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Scott Ellis of Johnstown, shown here competing in May in the “Half Growler” mountain bike race in Gunnison, died Saturday from an apparent heart attack while riding a 100-mile mountain bike race in Leadville. He was 55. See story on page 5.

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**NOTICE OF VACANCY** (Town of Johnstown - Councilmember) The Town of Johnstown will be accepting applications for the position of Councilmember for an unexpired term ending April 2016. Applicants must be qualified electors who have resided within the limits of the Town for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of appointment. Applications may be obtained at the Town Clerk's Office, 450 S. Parish, Johnstown, CO., Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or on the Town’s web page @www.townofjohnstown.com Application deadline – Monday, August 31, 2015, 5:00 p.m.

Johnstown Plaza plans continue forward By Danielle Ross The Johnstown Breeze

J O H N S T O W N – To w n Council approved a Johnstown Plaza Metropolitan District Service Plan, which will allow for the creation of a new district at the Johnstown Plaza at 2534 for the Scheels development.

The proposed metropolitan district had to first be approved by the council before the applicant could take the plan to court and ask, based on the stipulations of the service plan, to become its own district. The town’s special counsel, MaryAnn McGeady, said the proposed district falls within the Thompson Crossing metro dis-

trict number two, which currently has a large amount of its own bonded debt. The purpose of forming a new district for a new project is to allow it to have its own bonds and debt while excluding the rest of the Thompson Crossing metro district from incurring further debt, she said. See JTC on page 14

Milliken readying marijuana ballot questions By Zant Reyes The Johnstown Breeze

MILLIKEN – Ballot questions for November elections are due in just a few weeks. In Milliken, trustees discussed at their Aug. 12 board meeting two marijuana related questions that will be decided on by voters. “The board wanted to refer this to the citizens because voting on a state ballot initiative is a whole lot different than voting for what you find acceptable in your town,” Trustee Jordan Jemiola said. Town Administrator Kent Brown said the questions are about taxation and whether to allow production, growth and sales within the town. Many questions, specifically about taxation, were asked amongst trustees. With Milliken being a statutory town, Brown said this week there cannot be a sales tax on specific items. Instead, there would be a proposed occupation tax of up to $10 for each sales transaction by any retail or cultivation facilities within town limits. If passed, revenue would go into the town’s general fund. Brown said revenue going into that fund would allow for more flexibility on the town’s part to distribute it. “My biggest question is, after it’s set and the voters make a determination, if the voters do approve this measure, how are those industries or occupations going to pay us?” Jemiola said. From an April Denver Business Journal article it’s estimated nearly 40 percent of state marijuana-related businesses are unbanked. To help remedy the situation, the Marijuana Business Access to Banking Act of 2015 was re-introduced in April. The act allows businesses to access the banking system and not have to operate solely on a cash basis.

And the businesses have been profiting. According to a Colorado Department of Revenue mid-year marijuana report, the state has made more in sales tax revenue this year through June than all of last year. The Cannabist, a Denver Post-run website covering the marijuana industry, reported Colorado collected $9 million in recreational taxes and fees in June. Along with that number, the $1.85 million brought in from medical taxes and fees brings this year’s cumulative revenue total to $60.7 million. As to where facilities would go in town, Brown said those regulations would be set by the board. In the proposed questions trustees read over, facilities were going to be limited to C-5 zones, but the board recommended that be taken out. Trustees are scheduled to vote on the questions officially at next Wednesday’s board meeting. Notes —Trustees passed a memorandum of understanding with Purvis Properties, LLC, for a 15-foot strip of land adjacent and south of the right-of-way on Weld County Road 46 1/2. Brown said at the meeting this was needed by the Colorado Department of Transportation because when work starts on the Milliken-Johnstown Trail, it will go into the Purvis area. The understanding will allow construction to occur on the land. —A lease agreement with Colorado Greenbelt Management to operate the town tree limb/yard waste center at the public works facility had trustees wanting a few more details added before approval. The item stated the company would receive all of the fees generated from the facility, along with taking on all costs and taxes. Jemiola said this was a great opportunity for town staff, who’ve been paid over-

time to run the operation, to focus on other areas in the town. However, he went on to point out that the item calls for obligations for the town, which included Milliken allowing use of its front-end loader and facility operator. Jemiola also noted there was a question about an item stating if either party should not fulfill any provisions in the lease, the other would be entitled to end the agreement and recover any damages to the end of 30 days. He wanted to ensure the town would not be liable, and wanted put in that the town could terminate the contract within 30 days without cost or fees. Mayor Milt Tokunaga wanted to add that the company maintain the property to a satisfactory level. A revised version of the item is scheduled to come back before the board at next Wednesday’s meeting. —In the consent agenda, El Mex-Kal’s hotel and restaurant liquor license, and Milliken’s trail and sidewalk gap analysis, were passed. —Trustee Ken Kidd had comments about the state of the parks in town during the discussion agenda. Kidd listed his concerns, from a leaky bathroom at Ehrlich Lake to a broken drinking fountain at Centennial Lake, and the less than ideal condition, in his opinion, of the skate park. “I want resolution, or I want to start getting bids to contract out all the parks, all the irrigation, the mowing, the whole works,” he said. “Because we’ve put up with it way too long.” Kidd said he wasn’t faulting anyone, and if there’s a shortage of equipment or inventory, trustees need to be notified of it. The next board meeting will be 7 p.m. next Wednesday at the Milliken Meeting House, 1201 Broad St.

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Johnstown man named Angus meeting delegate

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Keith Russell, of Johnstown, has been elected as a delegate to the 132nd Annual American Angus Association Convention of Delegates, Nov. 5 at the Overland Park Convention Center in Overland Park, Kan., reports Richard Wilson, Interim CEO of the American Angus Association. Russell, a member of the American Angus Association with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Missouri, is one of 327 Angus breeders who have been elected by fellow members in their state to serve as a representative at the annual meeting. Representing 42 states, District of Columbia and Canada, the delegates will participate in the business meeting and elect new officers and five directors to the American Angus Association board. The annual meeting will take place in conjunction with the 2015 Angus Mens Business National C o n v e n t i o n a n d Tr a d e S h o w, Nov. 3-5. The American Angus Association is the nation’s largest beef breed organization, serving nearly 25,000 members across the United States, Canada and several other countries.

Photo courtesy of Barbara Janssen

Blarney Breeze You know, for a small town weekly newspaper, we get around. Roosevelt High School art teacher Barbara Janssen sent us this photo of her current and former students taken in front of Blarney Castle during their summer trip to Ireland, England and Paris. Pictured are (front row) Roel Calvillo, K e n z i e H u n t e r, L a r a m i e Byrd, Jessica Fricke (back row) Aspen Sanchez, Taylor DeSelms, Tim Ecker, Jarrett Hatch, Lucero Garay (holding a copy of The Breeze), Elora Golec, Sorrel Sudtelgte, Kallyn Withrow and Onix Fernandez. Do you have a photo for page 3? Send it to [email protected] or bring it by the office at 7 S. Parish Ave. in Johnstown.

Bike race to affect access to Lory State Park

Beginning Aug. 21 through Aug. 22 there will be limited access to Lory State Park as the Northern Colorado Stage 6 race sets-up and rolls through Bellvue, Colorado. On Friday, visitors can access the park by coming over Bingham Hill Road, or driving through the unincorporated community of Bellvue. On Saturday, access remains the same with an additional closure of the North County 23 access to Lodgepole Drive starting at 1 p.m.(dependent on race status). Visitors to the park should be prepared to spend an extended period in the park with exit delays being possibly as long as a few hours in the afternoon.

CSU offers fall gardening seminars

FORT COLLINS - Usually held in early summer, Colorado State University’s annual Twilight Garden Series will take place on two Tuesdays in September this year. The series will cover a number of issues of interest to local gardeners including: Sept. 1: Food Harvesting and Preservation as well as Winterizing Turf. Sept. 15: Fall Color Shade Trees and Digging and Planting Bulbs The Sept. 15 session will take place at newly-built CSU Horticulture Center located at 1707 Centre Ave. The Sept. 1 event will take place at Gardens on Spring Creek, 2145 Centre Ave. The Twilight Garden Series is open to the public. The presentat i o n s w i l l b e o u td o o r s , r a i n o r shine. Cost is $10 per session. Programs begin at 6:30 p.m., with registration at 6 p.m. For more information, call (970) 491-7019.

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his week we welcome one resident to local government, while wishing another well and thanking him for his service. Congratulations to Steve McCarthy, who was named earlier this month to the Weld Re-5J School Board. McCarthy was named to the board as a replacement for Janelle Howell, who stepped down this summer because she has taken a teaching job in the district. And a big thank you to Johnstown Councilmember Damien Berg, who announced Monday night he was reluctantly stepping down from the council because he is moving out of Johnstown to accept a job offer. We’re not that far away from the time in these two communities when the old saying was your didn’t so much run for local governmental office as it was you turn to do your civic duty and serve. Both Steve and Damien are prime examples of local citizens giving of their time to do so, and they both deserve our gratitude. Kristi Paetzel, organizer of the recent Rambling Rose 5K

that was conducted as part of Beef ‘N Bean Day, passed along some fun facts about this year’s event … Kristi said they had 134 total registrations and 119 of those completed the race. “We had participants from 20 different Colorado cities and towns, including Longmont, Loveland, Milliken, Johnstown, Fort Collins, Greeley, Nunn, Thornton, Berthoud, Firestone, Eaton, Erie, Windsor, Westminster, Brush, Boulder, Ft. Lupton, and Lakewood,” she wrote in an email. “We had participants from four different states besides Colorado. One from Texas, two from Oklahoma, two from New York, and a whopping 21 from Iowa! (A high school cross country team from Iowa came out to spend the morning with us!)” And though we don’t have it confirmed, there is a rumor that one of the Iowa runners, after running the race and seeing the community waking for a day of celebration, was overheard asking: “Is this heaven?” And they were told, “No, it’s Milliken.” Speaking of running, and tackling, and kicking soccer

balls, and hitting golf balls and soft balls, and spiking volleyballs, a whole new year of Roosevelt Rough Rider fall sports action is getting underway with the start of school. In this week’s issue of The Breeze we have fall sports previews of all the RHS sports. If you already haven’t, foll o w u s o n Tw i t t e r @The_JT_Breeze where we’ll be providing play-by-play, tweet-by-tweet action during Riders football games and other sporting events. Our condolences to Connie Ellis of Johnstown, and the many friends of hers and her husband, Scott. Scott Ellis died last Saturday during a mountain bike race in Leadville. His death was news not only in The Breeze, but in dailies all around the state, as well as cycling websites across the country. Each story made the point of the tragedy of someone dying so young, but each also remarked that Scott died in a setting he often remarked was beautiful, doing something that was special to him ... riding his bike. Rest in Peace, Scott.

