The Arvada Police Department is hosting several free stranger awareness classes for school-aged children in the coming weeks.
The classes will teach children what do if a stranger approaches them or if they are lost and discusses different scenarios to help reinforce the information.
Classes are on a first-come, first-served basis.
Classes will be offered from 1-2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at Sound Body, Sound Mind Fitness, 14615 W. 64th Ave. and from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave.
Several classes will be offered in November as well from 4-5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at the Arvada Library; 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the YMCA, 6350 Eldridge St.; from 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Arvada Library; and from 3-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St.
Meyers Pool, 7900 Carr Drive, was closed last month due to internal structural damage, but it shouldn’t be closed much longer. Apex Park and Recreation District has identified the necessary repairs and created a time line for George J. Meyers Indoor Pool. Wooden internal support beams have rotted internally and must be repaired in two phases.
Phase one will consist of temporary shoring, which, once in place, will allow for the pool to reopen in mid-November.
Once phase one is complete, the pool will be able to be safely operated and all activities resumed.
The shoring will remain in place until permanent repairs can be made during the less-busy season in late summer. For information on relocated programs and updates on the repairs, visit www.apexprd.org/facilities/george-j-meyers-pool.
The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities received a $10,000 grant from the state agency Colorado Creative Industries to help fund the Arvada Center’s general operating expenses.
The grant was awarded through the CCI’s Colorado Creates grant program.
The grants are awarded through a competitive process and the Arvada Center received it because of its high level of quality in its programs, community service and administrative ability.
CCI helps provide funding for all Arvada Center programming.
Olde Town Acupuncture and Wellness Center, 5855 Wadsworth Bypass No. 201, is offering new clients a free acupuncture treatment in exchange for a minimum $10 donation to Hope House of Colorado the week of Oct. 30.
The center will also donate $5 from any massage or reflexology session during the week to Hope House.
Hope House provides teen moms with free residential, mentoring and GED services and helps them learn how to be self-sustainable.
Olde Town Acupuncture chose Hope House as its nonprofit partner of the year for 2012 and has raised $2,000 for the organization to date.
To schedule an appointment, visit www.oldetownacu.com or call 720-898-9552.