Lakewood Edge

David Orton, 33, is recovering from what police say are “non-life threatening” injuries from a single gunshot wound. Orton allegedly fired at officers responding to a disturbance report in the 1300 block of Kline Street.

JEFFERSON COUNTY – Parents who want to enroll their children in schools outside their neighborhoods for the 2011-2012 school year can take advantage of Jefferson County School District’s open enrollment period, which started Wednesday.
“Any student in Colorado may enroll in any Jefferson County public school that has classroom space,” according to an announcement issued by [...]

LAKEWOOD – Police and the Metropolitan Auto Theft Task Force issued a “reminder” Thursday, urging residents not to leave vehicles running and unattended this winter.
Puffers are vehicles left unattended but running to “warm up” in cold winter weather. The very visible exhaust emissions from running vehicles prompted use of the term “puffer”.
“As we begin to [...]

Product could cause severe stomach problems resulting from bacterial contamination, according to state health officials.
The holiday gingerbread houses should be returned to the store or disposed of in secure trash container.

Skin ailment caused by burrowing mites, has been observed in Lakewood after state wildlife officials found sarcoptic mange among foxes and coyotes in Arvada and Wheat Ridge earlier this month. The ailment can spread to people as scabies.

LAKEWOOD – An early morning crash killed a Littleton man who apparently lost control of his sport utility vehicle after it struck a raised cross-walk median and crashed “head-on” into a traffic light pole, police said Monday.
Alamo Onak, 37, was the lone occupant of the 2001 Chevrolet Blazer, which was southbound on south Kipling Parkway [...]

“Centers of Excellence” awards highlight schools’ efforts to ensure growth of large percentage of at-risk students from low-income families. The awards are accompanied by privately funded grants through the Partnership for Great Schools.

SUBMITTED BY: Chris Jones
LAKEWOOD – The wildlife struggling to survive along the McIntyre Gulch at the Federal Center shall perish as the result of the General Services Administration (GSA) upgrades. Planting 700 trees will not make up for the many animals that have suffered and been destroyed by GSA because of development.
GSA claims to be [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – Four Lakewood businesswomen are among 13 “exceptional women” recognized by the West Chamber through its “Celebrate Women of Jefferson County.”
Author Barbara Roose-Cramer of BC Sales, Lakewood native Kay Ehalt of Dreambaskets by Kay, Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero of Fiesta Colorado and Rita Peterson of Peterson Appraisal were recognized for what the West Chamber said [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Jon Watters, Assistant Director, University Communications, CCU
LAKEWOOD – Trinity Broadcasting Network – America’s most watched faith channel – will air several episodes of its public-affairs morning show Joy in Our Town featuring faculty and staff of Colorado Christian University in December.
Dr. Barbara White and Dr. Chuck King will discuss issues related to the [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Sally Mayberry, General Services Administration
LAKEWOOD – Visitors and federal government employees accessing the Denver Federal Center (DFC) should anticipate traffic changes through May.
The most significant change is the closure of the Gate 1 visitors’ entrance at South Kipling Street to outbound traffic. From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Gate 1 will be available [...]

MESSIAH CHORUSES AND MORE: A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
SUBMITTED BY: Jim Durham
LAKEWOOD – The Lutheran Chorale and the Lakewood Symphony, along with the Green Mountain High School’s “Shadow of the Mountain’ Choir and the Lutheran High School’s ‘Light Brigade’ Choir, will offer a Christmas program at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 pm.
The [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – A former caregiver at a Lakewood assisted living center Tuesday was sentenced to a year in jail and five years on probation for unlawful sexual contact in connection with a February incident caught on a “nanny cam”.
Gabriel Paul Cabral, 41, of Edgewater pleaded guilty in September to sexually touching an 89-year-old woman [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Strickland, Director of Community Relations, Foothills Animal Shelter
JEFFERSON COUNTY – Help Foothills Animal Foundation receive a $100,000 matching grant from the Animal Assistance Foundation!
Foothills Animal Foundation needs to raise $200,000 towards the Capital Campaign building fund by December 31 in order to receive a $100,000 matching grant. They need 100 donors to [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – An on-camera attack on a Lakewood bar owner during a January robbery drew a 12-year prison sentence for an Edgewater man Tuesday.
Alfonzo Anastacio Portugal, 38, in September entered a guilty plea to a charge of aggravated robbery in connection with the beating and robbery at the Cordial Lounge at the corner of [...]

LAKEWOOD – Two men who died in separate traffic accidents Wednesday morning have been identified by police and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office..
Lakewood Police spokesman Steve Davis said Alan D. Stajcar, 30, died after the Lexus he was driving left the southbound lane of Rooney Road just north of west Alameda Avenue and struck a [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – Folks who want a Do-It-Yourself yuletide experience can cut their own Christmas tree, courtesy of Golden Gate Canyon State Park.
The park will offer a limited number of permits at the Visitor Center, 92 Crawford Gulch Road, starting Wednesday, Nov. 3. The Visitor Center is 15 miles west of Golden. Permits also can [...]

Colorado Christian University will enroll its first Bachelor of Science Nursing degree class in January. Lakewood-based university’s program is designed for working adults and is offered statewide.