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4 <strong>In</strong> <strong>Parker</strong> <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Die</strong> <strong>In</strong> <strong>Fiery</strong><br />
<strong>Head</strong>-On Crash<br />
Wrong Way Driver Suspected Of Being Drunk<br />
Posted by Kim Nguyen, Web Editor<br />
POSTED: 9:37 am MDT August 2, 2010<br />
UPDATED: 8:05 pm MDT August 2, 2010<br />
VERNON, Texas -- Four members of a <strong>Parker</strong> family were<br />
killed over the weekend when they were hit head-on by a<br />
wrong-way driver on a Texas highway, according to the<br />
Texas Department of Public Safety.<br />
Robert L. Behn, 45; his 48-year-old wife, Lisa G. Behn;<br />
their 18-year-old son Jordan; and their 15-year-old<br />
daughter Morgan were in a 2006 Hummer H-3 when they<br />
were struck head-on by a Chevrolet Tahoe.<br />
"I'm in shock still. I don't want to believe it, honestly," said<br />
Grace Gerhards, a family friend.<br />
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The Tahoe was driven by 38-year-old<br />
Spencer Earl Risinger Jr. of Wichita Falls,<br />
who was also killed in the fiery crash.<br />
The Texas Department of Public Safety said<br />
Risinger was going south in the northbound<br />
lanes of U.S. Highway 287 when he struck the Behn family.<br />
Texas DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said Monday that authorities suspect alcohol was a factor in the<br />
crash.<br />
Morgan was going to be a sophomore at Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong>, and Jordan had just graduated. <strong>Family</strong><br />
friends said Jordan was a talented baseball player who had received a full-ride scholarship to play<br />
college baseball at Lamar Community College.<br />
"He was great, smooth swing, really smooth. He would have done great things," said his friend Corey<br />
Miller.<br />
Lisa worked at Bath and Body Works in Park Meadows and Rob was the vice president of marketing<br />
and product management at Arrow Electronics in Denver, according to family friends.<br />
"Rob was a man of few words. But when he spoke, it was always something good. Lisa was the nicest<br />
lady you could ever meet ... not too harsh, not too strict, perfect lady. Morgan, Morgan had the most<br />
beautiful smile ever. I could never forget her smile," said Miller.<br />
Friends said the foursome were very close and highly involved with Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong> athletics<br />
and their church, <strong>Parker</strong> Evangelical Presbyterian Church. The Behns were returning home from<br />
Jordan's baseball tournament in Dallas when they were killed.<br />
Witnesses said Risinger had been headed north, then turned around and headed back south in the wrong<br />
lane.<br />
Tibbie Neal, a truck driver from Atlanta, Ga., told the Wichita Falls Times Record News that he just<br />
barely missed being hit by the wrong-way vehicle.<br />
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“He was swerving all over the highway,<br />
driving at a high rate of speed. I had to<br />
swerve to miss him,” Neal said. “I looked<br />
in my rear-view mirror and couldn’t see<br />
anything but fire.”<br />
Another driver who was just a quarter-mile<br />
behind the Hummer told the newspaper he<br />
and another man tried to get to the driver<br />
and a backseat passenger of the Hummer<br />
but they were trapped and couldn't be<br />
rescued before flames consumed the<br />
vehicle.<br />
“When the vehicles hit, flames went<br />
sky-high instantly,” Paul Koester told the<br />
newspaper.<br />
The crash happened around daybreak Sunday on U.S. 287 about 13 miles east of Vernon, near the<br />
Oklahoma border, about 160 miles northwest of Dallas.<br />
A candlelight vigil for the Behn family is being held at 8:30 p.m. Monday at the baseball field at<br />
Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong>.<br />
"They were all wonderful people. They were really nice and just so caring. They were just great<br />
people," said family friend Jordan Mendicino.<br />
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Mike K<br />
What is up with all these sad stories lately??? Rather depressing. At least the slide show of BenchWarmers<br />
Tavern was full of some good eye candy!<br />
That stretch of 287 is divided 4-lanes so it is very safe to drive. More than likely alcohol was involved.<br />
But, it's also a very boring stretch, plus that time of morning, the driver from Wichita Falls was probably<br />
asleep at the wheel. Only an investigation will find out.<br />
Definitely a tragedy when no one walks away from an accident alive. T's and P's to the families and<br />
friends of these victims.<br />
petey<br />
Real Scott<br />
"At least the slide show of BenchWarmers Tavern was full of some good eye candy! "<br />
You shouldn't be oogling the boobs of girls in bikinis.<br />
Recreational drugs, especially alcohol, and driving are a really bad mix, this is a horrible tragedy that<br />
could've easily been avoided.<br />
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BOULDER, Colo. -- The Boy Scouts shouldn't get a rent<br />
subsidy to hold meetings in Boulder's public schools<br />
because they discriminate against gays, according to the<br />
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A letter from the Boulder <strong>County</strong> ACLU was sent to the<br />
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The BVSD prohibits discrimination based on<br />
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Of course. ACLU must not have enough to do so they are back at targeting the Scouts again. Maybe<br />
some fo the ACLU lawyers should sit in on some of the meetings to find out what kind of values are<br />
taught, or would that be a bad thing?<br />
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Boulder Valley <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> is trying to change the way it delivers<br />
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PARKER - About 150 to 200 people attended a candlelight vigil on Monday night for the family of four from<br />
<strong>Parker</strong> that was killed in a fiery head-on crash in Texas early Sunday morning.<br />
It happened around sunrise on U.S. 287 in north Texas near the town of<br />
Vernon and the Oklahoma state line.<br />
The vigil for 45-year-old Robert Behn, 48-year-old Lisa Behn, 18-year-old<br />
Jordan Behn and 15-year-old Morgan Behn was held at 8:30 p.m. at the<br />
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The Texas Highway Patrol says 38-year-old Spencer Risinger, Jr. of Wichita<br />
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SUV, causing both vehicles to burst into flames. The Behns and Risinger<br />
were killed.<br />
A family friend tells 9NEWS that the family was coming home from a baseball<br />
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Saturday night, and then decided to drive straight home back to Colorado<br />
after the game was over.<br />
Jordan and Morgan both attended Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong>, where Morgan<br />
was a sophomore and Jordan had just graduated with the intent on going to<br />
Lamar Community College in the fall on a full-ride scholarship, according to<br />
family friends.<br />
Friends of the teens gathered at Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong> on Monday.<br />
"It was [Jordan's] dream - just like every kid - to be a baseball player," Corey<br />
Miller, a graduate of Chaparral High <strong>School</strong> and one-time adversary of<br />
Jordan Behn's, said. "He was great [and]had a smooth swing, really smooth.<br />
He would have done great things."<br />
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was friends with Morgan Behn.<br />
"Her family was just the perfect little family. They didn't deserve this," she<br />
said. "We're all really going to miss [Morgan]."<br />
Robert Behn was a vice president at Arrow Electronics according to<br />
Linkedin.com, and Lisa Behn worked at the Bath and Body Works in the Park<br />
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Chaparral grad makes USA women’s rugby team<br />
By Benn Farrell<br />
Published: 08.02.10<br />
Only three years into her rugby career and Mackenzie<br />
Lewis will play on an international stage.<br />
Having worked her way up through high school<br />
teams, state teams and territorial teams, Lewis, 19,<br />
of <strong>Parker</strong>, was recently selected to the USA U20<br />
Women’s National Rugby Team with 22 other players.<br />
Lewis, also known as “Mack,” started playing rugby<br />
three years ago at Chaparral High <strong>School</strong>, where she<br />
graduated in 2009. Her older brothers both played<br />
rugby, and when Lewis was in search of a sport to<br />
substitute for volleyball but not interfere with club<br />
soccer, the Wolverines’ rugby club was her most<br />
interesting choice.<br />
Once she went on to Mesa State in Grand Junction,<br />
Lewis and her roommate created a rugby club for the<br />
school. After financial contributions and support from<br />
the men’s rugby club, Mesa State’s women’s rugby<br />
club went undefeated in its first season.<br />
After starting to play rugby three years ago,<br />
<strong>Parker</strong>’s Mackenzie Lewis, 19, recently earned a<br />
spot on the U20 USA Women's National Rugby team<br />
and will play in the Bahamas on Aug. 13. Photo by<br />
Benn Farrell<br />
<strong>In</strong> addition to college, Lewis has played games coast<br />
to coast, including matches in Florida, California at<br />
<strong>In</strong>finity Park, where she was selected for the U.S. team, and Kentucky. With her spot on the U20 women’s<br />
national team, Lewis will get to play in the Bahamas from Aug. 14-20 against teams like Caymen, the<br />
Caribbean Select team and U20 Canada. Another tournament back in the states will follow.<br />
“It’s a crazy game,” Lewis said. “You have to play to really understand it.”<br />
Lewis said with what she already knew about the game from watching her older brothers, she quickly<br />
picked up what she didn’t know. <strong>In</strong> addition, referees, called sirs, explain rules to players when they’ve<br />
committed a foul, so knowledge is given as the game goes on.<br />
However, the largest attraction to the game for Mack is the physical aspect.<br />
“I get to tackle people and not get in trouble for it,” Lewis said. “It’s definitely a stress relief for me. There’s<br />
also a camaraderie about it.”<br />
A lot of prospective players from high school and now college ask her about rugby. Two players on the Mesa<br />
State women’s club played football in high school and made rugby their collegiate substitute. The interest<br />
in the sport is not hard to notice.<br />
“There’s a big community out there for it,” Lewis said. “Everyone I know who has tried it has stayed with it.<br />
The coaches don’t get paid or get paid very little. It’s really just for a love of the game. It’s a special sport<br />
to be a part of.”<br />
Lewis said the coach for her Mesa State club team is unpaid and volunteers his time.<br />
Rugby has not been made an NCAA sport officially with the exception of the Ivy League schools, so<br />
scholarship opportunities are not available for high school girls looking to use their love of rugby to pay for<br />
the next level.<br />
Lewis said the Eastern Rockies Rugby Football Union is doing what it can to get the NCAA to move rugby<br />
into something more recognized than simply an “emerging sport.”<br />
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CSAP scores show decline in writing statewide<br />