A Milliken man who last November was arrested for stealing a backpack from an atrisk minor was sentenced Monday to five years in prison, according to a story in The Greeley Tribune. A c c o r d i n g t o t h e s t o r y, Leopoldo “Chachi” Rivera, 29, of Milliken pleaded guilty in May to one count each of aggravated robbery with a real or simulated weapon and menacing with a real or simulated weapon, both felonies. The charges stem from an incident Nov. 15, 2014, when Rivera was accused of stealing a backpack containing an estimated $500 in Xbox games, hard drives, flash drives and headsets from a Milliken boy diagnosed with autism and Asperger syndrome, according to court records. He was also accused of assaulting a friend of the boy who attempted to stop the theft, as the two boys walked in the 100 block of S. Kathleen Ave. According to the Tribune story, during his sentencing hearing Monday in Weld District Court, Rivera’s public defender argued for a community corrections sentence, citing a presentence investigation report that advised against a lengthy prison sentence because of Rivera’s substance addiction and mental health problems. The attorney made the argument for a placement in community corrections despite there being an agreement with the Weld District Attorney’s Office that a prison sentence would not exceed 8 years, according to the story. Weld District Court Judge Timothy Kerns neither accepted the agreement nor did he send Rivera to community corrections, opting instead for a punishment that was a compromise between the two options. “I recognize there are concerns about mental health needs and substance addiction in the psychological evaluation, but I think these are crimes that justify a prison sentence,” Kerns said. “However, I don’t think the agreed upon sentence of eight years is appropriate either.” Kerns sentenced Rivera to five years in prison for the aggravated robbery conviction and three years in prison for the menacing conviction. The sentences will run concurrently.

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The number one global security issue? Climate change By Mel Gurtov For The Johnstown Breeze

In recent years, U.S. leaders finally categorized climate change as a global threat on the order of weapons of mass destruction. Since then, the bad news surrounding climate change has gotten considerably worse. We are, as Eric Holthaus just wrote for Rolling Stone, at the point of no return. He offers many telltale signs, ecological and environmental, some familiar and others not. But perhaps the most decisive finding is the rate of climatic change, “unprecedented for at least the past 1,000 years” according to five scientists with the Joint Global Change Re-

search Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, in College Park, Maryland. Their study, like many others, urges immediate mitigating actions with the caution that even positive efforts will not have much impact before mid-century. As he enters his last year of office, President Obama’s characterization of the threat posed by climate change has become quite dramatic and shrill. He told Coast Guard Academy graduates in May: “I am here today to say that climate change constitutes a serious threat to national security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will impact how our military defends our country.” Then, on Aug. 2, introducing his plan to curb climate change and promote his clean power plan, he said that “no challenge poses a greater threat to our future, and to future generations, than a changing cli-

mate.” There is good reason for linking climate change to intern a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y. C l i m a t e change impacts every major international security issue, as Keith Johnson shows in a recent article for Foreign Policy. In the South China Sea dispute, for example, the contested islands have the potential not only to yield significant amounts of oil and gas, but also to become inundated before very long. Hence China’s land reclamation project, which in the end may be a huge waste of time and money. Environmental refugees within countries and across borders have become commonplace. The looming fight over the Arctic’s resources as the ice melts; the worldwide water crisis, affecting every country whether wealthy or poor; the shift of weather patterns that will impact food supplies; the warming of oceans and the consequences for fish-

ing – these and many more changes are in motion now, and all have serious potential for conflict between nations. The sooner we understand the interconnection between climate change and security, the faster we can get our priorities straight. It’s not a matter of putting the other security issues on the back burner; it’s just that climate change is the most urgent matter for all species. As the President said, “we’re the last generation that can do something about it.” Other dangers will linger for a long time, but “there is such a thing as being too late when it comes to climate change.” Will it take a climate catastrophe to mobilize legislators to action? Will John Kerry, having denounced the “tiny minority of shoddy scientists … and extreme ideologues” who question global warming, now do the right thing and reject the Keystone XL fracking plan?

Will the Obama administration finally display leadership at the next international conference on global warming? Stay tuned. I’m not optimistic; the time to act decisively is exceedingly short, and Obama’s maneuvering room on environmental issues is limited by the Republican Deniers and I’m No Scientists. But I believe each of us must do what we can and not let the daily bad news immobilize us. Let’s support organizations that have a proven track record on the environment, such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Rainforest Alliance, and groups in your immediate area that are keeping the predators at bay. M e l G u r t o v, s y n d i c a t e d b y PeaceVoice, is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Portland State University, Editor-inChief of Asian Perspective, and blogs at In the Human Interest.

 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, We would like to thank the Johnstown-Milliken Lions Club for all they do for our communities, including running the duck race on BBQ Day. Very special thanks to Amy and Alan Gibson for buying that special duck from Jim Young, and then naming the beneficiary of their racewinning duck the Roosevelt Alumni Association. These funds will increase our scholarship fund and will be used to help an RHS senior further their education. THANK YOU!!! The RHS Alumni Association

Vicki Yost, secretary Dear Editor, Life expectancy exceeds driving expectancy (your ability to drive safely), yet few people plan for a time when they can no longer drive safely. Unfortunately, the same physical and cognitive limitation that makes it difficult or impossible for older adults to drive also can make it difficult or impossible for them to access many transportation services. Organizing and managing transportation services that meet the needs of senior passengers is a major challenge

for communities across America. We are very fortunate to have in our community Senior Resource Services. Their program provides transportation for seniors in Weld County assisted by volunteers. We do not charge our seniors as many can barely buy their groceries and medications. Presently we are providing almost 700 seniors in Weld County with rides t o t h e g r o c e r y, b a n k s a n d beauty shops, as well as to their medical, dental and therapy appointments. Because of the longevity of our seniors, we are receiving increased

number of transportation requests each week, especially in the area of Carbon Valley. Because of this increase we need “VOLUNTEERS.” It is such a rewarding experience to take a senior when they gently touch your arm and say, “Thank you, I didn’t know how I would get there today.” Remember for many, “YOU” are their only contact in the outside world! And remember, someday you may need this service. Please call (970) 352-9348 for more information, or look at our website www.seniorresourceservices.info.

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JT cyclist dies during weekend mountain bike race By Matt Lubich

Early Johnstown February 9, 1933 Publisher: E.E. Engberg Cold Weather After registering about 60 degrees above zero all day Sunday, the thermometer did a nose dive and Monday night reached a point 80 degrees below Sunday’s high mark. The drop in temperature was accompanied by a cold wind and some little snow Monday. Wednesday morning workmen at the sugar factory reported that the thermometer there had registered 28 degrees below zero during the night, and all day it hovered in the neighborhood of 10 below. Hitler Causes Trouble Adolph Hitler, the former Austrian paperhanger, has at last achieved his ambition, and was recently made chancellor of Germany. Immediately after his accession riots broke out and several were killed. Germany is at present divided into innumerable political parties, many quite small and insignificant, and political matters there are in a chaotic condition. Only the firm hand of President Hinderburg prevents a state of anarchy.

Fifty Years Ago July 22, 1965 Editors and Publishers: Paul and Joyce Williams Downpour hit Johnstown Johnstown was deluged with very heavy rainfall shortly before 9 o’clock Monday evening and individual rain gauges in town contained from two and one-fourth to three inches of rain in an hour’s time. Gutters ran curb deep for most of the hour’s rain and the precipitation was so heavy that drain sewers would not carry it. As a result, most of the water ran to the lowest places in town. The most severe damage was to the Wade Reed house in the west part of town where a wall of water forced a basement wall to collapse and poured 18 inches of water and mud into the basement. Friends and neighbors came early Tuesday morning and helped the Reeds remove the mud from the basement. It was carried out through the windows by buckets. A house moving company ran a large beam through the collapsed section and laid boards under it to support the west side of the house. Fate also dealt the Reeds another blow. Wade Reed, who was in Loveland at the time the storm hit here, was called home and as he was approaching the overpass on Highway 60 over Interstate 25 west of town, hit a wall of water. His car spun about on the muddy pavement and ended up in the ditch on the west side of the highway. He climbed out a window and landed waist deep in water. The car had to be towed and the front fender and a door was mashed. Water also got in the motor. August 5, 1965 Crazy Day well attended Last Thursday’s Crazy Day was undoubtedly the largest ever judging from the crowd that was in town that day. A highlight of the morning was the pet and doll parade at 11 a.m. Over 125 youngsters participated and many clever costumes were in evidence. Nine organizations fixed booths on the main street and all proved to be popular with the crowd. The day started at 5:15 a.m. when the firemen toured the town and outlying districts with sirens screaming, waking everyone within hearing distance. The sirens heralded the chuck wagon breakfast. A fine attendance at the Brown-Swiss Canton show was reported during the afternoon. About 30 cattle were in the contest which lasted about three hours. During the afternoon the “Premieres” entertained the audience with their music. Playing in that group are Gary Lebsack, John Stroh, Bob Marostica and Allen Yost. A climax of the day was the street dance held in the front of town hall.

