underdogs.

They swear they’ve learned their lessons, however, after getting shellacked by Seattle 43-8 in the Super Bowl two years ago.

They won’t be beating each other up this time in full-pads practices in the lead-up to the Feb. 7 kickoff.

They’re praising their opponents aplenty — a lot like the Broncos talked up the Packers 18 years ago.

They won’t be soaking in the nightlife quite so full throttle.

They’ll certainly prepare for a loud crowd this time after former coach John Fox famously turned down the speak-ers at practices fi guring it would be like a home game only to see that plan ripped apart in all of 12 seconds.

“We got spanked last time. I felt bad for a month and a-half, two months,’’ said wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, the lone bright spot that night in the Meadowlands when Seattle’s sideline-to-sideline supremacy rendered his Super Bowl-record 13 receptions a footnote.

“He played great,’’ Elway said in the aftermath of that blowout. “If we all played like he did, we’d have won.’’

“Elway was asked after the last Super Bowl letdown how long it took him to get over his three Super Bowl losses.

“I’m not over them yet,’’ he shot back. “I just added this one to it.’’

Elway remade his team after its 35-point loss to the Seahawks. He committed $109.5 million by adding free agents DeMarcus Ware, Aqib Talib and T.J. Ward. The trio has helped turn Denver from an offensive juggernaut that had scored an NFL record 606 points behind Peyton Man-ning’s record-breaking run in 2013 into a defensive team.

Two years after taking the league’s No. 1 offense to the Super Bowl, the Broncos bring the NFL’s No. 1 defense, one that battered Tom Brady with an incredible 23 hits in the AFC championship game.

The Broncos also changed their offensive identity this

season with the hiring of coach Gary Kubiak, who in-stalled a better ground game and a plan for Manning to share snaps with Brock Osweiler in practice.

The plan came in handy when Manning missed six weeks with a foot injury and Osweiler kept the Broncos rolling right along. And the ground game fi nally came on behind a new O-line in Kubiak’s zone blocking scheme.

Even though it’s been inconsistent, “I like what we’re do-ing offensively,’’ Elway said. “I like the system, obviously, having played in it and knowing that you can win world championships with it.’’

Elway changed coaches a year ago, befuddled by Fox’s teams losing their last game by a cumulative 150-66. He said he wanted a team that would “go down kicking and screaming.’’

That toughness has been on display all season.Denver’s model is no longer lighting up scoreboards but

grinding it out, hanging around and making big plays at the end. It’s a formula that’s seen them win an NFL record 11 games by seven points or less, including 23-16 over Pittsburgh and 20-18 over New England in the playoffs.

“The mindset to me is that you know we play for 60 minutes — even though we haven’t consistently played well for 60 minutes — you know our mindset has been there. And that’s why this team is a tougher team because it’s a mentally tough one,’’ Elway said.

This time, it’s Newton and the Panthers bringing the high-octane offense to the Super Bowl and the Broncos sporting the star-studded secondary and ferocious front-seven.

They’re hoping this dynamic makes a difference — and like the Broncos teams of ’98 and ’99 they’ll make their nervous mothers proud.

Broncos learned their lessons from big letdowns


1Who is the only Super Bowl MVP to come from the losing team?Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley won the award for Super Bowl V,

despite his team’s 16-13 loss to the Baltimore Colts.

2Which Super Bowl was the closest in terms of margin of victory?Super Bowl XXV, when the Giants beat the Bills 20-19.

3Which running back set a Super Bowl single-game record by rushing for 204 yards?Washington’s Timmy Smith set the

record in Super Bowl XXII against Denver.

4Super Bowl XII, in which the Dallas Cowboys beat the Denver Broncos 27-10, is the only Super Bowl to feature co-MVPs. Who were they?

Randy White and Harvey Martin

5Which quarterback holds the record for touchdown passes in a Super Bowl, with six?Steve Young, who threw six TDs in

Super Bowl XXIX, when the San Francisco 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26.

6Who are the two head coaches tied with four Super Bowl victories?Bill Belichick with the New England Patriots and Chuck Noll with the Pitts-

burgh Steelers.

7There has never been a shutout in Super Bowl history. Which team scored the fewest points in a Super Bowl?

The Miami Dolphins were held to 3 points in a 24-3 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl VI.

8What was the longest field goal in Super Bowl history?Steve Christie of the Bu�alo Bills kicked a 54-yard field goal in Super

Bowl XXVIII.

9Which player scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl History?The Packers’ Max McGee scored on a 37-yard touchdown pass from

Bart Starr in Green Bay’s 35-10 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl I.

10Which quarterback threw for the most yards in a Super Bowl game?Kurt Warner holds the record

for most passing yards in a Super Bowl with 414, when he led the St. Louis Rams to a 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV.

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Carolina coach Ron Rivera remembers turning to Dave Gettleman following a training camp practice this summer, and asking the Panthers general man-ager, “Am I seeing what I think I’m seeing?’’

Rivera wanted verifi cation that this Panthers team was clearly the most talented he’s coached in fi ve seasons — one he thought had Super Bowl poten-tial.

Well, turns out Rivera was right.And now that the Panthers have realized those

expectations, the fi fth-year coach believes they’re capable of bringing home the organization’s fi rst Vince Lombardi trophy.

“The thing we’ve got to remember is what we’re playing for, and that’s to win it,’’ Rivera said a day after his team won the NFC championship. “It’s not about getting there. It’s not about being a part of it. It’s about winning it. And that will be our main focus.’’

Rivera, who won a Super Bowl ring with the 1985 Chicago Bears as a linebacker, said he’ll rely on his former coach Mike Ditka, among others, for advice leading up to the Feb. 7 Super Bowl against the AFC champion Denver Broncos.

“One of the things coach Ditka emphasized to us was to enjoy the moment,’’ Rivera said. “The mo-ment doesn’t come very often. It’s hard. It’s hard to get to where we are right now.’’

The Panthers have remained a loose, confi dent team throughout the season.

They’re also a tightknit group, regularly hanging out off the fi eld together, and seem to thrive play-ing the underdog role — even though they are the oddsmakers’ favorite against Peyton Manning and the Broncos.

That harkens back to when some believed Caro-lina was the worst of the 5-0 teams in October.

The Panthers would prove doubters wrong, win-ning 14 straight games to open the season before suffering their only loss at Atlanta. They fi nished the season as the No. 1 scoring offense in the league and led the NFL on defense in takeaways.

They’re rebounded from that Atlanta loss to win three straight, including home playoff games against the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals.

“We’ve been doubted… but yet when you have turnouts like (the NFC championship game) it makes it all worthwhile,’’ Newton said after the win against the Cardinals.

Added wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery: “Every-one can try to fi nd something when they doubt us, but we just try to go out there and put our ball on display.’’

Rivera has said he loves his team’s personality — and doesn’t want players to change.

He doesn’t mind Newton’s touchdown celebra-tions, his players posing for pictures on the sideline when the game is in hand or even lip-syncing to Drake’s lyrics, “We got a really big team; we need some really big rings’’ in a video they’ve posted on social media.

“We are who we are,’’ Rivera said.Right now, what the Panthers are is a team looking

for the franchise’s fi rst Super Bowl.Rivera doesn’t plan to change a thing.“Do what you’ve done,’’ Rivera said. “Some of my

experiences in coaching, you get to certain experi-ences like the playoffs, and sometimes you get a little bit of panic. Am I doing enough? Should I do more? Should I change this?

“I told our coordinators, `We’re going to stick to what got us to where we are.’ We’ll emphasize that to the players and make sure we keep our personality.’’












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11Joe Montana and Tom Brady are the only two players to win three Super Bowl MVPs, but neither won the award in back-to-back

years. Who are the only two players to win Super Bowl MVP awards in back-to-back years?Bart Starr (Super Bowls I and II) and Terry Bradshaw (Super Bowls XIII and XIV)

12Which player recorded a Super Bowl-record three interceptions in Super Bowl XV?Rod Martin of the Oakland Raid-

ers picked o� Ron Jaworski of the Philadelphia Eagles three times in Oakland’s 27-10 win.