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DENVER - The latest numbers have been released, and they show Colorado students are having trouble<br />
with the written word.<br />
"<strong>In</strong> writing, we were not pleased," Jo O'Brien, assistant commissioner for<br />
education, said. "Writing scores across the state: disappointing."<br />
The Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) tests are designed to<br />
measure how much students have learned in reading, writing, math, and<br />
science in grades three through 10.<br />
The data for the 2009-10 school year show that writing scores declined in<br />
every grade year except for eighth grade. Over a six-year period, writing<br />
scores declined in grades three, four, six nine and 10.<br />
O'Brien believes the expanded use of text messaging is a contributing factor.<br />
"Really clear, intentional, pursuasive language that would be more in a format<br />
that not texting is the friction point," O'Brien said. "So, yes, it is a challenge."<br />
<strong>In</strong> other areas, the CSAP data show reading scores improved for grades four,<br />
seven, and eight, but declined or remained the same in grades three, five,<br />
six, nine and 10.<br />
Math scores improved statewide in grades three, five, eight and nine. <strong>In</strong><br />
grades six and seven, results show improvement while fourth and 10th<br />
graders remained the same.<br />
<strong>In</strong> science, students in grades five showed improvement overall across the<br />
state.<br />
Click here if you want to see how your district and school performed on the<br />
2009 CSAP tests.<br />
The Adams 12 Five Star <strong>School</strong> district says its CSAP scores do not<br />
accurately reflect what's happening in the classrooms.<br />
Last spring, the Colorado Virtual Academy admitted it had misadministered<br />
the CSAP tests by having students from different grade levels take the tests<br />
in the same room. That is a violation.<br />
As a result, the Colorado Department of Education 'zeroed out' more than<br />
6,100 of the tests from COVA. Since Adams 12 is COVA's sponsor, it<br />
dropped the overall district scores by about 10 percent.<br />
"Set the record straight about what's going on in our district and not create a<br />
perception that our performance has really gone in the tank," said Chris<br />
Gdowski, superintendent of Adams 12 Five Star <strong>School</strong>s.<br />
Gdowski says Adams 12 actually showed a steady increase in most subjects<br />
and he wants the public to know about the impact of the COVA scores.<br />
"It's not representative of what the other schools in our system did this past year," said Gdowski. "I think if<br />
people have that bad perception, they don't want to invest more dollars in what we're doing."<br />
Gdowski says teachers have worked hard to make gains especially in math where student performance grew<br />
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in grades three through eight if you take out the COVA scores.<br />
"I think the key thing is we've got teachers that we're empowering to be able to be thinkers and problem<br />
solvers and focus on the unique needs of each and every child in the classroom," said Gdowski.<br />
The head of school for COVA says corrective measures have been put in place to make sure the CSAP tests<br />
are administered properly. Gdowski hopes it doesn't impact the district's accreditation score.<br />
"I think the CSAP is a huge part of what people look to, to say, is the district working hard?" said Gdowski.<br />
"Are kids learning? Are kids getting prepared to go on to college?"<br />
<strong>In</strong> December, the state plans to release overall assessments on individual schools.<br />
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kensie123 wrote:<br />
Agreed, no suprise.<br />
Most students just make stuff up because we hate standardized testing.<br />
Most people just don't care because the CSAPS don't count as a grade, so why bother putting<br />
effort in?<br />
I think a better option would be to figure out how to standardize finals across the state at the<br />
junior high (middle school) and high school level,rather than having a completely separate<br />
test. Many more kids care about finals than CSAPS because they have an impact on grades.<br />
8/11/2010 6:33 PM PDT on 9news.com<br />
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jsemkral wrote:<br />
A nomination for ANYTHING OF THE YEAR is as good as the write up. Did she win?<br />
Look at the school district? Is the performance acceptable?<br />
Nope<br />
New Leadership is needed. I'm sure you can get someone in here to fix it for, say , ahhhHhhh<br />
$150,000.00.<br />
A couple of years ago Cindy Stevenson got a $5k bonus when a bond issue went through.<br />
The voters decided that the schools needed more resources. The tax increase on the 1st 50<br />
two hunderd and fifty thousand dollar homes went right into Cindy's pocket.<br />
that was underhanded. that's not what the bond issue was for.<br />
as for the school board, they are nothing but a bunch of yes men who dont give a rats behind<br />
about the students that are failing.<br />
JEFFCO schools are not good. there are better and that's why charter schol and private<br />
schools do not have a problem with enrollment numbers - not even in a bad economy.<br />
.... then again - you're a packer fan and a teacher. You are saying what I would expect you to<br />
say.<br />
8/11/2010 3:42 PM PDT on 9news.com<br />
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uwbadger91 wrote:<br />
jsemkral, I have no problem firing someone for cause. If they don't get the job done, they're<br />
gone, but your first post didn't complain about performance, only pay scale, and pay scale in<br />
this country is whacked. Should a police chief get paid more, probably. Should nurses,<br />
firemen, cops, and teachers get more? Absolutely. Does it make any sense at all that<br />
someone who can toss a ball through a hoop, or hit a tiny white ball with a stick into a cup,<br />
makes more than a teacher? Or better yet, a baseball player can fail 7 times out of 10, and be<br />
considered worthy of a multi-million dollar contract! Does that make sense? As Mike Rosen<br />
likes to point out pay is determined by the market place, and you'll go crazy trying to figure out<br />
why Paris Hilton is a millionaire, and military families often qualify for food stamps. If Dr.<br />
Stevenson does poorly, she'll be shown the door. However, the Jeffco school board extended<br />
her contract last year, and she was a finalist for National Superintendent of the Year, so<br />
someone thinks she's doing something right.<br />
8/11/2010 2:19 PM PDT on 9news.com<br />
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Mark1962 wrote:<br />
Why can't these kids who cannot speak English be required to go to a special training<br />
establishment to learn their national language (if they are legal)before they are permitted in<br />
our public schools? That way they learn the language if they are able, and they do not stifle<br />
the progress of the children that can speak English.<br />
8/11/2010 10:34 AM PDT on 9news.com<br />
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jsemkral wrote:<br />
i see you dont get it badger boy.<br />
(prob a packer fan too)<br />
If I had pictures, maybe you would understand.<br />
She gets paid more than the NYC Chief of Police.<br />
... and despite this high pay and lack of bargin basement ... she has still managed the district<br />
into a near bankrupt organization.<br />
Pay them what they are worth and fire them if they do not perform<br />
Cindy has not perfromed. the disctrict is in shables. scores are down, whacko teachers are<br />
up.<br />
8/11/2010 10:28 AM PDT on 9news.com<br />
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Andrew<strong>In</strong>Denver wrote:<br />
I agree with Eurospank, writing is important.<br />
8/11/2010 10:04 AM PDT on 9news.com<br />
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CSAP writing scores cause concern;<br />
DPS, Mapleton are bright spots<br />
By Jeremy P. Meyer and Burt Hubbard<br />
The Denver Post<br />
POSTED: 08/10/2010 09:57:20 AM MDT<br />
UPDATED: 08/10/2010 03:11:24 PM MDT<br />
For the first time in at least five years, Colorado students are struggling<br />
more with writing than math, according to results from the 2010 Colorado<br />
Student Assessment Program released today.<br />
Overall, CSAP scores in all four subject areas stagnated this year, with<br />
large gaps remaining between poor and affluent students, minorities and<br />
white students, and boys and girls.<br />
And growth projections show more students this year are not on pace to<br />
become proficient in math or writing.<br />
Students from third to 10th grade take CSAP every year — a federal<br />
requirement under the federal No Child Left Behind law and its goal of<br />
getting all students proficient at reading and mathematics by 2014.<br />
The CSAP exams —<br />
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Results: Updated CSAP results<br />
Results: CSAP year-over-year<br />
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Results: Look up schools and<br />
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now in their 13th year — test<br />
proficiency in math, writing and<br />
reading. Students in fifth, eighth<br />
and 10th grade also are tested in<br />
science.<br />
This year writing scores fell to 53<br />
percent proficiency statewide from<br />
55 percent in 2009 among all<br />
grades combined.<br />
The composite writing scores are<br />
now lower than the math scores, which stayed the same as the 2009<br />
results at 55 percent proficient and advanced.<br />
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About 86 sixth-graders arrived Monday<br />
at the new West Denver Preparatory<br />
middle school at the remodeled Lake<br />
Middle <strong>School</strong> in northwest Denver.<br />
Mayte Armendariz, 10, works on a<br />
writing exercise with the rest of her<br />
classmates in the CU (for the<br />
University of Colorado) classroom.<br />
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quietly<br />
Worse, the composite scores for science, which averaged about 47 percent statewide — also showed no<br />
change from 2009.<br />
Reading scores remained unchanged for the third straight year at 68 percent proficient.<br />
Still, the decline in writing is a concern for educators.<br />
"Writing is hard for anybody," said Lisa Jones, principal of Paris Elementary in Aurora. "Most kids struggle. We<br />
haven't focused on that. Reading and math have been the focus."<br />
However, Paris Elementary — with a large number of English language learners and 93 percent of students<br />
poor enough to be eligible for federal meals — showed improvement in writing in all three grades tested. But<br />
the school still remains significantly behind the state averages.<br />
Among metro area school districts, Denver Public <strong>School</strong>s and Mapleton showed significant gains in CSAP<br />
and in longitudinal growth, which measures how students improve year to year in each subject.<br />
<strong>In</strong> composite CSAP scores, both districts improved 3 points in reading, 2 points in math and fell by 1 point in<br />
writing.<br />
However, both districts still remain double digits below the state average in every subject area.<br />
Yet, the growth is encouraging, said DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg.<br />
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DPS, St. Vrain awarded federal grants<br />
for innovation in classrooms<br />
