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Today's News

  • Sheriff losing officers to cities with higher pay

    The Jeffco Sheriff’s Office has for years been losing newly trained recruits and deputies to other metro-area police agencies, which employees attribute to a longstanding hiatus of the department’s step-and-grade pay system.

    Though the Sheriff’s Office said it could not provide a specific number of employees who left for greener pastures, other local law enforcement agencies have been luring away deputies since 2007 with offers of better pay, Sheriff Ted Mink said.

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  • Library seeking more employee buyouts as district battles to slash $800,000

    Too few Jeffco library employees have accepted voluntary layoff packages for the system to meet an expected $800,000 in annual savings, leading the library to seek a second round of offers.

    The measure was implemented to help the library meet about $2.4 million in cuts next year, a portion of which is also being addressed through decreased hours of operation at the system’s largest branches.

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  • Littleton council names Brinkman mayor

    The Littleton City Council voted 5-2 on Nov. 15 to approve Debbie Brinkman as the city’s mayor, a position that carries the administrative duty of leading council meetings.

    The council also voted 5-2 in favor of appointing member Bruce Stahlman as mayor pro tem. In both instances Councilman Phil Cernanec was nominated though ultimately not appointed.

    Brinkman, who represents District 4, has a background in marketing, though she now owns an organization and interior-design small business.

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  • South Jeffco lands in Dem-leaning congressional district

    South Jeffco has been lumped in with Denver in a congressional redistricting map approved Nov. 10 by state Judge Robert Hyatt, placing a largely conservative area into a Democratic stronghold — at least for now.

    Much of the southern unincorporated portion of the county, formerly in Congressional District 6 and represented by Republican Mike Coffman, is currently in Democrat Diana Degette’s territory.

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  • A bridge too useless?

    All three Jeffco commissioners conceded last week that, in hindsight, construction of the massive pedestrian bridge over Wadsworth Boulevard was a poor use of federal and local sales-tax money compared to other road projects throughout South Jeffco.

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  • A prescription for danger

    More people are dying every year in Jefferson County because of prescription-drug overdoses, a trend mirroring national statistics that the coroner’s office attributes to increased prescribing of opiate painkillers.

    By year’s end, the office predicts, 45 residents will die from unintentional drug toxicity. And though 2010 saw a slight drop in prescription-drug deaths, the anticipated number for 2011 would represent a 73 percent rise over those of 2005.

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  • 2011-12 girls swimming previews

    GIRLS SWIMMING PREVIEWS
    COLUMBINE REBELS
    Head coach: Kristi Marosy
    Assistant coach: Tim Byers
    Classification: 5A
    Top swimmers: Ashley Horodyski, Sr., 100 butterfly, 200 individual medley, 100 backstroke; Erin Lemberger, Jr., 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly; Hannah Kuhr, Sr., 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle; Mercedes Clements, Sr., diver
    Season opener: Dec. 2, vs. Lakewood (at The Ridge)

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  • 2011-12 ice hockey previews

    ICE HOCKEY PREVIEWS
    CHATFIELD CHARGERS
    Head coach: Mark Glombecki
    Assistant coaches: Steve McLeod, Shawn Rafferty, Drew Lovell
    2010-11 record: 18-4
    Top players: Matt Smith, Sr, G; Ryan Seltenreich, Jr., G; Kyle Davis, Sr, F; Jeff Dawkins, Sr., F; Conner Elliot, Sr., F; Trey Johnson, Sr., D; Max Ross, Sr., D

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  • All-conference selections: boys golf, cross country, volleyball

    Following is a list of 5A all-conference teams for the 2011 fall season:

    BOYS GOLF
    FIRST TEAM
    Matt Robertson, Bear Creek; Nick Berry, Chatfield; Drew Vance, Dakota Ridge; Sam Lange, Lakewood; Nate Olinger, Pomona; Ethan Yamada, Ralston Valley; Dallas Perrault, Standley Lake
    SECOND TEAM
    Riley Eichler, Chatfield; Trey Johnson, Chatfield; Bill Ramsey, Columbine; Michael Tait, Columbine; Taylor Seal, Lakewood; Jack Pedersen, Ralston Valley; Keegan Sheard, Ralston Valley
    MVP: Nick Berry, Chatfield

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  • Columbine chugging right along

    LAKEWOOD — The further one goes into the playoffs games aren’t supposed to be as lopsided as Columbine’s 35-14 win over Highlands Ranch was on Nov. 19 at Jeffco Stadium. Not even the final score does justice for the way the Rebels’ defense contained the visiting Falcons.
    “Our defense has played great all year to be honest with you. They bend a little, but never break. They keep teams out of the end zone,” Columbine head coach Andy Lowry said.

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