Features

    Annie Lindsey answers the door of her Brighton home with a big smile and a twinkle in her eye.
    Before she gets into telling the story of the 100 years of her life, she wants to share a tale from earlier in the day: her trip to the café for breakfast that morning.
    “So there was this younger man there from my hometown, he’s about 80,” she said. “I flirted with him a little … and you know what? He picked up my tab.

    Brighton resident Judith Dickinson will be one of 125 Colorado artists featured at the Downtown Denver Arts Festival this weekend.
    “It’s very well organized and very difficult to get in,” Dickinson said. “It’s really a big deal, and I’m happy to be a part of it.”

    The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs and Five Points Community will present the eighth annual Five Points Jazz Festival Saturday. Events begin at 1 p.m. at numerous venues along Welton Street in Denver’s historic Five Points area. All performances and activities are free.    
    The Five Points Jazz Festival celebrates the music, culture and history of Five Points neighborhood, with performances highlighting many of Denver’s finest jazz musicians.

    COMMERCE CITY – The Rocky Mountain Arsenal is a land that has spent the better part of the last 100 years in a perpetual state of transition.
    Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge visitors can now trace the history of the land at the refuge’s new visitor’s center, which officially opens this weekend with the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (see sidebar). The main entrance to the center is at 56th Avenue and Havana Street.

    Motherhood is a juggling act, and it’s easy for a mom to lose sight of her personal purpose in life, says Brighton mother and author Cindy Skerjanec.
    Skerjanec believes she can help other moms discover their purpose with her new book, “Finding Purpose at the Speed of Motherhood.”

BRIGHTON – Like a lot of people, Tracey Nazarenus thinks there’s a plethora of bad news on television and in the newspapers.
    Unlike a lot of people, she and several of her friends are trying to do something about that perception. And they are doing it through the use of some of the biggest animals you’ll ever see.

    Volunteers at the Adams County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center in Brighton said it felt like Christmas when the Greater Brighton Neighborhood Volunteers dropped off carloads of pet supplies at the shelter last week.
    GBNV and the Brighton Standard Blade worked on a pet supply drive for the shelter that resulted in what volunteers said was the largest donation they ever received at one time.

    It is possible to step through the devastating diagnosis of cancer and all that comes along with it.
    Deborah Hardy should know.
    She’s lived it.
    Through her experiences dealing with her husband’s cancer diagnosis and death from the disease, she’s penned a book, “Stepping Through Cancer; A Guide for the Journey,” to help others fighting cancer and their caregivers.

    BRIGHTON – The wish of Shirley Gartman, a resident of Sterling House Brighton, was to visit the Denver Broncos practice facility.
    The wish was granted through Brookdale Senior Living and Jeremy Bloom’s Wish of a Lifetime foundation.