By Jeremy P. Meyer<br />
The Denver Post<br />
POSTED: 08/06/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT<br />
Denver Public <strong>School</strong>s and St. Vrain Valley <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> were among 49<br />
finalists out of 1,698 entries from organizations around the nation in a<br />
$650 million federal grant competition to support innovation in the<br />
classroom.<br />
DPS will receive $25.2 million over five years to support English-language<br />
learners in middle school. St. Vrain will get $3.6 million over five years for<br />
a similar program for students at Skyline High <strong>School</strong> and its feeder<br />
schools, according to the U.S. Department of Education's announcement<br />
Thursday.<br />
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matching funds from private sources.<br />
"We will be aggressively working with and collaborating with foundations<br />
and individuals to raise this necessary money," Denver Superintendent<br />
Tom Boasberg said. "It's not often you can get a five-to-one match on your<br />
investment."<br />
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JovenesUnidos, DPS board member<br />
Theresa Peña and Superintendent Tom<br />
Boasberg chat Thursday after Boasberg<br />
announced the district's $25 million<br />
award. The money will go toward a<br />
program to improve literacy. (Andy<br />
Cross, The Denver Post)<br />
Congress funded the <strong>In</strong>vesting in <strong>In</strong>novation grant program, or I3, through last year's economic stimulus<br />
program.<br />
Nonprofit organizations, educational agencies and school districts were eligible for the grants that would go to<br />
the most innovative proposals for improving student achievement, closing the achievement gap and increasing<br />
college enrollment or completion rates.<br />
The $650 million is being awarded in three categories. <strong>In</strong> the top two categories, Denver was the only school<br />
district to win an award.<br />
"We are absolutely thrilled," Boasberg said. "The award really demonstrates DPS's national leadership in<br />
innovation in education."<br />
Top-tier awards of up to $50 million each went to four applicants with proven successful programs, including<br />
Teach for America, Success for All and the KIPP charter school foundation.<br />
<strong>In</strong> the second tier, 15 organizations seeking funding for programs that have had some evidence of success —<br />
including DPS — landed awards of up to $30 million.<br />
St. Vrain received the highest overall score on its application in the third-tier category, in which awards of up to<br />
$5 million were made to 30 groups with promising programs in development.<br />
The grant represents the third large award for DPS in the past year — including a $10 million grant from the<br />
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve educator effectiveness and an $8 million federal grant for its<br />
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PARKER - A makeshift memorial is growing on the Behn<br />
family's front porch in their <strong>Parker</strong> neighborhood, just<br />
across from Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong>. Flowers, cards and<br />
well wishes have been placed by friends and strangers.<br />
"Everybody's going to miss them. They made an impact<br />
on everybody for sure," said Zane Knapp, 18-year-old<br />
Jordan Behn's lifelong best friend. "There's not one person<br />
out there that has anything bad to say about the Behn<br />
family."<br />
"(Jordan) texted just yesterday asking 'Do you want to<br />
hang out on Tuesday?,'" said Knapp, "So it's unreal to me<br />
right now...he can't be gone."<br />
Jordan and his father Robert, who worked for Arrow<br />
Electronics in Englewood, mother Lisa who worked at Park<br />
Meadows Mall, and 15-year-old sister Morgan died in a<br />
Suspected drunk driver Spencer Joe Risinger of Witchita Falls, Texas slammed into the family head on going the<br />
wrong way on U.S 287. Risinger, a father of two also died in the crash.<br />
Jordan Behn was a standout athlete who played in a regional baseball tournament in Dallas after his team "Hit<br />
Streak," of the Connie Mack League won the Colorado title. He had recently graduated from Ponderosa High<br />
<strong>School</strong> where his sister was starting her sophomore year next Monday as an up-and-coming softball star.<br />
"Morgan was (like) my little sister," said Knapp. "I talked to Jordan's grandfather today and I called him<br />
'grandpa,' like they were a second family to me."<br />
"Our thoughts go out to the friends and family as well as to our Ponderosa staff who are completely<br />
disheartened by this tragedy," said Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong> baseball coach Jerod Nicholson, who coached<br />
Jordan.<br />
"Jordan was always shy until he was around me and then we'd just go crazy and he had a very he had a huge<br />
sense of humor could always make people laugh," said Knapp.<br />
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GREELEY - If you look at the 10th grade CSAP results at any of the three major high schools in Greeley, it is<br />
clear that math is a problem.<br />
"We didn't realize we couldn't use the same strategies that used to get us<br />
good scores," Mark McBeth, director of secondary school leadership for the<br />
Greeley-Evans <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong>, said. "That strategy doesn't work anymore."<br />
The Colorado Student Assessment Program tests are designed to measure<br />
how much students have learned each year.<br />
Overall, 17 percent of Greeley's 10th graders scored as proficient or<br />
advanced in math. The district was bogged down by three major high<br />
schools: Northridge High <strong>School</strong> had 11 percent proficiency, Greeley Central<br />
had 18 percent and Greeley West had 19 percent.<br />
"The good news is we know where we're at and it's where we're at," McBeth<br />
said. "We know the strategies now that will work."<br />
What's happening in Greeley is happening across the state. Colorado's<br />
overall average in 10th grade math is only at 30 percent proficiency.<br />
"It's fairly common for people as a whole saying, I just don't do math," Dr.<br />
Rob Reinsvold, assistant professor at the University of Northern Colorado,<br />
said.<br />
Reinsvold recently won a $1.2 million Noyce Grant awarded by the National<br />
Science Foundation. The money will be used to help teachers teach science<br />
and math better at high needs schools, like the ones in Greeley.<br />
"It is troubling that we cannot connect with [students] and it's also troubling<br />
that when I look at the CSAP scores. They do well in elementary and then<br />
they just keep going down, down, down," Reinsvold said.<br />
Reinsvold says high school math teachers across Colorado have a high<br />
turnover rate, which can also contribute to lower test scores.<br />
One major factor is the low test scores of Hispanic students. <strong>In</strong> Greeley,<br />
which is now predominantly Latino, only six percent of 10th graders were<br />
proficient in math, which is a total of about 35 students across the whole<br />
district.<br />
McBeth says language acquisition is a big issue.<br />
"It doesn't matter what test it is, it's a reading test and so there's a lot of<br />
efforts that need to be made around teaching students vocabulary," McBeth<br />
said.<br />
Reinsvold says learning math is like learning a whole new language<br />
altogether.<br />
"You've got to learn that foreign [language] outside of your native language, that does make logical sense that<br />
you've got to translate it twice before you understand it in your hand," Reinsvold said.<br />
The scores in Greeley's high schools are consistent with other urban districts like Denver, Aurora or Pueblo,<br />
especially in schools with high Latino populations.<br />
But, Greeley leaders say they have foundation to build upon. The district's communications director, Roger<br />
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Fiedler, says last year survey results revealed that parents gave the schools a 95 percent approval rating.<br />
"So, we really rated highly with our parents and we're going to depend on that to make [the] academic<br />
improvements we need over the next few years," Fiedler said.<br />
Plus, this year's CSAP results revealed that at the elementary level the district did make gains in math.<br />
"The gaps that we've closed at elementary, obviously these strategies are working. We'll replicate those at<br />
middle and high school," McBeth said.<br />
McBeth believes the district is ready to turn the corner.<br />
"We're not happy with where we are today, but we're really satisfied with where we're going," McBeth said.<br />
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polowhitfoot wrote:<br />
Lat0505 wrote:<br />
polowhitfoot- One major factor....Which means there is more than 1 factor contributing to the<br />
low math scores... What's happening in Greeley is happening across the state... I think this<br />
includes all races not just the Latino's... And it's sad for all the students in Colorado school's<br />
because every race deserves a great education....<br />
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Yeah, right. 9news including the statement about hispanics just to get you wound up like you<br />
usually do.<br />
8/12/2010 7:54 AM PDT on 9news.com<br />
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jsemkral wrote:<br />
Guzintas!<br />
We need to return to Guzintas!<br />
.... you know, Jethro Clampet?<br />
6 guzinta 12 two times.....<br />
2 guzinta 12 six times<br />
8/12/2010 6:51 AM PDT on 9news.com<br />
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USisScrewed wrote:<br />
Aside from the illegals, what did folks expect would happen with the no child left behind<br />
program whereby teachers simply teach how to take the CSAP? Our education system is<br />
broken.<br />
8/12/2010 6:33 AM PDT on 9news.com<br />
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thewightstuff wrote:<br />
We don't need no stinkin' math or science. We have faith-based belief systems!<br />
8/12/2010 5:43 AM PDT on 9news.com<br />
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mwz123 wrote:<br />
ONE part of this . . . NOT the only part is the curriculum. While the traditional math curriculum<br />
sucks and the new integrated math sucks even worse, we need to find an approach that is<br />
engaging, but rigorous. We have parents who are still thinking back to their childhood and<br />
forgetting how awful it was in high school math, but want that for their children. Then we have<br />
the "progressive" teachers in the majority of high schools teacher math in kind of a<br />
non-rigorous fuzzy manner.<br />
The Hispanic population gets hit twice as hard on the language issue, but we have white<br />
students who can't read at a high school level and we expect them to dicipher story<br />
problems???<br />
This issue is not a one-issue problem there are many screwed up parts to this.<br />
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Hundreds mourn <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
family killed in wreck<br />
By Carlos Illescas, Yesenia Robles and Joey Bunch<br />
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POSTED: 08/03/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT<br />
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From left, Lisa Behn; daughter Morgan,<br />
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They were heading home from a<br />