Twenty Years Ago June 22, 1995 Editors and Publishers: Ardis and Clyde Briggs Lights...Camera...Coffee... Hollywood descended on the Heartland recently as crews used Weld County locations to film scenes from the new Bill Murray movie. Last week the movie makers were at Johnson’s Corner doing night scenes. July 6, 1995 Movie: Johnstown now has honest to goodness movie stars to boast of. Amy Elrod and her sister Selena worked as extras on the recent movie shot at Johnson’s Corner. They were supposed to play waitresses (not a stretch since they both work as them) but ended up being some of the people driving up to the gas pump during one of the scenes. Selena said it took two days, “and about 50 times” to get the few moments of film that they’ll appear in. Maybe that’s why movies cost so much to go to anymore. No word on when the film will be released. July 13, 1995 Board annexes commercial development JOHNSTOWN—Town officials welcomed a commercial property annexation, and the news that Hays Market may build a store in the development, at their July 10 regularly scheduled meeting. They also okayed another 30-acre acquisition for residential development, northwest of Roosevelt High School. The Breeze From the Past and the Milliken Mail are compiled from past issues of those publications by Ardis Briggs Tomlinson.

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Scott Ellis, of Johnstown, died of what is believed to have been a heart attack last Saturday during a mountain bike race in Leadville, doing what his wife and friends and fellow competitors say he loved. Riding his bike. He was 55. According to the cycling website velonews.competitor. com, he was about 80 miles into the 100 mile race. According to the story, this was Ellis’ 19th time in the race known as “the race across the sky.” The altitude in Leadville is 10,152 feet above sea level, with area mountain peaks reaching more than 14,400 feet. Ellis’ Peloton-Specialized team, based in Fort Collins, which he rode with, posted the following on its Facebook page on Sunday evening following his death. “It is with great sadness that we post this. Yesterday at the Leadville 100 mountain bike race, Scott Ellis had a suspected heart attack at Power Line climb as he headed to the finish and did not survive. “As a team, our hearts and prayers go to his family and friends. We are heartbroken.” “The entire Leadville family is saddened by Scott’s passing,” read a statement from Life Time Fitness, the race organizer, also quoted in the Velonews article. “He embodied the spirit of Leadville and truly will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with Scott’s family and all others who had the privilege to know h i m . We w a n t t o t h a n k t h e many individuals who so graciously suspended their own races to assist Scott in his time of need. This truly is an example of the power of the human spirit and just how much these athletes are part of the special community we have established in Leadville.” Ellis and his wife, Connie, move to Johnstown in 1996. The same year he began riding the Leadville race. “I hold down the home front while he trains,” Connie Ellis said Monday night. “He loved riding. Every race he did was to get ready for this race.”

She said he husband loved everything about the race: The physical challenge. The terrain. The scenery. And, she said, the many friends he made over two decades riding it. “He said he was going to ride 20 of them and get his big belt buckle and then quit,” his wife said. “I told him I didn’t believe him and he laughed and said, ‘yeah, I’m probably going to be doing it into my 70s.” Growing up on a farm along Highway 402, Scott rode his bike everywhere, Connie said. He graduated from Thompson Valley High School in 1978 and the couple met at Colorado State University, in the dorms, when he was a sophomore and she was a freshman. They had been married for 28 years. Even then in college, Connie Ellis said, he was always riding a bike. In addition to the Leadville race he had competed in nearly a half-dozen Ironman competitions and had even traveled to Europe to ride the famed route of the Tour de France. An engineer for the Colorado Department of Transportation, Connie Ellis said her husband had been thinking about retiring to be able to ride his bike and compete more, but he had agreed to stay on and help in the rebuilding efforts of Colorado Highway 34 after the 2013 Big Thompson Flood. Now that that work was done, she said, he was again pondering retirement and thinking he might ride The Colorado Trail. “I can’t believe this has happened,” she said, pausing in the phone conversation. “He was so healthy. I just don’t understand.”

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As school starts, talk turns to new school starts By Danielle Ross The Johnstown Breeze

The Weld Re-5J school district board spent over half of its meeting Aug. 12 discussing in detail exactly what it will take to construct a new high school in the district. The discussion was spurred by the large audience of parents who came to the meeting seeking answers to a range of questions about enrollment, safety, capacity and cost. The group in attendance was spearheaded by Johnstown resident Paula Eastin. She wanted to know why the board has not begun the long process of building a new high school. “Some of the concerns are the lack of a plan being communicated to parents as to why we’re waiting,” Eastin said. Eastin said passing periods are very crowded in the Roos ev el t Hi g h S ch o o l , wh i ch raised safety concerns for students and parents. She also mentioned that some classes in Milliken Middle School have students sitting on the floor. In addition, Eastin talked about mill levies in other districts that are active in building new schools. “We’re at 25.23 mills,” she said. “The Windsor school district area is at 47.297, and they are building a brand new high school. They’ve just built a new junior high and elementary school within the last five years.

St. Vrain School District is building plenty of new schools, and their mill levy is 53.673.” She said districts in Frederick, Mead and Erie are more proactive and began the process of constructing new schools when they were at half of the capacity of RHS. The capacity at RHS is currently 950 students, and an accurate enrollment count to determine how near the school is to reaching capacity won’t be available until after Labor Day. “When are we going to put this on the ballot and put it up to the voters to decide the future for their children and their communities?” Eastin said. “I feel like we’ve sat long enough, and something needs to happen.” Johnstown resident Veronica Schlagel expressed the concern that parents are taking their students out of the district and seeking better opportunities elsewhere. Schlagel made it clear that she’s in favor of seeing this issue on the ballot as soon as possible. “I’m speaking as a parent just to see what we can do to try to put this on the ballot for next year,” she said. “It’s not just up to the school board. It’s up to the parents and community too. I brought this up three or four years ago. Where are we at? What can we start doing to get this on the ballot?” Johnstown Councilmember K.C. Mitchell was present at the meeting as well and said it was good to see so many people at a board meeting, because it indicated cooperation between the board and the community. “My wife is an educator, and education is crucial in our lives,” Mitchell said. “It should be, in our town and our environment. Many things have been said, and what’s going to fix education is not always a bigger building or better facilities, although I’m not s a y i n g w e d o n ’t n e e d t h a t . There’s obviously issues on both sides that we’re not understanding, and I think it’s important that those concerns be addressed.” Superintendent Martin Foster, after hearing the input of those present, took his time to thoroughly respond to questions that had been raised. Throughout his response, he also took questions from the audience. Dr. Foster explained that the district is now closer than ever to being financially capable of building a new high school. He said the assessed valuation of the district has increased over the last few years. The assessed valuation of the district dictates

how much it can borrow to build a new school. Five or more years ago, the district simply did not have enough value, or bonding capacity, to be able to build a new school, Foster explained. He also explained that enrollment growth has plateaued in the district, and consistent enrollment growth is essential when constructing a new school. If enrollment is not growing at a steady rate, the district cannot fill a new school or afford to run it alongside the existing high school, Foster said. He then discussed the cost. “A new high school for 1,200 students on between 60 and 80 acres with all the amenities, according to an architectural firm, and I’ve presented this information to the board, will cost between 60 and 65 million dollars just for the facility,” Foster said. “At the same time, we’d need to build a transportation center to go along with that. We’d need to purchase the 60 to 80 acres, and depending on the location and the existing infrastructure, we’d need to put in water and sewer attachments as well. We’re looking at somewhere between 70 and 75 million dollars.” He also mentioned that the district would need to do an additional complete analysis of all its existing facilities because there are still other issues that need to be fixed. The district is currently about $10 million in bonded debt for other repairs and renovations to various facilities throughout the last few years. Even after subtracting this debt from the assessed valuation of the district, Foster said that the district is capable of opting for a bond for a total of 85 to 90 million dollars, which would then be put on the ballot and handed over to the voters. Foster estimated the impact on taxpayers based on home value. He said taxpayers would see an increase of about $200 for every $100,000 worth of home value. He said the percentage increase for agricultural land and businesses is quite a bit more, about $600 for every $100,000 worth of farmland or business value. The board’s newest member, Steve McCarthy, presented a helpful perspective on the situation. McCarthy, having only been on the board for a week, said that he understood where the parents were coming from. He said he, too, was once under the impression that the board was not taking steps toward the See RE5J on page 17

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 SENIORS Johnstown 55+ Scene Calendar We are having a competition for a logo for our senior center. A cash prize of $25 will be aw ar ded. Our c ente r is called the 55+scene. We are looking for someone who can teach a greeting card class. If you, or someone you know, w ould be intereste d please contact me. Oct. 11-14, Cadillac Jacks casino, Mt. Rushmore/Crazy Horse, and Bear Country in South Dakota. Cost is $275 per person (double occupancy), single $350. Contact either Crystal at Milliken Senior Center or Shirley at Johnstown Senior Center. This is a trip planned for 55+, but we welcome those over 21. Menu for Aug. 26: Dilled salmon, lemon slice, brown rice pilaf, black bean salad, sliced peaches and raspberries, whole wheat roll, margarine, sugar free strawberry gelatin, 1 percent milk. Meal is a $3 donation for individuals 60 and over, $7.25 under 60 unless a spouse or volunteer at the meal. Salad bar an additional donation of $1. Aug. 21: 8:30 a.m. exercise;

9:15 a.m. yoga; 1:30 p.m. book club Aug. 22: 8 a.m. Estes Park senior center for all you can eat breakfast Aug . 2 3 : n o o n R o ck i es game at Coors stadium, $15 includes transportation fee. Aug. 25: 8:15 a.m. chair yoga; 9:30 a.m. exercise; 10:30 a.m. Sweet Tomato restaurant in Denver Aug . 2 6 : 11 a. m . Tro y Swain from oil & gas; noon lunch; 1 p.m. Bingo Aug. 27: 8 a.m. breakfast; 9:30 a.m. Zumba Aug. 30: noon Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Candlelight Dinner Theater (tickets $53.45) Shirley Newsom Gamez, coordinator 101 W. Charlotte St. Johnstown 587-5251 Email: [email protected] Milliken Seniors Aug. 21: Pool tournament 9 a.m., Alberta & Mary 10 a.m.,

