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By Lakewood Edge • February 14th, 2011

LAKEWOOD – Thunderbolt Orators, Lakewood’s local Toastmasters club, is kicking off its competition for the 2011 International Speech Contest by choosing a local winner who will represent the community in the next round.
On March 17, the local clubs will join more than 12,500 Toastmasters clubs from around the world participating in the competition, the world’s [...]

LAKEWOOD – The Lakewood-based Foothills Cadet Squadron has been selected as the Squadron of Merit by the Colorado Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, according to an announcement by Col. Edward Phelka, commander of the Colorado CAP.
“The Squadron of Merit is an annual program established to recognize the top Civil Air Patrol composite or cadet [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Rhetta Shead, Marketing & Promotions Supervisor, Lakewood Cultural Center
LAKEWOOD – The Lakewood Cultural Center announces the addition of second performance by one of China’s premier dancers, Yu Wei, on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. for Yu Wei: Chinese Dance Collection, a visually stunning multimedia performance of Chinese culture and history shown through [...]

SUBMITTED BY: D. Carson
Chris Jones’ letter (”Wildlife Perishes at the Federal Center”) voices the same concerns and constant frustration I have experienced with GSA when, prior to the completion of the Environmental Impact Statement, it started killing numerous species of wildlife as an “improvement” to the DFC grounds.
GSA has constantly ignored public comments and concerns about keeping open space undisturbed for wildlife. GSA, along [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – A former Cub Scout treasurer will serve four weekends in jail and 15 months probation for taking $11,000 from the scouts who trusted her with their money.
Lisa Marie Williams, 39, was sentenced in Jefferson County District Court Monday to be sentenced by Judge Christopher Munch, who said that a sentence without jail [...]