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Civil unions begin County prepared with new formsBy Glenn [email protected]
Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a civil-unions bill into law March 21 opening up a new option for same-sex couples when it goes into effect on May 1.
The bill, passed by the Democrat-controlled state Legislature, is seen by gay marriage supporters as a half step to reversing a 2006 voter-approved state ban on gay marriage.
While the new law might represent a major cultural shift, Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson said that for her office, the change should be easily accepted.
“I’m currently the president of the (state) Clerks Association. And once we knew it was going to become law, we began work on an implementation plan,” Anderson said.
That implementation plan is now in full effect across the state, as each county prepares to accept the new civil union licenses beginning on Wednes-day, May 1. Anderson said most of the work involves the creation of new forms, and new computer program-ing to accommodate the new type of license. She said the form, and the pro-cess, will be very similar to the standard marriage form.
According to Department Director Susie Swain, one of the few differences between the two licenses will be that while someone under 18 can receive a marriage license with the permission of a parent or guardian, no such provision will be allowed for civil unions.
In Colorado, a heterosexual couple can obtain a marriage license, self af-firm their marriage, or have a common law marriage.
“Once this goes into effect, a hetero-sexual couple could choose to get a civil union instead of a marriage license,” Swain said.
The big day“We’re anticipating a really exciting
day,” Anderson said of May 1. “What will be historic and special is this will be the first day for civil unions in Colo-rado, and we’ll be prepared for that.”
The county Clerk and Recorder’s of-fice in Golden will be open and able to issue the new civil union licenses.
To receive the license, both parties have to be present, have proof of ID, So-cial Security Numbers, not be married to anyone else, and have $30 in cash or check.
“It’s a pretty simple form,” Swain said.
Swain estimated that once a couple reaches the clerk’s counter, it should only take 15 minutes to receive the li-cense.
“You can take it home with you. The license is good within 35 days. Or you can use it right away,” Swain said.
Once the license is used to finalize a union, it can be handed or mailed back to the county, which will record the couple’s new legal status to the state.
Legacy’s Christine Emory competes in the triple jump during the Maxine Ehrman Invitational held April 20 at the 5 Star North Stadium. See sports on Page 22. Photo by Jonathan Maness
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Bowles house to celebrate 25 yearsHistoric site saved by third-gradersBy Ashley [email protected]
The Bowles House in West-minster was almost destroyed before becoming an historic site and museum.
In 1981 the city of Westmin-ster was going to destroy the Bowles House in a practiced burn, but a group of third-grad-ers had another plan.
“The students at Vista Grande Elementary School are the ones who really saved the museum,” said Linda Cher-rington with the Westminster Historical Society.
“Those kids wrote to the city, TV stations and newspapers asking to not burn down the house, but to restore it. They did a good thing.”
The Bowles House prop-erty at 3924 W. 72nd Ave. was homesteaded by Edward Bruce Bowles in 1871. Edward Bowles married Mahalia Elizabeth Lon-gan and was a horse breeder who rode in the Denver Pioneer Parade.
Through the month of May, the Bowles House will cel-ebrate its 25th Anniversary with special events and free
museum tours.According to the National
Register of Historic Places, the house was constructed between 1871 and 1876. The Bowles were the second permanent settlers in the Westminster area, and their family of nine children played an important role in the growth of the city.
Since the restoration and of-ficial opening of the museum in 1988, the Bowles House has been a local historical landmark giving residents a glimpse into Westminster’s past.
“Over the years we’ve grown a lot and now every room is filled up with furniture and other historical items from the Westminster area,” Cherrington said. “We’ve received so many donated items and now we will celebrate 25 years.”
The month of events begins with a reception at 1 p.m. Satur-day, May 4, at the Bowles House. On Saturday, May 11, Linda Graybeal will present herself at Mahalia Bowles.
“Mahalia was a tough wom-an, she had to be. She wasn’t cultured or refined, she even liked to smoke a pipe now and again,” Graybeal said. “She raised all of those kids in that house and her world view was survival. So I try to imagine what made this woman, who she was and what kept her go-ing when I portray her.”
On May 18, the Bowles House will display local quilts, and on May 25, the Westminster His-torical Society will present the Historical Preservation Award to a home owner or business owner who had made steps to preserve their historical home or business.
Also on May 18, the his-
torical society will honor those who have served in the military during “A Salute to the Mili-tary” event at the Westminster Grange, 3935 W. 73rd Ave. Local veterans are invited to attend and share their stories.
For more information on the Bowles House 25th Anniversary call 303-426-5279.
The Bowles House at 3924 W. 72nd Ave. in Westminster is a local museum giving the public a glimpse into the city’s history. Next month the Westminster Historical Society will celebrate the Bowles House 25th Anniversary with special events open to the public. Photo by Ashley Reimers
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Democracy makes for a long, tiring slog There’s an episode of “The Simpsons”
where Homer ends up wandering through a desert in the middle of a hot-chile-pep-per-induced hallucination.
Homer, confused by his surroundings and the seemingly endless landscape around him, comes across a tortoise that’s leaving a message behind it in the sand as it walks that reads: Follow the tortoise.
Homer does so, before becoming frus-trated by the tortoise’s tortoise-like pace. He then gives the reptile a gentle kick in its rear in hopes of getting it to move faster.
“Get moving you stupid ...,” Homer says. “When I’m kicking you that means hurry up!”
Homer ends up losing his patience and boots the tortoise across the desert.
As a reporter who covers the Colorado General Assembly every day, I can relate to Homer’s anguish.
This year’s legislative session may be winding down, but as each day passes, it just feels like I’m following a slow-moving tortoise clumsily through the sand. The days go on forever. And sometimes, in the middle of an eight-hour hearing, I get into one of those Homer-like moods where I just wanna kick the proverbial tortoise across Denver’s Colfax Avenue and scream, “Hurry up!”
It’s been controversial bill after contro-versial bill this session. And debate over each one of them seems to go on and on and on ....
And when one bill is fi nally put to bed after several hours of debate, there’s an-other one right behind it to take its place.
It’s like throwing a single starfi sh back into the ocean after hundreds of others have washed up on the shore. But I guess I do take some solace in knowing that my exhaustion is not unique. Lawmakers are feeling the pain, too. And they’re doing their best to get through the long days.
“I’m still trying to fi gure out if I came just in time or at a horribly wrong time,” quipped freshman Rep. Dominick More-no, D-Commerce City. “The jury is still out on that one.”
Moreno said he barely has time to check in with his loved ones anymore.
“I get phone calls from my family say-ing, ‘Hey, we haven’t seen you in a couple of weeks. Just wondering if everything is OK,’” he said. “That’s funny because I live a block away from my parents.”
Seasoned lawmakers like Rep. Amy Stephens, R-Monument, a former House majority leader, said the key to getting through this marathon-like session is working out whenever she can, gobbling antioxidants, and avoiding unnecessary nights out on the town.
“Some people, they’re out every night,
and they can get up and go to work every day,” she said. “And I marvel and just go, ‘OK, more props to you.’ That’s not me. You learn over time how to pace yourself, (and understand) what you can and can’t do.”
The daily grind affects people differ-ently. For instance, freshman Democratic Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton said he “feels good” right now, but admits to hav-ing gained about 15 pounds since the start of the session. Meanwhile, Rep. Brittany Pettersen, a freshman Democrat from Lakewood, made it sound like the long days are no big deal.
“I’m surprised to hear that it’s not usually like this,” she said, adding that, compared to her previous jobs in politics, “this is the most time off I’ve ever had in my life.”
Another thing I’ve noticed during my conversations with lawmakers about the jammed calendar is that Democrats’ moods seems to be a heck of a lot better than Republicans.
The Dems are in charge, and their bru-tal bill schedule of controversial gun-con-trol, education and elections legislation is leaving Republicans tired and frustrated.
“This is the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Rep. Carole Murray, R-Castle Rock, of Democrats’ efforts of non-stop legislative action. “There’s so many important bills being crammed through a single session. I just don’t get the point. I mean, it’s not very smart. It ends up (that) we’re not passing very good laws. It’s all about a particular party’s agenda, rather than the people’s work.”
Stephens shares in Murray’s angst.“I have never seen such an overreach,”
she said. “We’re talking wholesale chang-es. Not just one or two, we’re talking bill after bill (of 50- to 100-page legislation). It’s no wonder we’re exhausted.
“It’s really poor management of the calendar.”
Hand it to Stephens, though. Because she was honest when I asked her if her party would do the same thing, if the roles were reversed.
“You bet,” she said. “If we had all three chambers, I’d be undoing all this (stuff ). He who wins gets to decide the rules. Hav-ing been the majority leader, I get it.”
So, do Democrats believe that their work will be rewarded in 2014?
“You may not agree with everything we’re doing, but you can’t say we’re not doing anything,” Moreno said. “These are the types of policies and laws that the people of Colorado have been waiting for, for a long time.”
I fully expect that the remaining days of the session are going to be long and that there’s going to be more than a few times when I’ll want to pull a Homer and fi nd a tortoise to kick around.
But, I suppose this year’s session is just an example of democracy in action.
As Homer might say, “Lousy, stupid democracy.”
Vic Vela is the legislative reporter for Colorado Community Media. He can be reached at [email protected]. Also, follow Vic’s legislative updates on Twitter: @VicVela1.
JEFFCO NEWS IN A HURRY
Property revaluations comingNotices of Valuation for 2013 will be
sent to all Jeffco property owners on May 1, 2013. The values in the 2013 notice will reflect the value of property as of June 30, 2012, as required by state law.
“Countywide, the median value of an existing single family home increased from $246,220 in 2011 to $247,015 in 2013.
The median percentage value increase for single family homes in the county was 0.3 percent,” Jefferson County Assessor Jim Everson said.
Property owners who disagree with the values of the May 1 notice may ap-peal the with the assessor’s office on or before June 1.
Light rail openingRTD’s FasTracks W Rail, the west line
that runs from Union Station to the Jefferson County government complex, will officially open after a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, April 26.
To commemorate the opening, the county is partnering with the city of Golden and RTD to host a party for the public on Saturday, April 27.
The light rail will be free to riders all day on April 27 and the stations along the new west line will be hosting parties for the community.
The Jeffco/Golden station will have food vendors, music, family activities, a petting zoo, adoptable pets, Open Space hiking/trail information and much more from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
State representatives open houseOn Saturday, April 27, state Rep. Sue
Schafer (D-District 24) and Sen. Cheri
Jahn (D-District 20) will participate in an open house discussion about paying for K-12 education.
The open house will be located at the Wheat Ridge City Hall, 750 West 29th Ave. Other speakers include Will Gohl, a school policy analyst, and Sara Gagliardi, Jeffco Cares Board Member.
New library board electedThe Jefferson County Public Library
Board of Trustees today announced the election of new officers.
They are chair, Ray Elliott; vice chair Brian DeLaet; and secretary Julia Hill-Nichols.
New officers were elected at the March 21 meeting and will serve from March 2013 to April 2014.
Also, in April, the county commis-sioners confirmed the reappointment of
existing trustees Brian DeLaet, Buddy Douglass, and Ray Elliott, who will continue to serve as trustees through March 2016.
Ballot security discussionPam Anderson, Jefferson County
clerk and recorder, will address the Jefferson County League of Women Voters at its annual meeting on Tues-day, April 30, at the Lakewood Country Club, 6800 W. 10th Ave., Lakewood.
The discussion will center on the election process and ballot security. The business meeting starts at 10:30 a.m. fol-lowed by lunch at 12:30 p.m.
The Clerk and Recorder’s talk is free. The lunch costs $25.
To RSVP for the luncheon please con-tact the Jeffco LWV office at 303-238-0032 or www.lwvjeffco.org.
