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VOLUME 21 | ISSUE 2

HOLIDAY LIGHTS DOWN ON THE FARM

Mask order issued for Arapahoe, Adams counties Jeffco, Denver also get mandate; Douglas County passes

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“It’s definitely back,” said Kelli Boswell, owner of Lice & Easy, an Arvada boutique where people in the Denver area can get deloused, a process that can range from minutes to hours depending on the method and the infestation. “It’s a sign that things are coming back to normal.”

Colds and more serious bugs like respiratory syncytial virus, better

Facing the possibility that the current COVID-19 surge could breach Colorado’s hospital capacity, the public health agency for Adams and Arapahoe counties has issued a new indoor mask-wearing mandate, effective Nov. 24 through at least the end of the year.

The Nov. 22 mask order from the Tri-County Health Department’s board echoed those from health authorities in Jefferson County, Denver and some other counties, while Douglas County leaders signaled Nov. 23 they don’t plan to require the wearing of masks.

Hospital demand was the driving force behind the action by the board of Tri-County Health — which serves Adams and Arapahoe counties and provides certain services in Douglas County — to approve the new mask mandate.

With rates of new coronavirus cases reaching levels not seen since last December — and daily deaths among those with COVID-19 recently hitting numbers higher than they did during the first wave in spring 2020 — coronavirus hospitalizations

SEE LICE, P13

SEE MASKS, P18

Once again, Denver Botanic Gardens’ Chatfield Farms site is aglow with holiday color in a rustic setting with the return of Trail of PHOTO BY MARK HARDEN Lights. Photos on P4.

A COVID head-scratcher: Why lice lurk despite distancing Head lice are ‘definitely back,’ professional delouser says

BY RAE ELLEN BICHELL KAISER HEALTH NEWS

The Marker family of Parker opened their door on a recent evening to a woman dressed in purple,

with a military attitude to cleanliness.

Linda Holmes, who has worked as a technician with LiceDoctors for five years, came straight from her day job at a hospital after she got the call from a dispatcher that the Marker family needed her ASAP. According to those in the world of professional nitpicking, Pediculus humanus capitis, the muchscorned head louse, has returned.

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Connecting with local artists, vendors at Holiday Market P14

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December 2, 2021

I-25 South Gap project to wrap up early Widening work expands freeway south of Castle Rock

BY DAVID GILBERT AND THY VO THE COLORADO SUN

All lanes of the Interstate 25 South Gap project will open nearly a year ahead of schedule, Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado transportation officials announced Nov. 22.

Construction on the 18-mile stretch of highway was slated to conclude in November 2022, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

“By mid-December, in time for Christmas, the I-25 South Gap project team will open all lanes of travel,” Polis said at a news conference in Larkspur, alongside U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and state and local officials.

The I-25 South Gap from Monument to Castle Rock is Colorado’s longest construction zone. The $419 million project began in September 2018 to relieve congestion and reduce traffic accidents along the highway, a central route between Denver and Colorado Springs that has seen traffic worsen as both metro areas have grown in population.

Nearly 85,000 motorists travel the highway — unaffectionately nicknamed “the gap” — daily, said Colo-

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, at the podium, announces the opening of all lanes of the I-25 South Gap project by mid-December at a news conference on Nov. 22, 2021, in Larkspur. Seated next to him are U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, both DPHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT | THE COLORADO SUN Colorado; and Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers.

rado Springs Mayor John Suthers at the news conference.

“Everyone agreed it was unacceptable that the two largest cities in Colorado … Denver and Colorado Springs, were separated by a dangerously narrow section of roadway,” Suthers said.

The project added one new express lane in each direction, widened shoulders, rebuilt five bridges and created four new wildlife crossings.

The expansion will hopefully be

a boon to traffic safety, said Col. Matthew Packard, chief of Colorado State Patrol, saying widened shoulders give much more room to first responders, tow trucks, and brokendown motorists.

Packard recalled CSP troopers Jaimie Jursevics and Cody Donahue, who were hit and killed by drivers during traffic stops along the stretch of highway in 2015 and 2016.

“We talked about this project serving as a way to honor their legacy,” Packard said. “We’ve done that… but the most important part of safety is the person behind the steering wheel. Drive like your mom’s watching.”

Although lanes will be reopened to traffic next month, other work along the highway will continue into next spring, said Tim Maloney, vice president of the construction company Kraemer North America.

That includes final paving and striping, landscaping, and installing 28 miles of new deer fencing. The project also includes modernizing power and communications infrastructure along the highway, which will be completed sometime next year.

Officials are encouraging drivers to slow down and look for workers as they pass through the corridor.

Once the highway opens all lanes, drivers can use the express lanes without paying a toll until testing is complete in fall 2022, according to state officials. Final toll rates have not been determined yet.

Douglas County Commissioner George Teal told The Colorado Sun the expansion project should help ease congestion for roughly the next

decade.

“At least that’s better than four years ago, when everyone hated driving through here, and locals told me they quit using this stretch,” Teal said.

Teal called the collaboration between county, state and federal officials an example of bipartisanship, one he sees as extending to the driving public.

“Everybody has to drive on the roads, whether you’re Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or Communist,” Teal said. “We all need good roads.”

Bennet, the U.S. senator, touted Democrats’ national infrastructure package at the news conference. He told The Sun he didn’t see the project as out of alignment with goals to cut carbon emissions in the face of climate change.

“We’ve got generations worth of delayed infrastructure spending in this country, including existing roads and bridges,” Bennet said, saying that the recently-passed federal infrastructure bill includes substantial funding to build charging stations for electric vehicles or EVs. “We’ve got to make sure as we do all of this,” Bennet said of the highway expansion, “we’re transitioning to a cleaner economy.”

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

In an undated photo, construction is underway on the I-25 South Gap expansion project during bad weather.

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December 2, 2021 Jon Caldara, right, poses with the 216,000 signatures he turned in to secure a spot for Initiative 31 on the 2022 Colorado ballot.

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Another cut to state income tax rate makes 2022 Colo. ballot Measure would cut state revenue by $530M next year

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado voters will decide next year whether to further reduce the state’s income tax rate.

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said Nov. 18 that supporters of Initiative 31 collected enough signatures to get their question before voters in 2022. They needed at least 124,632 signatures to qualify for the ballot.

The measure is being pushed by conservatives, including Jon Caldara, who leads the Indepen-

dence Institute.

The initiative seeks to reduce the income tax rate to 4.4% from 4.55%.

Nonpartisan legislative staff estimated in April that the measure would reduce state general fund revenue by $530 million in fiscal year 2022-23 and $370 million in fiscal year 2023-24.

Separately, Colorado voters are already going to see a temporary income tax rate reduction to 4.5% for the foreseeable future because the state is projected to exceed the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights cap on government growth and spending for at least the next three fiscal years, triggering the rate reduction.

In 2020, Colorado voters approved Proposition 116, which reduced the state income tax rate to 4.55% from 4.63%.

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December 2, 2021

Trail of Lights at Chatfield Farms runs through Jan. 2

BY MARK HARDEN MHARDEN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Once again, Denver Botanic Gardens’ Chatfield Farms site is aglow with holiday color in a rustic setting with the return of Trail of Lights.

Wandering paths take you under illuminated trees and around vintage farm buildings. Hot beverages, nuts and kettle corn are sold at the entrance, and there are a fire pit and warming hut to help you ward off the chill. The kids will enjoy singing trees and a dancing gingerbread man.

Chatfield Farms is adjacent to the Jefferson County part of Littleton. It’s located on Deer Creek Canyon Road west of South Wadsworth Boulevard, just south of C-470. For your map app, the address is 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton 80128.