13Only one player has recorded three touchdown catches in a Super Bowl game. Who is he?Jerry Rice of the San Francisco

49ers accomplished the feat twice – in a Super Bowl XXIV win over the Denver Broncos and in a Super Bowl XXIX win over the San Diego Chargers.

14With his sixth Super Bowl appearance in last year’s game, Tom Brady tied the record with which other player?

Mike Lodish, who appeared in four Super Bowls

with the Bu�alo Bills and two with the Denver Broncos.

15Which team recorded a Super Bowl-record six interceptions, returning three of them for touchdowns?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in Super Bowl XXXVII, when they beat the Oakland Raiders 48-21.

16Which head coach led the New York Jets to their landmark upset victory over the Balti-more Colts in Super Bowl III?

Weeb Ewbank

17Which player set a Super Bowl record with a 108-yard kicko� return for a t8ouchdown?Jacoby Jones of the Ravens, in

Baltimore’s 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII.

18 The 1972 Miami Dolphins com-pleted the only perfect season in NFL history with their 14-7 victory over Washington in

Super Bowl VII. Who was named that game’s Most Valuable Player?Miami safety Jake Scott

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By Howard Fendrich | Associated Press

All of a sudden, an extra point can pro-vide some extra drama.

Instead of the most blah, no-doubt-about-it gimme in an NFL game, the kick that comes after a touchdown — turning six points into seven — is not quite as much of a sure thing now, because the distance was pushed back from 20 yards to 33 this season.

Imagine a Super Bowl decided by a fl ubbed kick following a TD. Seem far-fetched? Certainly used to be: No one has missed a PAT in the Super Bowl in a quarter-century.

Things have changed. After all, the Denver Broncos got to their Super Sunday matchup against the Carolina Panthers on Feb. 7 in Santa Clara, California, thanks in part to a botched extra point by New Eng-land Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski in the AFC championship game.

“Do you want a game to end on a missed extra point rather than going to overtime? I think that would be very anticlimactic. I don’t think most fans would want to see a game end that way,’’ said Jay Feely, a kicker for a half-dozen NFL teams over 14 seasons from 2001-14.

“I would never want to see a game end that way, especially one of this magnitude. I hope it doesn’t,’’ he said, before adding with a chuckle: “But it certainly could.’’

NFL kickers had never made worse than 99.3 percent of their extra-point tries across any season from 2010-14, but the league-wide rate dropped to 94.2 percent this season — the lowest mark in 35 years.

Denver kicker Brandon McManus is 37 of 38 on extra points this season.

McManus notes that the greater length of the kick means players need to warm up, which they didn’t need to do before. And that can be an issue right after a defensive TD, because unlike when his of-fense has the ball and is driving toward the end zone, a score happens unexpectedly.

“You have to run 50 yards this way to get your helmet, then you’ve got to run 80 yards back the other way,’’ McManus ex-plained. “The biggest issue is just refocus-ing, knowing you didn’t get to warm up at all. You might have been on the sideline for 30 minutes.’’

For any NFL kicker’s leg, a 33-yard fi eld goal is no big deal. But the mental pressure of a 33-yard extra point changes every-thing.

“Everyone in the stands and at home thinks you have to make it or else you’re not worth anything,’’ McManus said. “That’s kind of how it is.’’

Panthers kicker Graham Gano, who has made 65 of 68 extra points this season, said he doesn’t view the kick as a PAT anymore.

“Extra points are gone,” he said. “Now it’s just another fi eld goal.’’

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the game?WHAT’S YOUR

FAVORITEPART OF THESUPER BOWL?

Colorado Community Media reporters askedpeople around the metro area

“The game itself. It’s not the halftime show, I can tell you that. It’s the most watched, televised thing on TV. Everyone watches it… It’s the biggest game of the en-tire year, more than the World Series.”

Blake Sigler,Castle Rock

“I like to make good food for the game, and we like to watch the commer-cials.”

KelliScharfenberg,Thornton

“I’m not going to say the com-mercials. I think the camaraderie of having a bunch of fans rooting for the same team all in one place, just totally into a game.”

Renee Williams,Parker

“It’s just a really good game, you know, because we’ve been waiting all year for it.”

Chris Lang,Littleton


11Joe Montana and Tom Brady are the only two players to win three Super Bowl MVPs, but neither won the award in back-to-back

years. Who are the only two players to win Super Bowl MVP awards in back-to-back years?Bart Starr (Super Bowls I and II) and Terry Bradshaw (Super Bowls XIII and XIV)

12Which player recorded a Super Bowl-record three interceptions in Super Bowl XV?Rod Martin of the Oakland Raid-

ers picked o� Ron Jaworski of the Philadelphia Eagles three times in Oakland’s 27-10 win.

13Only one player has recorded three touchdown catches in a Super Bowl game. Who is he?Jerry Rice of the San Francisco

49ers accomplished the feat twice – in a Super Bowl XXIV win over the Denver Broncos and in a Super Bowl XXIX win over the San Diego Chargers.

14With his sixth Super Bowl appearance in last year’s game, Tom Brady tied the record with which other player?

Mike Lodish, who appeared in four Super Bowls

with the Bu�alo Bills and two with the Denver Broncos.

15Which team recorded a Super Bowl-record six interceptions, returning three of them for touchdowns?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in Super Bowl XXXVII, when they beat the Oakland Raiders 48-21.

16Which head coach led the New York Jets to their landmark upset victory over the Balti-more Colts in Super Bowl III?

Weeb Ewbank

17Which player set a Super Bowl record with a 108-yard kicko� return for a t8ouchdown?Jacoby Jones of the Ravens, in

Baltimore’s 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII.

18 The 1972 Miami Dolphins com-pleted the only perfect season in NFL history with their 14-7 victory over Washington in

Super Bowl VII. Who was named that game’s Most Valuable Player?Miami safety Jake Scott

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The Super Bowl is all about the numbers: Who scores the most, how many yards are gained, and this year, the switch from Roman numerals to modern numbers with the 50th annual game.

Here are some more numbers and facts on America’s favorite football game:

6 Most Super Bowl wins by an NFL team, held by the Pittsburgh Steelers

4Current teams that have never played in a Super Bowl: Cleveland, Detroit, Jacksonville and Houston

10 Two cities have each hosted the Super Bowl a record 10 times: Miami (South Florida) and New Orleans

68,500Seating capacity at Levi’s Stadium, home to the San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl 50

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The largest stadium attendance for a Super Bowl, XIV at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California

The record for career Super Bowl points scored, held by 49ers great Jerry Rice, who played in four Super Bowls

75 Most total points scored in a Super Bowl, set by San Francisco (49) and San Diego (26) in XXIX

929Most net yards, rushing and passing, for both teams in a Super Bowl, set by Washington (602) and Denver (327) in XXII

34The length of the power outage (in minutes) in the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. That ended up being the longest Super Bowl in history, at 4 hours, 14 minutes, including the stoppage of play.

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• Joe Montana: Bengals fans, you might want to skip this paragraph. Montana victimized Cincinnati twice in the Super Bowl, leading his 49ers to victories in both Super Bowl XVI and XXIII. But it was the latter game that showcased “Joe Cool” at his most clutch. Not only did Montana pass for a then-Super Bowl record 357 yards, but he drove his team 92 yards in 11 plays for a 20-16 come-from-behind win. Montana threw a 10-yard pass to receiver John Taylor with just 34 seconds left to win the third of his four Super Bowl titles.