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Arbor/Earth Day celebrated in the city By Ashley Reimers [email protected]
Fourth- and fi fth-grad-ers at Witt Elementary School in Westminster cele-brated Earth Day and Arbor Day early with a lesson on nature from city staff.
On April 18, Westminster forestry and open space crew members taught stu-dents the importance of both holidays, and also gave students the opportunity to take the lesson home with them by providing seed-lings to the students.
“We do this every year. We go to different schools to talk about Earth Day and Arbor Day,” said John Kasza, city forester. “It’s a lot of fun to teach the kids about the benefi ts of trees.”
Normally the program includes an outdoor tree-planting activity, but due to a snowstorm earlier in the week plans changed.
Instead, students were shown how to plant seed-lings indoors in the school library.
Students were also given a brief history of Earth Day and Arbor Day, as well as tips to keep the environ-ment clean and healthy. Patti Wright, city volunteer
coordinator, expressed the importance of recycling.
“You are all important and can help keep the en-vironment and save energy by recycling and reusing things,” she said.
For years the city of Westminster had celebrat-ed Earth Day and Arbor Day.
At the April 8 council meeting, Mayor Nancy Mc-Nally declared April 20 as Earth Day and Arbor Day in the city.
The city was also pre-sented with the Tree City USA award during the meeting for the 28th con-secutive year.
Kasza said in order for the city to earn the award, the city must have a pro-fessional staff designated to forestry, must have a city Arbor Day celebration, have a tree care ordinance and budget at least $2 per capita towards tree care.
Maintaining the trees in the city is no small feat. Kasza, who’s worked in the forestry department for 25 years, said the city owns 14,000 trees that his crew maintains. Those trees are in parks, open spaces, road medians and around city hall.
“We estimate in total there are around 460,000
trees in the entire city,” he said. “We estimate the benefi ts of those trees to be around $23.4 million in both environmental ben-efi ts and property value benefi ts.”
The city also hosted an Earth/Arbor Day open
house April 20 at City Park Recreation Center. There, residents received free trees and lots of information on “living green.” The forestry crew distributed free tree seedlings, mulch and tree-care advice and informa-tion.
Westminster city forestry crew member Matt Moritz demonstrates how to plant a tree for Witt Elementary fourth and � fth graders. Forestry crew members presented information to students about Earth Day and Arbor Day on April 18 in the school library. Photo by Ashley Reimers
ARBOR DAY FACTSArbor Day was started by J. Sterling Morton after mov-ing from Detroit to what was then Nebraska Territory, later named Nebraska City.
Morton was a journalist who advocated for tree plant-ing in editorials and articles.
Arbor Day was � rst o� cially observed April 10, 1874 where 1 million trees were planted in Nebraska.
Morton’s birthday, April 22, was � rst selected as the date for Arbor Day. Today the most common date of observance is the last Friday in April.
EARTH DAY FACTS:
The � rst Earth Day celebration was April 22, 1970.
Earth Day was founded by Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. sena-tor from Wisconsin.
Nelson was inspired by Vietnam anti-war movement at the time after realizing he could use that energy toward public consciousness about air and water pollution.
This year more than one billion people around the world took part in the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day.
— Information from www.arborday.org
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WWhat it’s like being a mom New show presents a comedic look at motherhood By Ashley Reimers [email protected]
Sara Alan, Garrett Faillaci, Renee Harp-er and Susan Knudten are just four good friends sharing their mothering experi-ences with each other, but doing so in a fun, comedic way for all of their fellow moms in the community.
These women are creators of The Mom (me) Show, a comedic take on motherhood and all that comes with it.
The show is now playing at the Madcap Theater in Westminster throughout the month of May, just in time for Mother’s Day, which is Sunday, May 12.
“We all worked together more than a decade ago performing improv, and devel-oped lasting friendships,” Harper said. “As we became mothers over the years, our get-togethers evolved into seeking reassurance or advice, and swapping funny parenting stories. We made each other laugh so much that we realized there was easily enough material for a show. So we started writing.”
The Mommy (me) Show is a joyful ex-pression of motherhood through sketches, original songs, improvised scenes, videos and monologues written and performed by the creators.
Over the years the four women have per-formed more than 7,000 comedy shows in the Denver/Boulder Area.
Because of the friendships, Faillaci said it’s easy to work together because everyone is honest and supportive of one another.
“We just have so much fun together and really enjoy what we’re doing,” she said. “And we hope when people leave, they feel
good and had a fun time.”Although the show is about mother-
hood, Knudten said it’s appropriate for everyone, men, women without children and even kids ages 10 and up. She said it’s a clean show, focused on the funny things about being a mom.
“You didn’t have to be a bridesmaid to enjoy Bridesmaids,” Knudten said. “We’ve put together a ‘clean’ show that can be en-joyed by anyone. It just might hit a little closer to home for the moms in the audi-ence.”
The Mommy (me) Show runs 3 p.m. ev-ery Sunday in May at the Madcap Theater, 10679 Westminster Blvd.
There is one last evening show at 7 p.m. on April 28.
Tickets are $22 and can be purchased at www.mommeshow.com. Reservations are recommended.
From left, Sara Alan, Renee Harper, Garrett Faillaci and Susan Knudten perform one of the many comical songs during a performance of their show, The Mom (me) Show at the Madcap Theater in Westminster. The show focuses on the ups and downs of motherhood in a comedic way. The show is running every Sunday in April and May at the theater. Photo by Ashley Reimers
‘We just have so much fun together and really enjoy what we’re doing.
And we hope when people leave, they feel
good and had a fun time.’Garrett Faillaci
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Libraries provide lifelong learning By Ashley [email protected]
Vicky Sisto can remem-ber the very first Westmin-ster library computer.
It was more than 20 years ago and an Apple computer would replace the tradi-tional paper card catalogue system.
“I remember not know-ing anything about com-puters, and I had no idea how to use it,” said the 35-year Westminster library employee. “I remember I learned how to use the mouse by playing solitaire.”
Sisto, youth services coordinator for the West-minster libraries, said tech-nology is by far the biggest change she’s seen during her career.
When that first com-puter came, she out of her comfort zone, but hours of hard work on the paper card catalog went down the drain.
“I spent hours filling that catalog with cards, making sure to follow all of the filing rules to make everything perfect,” she said. “But when we got the computer they told me I could get rid of all of these cards. I still remember seeing the cards dumped out, and all out of order. The memory still pains me to this day.”
After computers came along, so did using Internet — followed by e-books — and the change was a wel-come one.
Sisto said now it’s so much easier to organize and track items in the library.
The arrival of the Inter-net and computers also brought more people and a new energy.
Kate Skarbek, library ser-vices manager for the Col-lege Hill and Irving Street Libraries, said computers are not quiet with underly-ing sounds taking place in the background all the time.
These sounds helped people feel more comfort-able in the library and made the library a more inviting place, she said.
“People started interact-ing with each other, having business meetings at the
library,” she said. “We still have quiet zones at the li-brary, but we also offer so many programs for people.”
The programs at the Westminster libraries vary from job search training to knitting to gardening for adults and youth programs like pen and pencil club, the homework center and the popular story time.
One of the most sig-nificant programs is the summer reading program for youth. The program offers prizes for children who meet reading goals throughout the summer.
“This program is critical-ly important for the com-munity at large because it’s been found that children who don’t read for 20 min-utes a day over summer lose math, science and readings skills,” Skarbek said.
“These children aren’t just staying where they are, they are losing two to three months of education.”
Not only does a library help children with read-ing and educational skills, it provides the community a resource for information and entertainment.
Patrons can walk into a library and no matter what their interest, can find something, whether it’s a book, music or program, Skarbek said.
“People who haven’t been in a library in a long time, I invite them back to try us again,” she said. “Come see what’s changed. We have materials, resourc-es, programs and classes on so many things.”
National Library week was April 14-20.
Westminster libraries celebrated with a special program of Amazing Ani-mals of Australia on April 13 at the Irving Street Library and April 20 at the College Hill Library.
The program was an op-portunity for families to see and learn about creatures from Australia while check-ing out what the libraries have to offer.
For more information on the Westminster libraries, visit www.ci.westminster.co.us and click on the Li-braries tab.
Safari Sally shows off a legless lizard to a group of children on April 13 at the Irving Street Library in Westminster. Photo by Ashley Reimers
Police examine possible pipe bomb materialsBy Ashley [email protected]
Six apartment buildings were evacuated Friday after Westminster police investi-gated a report of pipe bomb in an apartment building located at 8290 Federal Blvd. in Westminster, but authorities determined suspected items were not a bomb.
The Adams County Sher-iff’s Department was noti-fied at about 8 a.m.
Metz Elementary and Ranum Middle School were placed on lockout due to their proximity to the apart-
ment building.A robot was used to de-
termine if the suspected items were in fact a pipe bomb.
“The bomb squad de-termined the items in the apartment were not a bomb,” said Westminster investigator Trevor Mater-asso.
Materasso said cer-tain items found may not be illegal, but police are concerned due to the indi-vidual’s criminal history in-volving explosives. A person was detained.
An investigation is ongo-ing and police will release a name and photograph if charges are filed.
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opinions / yours and ours
”I think they give too much. They’re not just giving us information, but they’re giving terrorists information. Everything you see goes up online and can be seen by anyone.”
— Kam Halcomb, Arvada
”There is too much because there are things that need to be kept secret and not let out for safety.” — Patty Petrozelli, Arvada
”As a society, we demand more informa-tion, and because we demand more, people are put in harm’s way. I think we’ve lost sight of the No. 1 purpose of government and that’s to protect people, even
in secrecy.” — Karen Levine, Arvada
”I do think the govern-ment has things they have to keep secret for the safety of our military and CIA and things like that. You have to still trust the government to be wise with the citizens’
interest at heart with what they keep secret and what they release.” — Robin Alexander, Arvada
Does government provide enough info on terrorism?
The United States and its allies have been fighting the War on Terror since 2001 fol-lowing the attacks on Sept. 11. The ongoing battle has been fought both on foreign and domestic soil. We asked local residents at Steamers Coffeehouse, 13771 W. 85th Drive in Arvada, if they think the information released by the government is beneficial.
question of the week
Keep jobs at home, keep businesses at easeThe Keep Jobs in Colorado Act appears
to have considerable support as it passed the House Monday at the Statehouse.
We appreciate suggested improve-ments touted by the act, House Bill 1292, co-sponsored by state Sen. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood, but give pause to some of its measures long-term.
We agree with Kerr that changes are needed in penalties for companies that do not meet a threshold of requiring 80 percent of all taxpayer-backed state project labor be conducted by Colorado workers.
Kerr noted the 80 percent requirement has been on the books since 1933 but a jail penalty for non-complying company owners has not been enforced.
We agree virtually every law should have teeth, so it makes sense to amend the law by replacing jail time with civil fees for violations and retooling the com-pliance process.
The Keep Jobs in Colorado Act also aims to:
• Clamp down on outsourcing of jobs overseas in state contracts with beefed up disclosures on state contractors who use second-party vendors;
• Provide stricter enforcement of out-of-state bid preferences to make sure Colorado companies have all legal advantages available;
• Expand the so-called “best value” metrics related to in-state employment and domestically produced materials for contracts that are not co-mingled with federal funds;
• Create a central tracking system for
state projects — in practice tracking the most costly materials in public works projects, such as items made from iron, steel and related manufactured goods.
In light of these values, we recognize the arguments of some Republicans and others that it can be a difficult process ensuring that projects involve Colorado-based materials.
In one of our stories earlier this month, Rep. Ray Scott, R-Grand Junction, stated flatly there is “no way in this free market system that everyone is going to be truthful.”