Lights are on display Fridays through Sundays through Dec. 12, and then every night from Dec. 17 through Jan. 2 (closed on Christmas Day, Dec. 25). Hours are 5 to 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for adults; $13 for Botanic Gardens members, students, people 65 and older, military and children 3-15; and $10 for child members. No tickets are required for children 2 and under. Parking is free. The trails are suitable for strollers and wheelchairs, but they could be icy.

You’ll need to buy a timed ticket in advance; tickets are limited in each 30-minute time slot and they may sell out. Tickets are not sold onsite. Vist tinyurl.com/TrailOfLights2021 for information and to buy tickets. Masks are required indoors for all visitors ages 3 and older.

Pets are not allowed except for service animals.

And at the Botanic Gardens’ main York Street campus, the Blossoms of Light display is on view through the holidays.

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December 2, 2021

Veteran news leader named Colorado Community Media editor

Lisa Schlichtman will oversee CCM’s 8-county news operation STAFF REPORT

The next editor-in-chief of Colorado Community Media is Lisa Schlichtman, an experienced, award-winning news executive and an industry leader.

CCM Publisher Linda Shapley made the announcement Nov. 29.

“I’ve been familiar with Lisa’s award-winning leadership for a number of years, and to have someone with her passion and talent guiding our journalists at Colorado Community Media will mean great things as we look to grow our brand,” she said.

Schlichtman, until recently the editor of the Steamboat Pilot & Today newspaper, joins CCM on Jan. 3.

“I am thrilled to join Colorado Community Media and take on the new role of editor-in-chief,” Schlichtman said. “I look forward to sharing my years of experience in the newspaper industry with CCM’s talented team of reporters and editors with the goal of connecting the communities we serve through engaging, locally-focused content and impactful journalism.”

Schlichtman will lead the news teams of CCM’s two dozen Colorado newspapers and websites as well as other publications. CCM was sold earlier this year by Jerry and Ann Healey to The Colorado News Conservancy, a partnership of The Colorado

Sun and the National Trust for Local News dedicated to fostering community journalism.

CCM newspapers serve Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson and Weld counties.

“Our publications have tremendous potential and reach, and it is exciting to be part of the newly established Colorado News Conservancy,” Schlichtman said.

Schlichtman succeeds Mark Harden, who retired as CCM editor last fall but has been serving on an interim basis since July while the search was underway for a permanent editor.

Harden steps down Dec. 16.

“Lisa is just the sort of dynamic, innovative, experienced news leader who can help CCM reach its greatest potential,” Harden said. “I am so pleased she has agreed to join us and I wish her great success.”

Since July 2013, Schlichtman has been editor of the Pilot & Today, a daily newspaper founded in 1885 and serving Steamboat Springs and Routt County.

Schlichtman and her staff received the Colorado Press Association’s 2020 News Leader of the Year award for a multiplatform, in-depth reporting series, “Indivisible,” which focused on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion in Routt County and efforts to bridge divides. CPA named the Pilot & Today the state’s best newspaper in its size class for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. And the newspaper under Schlichtman also received the 2019 Presidential Award from the Colorado Organization for Victim

‘I am thrilled to join Colorado Community Media and take on the new role of editor-in-chief.’

Lisa Schlichtman, Colorado Community Media editor-in-chief Assistance for its eight-week “In Our Shoes” series on sexual assault.

Schlichtman previously was an editor, co-publisher and co-owner of various publications in Missouri, including the Monnett Times, Cassville Democrat and Wheaton Journal newspapers as well as Ozarks Outdoors and Connection magazines.

She began her career as a reporter and assistant editor at the Cassville newspaper.

In addition to her professional career, Schlichtman has been active in helping to support journalism and the news industry.

She is a past president of the Colorado Press Association, the statewide news-media trade group, and is a board member of the Colorado News Collaborative, or COLab, a Denverbased organization that serves as a local media resource hub. Previously she was a vice president and secretary of the Ozarks Press Association.

Schlichtman also has been engaged in community roles. She is a graduate of the 2014 Leadership Steamboat class, a past chairperson of the Cass-

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A St. Louis native, Schlichtman holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of MissouriColumbia. She and her late husband, Mike, have two grown sons who live on the Front Range.

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BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Residents of Sterling Ranch had the chance to see cowboys and cowgirls at work during a cattle drive in the community Nov. 21.

This was the first time that Sterling Ranch — a 3,400-acre development in western Douglas County — has made an event out of the cattle coming to graze on some of their open land, said community founder Harold Smethills.

“We’re always looking for fun things to do on Sterling,” he said in an interview. “People are always asking us about the cows.”

The 40 head of cattle were moved by the cowboys and cowgirls to a winter grazing pasture on the west side of the property while residents watched.

The community used the event to teach the residents about why they have cattle there in the first place,

Smethills said.

“It’s really one small part but important part of our prairie management plan,” he said.

Before it was a community, Sterling Ranch was a cattle ranch that had been overgrazed and “turned into little more than weeds and dirt,” according to a news release on the event.

The cattle help keep the prairie healthy by eating grass, aerating the soil and fertilizing the land, Smethills said.

“They’re a part of fire control because they eat grass, so you don’t have fuel for a fire,” he said.

Sterling Ranch hopes to eventually bring in other animals, such as goats and sheep, to support their ecosystem as well.

“You can live in a box over a train station anywhere in the world but at Sterling Ranch, you’re living with the traditions of the West,” Smethills said. “You’re here to enjoy the West and be outdoors and those traditions are what comes together to form something very special.”

The team of cowboys, cowgirls, horses and dogs came from the Clough Cattle Company.

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Holiday events coming to Lone Tree area

A file photo of the annual tree lighting ceremony at the Lone Tree Arts Center on Nov. FILE PHOTO 30, 2018.

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The holiday season is here. Santa will be making stops across the city and a variety of other events are coming up to help people celebrate. Here’s a roundup of a few holiday activities happening in and near Lone Tree in December.

Annual tree lighting The City of Lone Tree will hold its Holiday Tree Lighting from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 3 at the Lone Tree Arts Center. The event will feature holiday music, a hot cocoa bar, s’more roasting and a visit from Santa and his reindeer. The tree will be lit at 6:30 p.m. Visit cityoflonetree.com for more information.

Library story time The Lone Tree Library will hold a holiday story time and sing-along on Dec. 3 at 6:20 p.m., 6:40 p.m. and 7 p.m. Attendees can also make cards for residents at MorningStar Senior Living and holiday keepsakes to take home.

Skate with Santa At area South Suburban ice rinks, families can skate with Santa. Skate with Santa events will be held at the Sports Complex from 7 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 10, from 2:15 to 3 p.m. on Dec. 11 and from 2:15 to 3 p.m. on Dec. 12.

The events will be held at the Family Sports Center from 2:15 to 3 p.m. on Dec. 11 and Dec. 12.

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shows at those facilities throughout that weekend. Visit ssprd.org for more information.

Park Meadows mall The Park Meadows mall will host several holiday events and activities throughout December. On Dec. 5 and 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. the mall will put on a sensory-friendly event so children with special needs can visit Santa. The event takes place before the mall opens. Reservations are encouraged.

During regular business hours, Santa is available for photos every day through Dec. 24. Reservations are also encouraged.

Now through Dec. 18, people can also participate in a scavenger hunt to win prizes. There will be Saturday gingerbread decorating parties on Dec. 4 and Dec. 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., and pet night with Santa will be every Monday through Dec. 20. For more information, visit parkmeadows.com.

Schweiger Ranch festival The Schweiger Ranch Austrian Christmas festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 4 in honor of the Austrian heritage of the people who settled the ranch in 1874.

The Austrian Christmas celebration will feature Santa, real reindeer, horse-drawn carriage rides and authentic Austrian food and music.

The event wraps up with a tree lighting. Registration is required. For more information, visit schweigerranch.org.

