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  • Standoff ends with fatal shooting of suspect

    A five-hour standoff in a South Jeffco home ended in death Oct. 23 as a man pointing a gun at Jeffco SWAT Team members was fatally shot.

    The standoff started when a woman called police to her home at 11345 W. Crestline Drive at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 22, saying her adult son was upset and had fired a gun in the house, said Jeffco sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley. Deputies could hear additional gunshots from inside the home when they arrived. Reverse 911 was used to call 175 homes in the area and request that residents stay inside their homes and away from windows.

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  • Awash in generosity: Donated water features help county inmates nurture job skills, self-worth

    Some county jail inmates with hot water in their past have found new hope in the cool cascade of a new calling.

    Barry Fox of Falls by Fox did not offer a cold shoulder when asked to donate a water feature and help Jeffco jail inmates learn about ornamental horticulture. The result was a cool change in perspective for some inmates.

    "I told 'em, 'Hell, I'll donate two,’ " said Fox, standing next to a waterfall that he, his staff and a group of Jeffco inmates built last week at the jail's rose garden.

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  • Term-limit questions, school board elections on November ballot

    South Jeffco voters will weigh in on term-limit extensions for county elected officials and new school board members on November's mail-in ballot.

    The proposed term-limit extensions were driven primarily by District Attorney Scott Storey, who announced last spring that he'd like to seek a third term. Jeffco elected officials are allowed to serve only two consecutive terms, so Storey wants to ask voters if they will allow him and Sheriff Ted Mink to run for a third.

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  • County health department seeks more smoking restrictions

    Officials at the Jeffco health department want the county’s anti-smoking laws to be even stricter than those enforced by the state, but at least one county commissioner thinks the suggested clampdown may go too far.

    "Workers should be able to have clean air," said Dr. Mark Johnson, director of the Jeffco Department of Health and Environment, as he described the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Law. "It's a good law, but not as good as it could be. It's only moderately strong."

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  • Deputies help calm crowd at Mr. Biggs during power failure

    The Jeffco Sheriff’s Office was called in to help the new management of Mr. Biggs after the power went out for more than an hour during a musical performance.

    Businessman Art Cormier purchased Mr. Biggs several weeks ago and is in the process of upgrading the facility to handle more events, including musical performances, dancing and boxing matches.

    Cormier said that during a dance with live bands the night of Oct. 10, the power went out for more than an hour, and he called the sheriff’s office to make sure there were no negative incidents.

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  • Crop Hunger Walk coming up Oct. 18

    Times are tough in the good old USA, but Caryn and Peter Boddie of South Jeffco are hoping that area residents still can find a few spare dollars for the less fortunate in other countries.

    "There are a lot of fund-raisers," Peter Boddie said. "But this is one of the only ones where you can help people in other countries and participate in something and connect to people in other countries."

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  • Jeffco to offer same-sex domestic partner benefits to employees

    Jeffco soon will offer same-sex domestic partner benefits to employees after a recommendation from the county's benefits oversight committee last week.

    The proposal was one of several recommendations the employee group presented to the county commission Oct. 6. The commissioners approved the plan during a vote Oct. 13. The benefits package would include medical/vision, dental and other benefits, and be available during the county's open enrollment period starting this week. The benefits will take effect Jan. 1, 2010.

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  • Shaffer Elementary lets PIs seeking missing girl in building

    Two private investigators looking for a missing child were allowed into Shaffer Elementary School last Friday to seek information on an 8-year-old female student because the staff believed they were law enforcement officers, the district says.

    Principal Gina Rivas apparently helped the investigators identify the girl, who turned out not to be involved in the matter. In addition, Rivas didn't contact the Jeffco Sheriff's Office until the private investigators insisted it be called.

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  • Colt Canter Community Walk for Caring Connections

    The Colt Canter Community Walk for Caring Connections will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 at Columbine Hills Elementary School. Check in/registration is at 9 a.m. and the walk begins at 10 a.m. The non-competitive walk is approximately one mile through the Columbine Hills neighborhood. Concessions, entertainment and bicycle rodeo will be offered at the end of walk. Caring Connections is a program created in 2006 to reach out to Columbine Hills Elementary students and their families in times of challenge such as a death, birth, serious illness/injury, loss of job, etc.

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  • Grand Junction police officer found dead in Jeffco

    A Grand Junction police officer accused of sexual assault and burglary was found dead in a Jeffco hotel room Oct. 6.

    Glenn Coyne, 35, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a room at the Days Inn Hotel at 15059 W. Colfax Ave., according to Jeffco sheriff’s spokesman Jim Shires.

    Coyne had recently posted a $250,000 bond to get out of the Mesa County jail. He was being held on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault and first-degree burglary.

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