• Adam Vinatieri: The most clutch kicker of our time? You can certainly make the argument, as Vinatieri pro-vided the decisive points in each of the New England Patriots’ first three Super Bowl wins – in XXXVI, XXX-VIII and XXXIX. His game-winning field goals in the first two games came in the closing seconds, and let’s not overlook the fact that he pro-vided the game-winning field goal in the snow in Foxborough during the Patriots’ first playoff run with Tom Brady at quarterback. Vinatieri provided three more field goals in Super Bowl XLI to help the Pats win a fourth championship.

• David Tyree: With defender Rodney Harrison’s hand in his face, Tyree hauled in Eli Manning’s 32-yard pass, pinning the ball against his helmet and giving the Giants a first down on the drive that resulted

in the late touchdown that gave New York the 17-14 win over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. Manning escaped the three defenders who almost sacked him on the play, and Plaxico Burress caught the game-winning touchdown later in the drive, but Tyree provided one of the most clutch catches in NFL history.

• Santonio Holmes: Speaking of clutch catches, Super Bowl XLIII also came down to a late touch-down. It was Holmes (named the game’s MVP for his nine-catch, 131-yard performance) who toe-tapped in the end zone while falling out of bounds to secure the game-winning touchdown in the Steelers’ come-from-behind 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals. The 6-yard catch in the back of the end zone came with just 35 seconds left in one of the most exciting Super Bowls to date.

• Malcolm Butler: Perhaps the most clutch defensive performance ever came in last year’s Super Bowl, when Malcolm Butler secured the Patriots’ 28-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX. With everyone expecting the Seahawks to run the ball from the 1-yard line, Russell Wilson stepped back to pass, surprising everyone except Butler, who stepped in front of Ricardo Lockette for the interception and secured his place in New England Patriots – and Super Bowl - lore.

Clutch performers5 of the Super Bowl’s greatest moments

By John SucichMore Content Now

After what seems like years of Super Bowl games that were decided early and definitively, we’ve been spoiled of late with close game after close game. And with close games come clutch performances.

Here are five such Super Bowl performers, with apologies to the many others from the first 49 editions of the big game who are not included:

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F A I T HH E A L T HC U L T U R EF A M I L YF O O D

As the famous song lyric goes, “Love is a many-splendored thing.”Love, too, is a deep thread that winds through many religions and can be real-

ized in different ways, even within the same faith.As Valentine’s Day approaches, we are exploring the various aspects of love in Juda-

ism and different forms of Christianity, and what it means to love one another.“Love is one of those natural emotions that has passion, relationship, joy,” said Reg

Cox, senior minister at Lakewood Church of Christ. “It affects all those things at the same time, and it’s what makes life life.”

Love — whether it’s friendly, familial or spiritual — takes shape through actions. Those actions, such as having compassion for one another, being thankful, being root-ed in Scripture and serving the community, our sources said, are representative of one’s

love for God.At the Colorado Horeb Mar Thoma Church in Northglenn, a Christian church

founded in India, the belief in love remains familiar.“We teach to love one another, love your neighbor and love yourself,” said Sara Var-

grese, a church-goer and wife of the worship leader. Vargrese added that Horeb Mar Thoma members show that love through different mission activities.

“We believe in God’s unconditional love for us, and we try, as a church, to embody that unconditional love of God,” said Tezenlo Thong at Simpson United Methodist Church in Arvada. “For us, that means whatever we can do to show love, in whatever small ways we can ... Love is love at any time and anywhere.”

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Taking a look at the manifestation of love in religion By Crystal Anderson | [email protected]

Sacrifi cial loveRooted in the teachings of Jesus, sacrifi cial love,

or loving others as you would love yourself, is often seen as the fi rst step to being one with God and is a key theme in Judaism and Christianity.

“The measure of love is really about what one is willing to give up for another person,” said Ben Mandrell, pastor of Arvada’s Storyline Fellowship Church. “Jesus demonstrated his willingness to give up his life and calls us to do the same for others.”

For Storyline’s congregation, sacrifi cing time, being humble and authentic with others and taking care of neighbors are practical ways to realize love within the community.

By making the commitment to do this, Mandrell said, one is called to love deeper.

A prayerful loveFor Rabbi Brian Feld of Denver’s

Judaism Your Way, being one with God is at the heart of Jewish spiri-tuality, which is embodied in all types of love but is realized through prayer, forgiveness and actions.

“Our prayer isn’t heard until we make the commitment to love our neighbor as ourselves,” he said, re-ferring to the beginning of the Jew-ish prayer service and, specifi cally, the Ahavah Rabbah — or absolute love — prayer. “Being loved helps us see how everyone and every-thing is connected, and when we have that insight of that experi-ence, we can’t help but love back.”

Service to othersActively loving others in the

church and the community through service at schools, fun-draising, tutoring, visiting oth-ers and taking care of the needs of others is something those at Simpson say can make a greater difference in not only one’s life, but in the world.

“There’s too much interest with self-interest,” associate pastor Matt Snider said. “Chris-tian love is a form of God’s love towards all of us, and is a love that continually seeks to meet human beings at the place of their deepest needs.”

That loving feelingBy giving up oneself, or sacrifi cing and serv-

ing, one fi nds that feeling of joy, peace and love, pastors and church members said. To Cox, Jesus’ call for individuals to deny them-selves and daily adhere to his teachings of love and thankfulness helps to prolong and share feelings of love with others.

“Love for God, your neighbor and yourself — it’s all about relationship and how do we nurture that,” Cox said. “If you notice, and be thankful, it puts you in the limelight of love. And it’s in those moments of love, relationship and intimacy that are our memories.”

DEFINING LOVE “I believe the best way to live out love is to address the whole person, caring for them physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and knowing them. People want to be known, not just known about — there is a big difference.”

— Dan Thoemke, executive director of Golden’s Be A Tool organization, which empowers residents to help serve others in the community through various neighborhood projects and activities that ensure they are warm, safe and dry.


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The ART @ 6 space was full during its opening event on Jan. 29 with art lovers and supporters of the district.

“The comradeship among all of us art-ists here is my favorite part of being here,” Vikki said at the opening. “The support we get from other artists is so important.”

The district has been making a big im-pact on West Colfax as a whole, according to Robert Smith, Lakewood’s economic de-velopment manager.

“There are lots of folks and organiza-tions working to make Lakewood and Colfax in particular a great place to be,” he said. “There’s a real correlation between arts and economic development. These industries bring money and energy with them.”

Both Marino and Smith pointed to data released by the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA) biennial Economic Activity Study of Metro Denver

Culture from 2014 that says arts related business is on the rise.

According to the study, the combination of operating expenses, audience spending and capital expenditures totaled $1.85 bil-lion in 2013 up 5.1 percent from 2011, and new money injected to the economy came to $520.8 million. That number is down only down 1.2 percent from 2011, when the state was still deep in the throes of an eco-nomic downturn. It also said the number of out-of-state tourists participating in lo-cal arts and culture events increased by 17 percent from 2011.

“This shows a pretty clear correlation

between culture and the economy,” Ma-rino said. “There’s no question we’ve had an impact bringing so many creative busi-nesses to the area.”

40 West is taking advantage of the mo-mentum of its 2014 Colorado Creative In-dustries (CCI) Creative District designation to increase brand awareness. The group is working on more place-making projects to make the area a recognizable destination.

“The best thing about 40 West is the community that has been built here, and how everything is integrated together,” Bri-an said. “The defi nition of 40 West is com-munity.”


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When most people think about Colo-rado music, John Denver is the fi rst name that comes to mind.

That’s understandable, especially since his last name is literally the state capital and “Rocky Mountain High” is the state’s co-offi cial song (the other is “Where the Columbines Grow” for you triviaheads out there).

There’s a lot more to the Colorado mu-sic scene than Mr. Denver, and that’s one of the key messages the Colorado Music Hall of Fame conveys.

“We want it so that when anyone comes through the door, there will be someone they recognize,” said Gene “G.” Brown, director of the hall. “We don’t only want to celebrate the heritage of Colorado music, but the current musical commu-nity in Colorado.”