Friendly Fork Lunch 11:15 a.m. Aug. 24: Shuffleboard 10 a.m., Friendly Fork Lunch 11:15 a.m. (Menus) Friday: French dip sandwich with au jus cup on a whole wheat hoagie bun, baked s weet p o t at o , ch i l l ed can taloupe with raspberries, granola fruity nut bar. Monday: Lemon-Dijon mustard chicken breast, baked potato with light sour cream, three bean salad, chilled orange wedges, whole wheat bread, margarine. Milliken Senior Center is going to Blackhawk Sept.17. Leave at 8 a.m. back at 4 p.m. Cost is $10 a person. Going on chartered bus. Free coffee at 7:30 a.m. For reservations call Lois at 587-4251 or Crystal at 587-2484. Crystal Lucarelli, coordinator 1101 Broad St. Milliken (970) 660-5040 [email protected]

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Martin Marietta plant passes unanimously By Zant Reyes The Johnstown Breeze

It all started around 9 a.m. last Wednesday in Greeley at the Weld County Commissioners’Administration Building. With an overflowing audience, the commissioners took their seats and began the process of hearing whether or not to approve the Martin Marietta asphalt plant. Around 11 p.m. that night, it was over. It was a unanimous 50 vote of approval. “The construction of this plant will have major positive economic benefits to Northern Colorado,” said David Hagerman, regional vice president of Martin Marietta, in a press release issued by the county in the late hours Wednesday night following the decision. “The location of this plant will enable us to produce affordable building products for roads, offices and homes, and supply aggregate needed for the region. We appreciate the Weld County Commissioners’ approval and recognition that this plant can be compatible with the area and met the County’s capability requirements.” According to the release, site development will begin this year. The goal is to have the ready-mix concrete plant running next year, with rail loop construction starting next year

as well. Asphalt plant construction and operation is scheduled for 2017. According to The Greeley Tribune, there will be conditions attached to the project. Some of those are a limit on the hours of operation, a required quarterly community meeting and reductions on the amount of noise the company is allowed to produce. “The site’s many benefits include its proximity to rail and major highways and central location in one of the fastestgrowing areas in the state,” the release from the commissioners went on to say. “It also poses the least disruption to the greatest number of neighbors and less significant traffic impacts. Of the 13 locations evaluated, (it) met all the criteria needed for the new operation.” The site will be located on 133 acres of land near the Indianhead Estates neighborhood just 10 minutes north of Johnstown. “I most likely won’t be able to live here,” said Indianhead resident Sue Thomas last Wednesday during the afternoon public comment portion of the meeting. Thomas, who held back tears, said she would be personally affected by the odor if this was approved. Tammy Brown, an Indianhead resident for 40 years, said during public comment that she d i d n ’t k n o w h o w t h e p l a n t would be welcomed if passed. “ We r e c o g n i z e t h a t t h e neighbors have voiced concerns about the plant’s proximity to their homes,” said Hagerman in the release. “We don’t take those concerns lightly and as we communicated during the permitting process, we plan to work very closely with them to address concerns and install the measures we proposed to address noise, dust, odor and traffic.” This week, a 25-year-resident of Indianhead, Judy Leinweber, said residents put up a good fight, but she said when she left the meeting around 6:30 p.m. last Wednesday night she had a bad feeling it was going to be approved. “What shocked me was that it was unanimous,” she said. “It’s just an incredibly huge disappointment.” She said she has had folks in Johnstown or other places stop her to express how sorry they are for her and the rest of her neighbors. Leinweber said the feeling in their little community

is disappointment in the commissioners, and “where do we go now?” Leinweber said she has no plans to leave her home, but added her quality of life is “completely deteriorated because of this.” As for the conditions the commissioners placed on the plant, Leinweber said she was happy with them, but she said once the heat of the story dies d o w n a n d y e a r s g o b y, s h e doesn’t have much optimism in Martin Marietta sticking with its promise of being a good neighbor. “I don’t have a lot of faith in what they say,” she said. Reaction to the decision was also heard Monday night at the Johnstown Council meeting. Several months ago the town of Johnstown drafted a resolution officially opposing the project. During the public comment session at the beginning of the meeting, Johnstown resident Dave Kisker spoke against further heavy industrial development in the areas neighboring Indianhead. He said that he and other residents of Indianhead prepared hundreds of pages of input which were ignored by the commissioners. Kisker said the residential subdivision’s biggest concerns were the noise, the asphalt fumes and the truck traffic. He said as a condition of the use by special review permit, Martin Marietta must repave the two miles of Weld County 13 that will be used the most heavily. The plant will also be forced to keep its noise under control, as the permit dictates that the noise output at the border of the property must fall within residential limits, not the usual industrial limits. Kisker urged the town to come up with a more comprehensive plan with the county concerning development in the area. He said other industrial developers have been applying for permits on properties between WCR 15 and WCR 17, and that he fervently hopes that his neighborhood does not get surrounded by industrial developments. For more information concerning the Martin Marietta project, and other proposed rezoning projects near the Indianhead residential subdivision, Kisker suggested people visit www.clr-34.org. Contacted this week for a comment on the commissionSee MARTIN on page 17

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Photos provided by Daniel Joiner

The Lady Riders are shaping up to be a team to watch this fall. From left, top row: Baylee Adams (SR), Evertt Elder (JR), Kendra Eickleberry (SO), Sydney Clayton (SR), Breanna Clayton (SR), (bottom row) Kelsey Lagunas (FR), Taylor Nazarenus (JR), Madi Kenyon (FR), Madi Williamson (SR), Jaden Kloberdanz (SR). Senior Tye Davis (below) is also looking strong as he starts his senior season.

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The 2015 Roosevelt High School cross country season looks to be full of anticipation and excitement, head coach Daniel Joiner said. Both the boys and girls teams will try to make a run to win the Tri-Valley conference championship as well as qualifying for the state meet. “The girls team is especially hopeful this season with the addition of some very talented underclassmen along with the also very talented returning runners from last season.” Joiner said. “The boys team is also adding some young runners that will make an immediate impact on the varsity roster.”

The following are the top girls to keep an eye out this session: Bre Clayton (SR), Baylee Adams (SR), Sydney Clayton (SR), Madi Williamson (SR), Jaden Kloberdance (SR), Everett Elder (JR), Taylor Nazarenus (JR), Kendra Eickleberry (SO), Kelsey Lagunas (FR) and Madi Kenyon (FR). “This group of young ladies should make a serious push for a conference title along with qualifying for the state championships on Oct. 31,” Joiner said. The following are the top boys to look out for this season: Tye Davis (SR), Joe Meek (JR), Dallin Woodbrey (JR), Tyler Woodbrey (SO), Daniel O’Brien (FR), Jeyden Lewis

(FR) and Mason Deeter (FR). “Tye Davis is hoping to lead this team to state as the top returning runner in the conference and one of the top three in the region,” Joiner said. “He has high hopes for this season and is working very hard to reach his goals this season. “I am extremely excited to be a part of this team as it is by far one of the most talented groups that I have ever coached,” Joiner said. “Couple this with a lot of confidence and hard work and this team should have a lot of success this season. Right now we are just taking everything one day at a time with the idea that we want to be our fastest in October when the most important races happen.”

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With high corn comes high expectations for Riders football By Zant Reyez The Johnstown Breeze

How do you know when football season has arrived? Is it the calendar flip from July to August? The Denver Broncos dominating the sports section? Or does the drop in temperature signal the start of another season of tackles and plays that make cameras flash beneath the stadium lights? For Roosevelt High School football coach Noland Eastin the feeling of the season commencing is gauged by the height of a certain crop. “It’s about time to get back to it,” Eastin said. “The corn’s getting high. That’s our signal that it’s time to get back to work.” For Eastin, who enters his fifth season as head coach, his 16th overall, getting back to work started at the beginning of the year with the other coaches. Those hours of film watching and drawing on white boards are all in preparation to have the Rough Riders ready to defend their 3A Northern Conference title, their third in a row. RHS finished 7-0 in conference, and 10-2 overall, but just like it has the last three years, the season ended in the state quarterfinals, this time against Rifle. “I think it’s really powered our passion during the offseason in the weight room,” said senior center Andrew Kammerzell

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Current Roosevelt High School football players gather with future Rough Riders at the 2015 Kids Camp. Over 120 kids participated in this year’s camp. The current Riders are looking to not only win a fourth straight conference title, but end their second round playoff woes. about the hump the quarterfinals have become for the program. “We’ve been talking about that loss the whole offseason. It’s really given us an edge.” Kammerzell and fellow senior Alonso Archuletta are returning all-conference offensive linemen. Archuletta, who’ll line up at left tackle, said the team cannot “dread” or think too much about that round of the playoffs. Eastin said it’s the “elephant in the room,” but coaches and players are not shying away from speaking about it. “It’s been our Achilles’ heel,” he said. “We need to own up to it, first of all. I mean, we have not got the job done for any reason. Could be me. It could be injuries. It could weather. It could be running into a tough oppo-

nent. But it always come down to us taking ownership of it.” The loss to Rifle was played in sub-zero temperatures, but the coldest of events was the loss of Christian Majszak because of a shoulder injury in the first quarter. Majszak suffered a dislocated shoulder and tore his labrum in two places. Now nine months removed from that game, the now senior Majszak said he’s 85 to 90 percent healthy. As a junior, he racked up 193 total tackles as a linebacker, and 811 yards rushing, earning him all-conference and league defensive MVP. “I accomplished a lot of my goals. I had a really good season in my opinion,” Majszak said. “I mean, I’m kinda nervous to top that this year.”