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In the spirit of the season of giving and receiving

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ere we are in another season of giving and receiving.

The truth is that we are always in a season of giving and receiving, this time of year WINNING just amplifies the WORDS spirit of both.

And we have all heard that it is far better to give than it is to receive.

This may be true, but there are times when it is equally awesome to receive.

Michael Norton Giving comes in many ways.

We can give in the form of money, resources and time. We can give gifts and presents. We can give back to a cause or community, or maybe we can give back to a person or family who had helped us out when we needed it. We can give through charities and organizations. Many

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companies, houses of worship, and other organizations have “Giving Trees” where we can choose to help people and families in need. And we can do all our giving, no matter what it may be, silently and anonymously.

What’s it like to be on the receiving end of gifting? For many of us, no matter where we find ourselves today, we have been in a position of need. We may have had a difficult season of life. We may have endured a tragedy or hardship. There may have been a time when unexpectedly we found ourselves out of work.

Or we may have had an illness or injury that left us unable to care for ourselves or a loved one. Many of us who can relate to any of these situations, when someone stepped up to help, know just how humbling receiving can feel.

Think of the greatest gift that we have ever received. Maybe it’s the nicest and most expensive, but something tells me it’s not.

More than likely, if we give it some deeper thought, we will remember the time our in-laws loaned us a few dollars to cover our mortgage.

Or our neighbors stepped up and purchased our groceries. Maybe it was a time when each friend cooked a meal for us as we balanced being with our spouse in the hospital and taking care of our children. The gift could have been an introduction to an executive who had a job opening at a time when we needed work. The gift could have simply been a hug, a night out with a close friend, some overdue laughs over coffee or a beer.

Being on the receiving end of a gift is humbling. Sometimes, if we let it, it could be embarrassing. This is where I hope to change our thinking about that as there is no shame in accepting any form of help. You see, in the last paragraph where I listed the types of gifts we could receive, each one of those is an example of a gift I have received in my own life. A gift that came at just the

right time. Some came from family, some came from friends, and some came from strangers. And all were received with humble gratitude.

This holiday season, I encourage us to give the gift of giving and receiving. There are so many opportunities right in front of us to give of our money, resources, time and talents. And should we find ourselves in the need of a hand up, or a little or a lot of help, let us receive it gratefully and humbly, without reservation or shame. Let’s receive it all in the spirit of love in which it is being given.

As a way of giving back, each year I offer free keynote speeches on the topics I cover in this column throughout the year; Winning Words; Hope and Encouragement; Motivation and Inspiration. If your organization or company would benefit from such a talk, please let me know. And if you would like to SEE NORTON, P13

This GOP candidate has a shot at statewide office

ecently I received an unexpected call from Pam Anderson, an announced candidate for Colorado secretary of state. As friends GUEST for more than 15 COLUMN years, it was good to catch up. It was even better to thank her for running.

Anderson is exactly the kind of secretary of state Colorado needs and deserves.

Mario Nicolais Previously a municipal clerk, a Jefferson County clerk and recorder and a former executive director for the Colorado County Clerks Association, Anderson has an unparalleled depth of experience and expertise. For more than a decade she has led the charge to provide safe, accessible ballots to Coloradans.

She is also likely the best hope for Republicans searching for a shred of relevance in state government.

At the top of the ticket, party regulars understand their gubernatorial front-runner, Heidi Ganahl, has little chance to topple Gov. Jared Polis next November.

Anderson is also well inoculated from some of the most effective attacks favored by Democrats.

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Namely, she is effectively immune from being labeled as a de facto proponent of the Big Lie — false claims about Donald Trump winning the 2020 election — or as an opponent of voting rights.

To the contrary, last December Anderson both stated that the election results were valid and testified at the state legislature that they were free from fraud. She did not waver from that position even as she kicked off her campaign.

That is notable for a Republican seeking to oversee elections. It demonstrates character and integrity.

And it could be a big help next fall.

Beating back false narratives about election fraud requires bipartisan advocacy.

While Democrats are expected to take that position, it is uncommon in Republican circles. Consequently, it is relatively more useful and important to elect members of the GOP willing to stick their necks out.

It also is not a surprise for anyone familiar with Anderson’s career.

She has always been willing to put what is right before what is politically beneficial.

During Republican former Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s term in office, she publicly disagreed with him on multiple matters, including his assertions of rampant voter

fraud.

She became a leading advocate for universal mail ballots in 2013, helping to pass legislation that made Colorado a model for other states.

Yet she also pushed for accountability and transparency through ballot audit programs.

Anderson likely learned such independence from people like her mother-in-law, former Colorado Senate Majority Leader Norma Anderson. Hopefully she learned how to win a rough-and-tumble campaign as well.

Despite her sterling qualifications, Anderson will have an uphill battle. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold will be even more formidable than she was when she unseated former Secretary Wayne Williams four years ago.

Griswold has been the most partisan secretary in recent memory.

She has used her office to garner national cameos on liberal talk shows and advocate against issues in other states nongermane to her duties.

But that approach has helped her to gain a significant social media following, a national fundraising base and more than a million dollars in her campaign coffers.

Griswold will be hard to beat, even for an eminently qualified candidate like Anderson.

But it is not impossible. While other candidates on the ticket may be tilting at windmills, there is a legitimate path to victory for Anderson. With Trump out of office, Griswold cannot rely on an energetic base. To the contrary, Anderson may get a boost from the midterm election.

Furthermore, Griswold has seen unprecedented turnover in her office over the past three years. That is the kind of red flag that may worry voters.

I am sure that there will be plenty of twists and turns for Anderson over the next 12 months. But if Colorado is lucky, at this time next year she will be preparing to take office rather than calling to catch up with people like me.

Mario Nicolais is an attorney and columnist who writes on law enforcement, the legal system, health care and public policy. Follow him on Twitter: @MarioNicolaiEsq

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LICE known by the shorthand RSV, are also back. That may leave some to wonder: With all the covid prevention measures in place, how are kids sharing these things?

Like the coronavirus, all these bugs depend on human sociability.

Unfortunately, the measures that many reopened schools have taken to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 — masks, hand-washing, vaccination — do little to deter the spread of the head louse.

However, physical distancing, such as spacing desks 3 feet apart, should be helping, if it’s actually happening.

Lice are, in theory, harder to spread than the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 because proximity alone isn’t enough: They usually need head-to-head contact.

If a kid gets lice, odds are it means that kid spent some quality time close enough to another kid for the parasite to make its move. (Researchers tend to agree that transmission via inanimate objects like combs and hats is minimal.)

The head louse is not known for its fortitude or athletic prowess.

It’s basically the couch potato of pests. Adults can’t survive more than a day or two without snacking on blood. Their eggs can’t hatch without the warmth of a human head, and will die within about a week if not in those cozy conditions. The bugs can’t jump or fly — only crawl. The one thing going for the head louse is its highly specialized claws, evolved to grasp human hair.

Unlike the body louse, the head louse isn’t known to spread disease. An infestation doesn’t indicate anything about a person’s hygiene. (In fact, the lore of delousers says that the bugs prefer clean hair because it’s more grabbable.)

And despite common misconceptions, they can colonize people of all ages, races and ethnicities.

COVID lockdowns were not great from a louse-world-domination standpoint. But the critters have been bonding with us for tens of thousands of years. A little lockdown wasn’t going to end the romance.

Federico Galassi, a researcher with Argentina’s Pest and Insecticide Research Center, found that strict early covid lockdowns did, indeed, lead to a decline in head lice among kids in Buenos Aires, but the bugs came nowhere close to being eliminated. His study found prevalence dropped from about 70% to about 44%.

And one thing is clear: When people shut their doors and hunkered down in early lockdowns, the lice were right there hunkered down with us.