The hall of fame started in the 1stBank Center in Broomfi eld. But its outreach was limited, since it could only really be opened during events, Brown explained. Eventually, an agreement was reached with the City and County of Denver, and through Comfort Dental’s sponsorship, the hall was able to set up a more perma-nent location in June at Colorado’s live music epicenter — Red Rocks.

The hall set up shop at Red Rock’s Trading Post, and now is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, which allows not only concert-goers but also trail runners, exercisers and musical pilgrims to stop in and learn about the many gems in Colorado’s music history.

As the fi rst inductee in 2011, and the most recognizable name in the state’s musical history, Denver gets pride of place, with a statue outside the trading post and a full room dedicated to memo-rabilia and facts about his legacy. One of

his sterling achieve-ments was perform-ing at Red Rocks 17 times.

“Instead of try-ing to set up some kind of hierarchical induction program, we thought it would be better to induct peer groups,” Brown said. “We’ve turned the induction cer-emonies into events unto themselves, and we get contem-porary musicians to fi ll the gaps in some

of these lineups.”So far, inductee eras include the ’60s,

which included artists like the Astronauts and Flash Cadillac; the folk-rock scene of the ’70s, including Judy Collins, Poco and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; and early promoters Barry Fey and Harry Tuft.

The 2016 inductees, announced Jan. 26, focus on Colorado’s jazz scene. Glenn Miller, Paul Whiteman, Lannie Garrett, Max Morath, Billy Murray and Elizabeth Spencer will all be inducted in April.

The hope is to soon move on to more contemporary musical fi gures, Brown said, which could include everyone from Big Head Todd and the Monsters to The Fray and Pretty Lights.

As someone who has been immersed in the musical scene for years, both as a fan and writer for The Denver Post, Brown is a veritable fount of knowledge, and he has stories and tidbits about every musi-cal fi gure.

Walking through the hall, he points out facts like how the Astronauts were bigger

than The Beach Boys in Japan, or that the Eagles were such acolytes of Poco’s sound they lifted the band’s bass player — twice.

But his best stories are the personal ones he’s seen and heard fi rsthand.

Brown tells a beautiful story about local supergroup Sugarloaf’s induction in 2012. At the time, vocalist and keyboardist Jerry Corbetta was battling dementia, and wasn’t expected to play at the ceremony. Because of a little miscommunication, he ended up on stage and in front of his keyboard for the band’s last number. As Brown recalls, at fi rst Corbetta was just playing some basic chords, but before long, his fi ngers began fl ying over the keys like he was Beethoven.

“I still get choked up thinking about it,” Brown said. “He didn’t know where he was, but he knew when he put his hands on his instrument.”

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, his favorite John Den-ver song is “Sunshine on My Shoulders.” Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com. And share your favorite Colorado musicians at [email protected].

Clarke Reader

LINER NOTES

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Future’s “Purple Reign,” released as a free mixtape online

Review: Future was perhaps the biggest breakout in rap last year, despite having been around for years, and he extends his domi-nance into 2016 with this tape. The Atlanta rapper still buries his aching heart in woozy beats and codeine mumbles, but here he man-ages to pull the listener into his broken world.

Favorite song: “Inside the Mattress”

Best line that sounds like a brag, but is actually heartbreaking:

“Hit another city, and another city, I was just grooving

I was trying to tell you I was losing

I was gon’ tell you I’m improving.”

Colorado Music Hall of Fame highlights state’s varied scenes

� e 2016 inductees, announced Jan. 26, focus on Colorado’s

jazz scene. Glenn Miller, Paul

Whiteman, Lannie Garrett, Max Morath,

Billy Murray and Elizabeth Spencer

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CURTAIN TIME

Cyclist and granny“4000 Miles” by Amy Herzog plays through March

5 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Directed by Leo Matheo. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays (except 2 p.m. on March 6). Tickets: $25/adult, $22/senior, $14 child under 12, 303-935-3044, minersalley.com.

New play“Sex With Strangers” by Laura Eason plays through

Feb. 20 at Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver.

Directed by Christy Montour-Larson. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: 303-623-0524 afternoons and performance times; curioustheatre.org.

Comedia del Arte“One Man, Two Guvnors” is based on the classic

Italian Comedia del Arte, “Servant of Two Masters.” It plays Feb. 5 through March 27 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.com.

AIDS fi ght“The Normal Heart” by Larry Kramer is set in the

early 1980s New York theater scene when many were dying of AIDS. (The playwright was an activist.) Plays through Feb. 21 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: vintagetheatre.com, 303-856-7830.

LBJ and King“All the Way” by Robert Schenken plays Feb. 12 to

March 13 at the Ricketson Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex. About the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Performances: 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays; 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 8 p.m. Feb. 20; 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14; 1:30 p.m. Feb. 6 and 27. Tickets: denvercenter.org, 303-893-4100.


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AREA CLUBSMondays

English as A Second Language tutorial classes available Sunday and Monday evenings at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. Registra-tion required. Call Kathy Martinez at 303-882-2751.

Golden Chapter, Order of DeMolay meets at 7 p.m. every fi rst and third Wednesday in the town of Golden. Walt Disney, Mel Blanc and Walter Cronkite are counted among its alumni. DeMo-lay is an organization for young men between the ages of 12 and 21 that offers

character building, leadership train-ing, and life skill development. We offer many activities, academic opportunities and scholarships. Please contact the chapter for more information. Email [email protected] or www.coloradodemolay.org and visit Golden’s page under the Chapter tab by clicking on the Golden photo.

Golden Nar-Anon family group meets from 7:30-9 p.m. Mondays at Calvary Episcopal Church, 1320 Arapahoe St. We ask that people enter on the east side of the church and follow the signs

to the upstairs meeting room. Call the Nar-Anon Family Groups World Service Organization at 800-477-6291 or go to Nar-Anon.org.

Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club meets 7-9 a.m. Mondays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner, 10151 W. 26th Ave., Lakewood. Meeting fee is $5 (cash preferred). Order from diner menu (pay on you own). Call Fred Holden at 303-421-7619 for information. Republicans, especially students, youth and women, welcome to join.

Open mic Living Water Unity Spiritual

Community presents open mic night – celebrate your teen self 4:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. This program gives teens the opportuni-ty to express their performing art includ-ing voice and instrument, acting, poetry, stand-up comedy, mime, etc. Open to all students in sixth to 12th grades. Email [email protected].

Wheat Ridge Rotary Club meets from noon to 1:30 p.m. Mondays for lunch at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St. Come as our guest and learn about our service projects for the

community.

Tuesdays

Applewood Kiwanis Club meets 7-8 a.m. Tuesdays at the Applewood Golf Course, 14001 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. You are invited to attend a meeting. Our goals are to serve children worldwide and in our community. We ring the bell for Salvation Army, deliver Christmas baskets to needy families and, assist the Jeffco Action Center with school supplies for children from low-income families. For more information, contact Fred McGehan at 303-947-1565.


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THEATER/SHOWSImprovised H!T MusicalBroadway’s Next H!T Musical, an entirely improvised and outrageously funny show, takes to the Lakewood Cultural Center stage for one perfor-mance only at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 6. Each scene is new. Every song is being sung for the fi rst time. Tickets are available at 303-987-7845, www.Lakewood.org/LCCPresents or the Lakewood Cultural Center Box Offi ce, 470 S. Allison Parkway.

Storm Comes to West WoodsThe perfect storm hits Arvada when internationally-touring headliner Val-erie Storm comes to Comedy Night at West Woods for two shows at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 and Thursday, Feb. 11. Shows are produced by Slap Happy Entertainment and take place at West Woods Golf Club, 6655 Quaker St. in Arvada. Storm will be joined by two feature acts each night and the show is hosted by Arvada’s own Bob Meddles. Tickets are available at SlapHappyEntertainment.com.