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Friends gather at the Behn family home near <strong>Parker</strong> on Monday afternoon to express their grief. The family was killed<br />
early Sunday while on their way back from Texas. (<strong>Die</strong>go James Robles, The Denver Post)<br />
PARKER — Hundreds crowded under umbrellas on the Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong> baseball infield Monday night<br />
— the same field where Jordan Behn, 18, had been a star and his family a fixture in the stands — for a<br />
candlelight vigil to remember the <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong> family killed early Sunday in a head-on crash.<br />
"The whole family was amazing," said 18-year-old Zane Knapp, who called the Behns his "second family."<br />
"There's not one person who ever met them that could say one bad word about them," said Knapp, who<br />
graduated from Ponderosa High with Jordan this year.<br />
Robert Behn, 45; his wife, Lisa, 48; son Jordan; and daughter Morgan, 15, died at about 5:45 a.m. Sunday,<br />
when their vehicle was hit head-on by a<br />
wrong-way driver on U.S. 287 near the Texas-Oklahoma border.<br />
They were on their way home from the Connie Mack South Plains<br />
Regional baseball tournament in Dallas, where Jordan played on the<br />
Denver club team HitStreak.<br />
A memorial for the Behn family is scheduled for Monday, August 9th at<br />
3:00 p.m. at the <strong>Parker</strong> Evangelical Presbyterian Church in <strong>Parker</strong><br />
according to a family friend. The address of the church is 9100 East<br />
<strong>Parker</strong> Rd in <strong>Parker</strong>.<br />
"We're not doing well. It's been a very difficult and hard experience," said<br />
Robert's father, the Rev. Robert L. Behn, 72, of Buffalo, N.Y. "They were<br />
loved by everyone they knew."<br />
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Mo. families grieve 2 slain in school buses wreck<br />
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GRAY SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) - What was supposed to have been a day of fun for a high school marching band<br />
turned into a day of chaos and tragedy, when the two buses taking them to an amusement park slammed into<br />
a highway wreck, killing a 15-year-old student and the driver of another vehicle.<br />
The Thursday morning crash near Gray Summit, about 40 miles west of St.<br />
Louis, sent dozens of children from St. James' John F. Hodge High <strong>School</strong> to<br />
hospitals, where most were treated for minor injuries and released. Two<br />
students remained hospitalized Thursday evening.<br />
But Jessica Brinker, a 15-year-old student who was sitting in the back of the<br />
first bus to hit the wreck, was killed, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.<br />
"She was the most funniest girl to be around! always rockin the knee high<br />
sock .... we love you Jessica R.I.P.," read a posting on Brinker's Facebook<br />
page Thursday night.<br />
Kolby Griffith, 17, said he was chatting with friends on the second bus when<br />
it crashed, and that everything happened so quickly it was a blur.<br />
"It was all very, very quick," Griffith said. "I was trying to get away, trying to<br />
get everyone away from the bus because I could smell gas."<br />
Griffith was evaluated and released at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's<br />
Medical Center in St. Louis, and was among about three dozen students<br />
called into a room at the hospital to be told about Brinker's death.<br />
"There's a lot of pain," he said, choking back tears.<br />
The students were traveling to a Six Flags amusement park about 10 miles<br />
from the crash site.<br />
According to the Highway Patrol, a pickup truck driven by 19-year-old Daniel<br />
Schatz, a former reserve quarterback for the University of Missouri football<br />
team and the son of Republican state House candidate Dave Schatz,<br />
slammed into the back of a semi cab that had slowed approaching a<br />
construction zone.<br />
The forward-most of the two buses carrying the students slammed into the<br />
back of Schatz's truck, then landed on top of it after it was rammed from<br />
behind by the other bus, Highway Patrol Cpl. Jeff Wilson said.<br />
A huge crowd gathered Thursday evening for a hastily called prayer vigil at a<br />
middle school in St. James, a town of 3,700 residents 86 miles southwest of<br />
St. Louis that is known for its wineries and outdoor splendor.<br />
"Anytime you have something like this, it is a big tragedy for a community,"<br />
the town's mayor, Dennis Wilson, said earlier. He described the community<br />
as "one of those towns where you know just about everyone in town and<br />
know their kids," including the nearly 600 children who attend Hodge high<br />
school.<br />
Joy Tucker, the superintendent of the St. James school system, said it was a<br />
"horrible, horrible day" for the community.<br />
"We'll never get over this," she said.<br />
Schatz was an all-state high school football player. He made the Missouri squad as a walk-on in 2009 but<br />
didn't get into a game, his father said. Daniel Schatz left Missouri and hoped to play alongside his older<br />
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other at Westminster College this fall.<br />
Daniel was driving to Schatz Underground <strong>In</strong>c., a family owned contracting business in Villa Ridge, when the<br />
accident occurred, said his father, who was supposed to be celebrating a big week after winning the<br />
Republican primary for a Missouri House seat on Tuesday.<br />
He described his son as "a great kid."<br />
Most of the students injured in the wreck had bumps and bruises and were expected to be fine, said Jeff<br />
Wilson of the Highway Patrol.<br />
Thirty-six people were originally taken to Cardinal Glennon and by late evening, all but one were released. Of<br />
six victims sent to St. John's Mercy Medical Center, five were released and one was transferred to St. Louis<br />
Children's Hospital. St. Louis Children's spokeswoman Jackie Ferman said that 16-year-old St. James girl<br />
was in stable condition.<br />
Four other victims were taken with minor injuries to St. Clare Health Center in Fenton, Mo., a spokeswoman<br />
said.<br />
Wilson, the patrol officer, said the driver of the first bus moved into the passing lane to give a distressed<br />
vehicle in the shoulder more room. She was checking her rearview mirror while returning to the right-hand<br />
lane when she noticed the first impact but could not stop in time, hitting the pickup. The second bus then<br />
rear-ended the first, vaulting the first bus onto the top of the pickup, which was crushed.<br />
The buses were segregated by gender, with girls in the first and boys on the other, he said.<br />
The pickup was barely recognizable in the tangled wreckage.<br />
Crews used a crane to lift the buses off of the crushed wreckage to clear the freeway, which was closed<br />
going eastbound for hours, backing up traffic for miles.<br />
Authorities said it was too soon to say if any of the drivers would face charges.<br />
A spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board said a team of 14 investigators will look into the<br />
accident and try to determine if there's a broader safety issue.<br />
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took the lead at one point but finished as the state’s<br />
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freshman year, Johnston’s sophomore finish bettered<br />
her 12th-place show at the state dance the year<br />
before.<br />
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Allie Johnston of Rock Canyon High <strong>School</strong> girls golf<br />
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“My mental game got a lot better, cause I felt a lot more comfortable at state, being closer to the lead and<br />
what not,” Johnston said. “My freshman year, I was kind of freaked out.”<br />
Johnston said having such a close shot at state last spring serves as a motivator for the next high school<br />
girls golf season and post-season. She said state last season was one of the first times she’s had the lead<br />
in a tournament.<br />
“It was a great learning experience, and hopefully it’ll help for next year,” she said.<br />
Feeling her biggest strength is in her driver, the Jaguar plays in a three-day golf tournament almost every<br />
week during the summer. She tries to keep swinging the irons year round.<br />
With Rock Canyon moving up to 5A, Johnston will have a chance to match up at that state tournament as<br />
she does with her 5A cohorts in the Continental League. Given she faces much of the state’s top 5A talents<br />
in junior tournaments over the summer, she doesn’t expect much more from the competition than she<br />
already is used to.<br />
“Really, it’s just playing against the course and not the people,” Johnston said. “It will definitely be a lot<br />
more fun, I think.”<br />
Colt Olson, Lutheran-<strong>Parker</strong><br />
Colt Olson of Lutheran High <strong>School</strong>-<strong>Parker</strong> is a two-sport athlete who contributes heavily to the Lions’<br />
football and baseball programs. On the gridiron, he received an All-State honor as a defensive back. He<br />
also earned a first-team All-Conference nod the past two seasons.<br />
On the diamond, he was honorable mention All-Conference twice. He works the bump for the Lions.<br />
“Colt Olson has the potential to be one of the most dominant pitchers in Class 2A,” Lions coach Jason Block<br />
said.<br />
Last spring, Olson booked 50 strikeouts in 28 innings. He had 52 strikeouts the season before. He also<br />
cranked it up at the dish last spring as well, Block said. Olson hit .364 with three home runs and 12 RBIs.<br />
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“When not pitching, he has taken over the center field position and also plays a little first base,” the coach<br />
said.<br />
Block feels, between Olson and teammate Travis Winders, the Lions have the best 1-2 pitching combination<br />
returning in 2A in 2011.<br />
Jenna Owens, Mountain Vista<br />
Mountain Vista girls soccer coach Theresa Echtermeyer has seen her share of talented players. She’s<br />
coached a U.S. national player and a Canadian national player. For her, senior Jenna Owens belongs in that<br />
category.<br />
Owens, a first-team all-league and first-team all-state player as a junior, returns to roam the midfield for<br />
her third varsity season and second season as the Golden Eagles captain.<br />
“I’ve been very lucky and coached some special players along the way,” Echtermeyer said. “... Jenna is in<br />
that category. She’s the real deal. I think she hasn’t been able to show us everything she can do. I think<br />
she’s going to keep getting better.”<br />
Owens scored five goals and added five assists on a team that reached the semifinals and won the<br />
Continental League for the first time. Owens racing up and down the field was a big reason for the team’s<br />
success.<br />
“Our team chemistry was great, and Jenna was a big piece of that,” Echtermeyer said. “She would be the<br />
first to admit it was her teammates who helped get her there.”<br />
Owens drew plenty of interest from college coaches. The 4.0-plus GPA student already has committed to<br />
the University of Georgia. Echtermeyer expects Owens to see plenty of playing time her freshman season<br />
at college and could even start. But the Mountain Vista coach doesn’t think that college is the end for<br />
Owens’ career.<br />
