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As counties lift restrictions, virus not done taking toll Local ‘dial’ limits fade, but hundreds more Colorado COVID deaths likely BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Dr. Brian Gillett, president of Health Scholars, echoed Putfark’s comments on the importance of staying ready to respond to lowfrequency situations. “Unless providers are practicing pediatric assessment frequently, the nuance and critical skills needed to effectively assess and treat a child will decay over time,” said Gillett in a statement. “This study marks an important effort to measure what happens when location, time and availability of inperson training for EMS providers are no longer challenges, thanks to the use of VR.” Putfark said that his team worked with Health Scholars to develop the environments and scenarios included in the training modules, which lead to the modules being set in homes to mimic lifelike emergency response situations. The response to the VR training has been overwhelmingly positive, according to Putfark.

The era of metro Denver residents talking about “the dial” might be over for good now that several metro counties have lifted local restrictions and moved to what they call “level clear,” with statewide coronavirus data looking tentatively optimistic. “We’re actually seeing some very promising trends over the past couple weeks based on cases and hospitalizations both starting to decrease,” said Andrea Buchwald, a research associate with the Colorado School of Public Health. Colorado’s color-coded COVID-19 dial was the set of restrictions counties had to follow based on the local spread of the virus. The system affected capacity at restaurants, other businesses, indoor and outdoor events, and other settings. Colorado originally implemented the dial last Sept. 15. Last month, when state officials stepped back and let local health agencies take the wheel on most coronavirus restrictions, health agencies in the Denver metro area extended the “dial” system locally as a rise in virus cases and the continued spread of COVID-19 variants kept health officials worried. As of May 16, several metro counties are now operating in what they call “level clear,” generally with no local restrictions — and that’s likely to continue unless things take a turn for the worse. In Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties, for example, level clear will continue unless hospitalizations trigger a “snapback provision,” where restrictions would return if a county exceeds 2 hospital admissions per 100,000

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EMS Captain for Arvada Fire Protection District Robert Putfark demonstrating the use of AFPD’s virtual reality training simulation. PHOTO BY RYAN DUNN

Arvada Fire Protection District participates in virtual reality training study NIST-funded program brings Health Scholars VR tech to AFPD BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Health Scholars, a Denver-based virtual reality startup, launched a study in April to determine the efficacy of VR training for emergency medical services personnel in three Colorado fire districts, including the Arvada Fire Protection District. The study is funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and also includes the Los Pinos and Upper Pine River Fire Protection Districts. The AFPD has been using Health Scholars VR training modules since the end of 2018, according to EMS Captain Robert Putfark. The program began with Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training and expanded to include Pediatric

Emergency Assessment training earlier this year. About half of the AFPD’s 150 first responders have participated in the training. The training calls for the participant to wear a virtual reality headset, which shutters their vision from the outside world and features a screen that plays an interactive simulation. Trainees then use a microphone to respond to the scenario given by the simulation, giving commands and answering questions in order to resolve the situation. Putfark said the importance of the VR training — specifically the PEA module — is to prepare first responders for uniquely situations they may not get much practice dealing with. “Less than 10% of our calls are related to children,” said Putfark. “And most of those aren’t sick pediatrics, so there are times when paramedics or EMT’s don’t have a pediatric call for six months, nine months. The idea of being able to put on the headset is to jump in anytime.”

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DRCOG prescribes Nymbl at-home balance training 5,000 adults 60+ offered free access to fall prevention program BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On May 3, the Denver Regional Council of Governments announced a partnership with Nymbl Science, the makers of a fall prevention app for older adults, that will offer free enrollment in the app’s balance training program for 5,000 adults aged 60 and up in 10 nearby counties. Older adults in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin and Jefferson counties, the City and County of Denver, the City and County of Broomfield and southwest Weld County can enroll in the program free of charge through June 30 by downloading the Nymbl app or visiting co.fallsfree.com. Nymbl already has a partnership with the Arvada Fire Protection District, which reported a 35% decrease in fall-related EMS calls in Nymbl participants in 2020, a year that saw the Coronavirus pandemic increase isolation and inactivity, resulting in a 30-50% increase in fall rates among older adults in Colorado, according to Nymbl Public Relations Consultant Sari Winston. Jayla Sanchez-Warren, director