Sad but true.Further we acknowledge it is highly
problematic for contractors to know and document the sources of all materials. As for tracking payroll, that is not as much of a challenge, but more paperwork means increasing staff time and cost for contractors.
Overall, the act’s key measures can in
some ways strengthen the state in the current challenging economic climate. The measures match the times, although it’s surely dicey work because making laws to regulate business — whether it’s incentives or tariffs or common taxes, and so on — will always be complicated and questionable to free market purists.
For now, we support the general ideas, but long-term, we harbor reserva-tions because the effort to stay local and secure jobs works against the pressing global marketplace and its competitive realities of comparative advantage — when one country can produce products or provide labor more efficiently than another.
Given that the state employment rate decreased from about 8.2 percent a year ago to 7.1 percent last month, we’d like to see Colorado in a trend to entertain fewer laws that mean increased government protocols and processes for business.
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Senior rights, storage pay off“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop
to drink.”Remember “The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner” poem? Well, thankfully, we don’t have to be worried about our water supply for this summer in Westminster.
Last week, Westminster City Council concurred with staff’s recommendation to implement voluntary watering restrictions.
This means the city is asking residents to limit outdoor watering to two days a week between the hours of 7 p.m. and 10 a.m. And we are not to start watering until May 1.
Prudent to waitYou may have previously read or heard
that other area public water providers had already announced their restrictions ear-lier this year. Denver, Aurora, Thornton, Ar-vada and Broomfield have already imposed mandatory water consumption measures. Westminster was prudent to wait until the middle of April to have a better handle on the snowpack and water forecasts.
March and April are our two wettest months and produce the most snowfall. Thus, these two months have an important impact on the level of snowmelt which public water providers can count on.
As of April 15, when the city council dis-cussed this year’s water picture, snowpack levels were better than a year ago — Ber-thoud Summit Snotel station at 84 percent of average versus 58 percent last year, and 81 percent of average at Loveland Snotel station versus 70 percent in 2012. And these figures do not include the recent wet snowstorms we have “enjoyed” in April.
Voluntary Plan ProduceS SaVingSThe voluntary water restrictions assume
a savings of 2,300 acre feet if it is a hot summer. It is enough water to serve 4,600 single family homes for a year.
This amount of savings without any penalties to the two days a week watering plan may be a little optimistic, but regard-less the city has a safe margin of water.
In fact, the city plans to lease 500 acre
feet of water to farmers, which is still decreed for agricultural use along with 200 acre feet to Hyland Hills for golf course irrigation.
Westminster has a strong water rights portfolio of senior water rights in the Clear Creek Basin and a reasonable amount of raw water storage in Standley Lake. These two key factors and a strong water conservation mentality serve the com-munity quite well. It is commendable that Westminster’s per capita water usage is 90 percent of the 2001 water consumption.
conSerVation doeS workAs part of the water conservation pic-
ture in Westminster, it is important to point out the early implementation of a “water conservation rate structure.”
In the mid-1970s, Westminster aban-doned the norm in water rate structures and imposed a tiered pricing structure whereby the more you used the higher the unit price became. This took away the previous practice used by all public water suppliers of rewarding users to waste water and not be diligent in their water “habits.”
The inverted rate structure, which is still in effect today, saved 15 percent in water consumption right from the start. This “out of the box” policy thinking has helped keep water consumption down per household and has reduced the amount of water rights that Westminster would have needed to acquire. Conservation does work!
Bill Christopher is former city manager of Westminster and represented District J on the RTD board of directors.
Frayed emotions following Boston I don’t know about you and your
emotions during the Boston Mara-thon melee, but my nerves are about shot.
It seems like there’s bad things happening so frequently that it’s hard to digest any of them.
But of course the Boston Marathon frightful episode really rocked me to the core. It went from a happy event to the worst nightmare and every emotion in between.
For the life of me I just can’t get my arms around this senseless event.
Seems surrealEven now, after the second kid
(19 years old is still a kid in my book) has been captured and hospitalized the whole thing seems surreal, a bad dream or nightmare that will soon be out of our head.
But this one won’t fade away, it will keep us on edge for the unforeseeable future.
How can anyone with even a twinge of conscience think of doing
such a terrible thing to innocent fellow citizens in the marathon and then keep law enforcement and other bystanders in his line of fi re?
What an endingAnd to think of that younger broth-
er running over his cornered older brother to get away. And to have it all end (or is it just beginning?) in a boat parked in the backyard of a home that was supposedly searched. Even then this kid just kept fi ring at the police as his blood was trickling out on the fl oor of the boat.
The man who lifted that boat tarp
and saw this bloodied person did the right thing, calling 911 and getting out of the line of fi re.
What next?Now what? Let’s assume his inju-
ries are not fatal and that he will start to cooperate in telling the authorities just how this all came about. And meantime you and I can only try to absorb and then be vigilant but not fearful in going about the world we know and love.
Let’s pray for guidance and peace and let justice begin our healing process.
Stay well, stay involved and stay tuned.
Vi June is past Democratic state repre-sentative for House District 35. She is a former mayor of Westminster and a former newspaper publisher. A West-minster resident for more than four decades, she and her husband, Bob, have fi ve grown children and eight grandchildren.
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Keep jobs at home, keep businesses at ease some ways strengthen the state in the current challenging economic climate. The measures match the times, although it’s surely dicey work because making laws to regulate business — whether it’s incentives or tariffs or common taxes, and so on — will always be complicated and questionable to free market purists.
For now, we support the general ideas, but long-term, we harbor reserva-tions because the effort to stay local and secure jobs works against the pressing global marketplace and its competitive realities of comparative advantage — when one country can produce products or provide labor more efficiently than another.
Given that the state employment rate decreased from about 8.2 percent a year ago to 7.1 percent last month, we’d like to see Colorado in a trend to entertain fewer laws that mean increased government protocols and processes for business.
Senior rights, storage pay o�
feet of water to farmers, which is still decreed for agricultural use along with 200 acre feet to Hyland Hills for golf course irrigation.
Westminster has a strong water rights portfolio of senior water rights in the Clear Creek Basin and a reasonable amount of raw water storage in Standley Lake. These two key factors and a strong water conservation mentality serve the com-munity quite well. It is commendable that Westminster’s per capita water usage is 90 percent of the 2001 water consumption.
CONSERVATION DOES WORKAs part of the water conservation pic-
ture in Westminster, it is important to point out the early implementation of a “water conservation rate structure.”
In the mid-1970s, Westminster aban-doned the norm in water rate structures and imposed a tiered pricing structure whereby the more you used the higher the unit price became. This took away the previous practice used by all public water suppliers of rewarding users to waste water and not be diligent in their water “habits.”
The inverted rate structure, which is still in effect today, saved 15 percent in water consumption right from the start. This “out of the box” policy thinking has helped keep water consumption down per household and has reduced the amount of water rights that Westminster would have needed to acquire. Conservation does work!
Bill Christopher is former city manager of Westminster and represented District J on the RTD board of directors.
Look for best ideas over right, wrong One of the things that drives me
crazy about our current political en-vironment is the idea that if one guy is right, then the other guy has to be wrong, and vice versa.
Political battles are no longer opportunities to take the good out of both ideas and enact them, but, rather, a “baby-or-the-bathwater” approach in which one side wins 100 percent, and the other side loses 100 percent.
This was oddly evident last week-end on the editorial pages of the Denver Post.
Jefferson County Schools Superin-tendent Cindy Stevenson co-authored an editorial in favor of Sen. Mike Johnston’s, D-Denver, school fund-ing bill (SB 213), while right next to it the founder of “End the Education Plantation,” John Conlin of Littleton, penned an editorial against it.
One side yes, one side no, very little gray area.
The problem is both arguments have merit, which the other side is loath to acknowledge. “No” points out that the state spends more than $10,000 per student currently — about the price of a good private education — and that SB 213 would increase that funding to nearly $12,000 without changing the design of the system.
“Yes,” on the other hand, points
out that Colorado schools have had funding cut by $1.1 billion in the last four years, that the recent Lobato rul-ing held that Colorado school funding is “irrational, arbitrary, and severely underfunded,” and that, in spite of those cuts, the state has undertaken some pretty ambitious reforms.
Or why not come from the view that public schools should be just as effective as private schools, but that it’s going to cost some money to make it happen.
What if we did this: Start with Sen. Michael Johnston’s, D-Denver, $100 million “Innovation Fund,” and take two years with that money to start to fi gure out what new ideas make the most difference — then use them and fund them?
I’d even start with a few thousand spent studying Twin Peaks Charter School and D’Evelyn Jr./Sr. High School — both identifi ed as top schools in the country by national publications — and identify what
those schools do best, and how those ideas can be spread to every school in the state.
Study the best schools in the coun-try that serve at-risk populations, and steal their ideas. Study the best early-education programs in the world, and steal their ideas.
Don’t just fund the system — fund the smartest system.
Making every school in this state a “high performing” school may cost $1 billion, and we should commit to that price tag up front, should it be necessary.
But we should also be open to the idea that it might not cost $1 billion, or that what it really requires is more commitment from families and com-munities, not wallets.
I’m happy to commit to a billion-dollar tax hike if I have confi dence that every school and every child will be educated at a higher level.
But that confi dence is only going to come at the other end of a win-win process, not at the other end of what’s shaping up to be a typical, partisan political fi ght.
Michael Alcorn is a music teacher and fi tness instructor who lives in Ar-vada with his wife and three children. He graduated from Alameda High School and the University of Colorado-Boulder.
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Seniors must have a lim-ited income and be finan-cially unable to hire a house painter. The home can’t be taller than one and a half stories and must be in need of painting. Applications must be received by May 31.
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Westminster implements voluntary water restrictions
The City of Westmin-ster depends heavily on mountain snow runoff for a majority of its water supply. Recent spring snowstorms have improved the current water supply, however, a very hot and dry 2012 re-sulted in lower than average water storage in Standley Lake, which has prompted the city to implement voluntary water restrictions beginning May 1, to ensure and extend water supplies.
Westminster water custom-ers are requested to follow a two-day-a-week watering schedule with no watering between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. These voluntary restrictions will save water, increasing Westminster’s water availability should a drought occur in future years. Westminster will continue to monitor condi-tions and respond as needed should conditions change. The following watering schedule is recommended:
Single family and duplex homes with even numbered addresses: Sundays and Thursdays
Single family and duplex homes with odd numbered addresses: Saturdays and Wednesdays
All others including multifamily and commercial customers: Tuesday and Fridays
Concrete and street work begins
The replacement of curbs, gutters and sidewalks at various locations through-out the city is tentatively scheduled to begin the week of April 29, weather permit-ting. The work is a result of utilities waterline replace-ments and service repairs that took place over the winter. Work will be con-ducted by Keene Concrete Inc. Once utility locations have been complete, work will begin on streets that are slated for resurfacing as part of the 2013 Street Reha-bilitation Project. Arterial and collector streets will be completed before moving into the residential areas. For a list of locations, visit www.ci.westminster.co.us.
City donates playground equipmentBy Ashley [email protected]
It was a team effort as Westminster city staff worked together in the snow on April 16 to remove the old park equipment at the Jessica Ridgeway Me-morial Park.
And instead of the equip-ment going into the landfill, the city is donating it to Kids Around the World, an orga-nization that refurbishes playgrounds to be used in countries overseas.
Don Tripp, Westminster Parks, Recreation and Li-braries director, said in the United States there are now park equipment standards that have to be met when installing new playgrounds, but those same standards don’t apply to many coun-tries outside of the country.
“What’s happened in this country is that certain elements have to be fol-lowed when installing new equipment. So even if we took the equipment down, repainted and made im-provements we would not be able to continue to use it,” he said. “So it’s great that the equipment is going to a place where it can be used.”