When SaLeah Snelling reopened the doors of her Lice Clinics of

America salon in Boise, Idaho, in May, she said, “the cases of head lice were heavier than we’ve ever seen.” And it wasn’t just one or two people in the household with lice, but the entire household.

Now, Galassi and American louse workers say, infestation rates are back to pre-lockdown norms, despite school covid protections.

Nix, a brand of anti-louse products, publishes a map that claims lice are bad right now in Houston, most of Alabama and New Mexico, plus Tulsa, Oklahoma. The map directs people to locations that carry its products since many parents use a DIY approach once they spy the critter on a child’s head.

Richard Pollack, chief scientific officer with pro-bono pestidentification service IdentifyUS, said most claims about louse prevalence are “marketing nonsense” from a largely unregulated industry focused on apparent infestations that often turn out to be just dandruff, glitter, hair spray, grass-dwelling springtail insects, innocuous fungus or even cookie crumbs.

It’s possible that the recent increase in business for professional nitpickery suggests that people are now comfortable seeking help outside the home rather than its being a sign of a surge in the bugs.

While little research exists to confirm whether there is a rise in lice, Boswell, Pollack and even the National Association of School Nurses agree: The bugs aren’t likely spreading in the classroom because in-school louse transmission is considered rare.

Instead, Boswell said, it’s more likely that as other activities resumed — sleepovers, play dates, summer camp, family gatherings — the bugs prospered once more.

Pollack once wrote in a presentation slide, “Head lice indicate that the child has friends.” Preschoolers tend to get the infestations the most “because they’re more cuddly,” said Julia Wilson, co-owner of Rocky Mountain Lice Removal in Lafayette. But she has also noticed a rise among teenagers, which she ascribes to taking selfies with pals.

“You say to them, ‘Have you touched heads?’ and the teenager’s like, ‘No, never,’” said Wilson. “And then all of a sudden, they’re literally taking a selfie photo with their friends.”

The Marker family isn’t sure where third grader Huntley’s lice originated. Perhaps a close friend or her dance team? The Markers spent more than $200 to get the four-person household checked — eyebrows and Dad’s beard included. Her dad and her preschool-aged brother were free of nits. But Holmes did find a couple of nits on Huntley’s mom, Paris.

“You can just burn my whole head right now,” said Paris.

After combing each head carefully, Holmes ended the session by hugging her customers goodbye,

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ing and receiving to enter our lives, it really will be a better than good year.

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Professional delouser Linda Holmes’ tools of choice for nitpicking her customers’ heads are extra-virgin olive oil and a set of fine-toothed combs. Other methods involve tools that run the gamut from special gels to devices that heat the head at a PHOTO BY RAE ELLEN BICHELL/KAISER HEALTH NEWS temperature thought to kill louse eggs.

proof that she trusts her work.

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LIFE Bill and Elsa Devanny stand for a photo with their Italian ceramics.

Erik Swanson, owner and founder of The Log Candle, places a piece of wax to feed the candle’s flame.

PHOTOS BY CHRISTY STEADMAN

Sawyer Gilsdorf with Björn’s Colorado Honey stands inside the business’s booth at the Cherry Creek Holiday Market.

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Beth York of Aurora and Brenda Luksch of Boulder are independent consultants with Usborne Books & More, which is an independent book publisher.

Ryan Anderson of The House of Stewart stands with the small business’s display of candies and confections

Cherry Creek North Holiday Market connects community vendors, seasonal shoppers

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endors at this year’s Cherry Creek North Holiday Market are excited to have conversations with people and help shoppers find the perfect gift.

“People like to support local businesses,” said Erik Swanson, owner and founder of The Log Candle. “Especially when it’s something that somebody made out of their garage.”

The Log Candle is a unique item that Swanson came about through what he called a “happy accident.” Swanson has a background in graphic design, but enjoyed dabbling in woodworking as a hobby. He set out to make a birdhouse in the late spring of 2020, and by June that year, he ended up creating his Log Candle.

Swanson later left his cubicle job and started making the Log Candles full time — selling them at the Mile High Flea Market and outdoor arts-and-crafts markets throughout the metro area.

“People seem to really enjoy them,” Swanson said. “It’s something they have never seen before.”

The Log Candle is, like it sounds, a candle made out of a small log. The logs come from local tree trimmers, Swanson said. When wax is added, it feeds the flame, which spreads across the top, creating the candle effect. It

is meant for outdoor use, and people have enjoyed them for their patios, balconies and porches, Swanson said, adding that some people have even taken them on camping trips.

Swanson, of Englewood, is one 30 vendors at this year’s Cherry Creek North Holiday Market, and many of the 30 are local crafters/artisans or small business owners.

The market, produced by Fetch Concepts and now in its second year, opened on Nov. 18 and runs through Dec. 24. It is located on Fillmore Street between First and Second Avenues.

A family business Madison Stewart’s sons are tending House of Stewart’s booth at the market this year.

“They like the fun atmosphere” of the holiday market, she said, “and that people like tasting the candies.”

The House of Stewart makes traditional Scottish candies. This includes caramels and the Scottish tablet, which isn’t found in the U.S., except for rare occasions such as world markets, said Stewart, owner and founder of the Denver-based business.

The House of Stewart got its start in May 2016. Stewart is an Army veteran and went to law school — the only baking she did was on the weekends for her family.

“I never imagined a career in the candy business,” Stewart said.

However, she frequently traveled back-and-

‘It’s fantastic not working in a cubicle anymore.’

Erik Swanson, owner and founder of The Log Candle

forth to Scotland on leisure trips and enjoyed the Scottish candies so much that she would bring back as many that she could.

“Then I decided that other Americans would probably enjoy the candies as well,” Stewart said.

Today, House of Stewart candies and confections ship across the U.S., and Stewart is looking to open a storefront in Las Vegas early 2022.

People enjoy the candies and fancy packaging, which is catered to adults, Stewart said.

The candies are great for parties or gifts — “And for yourself,” Stewart said. “If you’ve had a hard day and want to treat yourself, why wait for a special occasion?”

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Museum shares works of Americans in France Paintings from 1855-1913 on display at Denver Art Museum

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France,” now open at the Denver Art Museum through March 13, includes more than 100 paintings created between 1855 and 1913 by American painters, some who studied in official and private academies and some who roamed the city and countryside, painting images.

In preceding years, according to Curator Emeritus Timothy Standring, there was a focus on how paintings were done, consideration of the academic technique of the work, but by the period covered, concern had moved to what the painting said about a subject. Controversy still existed over what was most important in a work of art ...

(As it does today!)

This exhibit is an absolute pleasure to contemplate for the lush colors in art that pop against deeply toned walls. Take a deep breath and start walking. Art is hung “salon style,” with a mix of sizes and subjects rather than with all in a neat row. “Do you know how brave it is to tell lenders that work will be hung salon style?” Standring commented.

At the turn of the century, Paris was the center of the art world and acceptance in the Salon (started in 1775) was a goal for artists from France, America and elsewhere.

James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassatt were among the Americans who arrived to study.

Cassatt, who was 21 when she arrived in Paris, had particular challenges as women were not accepted to the prestigious Ecole des BeauxArtes, nor allowed to socialize in cafes where male artists gathered. But her introductory portfolio was so accomplished that she was accepted in the atelier of Jean-Leon Gerome and supplemented her studies by making copies of masterworks at the Louvre, which she could sell. We are told that she formed a close friendship with painter Edgar Degas.

Other American women artists with works exhibited include Elizabeth Jane Gardner, Cecelia Beaux, Lila Cabot Perry and Elizabeth Nourse.

Standring commented that it has taken 10 years to get this show together. “It becomes more and more difficult to stage a major loan show, with shipping and couriers.” The museum staff has worked steadily on the project.