for DRCOG’s Area Agency on Aging, said that Nymbl helps reduce the risk of falling for older adults who are hoping to increase their mobility as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down. “The risk of falling for older adults in Colorado is a serious public health threat post-pandemic as Americans venture out again, in some cases for the first time after months of inactivity,” said Warren. “That’s why we’re excited to partner with Nymbl to provide free at-home balance training aimed at helping our older adult community feel strong, confident and empowered to leave home without the fear of falling.” “The Nymbl app is easy to use and fun,” Warren continued, “and has demonstrated really great results, in many cases improving balance by roughly 30%. This can make a huge difference in the lives of aging Coloradans.” Dr. Nathan Estrada, Nymbl’s vice president of clinical, was a physical therapist before joining the Nymbl team. He said he took the position with Nymbl because he believed it offered older Estrada adults a better option for balance training than traditional methods. “My research interest was based on ‘Why do we need to keep seeing the same older adults over and

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over again?’” said Estrada. “You see them decline and it felt like we were just monetizing older adults — we weren’t helping their help or wellness; we were just recycling them.” “So, I started looking into older age engagement and what the industry was missing on the clinical side,” Estrada continued, “and it really came down to the key finding for me that it was not about me as a clinician and I had to get over my own arrogance as this paternalistic view of all the things we should do.” Estrada began asking patients

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more targeted questions such as “What are your goals?” “Do you know why I’m here?” and “What do you want to achieve?” “I asked a really funny question,” Estrada said, “‘Do you want to exercise?’ And 40% of my clients said no. What I found was, if you start with things that people don’t want to do, your outcomes are always going to be temporary. And then I was pitched by Nymbl and we just went `Instead of asking people to do balance training, what if we just gave them a fun game that happened to improve their balance?’”

Champion cyclist, Gwen Inglis killed in Lakewood crash Driver who hit her being held on suspicion of DUI BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Renowned cyclist, Gwen Inglis, 46, died from injuries sustained when a vehicle crossed into the bike lane she was riding in. According to Lakewood Police, Inglis was riding in the eastbound lane of West Alameda Parkway between South McIntyre Street and South Indiana Street around 10 a.m., Sunday, May 16, when she was struck by a vehicle driven by 29-year-old Ryan Scott Montoya. Police say Inglis was transported to a local hospital where

she ultimately died from her injuries. Montoya remained at the scene of the crash. He is currently being held at the Jefferson County Jail on charges including suspicion of Vehicular Homicide involving DUI or DUID. Inglis, current 45-49 road race national champion, leaves behind husband and fellow cyclist Michael Inglis. USA Cycling released social media statement on Inglis’ death. “We are saddened to hear about the tragic loss of Gwen Inglis. The Masters Road Race National Champion was hit by a driver on her training ride Sunday morning and later passed away at the hospital” it read. ‘We are sending our thoughts to Gwen’s family during this difficult time.”

CORRECTION An April 29 story included incorrect information, attributed to Tim Reed, executive director of facilities & construction with Jeffco Public Schools. The district conducts an annual general audit, which includes specific analysis of individual

Capital Improvement Plan projects, funded through school bond. The paper regrets the error. To report any corrections or clarifications please call 303-566-4129 or email gwallace@colorado communitymedia.com.