Playhouse Presents ‘4000 Miles’ Miners Alley Playhouse presents the 2013 Pulitzer Prize fi nalist “4000 Miles,” by Amy Herzog and directed by Len Matheo, through Sunday, March 6, at 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 6 p.m. Sundays, with a 2 p.m. performance Sunday, March 6. After suffering a major loss while on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother Vera in her West Village apartment. Over a month, these unlikely room-mates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately reach each other. “4000 Miles” looks at how two outsiders fi nd their way in today’s world.

ART/CRAFTSAthena Project Art ShowAthena Project presents Point of Departure, an art show that will provide insight into artists’ creative processes, runs through Friday, Feb. 12, at the 40 West Arts Gallery, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. The show is curated by Michele Brower, a Denver artist known for her paintings and installation pieces which grace museum, private and corporate collections nationwide. A pop up art and fashion boutique is from 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 in the gallery space. Admission is free and both art and fashion designs and ac-cessories will be available for sale; 20 percent of all sales from this evening will benefi t Athena Project.

‘Museo de las Americas’ ExhibitSelections from the “Museo de las Americas” exhibit are on display through Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Susan K. Arndt Galley, Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Gallery hours are 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday; 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays; and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays.

Call for Entries, First Friday The Lakewood Arts Council and Gallery is seeking entries for its “Small Works Show.” Entry deadline is Friday, Feb. 19, and the show is open to all media. Show dates are Sunday, Feb. 28 to Friday, March 25, at 6731 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. Small Works Show will be featured at the council’s fi rst First Friday event, from 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, March 4. Go to www.lakewoodartscouncil.org or call 303-980-0625.

Tropical Wildlife: Art and the Animal KingdomAges 6-12 years will discover wild animals from Australia, South America and Africa, from giant lizards and poisonous frogs to deadly snakes. Par-ticipants will use a variety of art techniques to examine the inhabitants of our planet. Program offered 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays through March 16, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Bring a healthy after-school snack each time. Register by Jan. 8. Go to www.arvada.org/nature or call 720-898-7405.

EVENTSWicca, Paganism, and WitchcraftThe beliefs and practices of Wiccans and pagans will be examined at Lifetree Café, at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 5675 Field St., Arvada. “The Witch Next Door: What’s the Appeal of Wicca and Paganism?” fea-tures fi lmed interviews with self-identifi ed pagans and a Wiccan who says she began exploring the religion as a teenager and still practices it today. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or [email protected].

Valentine Party LuncheonColorado Women’s Connection will have its Sparkling Valentine Party lun-cheon Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Concordia Lutheran Church, 13371 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood. Call 303-985-2458 for reservations.

Snowshoe TripsAPEX/Community Recreation Center plans snowshoe trips Tuesdays, Feb. 9, Feb. 23, March 8 and March 22. Registration required. Stop by the center at 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, or call 303-425-9583 to register or for more information.

After Nappers ClubLet a naturalist guide your tyke through wonders of Majestic View Park with fun, outdoor weekly activities and adventures. We will hike at a toddler pace, use our 5 senses, and encourage exploration. Dress for the weather. Club meets from 4-5 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 10, 17 and 24 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. For ages 2-5 years, with an adult. Registration required. Call 720-898-7405 or go to www.arvada.org/nature.

After School Club Bring your children to enjoy fun, na-ture-themed activities and exploration with a Majestic View naturalist. Let us help your child develop a stewardship for nature and a love of science while exploring the park and participating in fun, hands-on learning. Dress for the weather. Program for ages 6-12 years runs from 4-5 p.m. Wednes-days, Feb. 10, 17 and 24, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Registration required. Call 720-898-7405 or go to www.arvada.org/nature.

Annual Valentine’s TeaThe Arvada United Methodist Women will prepare and serve savory teas and edible delights at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 in the Fellowship Center, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. The group will then welcome “Molly” Margaret Brown, as portrayed by Janet Kalstrom of the Molly Brown House. She promises to share the “real” story of this colorful, historical Colorado resident. Ticket sales will be offered after each worship service through Feb. 7, with a limit of 120 tickets. Last year, tickets sold out quickly. Group members will also have tickets, or you can contact Deanna Kehlenbach at 303-420-5239 or [email protected].

Science of RomanceLearn to make that special someone’s heart melt, while sampling chocolate and a signature massage oil blend. Discover what’s really going on in the brain and body when you entice all the senses and why romance really is a sweet science. The Sweet Sensations program runs from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 13, at Natural Grocers at Vitamin Cottage, Northwest Store, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Contact Megan Grover at 303-423-0990.

HEALTHCommunity Blood DrivesA number of community blood drives are planned. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfi ls Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfi ls.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Wednesday, Feb. 10, 8-9:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Jefferson County Government Human Services Building, 900 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden; Monday, Feb. 15, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., King of Glory Lutheran Church, 10001 W. 58th Ave., Arvada; Tuesday, Feb. 16, 8-10:10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., City of Lakewood, ER Training Room, 480 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood (Dee Ann Pfi fer, 303-987-7660); and Thursday, Feb. 25, 2-6:30 p.m., Latter Day Saints, Lakewood Stake, 6465 W. Jewell Ave., Lakewood (Curt Atkinson, 303-922-9543).

Health by Vegan ChocolateLearn how to use chocolate to enhance food and health from 5-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Natural Grocers at Vitamin Cottage, Northwest Store, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Program is free. Contact Megan Grover at 303-423-0990.

Patient Education SeriesLutheran Medical Center offers a series of free, educational seminars on a variety of health and medical topics. Seminars are led by physi-cians. Dr. Lindsay Eun presents “Me” Time When you Need It from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18. Learn about heart attack risk factors, signs and symptoms from Dr. Doug Martel from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24. All seminars take place at Lutheran Medical Center, 8300 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge, in the learning center on the second fl oor. Register online at lutheranmedicalcenter.org/classes or call 303-425-8375.

Make Time for your HealthBridges Health and Wellness offers affordable community health and wellness services and classes at Lutheran Medical Center, 8300 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Free parking available. Space is limited; registration required. Go to www.WellnessatBridges.com or call 303-425-2262 to register and for cost information. Bridges comprehensive wellness ser-vices also include acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, healing touch and nutrition counseling. Upcoming classes include: Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention, Feb. 9-23, 10:45-11:45 a.m. (beginning) and 9:30-10:30 a.m. (advanced); Yoga Basics, Saturday, Feb. 13, 8:30-9:45 a.m.; Prenatal Yoga, through March 24, 9:30-11 a.m.; Therapeutic Yoga Workshops For Shoulder and Neck Pain, Feb. 10, 5:30-7 p.m.; Less Back Pain, More Mobil-ity, Feb. 24, 5:30-7 p.m.

Nutritional CoachingMegan Grover, master of medical science and nutritional health coach at the Natural Grocers at Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, offers free one-on-one nutrition coaching sessions for the public. Call the store at 303-423-0990 for an appointment.

EDUCATIONAdult Reading SuccessLiteracy Coalition of Colorado offers Reading Success for Adult Learners training for adult learning instructors. Training session is from 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at Colorado Christian University, Leprino Hall, 8787 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. Training is a proven, effective to teach the learning disabled, behavior challenged and English as a Second Lan-guage. Go to www.literacycolorado.org. Registration is available on-site.

Continuing Education ProgramMetropolitan State College of Denver offers a continuing education program for adults. Most classes are 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, for two to four weeks, and cost varies. Most take place at the Student Success Building on the Auraria Campus, with other classes taking place at the South Campus (I-25 and Orchard) and the Center For Visual Arts on Santa Fe Drive. For list of classes, go to www.msudenver.edu/learnon or call 303-556-3657. Application not required. More info at www.Facebook.com/msudenverlear-noninitiative.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publication the following week. Send listings to [email protected]. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

Colorado Mining HistoryColorado Acts presents “Molly Brown and the Miners, or the Luck at Leadville” at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5, and 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 5-6, at 11455 W. Interstate 70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Go back to the 1800s and dig into the history of mining in Colorado. “Molly Brown and the Miners, or the Luck at Leadville” is written and composed by director Cindy Oury. Contact 303-456-6722 or [email protected]. Go to www.coloradoacts.org.

