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By Lakewood Edge • February 24th, 2012

SUBMITTED BY: Jim Durham
My Lord, What a Mornin’!, the Lutheran Chorale’s Spring Concert, will be held Sunday, March 11, at 3 pm, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2100 N. Wadsworth Boulevard, in Lakewood.  The concert will feature old-time gospel songs such as “Great Gittin’ Up Mornin’” and “Rock-a My Soul”.

SUBMITTED BY: Always Best Care, Denver West
LAKEWOOD – Always Best Care is proud to sponsor a new program, “Always In Touch,” a free telephone service that provides a friendly voice each weekday to seniors, adults dealing with chronic illness or those with disabilities.
“Our experience is that adults who are homebound, isolated, or living alone benefit [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Pam Russell, Jefferson County DA’s Office
JEFFERSON COUNTY – “Jefferson County, a Home for Everyone… . Meeting the Basic Needs of our Community” is the theme for the 2012 Good News Celebration Breakfast at 6:59 a.m. Tues., April 17, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 West 6th Ave. in Golden.
The Good News Steering Committee [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Jim Durham
The Lutheran Chorale is expanding its vision of community service.  According to Chorale president Linda Blandin, the organization’s primary goal since its inception in 1976 has been to provide opportunities for those who enjoy choral singing to perform the great classical and contemporary choral works of such composers as Mozart, Brahms, Haydn, [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Jacki Kelley, Public Information Director, Jeffco Sheriff’s Office

JEFFERSON COUNTY  - The highly anticipated 2012 Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Citizens’ Academy is around the corner and we are now accepting applications.
The academy begins Wed., April 4, and is a 12-week program designed to provide Jefferson County residents with hands-on experiences and information about [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – County residents will cast their votes by mail in the 2012 Colorado Primary elections after commissioners adopted a resolution presented by the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder earlier this week.
Although Jefferson County has conducted mail ballot elections in every odd-numbered year since 1993, this will be the second time the county will [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Linda Sasenick
There’s no question some students are doing very well in Jeffco schools, and that’s great.
The problem is too many kids aren’t.  No matter how you might want to deflect that fact by cherry-picking data to “debunk myths” and “lies,” what’s undeniable is that more than 1,000 students from Jeffco aren’t graduating, every [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Donna Jack, Evergreen
A robo call today tried to fool you by saying that Republicans support the ladies running for School Board.  Don’t be confused – the Jefferson County Republican Party has endorsed Preston Branaugh and Jim Powers for Jeffco School Board.
While all candidates have members of both parties supporting them, and the party [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Edie Bryan, Former Lakewood City Council member
Ever since I was on City Council years ago, I have regularly attended ward meetings. In 2007 there was a large increase of graffiti in the area near South Sheridan Boulevard. A number of property owners and citizens complained about this problem at the ward meetings.
The graffiti [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Dan Rodriguez, Lakewood
The primary function of government is to protect its citizens. Thus public safety is my primary concern for Lakewood city government. In recent years we have seen some movement of gangs into Lakewood from Denver. This has been accompanied by an increase in graffiti. Lakewood has done a great deal of work combating these trends, [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Donna Jack, Evergreen
Great things happen every day in Jeffco public schools because of students, parents and teachers.  Jeffco School Board candidates Preston Branaugh and Jim Powers will work with others to address areas that need to be better.
Approximately three of four Jeffco public students graduate from high school. Lesley Dahlkemper likes to say Jeffco is fifth in [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Pete Roybal, Candidate for Lakewood City Council Ward 3
Dear Editor:
I recently attended a meeting organized by a developer who is seeking to re-zone the Green Gables Golf Course into a multi-use development.  The proposal is being considered by Jefferson County rather than the City of Lakewood because it is in unincorporated Jeffco.  Although the site is in the heart of Lakewood [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Donna Jack, Evergreen, Colo.
Isn’t it surprising that on Aug 18, 2011, when the Jefferson County Public School Board was considering how to have fewer students referred to law enforcement, they called the Sheriff’s Office to take care of a citizen attending their meeting?
They had just spent time talking about their code of conduct [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Jamie Mager, American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Relay For Life invites you to come celebrate your birthday. The American Cancer Society is “The Official Sponsor of Birthdays” and we want to save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.  The Relay For Life Birthday Celebration invites the entire community [...]

LAKEWOOD – A fourth grade student at Stein Elementary will be expelled and could face misdemeanor charges as a juvenile after he allegedly took a BB-gun to school and shot some of his classmates when his teacher’s attention was diverted.
Police were called to the school at 80 S. Teller St. about 10 a.m. Monday after [...]

LAKEWOOD – Police investigators are awaiting results of toxicology tests to determine whether an Evergreen woman who was fatally injured in an accident while trying to cross Kipling Street in mid-block caused her own death.
Jill Monica Sypert, 48, died at the scene after she was struck by a vehicle traveling in the southbound lanes of [...]

LAKEWOOD – Folks can use a pair of events to get rid of household clutter, including confidential paperwork and electronic items, in the next few weeks.
The GM Colorado Double Diamond Baseball Team is sponsoring a “Community Shred” fundraiser May 7 at Belmar Baptist Church. The team is raising money for a trip to Cooperstown, N.Y., [...]

LAKEWOOD – Police are seeking a hit and run driver who left a 45-year-old pedestrian in the street injured and unable to escape being hit by a second car in the eastbound lanes of West Colfax Avenue late Saturday.
The driver of the second car was stopped and arrested by police a short distance from the [...]