“I’m already talking about her beyond college,” Echtermeyer said. “She could be someone who could play<br />
in a women’s professional league.”<br />
Austin Gabel, Ponderosa<br />
Austin Gabel of Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong> has a chance to do what very few at the school have done, despite<br />
its powerhouse wrestling program. He has a chance to be one of the Mustangs’ three-time state<br />
champions. As a sophomore, Gabel fought adversity through the season to earn his first state title at 160<br />
pounds. His junior year, he was on the winning end of a two-point decision in the finals of the 171-pound<br />
bracket last February for his second gold medal at the Pepsi Center.<br />
<strong>In</strong> addition, Gabel has contributed heavily to Mustangs football. Last year, he played a bit of running back,<br />
but the team has started training him at outside linebacker. His strength is in defense, gridiron coach<br />
Randy Huff said.<br />
“Obviously, he’s not afraid of contact in his tackle,” Huff said. “The tackling and contact, he’s way above<br />
average with those things. ... He’s just driven to be successful.”<br />
The coach said Gabel is an inspiration for the football team on the field and is always the one who keeps<br />
the huddle going.<br />
“He’s a very vocal leader,” Huff said. “People look to him to keep them going. They look to him to put his<br />
mind and body through a lot of things.<br />
“We’ve known [his] family a long time, and we’ve always known Austin had something special to offer<br />
where ever he’d be.”<br />
Having earned All-Conference honors in football as well, Gabel’s “something special” could lead him to his<br />
third gold medal on the mats downtown.<br />
Nathan Purdue, Chaparral<br />
As a distance runner, Chaparral High <strong>School</strong>’s Nathan Purdue could be considered an asset to the crosscountry<br />
and track programs. As a junior, his first season with Wolverines cross-country, Purdue worked his<br />
way up to the varsity team’s No. 4 spot but lost it due to illness two weeks before competition which<br />
suspended his training.<br />
At his first meet of the season, the 2009 Lobo Cross Country <strong>In</strong>vitational at New Mexico University, Purdue<br />
finished second in the high school open division. He gained strength as the season progressed, and by the<br />
end of September 2009, Purdue placed 17th at the Rock Canyon Cross Country <strong>In</strong>vitational.<br />
During October he finished top 10 at both the Saucony/TCA Titan Thunder <strong>In</strong>vitational, placing fourth, and<br />
the Legend Cross Fest, placing sixth. He finished the month by running a personal record of 17 minutes, 46<br />
seconds at the Class 5A Region 1 championships, taking 22nd overall. At state, he was 107.<br />
“This year we will work on his mental toughness, and he could be one of the best runners in the state,”<br />
Wolverines cross country coach Rob Ferguson said.<br />
Spring 2009, Purdue started on the junior varsity track team, but his persistence and dedication to<br />
outstanding performance soon earned him a position on the varsity 3,200-meter relay team. He ran the<br />
second leg, as a sophomore with three senior teammates, at the 5A state championship meet with a<br />
winning time of 7:53.72, which set a new Chaparral High <strong>School</strong> record time of 7:53:72.<br />
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Last track season, Purdue was called to be a leader for not only the 3,200 relay but for the program as<br />
well. He post the second fastest times in each event he was asked to run, sometimes three or four events<br />
per meet, including the individual 400, 800, 1,600 and the 800, 1,600, 3,200 and 6,400 relays.<br />
“Nate is a great athlete, and he will be one of my captains this year for track,” Wolverines coach Brian<br />
Seppala said. “I think what makes Nate unique is his toughness and grit. He had a pretty bad rolled ankle<br />
last spring, but he never said anything about it, and he kept racing and training to help his team. He leads<br />
by example and shows younger kids the ‘right’ way to become a better runner and racer.”<br />
At last year’s Continental League meet, Purdue placed second in the 800 and seventh in the 1,600. He<br />
anchored the champion 3,200-meter relay. He qualified for state in the 800 run and the 3,200 relay, where<br />
he post a personal best of 1:56 as the anchor leg. His performance earned him a Most Valuable Player in<br />
the boys program last season.<br />
“He didn't have any races that stood out last year, because he was so good in all of them, very consistent<br />
and very steady,” Seppala said. “I look forward to a huge spring from Nate.”<br />
Sonny Scheer, <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
<strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong> High <strong>School</strong>’s Sonny Scheer heads toward her junior year with Huskies girls golf after<br />
being a two-time state qualifier already. Last season, she was <strong>County</strong>’s No. 1 gal on the links. She is<br />
expected to return to the Class 5A field if she continues to improve her game, like she has over the past<br />
two high school seasons, which could make her the Huskies No. 1 player for the next two seasons.<br />
Huskies coach Dan Singleton said she has shown consistent improvement through the years, as he’s been<br />
coaching Scheer since she was in eighth grade.<br />
“Sonny has a very sound swing and is a very good putter,” Singleton said. “Sonny is also a natural leader<br />
and has a great work ethic, and she sets an excellent example for her teammates.”<br />
Scheer is also a cross country athlete at <strong>County</strong> and is a competitive skier. Last spring, on the links, it was<br />
Scheer’s goal to consistently break 90, which she had done a couple times, Singleton said. She had a great<br />
tournament at Highlands Ranch Golf Club, where she finished with a birdie, an eagle which she holed out<br />
on a par 5 from about 120 yards, and received a medal for finishing in the top 10. Scheer also earned a top<br />
10 medal at the Air Force Academy.<br />
Next season, Scheer is known to want to shoot some rounds in the 70s, be a leader for the Huskies and<br />
qualify for the state showdown once again.<br />
Alexis Pappas, Legend<br />
Only as an incoming sophomore Alexis Pappas of Legend High <strong>School</strong> helped the Titans’ cheer squad to an<br />
outstanding show through the fall and winter seasons. <strong>In</strong> the spring, as a track and field athlete training as<br />
a sprinter and jumper, she began to see success very early.<br />
At the Windsor <strong>In</strong>vite, Pappas won the 100-meter dash and began to put in the work to let her talent<br />
bloom, Titans track coach Roger Miller said. She qualified for state in Class 3A’s 100, 200 and the long<br />
jump events. After a pre-qualifying jump of 16 feet, 9 inches, Pappas jumped 16-11 at the state meet.<br />
Pappas was also responsible for the only points Legend scored at the state showdown. She ran 12.87<br />
seconds in the 100, 26.24 in the 200 and placed in all three events to score a total of 13 points.<br />
“She is already in a great position to qualify again in Class 5A, as she helps to build the track tradition at<br />
Legend High <strong>School</strong>,” Miller said. “She will be one to watch over the next three seasons.”<br />
Hector Porragas, Castle View<br />
The Sabercats boys soccer team’s MVP last year, Hector Porragas of Castle View high <strong>School</strong> was one of the<br />
team’s top goal scorers as a defender with eight goals and two assists. He was also an All-League selection<br />
in the Class 4A Colorado Springs Metro League and received a second team All-State nod, on top of his<br />
Academic All-American honor.<br />
<strong>In</strong> last year’s state playoffs, he put a 45-yard free kick off the crossbar against Broomfield in the first half<br />
when it was only 1-0.<br />
“That would have been a different game for us,” Cats coach Eddie Williams said. “Hector is an ultimate<br />
difference maker, especially in big time situations.”<br />
Porragas has been with View varsity soccer for three seasons thus far and should return for his senior year.<br />
He plays control defense directly in front of the sweeper, the team’s deepest defender.<br />
“Hector takes pressure off of our defense by being a very strong central defender, is strong in the air and in<br />
tackles,” Williams said. “The amazing part of his game is his ability to get into the attack, which he is able<br />
to do surprisingly frequently. He picks his spots well, to make a run up through the midfield, sometimes<br />
even getting behind the entire opposing defense with quick passes and short possession.”<br />
Opposing players don’t expect another player coming from the Sabercats’ defense, which is why Porragas’<br />
utility can work so well for the team. One example of this last year was in a close game against Palmer.<br />
The other major aspect of Porragas’ game is his ability to hit and place very long free kicks, Williams said.<br />
Last year, he put some very dangerous shots on the frame of the goal from 30-40 yards out, like he did<br />
against Broomfield in the second round of last year’s state playoffs.
“Also last year, Hector put in a fee kick in the first half against rival <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong> High <strong>School</strong>, leading us<br />
to our first win ever against <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong> which ended 2-0,” Williams said. “Hector is also able finish in<br />
the air himself off of corner kicks and other dead-ball situations.”<br />
His senior season, the Cats expect the same from him, despite the team moving up to Class 5A Continental<br />
League action. Along with fellow defender Mike Thomas, Porragas will need to play tight defense first, then<br />
pick and choose opportunities to get into the attack.<br />
Hayden Sabatka, Highlands Ranch<br />
As a freshman last year, Hayden Sabatka of Highlands Ranch High <strong>School</strong> surprised plenty of people as a<br />
young tennis player; maybe even some on his own team. Without haste, he became the Falcons’ No. 1<br />
singles player, and as the season progressed, Sabatka went on to win third place at the Class 5A boys<br />
tennis state championships with a win over Cherry Creek’s Taylor Sargent.<br />
<strong>In</strong> addition, he was awarded with a 5A All-State honorable mention at No. 1 singles with a record of 21-1.<br />
Sabatka had the second highest finish ever as a freshman in a 5A state tournament at No. 1 singles.<br />
Cherry Creek’s Chad Harris was the only one to reach second place his freshman year at state in the<br />
bracket, and he went to play D-I tennis at University of Colorado in Boulder.<br />
Last May, Sabatka was identified in that month’s issue Mile High Sports Magazine as one of the “Great 8”<br />
juniors in Colorado. During the off season, Sabatka plays in the USTA 18’s open level in local tournament<br />
and can be found around Highlands Ranch playing 5.0 men, taking lessons at the CAC, <strong>In</strong>verness and<br />
conditioning with other junior elite players. He is presently ranked No. 1 in Colorado, No. 4 in the<br />
<strong>In</strong>termountain section and No. 150 in the country among 16’s and under.<br />
This summer, Sabatka plays national tournaments in Colorado, Kentucky, Missouri, Utah, Florida and<br />
Michigan.<br />
This fall, Sabatka may have a bull’s eye on his back, now that some opponents may have underestimated<br />
him before and now know to bring their A game-plus.<br />
Dan Zamora, Mountain Vista<br />
