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Who Will Be Sheridan’s Next Movie Star? Would you like to nurture a budding film star from your own community? Join forces with the Sheridan Celebrates Committee, Christian Youth Theater (CYT) and Western Metals Recycling (WMR) to create a scholarship fund for professional theat-rical arts instruction including specialties in voice, dance, comedy and improvisation. Scholarships will be exclusively rewarded to City of Sheridan youth. All you need to do is collect your aluminum cans and deliver them to Western Metals Recycling, 2100 W. Oxford Ave. When you arrive, tell the WMR employee that the materials are to benefit “SHERIDAN CELEBRATES.” Western Metals Recycling will be tracking all community contributions to create the Sheridan Celebrates Theatrical Arts Scholarship Fund.

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Vol. 03 No. 36 June 2014 Circulation: 2,980

June 4 6:30 p.m. Planning Commission (if needed) Community Room

June 9 6:00-7:00 p.m. CC Work Session Community Room

June 9 7:00 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting Council Chambers

June 12 6:30 p.m. Sheridan Celebrates Sheridan Rec. Center

June 18 6:30 p.m. Planning Commission (if needed) Community Room

June 21 9:00 a.m. Coffee with Council Panera Bread – River Point

June 23 6:00-7:00 p.m. CC Work Session Community Room

June 23 7:00 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting Council Chambers

June 23 After City Council meeting SRA Meeting Council Chambers

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A recent incident involving inappropriate use of 9-1-1 (to report a pothole in a street in this case) has prompted the city to remind citizens about proper 9-1-1 proce-dure. You should call 9-1-1 to report any police, fire, or medical emergency. CALL 9-1-1 TO REPORT: • Crimes in progress or crimes that

just occurred. (“Just occurred” means within a fifteen minute time frame).

• Suspicious activity or behavior. • Fights/Riots. • Deaths/Suicide/Suicide Attempts. • Fires. • Severe traffic accidents. • Any medical emergency for which

immediate care is needed. • Vicious animal bites • Any incident that could become an

emergency. If the situation seems urgent and has the potential to become dangerous, call 9-1-1. Dispatchers will determine whether your call requires an immediate dispatch for police, fire, or EMS. If Fire or EMS (Emergency Medical Services) is needed, you will be transferred to the appropriate agency. All other calls should be directed to our non-emergency number: (303) 762-2211.WHAT IF I CALL 9-1-1 ACCIDENTALLY? If you accidentally dial 9-1-1, DO NOT hang up. Stay on the line and tell the dis-patcher that everything is alright. If you don’t, the dispatcher will call you back to see if everything is okay. If the dispatcher is unable to reach you, they may think something is wrong and may send a police officer to check on you.DO NOT CALL 9-1-1 • For non-emergency police issues such as loud noise, barking dogs, civil ‘stand-

bys’, or cold reports. (A cold report is a crime that has happened at some point in time but is unknown to the victim. An example of this is an auto theft, vehicle trespass, or a theft that was discovered at a later time).

• To ask questions about city issues or activities. • For non-emergency information and updates during widespread disasters or

emergencies.

Citizens Need to Know When to Call 9-1-1 for Emergencies • For general code enforcement or ani-

mal control issues. • For general public works concerns

such as pot holes, broken street lights, or other public works issues.

WHEN I CALL THE DISPATCH CENTER (NON-EMERGENCY LINE), WHY DO I GET ASKED TO HOLD ON? The same dispatchers who answer the 9-1-1 calls also answer the non-emergency calls for service for most law enforcement agencies. When the dispatch center is busy, the dispatchers have to ask non-emergency callers to hold while they answer the 9-1-1

calls. Every effort is made to get back to you as quickly as possible, and your patience and understanding is appreciated.