Currently the park is be-ing redesigned in memory of Jessica Ridgeway, the 10-year-old girl from West-minster who was abducted and killed last October.
The park, at 10765 Moore St., has already been renamed the Jessica Ridge-way Memorial Park. The park’s design is meant to celebrate Jessica’s life and
will feature equipment that Jessica liked and will have a purple theme, which was her favorite color, Tripp said.
According to a statement from the Ridgeway family, the family is “excited and proud of the city of West-minster’s fundraising for the Jessica Ridgeway Me-morial Park.
Jessica would want the park to be a place that em-braces the fun and joy she had playing there with her scooter, dog and friends. It will be a place for families to gather and enjoy for years.”
“When you build a park, the features are good for at least 50 years so there is already a long-term invest-ment and symbol of this period of history and the community support for the Ridgeway family,” Tripp said.
“We all remember Jes-sica and now there’s not go-ing to be a way to ever for-get her spirit because it will be right here embedded in this neighborhood and this park.
The total cost of the project is $538,000. Tripp said an additional $25,000 to $50,000 is still needed. He said over the past few months the community had been extraordinarily gener-ous with large and small donations and he hopes the donations will continue un-til the amount is met.
“If it hadn’t been for the support of the overall re-gion, we wouldn’t not have been able to get this far,” he said.
Tripp said half of the
project has already been contracted out and con-tracts for the other half will be awarded in May.
Construction on the new park is set to begin this summer, with an anticipat-ed completion date of mid-
September.For information about
the redesign or to contrib-ute to the fundraising ef-forts, visit the Westminster Legacy Foundation website at www.westminsterlegacy-foundation.org.
Westminster city staff disassembles a park bridge railing at Jessica Ridgway Memorial Park on April 16. The city is donating all of the old park equipment to Kids Around the World, which takes playground equipment and refurbishes it for use overseas. This summer new playground equipment will be installed in memory of Jessica Ridgeway, the 10-year-old girl from Westminster who was abducted and killed last October. Photo by Ashley Reimers
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We’re inspired by classic Colorado architecture and passionate about cra smanship. Yet we geek out on the latest technology and sustainable building techniques. The thicker walls in our New Town Builders’ high performance homes allow for 60% more money-saving insula on than in a conven onal home, and our roof is 6 inches higher than a typical home, so we can get 2 ½ mes MORE insula on in the a c. This reduces heatloss, and more importantly, reduces your energy bill! Talk to us about building your (surprisingly affordable) energy-efficient new home.
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Where were you born?In Bronxville, NY
How long have you lived in the area?I’ve lived in Colorado since 1968 when I attended and
Graduated from Univ. of Colorado with a BA in Sociol-ogy. Broomfield from ‘74-2009 and Erie from 2009-Pres-ent
What do you like most about it?
I love the area for the weather, outdoor activi-ties, and friend-ly people
How long have you worked in Real Estate?
10 years
What is your specialty and what does that mean for the people you work with?
I specialize in first time home buyers, move up buy-ers, and seniors as well as helping people get their homes ready to sell and making it happen!
What is the most challenging part of what you do?The most challenging part of my job right now is to
find a good value home for my buyers and help them through the sometimes difficult process and make it run smoothly.
What do you most enjoy doing when you’re not working?
I love to dance at all the malls dur-ing the summer months, garden, cook and go to ga-rage sales
What is one tip you have for someone looking to sell a house?
Clean and de-clutter your home and please call a Real-tor to walk through it to help with suggestions prior to putting it on the market
What is one tip you have for someone looking to buy a house?
It’s hard to pick one, but I’d have to say, be clear about the area you want and the monthly payment you’re com-fortable with.
What is the most unusual thing you’ve encountered while working in Real Estate?
I’d have to say being attacked by a pit bull that was in the basement bathroom and never barked until I opened the door and saw his block head trying to bite me...
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I love to dance at all the malls dur-ing the summer months, garden, cook and go to ga-rage sales
What is the most unusual thing you’ve encountered while working in Real Estate?
I’d have to say being attacked by a pit bull that was in the basement bathroom and never barked until I opened the door and saw his block head trying to bite me...
Left to right: L to R: Betsy, Darlene Franklin (Lender), Bill & Diane Guy (Buyers) at a recent closing; Betsy at a Tommy Castro Concert in Boulder Westminster city sta� disassembles a park bridge railing at Jessica Ridgway
Memorial Park on April 16. The city is donating all of the old park equipment to Kids Around the World, which takes playground equipment and refurbishes it for use overseas. This summer new playground equipment will be installed in memory of Jessica Ridgeway, the 10-year-old girl from Westminster who was abducted and killed last October. Photo by Ashley Reimers
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most expensive purchase a person is likely to make in his or her lifetime. It also can be one of the more stressful. The Employee Relocation Council states that moving is the third most stressful event in life, following death and di-vorce. But a well-timed move can reduce stress and save money.
Moving during certain times of the year can result in considerable savings. Mov-ing during the summer, when children are out of school and the weather is nice, can make a move more manageable. Keep in mind that because late spring and summer are the peak moving seasons, they also tend to be more ex-pensive. Many moving com-panies and truck rental agen-cies will charge a premium if you use their services during the summer. Furthermore, crews may change in the sum-mer when students on vaca-tion could fill in for regular, more experienced movers.
High prices are not only reserved for those who buy a new house during the spring and summer. Renters may find spring and summer is also the peak season for rent-als. Many apartment manag-ers can attest that the dates between June 2 and August 30 are quite busy in terms of apartment turnover. Col-lege students are more likely to move as soon as the aca-demic year ends, and many landlords plan leases to ex-pire in the summer months to ensure that re-renting places will be easier thanks to a flooded apartment market. According to Apartment Wiz, a Houston-based apartment locating service, although there might be greater apart-ment availability during the warm-weather months, it also means greater competition between prospective tenants. That greater competition can drive up prices.
But apartments are harder to fill in the fall or at the on-set of winter. That’s because
many people do not want the hassle of moving once school has started or the weather has chilled. Landlords who are stuck paying utilities and advertising fees for vacant apartments are far more likely to negotiate rent prices, lease terms and even security de-posits during the winter in an effort to fill the apartment quickly.
People sitting with homes on the market are also more likely to negotiate during cooler months when foot traf-fic has fizzled out. That can make shopping for a home in the fall advantageous to home buyers.
Here are some other tips to reduce stress and save money when moving into a new home or apartment.
• Move mid-week. Week-ends are a prime time for truck rentals and moving companies. Pick a Tuesday or a Wednesday to move, and you’re much more likely to find an available moving ser-vice (even during peak mov-
ing months); you may even be able to negotiate a lower rate.
• Pick a mid-month mov-ing date. Many people move at the beginning of the month when leases are up or after mortgage payments are made. Fewer people move in the middle of the month, so you might find more affordable moving deals if you can wait a few extra weeks.
• Schedule a fall or winter move. The American Moving and Storage Association says half of all moves occur during one-third of the year -- be-tween the beginning of May and Labor Day. Beat the rush by moving outside of these dates.
• Get an early start. Many people underestimate the amount of time it takes to ac-tually move their belongings. Try to schedule a moving company to come very early in the morning to give you ample time to pack up the truck and unpack at your new home. ■
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Don’t miss it! 10-Family Yard Sale!Lots of children’s clothes, toys,furniture, tools, and much more.
April 26th & 27th8:00 am – 3:00 pm
10900 thru 11015 Bellbrook CircleHighlands Ranch
Garage Sale at12033 West 71st Avenue, Arvada
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Huge Pre-Moving SaleSaturday, April 27, 9 am @ 4 pm2100 E. 114th Place, Northglenn,Backyard deck and patio House-hold goods, dishes, cookware,small appliances, home interiors,hand tools, power tools, gardentools, soda-shop chairs, patio &home furniture, lamps, books,games, 50 years of misc. treasures.South on Claude Court from 120th
Moving Sale.Misc. house and yard items,
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19758 Centerville CourtParker- Country MeadowsFurniture, tables, bench,
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parents to provide temporary carefor troubled teens ages 12-18.Training, 24 hour support and$1900/month provided. Must
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vehicle background check.Call Michelle 303-225-4073
or visit saviohouse.org.
GlenmoorCounty Club
*Golf Operation Positions*Retail/Shop Attendants
*Ranger/Player AssistantsGreat work environment
For more information visitGlenmoorcc.org
Applications to Faye [email protected]
Help Wanted
Heavy EquipmentMine MechanicHarrison Western Construction aleader in underground mining con-struction for over forty years, hasan openings for a ExperiencedShop Mechanic, in Lakewood, CO
Experience with mining equipmentpreferred, must be able to repairdiesel equipment, hydraulics, pneu-matics pumps, cylinders, able toweld. Maintain detailed, accurateand complete maintenance logs.
Applicants must be able to pass apre-placement drug screen andphysical.
Please email resume toHYPERLINK"mailto:[email protected]"[email protected] or fax to303-237-9868.
HELP WANTEDTown Administrator/Town
Clerk PositionFull time with benefits
Town of Columbine Valley(SW Littleton Area)
Complete job descriptionavailable at:
www.columbinevalley.orgSend resumes to:
Email:boardoftrustees@columbinevalley.
orgMail: Town of Columbine Valley
2 Middlefield RoadColumbine Valley, CO 80123
c/o Richard Champion, TrusteeFax to: 303-795-7325
Help Wanted
House CleanersP/T, F/T. 25-35 hrs p/week
M-F No weekendsPay up to $13 p/hr w/tips
Paid travel time & mileage.A performance based monthlyaward program allows you to
earn up an additional 7% of yourmonthly income.
PERFECTLY CLEAN720-420-9335
IT Global Lead Systems Analyst -Supply Chain for Newmont
International Services Limited(Englewood, CO) Provide tacticalleadership & expert guidance, inthe process of defining, implmtg &sustaining optimal solutions forglobal ERP functional dvlpmt &support, w/respect to Supply Chain
Mgmt business discipline & processes. Reqs: Master's* inComp Sci, Engg, Geography or rltd
analytic field. 3 yrs exp as a SAPTeam Lead, Business SystemsAnalyst or rltd IT occupation. PostBachelor's exp is reqd (5 yrsw/Bachelors or 3 yrs w/Masters) &must incl: managing SAP's SupplyChain Mgmt product suite; w/int'limplmtns & materials mgmt; in SAPfunctional mgmt or support teamexp; SAP business solutions &
associated applics; global SAP support models & deploymentmethodologies; dvlpmt of
functional/technical architecture,d/bases, infrastructure for effectiveuse of global SAP utilities &
reporting tools. Any suitable comboof edu, exp or training is
acceptable. *Employer will accept aBachelor's & 5 yrs. exp. in lieu of aMaster's & 3 yrs. exp. Apply onlineat: http://www.newmont.com & referjob #130298.
Lakewood Country Club is accepting seasonal ground
staff applications.If you love the outdoors, early
mornings and exercise call303-327-1349
LEGITIMATE WORKAT HOME
No Sales, no Investment, No Risk,Free training, Free website. Con-tact Susan at 303-646-4171 or fillout form at www.wisechoice4u.com
Part TimeSnack Bar Position
Weekend Evening Schedule plusfill-ins and extra coverage needs
Contact Rita or Ana atThe Bingo Company
(303) 467-09869:00 am to 12:00 Noon
Part-Time may work into a fulltime position as a Housekkeeperwho loves dogs and is able to walk2 dogs. Dependable multi-taskedhousework and good cook lightproperty maintenance. Referencesrequired and background check.Email [email protected] fax 303-220-5384
Personal Care WorkersArgus is hiring compassionate
caregivers to provide assistancewith daily living activities.
Work your own neighborhood.Flexible hours.
