CHURCH IN FIVE POINTS GIVES $20,000 TO NONPROFITS
Campbell Chapel AME Church, a historic black congregation in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood, donated $20,000 to four nonprofit organizations at a Sunday service.
The church gave $5,000 each to Second Chance Center Inc., which serves those coming out of prison; El Centro Humanitario, which promotes the rights of day laborers and domestic workers; the Colorado Council of Churches, an ecumenical organization committed to working on faith and justice; and the Mobile Health program, which provides patient services to about 2,400 people. All the organizations are in Denver except Mobile Health, which is in Tucson and serves medically underserved areas in southern Arizona.
“We give thanks for an opportunity to give — especially to those in need!” said the Rev. Jennifer S. Leath of Campbell Chapel. “And, though it is neither logical, nor the reason we give, as Christians committed to justice we believe that when we step out on faith, giving sacrificially to those in need, we receive tangible and intangible blessings far beyond our investment.”
During the past year, the church at East 22nd Avenue and Humboldt Street committed to saving 10 percent of all of its income to use it for expanded ministry.
Ball Aerospace receives $50 million contract from Air Force.
DAYTON,
OHIO» The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a nearly $50 million contract to a defense contractor to research ways to protect weapons systems from cyberattacks.
Colorado-based Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. will conduct the research at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in southwest Ohio. The contract is set to expire in 2023.
Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, former Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, said addressing vulnerabilities in weapons systems is “paramount.”
Trader Joe’s recalls packaged salads over contamination fear.
PHOENIX»
Trader Joe’s says it has recalled several packaged salads after a supplier said there may be shards of glass or hard plastic inside.
The grocery chain said Saturday on its website that packages of whitemeat chicken salad, curried white chicken deli salad and turkey cranberry apple salad sold in some areas that expire from Nov. 10-21 could be contaminated.
The products are labeled with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “inspected” code P-40299.
The warning applies to white-meat chicken and curried white chicken deli salads sold in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma or Texas.
Turkey cranberry salads sold in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon or Washington are at risk.
Trader Joe’s said products with other “inspected” codes were not affected because they were created at separate sites.
The chain apologized and urged customers to discard the products or return them for a refund.
Gunshot aimed at police officer.
AURORA» Aurora police are searching for someone who fired a shot at an officer and hit the tire of a patrol car early Sunday at East Colfax Avenue and Moline Street.
The officer had arrived at the location about midnight to assist with an apparent traffic incident.
After being on the scene for a couple of minutes, the officer heard a single gunshot that he believed was fired in his direction, according to a release.
More police joined him and performed an extensive search by officers. They were assisted by the Denver Police Department’s “Air One” helicopter.
A suspect was not located; the shooter remains at large.
One of the tires on the officer’s marked patrol vehicle suffered damage. The officer was not injured.
The case will be investigated by the Aurora police’s major crimes unit.
Aurora police are asking anybody with information about the case to contact Sgt. Matt Fyles at 303-7396041. Tipsters can remain anonymous by contacting Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.
Woman fatally stabbed; 15-year-old faces murder charge.
LONGMONT» An adult woman was fatally stabbed at an apartment complex Saturday evening, and police arrested a 15year-old Lakewood boy seven hours later on suspicion of first-degree murder.
Longmont police responded to The Shores at McIntosh Lake at 6:12 p.m. Saturday and found a woman suffering from a stab wound. The suspect had fled the scene, police said.
The Daily Camera reported the woman was taken to Longmont United Hospital, where she died, according to police.
Police have not released the woman’s name nor that of the suspect, who was taken into custody shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday in Lakewood.
Sgt. Matt Cage said police have not determined the exact circumstances that led to the stabbing, but he described the case as “tragic.”
RTD A-train hits, injures pedestrian.
The RTD A-train struck a pedestrian who was crossing the tracks about 200 yards from the Denver International Airport station late Saturday.
The victim was struck shortly before midnight and was taken to a hospital, said Nate Currey, RTD spokesman.
The train was coming into the station.
Denver police are investigating, said Tyrone Campbell, Denver police spokesman.
RTD suspended service on the A-Line between the airport and 61st & Peña Station for several hours overnight to allow police to investigate. It has resumed, Currey said.
Officials looking for two vehicles in death of pedestrian.
Law enforcement officers are looking for the drivers of two vehicles that are believed to have struck a 21-year-old man on a Weld County road early Saturday.
The State Patrol believes the man was struck and killed by a 1999 or 2000 purple Honda Accord. The patrol says that car’s driver’s-side mirror was likely damaged.
Authorities also believe a second vehicle — a gray Volkswagen Golf GTI — struck the man near Evans. Both vehicles left the scene. Someone reported seeing a body in the road at about 4:45 a.m. Saturday. The victim’s name has not been released.
Erie eyes Town Hall expansion before population boom.
ERIE» A future Town Hall, one reflective of Erie’s expected population surge, could break ground soon.
It will come at a price; more than $13 million could be rolled out for the 40,000-square-foot expansion, if voters say “yes” to funding the plans in April.
Almost $1 million is scheduled to be spent on the early designs for the building, at 645 Holbrook St., before then.
Trustees on Tuesday approved an approximately $750,000 design consultant contract with Denverbased Oz Architecture for early concepts of the project.
“Planning for the Town Hall Expansion Project has been in the works for several years and is the product of study and design,” the town wrote in an email to residents. “The proposed Town Hall Expansion is the building for the Erie of today and tomorrow.
“The need exists. The need is real,” it said.
A study found that the half of Erie that lies in Boulder County grew 13 percent from 2009 to 2015 (8,409 to 9,517 residents). Erie as a whole comprises roughly 25,000 residents, according to the town’s website. The population is expected to more than double in the coming decades, according to several estimates.