“Americans could have gone to Dusseldorf, Rome, London,” Standring said as he started his press tour comments. But Paris won their initial interest and they spread out into the picturesque countryside as well.

There are 18 paintings by Cassatt, who did have work accepted/ exhibited in the Salon. Included are early works, such as “The Mandolin Player” (1868) and “Mother and Child” (1889), which Standring

Help us Help usCreate Create Inclusive Healthca Inclusive Education Together Healthcare Education Mary Cassatt’s “Mother and Child” from 1889 is displayed in the “Whistler to Cassatt: COURTESY OF DENVER ART MUSEUM American Painters in France” exhibit at the Denver Art Museum.

IF YOU GO The Denver Art Museum, at 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway in downtown Denver, is open daily and this exhibit is on the second level of the Hamilton Building through March 13. It will then travel to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts from April 16 to July 31, 2022. Special ticketing is required. denverartmuseum.org, 720-865-5000. Advance reservations recommended.

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considers to be her finest work.

A gallery is dedicated to Whistler, illustrating his many different approaches to painting. He began his time in France with study in the atelier of Swiss-born artist Charles Gleyre and works exhibited here include “The Coast of Brittany (Alone With the Tide)” (1861), “Blue and Silver, Dieppe,” (1880-85), “The Sea, Pourville” (1899) and “The Beach at Marseilles” (1901).

Sargent’s paintings are important to the period and this exhibit shows preliminary studies he painted prior to completing the well-known “Fishing for Oysters at Cancale” (1877).

We have in recent years enjoyed a major exhibit of Sargent’s works at the Denver Art Museum, but it’s good to recognize his involvement with these other painters as well.

It was a rich period that carried through in subsequent examples of American art.

An American group, known as “The Ten,” included William Merritt Chase, J. Alden Weir, Frank Benson,

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Mary Cassatt, “Young Girl at a Window,” c. 1883-84, features a young woman posed in the window of Cassatt’s Paris studio. The work will be part of the Denver Art Museum’s “Whistler to Cassatt” exhibition.

ists also included in this large exhibit were members of a group called “The Eight” (1907) and included Robert Henri, William Glackens, Maurice Prendergast, Arthur B. Davies and Arthur Dove.

For visitors who want to know more, there is a beautiful large (200page) catalog, which visitors may want to consider purchasing (but not carry around while enjoying the exhibit!).

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he Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave. in downtown Littleton, has original art in all sizes, shapes and colors, in addition to the expected SONYA’S paintings on the SAMPLER walls.

The Holiday Art Market, which runs until Jan. 3, will be open Tuesdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also, Littleton Fine Arts Guild members have Sonya Ellingboe paintings available at Stanton Gallery in Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., with a show called “Holiday Harmony: Affordable Art under $200,” which is open during box office hours and during performances through Jan. 23. And theater tickets also make a fine gift!

Pick up a schedule at the Town Hall box office or see online. Consider a class for a stage-struck youngster ...

303-794-2787, townhallartscenter.org, depotartgallery.org.

Camp Christmas It’s a short drive to Lakewood’s Camp Christmas, which is now open at Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park, 8015 S. Yarrow St., where Lonnie Hanzon has created the 2021 version of his creative, dazzling holiday treat, sponsored by Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

The Heritage Center has historic Lakewood commercial and domestic buildings that were moved to the park site to create a unique collection, connected by walkways. Santa will be available on some dates, with a special additional ticket.

Tickets to tour this cheery site run $8 to $25 and the family will want to bundle up for outdoors. Included: 23 “pun trees,” music, memorabilia. See denvercenter.org/CampChristmas.

303-893-4100. Also available at the Denver Center downtown: “A Christmas Carol” in the Wolf Theatre Through Dec. 26. See denvercenter.org.

Town Hall Arts Center Alternating performances of “Winter Wonderettes” and “Plaid Tidings” continue in December, with special Monday night performances on Dec. 13 and 20 to benefit the Denver Actors Fund, which has helped many Denver area theater people over the years, when illness or other misfortune strikes. All ticket sale proceeds will go to the fund.

A participation play for kids, “Fezziwig’s Ball” will be on Dec. 18. THAC is at 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton. 303-794-2787, townhallartscenter. org. Also, on Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m., THAC will host the Green Theatre Initiative: “A Future We Create,” with short plays and music. Meg Hardeman hopes this will be the start of a Denver area segment in a movement that is growing across the country. Admission is free, donations are appreciated.

“Blossoms of Light” will be on display at the Denver Botanic Gardens’ York Street PHOTO BY MARK HARDEN campus through Jan. 2.

will beckon 5 to 8:30 p.m. at DBG’s Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road. Admission charged.

Closed Christmas Day at both locations. See botanicgardens.org.

‘This is Colorado’ The annual “This is Colorado” Art Show, organized by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, will hang in the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 22. A reception will be held in the gallery from 5 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 2, when juror Victoria Kwasinski will present awards.

Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday; noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4. A virtual exhibit will be open to the public Nov. 30-Jan. 31. heritage-guild.com.

Benchmark Theatre A regional premiere of the new “Meteor Shower” by Steve Martin is directed by Warren Sherrill at Benchmark Theatre, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood, playing through Dec. 18. Tickets: $30/$25. 303-519-9059, benchmarktheatre.com.

Newman Center The King’s Singers, an a capella chorus, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 9 at Gates Concert Hall at the Newman Center, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., at the University of Denver. Tickets start at $29. 303-871-7720, newmancenterpresents.com.

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in Colorado may soon overtake last December’s peak. That mark was 1,847 confirmed COVID patients on Dec. 1, 2020.

The Colorado School of Public Health has estimated a 48% chance that hospital demand exceeds 2,000 beds in the next several weeks if coronavirus trends remain on their current trajectory, John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health, cited during the Nov. 22 meetiong of the agency’s board.

Hospital bed capacity in Colorado is now at an “all-time low” compared to other times during the pandemic, Douglas’ presentation said. That’s partly due to patients hospitalized for conditions other than COVID-19, although COVIDspecific hospitalizations themselves have been on the rise for months.

The mask order applies to all people 2 and older in all public indoor spaces in Adams and Arapahoe counties with certain exceptions.

Douglas mentioned recent requests to the state public-health department to institute a mask mandate — pleas that have gone unanswered.

“We felt that if the state was unwilling to act, metro-wide action” could help alleviate the hospital crisis, Douglas said during the meeting.

Also on Nov. 22, the Jeffco Public Health board voted 4-1 to institute a mask mandate for people 3 and older.

“This is (an) action that really

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EXEMPTIONS TO THE MASK ORDER Under Tri-County Health’s new mask mandate, all people 2 and older must wear a face covering in all public indoor spaces.

Those younger than 2 and those who “cannot medically tolerate a face covering” are exempt, according to a fact sheet on the order.

Under the order, people can temporarily remove their mask when actively engaged in any of the following activities: • Communicating with someone who is hearing impaired or otherwise disabled and where the ability to see the mouth is essential to communication • Seated at a food service establishment or actively eating or drinking • Receiving a personal, religious or medical service where the temporary removal of the face covering is necessary to perform the service • Temporary removal for identification

should have been taken a while ago,” Jeffco health board chair Greg Deranleau said during the video meeting, referencing guidelines from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that strongly recommend mask wearing in high-transmission areas.

Denver followed suit with a mask order a day later. Boulder and Larimer counties already had issued mask mandates in recent months.

