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Name: Pete Crouse

Age: 61

Family: Married, three girls, one boy (deceased)

How long have you lived in Broomfield: Broomfield native

Professional background: Restaurant owner for 36 years

Political/community experience: Member and past president of the Rotary Club of Broomfield Crossing, member of The United Church of Broomfield, winner of the Heart of Broomfield Gene Frank Award, 2022 Grand Marshall of the Broomfield Days Parade, past president of the board of Bessie’s Hope.

Education: Graduated Broomfield High School in 1980, attended the University of Northern Colorado for 4.5 years as a geology major.

Broomfield is a county characterized by its rapid growth, where and how do you hope to see continued growth in Broomfield? And what issues do you see arising as the city and county grow?

With only 34 square miles, developable land is limited and maintaining our open space goals is paramount. Our pole position on the US 36 corridor, adjacent to Rocky Mountain Airport, enables Broomfield to further our goal of attracting excellent companies to call Broomfield home like Ball, Vail & Associates, Crocs, homegrown Hunter Douglas, Trimble, Pilatus and many more. It is vital that we continue to balance our residential growth with continued attraction of appropriate businesses. I am really happy with some of the new density projects that are coming to Broomfield. The Flatirons redevelopment offers new hope to a declining mall and will offer great density in a strategic area. The Baseline project is going to be a buzzing neighborhood that truly embraces live, work, play, walk and bike. It is a blueprint for how to develop future Broomfield neighborhoods. This style of development in strategic areas is excellent and I support more of it.

Affordable housing is a hot topic in Broomfield — where do you stand on the issue and how do you think the city and county should proceed? Broomfield’s housing issues mimic that of our entire state. Soaring home prices, crippling property taxes, high-interest rates and a lack of entry-level property for purchase impacts housing for all ages and family compositions. The low-hanging fruit in housing affordability is to get a hold on these property tax increases. The strain that has been placed on Broomfield families is unacceptable and when I am elected, I will work to lower our mill levy while preventing future tax hikes.

What issues do you hope to see come before the council in the near future?

While the median age is 39 and we have many young families, Broomfield also has a significant aging population. Many seniors are almost native to Broomfield. Senior housing and senior services are a pillar of my campaign. It is really important to me that we ensure appropriate available housing above and beyond the current supply that is affordable to those on a fixed income, while maintaining our commitment to Broomfield’s senior services.

We must band together to create a loving society that is awake, alive, alert and proactive. Broomfield and her citizens deserve nothing less.

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Hangman Adam Page tackles Swerve Strickland this Sunday and the contract signing for their bout is tonight.

Here's all you need to know about this week's AEW Dynamite.

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AEW Dynamite gets underway at 8 p.m. ET / 1 a.m. UK and runs for around two hours.

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TBS will broadcast the event in U.S., while UK fans can stream the event on FITE TV, for more information click here .

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AEW Dynamite takes place at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado.

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BROOMFIELD — As the ball continued to slip away from reigning 4A football king Broomfield Friday, so too did its chance of securing the few things that were on the line ahead of next week’s start to the postseason.

Eventually, the Eagles woke up — very much to the relief of their bundled-up home fans at Elizabeth Kennedy Stadium — and their 28-19 comeback victory over Heritage clinched their second straight league title and home-field advantage likely through at least the quarterfinals.

Of course, the Eagles know that this performance was spilling over in turnovers and penalties and won’t be confused for what will be needed to repeat. And they themselves probably won’t be mistaken for the big-bad heavyweight who entered last year’s playoffs undefeated.

It did show plenty of mettle, though.

“It shows a lot of growth,” said Broomfield first-year coach Robert O’Brien, whose Week 10 victory mirrored his team’s season in a sense, as it was stunned by 3A Holy Family and blown out by 4A No. 2 Erie in the early weeks of the season before finishing strong. “Early in the season, I don’t think we come back against a really good team like that in the second half. We’ve grown together. We’ve come together as a team, as a coaching staff and kids are starting to really believe in each other.”