Personally satisfying.303-322-4100
www.ArgusHomeHealthCare.com
Receptionistpart-time 24-30 hours per week,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, andsome Sat hours 8-5
Busy Pediatric office nearPark Meadows area.
Duties scheduling, phones, check-inand scanning
Fax 303-689-9628or email
RN's,LPN'scaring, compassionate,
reliable/dependable nurses needed.12 hr. P.T night shifts.
Fri, Sat or Sunin peaceful, loving home.
North Parker. Call 303-646-3020
ServiceMaster Clean hasBoth full time and part-time
janitorial openings throughoutSouth side of Denver
Please call 303-761-0122 toschedule an interview.
SUMMER WORK!!!GREAT PAY!!! FT/PT sched.
Cust. Sales/ServiceAll Ages 17+ / Cond. apply.
Littleton: 303-274-3608Arvada: 303-426-4755
Lakewood: 303-274-8824Aurora: 303-367-3422
Brighton: 303-659-4244Castle Rock: 303-660-1550
www.summerbreakwork.com
Western SummitConstructors, Inc. is seeking
Formwork Carpenters & Laborers,Concrete Finishers, Pipefitters, and
Millwrights (process equipmentinstallations) for large wastewater
project located in Denver area.Applications will be taken at9780 Pyramid Ct, Suite 100,
Englewood, CO 80112,from 8-5 M-F.
Send resumes [email protected]
or call (303)325-0325.WSCI is an EEO Employer.
Carpenter/Handyman:Semi retired but still ready to workfor you! 34 years own business.Prefer any small jobs. Rossi's:303-233-9581
Carpet & Draperies & MoreGreat Ideas For Your Home
Low to Moderate Cost Guaranteed30 Yrs In Design w/Referrals
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720.283.2155ReferencesAvailable
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Residential • CommercialMove Outs • New Construction
Ali’s Cleaning Services
Call Ali @ 720-300-6731
Residential and Commercial Cleaning• 15yrs experience• Detailed,Honest,Dependable
•WindowCleaning• Insured&Bonded•Great Customer Service
FURDOLL CLEANINGRESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL,EMERGENCY 24/7 HAULING &
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Just Details Cleaning ServiceWhen “OK”Just isn’t good enough
-Integrity & Quality Since 1984For more information visit: JustDetailsCleaningService.comCall Rudy303-549-7944 for free est.
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Acme Brick Co.Castle Rock plant, A national
Manufacturer of brick products has3 labor job opportunities.
Equal opportunity employer,in a drug free work place
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Cleaning
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Residential • CommercialMove Outs • New Construction
Ali’s Cleaning Services
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•WindowCleaning• Insured&Bonded•Great Customer Service
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COMMERCIAL CLEANING“Let us do the dirty work!”
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Concrete/Paving
All Phases of Flat Work by
T.M. CONCRETEDriveways, Sidewalks, PatiosTear-outs, colored & stampedconcrete. Quality work, Lic./Ins.Reasonable rates"Small Jobs OK!"303-514-7364
Commercial/Residential quality work at reasonable prices.
Registered & Insured in Colorado.
NavarroConcrete, Inc.
303-423-8175
25+ yrs. Experience Best Rates • ReferencesFree Estimates • 303-451-0312 or 303-915-1559
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• Residential & Commercial Flatwork• Driveways • Patios
• Walks • Garages• Foundations
• Colored & Stamped Concrete• Tearout/Replace
G & E Concrete
FBM Concrete LLC.Free Estimates
17 Years ExperienceLicensed & Insured
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All kinds of flat work.Let us do good work for you!
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J-Star ConcreteDriveways, Stamped &
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an affordableNu-Look Resurfacing.
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www.decksunlimited.com
720-635-0418Littleton
Denver’s PremierCustom Deck Builder
• Restore• Repair• Replace
• Wood• Composite• Since 1993
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Pergolas
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Drywall
A PATCH TO MATCHDry wall repair specialist. 30yrs.
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We Specialize in AllResidential Drywall Needs
Drywall Repair • RemodelsAdditions • Basements • Texture
Popcorn Ceilings replacedwith texture of choice
One Year Warranty On All Work
10% offlAboRWith AD
since 1989
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Sanders Drywall Inc.All phases to include
Acoustic scrape and re-textureRepairs to full basement finishes
Water damage repairsInterior paint, door & trim installs
30+ years experienceInsured
Free estimatesDarrell 303-915-0739
Electricians
Affordable Electrician20 yrs experience
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upgrades.No job too small. Senior disc.
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Call 303.424.3898• Troubleshooting Experts• Licensed & Insured Since “1976”• New, Repair, Replace• Military & Senior
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ELECTRICALSERVICE WORK
All types, licensed & insured.Honest expert service.
Free estimates.720-203-7385
Radiant LightingService **
Electrical Work All types. Honestand reliable, licensed & ins.
Free estimates.Craig (303)429-3326
Fence Services
BATUK FENCINGCedar, Chain-link Install& Repair. Quality Work
10 yrs. exp.Free Estimates.
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Cowboy Fencing is a full service fence & gate company installing fences in
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Fence Services
D & D FENCINGCommercial & Residential
All types of cedar, chain link, iron,and vinyl fences. Install and
repair. Serving all areas.Low Prices.
FREE Estimates.720-434-7822 or
303-296-0303
DISCOUNTFENCE CO
Quality Fencing at aDiscountPrice
Wood, Chain Link, Vinyl,Orna-iron, New Install
and Repairs.Owner Operated since 1989
Call Now & Compare!303-450-6604
Garage Doors
www.mikesgaragedoors.com(303) 646-4499
For all your garage door needs!
• Springs, Repairs • New Doors and Openers • Barn and Arena Doors • Locally-Owned & Operated• Tom Martino’s Referral List 10 Yrs • BBB Gold Star Member Since 2002
Handyman
•Baths •Kitchens •Tiling•Large & Small Jobs
A Home RepAiR&
RemodelingHAndymAn
303-425-0066303-431-0410
Bob’s Home RepairsAll types of repairs.
Reasonable rates 30yrs Exp.303-450-1172
AFFORDABLEHANDYMANAFFORDABLEHANDYMANCarpentry • Painting Tile • Drywall • Roof RepairsPlumbing • ElectricalKitchen • BasementsBath RemodelsProperty Building Maintenance
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No Service in Parker or Castle Rock
Ron Massa Office 303-642-3548Cell 720-363-5983
Handyman
HOME REPAIRS
INSIDE: *Bath *Kitchen's*Plumbing *Electrical, *Drywall
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Call Rick 720-285-0186
Hauling Service
" $Reasonable$"Rates On:
*Trash Cleanup: old furniture,mattresses, appliances, etc.
*Replacement of Decorative Rock*Hauling: trash, old sod, debris.
*Gutter cleaning.*Storm Damage Cleanup,
Servicing the Denver West andNorth areas
Mark 303.432.3503
HAULERSBronco
FREE ESTIMATESCall 720-218-2618
• Dependable • Affordable •• Prompt Service 7 days a week •
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"AFFORDABLEHAULING"You Call - I Haul
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Office - 303-642-3548Cell 720-363-5983
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• Home • Business • Junk & Debris• Furniture • Appliances
• Tree Limbs • Moving Trash • Carpet• Garage Clean Out
Call Bernie 303.347.2303
Free estimates7 days a Week
Instant Trash HaulingInstant Trash Haulingtrash hauling
Dirt, Rock, Concrete, Sod & Asphalt
Heavy HaulingAsphalt & Concrete •Dirt removal
& replacement • Grading •Excavating • Tractor •Trucking.
303-908-9384
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Trash & JunkRemoval
We take what your trash man won't.Branches, mattresses,
appliances, reasonable rates &prompt service 720-333-6832
Heating/ Air Conditioning
Call 303.503.9798
• New, Repair, Replace all makes & models
• Military & Senior - 10% Discount
• $89 $69 A.C. STARTUP - ‘til May1st!
One call does it all!
Heating • ElectricalAir Conditioning
All Makes
& Models
Family owned and serving Golden & Jefferson County since 1955. 24-Hour Service
Furnaces • Boilers • Water HeatersService • Repair • Replace
720.327.9214Commercial & Residential
10% Senior & Military DiscountAll Home Energy Audits
Home Improvement
House Cleaning
DEL’S HOUSEKEEPING
• Residential •• Dependable • Reliable •
• Bonded & Insured •
$20/hr.Del @ 303-548-5509
Gloria's Hands onCleaning
Reliable, 25 years in business,personal touch, spring cleaning.Weekly, bi-weekly, once a month
303-456-5861Servicing the Metro North and
Metro West areas
Landscaping/Nurseries
LANDSCAPE
• Complete Landscape Design & Construction • Retaining Walls, Paver & Natural Stone Patios• Clean-Ups & Plant Pruning• Tree & Stump Removal• New Plantings• Irrigation Systems and Repairs• Landscape Lighting
Licensed
www.arterralandscaping.comInsured720.436.6340
COLORADO REGISTERED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Landscaping/Nurseries
Olson Landscaping & Design
Get a jump on sprinG projects!New installs, yard make-overs, retaining walls, sod, sprinkler systems, flagstone, decorative rock. For all your landscape needs call Richard at 720-297-5470. Licensed, insured, Member BBB.
SHORTY'SLANDSCAPING"???Need Lawn
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Lawn/Garden Services
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Fertilizing,Power Raking,Yard Clean-up
and Sprinkler Work
Lawn/Garden Services
LAWN AERATIONSResidential HomesJust $30
Call Eric 303-424-0017
Alpine LandscapeManagement
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Trim Bushes & Sm. Trees, Sr. Disc.
720-329-9732
Aeration • Power Raking • Lawn MowingLawn Maintenance • Landscaping
Spring Clean-Up • Gutter clean-out.We are Licensed & Insured
is here to take care of your lawn & landscaping needs!
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Columbine Custom Contracting & Sprinkler Service
Tony 720-210-4304
• Sprinkler Start Ups $40• Aerations $40
• Fertilization $30• Power Rakes $60 & Up
• Fence Repair & Painting• Clean Up / Tree service
• Laminate/Hardwood Floors• Licensed Plumber
Lawn/Garden Services
SWEET’S LANDSCAPING& Lawn Maintenance
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Call Greg303-345-8532
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John | 303-922-2670Servicing Arvada, Wheatridge, Golden & Lakewood
• Lawn Maintenance•Aerating & Fertilizing,
•Power Raking • Landscape•Sod & Rock Work
• Res. & Comm. • Fully Insured.Offering Free Fall aerating &
fertilizing with a new mowing pkg.(mowing in select areas)
303-420-2880
Reasonable Rates:*Lawn Maint: Leaf Cleanup, Tree &
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Yard Cleanup, Aeration, Fertilizer, Shrub Trimming
Aeration & Fertilization Combo
$65LITTLE DOGSPECIAL
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$125BIG DOGSPECIAL
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Licensed and InsuredCall Us Today! 720-545-9222
STAIRLIFTS INSTALLEDwith a Warranty Starting at $1575
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All Makes and ModelsSmall engine repair also
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Lawn/Garden Services
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Yard Cleanup, Aeration, Fertilizer, Shrub Trimming
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Misc. Services
Licensed and InsuredCall Us Today! 720-545-9222
STAIRLIFTS INSTALLEDwith a Warranty Starting at $1575
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Motorcycle Repair
All Makes and ModelsSmall engine repair also
Spring is coming – Need your carbs cleaned?
Motorcycle/ATV Service & Repair
Fisher Cycle WorksCall Fish Fisher at:720-308-0425
Painting
Call Frank303.420.0669
Long lastingSpecialty Servicesinterior & exteriorOver 40 yrs. experienceReferences andguarantee available.
