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  • Incumbent Maulik re-elected to Foothills board

    Incumbent Terri Maulik was decisively re-elected to a second four-year term May 8 on the Foothills Park & Recreation District board of directors.

    In the only contested seat, in Ward 5, Maulik soundly defeated challenger Clarence Kissler, 806 votes to 443.

    "I feel like the first four (years) were about learning and emptying out the closets and the clutter," Maulik had said before the election. "The main focus needs to be on capital improvements and repairs and bringing in more revenue.”

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  • Sheriff's Calls

    The perfect crime

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  • Sign-up under way for library’s Summer Reading Club

     Sign-up is under way for the Jeffco Public Library’s Summer Reading Club, which is held from June 1 through July 31. The club offers a chance for kids and teens who complete eight hours of reading to win a Kindle Fire, and for adults to win an iPad3.

    Details of the kids' Summer Reading Club, "Dream Big: Read," are available at www.jeffcolibrary.org/summerreading. Many of the programs will require tickets.

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  • Church on a mission to build new worship space

    Parishioners at Light of the World Roman Catholic Church do not sit in pews or kneel on kneelers. Instead, they have folding chairs and garden-style sponge kneepads.

    When the church was built in 1984 at Bowles and Kipling, the idea was to save money by having one large multipurpose space rather than a church and a community center.

    The "crying room," where parents with babies can be seated behind glass, is situated behind a bank of French doors, making it so hard to see the altar that the occupants watch Mass on a monitor.

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  • Jeffco lifts fire ban

    The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has lifted the total fire ban that had been in effect since March 27.
    The following are now permitted in unincorporated areas of Jefferson County:
    • Any fires contained within liquid-fueled or gas-fueled stoves, lanterns or heating devices.
    • Charcoal-grill fires at private residences or within a permanently constructed grate in a developed park, campground, or picnic area.

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  • Ken Caryl Metro District elects three

    Jeff Esbenshade, Ryan Rhinehart and Lauri Lehan-Milan were elected to four-year terms on the Ken Caryl Metro District board of directors in the May 8 election.

    A total of 1,240 ballots were cast out of 6,349 ballots issued to voters, according to the judges' certificate of election returns. The results:

    Jeff Esbenshade, 597

    Ryan Rhinehart, 592

    Lauri Lehan-Milano, 561

    Brooke McGuire, 533

    Ruth Sundberg, 475

    Earl Bohlen, 455

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  • Incumbent Maulik re-elected to Foothills board

     

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  • Bat found in Littleton tests positive for rabies

    A bat specimen from Littleton submitted May 7 to the Colorado Department of Public Health was the first animal to test positive for rabies this year.

    A homeowner found the dead bat near a window well. No human exposure is known to have occurred, according to a Jeffco health department release issued May 16.

    The rabies virus is found in the saliva of an infected animal and can be transmitted when a rabid animal bites or scratches another animal or person.

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  • Sheriff's Calls

    Opie gone bad

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  • Optometrist seeks appointment to Foothills board

    Tim James — a family man, business owner, park district resident for 10 years and avid fan of the active, outdoor lifestyle — believes it's time "to give back and serve the community."

    James has submitted his name as an applicant for appointment to the Foothills Park and Rec District board from Ward 2.

    The position became available when incumbent Jill Nunes decided not to run again this spring. No one else submitted their name before the May 8 election, leaving it up to the board to make an appointment.

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