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Satellite Shelters to celebrate...

COMMERCE CITY — After more than 15 years at their location on East 47th Avenue, Satellite Shelters is planning an open house to mark their move.

Relay for Life giant garage sale...

    Vendors, crafters, flea market flippers and anybody with a garage full of stuff: Here’s a great opportunity to sell your goods and benefit Brighton’s 15th annual Relay for Life event, at a Relay Giant Garage Sale:
    Setup begins as early as 6 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19, at 9883 County Road 23 in Fort Lupton (about 15 minutes from downtown Brighton). The sale runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Trial set for officer in pit-...

BRIGHTON — The Commerce City police officer accused of fatally shooting an unrestrained dog in November 2012 pleaded not guilty May 6 in Adams City District Court.
    Robert Price, who faces felony charges of aggravated cruelty to animals, is set to face trial Sept. 30 in connection with the Nov. 24, 2012, shooting of Chloe, a pit bull who was found unrestrained in the 9600 block of Nucla Street.
    In video of the incident captured by a neighbor, Price is seen firing his service weapon multiple times at Chloe after the dog was shocked with a Taser after an animal control officer was unable to control the dog with a catch pole.

Reflections on a year of sharing...

Al Jacobson

Eagles take fifth in EMAC swim...

Adams City's boys swimming team wound up fifth at the Eastern Metro Athletic Conference swimming meet in the Eagles' pool over the weekend.

Adams City didn't come away with any conference titles in the two-day meet. The 200-freestyle relay team (Tony Deaguero, Zach Deaguero, Jacob Retenera and Mike Garcia) was fifth. Rudy Sanchez was eighth in diving.

Rita Jean Wilson

Jessica Offermanns and Ryan Hamling, of Lochbuie, announce the birth of a daughter, Rita Jean Wilson. Rita was born April 28, 2013, at Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, weighing 7 pounds and measuring 20 inches.
    Grandparents are Rita and Rob Wilson, of Lochbuie, Bonita Leonard, of Denver, Matt Offermanns, of Maasmechelen, Belgium. Great-grandparents are Rob and Pat Wilson, of Lochbuie, Harry Leonard, of Limon, and Madeline Hajos, of Aurora.
    Rita joins her sister, Mya Alivia Offermanns, 14 months, at home.

Shongolo earns his spots in...

AURORA -- Adams City's Noor Shongolo was the only Eagle to qualify for this year's state 5A track meet at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood. But he did so in two events.

Shongolo made it in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.31 seconds. He set the mark at the Palmer Ridge Invitational in late April. His preliminary race in the 200-meter dash is at 12:50 p.m., Thursday.

Commerce City receives ‘Playful...

COMMERCE CITY — For the fifth straight year, Commerce City has been honored as a ‘Playful Cities USA’ community by national non-profit group KaBOOM!.
    KaBOOM!, an Washington, D.C.-based organization focused on childhood issues and access to play facilities, selected Commerce City “for its outstanding dedication to play,” according to a release from the group.

Malachi Vaughn Darden

    Ikisha Hugee-Darden and Newton Darden, of Commerce City, announce the birth of a son, Malachi Vaughn Darden. Malachi was born April 30, 2013, at Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, weighing 3 pounds, 10 ounces, and measuring 17 inches.

    Grandparents are Ray Mard and Valerie Hugee, of Commerce City, Greogory and Linette Richard, of Alexandria, Va., and Lucy Sampson, of Denver.

    Malachi joins his siblings Tajhae Darden, 12, Raylon Briggs, 3, K’Moni Darden, 6, and Reynesha Darden, 5, at home.

Lessons learned, and lessons...

 

 

Aaron Cole
Auto Columnist

It’s hard to focus too long on the 2013 Kia Sportage.
     The car before us is currently one of the best-selling compact crossovers in the U.S. right now, a four-door sales behemoth that produces only 176 horsepower in base trim. I mean, it’s not as if the Sportage speeds away like an Internet conspiracy theory with power numbers like that. Something else is afoot here.

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