Broomfield (8-2, 4-0 4A Metro 2) shook off turnovers on its first two drives and rallied from two-touchdowns back to take a lead into the fourth quarter. Mikhail Benner, on the same night as Game 1 of the World Series, followed it up with his best impersonation of a closer.

The touted junior defensive back stopped Heritage short of the goal line on a two-point-conversion run that would’ve tied the game at 21 with 8:18 remaining. A couple minutes later, he pushed the lead to two scores on a 46-yard TD reception he burned his cornerback on.

“It’s a big thing. Our first-year head coach, he really proved himself tonight. And that was a statement win. League champs,” Benner said. “I hope that people take us a little bit more seriously going into the playoffs. We hope that ultimately we get where we want and put in the work next week and the week after that, and hopefully the week after that.”

The finish came after Broomfield trailed 13-0 until starting quarterback CT Worley ran for a short score late in the first half. Backup QB Darian Jackson went on to toss scores to Anthony Cobb and Brody Judd in the third to go up 21-13, then dropped the sealing TD into the arms of Benner to make it 28-19 with 6:04 left.

Broomfield’s CT Worley stiff arms Heritage’s Tanner Guthrie on October 27, 2023.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer) Broomfield made stops on Heritage’s final two drives to end things.

In the win, Cobb had five catches for 155 yards and a score and Brent Harris nabbed his second pick of the season.

Looking ahead, Broomfield shouldn’t fall after coming into Week 10 ranked 4A No. 4 in the CHSAA Selection and Seeding Index, which dictates playoff seedings. Meanwhile, Heritage (6-4, 3-2), fifth, is still in a strong spot to earn one of the bracket’s eight first-round byes.

Name: Chriss Hammerschmidt

Website URL: chrissforbroomfield.com

Age: 58

Family: Kurt, husband, three children, and two grandchildren

How long have you lived in Broomfield: 26 years

Professional background: Research scientist

Political/community experience: A registered agent for Vote No on 2B issue committee, City Council Candidate in 2021 and an Election Canvass Board member two times.

Education: Bachelor’s in physics from University of Colorado Boulder, 1990, master’s in electrical engineering from CU Boulder, 1995.

Broomfield is a county characterized by its rapid growth. Where and how do you hope to see continued growth in Broomfield? And what issues do you see arising as the city and county grow?

I am worried that we are building too much, too fast without regard to possible urban sprawl, traffic congestion, and how it will affect our already burdened water supply… It is also important that we properly balance commercial and residential property. A proper balance provides consistent revenue for the city which helps maintain and build infrastructure, fix roads and provide public safety.

Affordable housing is a hot topic in Broomfield. Where do you stand on the issue and how do you think the city and county should proceed?

I have lived in Broomfield for 26 years. When I bought my home, I could choose upgrades depending on what I could afford as a new homeowner…There was no affordable housing issue in Broomfield at that point in time. People bought what and where they could afford. As the government forces people to accept mandated requirements such as fire-sprinkler suppression systems, certain types of landscaping, and EV- and solar-ready homes, green construction materials, we see housing prices skyrocketing.

Those on fixed incomes who have lived here a long time are having to move from the community that they have lived in all their lives and a community that they love. We need to carefully consider how the government’s influence has added to those costs. We can then begin to reduce subsidies, fees, and taxes, then housing prices will come down accordingly.

What issues do you hope to see come before the council in the near future?

I would like to see tax relief for the citizens of Broomfield. I will put forward a resolution to decrease the City and County of Broomfield (CCOB) mill levy. I will provide several options so that both the city and county can increase their revenue and the taxpayers in Broomfield can receive some relief. We need to focus on reducing our debt before we add more… A good debt policy allows CCOB the freedom to spend taxpayer monies for necessities and could allow us to permanently reduce the mill levy. We need to focus on the infrastructure in Broomfield. It is at an age, like the wastewater treatment plant, and needs to be repaired or upgraded. We should prioritize items in the CIP plan and work together to keep Broomfield in good standing. I will work on a simple budget to provide transparency for the taxpayer.