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What Should You Fix or Improve Before Putting Your Home on the Market? Less Than You Think. One of the most common questions we are asked during our first meetings with prospective sellers is, “What should I fix or improve before I put my home on the market?” I’ve written about this topic before, but the subject is worth revisiting, given the current market. My advice has always been that you should only fix the “eyesores” and not make many of the repairs or improvements that you might make in a more balanced market. So, what’s an eyesore? Simply put, an eyesore is something that draws negative attention from a buyer. But some eyesores are more important than others — specifically ones which help form a buyer’s first impression of your home. In other words, your front yard, the front façade, your porch, front door and the first few rooms a buyer sees are more important than the condition of inner rooms or the basement. By the time buyers are deep inside your house, they either love it or they don’t, and if they love it, they’ll be more forgiving about a stain on the carpet or a loose railing that they see later in their visit. So definitely work

on cleaning up your front yard, staining or repairing your front porch and front door (if it needs it), and address any eyesores inside the front door. If the paint on your siding or trim visible from the street is aged, dirty, or peeling, you’ll want to take care of that, too. Further inside the house, fixing eyesores is still important, just not as important. New wallto-wall carpeting is more affordable than refinishing hardwood flooring, but a wood floor that is in dire need of refinishing is definitely an eyesore. If a hardwood floor could use refinishing, but isn’t in dire need of it, I don’t recommend it. Re-staining a wood deck is an affordable task that eliminates the eyesore of a deck which sorely needs it. Should you replace a Formica kitchen counter with slab granite, quartz or Corian? Not if the Formica is in good shape and is not hot pink. If it has peeling edges or burn scars, yes, replace it. One of the smartest things you should do before putting your home on the market is to wash the windows inside and out. Since that requires removing win-

How High Are Bidding Wars Pushing Up Home Prices?

This is a reprise of my article on April 22nd, when I took a snapshot of closed listings on Friday, April 16th. This week I did the same analysis, and the day I chose was last Thursday, May 13th, to see how the bidding wars have evolved in just the last four weeks. The source both times was REcolorado.com, Denver’s MLS. As I did in April, I limited my analysis to sales within a 15-mile radius of downtown Denver. That takes in an area from Broomfield to Highlands Ranch and from Golden to Aurora. It does not include the City of Boulder. I limited my search to homes, condos and townhouses that were on the MLS at least one day and not more than 6 days before going under contract. Those are the homes with bidding wars. I divided the results into homes which sold up to $500,000 and those that sold for more. On May 13th there were 44 closings up to $500,000. The median home sold for 8.4% over its asking price. On April 16th, there were 48 closings, but the median home sold for “only” 4.7% over its asking price. The highest ratio this time was 15.7% for a home in southwest Denver that sold in 4 days. There were 56 homes that closed on

May 13th for more than $500,000. The median home in that group sold for 8.1% over its listing price. On April 16th there were 68 such closings, and the median home sold for 8.3% over asking price. The highest overbid in this group on May 13th was 29.4% over listing for an $850,000 home in Littleton’s Sundown Ridge, which sold in 2 days for $1.1 million. On April 16th, the highest overbid was “only” 18.8% over asking price for a home in Westminster. On May 13, there were four homes with an overbid higher than that. To get a statistically significant number of closings over $1 million, I analyzed the closings over a longer period — May 1-15. The median closing was 6% over listing price. The highest was for a 1991 home in Denver’s “Hyde Park at Polo Club” subdivision, which was listed at $1,575,000 and sold in 6 days for $2,225,000, 41.3% over listing price. In the first half of April, there were only 68 closings over $1 million, and the highest overbid was 24.9% over listing price. This time there were six closings with an overbid higher than that. In my April analysis I predicted that the overbids would get even more intense, and that has proven to be the case. I’ll keep up this analysis in coming months. Stay tuned.

dow screens, I recommend washing and labeling your window screens and putting them in your garage or store room. The window screens can be reinstalled after you’re under contract and prior to inspection, because missing screens will definitely be an inspection issue. When you invite one of us to see your home, you’ll want to know what fixes or improvements we suggest, and we will usually come down on the side of not making any repairs or improvements which aren’t necessary to get your home under contract. The reason you don’t want to make unnecessary repairs or improvements — for example, replacing a 20-year-old furnace that works fine, or mitigating radon if a home test reveals it is needed — is that you need to retain those as bargaining chips. Let’s say, for example, that your buyer’s inspection objection lists a dozen items including replacing the furnace and mitigating radon. You could agree to doing those two repairs but not the other ten items, and that would probably satisfy the buyer. If you’ve already replaced your furnace and mitigated radon, you don’t have those as bargaining chips and would have to address those other items. Interior painting is another common issue. Let’s say your son painted his bed-

