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Today's News

  • Community says goodbye to Blunck

    BRIGHTON -- Members of the Brighton community showed up at Brighton Heritage Academy Tuesday night for an open house in honor of retiring 27J Superintendent Rod Blunck.

    Blunck will be leaving the school district at the end of June to be a full-time professor at the University of Colorado-Denver, teaching the Educational Executive Leadership program.

    Blunck came to Brighton in 2006. Before that, he was the superintendent of schools in Elizabeth and helped that district recover from a budget crisis that started before his hiring. He was named the state superintendent of the year in 2006.

    “Dr. Blunck came at the right time for the needs that we had,” said 27J Board of Education President Joan Kniss. “Being fiscally conservative, Dr. Blunck was able to guide us through the difficult downturns of Colorado's economy over the past several years. Yes, we had to make severe budget cuts, as did every school district in the state. However, Dr. Blunck remained focused on trying to keep the budget cuts from negatively impacting student achievement.”
                 

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  • Weather service posts fire weather watch for Friday

    DENVER -- The National Weather Service posted a fire weather watch for Adams and Weld counties for Friday afternoon and evening.

    The cause is twofold. Strong winds, which mean very warm temperatures, and low relative humidities, could create extreme fire conditions, especially after noon. Winds could be as strong as 20 miles per hour with gusts as high as 30 mph. The relative humidity levels could be as low as 9 percent.

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  • Weld sheriff: Man's death near Hudson is a homicide

    HUDSON -- Authorities identified the man whose body was found near Interstate 76 and Weld County Road 12 1/2 Wednesday morning.

    The man was 41-year-old Joseph Peters, and Weld County sheriff's detectives are treating the case as a homicide.

    Two employees of the Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Co. found Peters' body wrapped in a blue tarp shortly before 8:30 a.m. The area is just north of state Highway 52. Weld County sheriff's deputy Tim Schwartz said Peters had been shot to death.

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  • Keeping the Legacy Alive

    BRIGHTON — Dr. Sheri Simon was a fixture in the Brighton community for more than 20 years until her untimely death this past December from complications due to cancer.


        She was known for her love of animals and all of God’s children but especially those in need. While her success in business was remarkable it was her success at making a difference that will remain her legacy.
        One of the groups that Simon left an indelible impression on was the high school students at the Eagle Ridge Academy. She was a mentor to many enrolled there and supported a number of the school’s youth organizations including Interact, the youth group of Rotary International.
        To honor her memory, a group of Eagle Ridge students and graduates organized a Relay for Life team in her name. The Sheri Simon Remembrance Team is raising funds for the American Cancer Society.
        Prior to her cancer diagnosis, Dr. Simon was an ardent supporter of Relay for Life as a member of the Brighton Early Rotary Team. After learning she had cancer Simon took an even more active role in the event.
        Brittney Cox, a 2011 graduate of Eagle Ridge, has been one of the main forces behind the creation of the Dr. Simon team.
        “Sheri was such a generous person. She always had a smile and the time to help us out”,” Cox said. “When I learned she had passed away I was devastated.”
        Gathering together some of her classmates, Cox had little trouble convincing them to help out.
        “I want to make sure that everyone in Brighton remembers Sheri for all she did,” Cox said.
        By sponsoring a team in her name the founding members pledged to do all they could to keep her name alive and hopefully be instrumental in finding a cure.
        This past weekend the team raised nearly $500 at a bake sale at King Soopers. Anyone interested in joining the team or helping to raise money for this year’s Relay for Life can contact Brittney Cox at brittney.a.cox@gmail.com. Donations can be made on the American Cancer Society’s Event website at main.acsevents.org/goto/RememberSheriSimon.
        As of press time, the team had raised $865 of their $1,000 goal.
        This year’s Relay for Life is scheduled for June 22 and 23 at the Brighton Recreation Center.

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  • A run of remembrance

     

     

    Don Quick, far left, district attorney for Adams and Broomfield counties, leads the pack of runners Saturday at the start of the Sean May Memorial 5K Run at Barr Lake State Park. May was the chief deputy district attorney when he was killed in 2008. To date his killer has not been found despite a $125,000 reward. Proceeds from the fourth annual race help fund the Self Help Resource Center at the District Attorney’s Office in the Judicial Center. More than 150 runners braved the cold, damp weather to honor their friend.

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  • 27J to honor Solano

    Term-limited state representative and former educator Judy Solano will be honored at the May 22 school board meeting.

    It starts at 7 p.m.

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  • Brighton wins Sister Cities International award

     WASHINGTON, D.C. — Brighton Sister Cities won Sister Cities International’s 2011 Innovation Arts & Culture Award for a city with population under 100,000.
        The awards recognize the accomplishments of community and individual sister city programs that promote peace through mutual respect, understanding and cooperation.        

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  • Hispanic Advisory Council awards annual scholarships

     

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  • Taking them out to the ballgame

     

     

    Northeast Elementary School students and parents took in the May 6 Colorado Rockies game against the Atlanta Braves at Coors Field. Families and staff purchased more than 800 tickets at a discounted rate of $2 per ticket. It’s an annual event for the school. This year, the team invited a group of students to go onto the field for a pregame ceremony. The students — Paige Barton, Javon Guerrero, Cesar Ibarra and Kaleb Adams — joined principal Michael Clow for the pregame activities.

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  • Up on the rooftop

     

    Vikan Middle School Principal Ana Mendoza, right, and Assistant Principal Trina Norris-Buck are all smiles as they embark on a weekend atop the school’s roof. The two principals challenged the students at their school to score well in recent schoolwide testing. If the numbers exceeded a predetermined percentage, the students won the bet. With a video streaming their activities live on the internet, Mendoza and Buck spent a cold and wet weekend sitting and sleeping on the roof.

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