League to Update Position on County Boards, CommissionsThe League of Women Voters of Jefferson County is updating and revising its 1987 position on the six elected and 19 ap-pointed county boards and commissions, and will add special districts and commit-tees to that list. The proposed changes will provide consistency in the league’s program standards and incorporate important changes to state statutes that address open meetings and the public’s right to know. This topic will be discussed at the league’s public unit meetings from Feb. 9-11. Meeting dates: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1 p.m. at the Arvada Elks Lodge, 5700 Yukon St., Arvada. Call Becka at 303-421-1853; Wednesday, Feb. 10, 9:15 a.m., Applewood area, Westland Meridian, 10695 W. 17th Ave., Lakewood. Call Darlene at 303-238-8996; Wednesday, Feb. 10, 6 p.m., Jeffco LWV Of-fi ce, 1425 Brentwood St., Suite 7, Lakewood. Call Lucinda at 720-254-5741; Thursday, Feb. 11, 9:15 a.m., Carson Howell House, 1575 Kipling St., Lakewood. Call Susan at 303-988-5847. Go to www.lwvjeffco.org.

Tiny Tots ConcertInside the Orchestra presents Tiny Tots concerts from 9:30-10:15 a.m. and 10:45-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape St., Denver; Wednes-day, Feb. 17, at Mile Hi Church, 9077 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood; Saturday, Feb. 20, at History Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver; Monday, Feb. 22, at Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver; Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape St., Denver; Monday, Feb. 29, at The Wildlife Experience, 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker. Program is designed for children 6 and younger. Children discover what it is to be inside the orchestra. They are seated on the fl oor and surrounded by professional musicians. For tickets, go to http://inside-theorchestra.org/tiny-tots-events/.

Membership PartyFoothills Running and Cycling Club plans its 2016 membership party at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at Old Capital Grill, 1122 Washington Ave., Golden. The party is open to anyone interested in living a healthy lifestyle through staying active with friends. 2016 club activities include trail run, track workouts, group runs and more. Members will mingle with one another while learning more about the club’s 2016 plans, activities and sponsors.

Theater Production of ‘Medea’The Edge Theater presents “Medea” through Sunday, Feb. 14, at 1560 Teller St., Suite 200, Lakewood. Parking is free. Medea, a barbarian and the wife of Jason, fi nds her position in the Greek world threatened as Jason leaves her for a Green princess of Corinth. Medea takes ven-geance on Jason by killing Jason’s new wife, as well as her own children with him, after which she escapes to Athens to start a new life. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays, with an 8 p.m. performance Monday, Feb. 8 (no per-formance Sunday, Feb. 7). Tickets available by calling 303-232-0363 or going to www.theedgetheater.com.

Raiders want to move.Of course, the sponsors themselves

should probably weigh in on the choice of Mile-High-First phrasing, but one thing is clear: Putting the Mile High right up

front asserts the undeniable power of our storied stadium mystique long before the Orange and Blue ever take the fi eld.

Advantage: Broncos.

Andrea Doray is a writer who remembers when a person in a Patriots jersey was duct-taped into a Broncos T-shirt by raucous fans in the old South Stands. Justice was served. Contact Andrea at [email protected].


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Maurice “Stringy” Ervin, who never cut a swimmer during his more than 30 years as coach at Littleton High School, told a poignant story during his recent induction into the Colorado High School Activities Association Hall of Fame.

Ervin divulged to the guests in his speech about a junior high teacher warning him not to let a boy come

out for the team because he would ruin the program. That individual did come out, and when he was a senior, he participated in the state meet.

“After the state meet, we were at Shakey’s Pizza and he was crying by himself back at a table, and I walked back to ask him what the problem was,” Ervin said. “He said, ‘Coach, it’s all over.’ I told him it wasn’t all over — it was just beginning. I gave him the state championship trophy to take home and show his mom. His mom had never come to a swim meet.”

Ervin would not disclose the name of the swimmer or any other details.

Jess Gerardi, the Englewood High School band director for 20 years, was another of the eight people in the 2015 Hall of Fame class.

Gerardi, in his first year at Englewood High School in 1967, had his band perform at a Denver Broncos game. He wanted to do something that no other band had done at a Broncos game. The Pirates played the “1812 Overture” with canons, bells and about blew Mile High Stadium fans off their seats. Two weeks later, he was offered the job as direc-tor of entertainment for the Denver Broncos and director of Denver Broncos band. He did that for 30 years, continuing with his duties at Englewood for 20 of those years.

The other inductees are Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, swimmer, Cherry Creek; Judy Beard-sley, volleyball coach, Merino and Sterling high schools; Natalie Hughes, cross-country/track runner, Palisade; Irv Moss, sports writer; Chuck Williams, basketball player, Denver East; and Art Wollenweber, baseball coach/athletic director, Sheridan.

Hockey is her sport of choice Melissa DiPonio played soccer, field

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After all her dad built a rink in the back-yard and Melissa has been on the Heritage hockey team for the past few seasons.

“I had a rink in the backyard when I was growing up and nothing seemed to click as well as hockey did for me,” said DiPonio, a senior at Heritage.

DiPonio has three assists this year and is looking for her first goal.

“I can’t wait for that,” she said. “My team-mates are really trying for me. I’ve been working with coaches and I’m doing my best to get my name out there. Academic wise I’ve been accepted at CU and it would be nice to play there (on Buffs club team). I’ve been in contact with the coach, and my goal is to get to the next level.”

DiPonio understands hockey is a physical sport.

“I’ll take a hit to set up things that need to happen,” she said. “If I have my head up, I can get out of the way or figure out a way to get around a player. If I put myself in a posi-tion where I am getting hit, that just comes with the sport.”

Highlands Ranch atop pollThe CHSAANow.com Class 5A girls basket-

ball poll that was released Feb. 1 was loaded with six area schools among the top 10.

Highlands Ranch was ranked No. 1 and ThunderRidge third. Lakewood was fourth, Ralston Valley sixth, Horizon seventh and Cherry Creek eighth.

Hall of fame honorees le� their mark

Lakewood wrestler sporting a 39-0 recordBy Scott StockerSpecial to CCM

There’s nothing like keeping your season record unblemished in wres-tling. And that’s just the current situa-tion for Lakewood’s Gabe Dinette.

Dinette came through to win his 145-pound weight class in last Saturday’s Les Mattocks Invitational Wrestling Tournament held at Abra-ham Lincoln High School in Denver.

He defeated Alex Bezugly of Thunder-Ridge, 5-0, to improve his record to 39-0. And, when it was all over, he was named the Outstanding Wrestler in the lower weights.

“Wrestling against Alex was tough,” said Dinette, a sophomore. “I just wanted to keep rolling and stay in good positions. I want to keep im-proving and keep my attitude up for state. That’s all that matters right now.

“There was some stalling,” con-

tinued Dinette. “I just wanted to stay strong and not give up the points. I stayed low and was able to put the pressure on. This is a good tourna-ment and I just wanted to go out and do the best I could.”

Thompson Valley was able to come away with the team title as the Eagles scored 154 points. Legend placed sec-ond with 131, Adams City was third, 120.5, Glenwood Springs, fourth,

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Bears come up short in tough gameBear Creek unable to overcome Arvada West’s big early lead

By Tom [email protected]

Game summaryBear Creek players had good looks but

their shots didn’t fall. Arvada West, how-ever, hit shots, jumping out to an early lead to win the Jan. 27 league boys bas-ketball game, 65-29.

“I don’t think we came out ready to play, but they did,” Bear Creek coach Da-vid Berghoefer said of Arvada West. “It was tough and they have a really good team. Tonight, they were the aggressor, they threw the first couple punches and we didn’t react.”