— Sheridan Police Commander Dave Runco and

Marilyn Duckett, Police Administrator

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How many cans will it take? Since it is the 25th anniversary of Sheridan Celebrates, we are shooting for a award-winning goal of 25,000 cans. If, together, we can meet this goal, two Sheridan youth will be presented with a scholarship for nine weeks of professional theater arts instruction. Aluminum cans are not the only metals that can be recycled to benefit the Theatrical Arts Scholarship Fund. WMR also has the capacity to recycle all kinds of aluminum like pots and pans; gutters and downspouts; siding and patio furniture. They also recycle auto batteries, brass decorative items, copper wire and tubing, plus a variety of other household items. For a full listing, visit the WMR web site at http://www.wmrecycling.com/sell-your-scrap/household . The next local talent could be your own child, your grand-child, your neighbor or your friend. So, give them a hand up and help the Sheridan Celebrates Committee meet the 25,000 alumi-num can goal by collecting and donating your empty cans, and other recyclable metals, today. Progress toward the 25,000 aluminum can goal will be tracked and goal updates posted on the Sheridan Celebrates Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SheridanCelebrates. Visit this page, become a friend, post your suggestions and ideas, and stay up-to-date on all the exciting Sheridan Celebrates activities. If you have questions about the scholarship fund, aluminum can drive or any Sheridan Celebrates activities, call the hotline at 303-438-3321.

— Jean Ray, Sheridan Celebrates Event Coordinator

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Rams March to State Tourney Teaches Life Lessons At the culmination of a history-making season, the Sheridan Rams varsity baseball team, ranked second in state, headed to the first round of the state finals in Lamar on May 10. The small, tightly knit team entered the playoffs with 9 wins and 8 losses. Ranked behind first place Bennett, a team the Rams defeated in the regular season on Bennett’s home turf, Sheridan had also beaten third-ranked Arrupa Jesuit, and fourth ranked Academy. During the first playoff game, the Rams held Valley High School to a 1 to 1 tie throughout the first four innings, before succumbing to errors that led to an ultimate 7 to 1 defeat. Rams players who made the trip to the playoffs in Lamar included Donovan Contreras, Justin Salazar, DeMarcos Estrada, Matt Gonzalez, Micah Romero, Daniel Villa, Joseph Cordova, Darrien Vigil, Dustin Howland, Scott Corwen, Santino Aguirre, Devin Gonzalez, Hector Reyes, and Lloyd Bagby, Team Manager, as well as Head Coach Manny Marquez and Assistant Coach Ron Contreras. Head Coach Manny Marquez noted, “The final score does not accurately reflect the reality of the game we played.” Valley, with a larger student population, fielded a team much greater in num-bers than Sheridan, and primarily composed of older and physi-cally bigger players. The fact that Sheridan held its own against Valley for more than half the game was even more noteworthy in that one of Sheridan’s most valuable players was sidelined due to acute onset food poisoning. Coach Marquez’s current goal is to be able to enter the team in a summer league in order to maintain and improve their skill level.

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season, volunteered to remove trash from abandoned home-less camps along the creek, and trained the project’s newest recruit, David Watson. David is an undergraduate biology researcher at Metro who has provided water quality sampling and analysis for the project since October 2013. With an interest in microbial genetics and experience conducting water quality sampling in India, David brings an additional level of exploration to the Lower Bear Creek project. This summer, he anticipates conducting a macroinvertebrate (the small creatures living in the water) survey, a sediment analysis, and attempting to identify the species of origin for E. coli in the creek. Collecting and analyzing water samples for E. coli contamination are important for at least two reasons. First, understanding trends of E. coli contamination are important in protecting public health. Second, water sampling in the field provides a valuable learning experience for students who will become our leading scientists. The more access watershed groups can provide for students to learn all aspects of water quality and watershed planning, the stron-ger our partnerships become. If you or someone you know is interested in learning to sample water, contact Rachel Hansgen at [email protected] or 303-455-5600. See you on Lower Bear Creek!

— Rachel Hansgen, Program CoordinatorGroundwork Denver

David Watson taking a temperature reading in February.Gerry Martinez at work for the survey of lower Bear Creek.