He said he’s not putting too much pressure on himself for an encore though. That pressure, on the defensive side, could be taken off him by his group of linebackers, one of them being junior Kaulana Ukishima, who has impressed people during summer workouts. However, the linebacker group will be without junior Jay McCloughan this season because of a left shoulder injury that occurred last season. Eastin said McCloughan, a three-sport athlete, had surgery last month. An area on the defensive side that will have some question marks is the cornerback position. With last year’s starters Elijah Derrera and Adrian Pastrana graduated, Eastin will look to senior Dalton Hulbert and junior Mason Holguin among others that could fill the void. Eastin said they will also have to reload on the defensive line, too. “Boy, I can’t wait to see how our coach (Andy) Yost, defen-

sive coordinator, and his staff, I think, kinda create a masterpiece,” Eastin said. “They got some good ingredients. I think they just got to make a good dinner.” If the Riders want to add another conference title and get past the post-season second round, the running game will be the focal point. News not new to Riders fans. Along with Majszak, seniors Austin Smith and Carlos Ortega will look to get the majority of carries. Junior Logan Yost, coming off a major leg injury last year, has impressed during camp, and could contribute. Whatever players get the ball in the back field, it’s the big men up front who will be creating lanes for them. “Well last year, we had the size, that’s probably the biggest o-line we’ve had in a while,” Archuletta said. “So this year, we don’t have as much size, but we got some talent. Just gotta get people in the right spots.” Archuletta and Kammerzell said the chemistry on the line is still coming along, but both were confident the unit will gel as practices get underway. Eastin said the line is shaping up to stronger and a little quicker than last season. Kammerzell, “AK” as he’s known on the team, hiked it to quarterback Cameron Hurtado. But just because that was the case then, it doesn’t necessarily mean it will be the case now. “If we see fit that we need to go a different route and move him (Hurtado) somewhere else, See FB on page 18

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Clean slate for RHS softball By Zant Reyez The Johnstown Breeze

A new era of Roosevelt High School girls softball has started. It began before the summer sunshine found residence on the arms and the legs of players at Nelson Farm Park Ball Fields as they prepared for the season. It started in February, when Alan Gibson stepped away as head coach, and Vince Moreno was named his successor. Since that time, Moreno has organized winter and summer workouts for players, but along with making sure the fundamentals of the game become routine, he’s instilled that winning on the field starts off it. “In order for us to be successful we have to have our fundamentals down. We gotta have good attitudes and we gotta leave all the drama and all that behind us,” said Moreno, who enters his third year in the program. “So, we have to be one unit, you know? Right now they are buying into it, which is great. I know last year they did struggle with that, and I let them know we’re not going to have it this year.” Seniors Monica Ramirez and Kianna Flores said last year’s team was divided into groups which didn’t allow bonding to materialize. However, this is a new start for the team, a clean slate, and Ramirez and Flores are not just giving lip service about wanting to make sure the team bonds.

Seniors Kianna Flores (left) and Monica Ramirez stand together on a field at Nelson Farm Ball Fields. Being together as a team is not a cliché for this year ’s RHS girls softball team. The two seniors and new head coach Vince Moreno are making sure off-the-field comradery comes first. “Just always staying up at practice, even if it is our boring groundballs, you know, we always just want to stay positive, cheer each other on,” Flores, this year’s go-to pitcher, said. Ramirez, a returning varsity catcher, said she doesn’t want the feeling of not bonding to happen for the other seniors on the team. She said a team hike up to Horsetooth Reservoir is planned before the team’s first game on Aug. 25 at home See SB on page 18

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Volleyball team sets up to win By Mady Smarr The Johnstown Breeze

With one season under her belt as Roosevelt High School’s head volleyball coach, Emilie Braunsroth is hoping to lead her team to regionals, and hopefully even further. The competition is tough and Roosevelt will be facing teams like Windsor and Skyline. With a few returning starters and quite a bit of upcoming potential, the Rough Riders are up to the task, she believes. Michelle Batista, a senior, and Jadyn

Stumpf, a sophomore, will lead the offense this season. Batista is a middle hitter, which means she is in charge of spiking the ball onto the other team’s side for a point. Stumpf is an outside hitter, which means she is responsible for trying to score from the sides of the court. Both positions also help to block. Addison Hays, a junior, will be leading the defense this year as the starting libero. The libero’s job is to be the first to receive the serve and set up her teammates to return the ball, hopefully for a point.

Junior Rowan Garcia will be stepping up as the starting setter. The setter’s job is to receive the second pass and set it up for her front row hitters. At press time, the other two starting varsity positions were up for grabs. Over 50 girls are trying out for the team this year. Hard work is at the heart of this group of individuals. Varsity is hoping to beat last year’s record of 14 wins and 11 losses. They lost in the second round of 4A regional playoffs. They want to go further this year in regionals as well. When asked what she expects from her varsity team this year, Braunsroth an-

swered that “we’re just looking to qualify for regionals and see where it goes from there”. The coaching staff has had plenty of experience with each other. Besides coach Robin Wells, all the other coaches have played together in the past. They’re tenured players and understand the logistics of the game and are helpful with passing on their knowledge to the players. With a mix of old talent and new potential, along with an experienced and knowledgeable coaching staff, this year’s volleyball team is ready to take on the season.

Golfers ready to tee off another season By Benjamin M. Ringus The Johnstown Breeze

The season looks promising for the Roosevelt High School golf team. According to head coach John McFarland, the team “has a lot of potential to be great,” even though they lost quite a few players between seniors graduating and underclassmen not coming back. They have lost over half of the players from last year. Last year, the team started out the

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season with 21 players. This year they start the season with 11. Of the players lost, three were seniors, two of them varsity starters. The other large portion were freshman from a large influx that joined last year. McFarland isn’t worried. “You get the ones that really want to be here,” he said. “You get more resources per person when the resources are spread less thin. “I expect we will get at least two of our players to state qual-

ifications,” he said. Two of those possible qualifi ers , M cF arl an d s ai d , are Bryson Courrejou and Jake Howell. Neither has ever been to state qualifications, however McFarland said they “both can easily make it if they work hard and improve a little.” McFarland added that Tyler Severin qualified last year, and he expects him to return. “He s h o u l d eas i l y d o i t again,” he said. “We’d love to place in state, but there are a lot of good teams and that’s not

Friday Cross Country @ Cheyenne Mtn. Stampede 2:35 p.m Softball (C) v. Eaton @ Eaton 4:00 p.m. Golf (V, JV) Sterling League #2 @ NJC 8:00 a.m. Monday Softball (C) v. Erie HOME 4:00 p.m. Golf (V, JV) Skyline League #3 @ Ute Creek 10:00 a.m. Tuesday Softball (V, JV) v. Holy Family HOME 4:00 p.m. Wednesday Softball (C) v. Fort Collins @ Fort Collins 4:00 p.m. Thursday Football (C) v. Thompson Valley HOME 3:30 p.m. Softball (V, JV) v. Windsor HOME 4:00 p.m. Golf (V) Eaton Invitational @ Eaton CC 8:00 a.m.

our overall goal.” S o w h a t i s M c F a r l a n d ’s overall goal? He said that is simple: “I just want to see improvement in everyone. We have such a large spectrum of skill and ages that it’s hard to make one umbrella goal, so improvement in everyone. “Top three in state would be nice, but all the goals that I have are improvement,” he said. “It’s not a rebuilding year. We are competitive and very good, and as far as the season goes, there is no fear, only ex-

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citement.” Asked for a closing comment, McFarland simply said, “Go Riders!”

Soccer team looking to better its best The Johnstown Breeze

Roosevelt High School boys soccer coach Tom Fajardo says the 2014 season was “the best season we have had as a soccer program.” That fact has this year’s team looking to beat last season’s stats. “Our program has four seniors who are ready to lead the rest of the team through the 2015 season,” Fajardo said. “Logan Marsolek, Joshua Sharbono, Kentlee Price and Jose Pargas.” There are 15 games crammed into seven weeks. The season opens at home on Sept. 8 against Peak to Peak from Lafayette who made it to the quarterfinals in last year’s playoffs. In fact, almost half of the games Roosevelt will play this season are against teams who qualified for the playoffs. “Our schedule is challenging and will stretch our players technically, strategically and physically, which is why the program had workouts throughout the summer led by Coach Guy Kesavadhana to help players condition and improve their skills with the ball,” Fajardo said. “Coach Guy has been a blessing to this program, bringing with him over 40 years of knowledge of soccer.” Other coaches returning are Jacob Gogan, 2011 RHS graduSee SOCCER on page 15

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RHS 2015 Fall Sports Schedule Football VARSITY 8/28 . . . . .Thompson Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 . . .V 9/4 . . . . . .Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 . . .V 9/10 . . . . .Loveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thompson Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:30 . . .V 9/18 . . . . .BYE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 . . .V 9/25 . . . . .Northridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 . . .V 10/2 . . . . .Mead* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 . . .V 10/9 . . . . .Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 . . .V 10/16 . . .Holy Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Holy Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 . . .V 10/23 . . .Niwot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Longmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 . . .V 10/30 . . .Erie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 . . .V 11/6 . . . . .Berthoud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Berthoud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00 . . .V 11/14 . . . .State Playoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Higher Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA . . .V 11/21 . . . .State Playoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Higher Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA . . .V 11/28 . . . .State Playoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Higher Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA . . .V 12/5 . . . . .Championship Game . . . . . . . . . . . .Higher Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA . . .V Half-times: *10/2-Homecoming-Band & Crowning, ** Mini Cheer Camp Halftime JV 8/31 . . . . .Thompson Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thompson Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . .JV 9/7 . . . . . .Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00 .JV 9/14 . . . . .Loveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . .JV 9/21 . . . . .BYE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . .JV 9/28 . . . . .Northridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Northridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . .JV 10/5 . . . . .Mead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . .JV 10/12 . . .Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . .JV 10/19 . . .Holy Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . .JV 10/26 . . .Niwot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . .JV 10/31 . . .Erie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . .JV 11/9 . . . . .Berthoud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . .JV C TEAM . 8/27 . . . . .Thompson Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 . . .C 9/3 . . . . . .Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . . .C 9/11 . . . . .Loveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Loveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . . .C 9/17 . . . . .BYE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . . .C 9/24 . . . . .Northridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . . .C 10/1 . . . . .Mead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . . .C 10/9 . . . . .Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . . .C 10/15 . . .Holy Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Holy Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . . .C 10/22 . . .Niwot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Niwot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . . .C 10/29 . . .Erie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . . .C 11/5 . . . . .Berthoud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Berthoud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 . . .C *Night Games

