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  • Caring for family leads Nicole Burnett to graduation day

    HENDERSON — Although it has been a rough year for Prairie View High School senior Nicole Burnett, the 18-year-old Commerce City resident maintains an optimistic attitude.
        Burnett has spent much of her senior year taking care of her family — including her little brother Benjamin, her autistic older brother, Adam, who she describes as “a handful,” her father, who has a number of medical issues and is terminally ill, and her mother, who passed away in March.
        She said it’s “very challenging” to balance school with her responsibilities at home, often staying up until midnight finishing her homework and getting up at 4:30 a.m. a couple times a week to take her father to dialysis. She also handles getting many of the family’s bills paid, one of the many time-consuming sacrifices she regularly makes to ensure her family is taken care of properly.

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  • Brighton 27J School Board Director Sheree Coates resigns

    BRIGHTON – The School District 27J Board of Education unanimously accepted the resignation of District 7 Director Sheree Coates Tuesday and declared a vacancy in the district.

    Coates, who was elected to the Board of Education in 2011, will be stepping down to focus on family obligations.

        “We thank Sheree for her service and her commitment to the children of our school district,” Board President Joan Kniss said.

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  • Summer meal program to resume May 28 in Brighton

    BRIGHTON — North, Northeast and South elementary schools will once again be hosting the summer meal program for Brighton residents.

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  • Brighton PD beefs up DUI enforcement this weekend

    Brighton police will step up their efforts to take drunken drivers off the road this weekend.

    Thanks to a grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation, four more officers will be added to the department's normal DUI enforcement program. Police also plan to participation in a saturation patrol and DUI checkpoint through the Adams County Sheriff's Office. Commerce City police are part of this effort, too.

    The increased enforcement is due to the long, Memorial Day weekend and due to high school graduation parties.

     

     

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  • Hickenlooper signs breakfast-after-the-bell bill

    COMMERCE CITY — A bill to help make sure more Colorado schoolkids get a decent breakfast was signed into law May 15 by Gov. John Hickenlooper at Rose Hill Elementary School.
        House Bill 1006, sponsored by Commerce City Democrat Rep. Dominick Moreno and state Rep. Rony Exum, D-Colorado Springs, will phase in a requirement to serve breakfast to all students after the official start of school at Colorado schools with a high concentration of students who qualify for free or reduced cost lunch.

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  • Applications available for promotional mini-grants; deadline is July 1

    BRIGHTON – The Lodging Advisory Tax Advisory Committee is accepting mini-grant applications for economic development, tourism and cultural arts projects to be completed by the end of the year.
        Committee Vice Chair Todd Brummond told city council during its May 14 study session that $10,000 had been set aside in reserves as part of the 3013 budget for the mini-grants.

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  • Tedesco travels to Washington as part of Accelerate Colorado business mission

    BRIGHTON — Adams County Commissioner Charles “Chaz” Tedesco taveled May 13 through 15 to Washington, D.C., to seek new jobs in Adams County.
        Tedesco was part of Accelerate Colorado’s eighth annual business mission. Joining Commissioner Tedesco were Barry Gore, CEO/President of Adams County Economic Development (ACED), and ACED Board Chair Mike McGinnis.

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  • Smart watering urged to avoid getting hosed as Stage 1 drought restrictions kick in

    BRIGHTON — With Stage 1 drought restrictions now in effect, there are a number of ways residents can reduce water consumption while decreasing the bottom line on their water bill.
        One of the easiest ways to reduce outdoor water use, according to Utilities Director Jim Landeck, is to focus on landscaping. Water use in the city increases 80 percent in the summer, largely due to irrigation, and Landeck said monitoring home irrigation systems is an easy way for residents to conserve.
        He said a lot of residents think everything’s fine if a sprinkler head pops up and sprays water as usual, but that’s not necessarily the case.
        “We need to focus on where that water goes, how long the circuit is watering and whether or not that water is being used efficiently,” he said.

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  • Options abound for low-water gardening

    Although Stage 1 Drought restrictions allow a two-day-per-week watering calendar Colorado State University Extension Agent, Horticulture and Entomology, Carol O’Meara said it should be an adequate amount of water for most vegetables to survive.
        O’Meara said to choose the vegetable plants that are “near and dear to your heart” because it’s likely gardens will be smaller this year.

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  • Increased security for BHS, Prairie View graduations this weekend

    BRIGHTON – School District 27J will prohibit the admittance of certain items from this year’s Brighton and Prairie View high school graduation ceremonies as part of an increased security effort.
                Portable coolers will not be allowed into either graduation venue. The size of bags, packs or purses will be limited to no larger than 12x12 inches, and they will be subject to inspection.

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