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In his second year leading the Rams Varsity Baseball Team, Coach “Manny” recalls that he felt it was important to impose high standards for the players. Among the mantras with which he motivates his team is: Respect the game and it will respect you.” Explaining that he had to teach the players not only to win, but to “win with respect.” Having played baseball as a Denver high schooler, Coach Manny was afforded a major league tryout, but an injury ended his hopes for a pro career. He states, “I love the game. I love teaching the game.” Acknowledging that he often puts in more than 12 hour days, among the many hats he wears as a Sheridan High School staff member,” It’s not that long of a day if you’re doing what you love. These kids are my family.” Assistant Coach Ron Contreras notes that he and Manny “are always on the same page. We have the same expectations for the kids and the kids know it.” Sheridan Principal Michele Kelley states, “I’m incredibly proud of Manny and the team. They are a young team and are learning how to work hard, how to be a team, and how to be suc-cessful by making their hard work pay off. Their success flows into the classroom.” Mr. Ocansey, Dean of Students, is also “incredibly proud of this team and how it ‘made noise’ and put our heart into baseball. I hope their effort spreads into the rest of our programs.” Sheridan’s lone senior, Devin Gonzalez, thanked Michael Granderson, SOAR Principal, and Ms. Michelle Kelley, Sheridan High School Principal, for giving him “a second chance.” During an interview, Devin detailed the challenges he has faced through-out high school, and credited Sheridan High School’s Truancy Court and the Sheridan Rams Baseball Team for changing his life. Acknowledging that he was chronically truant as a fresh-man, as well as a heavy marijuana smoker, he is grateful that he was ultimate referred to Truancy Court. There, Truancy Court officials, including school district attorney Michael Cavanagh, assessed Devin as needing inpatient treatment, and effected a placement for him at Arapahoe House Residential Facility. He stayed in the Arapahoe House program for three months, then transitioned to Synergy, a day treatment program. Devin states, I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for Truancy Court and baseball and my mother, who supported me all the way through everything.”

Upon his graduation from both programs, Devin asked to return to Sheridan, and states that Ms. Kelley and Mr. Granderson believed he had made significant changes and was deserving of re-entry. Although he had never played high school sports until his junior year, Devin found his niche on Sheridan’s baseball team. Upon graduation this spring, he plans to attend Arapahoe Community College and major in criminal justice, then transfer to Metropolitan State College and attempt to “walk on” to that school’s well-respected baseball team. Beginning this summer, Devin hopes to play semi-pro baseball for a Denver area team, in order to maintain his skill level. A member of the Sheridan Police Department Youth Explorers, Devin also has aspirations of possibly becoming a police officer. Devin will be graduating from the SOAR program, and hopes to get into the 21st Century program at Sheridan, in which he will be taking college classes. Describing his Rams teammates as “all striving to improve, all the time,” Devin appreciates the team’s close bonding and support. Although he is happy that the Rams’ unprecedented success this baseball season raised school spirit to a high pitch, he also expresses humility, noting, “We’re not celebrities and we don’t want to let any of this go to our heads.” In commenting on Devin’s public thank you for his support and advocacy, SOAR Principal Granderson, who is also head basketball coach for the Rams, shared his philosophy regarding Devon and all his students, via his daily journal entry, entitled “The Spirit of Hope.” He elucidates, “Hope is not free. You have to believe in hope. We breathe one breath and one air. Just as oxy-gen unites us, we are united by hope. Hope is like a child taking

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that first breath. Sometimes you have to spank a newborn to get him to breathe. In our spirit is the perseverance of hope. All that we do, all that we stand for, all that we seek is the empowerment and fulfillment of hope, one to another.” Devin’s and the teams’ success embodies the philosophy of hope, notes Granderson. Head Coach Marquez, who considers Devin and the other team members “family,” noted that Devin frequently rode RTD to get to school and to practice, and said that Devin’s selection as a team co-captain reflected his teammates high respect for him. Recalling that Devin “always was there to help with everything, whether it was chalking the field or helping with girls’ softball. Coach Manny, Coach Ron, and the team want to sin-cerely thank Principal Kelley, Assistant Principal Slattery, Superintendant Michael Clough, and SOAR Counselor Ms . Clough for traveling to Lamar to support the team. The Rams players wanted to share their favorite quotes about their history-making, winning season. Jesse Delgado: “It’s been a roller coaster ride but we came together as family.” Dustin Howland: “Grip the seams and follow your dreams.” Santino Aguirre: “It was an enthusiastic experience.” Darrien Vigil: “We brought the power!” Daniel Villa: “Sheridan’s back.” Joseph Cordova: “The opportunity if there if you believe.” Justin Salazer: “We can never be too dirty!” Micah Romero: “We worked very hard for this.” Donovan Contreras: “It took a lot of dedication and 5 a.m. practices to get where we are.”

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Have Breakfast and Lunch for Free this Summer! South Suburban’s Sheridan Recreation Center, located at 3325 W. Oxford Ave., is providing free breakfasts and lunches for children 18 years and under, June 9 – Aug. 1. Breakfast will be served in the recreation center from 9 – 10 a.m., and lunch will be served from 12-1 p.m. at the adjacent Sheridan Community Park. The breakfast and lunch program is spon-sored by Lunchbox Express. For more information about the program, visit,www.lunchboxexpress.org. Stay fueled this summer for optimal health and wellness.