Commercial • Residential Apartments • Warehouse Deck • Fence Interior • Exterior Repairs • Remodels Only use top quality products Free Estimates
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303-467-3166
BB PAINTINGInterior and Exterior
Interior Spring Specials
Small jobs or largeCustomer satisfaction
#1 priority
Call Bert for FREE ESTIMATE303-905-0422
Bob’s Painting,Repairs & HomeImprovements
30 yrs experienceFree estimates303-450-1172
DEEDON'S PAINTING40 years experience
Interior & Exterior painting.References
303-466-4752
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303-370-0446
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Residential: • Hot Water Heat • Forced Air
• Water Heaters • Kitchens • Baths • Service Repair •
Sprinkler Repair •
AnchorPlumbing
(303) 961-3485Licenced & Insured
• Allplumbingrepairs&replacement
•Bathroomremodels
• Gaspipeinstallation
• Sprinklerrepair
Bryon JohnsonMaster Plumber
~ Licensed & Insured ~
303.979.0105
AA Rocky MountainRooter & Plumbing
Professional Service- WITHOUT -
Professional PricesLicensed * Insured * Bonded
Free Est. Over 25yrs exp.Local family owned company
303-960-5215
For all your plumbing needs• Water Heaters • Plumbing Parts
SENIOR DISCOUNTSFREE ESTIMATESin the metro area
www.frontrangeplumbing.com
FRONT RANGE PLUMBING
303.451.1971Commercial/Residential
dirty jobs done dirt cheapDrain Cleaning & Plumbing Repairs
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* Drain Cleaning * Remodels/New Construction* Gas Lines * Garbage Disposals
Plumbing
PLUMBING, SPRINKLER &SWAMP COOLERS.
FREE INSTANT QUOTE.Repair or Replace: Faucets, Toi-lets, Sinks, Vanity, Dishwashers,
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Disposals etc. Sprinkler Start-Up/Repair/Installation. Swamp
Cooler Start-Up/Repair. Call West Tech (720)298-0880
RALPH’S & JOE’S AFFORDABLE
Your experienced Plumbers.
Insured & Bonded
Family Owned & Operated. Low Rates.
303.204.0522JACK BISHOP Owner Operator
Plumbing &Construction
• Basement Finish• Kitchen Remodel• Bath Remodel• Decks • Tile• Master Plumber• Repair Installation• Drain Cleaning• New Construction• Water Heater
Remodeling
GREENE'SREMODELING
Bathroom/kitchen remodeling,repair work, plumbing leaks,
water damage. No job too smallWindow replacement.
Serving Jeffco since 1970(303)237-3231
Rocky MountainContractors
Home RemodelingSpecialists, Inc.
* Bath * Kitch Remodels* Bsmt Finishes* Vinyl Windows* Patio Covers
* Decks30+ yrs. exp.
George(303)252-8874
A Hermanʼs ROOFINGHail Damage? Wind Damage? NewRoof, Re-Roof, Repairs, Res-idential - Commercial Family ownedfor Over 46 Years. Call today forfree estimate. (303)293-3131
Roofing/Gutters
Andy & Bob'sRoofing/Gutters
All types roofs-installs, repairsand certifications. Aluminum
seamless gutters.Since 1952
(303)984-0481
Let us inspect your roof and see what minor repairs can be performed to prolong the life of your roof.
Mention this ad and get a gutter clean and flush for $95.00
5790 Yukon St., Suite 111Arvada, CO 80002720-399-0355/ 720-352-9310
Colorado natives – Arvada-based company
Re-Roof • RepairRoof Certifications
Free Estimates
Roofing:Shingles, Flat Roofs,Roof Leak Repairs.
35 years of experience.Free estimates.
Butch Metzler (303)422-8826
Seasonal
Now offeringAeration, spring yard clean ups,
fertilizing, weed control, lawnmowing, custom trimming of
small trees, and bushesAll your landscaping needs
Call Jim or ShannonKeepinitgreeninc.com
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By Sara Van [email protected]
Joseph Van Holbeck will walk across the stage May 11 at the University of Northern Colorado and
receive his bachelor’s degree in human services — an achieve-ment some people thought would be difficult for him.
When Van Holbeck, now 24, was 6 years old he was di-agnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, called ADD at that time.
“I was not doing well in school,” Van Holbeck said. “I was a little slower at learning things than other kids. First they thought I had special education issues, but it turned out I had (ADD) instead.”
According to the most recent data available from the Center for Disease Control, 9.5 per-cent of children ages 4-17 — or 5.4 million youth between 4-17 years old — have been diag-nosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder since 2007.
ADHD, a neurobehavior-al disorder often diagnosed in children that persists into adulthood, often leads to symptoms such as having a hard time paying attention, being easily distracted from work or play, fidgeting and other symptoms.
There are three types of ADHD — predominantly inat-tentive type, also referred to as ADD, which makes it hard for an individual to organize or finish
a task, pay attention to details or follow instructions and the person is easily distracted; pre-dominantly hyperactive-impul-sive type, with which the person fidgets and talks a lot, feels rest-less, interrupts, has trouble sit-ting for long periods of time and is more prone to accidents and injuries; and the combined type
where symptoms of both are equally present in the person.
After being diagnosed with ADD, Van Holbeck’s parents made the difficult decision to medicate him.
“As a parent, you don’t want to put your child on medica-tion, especially medication that has side effects,” said Carole Van
Holbeck, Joseph’s mother.Joseph was on Ritalin for
about seven years and at that time there wasn’t time-released medication that many children take today, so he had to take the medication at scheduled times throughout the day.
“There were highs and lows,” Carole said. “When he was in
school, he would take it. We made the decision when he was home not to take it and deal with the behaviors when he was at home … he would take it and be pretty good at school, but it would start to wear off usually by three in the afternoon and
Joseph Van Holbeck of Colorado Springs was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder when he was six years old. After about seven years of taking Ritalin, Van Holbeck, now 24, is off medication and finds other coping mechanisms to help him focus, including get extra energy out by staying active through working out and playing sports. Photo by Sara Van Cleve
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Focusing on the educational side of ADHDBy Sara Van [email protected]
Nearly 10 percent of children in the United States are diagnosed with ADHD, so schools are learning how to adjust the classroom to help all children be success-ful.
According to the Center for Disease Control, 9.5 percent of children 4-17 — or 5.4 million children — have been diag-nosed with ADHD as of 2007. The number of parent-reported cases increased 22 per-cent from 2003-2007.
When it comes to academics and ADHD there is a difference between a medical diagnosis and educational diagnosis, said Polly Ortiz-Lutz, Jefferson County Public Schools director of special education who is also a licensed school psychologist.
“We don’t do medical diagnoses at schools,” Ortiz-Lutz said. “We look at char-acteristics that prevent them from being successful at school. The key is does it significantly interfere with both academic and social success. It does have to interfere with both of those.”
When a child is suspected of having ADHD based on symptoms such as at-tention problems, over-activity and im-pulsiveness to the extent it interferes with academics, a multidisciplinary team works with the child and his parents to figure out how to best help him succeed, Ortiz-Lutz said.
A team consisting of the school psy-chologist, social worker, teacher, spe-cial education teacher and others look at three areas to determine the condition’s pervasiveness — at home, at school and
in the community.“For kids, common things we look for
are they are less attentive, more impulsive and more active,” Ortiz-Lutz said.
“The difficult part of it is kids are kids. The active part we love, the creative part we love. They’re thinking outside of the box and have energy. That’s what young chil-dren do. We’re very cautious that we don’t put labels on kids when that is typical be-havior.”
Often, Ortiz-Lutz said, children with ADHD have average or above average IQs, but because of attention deficit, they don’t turn in work and don’t pay attention, mak-ing it difficult to get good grades.
Because of rising levels of ADHD, which really have no one explanation according to Ortiz-Lutz, teachers are being trained on how to deal with and educate children with ADHD.
“One of the things we always talk about is what we’re looking for is knowledge and skill acquisition, not production,” she said.
“Teachers can look at the production of work differently, give them credit and praise them. They can show knowledge and skill acquisition in ways other than four pages of homework.”
Most Jeffco children with ADHD stay in their core classroom settings instead of be-ing pulled out to receive special assistance, and the classroom is modified to enhance their attention.
For children that have tons of energy — a common characteristic of ADHD — schools provide small, non-distracting ways to let them get that energy out, im-proving their focus in the classroom.
Examples include items they can play with, straws to chew on and wrapped bike
tubes between the legs of their desk to tap their feet on, Ortiz-Lutz said.
Keeping children in their core class-rooms helps them improve both work production and social skills, she said, and teachers have been trained to focus on positive behavior support plans, or PBSP.
PBSP uses positive reinforcement in-stead of punishment to help children learn the appropriate behaviors.
ADHD has a continuum of mild to se-vere symptoms, and children with more severe symptoms often need more sup-port, she said.
One of the biggest components to suc-cess is advocacy — from the child’s par-ents, healthcare providers, school officials and even the child.
“We collaborate and consult with family and outside stakeholders supporting the child,” Ortiz-Lutz said.
“The parent knows the child best and we collaborate with medical providers, the Jefferson Center for Mental Health, the Di-vision of Youth Corrections, high schools. We’re not doing this in isolation.”
As children age and matriculate into middle school and high school, they are taught to advocate for themselves.
“We help them realize their unique-ness,” she said. “We show them it can be something positive. They are really creative kids, it just looks a little different than the kids sitting doing seat work easily. As they get into middle and high school, we really start teaching advocacy skills because they have to manage and understand ADHD and advocate for themselves.”
ADHD often lasts into adulthood, but many children learn to cope and control their symptoms.
Adults with ADHD share experiences with condition then and now
ADHD continues on Page 21
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he would have a crash afterwards and his behaviors would be diffi cult to deal with when he came down off the medi-cation.”
Joseph’s struggle with ADD had some teachers and doctors saying he might not graduate from high school.
“When he got into kindergarten, he just couldn’t concentrate,” Carole said. “The decision to put him on Rit-alin was diffi cult, but what a difference it made ... just between his work the week before and the week after.”
Though the medication helped Jo-seph focus in the classroom, it changed him.
“I remember it made me a zombie,” Joseph said. “It helped me focus, but at the same time it turned me into a bor-ing, not very energetic kid — it took the kid of out of me to put it short.”
At age 13, Joseph made the decision to no longer take his medication, and his parents supported his decision.
“It was a struggle,” he said. “I didn’t do too well the fi rst two or three years, but then after that I picked back up to where I was when I was (on the medi-cation).”
Joseph said he still has ADHD, but has learned to control it, focus and ac-complish what he needs and wants.
“I’m very good at controlling it now,” he said. “There are defi nitely days when I wake up and am in a bit more of a spaz mood than other days. I just exercise as much as I can and work my butt of wherever I can so I can get tired and not worry about having too much energy.”
Diagnosed as an adultLike Joseph, Amie Robert, who was
diagnosed with ADHD in 2009, said ex-ercising and playing ice hockey helps her get her energy.
“I notice I’m a totally different per-son when I play than when I don’t play,” Robert said. “It’s just an outlet for all that energy and getting all that en-ergy out. I could do things like yoga or something like that, but it doesn’t have the energy and physicality to it.”
Unlike Joseph though, Amie was in her 20s when she was diagnosed.
“My mom always thought I was an active kid,” Robert said.
“I was really smart and got good grades. I was never a troublemaker in school. I never thought anything about it. Looking back on it, I never paid at-tention in school and I was always doing homework in different classes or when the teacher was teaching I’d work on something else.”
Another common symptom of ADHD is being accident-prone, which Robert said described her childhood.
“I had enough accidents and in-juries to last a lifetime, which are still happening,” Robert said with a laugh.
