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After poor stretch, Avs look to turn things around

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After poor stretch, Avs look to turn things around

After losing seven of their last eight, the defending NHL Champs are looking to turn things around after defeating the Ottawa Senators and the Detroit Red Wings by a combined score of 13-3.

Photo courtesy: Evan Rodrigues\@evanr17 Instagram

During Colorado’s losing stretch, the Avs had trouble against Phoenix Coyotes, the L.A. Kings, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, the Vancouver Canucks, the Florida Panthers and the Chicago Blackhawks. Colorado’s only win during that stretch came against the Edmonton Oilers in overtime on Saturday, January 7th.

Two weeks later the Avs got their next win, this past Saturday at home when they shutout the Ottawa Senators 7-0. On Monday night the Avs looked to be on their way to another shutout after leading the Detroit Red Wings 5-0 halfway through the second period. The Red Wings made a switch at goalie and only allowed one more goal, but added three late in the second and third, in their 6-3 loss to the Avs. This week the Avalanche is on the road in Canada to face the Calgary Flames on Wednesday and the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.

The Avalanche have fallen down the Western Conference rankings tied at fourth with the St. Louis Blues, behind the Minnesota Wild, the Dallas Stars and the Winnipeg Jets.

The Avalanche have been without Captain Gabriel Landeskog who hasn’t been on the ice since November. Then, coach Jared Bednar believed Avs beloved captain would return 12 weeks later; however, as of mid January, there’s no sign of Landeskog’s or the progression from injury.

In other sports the Denver Nuggets have been rolling with a full healthy squad beating a pesky Orlando Magic team at home on Sunday night at Ball Arena. Nikola Jokic not only sunk the game winning three, he managed to record his 12 triple double this season with ten rebounds, 14 assists and 17 points.

Aaron Gordon led all Nuggets with 25 points followed by Jamal Murray’s 18.

This week the Nuggets will be at home to host the Indiana Pacers (Friday, January 20th at 7 p.m.), and the Oklahoma City Thunder (Sunday, January 22, at 6 p.m.) before hitting the road next week to face the New Orleans Pelicans, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Denver Broncos have already started their new coaching search interviewing Michigan University’s Jim Harbaugh who let Greg Penner and company know that he would be staying at the University next year.

The Broncos were next in line behind the Houston Texans to interview former Saints head coach Sean Payton. The Broncos flew out to L.A. to interview Payton on Tuesday and the Broncos are said to be one of two teams vying for Payton’s final say on his next destination.

Kudos to Su Teatro, progress is paying off your mortgage!

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Kudos to Su Teatro, progress is paying off your mortgage!

You can’t tell the story of Denver’s Santa Fe Art District and the city’s theater scene without mentioning Su Teatro. Created by a student-organized theater group at the University of Colorado at Denver, Su Teatro started at the height of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement. The group focused on telling stories of the civil rights movement, and was a staple at picket lines, parks, and political rallies.

Photo courtesy: Su Teatro

As time went on, Su Teatro began to do plays at rental spaces throughout the city like the Denver Center and Slightly off Center before performing “Intro to Chicano History: 101” at Joseph Papp’s Festival Latino in New York City.

In 1989, the company purchased the Historic Elyria School in northeast Denver and became El Centro Su Teatro — a multidisciplinary cultural arts center that produces full theatrical seasons and programs that are still around today, like the Chicano Music Festival, the XicanIndie FilmFest and the Cultural Arts Education institute.

After a phone call with former Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, the mayor and the city facilitated negotiations with Evergreen Bank to help Su Teatro secure a $780,000 mortgage at the beginning of the post-2008 real estate crash market. So, in 2010, the organization moved into 721 Santa Fe Drive in Denver — the location Su Teatro has since called home.

And toward the end of last year, the organization announced it had paid off the final balance on the mortgage, ensuring that the former Denver Civic Theatre is officially under the group’s control.

Su Teatro said in a release that by paying off its mortgage, it resisted the wave of gentrification and displacement throughout the Denver metro area. It called the event a significant achievement in its history and to celebrate, the organization will hold a ceremonial burning of the mortgage.

The event will take place on Friday, Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. at a parking lot on the 7th avenue side of the Su Teatro building where the organization will toast to the community and its success. There will also be food, drinks, and music to celebrate.

The sale of the Elyria Elementary School building in 2013 helped Su Teatro reduce its mortgage debt along with the production of “Northside” by Bobby LeFebre — a play about gentrification in Denver. The production of the play kicked off a seat naming Legacy campaign to pay off the last $250,000 Su Teatro owed on the building. The cam- paign involved 250 donors who paid $1,000 a seat.

Outside of the mortgage burning, Su Teatro has other events coming up this year, including the performance of the play “El Espíritu Natural.” The play is written and directed by Anthony J Garcia and will be performed March 9-26. The play’s description reads “Join NitaLuna and NeldaRio on the adventure of a lifetime, as they save their family, their memories and the world.”