Mountain Vista High <strong>School</strong> gets to benefit from Dan Zamora in two sports; lacrosse and football. Zamora<br />
was one of the first freshman to play varsity lacrosse for the Golden Eagles and has played three<br />
altogether. He lettered each season as well.<br />
<strong>In</strong> lacrosse, Zamora has been an All-Conference selection twice and All-State once, helping the Eagles to<br />
two back-to-back <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong> League championships his sophomore and junior seasons. Last spring,<br />
he was the team’s co-MVP and the only junior to serve as a captain.<br />
<strong>In</strong> addition, Zamora has played varsity level lacrosse as an incoming sophomore for Denver University’s<br />
Mile High All Stars, coach by Pioneers coaches Jamie Munroe and Matt Brown. He has played for the Mile<br />
High All Stars, now called DU Elite, for the past four years.<br />
Zamora was selected for the All-Star game and the DU Team Camp and the Top 205 West Lacrosse Camp<br />
where he competed against some of the best lacrosse players in the nation.<br />
As a football player, Zamora hit the gridiron in eighth grade and has been a starter since. He played varsity<br />
and junior varsity ball his sophomore year, and he was switched from a tight end to strong safety last<br />
season. He adapted quickly and was recognized with an All-Conference nod. He lettered in football his<br />
sophomore and junior seasons.<br />
Presently, Zamora is being recruited at the collegiate level for lacrosse and could have options playing<br />
football at the post-secondary level as well.<br />
50 Student-Athletes to Watch - Part 4 of 5<br />
Allie Johnston, Rock Canyon<br />
Colt Olson, Lutheran-<strong>Parker</strong><br />
Jenna Owen, Mountain Vista<br />
Austin Gabel, Ponderosa<br />
Nathan Purdue, Chaparral<br />
Sonny Scheer, <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Alexis Pappas, Legend<br />
Hector Porragas, Castle View<br />
Hayden Sabatka, Highlands Ranch<br />
Dan Zamora, Mountain Vista<br />
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Families Must Pay Fee To Ride <strong>School</strong> Bus<br />
Marc Stewart, 7News Reporter<br />
POSTED: 8:21 pm MDT August 6, 2010<br />
UPDATED: 1:41 pm MDT August 7, 2010<br />
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. -- About 15,000 <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
students will soon be carrying plastic cards. The creditcard-sized<br />
items will be used to charge parents every time<br />
their child rides a school bus.<br />
Students will be charged 50 cents for each ride. It’s a<br />
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"I thought there'd be ways to manage the budget to retain<br />
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Despite the charge, parents are paying.<br />
One year ago, more than 13,000 students took the bus. This year, 15,000 students will use the<br />
transportation service.<br />
Administrators feel the increase in passengers is due to improved service.<br />
Officials say because of the pay-per ride system, they’ve been able to bring back 400 stops that had<br />
been cut.<br />
"We haven't restored everything we cut, but we're trying to help parents as much as we can,” said<br />
Transportation Director Paul Bolan.<br />
Under the new system, the buses are equipped with GPS devices that track the location of each student.<br />
For now, the Selke's are willing to pay for bus service, as long as the classrooms are left alone.<br />
"I think students suffer when there isn't enough staff to attend to them,” said Selke.<br />
There is a possibility that the bus cards could be phased out. It’s a decision the school board will likely<br />
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For that price, I'd drive my own kid to school and not force them to wait out in cold or wet weather and<br />
spend a lot of time in transit to and from school. Kids in the neighborhood I live in don't get home til<br />
almost 5 p.m., which leaves very little time at home with the family at night, especially with some of the<br />
very early bus times that the kids are forced to endure in the morning too. And drop the GPS thing, how<br />
much does *that* system cost?<br />
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so what happens to the kids whose parents forget to refill the card with money? do they get left on the<br />
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Bus cards<br />
The cards don't deduct money from a prepaid account. They record the ride, then the parents are sent a<br />
bill on a scheduled basis and the parents have to send a payment. What happens if the parent doesn't<br />
pay? I don't know, that wasn't covered in the letter the parents received. My children will only be riding<br />
the bus one way most days. As far as giving back some of the stops, that has not happened with my<br />
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<strong>Parker</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Of 4 <strong>Die</strong>s <strong>In</strong> Crash, Vigil Held<br />
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VERNON, Texas (CBS4) ― A family of four from <strong>Parker</strong> was killed over the weekend in a head-on collision involving two SUVs in<br />
Texas. A Texas man was also killed.<br />
The crash happened early Sunday morning on Highway 287, about 13 miles east of Vernon, near the Oklahoma border.<br />
The Behn family from <strong>Parker</strong> was heading north when they were hit head on by the vehicle being driven by Spencer Earl Risinger Jr.<br />
He was driving south in the northbound lane.<br />
The family members killed were Robert, 45, his 48-year-old wife Lisa G. Behn, their son Jordan, 18, and their daughter Morgan, 15. Risinger Jr., 38, of<br />
Wichita Falls, also died.<br />
Robert Behn was the Vice President of Supplier Marketing for America's Component Division for Arrow Electronics in Englewood. He was employed by<br />
Arrow Electronics for 17 years.<br />
Lisa Behn worked at Bath and Body Works at Park Meadows Mall.<br />
Jordan Behn just graduated from Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong> where he was the first baseman for the baseball team and was going to go to Lamar Community College.<br />
Morgan Behn was attending Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong> and involved in athletics.<br />
At the Behn family home in <strong>Parker</strong>, friends placed flowers on the front door step.<br />
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"Really great people. You know there are a lot of nice people in the world, but they are super nice and down to earth and just real," neighbor Kerri Ann Manning said. "Our street is going to be<br />
so different without them … they're just really sweet."<br />
Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange said Monday that alcohol is being investigated as a possible factor in the wreck.<br />
A candlelight vigil was planned for the Behn family at Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong> at 8:30 p.m. Monday night at the baseball field. (Watch CBS4 Morning News for a full report on the vigil)<br />
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<strong>Parker</strong> service recalls family killed in<br />
Texas crash<br />
By Yesenia Robles<br />
The Denver Post<br />
POSTED: 08/10/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT<br />
Called upon to write a brief remembrance of his best friend, Jordan Behn,<br />
Zane Knapp was quickly reminded of what he lost on a Texas highway.<br />
"Jordan helped me write every paper I ever had to write, so this one was<br />
tough," Knapp said.<br />
Knapp thanked Jordan, 18, for opening up his home and his family.<br />
"They were my second family," Knapp said. He remembered Lisa Behn's<br />
cooking and her experimental meals that he said were not as great. He<br />
mentioned 15-year-old Morgan's smile, and the kindness he received from<br />
father Robert Behn, 45.<br />
All were killed Aug. 1 in a head-on crash on U.S. 287 near the Texas-<br />
Oklahoma border as they returned from one of Jordan's baseball<br />
tournaments.<br />
About 200 people gathered on Monday to remember the Behns.<br />
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Some people showed their respects to<br />
the Behns on cars parked outside<br />
<strong>Parker</strong> Evangelical Presbyterian Church<br />
for Monday's memorial to the family.<br />
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"They were one of the greatest families I've ever known," said Michael Calabria, a family friend.<br />
The funeral and burial services for the family were held Saturday in Alden, N.Y. Robert and Lisa were originally<br />
from New York, and their parents still live there.<br />
The wrong-way driver, Spencer Joe Risinger, 38, of Wichita Falls, Texas, also died in the accident as both<br />
vehicles exploded.<br />
Department of Public Safety Trooper Curtis West has said alcohol use by Risinger may have been a factor in<br />
the cause of the wreck.<br />
Risinger's wife, Jennifer Wood Risinger, released a brief statement Monday offering her condolences to the<br />
Behn family while she grieved for her husband in Texas.<br />
"Spencer leaves behind a wife and two sons, ages 1 and 5, who all cherished him. Our hearts are broken for<br />
the Behn family, and we are all praying for them," she said.<br />
Meanwhile, the Behn family's relatives and friends packed the <strong>Parker</strong> Evangelical Presbyterian Church to<br />
share memories and tears.<br />
Lisa's parents and Robert's father traveled from New York to be at the memorial.<br />
Lisa's friend and neighbor, Kristi Mathieson, recalled planning a camping trip with her and their children one<br />
summer, but they made it only it as far as Genesee.<br />
Calabria recalled getting e-mails from Robert with detailed updates about Jordan or Morgan's baseball or<br />
basketball games each week.<br />
"I'd say, this is one proud dad," Calabria said.<br />
The memories of the family stirred some laughs but also tears and sniffles from those in attendance.<br />
Amie Calhoun, Jordan Mendicino and Kenzi Hall, Morgan's friends, wrote letters to her that they read at the<br />
memorial recalling Morgan as a happy young girl who always had advice for her friends.<br />
Gary McCusker, a pastor of the church who knew the family, delivered the eulogy, reminding people to hold on<br />
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Report: 6,000 Adams 12 CSAP<br />
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POSTED: 8:42 am MDT August 5, 2010<br />
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DENVER -- Close to 6,000 CSAP tests given to students at<br />
Colorado Virtual Academy have been zeroed out after the<br />
online charter school violated state rules for administrating<br />
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The zeroed tests will drag down the CSAP averages for the<br />
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The <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> announced the creation of the DCSD <strong>School</strong> Choice Task Force to<br />
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options that are needed and how to increase those options.<br />
“Based on comments we’ve received from the community, we identified a need in the district for a team<br />
that will focus on increasing the number and diversity of school choice options for our students,” said board<br />
president John Carson. “The vision of our blueprint for school choice in <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong> is to create an<br />
