Columns

    Election season is fast approaching for many with April 3 as election day for statutory towns.
    Frederick is anticipating a lively election process with four positions open, including mayor and three trustee positions.
    Come learn more about the process for the election, as well as what it takes to be a trustee or the mayor, at a special evening planned by the town of Frederick, Feb. 9, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., in the board room at Town Hall, 401 Locust St.

    I think there’s some irony in the hydraulic fracturing debate going on in Commerce City.
    For those not keeping tabs on this issue, residents have voiced their concerns over what chemicals are being pumped into the ground as part of the hydraulic fracturing process and the impact those chemicals may have on the environment, especially groundwater.

    2012 has started with a bang at the Carbon Valley Park and Recreation District.  The 15 percent off annual passes through Jan. 31 has been a big hit, as well as the new incentives of “Rec Bucks,” new youth and family fitness classes that are now part of the membership and, of course, free childcare.  The staff at the district is always trying to find ways to make memberships worthwhile and cost effective. 

    Accusations are powerful. The most powerful of those are sexual assault allegations, and for someone in a position of responsibility or trust, allegations involving children are by far the most devastating. Case in point: former Fort Lupton track coach and teacher Ray Brown. Brought up on charges of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust and sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust as a pattern of abuse, Brown found himself in the court of public opinion from day one, over a full year before his actual day in court.