Exempla Lutheran joins team of USA Pro Cycling Challenge sponsors
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center is the “King of the Mountain” sponsor for the final stage, which will start in Golden on Sunday, Aug. 28, of the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge. As part of its sponsorship, the hospital will be involved in pre-race and race day activities, including the Health and Wellness Expo.
In bike racing, the King of the Mountain title is awarded to the rider who collects the most points for reaching the tops of climbs first. In the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, the King of the Mountain will be crowned at the top of Lookout Mountain, part of the route for Golden’s stage.
For more information about the race and sponsorship opportunities, go to www.procyclinggolden.com.
Nissler named interim director for Jeffco Public Libraries
The Jefferson County Public Library Board of Trustees has named Pam Nissler as interim executive director, effective July 15. Nissler, director of library programs and services, will take the place of Marcellus Turner, who announced his resignation in May. Turner will be city librarian of the Seattle Public Library.
Nissler joined the Jeffco Public Library in March 2009. She has worked as a manager and director for more than 40 years at libraries in the Denver area, including in Douglas and Arapahoe counties, and at the Edwin A. Bemis Public Library in Littleton. Nissler has served as president of the Colorado Library Association (now the Colorado Association of Libraries) and as chair of the board of the Central Colorado Library System. She is a member of the American Library Association and the Public Library Association.
The Jeffco Public Library Board of Trustees is conducting a nationwide search for a permanent executive director and hopes to name Turner’s successor this fall. The recruitment brochure, including a position description, is posted on the library’s website, www.jeffcolibrary.org.
Jeffco grand jury indicts two for illegal sports-betting business
Following a two-year investigation by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, two Denver men have been indicted on 29 counts related to an illegal bookmaking operation.
A Jefferson County grand jury made the indictments June 24 against Daniel Dinner, 59, and Michael R. Elick, 38. The charges include professional gambling, violation of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act and other offenses related to the operation. According to investigation reports, more than $1.2 million in cash was seized during the execution of search warrants on Dinner’s two houses, his car and safe deposit boxes registered in his name. Hundreds of people in the Denver metro area places thousands of dollars in bets.
Both men have posted bond and are scheduled to appear in court Aug. 15.