Key momentsArvada West scored the first eight

points of the game. While the Wildcat shots found the mark, the Bears saw their shots carom off the side of the rim or roll around the hoop and fall out. The result was Arvada West ahead 22-6 at the end of the first quarter. Despite determined efforts, Bears players never were able to close the scoring gap.

“We got behind early and our team isn’t made up to climb out of a deep scor-ing hole,” Berghoefer said. “We like to keep the tempo down at our pace and play like we want to play, but that doesn’t equip us to make a big comeback.”

Key players/statisticsAndrew Stasny was the leading scorer

for Bear Creek with 11 points. Teammate Jacob Pigati scored eight points and Jordy Aranda scored six points for the Bears.

Max Bailey was the scoring leader in team statistics for 14 games with 107 points while Walter Ramsey had 104 points, John Kramer, Jacob Pigati and Jor-dan Aranda each scored 102 points in 14 games. In the 14-game statistics, Kramer is the three-point leader with 27, Aranda is the rebound leader with 67 boards, Bai-ley leads the team in assists with 32 and

Ramsey leads the team in steals with 27.They said itBerghoefer said the Bears need to im-

prove all aspects of their game.“We need to work hard to get better,”

he said. “We have to play better offense, improve defensively and improve our transition game. We’ll start working on those things tomorrow.”

Kramer said it was a physical game and the Bears didn’t play their best.

“We got behind early and I think we got a little intimidated by Arvada West tonight,” the senior said after the game. “In the future, we can’t let that happen. We have to fight and battle hard in every game we play.”

Going forwardAfter the Jan. 27 game, the Bears record

stood at 6-10 overall and 2-5 in league. The team plays on its home court Feb. 5 against Lakewood.

Bear Creek’s Jacob Pigati puts up a shot over an Arvada West defender during the Jan. 27 league boys basketball game. Pigati scored eight points. The Bears lost to the Wildcats 65-29. Photos by Tom Munds

Jordy Aranda (34) puts up a shot for Bear Creek during the Jan. 27 league boys bas-ketball game against Arvada West. Aranda had six points for the Bears, but Arvada West won the game 65-29.

Bear Creek’s Max Bailey (1) shoots over Arvada West defender Luke Neff (5) during the Jan. 27 league boys basketball game. The shot was on target, but Arvada West went on to win the game, 65-29.


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ALAMEDA PIRATESGIRLS BASKETBALLElizabeth 79, Alameda 22Alameda fell to conference opponent Elizabeth in a rout at home on Jan. 29.Key performers: Senior Bianca Cisneros and junior Savannah Vigil both scored fi ve points each for their team. Vigil went two for three on two-pointers. Junior Faith Sullivan had 9ne rebounds.

Skyview 55, Alameda 21Alameda was more than doubly out-scored by conference opponent Skyview in an away game on Jan. 26.Key performers: Senior Bianca Cisneros

and junior Savannah Vigil both scored fi ve points. Vigil went two for three on two-pointers. Junior Faith Sullivan had

three offensive rebounds and six defensive.

BOYS BASKETBALLElizabeth 69, Alameda 63Alameda lost a narrow game home game to conference opponent Elizabeth on Jan. 29.

Skyview 72, Alameda 36Alameda fell to conference opponent Skyview in an away game on Jan. 26.

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BEAR CREEK BEARSGIRLS BASKETBALLBear Creek 44, Arvada West 30The Bears won the away conference game Jan. 27.Key performers: Sophomore Romola Dominguez, junior Bo Shaffer and senior Marissa Morton scored 10 points each.

Bear Creek 64, Columbine 54The Bears won the away confer-ence game Jan. 29.Key performers: Junior Bo Shaffer scored 23 points. Sophomore Romola Domin-quez scored 20 points.

BOYS BASKETBALLArvada West 65, Bear Creek 29The Bears lost the home conference game Jan. 27.Key performers: Junior Andre Stansy

scored 11 points.

Bear Creek 49, Columbine 34The Bears won the home conference game Jan. 29.Key performers: Senior Jordy Aranda scored 11 points. Junior Walker Rumsey

and senior Sam Urmeneta scored 10 points each.

GIRLS SWIMMINGBear Creek 144, Standley Lake 143, Conifer 50The Bear Creek Bears girls

swimming team placed 1st of 3 at the Jan. 30 conference meet: Conifer vs Bear Creek vs Standley Lake.Key performers: Zuri Peterson fi nished fi rst in the 100 Back with a time of 1:12.78 Amber Novak fi nished fi rst in the 500 Free with a time of 6:44.08.

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D’EVELYN JAGUARSGIRLS BASKETBALLD’Evelyn 59, Arvada 27D’Evelyn dominated conference opponent Arvada in an away game on Jan. 30.Key performers: Seniors Madison Berres and Lexi Reed both scored 10 points each and both had nine rebounds each. Senior Aubrey Sotolongo went two for two on free throws.

Valor Christian 60, D’Evelyn 49D’Evelyn fell to conference opponent Valor Christian in an away game on Jan. 28.Key performers: Seniors Madison Berres and Lexi Reed both scored 10 points each and both had nine rebounds each. Senior Aubrey Sotolongo sank both her free throws.

D’Evelyn 70, Conifer 26D’Evelyn soundly defeated confer-ence opponent Conifer in a home game on Jan. 26.Key performers: Senior Aubrey Sotolongo scored 16 points for her team. Senior Kayla Walden went three for three on two-point-ers. Sotolongo and freshman Emily Carver both went two for two on free throws. Senior Madison Berres had fi ve offensive rebounds and four defensive.

BOYS BASKETBALLD’Evelyn 75, Arvada 23D’Evelyn soundly beat conference opponent Arvada in a home game on Jan. 30.Key performers: Senior Adam Jolton scored 12 points. Senior Corey Skelton went three

for three on two-pointers. Senior Owen Burke had three offensive and defensive rebounds.

Valor Christian 65, D’Evelyn 38D’Evelyn lost to conference opponent Valor Christian in an away game on Jan. 28.Key performers: Senior Cameron Brown led the team with 10 points. Senior Adam Jolton went four for four on free throws. Junior Josh Brinkerhoff had two offensive rebounds and three defensive.

D’Evelyn 75, Conifer 71D’Evelyn claimed a close victory over confer-

ence opponent Conifer in an away game on Jan. 26.Key performers: Junior Josh Brinker-hoff scored 20 points for the team. Senior Charlie Davis went two for two on free throws. Senior Owen Burke had seven offensive rebounds

and two defensive.

GIRLS SWIMMINGJeffco JV League Wheat Ridge placed ninth in a nonconfer-ence meet on Jan. 30.Three team tournamentD’Evelyn placed second to Littleton in a three team conference meet on Jan. 28 that also included Golden.Katerina Flaska won the One Meter, Abbey Selin the 50 Free and 100 Breast, and Alyssa Russum the 200 Free. The D’Evelyn relay team also won the 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay.


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GREEN MOUNTAIN RAMSGIRLS BASKETBALLStandley Lake 48, Green Mountain 40Green Mountain narrowly lost to conference opponent Standley Lake in an away game on Jan. 30.Key performers: Sophomore Brecon Ant-rillo scored 13 points for the team. Antrillo and junior Corrina Archuleta both had fi ve rebounds each.

Green Mountain 87, Conifer 45Green Mountain handily defeated confer-ence opponent Conifer in an away game on Jan. 28.Key performers: Junior Delaney Bernard led with 23 points. Junior Corrina Archuleta went two for two on free throws.

Golden 66, Green Mountain 49Green Mountain lost to conference opponent Golden in an away game on Jan. 26.Key performers: Junior Delaney Bernard led with 15 points. Junior Corrina Archuleta went four for four on free throws. Sopho-more Brecon Antrillo had three offensive rebounds and four defensive.