Tri-County’s order will not apply in Douglas County, where the county’s new health department — created amid county leaders’ unhappiness over Tri-County Health’s COVID-safety rules — has authority over countywide public health

purposes • Engaging in a public safety role such as for law enforcement, firefighters or emergency medical personnel • Giving a speech for broadcast or an audience, so long as they maintain 12-foot distance from non-household members • Engaging in a performing arts performance, so long as they maintain 12-foot distance from non-household members • Engaging in a pool activity in which the face covering might become wet • Engaging in gymnastics, tumbling, cheer or wrestling, where it is not safe to wear a face covering Exemptions from the public health order also include businesses and facilities that implement a voluntary “Vaccine Verification Program” using a policy that assures full vaccination of employees, staff, guests and customers.

orders.

Douglas County officials are not considering a mask mandate there, a county spokesperson said. And at a Nov. 23 meeting, county commissioners — two of whom are also board of health members — sounded unconvinced that a mask order was needed in the county.

“We are seeing breaking points in other systems around the state and the metro area,” Douglas County Commissioner George Teal said in the meeting. “I have an appreciation for the system here in Douglas County being stressed. There’s a big difference between a system being stressed versus a system breaking.”

Not a ‘popularity contest’ During the public comment portion of the Tri-County Health board’s Nov. 22 meeting, Gregg McGough, of Arapahoe County, said Tri-County’s actions had been ineffective at controlling the virus.

“Your efforts have sacrificed the economy (and) destroyed education,” said McGough, one of roughly a dozen who spoke against the mandate at the meeting. He added: “Let us get back to the pursuit of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Douglas dismissed the idea that Tri-County took the step of a new mask mandate “because we enjoy exercising tyranny and power.”

“We didn’t undertake this to win a popularity contest,” Douglas said. He added: “We undertook this because our reading of the situation is that there are substantial downsides that are going to (occur) if we breach hospital capacity and have to ration care.”

“Rationing care” is a term that means deciding which patients do — and don’t — receive certain types of care in situations where hospitals are stretched too thin.

Douglas touched on the question of why Colorado saw such high COVID surges last year despite the state’s now-defunct mask mandate being in effect at the time.

“The answer is masks are not perfect,” Douglas said, calling masks one part of a larger set of strategies to fight the virus. “Frankly, things (in terms of virus spread) didn’t completely shut down when we locked down last spring.”

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Questions about mask order at county meeting

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At a meeting of Arapahoe County’s commissioners on Nov. 22, the same day the Tri-County Health Department’s board issued its new maskwearimng order for the county, Commissioner Nancy Sharpe expressed frustration with having followed public health guidelines yet still being told to follow a new mandate.

Sharpe, whose district includes Centennial and Greenwood Village, said she had received the first two shots of COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose.

“I’ve done everything I’m supposed to do,” Sharpe said.

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He noted the “counterfactual,” or what would have happened if Coloradans didn’t have a mandate.

Evidence “suggests that in at least a short period of time, … masking does appear not to be perfect but to help make a difference,” Douglas said.

Melissa Rawsky, of Adams County, said during the public comment period: “I have no question in my mind that if we didn’t have a mask mandate last year, the cases (in the holiday season) would have been much worse.”

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Speaking at the meetong, John Douglas, executive director of TriCounty Health Department, said he sympathized with her frustration, recalling the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s old guidance that masks are not necessary for those who are vaccinated.

But then, he said, Americans encountered the delta variant, which is more contagious than prior versions of the virus that causes COVID-19.

The “exponential transmission capacity” means the delta variant is more difficult to fight against, Douglas added.

At the commissioners’ meeting, Douglas was asked why health officials wouldn’t issue a “strong rec-

ommendation” or an advisory rather than a mandate.

But metro Denver health officials did urge residents to wear masks in public indoor spaces in a Nov. 5 announcement that was called a statewide “public health advisory.”

“We’ve been issuing quote ‘strong recommendations’ since the end of July when the CDC first came out and said if you’re more than (a certain rate of new cases, an area should mask indoors),” Douglas said. “Not much changed. We did put out exactly what you said, a public health advisory (on Nov. 5). And the mask wearing didn’t change at all.

And the case rate didn’t stop going up at all.”

lie Mullica, Rosanna Reyes, Julie Schilz, Jan Brainard and Kaia Gallagher voted “yes” in favor of TriCounty issuing the mask mandate, and Thomas Fawell, an Arapahoe County representative, voted “no.”

that covers Adams and Arapahoe counties is 5.8%, according to a news release from Tri-County Health.

Hospital capacity remains extremely tight, with ICU bed utilization at 93% in Adams County and 100% in Arapahoe County, according to the health agency’s release.

As of Nov. 22, Adams County’s seven-day rate of new infections was 346 per 100,000 people, and up to that point in November there had been 232 persons hospitalized with COVID-19 and 40 deaths, according to the release. In Arapahoe County, the case rate as of late November was 303 per 100,000 people, with 202 hospitalizations and 24 deaths during the month, the release said.

Statewide, Colorado has a growing crisis in hospital capacity — there are

Tied to hospital capacity The public health order will remain in effect through Jan. 2 — and further after that until staffed intensive-care unit bed capacity reaches 10% or greater for 14 consecutive days.

The 10% ICU capacity mark was to be considered at a regional level because “no county is an island in terms of its hospitals,” Douglas said.

Currently, staffed ICU bed availability in the North Central Region

The Arapahoe County Administration Building on South Prince Street in LittlePHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD ton.

more than 1,500 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and hospitals are at about 95% capacity including non-COVID-19 patients, according to the release. Of the COVID-19 hospitalizations, 82% are unvaccinated, according to the release.

The order allows owners, operators and managers of public indoor spaces who have implemented vaccination requirements for all individuals entering their space — such as employees, visitors and customers — to request an exception to mask wearing requirements for people in their indoor spaces.

Businesses can choose, but are not required, to implement a vaccine requirement.

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Lakewood Mayor Adam Paul joined Camp Christmas Creator Lonnie Hanzon and Santa Claus to kick off the start of the holiday extravaganza in the first year at its new home, Heritage Belmar Park.

“We’re celebrating community, and doing it in a unique, one-of-a-kind way that only Lonnie could put together,” Paul said. “We’ve been yearning for a long time — looking for a unique way to come together and I just think it’s an incredible opportunity for our city. I’m honored and thrilled we were able to make this happen here and I encourage people to come out and enjoy it.”

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Such a policy must require proof of vaccination and result in 95% or more of people in the space being vaccinated, according to the Nov. 22 meeting presentation.

Eligible spaces would include one-time events such as weddings or trade shows, a gym or other class held at a certain time of day, a single building or a single organization operating across multiple buildings, or a bar, restaurant or office.

On Nov. 14, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ordered that anyone who attends certain public, indoor events with 500 or more people

in Arapahoe, Adams, Denver and three other metro-Denver counties be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Brainard, one of the Tri-County Health board members, harked back to when public health measures in Colorado were much more severe.

“We’re not closing bars, we’re not closing restaurants, we’re not closing schools. We’re trying to keep them open,” Brainard said.

Restrictions that took effect in November last year in metro Denver and other areas of the state banned private gatherings and indoor dining at restaurants, and it tightened capacity limits at some types of businesses.

Reporters Elliott Wenzler and Glenn Wallace contributed to this story.

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The Tri-County Health Departments’s new mask mandate for Arapahoe and Adams counties arrived amid pressure from local public health agencies asking for a statewide mask order -- an order that as of press time has not been issued.

“The current surge of cases in Colorado is threatening the capacity of our healthcare system, which puts every Coloradan who may experience a health emergency or have routine health care needs at risk and

The Tri-County Health Department’s headquarters in Greenwood Village.

can only be alleviated through statewide action,” the Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials wrote in a Nov. 10 letter to Gov. Jared Polis and the state public-health department.

The letter added: “In addition to being an effective method for slowing transmission, a statewide order is an important public health communication tool signaling to Coloradans that (COVID) transmission rates are significant, and that masking is still necessary to curtail the spread of COVID-19 particularly

throughout the holiday season.”