Softball 8/25. . . . . Holy Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt (Nelson). . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 8/27. . . . . Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt (Nelson). . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 9/1. . . . . . Erie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 9/3. . . . . . Berthoud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berthoud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 9/8. . . . . . Lewis Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt (Nelson). . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 9/10. . . . . Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt (Nelson). . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 9/11-12 . . Berthoud Tournament . . . . . Loveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 9/15. . . . . Mead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 9/17. . . . . Holy Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holy Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 9/22. . . . . Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 9/24. . . . . Erie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt (Nelson). . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 9/25. . . . . Thompson Valley . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt (Nelson). . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 9/29. . . . . Berthoud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt (Nelson). . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 10/1. . . . . Longmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt (Nelson). . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 10/6. . . . . Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 10/8. . . . . Mead** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt (Nelson). . . . . . . 4:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JV/V 10/10 . . . Regionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V 10/16-17 . State Finals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V Senior Game**

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Cross Country 8/16 . . . Holy Family (Scrimmage) . . . . . . . .Holy Family High School Broomfield . . . .8:00 a.m. 8/21 . . .Cheyenne Mountain Stampede . . . .Norris Penrose Equestrian Park . . . . . . .2:35 p.m. 8/29 . . .Platte Valley Bronco Invite . . . . . . . .Platte Valley High School Kersey . . . . . . .9:00 a.m. 9/4 . . . .Frontier Academy/CSU Invite . . . . .Ft. Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:30 p.m. 9/11 . . . .Liberty Bell Invitational . . . . . . . . . . .Heritage High School Littleton . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBD 9/18 . . .John Martin Invite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ft. Collins High School Ft. Collins . . . . . .4:05 p.m. 9/25 . . .Mead Stampede . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mead High School Mead . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:00 p.m. 10/6 . . .Tri-Valley Conference Meet . . . . . . .Holy Family High School Broomfield . . .10:00 a.m. 10/10 . .Wiggins Invite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wiggins High School Wiggins . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m. 10/15 . .4A Region 4 Meet . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lyons High School Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . .3:00 p.m. 10/24 . .Colorado 4A State Championships .Norris Penrose Equestrian Park . . . . . . . . . . .TBD

Volleyball 9/5 . . . . . .Lewis Palmer Tournament . . . . . .Lewis Palmer . . . . . . .TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 9/8 . . . . . .Holy Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . .5:30,6:30,7:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 9/10 . . . . .Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 9/15 . . . . .Erie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 9/17 . . . . .Berthoud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Berthoud . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 9/22 . . . . .Skyline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Skyline . . . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 9/24 . . . . .Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 9/29 . . . . .Mead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 10/1 . . . . .Holy Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Holy Family . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 10/6 . . . . .Resurrection Christian . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 10/8 . . . . .Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Windsor . . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 10/10 . . .Mead Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mead . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C/D 10/10 . . .Greeley Central Tny . . . . . . . . . . .Greeley Central . . . . .TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 10/13 . . .Erie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 10/15 . . .Berthoud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 10/17 . . .JV Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . .TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JV 10/20 . . .Skyline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 10/22 . . .Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frederick . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 10/27 . . .Mead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mead . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:30,5:30,6:30 . . . . .C/JV/V 11/7 . . . . .Regionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 11/13-14 .STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DENVER COL. . . . . .TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V

Golf 8/14 . . . . .Windsor League #1 (V,JV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pelican Lakes 8/21 . . . . .Sterling league #2 (V, JV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NJC 8/24 . . . . .Skyline League #3 (V, JV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ute Creek 8/27 . . . . .Eaton Invitational (V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eaton C.C. 8/31 . . . . .Frederick League #4 (V, JV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Saddleback GC 9/8/ . . . . .Erie League #5 (V, JV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fox Hill C. C. 9/10 . . . . .Roosevelt League #6 (V, JV) . . . . . . . . .Highland Meadows CG 9/15 . . . . .Holy Family League #7 (V, JV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Broadlands CC Before 9/25 Regional Tournament (Varsity only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBD 10/5 . . . . .State Finals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBD 10/6 . . . . .State Finals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBD

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA

Soccer 8/1 . . . . . .First Day of Practice . . . . . . . . .RHS 9/3 . . . . . .First Contest Date 9/8 . . . . . .Peak to Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JV 4:00/ V 6:00 9/10 . . . . .Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JV 4:00/ V6:00 9/12 . . . . .Northridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Northridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 10:00/ JV 12:00 9/17 . . . . .Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JV 4:00/ V6:00 9/22 . . . . .Weld Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Weld Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 4:00/ JV5:30 9/24 . . . . .Greeley West . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Greeley West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JV 4:00/ V6:00 9/26 . . . . .Liberty Common . . . . . . . . . . . .Liberty Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 10:00/ JV 12:00 9/29 . . . . .Sterling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sterling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 4:00/ JV5:30 10/6 . . . . .Community Christian* . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 6:00pm 10/8 . . . . .Valley* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JV 4:00/ V6:00 10/13 . . .Estes Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JV 4:00/ V6:00 10/15 . . .Frontier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frontier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 4:00/ JV5:30 10/17 . . .Sterling* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 11:00/ JV 12:30 10/20 . . .Eagle Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 6:00pm 10/22 . . .Estes Park* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Estes Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V 4:00/ JV5:30 10/23 . . .Last Date *Region 4 Game

Thursday, August 20, 2015

14 The Johnstown Breeze

 OBITUARIES STEWART Gene Stewart of Johnstown passed away Aug. 16, 2015, at age 69. He was born May 9, 1946, in Denver. His wife Rhonda took his hand in marriage on June 30, 1990, at their home in Loveland. Children include Steven Stewart and his wife Dianna, Kari Morgan and her husband Bryan, and Dusty Williams. He has five grandkids, three

great-grandkids, and many kids that called him their grandpa. The family plans a Celebration of Life at Cassidy’s in Johnstown at 2 p.m. Aug. 22.

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own district, on the condition that the council approve the service plan and exclusion agreement. However, the new district will still be responsible for paying the portion of the mill levy that was incurred before the exclusion agreement. “So when those districts split, when one is excluded and the other that takes over, the Johnstown Plaza district, they’re going to bring some debt with them that originally belonged to the Thompson Crossing district?” asked Mayor Pro Tem Gary Lebsack. “When you’re part of a district, or own property within a district, even if you exclude from that district, you are responsible for payment of the same mill levy for the debt that

The applicant already has approval from the Thompson Crossing district to become its

TETER James Teter, 27, passed away Aug. 14, 2015, at home. He was born in Longmont. He was the son of Earl and Cherie Teter. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Johnstown.

James enjoyed being sung to and loved to watch Mickey Mouse and Scooby Doo. He will be remembered for his contagious smile and laugh. He is survived by his parents, Earl and Cherie, and his broth-

ers, Tyler Lee, Cody John and Sean Michael Teter. Additionally, he is survived by grandparents, Frank Bueche, Myla Bueche, Earl Teter Sr., Joann Teter and Pat Teter. Also, numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Sally Bueche. In lieu of flowers the family has requested helium balloons be released following the service.

A visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 20, and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 21, at Rocky Mountain Christian Church, 9447 Niwot Road, in Niwot. A funeral service will follow at 3 p.m. Aug. 21 at Rocky Mountain Christian Church. A reception will follow the funeral service at Letford Elementary School, 2 North Jay Avenue in Johnstown.

was issued before you excluded, as is every property owner that is in the district,” McGeady responded. “So the timing on the exclusion here and the determination of what the debt will be, and what the mill levy cap will be, is so that the burden stays with the property after it excludes.” The council heard from attorneys David O’Leary and Aaron March on behalf of the applicant. The process for Scheels to construct its proposed 250,000square-foot sporting goods store has been long a long one, but O’Leary explained that the applicant and the town have made tremendous progress and are very close to being finished with the legal process that must precede construction. During the public hearing portion of the meeting, only one person spoke. Ryan Schaefer, a Fort Collins resident, owns property within the new district and spoke in favor of the applicant. Both O’Leary and March explained that the approval of the service plan is an essential step because without it, there will be no development. Mayor Mark Romanowski remarked that the town would not soon have another developmental opportunity like this. The council expressed agreement, as

the Scheels project is the largest to come to Johnstown in years. Councilmember K.C. Mitchell said the board can always reconvene and have a special meeting after the approval to discuss the details if any were unclear. The council unanimously approved the service plan for the Johnstown Plaza Metropolitan District. A l s o a t M o n d a y n i g h t ’s meeting, Councilmember D a m i e n B e rg f o r m a l l y a n nounced his resignation, effective Aug. 31. He explained that he’s been given a unique opportunity for a relocation and promotion to a new position. He said it happened very quickly, and was not an easy decision for him and his family. Berg said he’s been honored to serve the town on the council over the last four years. “I’ve learned on the job, and I will miss it a lot, but I know that the future of Johnstown is very, very bright,” Berg said. “I am keeping my house here, so I consider myself, as I told a few of you earlier, it’s like I’m being traded to another team. I’ll be there for a while because it’s a great offer, but I hope to come back to Johnstown. I will come back to Johnstown within the next three or four months to visit, too.” The council accepted his res-

ignation and wished him the best. Mayor Romanowski thanked Berg for his service and said they’d arrange to have a ceremony at his convenience to present him with an award and say their final goodbyes. The following also occurred at Monday’s town council meeting: —Town manager Roy Lauricello reported that the council has a work session with the Fire Protection District at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. He also reported that Patti Bigner, a consultant employed to update the town website, may need an assistant. The next step in the update is to modernize the town’s Facebook page. Town Planner John Franklin reported that the next step in the Weld County Cooperative Planning agreement, characterized as a “communication tool,” will be to draft the agreement, which he said will be presented as an informational item at the next board meeting. In addition, Franklin said sculptor Gareth Curtiss, who has been chosen to create a new sculpture for the town, has prepared a scale model of his idea and will be present at the Sept. 21 council meeting to share it with the council and seek approval to begin the largescale sculpture. —Public Works Director Tom Hellen reported that the water main at Telep Avenue is up and running, but minor work including cleanup still remains. The road widening project at South Parish Avenue is also progressing. Hellen said new girders are expected to be installed this week. — C o u n c i l m e m b e r Tr o y Mellon reported that some of the town’s roads and bridges are on track to be expanded in the spring of 2016, including a truck climbing lane on I-25 near the Berthoud exit. The next Johnstown town council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 9, as the regularly scheduled meeting would have fallen on Labor Day.

