The 38th Avenue Leadership Committee and Wheat Ridge 2020 invite you to share your thoughts on 38th Avenue by completing a brief online survey. Available at www.surveymonkey.com/s/CWRF8YX, it asks how you currently utilize this area of Wheat Ridge and what your hopes are for the future. The information collected will help inform the brand and marketing for the West 38th Avenue Commercial District. The survey will be open until Fri., April 27.
For a printed form of the survey, call Wheat Ridge 2020 at 720-259-1030.The Westside Chorale – formerly known as the Wheat Ridge Community Chorale – will perform “Anything Goes!”, a concert of American music, at Peace Lutheran Church, 5675 Field St., Sun., May 6, 3:30 p.m., including works ranging from Gospel to Gershwin and Cole Porter, accompanied by Tad Koriath and conducted by Margaret O’Keefe Ziegler.
Tickets are under $5, with discounts for seniors, students, schools and retirement communities. For more information, call the Chorale at 720-232-7825 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Hunter Lovins, a recognized expert in sustainable practices for companies and communities, will speak and answer audience questions at a free presentation, Tues., May 8, 6:30p.m., at the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St., Golden.
The Jefferson County League of Women Voters is sponsoring the event, using a grant from the League of Women Voters U.S.
Lovins has authored and co-authored numerous books, papers and articles; done consulting work for governments and the private sector; and was named “Hero for the Planet” by Time Magazine in 2000, and “Green Business Icon” by Newsweek in 2009. She is currently president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions and is a professor of business at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
Parking is available behind the Center, which is handicapped-accessible from the rear.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government, working to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influencing public policy through education and advocacy. Visit www.lwvjeffco.org, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 303-238-0032 for more information.
Take your unused and expired household prescription and over-the-counter medications to Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, 8300 W. 38th Ave., on the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Sat., April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., for proper disposal. The service is free and anonymous.
According to the DEA, medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high – more Americans abuse prescription drugs than those using cocaine, hallucinogens and heroin combined, according to the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.
Americans participating in DEA’s three previous Take-Back Days turned in nearly a million pounds – almost 500 tons – of prescription drugs at over 5,300 sites.
The following will not be accepted: needles and other medical sharps, mercury (such as thermometers, oxygen containers, chemotherapy/radioactive substances, pressurized canisters and illicit drugs.
For more information, including additional disposal locations, visit www.DEA.gov or call 877-462-2911.
Celebrate Children’s Day and learn more about the dangers facing today’s children at the second annual Wheat Ridge Child Safety Fair, Sat., April 28, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Wheat Ridge Middle School, 7101 W. 38th Ave. The Wheat Ridge Police Department has partnered with the Colorado Department of Transportation and local businesses to stage the Fair, which is also an outreach event inviting participation by the Hispanic community.
Free inspections and replacements of child safety seats are the high point of the Fair, with bilingual technicians on hand to perform inspections and educate participants on proper car seat use. Seats that fail the inspection will be disposed of and replaced for free, while supplies last, thanks to a grant from CDOT.
Children are invited to pedal in for a bike rodeo teaching them how to safely operate their cycles. Wheat Ridge Cyclery will conduct free bicycle safety inspections, and bicycle helmets will be given, free of charge, to those in need, courtesy of Exempla Lutheran Medical Center. At event’s end, two children’s bicycles, donated by the Police Department, will be given away in a drawing.
For more information, call Officer Betsy Sailor at 303-235-2910.
The City of Edgewater is seeking a high quality, distinctive logo to be used on its new website, as well as promotional materials. Artists are encouraged to submit entries that capture the essence of the city’s past, present and future. In addition, local photographers are invited to submit pictures of the Edgewater community to be used on the new website.
All art must be created by the submitter; no third-party artwork or images, including clip art, or copyrighted graphics may be used. The city will acquire ownership of the picked logo and any pictures submitted, and will use the image as it deems appropriate.
Email logo or photo submissions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or deliver to 2401 Sheridan Boulevard, by May 1. For more information, call 720-763-3012.
Looking to get rid of those construction remnants, car parts and other household eyesores cluttering your yard and home? Gather up your garbage for the City of Edgewater’s 2012 Spring Clean Up Event, Mon., May 7.
Residents can start placing items for pickup in their alleys the weekend prior, but no later than 8 a.m. the day of; pick-up locations are the same as weekly trash pickup. Allied Waste will also supply dumpsters at 22nd and Benton for large-item drop off and electronic and metal recycling Sat., May 12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Materials must be packed in bags or bundles of no more than 50 pounds, and long items must be cut into lengths no longer than 4 feet. Accepted materials include tree limbs, yard clippings, leaves, wood mulch, wood, drywall, windows, doors, decking, carpet, flooring, small appliances, metal flashing, metal furniture, household metals, household trash, furniture, linens, clothes, car bumpers, auto body panels, seats and upholstery.
Not accepted are concrete, dirt, large stumps, fertilizer, chemicals, rocks, concrete, bricks, paints, stains, chemicals, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioning units, any appliances with freon, lawn mowers, hazardous or bio-hazardous waste, needles, syringes, hot tubs, batteries, televisions, tires, car or truck batteries, vehicle fluids, motor oil, plastic bottles or windshield glass.
Residents needing assistance in moving refuse materials to their pick up location can call the Community Services Department at 720-763-3012 to schedule help.
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Letters to the Editor, pointing out the good deeds of your neighbors, as well as community issues in need of discussion, are always welcome. Don’t forget to include contact information – name and phone or email – and email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or send to Editor, 4385 Wadsworth Blvd., #140, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. Please note, items may be edited for content and length.By J. Patrick O’Leary
Abstract contemporary painter and former city councilman Terry Womble has taken fine art to lofty heights – literally – with The Art Loft at Cebiche, above the Peruvian restaurant located at 7000 W. 38th Ave.
Womble and co-owner Lance Noriega, also an abstract contemporary painter, introduced their new gallery to the public with an inaugural “First Friday” reception in early April, attended by 71 guests.
“I can’t think of anywhere else that’s happened,” Womble says of the turnout. Celebrities at the fete were noted Wheat Ridge sculptor Kevin Robb and his wife, Diane, curator of Kevin’s work.
The new gallery occupies the entire newly remodeled top floor of the building, boasting new hardwood floors, vaulted ceiling, lighting and two bathrooms (separate from the restaurant’s), reached by a set of stairs in the restaurant’s lobby.
Read more: The Art Loft Helping Make 38th Avenue An Art Destination