That letter was followed soon after by a Nov. 12 letter to Polis and the state public-health department from the Metro Denver Partnership for Health, which includes the public health agencies of Boulder, Broomfield, Jefferson and Denver counties as well as Tri-County Health.

The Metro Denver Partnership “urgently” requested a statewide public health order that requires the following: • Vaccine passports — required proof of vaccination for all patrons and staff — in high-

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risk indoor settings such as bars, restaurants, gyms, sporting events and other large-group settings.

• Face coverings for all Coloradans ages 2 and older in public indoor settings without vaccine passports.

“In addition to the threats to hospital capacity, the current surge more broadly threatens our schools’ abilities to remain open and in-person, our region’s continued economic recovery, and the health and safety of all Coloradans,” the partnership wrote in the letter.

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Creek, Valor to meet for Colo. 5A football title Teams to clash Dec. 4 at Empower Field

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s just what was expected four months ago when the Colorado high school football season started.

Cherry Creek and Valor Christian will play for the Class 5A state championship at 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 4 at Empower Field at Mile High.

Creek (11-2) will be seeking its third straight state championship.

Top-seeded Valor of Highlands Ranch has been a dominate team all season and brings an undefeated 13-0 record into the state title game.

Both teams overpowered their opponents in semifinal contests played Nov. 27.

Cherry Creek took a 38-0 lead into the fourth quarter in a 48-14 victory over Legend High of Parker at the Stutler Bowl, Creek’s home field in Greenwood Village.

Valor rushed for 354 yards in rolling over Grandview High, 37-6, at Valor.

This will be the third time in the past four seasons the teams have faced each other in the state title game. Valor beat Creek 24-14 in 2018 and the Bruins downed the Eagles, 21-0, in last season’s championship game played in Pueblo.

Valor, who will be makings its eighth trip to the state title contest in the past 10 seasons, has won eight state football titles which includes

two in Class 4A and one 3A championship. Creek has taken home 11 state championship trophies.

Cherry Creek was playing in its sixth state semifinal game in seven seasons and put Legend on its heels with big plays and a stellar defense which contained Legend’s potent offense.

“The plan was good on both sides and the kids did a great job of executing,” said Creek coach Dave Logan. “I’m really proud of the kids.

“We’ve battled through a lot of stuff, a lot of injuries. We’ve had key guys go down and yet they have hung in there. We’ve played our best football late in the season which is important.

“When you get his deep in the playoffs a lot of times, it comes down to the ability to run the football and create big plays. You have to be able to do both.”

Senior Ky Oday and junior Carlson Tann had the big plays for Creek.

Oday caught 40 and 75 yard TD passes from quarterback Christian Hammond and returned a kickoff 99 yards for a score. Tann, who gained 133 yards on 10 carries, had a 5-yard TD run and sprinted 73 yards on a second TD gallop.

Even offensive tackle George Fitzpatrick was part of the scoring.

He grabbed a bobbled fumbled that went air born and went two yards for a TD. Boden Page kicked two field goals for the Bruins.

“We were clicking on all cylinders and we will be good next week,”said Oday who had four catches for 146

Carlson Tann, 17, of Cherry Creek looks to run upfield during the Bruins’ 48-14 Class 5A semifinal victory over Legend on Nov. 27 at the Stutler Bowl. Cherry Creek will play PHOTO BY JAMES BENTON Valor Christian in the state championship game on Dec. 4.

yards. “We’ve been looking forward to them (Valor) all year.”

Logan knows the title game will be a challenge.

“Valor is a great team,” said Logan. “They’ve been ranked No. 1 all year long. We a game that will be a big, big challenge for us. We look forward to the opportunity.”

Legend senior Bryce Vaz had 98 yards rushing with one touchdown and threw a 7-yard TD pass to Brecken Reiser.

Titans coach Monte Thelen, whose team finished with an 11-2 record, credited Creek and also praised his team.

“Their defense is really stout and we had trouble tackling them,” he said. “Tip your hat to Cherry Creek.

They played very well.

“I think we are one of the top programs in the state. We’re 27-6 in the last three years and been to two Final Fours and a Sweet 16. That’s a positive reflection on Legend football despite this disappointment.”

Valor’s senior running back Gavin Sawchuck, who has committed to play at Oklahoma, rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns in the Eagles win over Grandview (10-3).

Jordan Norwood ran for two Valor TDs.

Continental League honors softball, boys soccer players Coaches choose all-league teams

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

All-league teams for girls softball and boys soccer in the Continental League have been announced.

Naiah Ackerman of Chaparral High in Parker was the girls softball Player of the Year and Cameron Ponich of state champion Legend, also of Parker, was tabbed as the Pitcher of the Year.

Flyn Brown of Rock Canyon in Highlands Ranch and league scoring champion Jack Pucciano of Castle View in Castle Rock shared Player of the Year honors on the All-Continental League boys soccer team.

The Centennial League picked Cherry Creek senior infielder Amanda Licht as co-Player of the Year for softball and she was joined by pitcher Taylor Miller and infielder Michelle Salazar of Arapahoe in Centennial on the all-league first team.

The following are the Continental League girls softball and boys

soccer teams as voted by league coaches.

Girls softball first team: Brooke Carey, Jr., OF, Regis Jesuit; Emma Bracken, Sr., C, Castle View; Naiah Ackerman, Sr., inf, Chaparral; Emma Crosby, Sr., P, Chaparral; Sydney Montoya, Jr., OF, Douglas County; Darby Camp, Sr., inf, Heritage; Izzy Fierro, Sr., OF, Highlands Ranch; Alanna Burkey, Sr., OF, Legend; Kaylynn English, Jr., SS, Legend; Cameron Ponich, Jr., P, Legend; Morgan Hosleton, Sr., inf, Mountain Vista; Ashton Lambert,Sr., inf, Mountain Vista; Lauren Stuckey, Jr.,P, Ponderosa; Olivia Trombley, Soph., P, Ponderosa; Sydney Boulaphinh, Soph, Inf., Rock Canyon; Katilin Oberle, Sr., P, ThunderRidge.

Coach of the Year: Mark Roberts, Ponderosa in Parker Boys soccer first team: Flyn Brown, Sr., F, Rock Canyon; Mason McGaffin, Sr., D, Rock Canyon; Cameron Spires, Sr., MF, Rock Canyon; Carter Pollock, Sr., D, Rock Canyon; Owen Barrett, Sr., MF, Rock Canyon; Jack Pucciano,

Jack Pucciano of Castle View looks to take a loose ball and make a play during a 1-1 tie against Regis Jesuit in a Sept. 14 PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON match.

Sr., MF, Castle View; Bailey Voit, Sr, MF, Castle View; Cooper Landry, Sr. MF, Castle View; Antonio Piscitella, Jr., MF, Castle View; Aidan Mott, Sr., MF, Mountain Vista; Tristan Larsen, Sr., F, Mountain Vista; Kyle Atkinson, Sr., MF, Mountain Vista; Tyler Hossfeld, Sr., MF, Chaparral; Alex Cadena, Sr., MF, Chaparral; Norman Stott, Sr., D, Mountain Vista;Josh Dermer, Sr., MF, Regis Jesuit; Gavin Tinic, Sr., D, Regis; Nico Correa, Sr., MF, Regis; Arnel Hodzic, Sr., F, ThunderRidge; Jaden Jiminez, Sr., MF, ThunderRidge;

Legend junior pitcher Cameron Ponich allowed five hits and struck out 15 batters in an 8-0 shutout victory over Rock Canyon on Sept. 8.