 ENGAGEMENT RIEKE-PLUMB Shawn and Myra Rieke and David and Kristi Plumb are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Shannon Rieke and Luke Plumb. The couple are both graduates of Roosevelt High School. Shannon is a recent graduate of Coe College with a degree in psychology and neuroscience. Luke continues his senior studies in History, Political Science and Spanish. The wedding is planned for October 2016.

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 LEGAL NOTICES THOMPSON CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 NOTICE OF EXCLUSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Thompson Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2, Town of Johnstown, Larimer County, State of Colorado, petitions praying for the exclusion of certain lands from such District. 1. The names and addresses of the petitioners and legal descriptions of the properties mentioned in such petitions are as follows: Petitioner/Owner: 2534 Retail Phase I, LLC Address: c/o 4745 Wheaton Drive, Suite 120 Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 Petitioner/Owner: 2534 Retail Phase II, LLC Address: c/o 4745 Wheaton Drive, Suite 120 Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 Petitioner/Owner: 2534 Development, Inc. Address: 27486 County Road 13 Loveland, Colorado 80534 Petitioner/Owner: Thompson Ranch Development Co. Address: 5255 Ronald Reagan Blvd., Suite 220 Johnstown, Colorado 80534 Petitioner/Owner: Reagan West Properties, LLC Address: 27486 County Road 13 Loveland, CO 80534 Petitioner/Owner: CBC 2534 Colorado, LLC Address: 5570 DTC Parkway Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Legal Descriptions: See Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. 2. The prayer of the petitions is that the properties referenced in Exhibit A be excluded from the Thompson Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2. Accordingly, notice is hereby given to all interested persons to appear at the public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, August 21, 2015, at 27486 County Road 13, Loveland, Colorado, and show cause in writing, if any they have, why such petitions should not be granted. The failure of any person in the existing District to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent on his part to the exclusion of the area described in this notice. THOMPSON CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 By: /s/ Gary Gerrard President Published in The Johnstown Breeze August 20, 2015 EXHIBIT A Legal Descriptions Lot 1, Block 3 and Lot 5, Block 2, of 2534, a subdivision of the Town of Johnstown, County of Larimer, State of Colorado And A portion of Lot 8, Block 3, of 2534, located in the Northwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 5 North, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., Town of Johnstown, County of Larimer, State of Colorado, being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 14, Township 5 North, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., in Larimer County, Colorado; Thence South 10°14’51” East, a distance of 760.06 feet to the point of beginning; Thence North 89°31’28” East, a distance of 63.24 feet; thence South 26°38’27” East, a distance of 68.80 feet to the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the left; thence 62.19 feet along the arc of said curve having a radius of 164.00 feet, a central angle of 21°43’31”, and being sub-tended by a chord which bears North 67°59’50” East, 61.81 feet; thence South 00°29’19” East, a distance of 178.74 feet; thence North 89°30’41” East, a distance of 80.19 feet; thence South 00°29’19” East, a distance of 122.77 feet; thence South 89°30’41” West, a distance of 56.80 feet; thence South 00°29’19” East, a distance of 175.92 feet; thence South 89°31’28” West, a distance of 257.49 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve to the right; thence 31.96

feet along the arc of said curve having a radius of 20.00 feet, a central angle of 91°33’39” and being sub-tended by a chord which bears North 44°41’43” West, 28.67 feet; thence North 01°05’07” East, a distance of 306.64 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve to the left; thence 32.55 feet along the arc of said curve having a radius of 100.00 feet, a central angle of 18°38’54”, and being sub-tended by a chord which bears North 08°14’20” West, 32.40 feet to the beginning of a reverse curve to the right; thence 32.55 feet along the arc of said curve having a radius of 100.00 feet, a central angle of 18°38’53”, and being sub-tended by a chord which bears North 08°14’20” West, 32.40 feet; thence North 01°05’07” East, a distance of 26.05 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve to the right; thence 40.51 feet along the arc of said curve having a radius of 57.50 feet, a central angle of 40°21’51”, and being sub-tended by a chord which bears North 21°16’02” East, 39.68 feet; thence North 41°26’58” East, a distance of 10.88 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve to the right; thence 65.01 feet along the arc of said curve having a radius of 77.50 feet, a central angle of 48°03’43” and being sub-tended by a chord which bears North 65°28’49” East, 63.12 feet; thence North 89°30’41” East, a distance of 22.99 feet; thence North 00°28’32” West, a distance of 28.50 feet to the point of beginning; AND Lot 6, Block 2, of 2534, a subdivision in the Town of Johnstown, County of Larimer, State of Colorado. Lot 2, Block 1, 2534 FILING NO. 11, being a replat of a portion of Lot 8, Block 3, 2534, a subdivision in the Town of Johnstown, County of Larimer, State of Colorado; AND Lot 1, Block 1 and Outlot A, 2534 WEST FIRST FILING, County of Larimer, State of Colorado, as set forth on the 2534 West First Filing Plat, recorded on March 6, 2009 at Reception No. 20090013831; AND Lot 2, Block 1 and Outlot B, 2534 WEST FIRST FILING, County of Larimer, State of Colorado, as set forth on the 2534 West First Filing Plat, recorded on March 6, 2009 at Reception No. 20090013831; AND A portion of the following described property: Block 12, of 2534, a subdivision of the Town of Johnstown, County of Larimer, State of Colorado. AND Lot 2, Replat of Lot 1, Block 2, 2534 West First Filing, Larimer County, Colorado Said described parcels of land contain approximately 98.49 acres, more or less (+) TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN INVITATION FOR BIDS The Town of Johnstown, Colorado shall

SOCCER from page 12 ate Luis Tavizon and the newest addition to the coaching staff, 2013 RHS graduate Cory Romkee. “In addition to our seniors, some of the returning players making an impact on the team are center back Joseph Meek, outside back Ian Dingwall and Nic Tice, goaltender Kacee Knipp as well as midfielder Isaac Orozco,” Fajardo said. “The program also has some very talented incoming freshman. The coaching staff is very excited to be working with such talented young men. “This year we have about 30 students on the roster which will allow us to have both a Varsity and JV program. In the past, we

receive sealed bids for the following project: 2015 HYDRANT REPLACEMENT PROJECT Bids shall be received by the Town Clerk at Town Hall, 450 S. Parish Ave., Johnstown, Colorado, until 2:00 pm on September 8, 2015 at which time said bids shall be publicly opened in the Town Hall Conference Room and read aloud. Copies of the contract documents and bid information may be obtained at the Town Clerk’s Office, 450 S. Parish Ave., Johnstown, Colorado 80534 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Town reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities, and to accept the bid that is in the best interests of the Town of Johnstown, Colorado. TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN, COLORADO By: /S/ Tom Hellen, Public Works Director Published in The Johnstown Breeze on August 20, 2015 TOWN OF MILLIKEN NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY As required by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (as amended) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Town of Milliken has adopted by resolution a policy regarding “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability.” Town of Milliken does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission to, access to, or operations of programs, services or activities. Qualified individuals who need accessible communication aids, braille, physical access, and services or other accomodations to participate in programs and activities are invited to make your needs and preferences known to the 504/ADA coordinator. Please give us at least three to five days advance notice so we can adequately meet your needs. An internal grievance procedure is available to resolve complaints. Questions, concerns, or requests for additional information regarding 504/ADA should be forwarded to: 504/ADA Coordinator: Cheryl Powell Title: Town Clerk Address: 1101 Broad Street, Milliken, CO 80543 Phone Number: 970-587-4331 TDD: (711)-587-4331 Days and hours available: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday Upon request, this notice and other materials may be made available in alternative formats (for example, large print or audio tape) from the 504/ADA coordinator. Adopted by the Town Board this 8th day of July, 2015 /s/ Milt Tokunaga, Mayor Attest: /s/ Cheryl Powell, Town Clerk Published in The Johnstown Breeze August 20, 2015

were not able to get in a full game to develop our JV players due to daylight. However, the School Board helped with this issue, and while improving the stadium seating they allowed our program to play our varsity games where there is lighting, thus allowing both varsity and JV to play full games. Our program is very grateful for their support.” The RHS Soccer program is looking forward to this season and the support from the community. They are having a JogA-Thon fundraiser for apparel and equipment at 8:15 a.m. this Saturday in the stadium. If anyone wishes to donate to the program, please contact Coach Tom Fajardo or come out to the JogA-Thon and support the players.