More information about Su Teatro can be found at suteatro.org.

Colorado Air National Guard conducts night flying training

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Colorado Air National Guard conducts night flying training

The 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, will conduct night flying training from Buckley SFB, Aurora, Colorado, Jan. 17- Feb.2,2023.

Photo courtesy: Colorado National Guard Facebook

The Wing will conduct nighttime flying missions and arrive back at Buckley SFB as late as 10 p.m. MST. The local community and adjacent communities can anticipate an increase in flight activity and noise level during this period from the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft.

“The F-16 fighter mission will be conducting night flying operations to maintain and increase our warfighting skills,” said 140th Wing Commander Col. Christopher Southard. “We must train to defend our state and nation in all types of conditions so we’re ready to support our commander-in-chief when needed. While there is an increase of noise and activity during the evening hours, we will do everything possible to minimize the impact on our community, and we appreciate your support as we perform this valuable training.

“As members of the com- munity, we value your support and patience during the nighttime phase of our training in the area. The safety and security of our nation is our top priority and falls in line with our motto: ‘Always ready, Always There.’”

The Wing’s real-world mission and emergency response capability will not be affected and will take priority over training actions.

To learn more about the CONG, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieh1OMCzSM8

Source: Colorado National Guard PA

JCPH recommends its residents test their homes for Radon

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JCPH recommends its residents test their homes for Radon

January is National Radon Action Month, and Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) is encouraging residents to protect themselves and loved ones from dangerous radon gas by testing their homes. To help, JCPH is offering 800 free radon test kits during the month of January (while supplies last, one per address and on a first come-first served basis) to Jefferson County residents.

Image courtesy: Jefferson County Public Health

JCPH will be mailing the test kits to residents. To sign up to receive your kit, please visit Radon Kit Request and fill out the form in its entirety. Due to production delays, kits will be mailed in early Spring.

Radon is a dangerous and naturally-occurring radioactive gas that you cannot smell, taste or see. People are exposed to radon primarily from breathing radon in air that enters homes and other buildings through cracks and gaps in foundations.

Radon exposure is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers and a top environmental cause of cancer nationwide. In Jefferson County, more than half of homes tested have high levels of radon. While there is always some radon in the air, high levels of exposure to radon over time can lead to a significant risk of developing lung cancer. The risk of lung cancer is even greater for smokers who are exposed to radon.

“Every year for National Radon Action Month, we encourage residents to test their homes, but this year, we want to emphasize how important it is to return the test for processing,” said Tracy Volkman, Senior Environmental Health Specialist at JCPH.

“Radon gas is dangerous, and you can’t take the necessary steps to protect yourself and your loved ones if you don’t know the results of the test.”

Homes who send kits in for results and receive results by the first week of May will be entered in a drawing for gift cards in amounts of $25, $15 and $10. JCPH strongly recommends residents use expedited mail when returning kits, as the time delay in the mail can causes kits to be invalid.

JCPH will only be able to provide one kit per request/address, so if you are requesting on behalf of an HOA or larger organization, please send this link to your residents and ask them to request their kit individually.

“After testing and returning the kit for processing, the next step is to take action to make your home safer,” Volkman said. “If we can find the places radon is getting trapped indoors, we can mitigate it and lessen the negative health effects it has on our community.”

Homeowners do not need to test for radon annually if their homes have recently tested below the maximum threshold (4 picocuries per liter). For homes that have recently tested below this, testing every 2-3 years is recommended. If your home has tested above this threshold, more comprehensive testing may be needed to gauge the severity of the problem. There is no safe level of radon, so even if your home tests below 4 picocuries per liter, you may still want to consider mitigation.

In addition to providing the free test kits, JCPH staff will be available to help homeowners understand how to use the test kits properly and what to do if the test results show high levels of radon in the air. If action is needed to reduce radon in a home, it’s important to test homes for radon again to be sure the action worked and the air is safe. Resources may be available for those whose homes test posi- tive for high levels of radon and who qualify through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (external link).

Testing your home, and installing proper air quality controls if high levels of radon exist, is an effective way to prevent the harmful effects radon can have on you and your family. Once the supply of free kits is exhausted, and throughout the remainder of 2022, radon test kits are available for purchase at JCPH for $10 each.

If you have questions about radon and your home’s risk, please visit our website to see frequently asked questions and helpful information.

Source: Jefferson County Public Health

What’s Happening?

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What’s Happening?