Since the Taliban gained control of Afghanistan in the fall of 2021, an estimated 1.6 million people have fled the country. Among them are two women who settled in Broomfield, and are now on the path to becoming dental assistants.

“When we came here we had no job, no money, nothing,” Samira Dastgeer Ghani said. “We came from Afghanistan with two bags only, nothing more.”

Ghani and her husband, two children and her sister began the long and difficult journey on Aug. 15, 2021.

“From Afghanistan, we flew to Qatar. After 24 hours in Qatar we flew to Italy,” she explained. “We flew in huge military airplanes to Italy, where we stayed in a military camp for five days.”

From Italy, Ghani and her family traveled to the United States, where they landed in New Mexico. Ghani was among thousands of refugees in the Doña Ana Village, a camp on the New Mexico side of Fort Bliss outside El Paso, Texas. They spent three months there before finally flying to Colorado on Dec. 11.

“My uncle and cousins were living in Broomfield, so we came to their house and lived there for four months,” Ghani said.

Ghani struggled with things like enrolling her children in school, transportation and learning to drive and language barriers. Through the help of her family and the Broomfield Resettlement Task Force, Ghani and her family made a new life in Broomfield.

“I still had no job, and in Afghanistan I was a government employee at the archive in the Ministry of Mines,” Ghani said. “I had a good job and a degree, and I knew I wanted to do something good here.”

With the help of her friend and fellow Afghan refugee Manizha Ahmadi, Ghani applied and was accepted to the dental assistant program at the Emily Griffith Technical College, taking the first steps to build a career in dentistry in the U.S.

Ahmadi, who enrolled in the dental assistant program after completing English lessons, has a similar story to Ghani and her family.

“We arrived in the U.S. in January of 2022, and my sibling who lived in Broomfield helped us,” Ahmadi said.

Ahmadi and her family were also displaced from Afghanistan in 2021, and found themselves in Broomfield months later.

“I wanted to study this program to make a good life for myself and for my kids,” Ahmadi said. Along with her husband, Ahmadi and her two daughters have been living in Broomfield for the past year and a half.

“My husband has been so helpful in this time, and that’s been so important to me,” Ahmadi said. “I’ve met so many nice people through this and I’m very thankful.”

Among the individuals who helped Ahmadi and Ghani settle into their new lives in Broomfield were the volunteers at the Broomfield Resettlement Task Force.

“We are basically a branch and extension of the Lutheran Family Services and other resettlement agencies nearby. We support the families here in Broomfield and help them with things like housing, transportation or applying to Medicaid,” Heidi Henkel said.

Henkel is a Broomfield City Council member and the executive director of the task force, and has been volunteering since its inception in 2021.

The task force began by settling Ahmad Siddiqi, who served alongside Henkel’s husband, Scott, during his deployment in Afghanistan. Since helping Siddiqi and his family, the task force has grown to more than 50 volunteers.

“We started with settling families from Afghanistan, and now we’ve settled some from Ukraine as well,” Henkel said. “We’ve settled over 50 family members from Afghanistan and we just received a new family of four from Ukraine.”

With the help of the task force, Ghani and Ahmadi have completed their dental assistant program, and are now working at Dental Aid in Boulder.

“Refugees face huge barriers when trying to resettle, and we’re just trying to resettle them with dignity and equity,” Henkel said. “(Ahmadi and Ghani) are incredibly resilient, some of the most resilient people I’ve ever met.”

“I think it was really hard for them, waking up at 6 a.m. and taking the long bus ride to Denver for school, but at the end of the day, they both fled Afghanistan for the same reason, and that was to create a better life for their children,” Henkel said.