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The task force met for the second time July 15 with more than 30 members of the community attending.<br />
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State school board adopts federal<br />
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By Jeremy P. Meyer<br />
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POSTED: 08/03/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT<br />
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The state school board voted 4-3 Monday to adopt national standards for math and language arts in a move<br />
that critics said was akin to allowing a federal takeover of education.<br />
The U.S. Department of Education enticed states to approve the K-12 standards by Monday to improve the<br />
odds of landing a part of $3.4 billion in Race to the Top competitive grants.<br />
Colorado is a finalist for up to $175 million in the Race to the Top challenge. States that had adopted the<br />
standards by Monday earn points in the competition.<br />
"I don't think this discussion has anything to do with the standards," said board chairman Bob Schaffer, R-Fort<br />
Collins, who voted against the motion. "We should consider (adopting them) in our own time and own way, not<br />
because a big fat bundle of money is being dangled in front of us."<br />
The Common Core State Standards, which define what students should know in two subjects, were developed<br />
by a consortium of states that included Colorado.<br />
They become the basis for what students are tested on in annual assessments.<br />
Board members Elaine Gantz Berman, D-Denver; Jane Goff, D-Arvada; Randy DeHoff, R-Littleton; and<br />
Angelika Schroeder, D-Boulder, voted to adopt the standards. Schaffer; Marcia Neal, R-Grand Junction; and<br />
Peggy Littleton, R-Colorado Springs, voted against it.<br />
Littleton led the effort against the adoption, saying they will lead to a federally imposed curriculum and take<br />
away states' rights and local control.<br />
"We are playing a shell game," she said. "The federal government are the carnies, moving the shells around.<br />
The chips are our children."<br />
Littleton said 600 e-mails were sent to board members, with all but a dozen against the motion. About three<br />
dozen speakers came to Monday's meeting to urge board members to vote no.<br />
Carolyn Fairchild of Woodland Park held a sign throughout the meeting that said, "And here I thought that only<br />
the elected officials in Washington sold their souls."<br />
"We're losing our republic for the almighty dollar," she said, disgustedly, after the vote.<br />
Republican candidate for governor Dan Maes, too, spoke against the adoption. "Parents are scared and angry<br />
about Washington's encroachment on their rights," he said.<br />
Colorado Education Commissioner Dwight Jones said the common core standards are neither federally<br />
imposed nor a curriculum.<br />
"The federal government is not going to step in to take over the state efforts," he said.<br />
These standards are "tightly aligned" with Colorado standards and, in fact, improve upon what the state<br />
approved last year with only a 5 to 9 percent difference, he said.<br />
The new standards have been adopted by 30 states and the <strong>District</strong> of Columbia, creating a common gauge<br />
and giving states the ability to develop a shared national assessment, said state Sen. Michael Johnston,<br />
D-Denver.<br />
"Without the common core standards, you can't make apples-to-apples comparison to see how our kids<br />
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<strong>In</strong> this final crop of 10 students to get the spotlight in<br />
our 50 Student Athletes to Watch in 2010-11 series,<br />
it’s the area’s basketball programs where we find<br />
spectacular players.<br />
Six of the 10 kids to finish up the Nifty 50 five-part<br />
series make contributions to the basketball programs<br />
at their respective schools, while some have made<br />
hoops their top sport and should have stellar seasons<br />
this coming winter.<br />
Niko Read, Valor Christian<br />
Niko Read led the Valor Christian boys basketball<br />
team in scoring, despite missing eight games last<br />
season.<br />
Ponderosa’s Tyler Sandt should be making a lot of<br />
player miss tackles in football and follow up his<br />
All-League honored junior season in lacrosse next<br />
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Read scored 274 points and averaged a team-high<br />
16.1 points in 17 games. He was suspended for disciplinary reasons. With that behind him, the senior who<br />
won all-state honors as a sophomore is expected to lead the Eagles again this winter.<br />
“Last year, maybe people would not have regarded him as leader,” Valor Christian coach Steve Rotello said.<br />
“But when people see him this year, that’s the biggest difference they’ll notice about him. We’re excited<br />
about the intangibles he’s going to bring.”<br />
Rotello has seen it already. During summer ball, Read has been a vocal leader on the court, encouraging his<br />
teammates when they’ve needed it.<br />
“What I liked this summer, he was more vocal and being positive and telling other guys where to be and<br />
what to do,” Rotello said. “You want to have a guy out there talking, who’s going to be saying the right<br />
things.”<br />
Read also has improved his defense, Rotello said. The three-year varsity guard has matured and is showing<br />
it as he prepares for his senior season.<br />
“I think that senior year, it’s going to be drastically better,” Rotello said. “He’s more than just a scorer now.<br />
The intangibles, the defense, ... that’s a tribute to him. He’s matured and understands it’s more than just<br />
scoring.”<br />
Tyler Sandt, Ponderosa<br />
An incoming senior at Ponderosa High <strong>School</strong>, Tyler Sandt is a heavy contributor to both the Mustangs’<br />
football and lacrosse programs. Sandt came on to the gridiron late last season where he was used in a slot<br />
receiver-type position. After the tailback position opened up, Sandt was obviously the varsity team’s best<br />
option.<br />
“He could carry the ball and make people miss,” Pondo football coach Randy Huff said. “He had a good end<br />
of the season, and he showed everyone what he could do.”<br />
Mustangs coaches have found during spring practice that Sandt is very explosive and gifted at making<br />
people miss tackles, Huff said. Last season, he earned himself an All-Southern League honorable mention.<br />
He was recognized All-League kick return as well.<br />
“You hear coaches talk about an athlete’s vision and field awareness. [Sandt] has excellent field awareness,<br />
and it adds to his elusiveness,” Huff said. “Tyler is another one that will be one of our captains, I’m sure. He<br />
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gives us everything he’s got, everyday. We never think we have to push Tyler any more than usual. He’s<br />
very self-motivated.”<br />
For the Mustangs’ lacrosse team, Sandt earned All-<strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong> first team honors from his junior season<br />
as a face-off specialist. He received a second-team selection as a midfielder.<br />
Katy Dyachkova, Arapahoe<br />
When the Warriors return to defend their state golf championship Katy Dyachkova will be a big part of it.<br />
Dyachkova finished tied for 13th last season at the state tournament, shooting a 16-over-par 162. She<br />
birdied six holes and shot par on eight holes in the two rounds, finishing third among the state champion<br />
Warriors.<br />
“She continues to work hard on golf,” Arapahoe coach Patrick Wilson told CCN last season.<br />
The junior twice sunk holes-in-one as a freshman and will be looking for her third consecutive trip to the<br />
state tournament.<br />
Marshall Thurston, Castle View<br />
A heavy contributor to both the Castle View High <strong>School</strong> football and basketball programs, Marshall<br />
Thurston should be a standout for both teams his senior year. On the gridiron, he is expected to once again<br />
serve as a team captain.<br />
As a junior quarterback, Thurston passed for 800 yards, including eight touchdowns. He rushed for another<br />
300 yards and walked six touchdowns into the end zone. He also kicked off for the Sabercats.<br />
“Marshall loves to compete and is a guy who wants to make big plays when it counts,” Cats football coach<br />
Ryan Hollingshead said. “On the football field, he could probably play almost any position, including line, if<br />
he put his mind to it.”<br />
Last year, in the View game against Prairie View in Week 3, and a 1-1 start to the Cats season, Thurston<br />
asked to run the ball more. Castle View called his inside quarterback trap a few times, and he busted one<br />
out for 40 yards, helping the Sabercats squeak by and get the season on track, Hollingshead said.<br />
“What quarterback asks to run the ball more when things are going tough?” the coach said.<br />
Although View football remains in Class 4A, the team’s new schedule will be a tough one, including Class 3A<br />
defending champs Valor Christian, Ponderosa and Wheat Ridge.<br />
“It will be nice to have Marshall, who took over the reigns at QB midway through his sophomore year,<br />
leading us on offense,” Hollingshead said. “He's been through the good, the bad and the ugly at our new<br />
school. QB is a unique position and the more experience, the better.”<br />
<strong>In</strong> basketball, Thurston started as a freshman and had an impressive amount of time on the court that<br />
season. He started in about half the Cats games as a sophomore and in all of them his junior season. As a<br />
junior, he was an All-Conference athlete and a team captain. With him becoming bigger and stronger for his<br />
senior year, he is expected to have an exceptional hoops season in 2010-11 as well.<br />
Last year, Thurston had 41 assists and led the team in steals with 57. He shot around 40 percent from the<br />
floor and 50 percent from the foul line. He was the second team’s second leading rebounder.<br />
“He showed a ton of heart, best exemplified by his leading us in charges,” Cats hoops coach Tory Mansfield<br />
said. “He is a physical player who puts his body on the line. This season, we expect him to score. He can<br />
really attack the basket on the drive and finish, and you will see a lot of that this season.”<br />
Katelyn McDaniel, Highlands Ranch<br />
The Continental Conference champions get a big boost with leading scorer Katelyn McDaniel back for her<br />
senior season.<br />
McDaniel, the only all-state junior post player, led the Falcons with a 14.8 point-per-game average and 8.3<br />
rebounds per game.<br />
“She’s deceptively good in the post,” Highlands Ranch coach Caryn Jarocki said. “She’s not huge, but she<br />
has really good post moves. She can trick kids that are bigger than her and can score on them.”<br />
McDaniel, a first-team all-Continental Conference player who is drawing Division I college interest, ranked<br />
second on the team with 64 steals. Between her offense and defense, Jarocki expects a lot in McDaniel’s<br />
senior season.<br />
“I expect consistency which is what she gives me,” Jarocki said. “And she does her job and plays defense<br />
and scores points.”<br />
Kyle Kempf, ThunderRidge<br />
An incoming senior at ThunderRidge High <strong>School</strong>, Kyle Kempf is known for his talents in the Grizzlies<br />
football and baseball programs.<br />
On the gridiron, Kempf was one of the T-Ridge’s leading tacklers and is described as a good cover man by<br />
coach Joe Johnson.