Cole Rojas, Sr., D, ThunderRidge; Jaden Robertson, Sr., GK, Legend; Caleb Graham, Soph., MF, Legend; Braeden Buttchen, Sr., D, Ponderosa; Chase Ripley, Sr., D, Ponderosa; Greyson Mitchell, Sr., F., Heritage; Walker Schwabauer, Sr., GK, Heritage; Andrew Lyons, Sr., MF, Highlands Ranch; Aden Blake, Sr., F, Highlands Ranch; Shawn Woodall, Soph., D, Douglas County.

Coach of the Year: Aaron Carpenter, Rock Canyon

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From auto repair to sandwiches Couple plan Capriotti’s stores in Dougco, Jeffco

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After building a successful auto repair business in Highlands Ranch, Parker couple Jaime and Jared Beard are now venturing into the food industry.

Over the summer, the Beards opened Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop in Highlands Ranch. In buying into the national franchise, Jaime and Jared bought the rights to open stores throughout both Douglas and Jefferson counties.

The Beards opened Christian Brothers Automotive in 2014, with one location in Highlands Ranch and another along Arapahoe Road in Centennial. Jared said after the couple sold the store on Arapahoe Road, they had more free time to start considering a new adventure.

In looking at options, Jared said he came to work one day saying how much he loved the sandwiches at Jersey Mike’s. In response, Jared said a member of his staff said Jersey Mike’s has nothing on Capriotti’s sandwiches.

Having never heard of Capriotti’s, Jared said he started researching the franchise, leading him and Jaime to take a trip to Salt Lake City

in the middle of a pandemic to try a sandwich.

“I liked the franchise, we like the value, and we liked the food enough that we decided to bring it here to the Denver area,” Jared said. “When we were looking at expanding, we really did not know what we wanted.

We landed here. Really, there is always a market for sandwiches.”

The original Capriotti’s opened in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1976. Sibling founders Lois and Alan Margolet named it after their grandfather, Philip Capriotti.

By 1987, more stores opened in Delaware, continuing to expand throughout the U.S., with locations in Utah and Las Vegas.

Capriotti’s is known for its unusual selection of sandwiches, including The Bobbie, made with ovenroasted turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and mayo. The Capastrami is made with hot pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and homemade coleslaw.

Jaime and Jared said they were happy with the quality of the sandwiches the Capriotti’s franchise offers, noting that everything is made fresh and cooked on site daily.

Jaime said a sandwich might take longer than a basic fast-food restaurant to make, but that is because the sandwiches are made to order.

Since opening, Jaime said she has been happy to see the growing number of regular customers

Jaime and Jared Beard have opened a second business in Highlands Ranch. The Parker couple now owns Christian Brothers Automotive and the recently-opened Capriotti’s PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES Sandwich Shop.

coming into the store, while noting that more people coming in to enjoy lunch in person is nice given all the restrictions and obstacles the pandemic has created.

Moving forward, Jared and Jaime said they will open a new location in Castle Rock in February and in Parker by June of next year.

Jared said the plan is to build in most Douglas County cities before they start opening stores in Jefferson County.

The Highlands Ranch Capriotti’s, located at 1100 Sergeant Jon Stiles Dr., offers a order-ahead option, in addition to third-party delivery services. The new brings 20 new jobs to the Highlands Ranch community.

The new sandwich shop is also located in the same shopping complex as the Beards’ original business, Christian Brothers Automotive.

Capriotti’s is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. For additional information, visit www.capriottis.com.

Canine candidates compete to be Littleton’s next dog mayor Election seeks to raise awareness of city’s historic sites

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Election season isn’t over yet for voters in Littleton, who have an important decision to make within the coming days: Which canine friend will lead the city as its honorary dog mayor?

Hosted by the nonprofit Historic Littleton Inc., 10 dogs are in the running to be elected as the city’s first-ever dog mayor with voting set

to end on Dec. 7.

Katherine Roxborough, who serves on Historic Littleton’s board, said the election presents an opportunity to raise more awareness about the nonprofit’s mission of preserving the city’s historical sites.

“The dog mayor really can bring interest across all members of our community,” she said. “(The dog mayor) will be a spokesperson to draw people in to listen to our message.”

The timing of the mayoral election was also intentional, said Roxborough, as it comes off the heels of the election of the city’s new (human) mayor, Kyle Schlachter. Schlachter was the first mayor in decades to be elected directly by voters, a break

from the past tradition of city council appointing the mayor from among their ranks.

From Nov. 1 to Nov. 22, dog owners across the city nominated their canine candidate in posts featured on the nonprofit’s Instagram. Many were photographed near historic buildings and included brief historical tidbits that showed the owner’s knowledge of the site.

Some dogs were even fashioned in attire befitting of the area’s historical significance, such as a judge outside the Littleton Municipal Courthouse, or a firefighter outside the city’s historic fire engines.

Roxborough said 10 candidates were chosen and put forward as finalists for mayor. As of Sunday, Nov. 29,

Roxborough said more than 1,000 people had voted.

The dog mayor will serve a twoyear term with elections set to continue in the future, said Roxborough, who added that the dog mayor election will coincide with Littleton’s council elections. Along with representing Littleton and its historical sites, the dog mayor may play a role in future city events and marketing.

When asked if voters can expect certain policy changes from their newly elected canine leader, such as an increase in fire hydrants or mandatory belly rubs, Roxborough said that’s “to be determined.”

You can go to tinyurl.com/dogmayorvote to vote for one of 10 candidates for dog mayor.

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Much more to ‘wander’ about The Holiday Market is part of Cherry Creek North’s Winter Wanderland, which offers a variety of free, festive activities for the entire family. The Winter Wanderland Light Walk features Cherry Creek North’s 600 trees adorned with nearly a million lights.

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Lone Tree panel offers socialization, advocacy for seniors Third Thursday events to provide face-to-face interaction

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Five women sat around a table at The Lone Tree Hub snacking on popcorn, sipping coffee and chatting away. They talked about reading books their grandchildren had recommended during COVID, taking courses at the rec center, getting vaccines and who had the mumps or chicken pox growing up.

“We’re hangin’,” said organizer Joyce Lew, co-chair of the Living Well and Aging Committee.

The Nov. 18 meetup was part of the committee’s Third Thursday event series — just one of several activities it puts on to provide

The Third Thursday at The Hub event is hosted by the Living Well and Aging committee in Lone Tree, a nonprofit that serves area seniors.

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aging citizens with socialization. That along with physical activity and a healthy diet are three of the most important things for seniors, Lew said.

The Living Well and Aging Ad Hoc Committee has served seniors in the community since 2012. Its mission listed on the cityoflonetree.com site is to identify and advocate for issues in the aging community, support educational opportunities for them and offer social activities.

As the name suggests, the Third Thursday event happens every third Thursday of the month. The program

relaunched in June after taking a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. People from throughout the area are welcome to come — it’s not exclusive to Lone Tree residents — and the agenda is simple. Attendees can play games, talk and get face-toface interaction.

Julie Simmons learned about Third Thursdays through the South Suburban Parks and Recreation catalog and says the events are fun. The events are casual and flexible in what activities people do when there, she said.

For Louise Barnard, the events are a way to get out of the house. She no longer drives, so her daughter drops her off. During COVID, she stopped attending activities at

the recreation center, but she’s able to keep up with Third Thursday.

“It’s just a place for me to socialize,” she said.

Barnard has also enjoyed other Living Well and Aging events. The committee traditionally offers luncheons twice a month at the golf club and potlucks twice a year. Both typically draw 30 to 40 people and feature live entertainment or speakers, Lew said.

Between two and 10 people have attended Third Thursdays. Amid lower turnout, the committee isn’t sure how long the event will keep going, she said, but the committee is grateful to be back to holding in-person events.

“We try to fill the need for socialization,” she said.

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