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Longtime Brighton educator and community servant Rodger Quist is the 2010 recipient of the Joe Gomez Award.

Bernard

    Kimberly and Kevin Bernard, of Brighton, welcome a new son, Wyatt Adam Bernard.

    Wyatt was born July 15, 2010, at Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton. He weighed in about 8 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 21 inches.

    Grandparents are Ruth Ann McCoy, of Northglenn, and Patricia Adams of Longmont.

Whitchurch

    Melissa and Tom Whitchurch, of Lochbuie, announce the birth of their daughter, Hattie Louise Whitchurch.  

There are a lot of similarities between Brighton and Golden.

    The cities are on the fringes of the metropolitan area. City leaders want to be part of the metropolitan Denver picture.

There’s a certain amount of history for each city. Brighton’s is agricultural. Golden was the site of the Territorial Legislature before Colorado became a state.

    And they are cities that struggle with the viability of their downtowns.

I set out from the Brighton Blade office on North Main Street one weekday afternoon with a $20 bill in my purse eager to see how far it might get me in downtown Brighton. Though I worked in downtown, I had yet to explore many of the shops and restaurants the area had to offer.

“Every limbo boy and girl, All around the limbo world, Gonna do the limbo rock, All around the limbo clock. Jack be limbo, Jack be quick, Jack go unda limbo stick, All around the limbo clock, Hey, let’s do the limbo rock …”

    As Chubby Checker’s 1962 hit, “Limbo Rock,” came over the speakers at the Wagon Wheel Skate Center in Brighton Saturday afternoon, a number of skaters came off the floor and took up a spot on the sidelines to watch those who dared to compete.

The doors of 58 homes in the metro Denver area will be opened to the public for this year’s Parade of Homes.

    Three Commerce City homes, one Brighton home and one Frederick home will be among those featured. Homes range in prices from $188,900 to $6.3 million.

It’s about 8 p.m. Wednesday on an acreage south of Brighton. An a typical storm looks to be blowing in from the east, so teenage brothers Kyle and Kent Scott quickly get to work and head out to the barn to weigh their four 4-H hogs. Kent stops on his way to the barn to pick up a chicken, pat down its feathers, then lets it fly from his arms.

On this particular evening, exactly one week before the Adams County Fair, Kyle, 15, and Kent, 13, go through their typical two-hour nightly routine of weighing, washing and walking each of the pigs.

Reece graduates from Community College of the Air Force

    Air Force Master Sgt. Laramie W. Reece graduated and received an associate in applied science degree from the Community College of the Air Force.

    Laramie is the son of Barry D. Reece, of Commerce City, and Linda L. Reece, of Brighton.

Jim and Sharon Jaeger, of Brighton, celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house, hosted by their children, Mike Jaeger and Jodi (Rob) Michel, and grandchildren Kyle, Ashley and Kayla Michel, from 2 to 4 p.m., Aug. 1, in the fellowship room of Zion Lutheran Church, 1400 Skeel St. (Southern Street and South 14th Avenue) Brighton. The couple requests no gifts.

    Jim and Sharon were married Aug. 7, 1960, in Imperial, Neb. They were high school sweethearts. Jim graduated from McCook Junior College, and Sharon attended Nebraska Wesleyan.