In 2007, Robert’s neighbor, who was a pharmacist, told her she exhibited signs of ADHD.
“The way he said he caught it was we had competitions playing Jeopardy or Trivial Pursuit and he said, ‘We’d be playing the game and you’d be talking about this and this and 20 other things and then you’d circle back and answer the question and still kick our butts.’”
Besides her high energy level, her neighbor believed her thought pat-terns hinted at ADHD.
In 2009, Robert went to a psychiatrist and was offi cially diagnosed with ADHD.
Two years later, she decided to start taking medication so she could focus better while in graduate school, work-ing toward a master’s degree in busi-ness strategy, while still maintaining a full-time job.
“If I wasn’t going to graduate school, I probably wouldn’t be on medica-tion,” she said.
“Without medication, I would fi nd I would fl uctuate between days where I would get anything and everything accomplished and other days where it’d be like ‘Forget it, nothing’s getting done today.’”
The medication has helped her focus on her studies with few side ef-fects.
“I haven’t had too many negative changes,” she said.
“I don’t have the quick wit and sharp comebacks that I used to have. In that perspective, I’ve lost a little bit, but right now I feel like I’ve gained a lot more in that communication is better with my husband, the work environ-ment is better — I’m not irritating ev-erybody.”
Robert doesn’t plan to stay on med-ication. After graduation she plans to phase off it and fi nd other coping mechanisms, such as staying active.
Robert said she doesn’t feel like there is a stigma against people with ADHD, but there are often negative re-actions to the behaviors of ADHD, like not being able to sit still, lack of atten-tion and other symptoms.
Simple understanding can help someone with ADHD, Robert said.
“Understanding where the behav-iors come from and setting rules and boundaries and what’s acceptable within reason and what’s not would be a big help,” she said.
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Government Legals NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
In accord with C.R.S. 38-26-107 (1),notice is hereby given that final settle-ment will be made to David PetersonConstruction, Inc. by the Adams CountyHousing Authority on Tuesday, April 16,2013 for Contract: NSP #12-008A locatedat 10203 Pecos Street, Northglenn,Colorado 80260. Any person, company,corporation, government, governmentalsubdivision or agency, business trust,estate, trust, limited liability company,partnership, association, or other legalentity that has furnished labor, materials,sustenance, provender or other suppliesused or consumed by the contractor iden-tified above or any subcontractor thereofin or about the performance of the workcontracted to be done or that hassupplied laborers, rental machinery, tools,or equipment to the extent used in theprosecution of the work whose claimtherefore, has not been paid by the con-tractor or subcontractor, may in accord-ance with section 38-26-107 (1) C.R.S.,file with the Adams County HousingAuthority Procurement Officer at 7190Colorado Blvd, Sixth Floor, CommerceCity, Colorado 80022, a verified state-ment of the amount due and unpaidon account of such claim, which state-ment must be filed on or before 1:00 p.m.on April 16, 2013. Failure on the part of aclaimant to file a verified statement prior to1:00 p.m. on April 16, 2013 will relieve theAdams County Housing Authority fromany and all liability related to the abovereferenced project, as provided by law.
Published in the WestsiderFirst publication: April 19, 2013Last publication: April 26, 201300038671
CITY OF WESTMINSTERNOTICE OF CONTRACTOR'S
SETTLEMENT
Pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S.,notice is hereby given that on the 6th dayof May, 2013, at Westminster, Colorado,final settlement will be made by the Citywith Atielah Construction, Inc., herein-after called the "Contractor," for and onaccount of the contract for the construc-tion of a Project described as WadsworthBoulevard and 99th Avenue TrafficSignal Construction.
1. Any person, co-partnership, associ-ation of persons, company, or corporationthat has furnished labor, materials, teamhire, sustenance, provisions, provender,or other supplies used or consumed bysuch Contractor or his subcontractor, orthat supplies rental machinery, tools, orequipment to the extent used in the pro-secution of the work, whose claim there-for has not been paid by the Contractor orthe subcontractor for the work contractedto be done, may file with the City a veri-fied statement of the amount due and un-paid on account of such claim.
2. All such claims shall be filed with theCity Attorney's Office, City of Westminster,4800 W. 92nd Avenue, Westminster, Col-orado, 80031 by May 6, 2013.
3. Failure on the part of a creditor to filesuch statement prior to such final settle-ment will relieve the City from any and allliability for such claim.
Dated at Westminster, Colorado this 18thday of April, 2013.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER/s/ Martin R. McCullough
City AttorneyPublished in theWestminster WindowFirst publication: April 19, 2013Last publication: April 26, 201300038442
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YOUR WEEK & MOREBRASS BAND Rocky Mountain Brassworks will host the second annual Rocky Mountain Brass Band Festival at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Mountain Range High School, 12500 Huron St., Westminster. Because of a grant from the Adams County Scienti� c and Cultural Facilities District, this concert is free to the public. All seats are general admission; the doors to the auditorium will open at 3:30 p.m.
AUDITION NOTICE Prairie Playhouse is having auditions from 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 27, for its upcoming production of “The Sound of Music.” No appointments needed; just show up during audition hours at Calvary Chapel, 161 E. Bridge St., Brighton. Prepare a short musical selection in style with the show; actors will sing accapella. Call backs are at noon, if needed, and are by appointment only. Rehearsals will start in May, and the show will be in September. For more details, visit http://www.prairieplayhouse.com/auditions.
SATURDAY/APRIL 27, May 16, May 25Art project Members of Palatteers Art Club will work with community members of all ages to paint rocks for its Art Rocks community art project. Rock painting will be done from 6-8 p.m. April 17 and May 16 at Northglenn United Methodist Church, 1605 W. 106th Ave., Northglenn; and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 27 and May 25 at Aar River Gallery, 3707 W. 73rd Ave. The painted rocks will be distributed throughout Adams County in public areas such as parks, trails and landscaping around public buildings. The rocks are for public display and not for personal use. They must be donated to the Art Rocks Project. All supplies and instruction will be provided at these public painting events. The rocks will be distributed at a public event in August. Call 303-426-4114 or email to [email protected] to RSVP.
SUNDAY/APRIL 28Auditions The DJC Youth All-Stars is looking for 9th, 10th and 11th grade clarinet, tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, tuba, string bass and drum set players. Auditions are from 6:30-9 p.m. Sunday, April 14; from 11:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Sunday, April
21; and from 6:30-9 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at Flesher-Hinton Music Store, 3936 Tennyson St., Denver. Audition music and recording are posted at www.bandresourcesunlimited.com. Intermediate to advanced jazz experience necessary; weekly rehearsals are on Sundays. For information and audition scheduling, contact [email protected] or 303-328-7277.
TUESDAY/APRIL 30Lifetree Café An exclusive � lmed interview with Terri Roberts, mother of Amish schoolhouse shooter Charles Roberts, will be screened at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field Street in Arvada. On Oct. 2, 2006, Charles Roberts backed his truck up to the entrance of the West Nickel Mines School in Lancaster County, Pa., and barricaded himself inside. He shot 10 young Amish girls; � ve died. Roberts killed himself before police could enter the one-room schoolhouse. Roberts’ mother, who was working nearby at the time of the shootings, was embraced by the Amish community. Amish members stunned observers when they openly forgave the killer and his family. The Roberts family is not Amish. “Amaz-ing Grace” will experience never-before-seen footage and hear from Roberts, who still lives among the families of the girls her son murdered. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Lifetree Café is a place where people gather for conversations about life and faith in a casual co� eehouse-type setting. Questions about Lifetree may be directed to Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or [email protected].
WEDNESDAY/MAY 1Blood drive City of Westminster community blood drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, inside Bon� ls’ mobile bus at 4800 W. 92nd Ave., Westminster. For information, or to schedule an appointment, contact Bon� ls’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bon� ls.org
IRAQ TEN years after a U.S.-led invasion toppled the govern-ment of Saddam Hussein, Iraq is still in the process of main-taining itself as a stable, self-governing nation. Since the U.S. military formally ended its mission in December 2011, Iraq has
experienced an uptick in sectarian and ethnic violence. Join Active Minds from 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, at Keystone Place at Legacy Ridge, 11180 Irving Drive, Westminster, as we look at the path for Iraq to stand on its own as well as the stra-tegic role that the new Iraq plays in the region. The program is free. RSVP at 303-465-5600.
THURSDAY/MAY 2Tree planting Sixth-grade students from Peck Elementary and the Arvada parks department will celebrate Arbor Day starting at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 2, with their annual tree planting at the Oak Park pavilion, 10530 W. 64th Place, Arvada.
COMING SOONCOMING SOON/MAY 3-4, MAY 10-11Theater show Colorado ACTS presents a 12- to 18-year-old production of “Annie Get Your Gun” at 7 p.m. May 3-4, 10-11 at Colorado ACTS Theater, 9460 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-456-6772 or visit www.coloradoacts.org.
COMING SOON/MAY 3-5, 10-12I Hate Hamlet Creative Revolution Theatre Company presents “I Hate Hamlet,” by Paul Rudnick, at 7 p.m. May 3-4 and 2 p.m. May 2-5; and at 7 p.m. May 10-11, and at 2 p.m. May 11-12, at the Thornton Arts & Culture Center, 9209 Dorothy Blvd. Show is PG-13. Call 720-301-4439 or email [email protected] to purchase tickets. Visit www.creativerevolution-theatre.org.
COMING SOON/MAY 3-19Life X 3 11 Minutes Theatre Company presents “Life X 3” by Yasmina Reza. Do you believe in déjà vu, or just wish that we could have a do-over? Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, from May 3-19, at The Festi-val Playhouse, 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. Email [email protected] or call 720-333-3499 for reservations. Cash and checks only.
COMING SOON/MAY 4Walk MS Join the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for Walk
MS, its premier fundraising event, on Saturday, May 4, at Denver City Park, 2001 Steele St., Denver. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 9:30 a.m. Contact walkM-Scolorado.org for information, or call 303-698-7470 ext. 2.
5K RUN/WALK Chick-� l-A at Larkridge presents its fourth annual 5k Run/Walk and Kids Dash to bene� t local nonpro� t A Precious Child in order to help provide basic essentials for disadvantaged and displaced children in the Thornton area. The run starts at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 4, at Chick-Fil-A at Larkridge, 16670 Washington St., Thornton.
5K WALK/RUN The Excel-erator is a professionally timed family-friendly 5K run/walk to promote physical � tness at Excel Academy in Arvada and the surrounding community. The fundraising event, which starts at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 4, will help with the purchase of playground equipment at Excel Academy, 11500 W. 84th Ave., Arvada. The event also will serve as a qualifying wave time for this year’s BolderBoul-der. Visit http://www.runningguru.com/EventInformation.asp?eID=Excel-erator2013 to register.
FIESTA COMMUNITY Reach Center sponsors its 9th annual El Día de los Niños Fiesta from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at Brighton High School, 360 S. 8th Ave., Brighton. The � esta for all Adams County schoolchildren in grades kindergarten through eighth grade and includes a full-blown carnival with games and prizes, musical and dance performances, an art workshop and juried art contest, a large exhibition hall featuring community resources for parents and valuable prize drawings. More than 200 bicycle helmets and 500 new books will be given away. Attendance is free.
YOGA WORKSHOP Want a fresh start with yoga? Deepen your practice with this workshop for people who have a work-ing knowledge of basic yoga poses. Class is from 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 4, at the Northglenn Recreation Center, 11801 Community Center Drive. This class focuses on inversions. For people ages 16 and older. Call 303-450-8800 or go to www.northglenn.org/recxpress to register.
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ralston Valley wins thornton inviteMountain Vista girls take secondBy Jonathan [email protected]
WESTMINSTER - While the recent weather has proved problematic for most teams, it’s not been that way for the Ralston Valley track team.