BOYS BASKETBALLGreen Mountain 70, Standley Lake 59Green Mountain took the win over confer-ence opponent Standley Lake in an away game on Jan. 30.Key performers: Sophomore Garrett Martin scored 24 points and went fi ve for fi ve on

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Green Mountain 58, Conifer 50Green Mountain claimed victory over con-ference opponent Conifer in a home game on Jan. 28.Key performers: Senior Austin Fritts scored 25 points for the team. Junior Justin Booher went three for three on two-pointers. Sopho-more Alex Telles went four for four on free throws. Senior Max Desmond had fi ve offen-sive rebounds and three defensive.

Golden 64, Green Mountain 53Green Mountain fell to conference opponent Golden in a home game on Jan. 26.Key performers: Senior Austin Fritts scored 21 points for the team, had two offensive rebounds

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GIRLS SWIMMINGJeffco JV League Green Mountain placed fourteenth in a nonconference meet on Jan. 30.Jeffco Mini InviteGreen Mountain won a three team confer-ence tournament on Jan. 29 that included Columbine and Pomona.Sarah Bittle won the One-Meter, Eva An-derson the 50 Free and Mikayla Michels the 100 Fly. The Green Mountain relay team also won the 400 Free Relay.

LAKEWOOD TIGERSGIRLS BASKETBALLLakewood 55, Fossil Ridge 40Lakewood took the win over nonconference opponent Fossil Ridge in a home game on Jan. 30.Key performers: Senior Mackenzie Forrest scored 30 points in the game, and went four for fi ve on free throws. Sophomore Camilla Emsbo had four offensive rebounds and fi ve defensive.

Lakewood 71, Chatfi eld 47Lakewood beat out conference op-ponent Chatfi eld in an away game on Jan. 29.Key performers: Senior Mackenzie Forrest scored 19 points. Senior Anissa Barela went three for four on three-pointers. Senior Madeleine Coughlin went two for two on free throws.

Lakewood 70, Columbine 17Lakewood dominated conference opponent Columbine in an away game on Jan. 27.Key performers: Senior Mackenzie Forrest scored 25 points, and went fi ve for fi ve on free throws. Sophomore Kira Emsbo had one offensive rebound and fi ve defensive.

BOYS BASKETBALLChatfi eld 64, Lakewood 60Lakewood narrowly lost to conference oppo-nent Chatfi eld in an away game on Jan. 29.

Lakewood 56, Columbine 51Lakewood claimed a close victory over conference opponent Columbine in an away game on Jan. 27.

GIRLS SWIMMINGJeffco JV League Lakewood won a nonconference meet on Jan. 30.Sarah Solis won the 100 Breast, and the relay team won the 200 Medley Relay and the 400 Free Relay.

Lakewood 297, Wheat Ridge 192Lakewood won an away match against nonconference opponent Wheat Ridge on Jan. 29.Ileana Dinette won the One-Meter, Amanda Ballard the 50 Free, Kaylyn Schull the 100 Back, Sydni Sich the 100 Breast, Julia McDonald the 200 Individual Medley, and Micayla Stiller the 500 Free. The relay team also won the 200 Free Relay and 400 Free Relay.

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Lakewood’s MacKenzie Forrest drives toward the basket against a Fossil Ridge defender. The Tigers took the lead early and never let it go, winning 55-40. The senior Forrest had a big night, dropping 30 points. Photo courtesy of Mondo Delgado

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Fabian Gutierrez picked up the only championship of the night for Adams City in a battle of high ranked grapplers as he pinned Luc Herrera of Faith Christian in their 113-pound match. With the victory he improved his season record to 35-3 while Herrera dropped to 31-3.

Jefferson’s Kyle Cisneros, now 36-4, and Alameda’s Fabian Estrada, 28-2, came through with second place finishes in the tournament. Cisneros lost to Thompson Valley’s Vlad Kazakov, 13-1, while Estrada lost to Myles Wilson, 38-0, of Glenwood Springs due to injury.

“This was good tournament and now I need to get ready and get up for league,” said Cisneros. “I went out flat and I knew he was a very good opponent. It became a scramble on the mat. I need to work on my offense and on my defensive efforts and make sure I am concentrating out there on the mats. It just didn’t work out the way it should have for me.”

Indeed, it was a difficult lost for Estrada as a strong nose bleed with just :18 seconds left in the first period led to his loss.

“It was just a tough way to lose,” said Estrada. “I thought I could come through and beat him. I was confident and prepared, but it just didn’t work out the way it should have for me. He’s certainly tough, but I felt good going out there. It just didn’t happen as I had hoped.”

State wrestling regionals take place Feb. 12 and 13. The state championship tourney begins Feb. 18.


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LakewoodGregory Atwood, of Lake-

wood, received the McCain Commemorative Scholarship from Kansas State University.

Matthew Burnett, of Lake-wood, received the Medallion Scholarship from Kansas State University.

Austin James Foster, of Lakewood, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s honor roll at Fort Hays State University. Foster is a junior majoring in business.

Daniel Langewisch, of Lakewood, was named to the fall 2015 honors list at Concor-dia University. Langewisch is a sophomore.

Joshua Langford, of Lake-wood, received the William and Melissa Harold Memorial Scholarship from Kansas State University.

Gabrielle A. Makatura, of

Lakewood, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s honor roll at Fort Hays State University. Makatura is a senior majoring in interna-tional business and economics.

Sarah Price, of Lakewood, received the Baldwin Reinhold, Jr., Undergraduate Scholarship in Chemistry, Future Chemists Scholarship and Transfer Honors Scholarship from Kansas State University.

Erin Renner, of Lakewood, was named to the 2015 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference cross country all-academic team. Renner, a psychology ma-jor, earned honor roll accolades.

Jacob Riedel, of Lakewood, received the Heritage Award and Hollis Family Legacy Scholarship from Kansas State University.

ArvadaLindsey Campbell, of Arvada,

received the Community First National Bank Scholarship, Human Resource Management

Network Scholarship, Transfer Achievement Award and Vance L. Burch Scholarship from Kan-sas State University.

Hannah Disberger, of Ar-vada, received the H.W. Wilkison and Mary Wilkison Scholarship and Heritage Award from Kansas State University.

Zachary Disberger, of Ar-vada, received the H.W. Wilkison and Mary Wilkison Scholarship from Kansas State University.

Janelle Feldmann, of Arvada, received the Henry Thomas Scholarship and Honors Schol-arship from Kansas State Univer-sity.

Alexandra Gallo, of Arvada, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at the University of Evansville. Gallo is majoring in creative writing.

Cheyenne Howell, of Arvada, received the 2016 Moose Inter-national R. Robert Dale Schol-arship for $1,000. Howell will graduate from Arvada West High School in the spring. R. Robert

Dale Scholarship winners must be the child or grandchild of, or under legal guardianship of, a member of the Moose fraternal organization.

Stuart Kern, of Arvada, received the Elmer D. McCollum Scholarship, Heritage Award and K-State Engineering Initiative from Kansas State University.

Hannah Leventhal, of Ar-vada, received the Dr. Howard B. Liebengood Scholarship and James B. McNamara Memorial Veterinary Scholarship from Kansas State University.

Kelli Marquardt, of Arvada, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at the University of Dayton.

Tessa McLinden, of Arvada, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at the University of Evansville. McLinden is major-ing in international studies.

Adam Zarian, of Arvada, received the Flight Scholarship, Honors Scholarship, Housing Scholarship and Tuition Scholar-

ship from Kansas State Univer-sity.

GoldenPaige Elizabeth Klump, of

Golden, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at the Univer-sity of the South. Klump is the daughter of Cindy McLemore & Ron J. Klump.

Kylie Santos, of Golden, was named to the 2015 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference basketball all-academic team. Santos, an accounting major, earned all-academic fi rst team accolades.

Erin Wenger, of Golden, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at the University of Hartford.

Wheat RidgeAnna Horn, of Wheat Ridge,

was named to the fall 2015 hon-ors list at Concordia University. Horn is a sophomore.

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