Sheridan Recreation Center hosts the fastest growing sport in North America – Pickleball! Stop by and try this popular game on Mon., Wed., or Fri., from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Equipment is provided. Just show up wearing gym shoes and comfortable clothing. For more information call 303-761-2241 or visit www.sspr.org.

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Honor your father on his special day Fathers play a special, irreplaceable role in people’s lives. Let yours know that. This Father’s Day, skip the necktie and tell your dad what he really means to you. Some suggestions: • Write a letter thanking your father. Tell him what he means

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Sheridan School District Will Work to Ensure College Pathway Superintendent Michael Clough told the Sheridan Board of Education last night that the school district will do everything in its power to help students realize their dreams of attending college. Recently, the district has been in discussions with the Colorado Department of Education over the district’s longstanding 21st Century Program, which has served as a means for hundreds of students to gain access to Arapahoe Community College. For now, said Clough, the urgent need is to resolve the status of 34 students currently attending ACC and 17 students who want to attend beginning in the fall of 2014. Clough thanked Diana Hegeman, ACC vice-president of instruction, for the institution’s assistance in finding scholar-ships and financial aid packages to help the students cover costs. “I can’t thank you enough,” said Superintendent Clough. “As soon as we started to get into this conundrum, Arapahoe Community College stepped right up.” Vice-president Hegeman, who attending last night’s meeting, said the financial aid and scholarships may prove more beneficial for individual students because the money can also be used on books and fees, which can be expensive. “There are a lot of advantages for the students doing it this way,” she said. ACC will take a “case manager” approach and work with each indi-vidual student’s needs and family situation, she added. Superintendent Clough reiterated his congratulations to the teachers at Fort Logan Elementary School (grades three through five) and Alice Terry Elementary School (kindergarten through second grade) for the recently-posted increases on the state’s third-grade reading scores. Sixty-five per-cent of Fort Logan Elementary School third-graders were rated proficient or advanced on the tests, up 18 percentage points over last year. “These exceeded my expectations,” said Clough, noting that the test represents the work of all teachers up through third grade. Jackie Webb, Executive Director of Learning Services, thanked the board for their leadership in sup-porting intensive professional development several years ago that helped teachers learn strategies with explicit instruction and literate engagement of students.

— Mark Stevens

Summer Lunch Program at Sheridan High School Breakfast and lunch will be served free every day for all children 18 years and younger through the Summer Food Service Program. The program begins at Sheridan High School on Wednesday, June 4 and runs through Friday, Aug. 1. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The program will be closed on Friday, July 4. You do not have to be in summer school or be a resident of Sheridan to participate. Adults may also purchase breakfast ($1.50) and lunch ($3.50). Sheridan High School is located at 3201 W. Oxford Ave.

CHILDREN

SUMMER READING KICKOFF: Saturday, June 7, 2:00 PM Join us as we kick off 2014 Summer Reading, “Fizz, Boom, Read” From 2:00-4:00 we will have a Bounce House where you can bounce away, play some games and have a treat courtesy of Yogurtland. At 2:30-3:30, see Alien Alert! Denise has been kidnapped by aliens. Can Sienna the dog rescue her best friend? She could call out the National Guard or maybe the Army. Would they even believe a regular dog? Maybe there is hope after all.

TEENS

GAME ON! Friday, June 13, 5:00 PM Hang out and play computer games, video games, board games or chess – you never know what games you’ll get. Come find out and have fun playing! We’ve got the gaming systems and laptop computers... have you “got game?” Video games are rated E – Everyone through T – Teen. Ages 11-17.

TEEN BOOK CLUB: Monday, June 16, 3:00 PM Share about a book you’ve read. Ages 12 - 16

CHILDREN, ADULTS

STORIES AND MORE: Tuesday, June 17, 10:30 AM Are you caring for young children ages 0-5? Join us for a special storytime with extended activi-ties for you to do at home with young children. We will provide you with books, activities and materi-als to promote early learning and literacy. Parents, grandparents, foster parents, neighbors and friends who provide care for children are welcome. Ages 0-5. Sponsored in part by the Arapahoe County Early Childhood Council (ACECC)

— Michelle Cingrani, Communications Specialist Arapahoe Library District

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