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		<title>Lutheran Chorale widens community service vision</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lakewoodedge.com/2012/02/01/3180/</link>
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		<title>Sheriff&#8217;s Office schedules Citizens Academy, urges early registration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Jacki Kelley, Public Information Director, Jeffco Sheriff’s Office

 
JEFFERSON COUNTY  - The highly anticipated 2012 Jefferson County Sheriff&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lakewoodedge.com/2012/02/01/sheriffs-office-schedules-citizens-academy-urges-early-registration/</link>
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		<title>Commissioners OK mail-in ballots for June&#8217;s Primary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lakewoodedge.com/2012/02/01/commissioners-ok-mail-in-ballots-for-junes-primary/</link>
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		<title>Massage therapist remains jailed on suspicion of inappropriate touching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Suspect accused of touching, taking illicit photo of teen-age girl during massage session at local instructional facility. Formal charges could be lodged as early as Thursday, according to the District Attoerney's Office.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://lakewoodedge.com/2012/02/01/massage-therapist-remains-jailed-on-suspicion-of-inappropriate-touching/</link>
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		<title>Edge returns to publication to fill void in Lakewood coverage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The LakewoodEdge is returning to updated coverage of Lakewood and surrounding areas in an attempt to better inform residents about the issues, achievements, challenges, people and happenings in our community. ]]></description>
		<link>http://lakewoodedge.com/2012/02/01/edge-returns-to-publication-to-fill-void-in-lakewood-coverage/</link>
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		<title>Four men face human trafficking charges in connection with alleged child-sex ring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[70-count indictment alleges suspects took under-age victims to rooms in Lakewood, Denver, Boulder and West Slope cities for prostitution. Suspects also are believed to have provided drugs to the teens, according to indictment. ]]></description>
		<link>http://lakewoodedge.com/2012/02/01/four-men-face-human-trafficking-charges-in-connection-with-alleged-child-sex-ring/</link>
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		<title>OPED: Roybal got action on floodplain, saving neighbors money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Sid Lucero, Lakewood
I wanted to tell everyone about my neighbor, Pete Roybal, who is running for election to Lakewood City Council.  When Pete, his wife Betty and their three kids moved into the Martindale neighborhood 16 years ago, he noticed we all had to pay several hundred dollars a year in flood insurance premiums.  This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lakewoodedge.com/2011/10/24/oped-roybal-got-action-on-floodplain-saving-neighbors-money/</link>
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		<title>OPED: Unions&#8217; support raises &#8216;conflict of interest&#8217; concern</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ SUBMITTED BY: Charlie Riebe, Littleton
The Jefferson County Education Association and Administrators Association (JCEA &#38; JCAA), the unions, have figured out they could actually vote themselves into more money  by electing weak board members who promised them increased benefits in exchange for electing them. Could this be the case in  their support for Jill Fellman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lakewoodedge.com/2011/10/24/oped-unions-support-raises-conflict-of-interest-concern/</link>
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		<title>OPED: School Board&#8217;s lobbyist in question by &#8216;Dads&#8217; supporter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Maureen Sielaff, Littleton
The Jeffco School District employs a full-time lobbyist to try to influence the state legislature in matters affecting the district administrators and employees, not the students.  Direction to the lobbyist is theoretically provided by the board, however, the instructions are highly influenced by the administrator and the teacher unions.
Just this last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lakewoodedge.com/2011/10/24/oped-school-boards-lobbyist-in-question-by-dads-supporter/</link>
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		<title>OPED: Jeffco Schools fail too many, time to change course</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Linda Sasenick
There&#8217;s no question some students are doing very well in Jeffco schools, and that&#8217;s great.
The problem is too many kids aren&#8217;t.  No matter how you might want to deflect that fact by cherry-picking data to “debunk myths” and “lies,” what&#8217;s undeniable is that more than 1,000 students from Jeffco aren&#8217;t graduating, every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lakewoodedge.com/2011/10/19/oped-jeffco-schools-fail-too-many-time-to-change-course/</link>
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