“Kyle played great for us last year,” Johnson said. “Probably one of the things that stand out for him is, I<br />
would say he may be one of the best kick blockers that I’ve coached.”<br />
Kempf made a huge play last season against Chaparral in which he blocked a Wolverines extra-point kick<br />
attempt to help the Grizzlies win by one point.<br />
“He’s really good at it,” Johnson said. “He’s probably going to be one of our few guys who plays both ways<br />
this year. He’s a great kid and a very important leader for us this year.”<br />
An an infielder with Grizzlies baseball, Kempf hit .375 last year at the plate with an on-base percentage of<br />
407. His fielding percentage last season was .857. Out of his 21 hits, Kempf had a double, two home runs<br />
and 12 RBIs, in which he tied for the most on the team with Michael Hart, also a senior next season.<br />
Kempf also lead the team in stolen bases with 14.<br />
Samantha Britz, Littleton<br />
Entering her senior year, Samantha Britz of Littleton High <strong>School</strong> should have an exceptional season with<br />
the Lions. Known for her speed, defensive and ball handling skills, her dribble penetration also appears to<br />
be above average.<br />
Britz is a three-year letter winner on Lions varsity, and out of 15 games her junior season, she shot 50<br />
percent from beyond the arc and nearly 85 percent from the foul line, leading the team in that stat. <strong>In</strong><br />
addition, she had 23 steals last year.<br />
The senior point guard/shooting guard also plays club ball with the Colorado Lightning. She has attended<br />
Point Guard College Camp for two years, played in the Boo Williams Tournament Spring in 2008, the End of<br />
Trails Tournament two years and the Arizona Elite Tournament in 2009.<br />
“Sam has superior athleticism and quickness, which helps to make her a fantastic one-on-one defender,”<br />
Littleton hoops coach Adam Williams said. “We will look to her this coming season as a player we can put on<br />
the opposing teams' quicker players and best ball handlers to try and disrupt their offense.”<br />
Williams, who is coming into his first season coaching the Lions girls team but has coached Britz in some<br />
capacity since she was an eighth-grader, said she is also a talented ball handler herself, and he expects<br />
Britz to return to her full pre-injury confidence soon.<br />
“[She will] be a player who will look to attack the rim and put pressure on the opposing team's defense,”<br />
the coach said.<br />
Against Adam City last year, in addition to quality defense, Britz pushed the ball and created scoring<br />
opportunities for her teammates in a way Lions fans could see more of this coming season.<br />
“Considering all aspects of basketball, I felt it was her best game of the season,” Williams said.<br />
Also, Britz will be the Lions’ only senior with four years of varsity experience in 2010-11, and it obviously<br />
sets her up to be one of the team’s leaders. With an emphasis on community and service within the<br />
program this year, Britz has already stepped up as a key figure, taking it upon herself to organize events<br />
and recruit teammates to help welcome freshman players. Williams expects her to play a role in the many<br />
service oriented activities the Lions have planned this season as well.<br />
Lauren Huggins, Heritage<br />
Lauren Huggins helped the Heritage girls basketball team go all the way to the state semifinals a season<br />
ago. The team’s second-leading scorer returns this season for her junior year.<br />
Huggins ranked second in scoring for the Eagles, according to stats online. Her 253 points came in 21<br />
games, two fewer than most of her teammates.<br />
She grabbed 64 rebounds and dished out 26 assists for a team that went 18-7.<br />
Her impressive numbers earned her second-team all-Continental Conference despite being only a<br />
sophomore. She scored double digits 13 times before the postseason began, including scoring 20 and 21<br />
points in back-to-back games in mid-December.<br />
Will Ratterman, Arapahoe<br />
Will Ratterman has been a handful for defenses the last two seasons. And this season, defenses will have to<br />
scheme for a bigger version.<br />
Ratterman led the team in receiving yards as a junior, hauling in 18 catches for 256 yards. Four of his 18<br />
receptions were for touchdowns also a team high.<br />
The 6-foot-4, 215-pound tight end has added bulk to his frame.<br />
“He’s now finally what you’d call a prototype,” Arapahoe football coach Mike Campbell said. “As a<br />
sophomore, we started him out as an outside receiver because he had the best hands of our program every<br />
year he’s been in it.”<br />
Now the two-time second-team all-Centennial League tight end will be used in different sets in the offense.<br />
“We feel up front we can run the ball,” Campbell said. “He will be our answer when people say we’re not<br />
going to run the ball.”
Ratterman also plays basketball. As a senior he should see more playing time than last season, when he<br />
averaged 3 points per game. He grabbed 77 rebounds, fifth most on the team.<br />
Katie Longwell, Chaparral<br />
Although Katie Longwell didn’t have many numbers to show off from last year as a freshman at Chaparral<br />
High <strong>School</strong>, it’s her sophomore season that may have preps hoops fans talking already.<br />
Longwell, a guard who backed up Katie Shepherd last year, should be the new starting guard for the<br />
Wolverines girls basketball team. She lettered on varsity last season.<br />
With only two seniors coming into the 2010-11 season, including Carly Hartman — one of toughest kids in<br />
the Wolverines program — Longwell is expected to be one of the team’s leaders, coach Tony Speights said.<br />
“She’s going to be a good kid for us,” Speights said. “She’s good enough to be one of the best kids that<br />
we’ve had, and we’ve had some real good ones.”<br />
Longwell’s demeanor is what makes her most unique, the coach said. Known for keeping calm, players<br />
seem to respect Longwell and what she can do.<br />
“She’s had a real big summer for us and with her club team,” Speights said.<br />
This summer, Longwell was named the MVP of her division at the Oregon Trail Tournament. <strong>In</strong> the high<br />
school season, Longwell is expected to play a lot of court time, much like Katie Shepherd did when she was<br />
a freshman and sophomore.<br />
Although having mostly younger players, Speights said Chaparral should be quite the spectacle come next<br />
preps season.<br />
50 Student Athletes to Watch - Part 5 of 5<br />
Niko Read, Valor Christian<br />
Tyler Sandt, Ponderosa<br />
Katy Dyachkova, Arapahoe<br />
Marshall Thurston, Castle View<br />
Katelyn McDaniel, Highlands Ranch<br />
Kyle Kempf, ThunderRidge<br />
Samantha Britz, Littleton<br />
Lauren Huggins, Heritage<br />
Will Ratterman, Arapahoe<br />
Katie Longwell, Chaparral<br />
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Teenager getting national recognition for quilts<br />
By Rhonda Moore<br />
Published: 07.31.10<br />
As the <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fair begins its annual<br />
celebration, the Colorado Agricultural Foundation<br />
(CALF) kicked off the weekly event with its Legends<br />
dinner featuring the work of the Castle Rock Quilt<br />
Club. This year’s event includes the work of one<br />
young member emerging as a genuine quilting talent.<br />
A.C. Llanes was 7 years old when he discovered the<br />
creative possibilities of quilting, a hobby his mother<br />
shared with her two sons. Years spent at his mother’s<br />
knee began to pay off when he entered his quilt<br />
creations for the fair’s consideration. His efforts<br />
quickly netted a collection of blue ribbons and judge’s<br />
choice for quilts that are a refreshing departure from<br />
tradition.<br />
Now 15, Llanes is among quilters who donated a<br />
pillow for the CALF Legends dinner fundraiser, with<br />
quilted centerpieces available to purchase through a<br />
silent auction. While other pillows depict a farm<br />
landscape or a country motif, Llanes’ pillow is a<br />
splash of bright green and orange, reflecting a unique<br />
perspective on the possibilities of quilting colors.<br />
A.C. Llanes, 15, explains one of the designs for his<br />
quilts. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen |<br />
ckuhlen@ccnewspapers.com<br />
“He approaches it completely different than most quilters do,” said Marie Llanes, A.C.’s mother. “He’s not<br />
hooked into traditional colors and ways of making a quilt. He’s not afraid to try things like that. He just<br />
looks at it completely different than I would.”<br />
A.C.’s different point of view reflects his diverse interests, which range from camping to boy scouts, student<br />
council and honors classes, and working as a high school soccer referee. Like many boys his age, A.C.<br />
enjoys gaming with his friends, collects trains and military memorabilia, and dreams about a career in<br />
architecture.<br />
“He really is a renaissance kid,” Marie Llanes said.<br />
A.C.’s interest in design and colors aligns with his hope to someday create structures that stand apart from<br />
the rest.<br />
“I like to design things,” he said. “I’ve been in all kinds of different buildings. (Structures) and towers are<br />
really interesting to me; all the ways you can shape things and make buildings look cool. That’s really what<br />
I’d like to do.”<br />
His quilting hobby is an outlet that allows him to let his creative juices flow. Among his quilt creations are<br />
an outer space quilt complete with silver beaded “stars,” a military quilt with military badges and flag pins<br />
and a train quilt with specially cut trains. A.C. has made more than a dozen quilts so far and calls his most<br />
recent quilt his favorite and most challenging project.<br />
A.C. designed a history quilt with several blocks depicting different historic events that resulted from weeks<br />
of research. It is among his projects that have gained recognition from quilting aficionados across the<br />
nation.<br />
A.C. was invited earlier this year to submit a quilt for an exhibit of male quilting artists at the Golden<br />
Museum. His was among 30 selected for the display, which also featured the work of Ricky Tims, a<br />
nationally renowned quilter who visited the Llanes household to meet the up-and-coming youngster. Tims<br />
wants to get A.C. featured in a national quilting publication, Marie Llanes said.<br />
“It’s amazing — I’m like, wait a minute I taught you to sew,” she said. “I’m excited for him, he’s pretty<br />
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stoked.”<br />
At the time of this report, A.C. was putting the finishing touches on his 2010 fair quilt. His CALF pillow<br />
entry netted the foundation a $180 winning bid and was among those that raised more than $600 in silent<br />
auction donations. His fair quilt will be among those on display Aug. 1 – 8 at the <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive in Castle Rock.<br />
If you go<br />
The <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fair and Rodeo is July 30 - Aug. 8 at the <strong>Douglas</strong> <strong>County</strong> Events Center, 500<br />
Fairgrounds Drive in Castle Rock. To view the fair’s schedule of events and displays, visit the website at<br />
www.douglascountyfairandrodeo.com.<br />
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Two Coloradans killed while serving<br />
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POSTED: 08/10/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT<br />
UPDATED: 08/10/2010 01:29:10 AM MDT<br />
Max William Donahue of Highlands Ranch died Friday. Above, Marines carry a transfer case containing Donahue's<br />
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A Marine dog handler stationed in Afghanistan was killed in an IED explosion, and an Army intelligence<br />
specialist in Iraq was killed in a rocket attack in the past several days. Both were 23 and from Colorado.<br />
Cpl. Max William Donahue of Highlands Ranch died Friday, and Spec. Faith Hinkley of Monte Vista in the San<br />
Luis Valley died Saturday, according to family members.<br />
Donahue, who was a Marine military-police dog handler, was severely injured Wednesday while working with<br />
his dog, Fenji, a German shepherd, in the Helmand province when an IED exploded, said his mother, Julie<br />
Schrock.<br />
Donahue had both his legs amputated above the knees and his right arm amputated below the elbow. He was<br />
taken to the U.S. and died<br />
Friday.<br />
"Max was doing what he thought was right, and that gives me peace,"<br />
Schrock said. "We're in shock mode right now."<br />
Donahue had served in Iraq, and when he was assigned to go to<br />
Afghanistan, he explained to his mother why he wanted to go.<br />
" 'There's not a lot of guys who can do what I can do, and my buddies<br />
need me there,' " Schrock recalled him saying. "My son became a man."<br />
Donahue was the kind of person who always took care of other people.<br />
When an elderly man's credit card wouldn't go through at a gas station,<br />
Donahue and a brother paid the bill for him. One day he did yard work for<br />
a woman whose husband had just died and on the way home helped a<br />
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