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Sidewalk Sales (Johnstown) Gold Canyon Candles Becky Nelson, The Flaming Gypsy At the VFW (East of Parish and 60) To the Moon and Back Designs Sarah Fruehan At the VFW (East of Parish and 60) Pampered Chef Independent Consultant Jennifer Berg At the VFW (East of Parish and 60); 10% off any order and a Free Gift with your purchase! Photogenix,etc… Michelle Simon Professional & legal photography business since 2007. At the VFW (East of Parish and 60) Jamberry Independent Consultant NiCole Miller Jamberry nail wraps, lacquer and accessories At the VFW (East of Parish and 60) Gallery on the Go Rachael Dugan Info on painting parties with Gallery on the Go At the VFW (East of Parish and 60) Safetrust ID Serena Wardell Identity Theft Restoration Memberships At the VFW (East of Parish and 60) Heart to Heart Children's Boutique Sandy VanOene 257 Johnstown Center Drive #111 Summer clearance on consignment clothing; other sales on boutique clothing

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Yard Sales Lindsey Day 108 N. Rutherford Ave. Johnstown Lazy Boy couch & recliner, baby items, kitchen gadgets, wedding dress and lots more Atomic Wolf Pack Robotics Club Rebecca Romanowski 2009 Crestview Dr., Rolling Hills Ranch Johnstown Furniture, clothing, cauldron, camping cot, antiques and much more. All proceeds go to the Atomic Wolf Pack Robotics Club, Roosevelt High School Brenda Dickenson 24 N. Estes Ave. Johnstown Welder, furniture, miscellaneous household items Sale will be behind the house in the driveway Carol Anthony 116 South East First St. Johnstown Baby items, decoys, furniture, clothes, antiques, motorcycle parts Jacki Klug 2152 Stage Coach Drive Milliken Family of 8 yard sale. Boy & Girl clothes starting at newborn sizes and up. Washer, Dryer, mens and womens clothes. Lots of misc. items Joanne Hartmeister 221 E. Lilac St. Milliken Enclosed trailer, RV items, dog items, horse items, lawn items, new table, heaters, fans, much more Dan and Amy Leaming 2403 Carriage Dr. Millken Electric stove, microwave, household items, maternity clothes, much, much, more! Charity Long 57 S. Ursula Ave. Milliken Twin bed, kids clothes, household items, trampoline, more Jolene Collins 3389 Bayberry Lane Johnstown Lots of FREE toys; lemonade stand and bake sale St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Patricia Maldonado 1000 Country Acres Drive Johnstown raffling a pick up truck, selling tickets Lacy Long 472 Grange Ln.

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MARTIN from page 8 ers’ decision, County Commissioner Julie Cozad, who represents this area, said in an email Wednesday morning, “I cannot comment on my decision because of the quasi-judicial process. All of the Commissioner comments are on the official record and they reflect how each of us on the Board determined that the applicant met our County Land Use criteria and each of us stated our reasons for voting the way we did.” Cozad suggested anyone interested in those comments should, “Come into the Clerk to the Board’s office and listen to the recording from the hearing, particularly the deliberation portion by the Board, since it is the official record of the proceedings.” Breeze reporter Danielle Ross contributed to this story.

RE5J from page 6 construction of a new school, but his impression has changed since he joined the board. McCarthy said he can see that the board has not been as forthcoming with communication as it should have been. There is not quite a plan to build a new school, but there is a wealth of information that can be shared with the community. The process of building a school is a slow and careful one, he said. “What I hope you hear tonight is that we are on the same side,” McCarthy said. “Nobody that I’ve talked to on this board is of the mindset that we shouldn’t do this. We are being incredibly cautious with two things: one, borrowing money from people and convincing taxpayers to pay more money, and two, spending that money wisely.” He mentioned that the tax increase will be a “tough sell” to some members of the community. To attempt the project too soon would put the district in a staggering amount of debt. To wait too long could result in a decrease of enrollment, as well as much higher construction costs. Foster said that without the promise of a large influx of students and growth in the community, the district has to move cautiously in order not to overstep its budget. In other news, the school district website has undergone renovations. The website is more user-friendly with drop-down menus for each school and handy quick links for the calendar, lunch menu and other relat-

ed sections. The mobile version of the website is also much easier to navigate, as it is now formatted to fit smartphone screens without the need for zooming in and out. The following also occurred during the Aug. 12 meeting: — Dr. Foster updated the board on the schedule for the estimated completion of the construction on the Roosevelt High School football stadium bleacher addition. The addition should be completed after the first two home football games of the season. —The board approved threeyear leases for two Toyota vans for special education student transportation. —The board approved the appointment of board member Peggy Wakeman as the board treasurer. —The board heard a first reading of policy revisions to reflect state assessment policies, including the addition of an alternative paper-and-pencil version of the assessment and the option to opt out of the assessments. The board will hear a final reading of the policy revisions at its next meeting. —Jason Seybert presented state assessment updates to the board. The results of assessments have been exceptionally skewed by the opt-outs that occurred last year, he said. The district will get some results later than usual, and will not be able to use the results as a reflection of student capabilities. He said opt-outs had left testing data in “disarray.” The next Weld Re-5J school district board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, in the Milliken Middle School library.

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we’ll do that,” Eastin said. The coach followed that up by saying every spot is open for competition. That there are no guarantees in the program. “If you think you’re the best guy for the job, then prove it,” he said. Should Hurtado earn the starting job again, he will be playing healthy. The now-junior broke his hand early last season, and had surgery in the winter, keeping him from playing basketball. Eastin, Archuletta and Kammerzell said they’ve seen Hurtado take on more of a leadership role over this summer, along with maturing. The corn, like the expectations for the Riders, are high. A new crop of seniors are ready to not only chop down that quarterfinals wall, but continue to keep the program at the heights it’s been at for years. The Riders open their season Aug. 28, when RHS hosts Thompson Valley. Be sure to follow the Breeze on Twitter, @The_JT_Breeze for live tweets from RHS football games, and read the Rough Rider Review every Thursday this football season to get thoughts about the previous and next game from coach Eastin.

against conference rival Holy Family. She added Moreno speaks about attitude before each practice, and the goal is to make sure everyone on the team has a confident one. Moreno said the winter and summer workouts have improved the hitting of the team, which he said was a weakness last year. Even though they might not have a lineup full of power hitters, he said, the philosophy this season is line drives to keep runners moving. “So far, seeing us hit like this during practice, I mean they’re better than last year,” Flores said. “We’re not popping up as much. The small ball, bunting, is coming (along) well.” Defensively, the Riders will look to sophomore Toni Luna to take over at third base for Mariah Lopez. Luna, who drew praise from Ramirez and Flores, saw some varsity action last season. Moreno said Luna reminds him of Lopez with her no fear approach at the position. Another sophomore, Sydney Rodriguez, will see action next to Luna at shortstop. Senior Kalyn Augustino and junior Tabby Rosenthal will potentially split time at second base. Rosenthal, a RHS cheerleader, went out for the team last year, but because of time commitments, she quit softball. Moreno said Rosenthal could see time at other positions, including pitcher. Senior Brianna Arndt will handle first base. In the outfield, senior Geana

Gray moves back to her natural position of center field, where Taylor Roth played last season. Seniors Tori Hughes and Bailey Thompson, Rosenthal and junior Courtney Moos are other names that Moreno will have out patrolling the grass. Ramirez said Moreno has really emphasized fundamentals to the team this season, and they have already witnessed improvements. For Moreno, who spent two years as the junior varsity head coach, reinforcing the basics his players learned back in their little league days is something he is passionate about. “Winning will take care of itself,” he said. “The only way we’re going to get to that is by taking care of the little things.” As their season comes up quicker than a hot-shot at second base, the Riders are embracing this new time for the program. Gone are last season’s 4-15 overall, 2-10 4A Tri-Valley standings: This is a new era for the Riders, but a goal that remains is to get to the post-season, something that hasn’t happened in two years. “Honestly, this year we honestly look pretty solid this year,” Ramirez said. “Solid enough to get further than last year.” “It’s going to be a better year,” Ramirez said. “We’d love to see more people come out and see us.” All varsity, junior varsity and C team home games are played at Nelson Farm Park Ball Fields. All game times are scheduled for 4 p.m.

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See SOLUTIONS on page 18

See SOLUTIONS on page 18

FOR WEEK OF AUG. 16, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This could be the time to try soothing whatever bad feelings might be lingering ‘twixt and among colleagues, friends or family members. But be sure you do so without favoring any side. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) An idea is only an idea until you put that clever Bovine mind to work to develop it from concept to substance. This could lead to something rewarding, both emotionally and monetarily. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The early part of the week could have some disconcerting moments, but approaching them with a calm, unruffled attitude goes a long way toward helping to get things nicely settled down. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Getting used to change continues to mark much of the week. But accepting what you have to do makes adapting that much easier. A welcome visitor could turn up sooner than expected. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Learning how to live with a decision is a challenge, but one you Leos and Leonas could really enjoy. You’ll also be pleased to see your social life take that upsurge you’ve been hoping for. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Use your perceptive Virgo instinct to help you see the positive aspects of what, at

first, appears to be a disappointment. You could find that it proves to be quite the contrary. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your ability to maintain a balance between sense and sentiment once again helps you sort through apparently conflicting choices and ultimately arrive at the right decision. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Before you seek the advice of colleagues about a potential career move, you might be better off getting counsel from someone who won’t be affected by the choices you make. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) It can be a challenging week for some relationships if the normal giveand-take flow changes with one side doing most of the giving and the other the taking. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A new opportunity could bring with it much anticipation along with some anxiety. Take time to sort out your options as well as your emotional considerations. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Are you sure you have all the facts you need to let that matter move to another level? Don’t be rushed into a decision unless and until you feel it’s the right thing to do. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Pace yourself as you prepare to take on that more demanding project. Be careful not to let your energy reserves drain away. Take time to relax with people close to you. BORN THIS WEEK: You have the ability to see both sides of a situation. You would do well as a counselor or a judge. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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