Exhibits

Photo courtesy: “Following a Path Less Traveled” by Rich Cancellare

On view from January 13 – February 11, at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center is A Different Perspective/ Personal Projects by Veterans, featuring a compelling collection of fine art photography created by 5 Colorado area artists who have served in the U.S. military. This unique exhibition is the culmination of CPAC’s Veterans Workshop Series, a five-month program of advanced photography courses provided to participants free of charge. Each project is intensely personal, reflecting each artist’s inspirations, life experiences, creativity and point of view.

The show can be viewed during normal gallery hours. Tuesday – Friday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Learn more at: https://cpacphoto.org/a-different-perspective/. Exhibiting artists: Rich Cancellare, Maggie Cubbler, Aaron Middleton, Eleanor Nesim, and Keal Vigil.

Photo courtesy: Denver Museum of Nature and Science

A newly discovered trove of remarkably preserved fossils, found at Corral Bluffs near Colorado Springs, has brought into sharp focus how Earth recovered after the devastating asteroid impact 66 million years ago that wiped out the dinosaurs. This discovery is a watershed scientific moment, and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science has created a brand-new bilingual exhibit to bring the discovery to life. This exhibit is free and available until December 31, 2023.

Visit  https://bit.ly/3XjHVOL for more information.

Que Pasa? is compiled by La Voz Staff. To submit an event for consideration please email attractions@lavozcolorado.com with Que Pasa in the subject line by Friday at 5 p.m.

The religious distortion of government

David Conde
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The religious distortion of government
David Conde, Senior Consultant for International Programs

I clearly remember coming off the fields to prepare and go to church on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and twice on Sunday to worship God and find solace in the fact that we were a community even when we traveled across the country. My grandfather was both a contractor that brought people to work in the fields and a minister that organized church gatherings wherever were were.

The music was great and the sermons were simple. People in the congregation felt free to participate and voice their problems for God to hear and give testimony of the Lord’s goodness that had blessed their family in various ways.

In a sense, the church services were an outlet and a temporary escape from our extreme desolation and the human condition that resulted. We found community with other families that also kept the faith and were part of that pocket of poverty that moved from crop to crop. We were taught to accept our place on this earth and to plan on receiving our rich reward in heaven. Happiness came in the form of the days and nights of worship and the fact that we were together as a community.

We never thought of church as part of an organic political movement that could transform our lives as citizens of the country. Our notion of government was the courthouse where we got copies of our birth certificates and the policemen that found reasons to stop us on the road.

Imagine the day I found out that religion did have a strong voice in the affairs of the country. I realized its responsibility in shaping the hierarchy of difference among people including the bigotry that goes with religious affiliation.

One of the selling points of the Protestant Reformation, a significant part of the Renaissance in the 15th Century, was that it supposedly got rid of what was branded as corrupt priests that stood between people and God. As time went on, the notion of a personal relationship with God became a predominant characteristic of the more strident elements of the Reform Movement.

The immigration of Europeans to the northern part of the Americas brought that idea as they wanted to freely practice a way of worship that in their homeland was not always tolerated. It is that brand of Protestant ethic that has colored the social and religious fabric in our country.

As this way of worship generalized through much of the population, leaders that practiced it began to push to exclude other ways of believing. The anti-Catholic and anti-Mormon Movements provide ample examples of that.

This in turn has led to major efforts to make it the pseudo-primary religion of the State. Ironically, a national religion is why many immigrated to what is now the United States in the first place.

That heritage is now being betrayed in the name of they same God they brought with them from Europe. Groups of these people have already captured state governments and are passing laws that ban the teaching of classics and have even gone as far as burning books.

Our founding fathers were very much aware of this possibility and sought to head it off by putting language in the Constitution separating church and state. However, these people have reached the point of discounting their loyalty to the Constitution in favor of iron control of the country.

They have decided that obedience to the Constitution is negotiable. Clearly, using God to substitute for the Constitution is going too far.

The views expressed by David Conde are not necessarily the views of La Voz Bilingüe. Comments and responses may be directed to News@lavozcolorado.com.

NEA grant awarded to Lakewood Cultural Center

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NEA grant awarded to Lakewood Cultural Center

Lakewood Cultural Center (LCC) is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $10,000. This grant will support a “Recalibrated Reflections” project to provide diversity through the arts. This grant is one of 1,251 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling nearly $28.8 million that were announced by the NEA as part of its first round of grants for the fiscal year 2023.

Photo courtesy: Lakewood Cultural Center

“The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts projects in communities nationwide,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D. “Projects such as this one with Lakewood Cultural Center strengthen arts and cultural ecosystems, provide equitable opportunities for arts participation and practice, and contribute to the health of our communities and our economy.”

LCC has designed a multidisciplinary art project that includes three primary components:

  1. Theatrical productions of “The Three Musketeers” and “Romeo & Juliet” performed by the Tony Award-winning theater group, The Acting Company during the LCC Presents spring series on Feb. 22 and 23.
  2. Creation of on-site murals by local artists from various racial and ethnic backgrounds inspired by the themes highlighted in the performances by The Acting Company.
  3. Community discussions led by the mural artists in each of the geographical wards across the City of Lakewood during the summer of 2023.

