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Daylight Saving Time
In the United States Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 14, 2010 Daylight Saving Time (and not Daylight Savings Time with an "s") is in the spring when we move our clocks one hour ahead and "lose" an hour during the night. Each fall we move our clocks back one hour and "gain" an extr...
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Pi Day
March 14th or 3-14 is Pi Day. Pi is the ratio of any circle's circumference to its diameter. In other words Pi is the number you get when you divide the circumference of a circle (the distance around the circle) by its diameter (the distance across). It is typically written as 3.14.Because pi is ...
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THOUSANDS OF COLORADANS HAVE RECEIVED HELP FROM LEAP, YOU COULD BE NEXT
As the economy continues to struggle and the unemployment rate remains high, Colorado families and households are feeling the squeeze more than ever on their wallets and are struggling to pay bills, including heating bills. Colorado's Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP), which has already...
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Jeffco Briefs March 18
Find Out More about Services for Seniors Senior Resource Center to Present Info at Meeting in South Jeffco The Senior Resource Center will present information on services for senior citizens at Jefferson County Commissioner Kathy Hartman's South Jeffco Town Hall meeting from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m...
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APEX Park and Rec board election May 4
The Apex Park and Recreation District will hold an election for three vacancies on the board of directors for four-year terms on May 4 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. The three expiring seats are currently held by Jim Whitfield, Susan Miller and Ken Harrell. The regular election of the eligible e...
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RRCC Celebrates Its New Green Workforce Project Web Site
Red Rocks Community College celebrated the rollout of its new Green Workforce Project Web site. The site was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Red Rocks Community College has made a commitment to the national challenge of creating and sustaining a green workforce. Th...
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Are There Rock Slides in Your Life?
A rock slide closed I-70 at Glenwood Canyon this week. It caused significant delay and damage...but might have been much worse. Whatever would cause a huge rock like that to become dislodged? I'm told it has to do with small bits of moisture that seep into tiny cracks in the rocks, that then fr...
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Denver Realtor honored for Habitat fundraising festival
Ranger Miller, a local musician and Realtor, was honored this month with the Dave Carpenter Award at the Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver volunteer appreciation awards dinner. Miller has raised more than $50,000 for HFHMD during his 12 annual Blues and BBQ for Better Housing festivals i...
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Community Members Making a Difference!
On March 2nd, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties swore-in the twenty-first volunteer class since the program began in 2001! A CASA volunteer is a trained community member appointed by a Judge or Magistrate to speak in the best interest of abused and neglecte...
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What?s Real and What?s Not? The Truth About Online High School
Colorado has become a hotbed for online education with more students than ever, both in K-12 and higher education, jumping onto a virtual campus for their learning. Fortunately, today's online high schools are delivering a learning experience equal to- if not better than- what students fin...
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Jennifer Fairweather Will Head Jeffco Human Resources Department
Jefferson County Administrator Ralph Schell announced that Jennifer Fairweather has been hired to head the county's Human Resources (HR) Department . Her first day on the job will be March 31. "Jennifer has a wonderful background in the field of Human Resources in both the private and pu...
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Murder at Downtown Restaurant
Last night, a Mr. Noah Wainwright gathered together friends and other "true believers" for an evening with Madame Mariska, a psychic medium. It is reported that Madam Mariska does it all: tells your fortune, reads your palm, contacts the dead, takes your money, etc. Madame Mariska made her gran...
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Share memories and books with your child
When parents trigger background knowledge they can improve their child's comprehension If 80 percent of reading comprehension depends upon prior knowledge, and if we can only take from a book what we bring to the book. Then our children need lots of prior knowledge experiences before they be...
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Boulder Lions tame Tigers Rugby, 27-15
Tigers Rugby Football Club enjoyed a wonderful day on the best pitch in the nation Saturday (3/6/2010), but fell to a tough and opportunistic Boulder Lions RFC 27-15. The Tigers B side also dropped a 12-0 decision. Both teams showed better organization in their second periods. The sunny blue ski...
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Bob Wilson of Arvada a Candidate for RTD Board
Wilson Runs for RTD Board Bob Wilson of Arvada wants to serve the Metro area in a new capacity. He is running for election to the RTD's Board of Directors in District L, which includes Arvada, Golden, Coal Creek Canyon, and parts of Westminster, Wheat Ridge and other surrounding cities. Wils...
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Come Meet Four Local Authors - Saturday March 20th
Come Meet Four Local Authors The New Journey Books & Center, a non-profit educational organization,will welcome four local authors onSaturday, March 20 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Eileen Moore Koenigsberg author of "Vaporizing Clouds" Anet Paulina author of "Transend The Aging Process...
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TEMPLE OF THE HEART: An Evening of Sacred Music with Christine Tulis
An Evening of Sacred Music will be provided by Christine Tulis this Saturday, March 6 at 7:00pm at The New Journey Books & Center in Arvada. Christine Tulis is a harpist, award winning composer and multi-modality healing artist. She is a visionary leader in her field pioneering powerful...
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As the snow melts support your young writers
Admire their hard work! Find something to marvel at. Even the neediest writing has something to appreciate. It might be a wonderful idea for a story. It might make you laugh or touch your heart. You might rave about the beginning, a beautifully written sentence, paragraph, ending. Maybe you wa...
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Arvada Neighbors Pick Candidates.
When we vote next fall, most of the candidates on the ballot will result from meetings this coming Tuesday, March 16. That's when Arvada neighbors who want to service in public office or who want to help other good people get elected will gather in Denver and across Colorado. The Colorado Ca...
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Denver Victorian Playhouse
Denver Victorian Playhouse Creation of the World and other Orders of Business by Arthur Miller Directed by Rick Bernstein Who, in the name of creation, is responsible for the mess we are in? " Creation of the World and other Orders of Business ...
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Help! Doug, Are Push, Pull or Drag Ads Legal? ?Too Good To Be True" Car Offers
Q. The car dealer's TV ad promised $4,500 for anything I could "push, pull or drag" in. I made the trip, but had to buy their car at a bloated price to get $4500. Is this legal? A. Unfortunately, asterisks on TV ads require you to read fine-print. Only by pausing the DVR and approaching the s...
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Depression Glass for the Microwave????
Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I bet you did not know that there is at least one Depression glass pattern that can be used in today's microwave ovens! The Hocking Glass Company's Bubble pattern was originally engineered to go right from the oven to the dinner table. The glas...
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Week Two: Tigers Rugby 29, Cherry Creek 7
Tigers Rugby Football Club stepped into uncharted territory with a 29-7 victory of Cherry Creek HS Rugby Club. A perennial powerhouse, the Bruins were upstaged by the aggressive Tigers Rugby lineout defense, ball movement by their backs, tight five, back row and scrum half play. Albert Whitemore ...
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Scholarship Application Deadline April 15th
The John Weston Frederick Griffiths Memorial Scholarship is given each year to recognize a graduating senior from a Jefferson County, Colorado high school with a learning disability who is pursuing higher education (technical school, junior college or university). 1. Applicants must provid...
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Ralston Road Corridor Plan
Ralston Road Corridor Plan The following is taken from the city of Arvada Web site http://arvada.org/transportation/ralston-road-corridor-plan Project Overview:?The City of Arvada is entering month five of a nine-month planning process to prepare a Corridor Plan for Ralston Road between Ol...
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