Local News

Ten people have applied to fill the school board vacancy left when District 5 representative Vince Chowdhury resigned in August.

The applicants are: Jamie Adler Rodriguez, Larry Eigel, Mary Everson, Tina Francone, Spencer Larkin, Charles Marquez, Paula Noonan, Alonzo Rodriguez, Richard Rush and Susan Settanni.

Amid talk of budget woes and the possibility that some county workers would get no raises at all, some Jeffco department heads snagged raises and bonuses that totaled up to $20,000 over the last 18 months.

Two of the department heads that report directly to County Administrator Jim Moore — Administrative Services Director Todd Leopold and Transportation and Development Director Tim Carl — each received $10,000 base-pay increases in 2007, along with $5,000 bonuses in 2007 and 2008.

A significant number of thefts from parked cars were reported in Jefferson County's south precinct recently.

The majority of the activity occurred on residential streets and driveways and in apartment or condominium parking lots. Neighborhoods south of West Bowles Avenue between Simms Street and Kipling Avenue (Powderhorn, Stanton Farms, Alpers Farm) showed the greatest concentration of activity.

A 13-year-old Ken Caryl Middle School student was injured Sept. 4 when she was hit by a car in front of the school.

Danielle K. Barker, 13, was walking across Ken Caryl Avenue in a designated crosswalk when she was hit by a 1997 black Cadillac Catera driven by Dustin Wert, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

Barker was taken by ambulance to Littleton Hospital, then by helicopter to Children's Hospital in Denver.