“By including a theater company that practices anti-discrimination and produces classic theater through a contemporary lens, the project will reach diverse communities,” said Lakewood Cultural Center Administrator Rita Sommers.

The mural component focuses on bringing together artists from various racial and ethnic backgrounds to draw from their personal experiences and creatively explore thematic elements of The Acting Company’s performances from a contemporary perspective. Thus, the project is designed to reach individuals who are underrepresented in the arts and increase inclusivity.

For more information about NEA’s grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news.

Our Government

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Our Government

White House

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves California Disaster Declaration: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of California and ordered Federal aid to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides beginning on December 27, 2022, and continuing.

Colorado Governor

The Innovative Housing Incentive Program (IHIP) and Governor Polis announced the Business Funding & Incentives Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), introducing new funding opportunities to support the development and expan- sion of Colorado’s innovative housing manufacturing businesses. Based on the understanding that strong economic development includes job creation and the development of attainable housing, IHIP will foster both across Colorado.

Denver Mayor

Mayor Michael B. Hancock has designated Laura E. Aldrete, Executive Director of the Department of Community Planning and Development, as Deputy Mayor for 2023. Aldrete has served as Executive Director of Community Planning and Development for the City and County of Denver since her appointment in October 2019.

National Western Stock Show

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National Western Stock Show

Making friends at the National Western Stock Show.

Photo courtesy: Everett Martinez

A Week In Review

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A Week In Review

Africa

Rebels blamed for church bombing in Democratic Republic of Congo – Islamic State group-affiliated rebels are accused of bombing and killing 17 people at a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Allied Democratic Forces reportedly targeted the church this past Sunday and left 39 people wounded. The group is active in eastern Congo, and a Kenyan national was arrested in connection with the attack.

Tiger on the loose in South Africa – South African officials say a privately owned tiger escaped from a private property. The animal escaped after a fence at the property was cut. It attacked a person, killed a dog, and mauled another one. A special police force was deployed to search for the animal. Authorities believe the tiger was hiding in a bushy area for shade and are hoping to lure it when it needs to drink water.

Asia

Former Afghan official killed – Mursal Nabizada, a former member of Afghanistan’s parliament, was shot and killed at her home. She was 32 and was one of the few women members of parliament who stayed in Kabul after the Taliban seized power in 2021. Nabizada is described as a fearless champion for Afghanistan who turned down a chance to leave the country.

Japan set to release radioactive water into sea – Japan is planning to release more than a million tons of water into the sea from a destroyed nuclear plant. The operator of the plant said after treatment, the levels of most radioactive particles meet the national standard. The International Atomic Energy Agency said the activity is safe, but groups like the Pacific Islands Forum have criticized Japan for an alleged lack of transparency.

Europe

Mafia boss arrested in Italy – Matteo Messina Denaro, the alleged boss of the Cosa Nostra Mafia, was arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run. He was detained at a clinic where he was receiving treatment for cancer. Denaro was Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss. He was tried and sentenced to life in jail in 2002 over a variety of murders. Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the arrest a “great victory for the state.”

German defense minister resigns – Germany Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has resigned from her position. Germany is under pressure to allow the delivery of German-built battle tanks to Ukraine. Lambrecht was mocked for announcing that Germany was sending 5,000 military hel- mets to Ukraine. She was also criticized for not improving the country’s poor equipped armed forces.

Latin America

Mexico introduces strict tobacco laws – Mexico has enacted a total ban on smoking in public places. Tobacco companies are also not allowed to advertise or promote their products. Groups like the Pan American Health Organization have applauded Mexico’s efforts to curb tobacco use. Other Latin American countries have passed laws that create smoke-free public spaces.

Peru protests leave 17 dead – At least 17 people died in violent protests in southeastern Peru. Supporters of ex-President Pedro Castillo and security forces clashed in the incident. Castillo was arrested last month for attempting to dissolve Congress. Since then, his supporters have protested and blocked roads for weeks. Castillo is under investigation on charges of rebellion and conspiracy.

North America

UFO reports by U.S. troops rise – A new report by the United States government suggests that UFO sightings by U.S. troops has increased. The government is aware of 510 reported sightings, which is an increase compared to the first 2021 assessment. The report reads that encounters with UFOs continue “to occur in restricted or sensitive air space, highlighting possible concerns of safety.”

Trump company fined for tax fraud – Former President Donald Trump’s real estate company was fined $1.6 million for tax crimes. A New York Court found that the Trump Organization was guilty of fraud and falsifying business records. Trump and his family were not part of the trial. He is facing other legal battles including a lawsuit against him and his children over allegations of fraud.

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