Both the Mustangs’ girls and boys team took first at the Maxine Ehrman Invitational, and Ralston Valley won a combined eight events.
“We have a solid team and it is very young,” Ralston Val-ley girls coach Jeff Gomer said. “The weather has hurt us a great deal; our drop in time in events is well behind a nor-mal season.”
Leading the way for the Mustangs was Keenan Gibson, who took first in both the boys’ 100 and 200 meter dashes.
In the 100, Gibson took first with a time of 11.29 seconds, edging out teammate Matt Hestera by 0.3 seconds. In the 200, he won with a time of 22.15 which was .27 faster than his seeding time.
Ralston Valley also took first in the boys’ and girls’ 400 meter relays, the Mustangs also won the boys’ 800 meter relays.
On the girls’ side, Alicia Thompson was first in the girls’ 800 meter run, edging out teammate Giulianna Vessa — who was second.
Miranda Wiercinski won the girls’ long jump and Hunter Price was first in the boys’ high jump. Price was also second
in the long jump and triple jump.Legacy was also third on the girls’ side, Pomona was
fourth, Mountain Range seventh, Skyview 12th, Thornton 13th, Northglenn 15th and Westminster 16th.
On the boys side, Legacy was fourth, Thornton fifth, Pomona eighth, Mountain Range ninth, Westminster 13th and Northglenn 14th.
Legacy’s Emma Gee was first in the 1600, while her team-mate Melanie Nun won the 3200 and Megan Close took first in the 100 hurdles for the Lightning.
Cassidy Loukatos of Mountain Range won the 200 and Autumn Gardner was first in the high jump for the Mus-tangs. Mountain Range’s girls 1600-relay team also took first.
Pomona’s Hannah McClure was first in the shot put, and Kelsey Bishop won the discus throw.
On the boys’ side, Legacy’s Matthew Drotar won the 400 and Connor Watkins was first in the pole vault.
Thornton boys dominated the 3,200 with the top three placers. Sean Paiz was first, followed by Mario Vielma and Joshua Joseph. The Trojans also took first in the 3200 relay.
Pomona’s Damian Lockhart was first in the shot put, while Northglenn’s Alex Garcia came in second in the dis-cus throw.
Skyview had two third-place finishes, Taytiana in the 100 hurdles and Laura Malacarne in the long jump.
Thornton’s Juray Thomas competes in the triple jump during the Maxine Ehrman Invitational held April 20 at the 5 Star North Stadium.
Mountain Range’s Alexander Dooley competes in the pole vault during the Maxine Ehrman Invitational April 20 at the 5 Star North Stadium. Photos by Jonathan Maness
Weather proves challenging for local sports teamsBy Jonathan [email protected]
THORNTON — Spring in Colorado is always entertaining, and for local sports teams the weather has been their biggest opponent.
Over the previous two months local teams and schools have had to cancel, de-lay and reschedule games and events.
There have more than 1,000 postpone-ments and cancellations of prep games statewide, and the early week’s snowstorm added to the delays.
This late in the season most squads would be deep in their league schedules, but that hasn’t been the case this year.
Standley Lake and Ralston Valley base-ball each played its first game in the Jeffco League on April 20. The Gators twice had to reschedule their game against Arvada West.
Other leagues have had more success getting games in this spring.
Most of the Front Range League and Eastern Metro Athletic Conference teams have been able to get at least three league games in so far. But all squads have had to reschedule games.
Not only has the weather been taxing
for games, it also has interfered with teams practice schedule. Many teams have had to resort to practicing indoors, which has been challenging since many don’t have an indoor facility.
“Not having an all-weather facility full time makes it hard to keep up with the rest of the state,” Ralston Valley girls’ track and field coach Jeff Gomer said.
Northglenn’s baseball team has had to practice indoors, and the Norse lost senior Zach Swanson for the year after he injured his ankle while running stairs during an in-door practice.
Swanson’s loss will hurt Northglenn, but
the Norse have been able to start the season 7-4 overall and are 3-0 in the EMAC.
“We’ve been inside for more practices than outside,” said Northglenn coach Hugo Garcia.
Skyview girls soccer team, which is a per-fect 10-0 this season, has had to postpone its matchup with Arvada twice — once in March, and again in April.
The weather also postponed a swimming meet between Northglenn and Westminster on Apr. 9. It was rescheduled to Apr. 18. The teams non-varsity squads have taken a toll too, with many games and matchups not being replayed.
Seven Thornton athletes sign college letterBoothe, Thompson make RMAC Honor RollBy Jonathan [email protected]
THORNTON - Seven Thornton ath-letes will be playing at the collegiate level next year.
On Monday, the Trojans’ seven star athletes signed their letter of intent, led by star running back Keynan Hu-guley who signed with CSU Pueblo.
Three other members from Thorn-ton’s football team signed, including Isaiah Hardy at Adams State, Kailon Evans at Western State and Se’Vone Coleman Jones at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont.
Regina Castaneda from Thornton’s girls basketball team signed with Mis-souri Valley College and Mario Vielma from the Trojans’ cross country team signed with Metro State.
BOOTHE, THOMPSON MAKE RMAC HONOR ROLL
Former Holy Family star Rachel Boothe and Westminster native Myndee Thomp-son made the RMAC softball honor roll.
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Ralston Valley tops rival Standley Lake Skipper hits home run in victory By Jonathan Maness [email protected]
WESTMINSTER - While the cold weath-er has cooled off most squads, it hasn’t slowed down the red hot Ralston Valley Mustangs.
The No. 6-ranked Mustangs edged Standley Lake 4-3 to open the Jeffco League with a victory and pickup their third con-secutive win.
“Standley Lake always gets up to play (us),” Ralston Valley coach Ronald Freeh-ling said. “We have had some pretty good games over the past few years. I enjoy the rivalry.”
Like most of the teams around Colora-do, the Mustangs and Gators have had to battle the unpredictable Colorado weather
this spring.Before squaring off on Apr. 20 the two
squads each had to deal with delays, Stand-ley Lake was off for two weeks and Ralston Valley (8-4, 1-0 JL) was off for a week due to the weather.
The Gators’ contest against Arvada West has been postponed twice and the Mustangs matchup against Bear Creek on Monday, April 22, was delayed due to the weather.
“The weather pattern this spring is un-paralleled and I cannot remember a season in my 20 years as a head coach that I have had so little outdoor time to practice base-ball,” Freehling said.
“It has impacted our ability to develop consistency in our daily practice routine which has led to inconsistent play.”
Against Standley Lake (6-5 overall, 0-1 Jeffco League), the Mustangs got their bats going. First baseman Dan Skipper hit a home run and seven different players on the team had a hit.
Jake Griffi th and Mitch Robinson each had a pair of hits, and Jacob Rivera scored the winning run in the sixth on a ground-out by Daniel Jurney.
“Our kids seem to know how to get up for big games and were not fl at in this game,” Freehling said.
“We know what’s at stake and have set high goals for ourselves.”
Standley Lake stayed right with its rivals.
Matt Fujinami, who went 2-3 in the game, got the Gators on the board with an RBI double in the opening inning.
Jarrett Bott and Dylan Sherry also had RBIs for Standley Lake. Justin Seiwald, Henry Mistrot and Mike Maher all scored for the Gators.
Jurney earned the win for Ralston Val-ley pitching seven innings and striking out three batters.
Standley Lake’s Justin Seiwald delivers a pitch during the Gators’ game against Ralston Valley on Apr. 20.
Ralston Valley’s � rst baseman Dan Skipper tries to tag out Standley Lake’s Mike Maher during the two squads’ matchup on Apr. 20. Photos by Jonathan Maness
Seven Thornton athletes sign college letter Boothe, � ompsonmake RMAC Honor Roll By Jonathan Maness [email protected]
THORNTON - Seven Thornton ath-letes will be playing at the collegiate level next year.
On Monday, the Trojans’ seven star athletes signed their letter of intent, led by star running back Keynan Hu-guley who signed with CSU Pueblo.
Three other members from Thorn-ton’s football team signed, including Isaiah Hardy at Adams State, Kailon Evans at Western State and Se’Vone Coleman Jones at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont.
Regina Castaneda from Thornton’s girls basketball team signed with Mis-souri Valley College and Mario Vielma from the Trojans’ cross country team signed with Metro State.
BOOTHE, THOMPSON MAKE RMAC HONOR ROLL
Former Holy Family star Rachel Boothe and Westminster native Myndee Thomp-son made the RMAC softball honor roll.
Boothe is a sophomore outfi elder at Colorado Mesa University, while Thompson is a sophomore shortstop for Fort Lewis College.
STREMEL SIGNS WITH HASTINGS COLLEGE Mountain Range’s Alec Stremel
signed with Hastings College.Stremel will get a baseball schol-
arship and also a merit scholarship from the Broncos.
MUSTANGS SECOND AT WINDSOR INVITE Mountain Range girls’ tennis team
took fi rst at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, as well as No. 1 doubles to fi nish second at the Windsor Wizards Invite.
Katie Kirby topped Windsor’s Ashlee Lemos to take fi rst at No. 1 single, Kristen Kirby beat Windsor’s Hannah West at No. 2 singles and the No. 1 duo of Kawai Sibley and Erin Brooks topped Windsor’s Kelsi Kruger and Amanda Young to fi nish fi rst.
At No. 3 singles, Renee Phillips was second for the Mustangs.
Legacy was seventh as a team and the duo of Jennifer Madison and Shaylie Margrave took fi rst at No. 2 doubles.
WOLVERINES STAY PERFECT Skyview improved to 10-0 on the
season after topping Vista PEAK Prep and Elizabeth. The Wolverines topped the Cardinals 1-0 on a Jazmyne Esco-bar on Apr. 18 and beat the Bisons 10-0 on Apr. 20.
TIGERS THIRD AT BROOMFIELD INVITE Holy Family girls tennis team was
third at the Broomfi eld Invitational, with the duo of Kelly Dempsey and Kailey Silverstein taking fi rst at No. 3 doubles.
HAWKS’ GIRLS EIGHTH AT THE PATRIOT INVITE
Horizon girls’ track team was eighth at the George Washington Pa-triot Invitational, while the Hawks’ boys were 10th.
Morgan Myers was third in the long jump and Josh Stamos was third in the 3200 meter run.
HORIZON FALLS TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN The Hawks’ baseball team fell 14-8
to undefeated Rocky Mountain on Apr. 20.
Horizon dropped to 3-6 overall and 1-2 in the Front Range League.
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303.449.7095
3550 Arapahoe
Boulder, CO 80303
HIGHLANDS RANCH
303.770.6662
2660 E. County Line Rd.
Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
I-25 & 8th Ave.
303.755.4772
1035 Zuni St.
Denver, CO 80204
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since 1978
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Featured perennialBotanic name: Agastache species – in-
cluding A. rupestris, A. cana, A. ‘Corona-do’, A. ‘Tutti Frutti’ A. ‘Sinning’
Common name: Hyssop, Humming-bird Mint
Height: 1 ½ to 5 feet, depending on va-riety
Width: 1 ½ - 2 feetLight: Full sunWater: Slightly dry to drySoil: Well-drainedGrowth Habit: Upright and bushy
How to use: Use in a mixed Xeric pe-rennial bed or border or containers
Agastache species are an excellent addi-tion to the Xeric perennial garden for mid to late summer color and fragrance. Foli-age and flowers are highly fragrant such as anise and double bubble bubblegum. They need full sun, well-drained soil, and keep them slightly dry to dry or they will be-come weak, leggy and possibly rot.
Submitted by Colorado Nursery and Green-house Association
Photo by Harriet McMillan