room ceiling black, or your daughter has a cute mural with giraffes and trees covering one or two walls in her bedroom. Should your repaint those rooms? Maybe the black ceiling, but leave the mural — assuming it’s well done, of course! These are merely general guidelines, and every house is different, and my broker associates (below) and I are happy, of course, to meet with you in your home to discuss what to fix or not fix. The best thing you can do before putting your home on the market is neither a fix nor an improvement. It’s decluttering. We all have too much stuff, don’t we? Some of it should be taken to Goodwill or the Salvation Army (using our free truck, of course!). Other items should be put in storage, and we can usually get our clients the first month free at a local mini-storage facility. Once we’ve agreed on what to do, you may be concerned about how to pay for it. Our clients have access to our handyman at the client-only rate of $25/hour. For bigger repairs, we can help you with obtaining financing that could be paid off from your proceeds at closing. Ask us for details. Tell your friends that they don’t have to get this newspaper to read my column. I send it free by email. Just ask!

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Kokoro holds fundraiser to counter anti-Asian hate Japanese restaurant donates to three organizations BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Kokoro, a Japanese restaurant with locations in University Hills and Arvada, has launched a fundraising campaign aimed at contributing to organizations that oppose anti-Asian hate. The restaurant donated $1,000 cumulatively to `Go For Broke!’ National Education Center, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Human Rights Campaign. Through May 15, the restaurant offered 20% off orders placed with the coupon code ‘STOPHATE’ and donated the deducted 20% `Asian Avenue’ Magazine. Anti-Asian hate surged during 2020, with the Cal State San Bernardino’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism finding that anti-Asian hate crimes surged 149% last year, while hate crimes in general dropped 7%. Furthermore, the shooting of eight people — six of whom were Asian women — in Atlanta on March 16 sent shockwaves through the Asian/ Pacific Islander-American community. Masaru “Mas” Torito, Kokoro’s district manager and son of the restaurant’s founder Mareo, said the coronavirus pandemic also added to the anti-Asian sentiment he and his employees have faced.

“When COVID hit and there was such hatred of the ‘China Virus,’” said Torito, “the tone really changed and going into work, employees weren’t always welcome or valued by customers. I think we were all treated so much more like something to be despised or to be fearful of, scared of. “Slowly, the temperature just started to rise,” Torito continued. “and then there was the shooting in Atlanta. We had a staff meeting, just too talk about how everyone was doing. And there was so much pain, there was so much hurt, and you can see how much what was going on really was just weighing on everyone.” The idea for the fundraiser gathered steam after the staff meeting, with Kokoro Server Ten Aquino stating that she believes the fundraiser will help raise awareness of the issues facing the AAPI community. “We just want to make everybody aware that it is something that’s going on,” said Aquino. “It’s not something we can just push under the table either. Kokoro is a business that was based off Japanese cuisine by a family that immigrated from Japan and they wanted to help put a stop to it and offer what we can to people around us so they could become aware, they can understand.” Torito said that the fundraiser seeks to highlight three core tenets in fighting anti-Asian hate; courage, love and education. “We see all these campaigns that say, ‘Stop Asian Hate,’” said Torito. “But you have to ask yourself, how did the hate get there to begin with?

Interior shot of Kokoro Japenese Restaurant on Wadsworth in Arvada.

How did that originate? It’s not something we are born with, it’s something that’s learned. So, once it’s learned, how do you unlearn it? “So, courage was something that I felt like we needed to speak to,” Torito continued, “because you can’t sit there quietly when something happens, no matter how much you want to. And love, because you have to be willing to listen and willing to hear. And the last part is education. You have to know the stories; hear how it’s gotten to be where it’s at.”

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Torito added that most of the response to the fundraiser has been positive. “We’re trying to say, `All of us here belong in both this country and in this business,’” said Torito. “And if that’s not good enough for you, then don’t come, don’t eat. The response has been pretty positive. There’s been whole lot of customers writing back to me who have been empathetic and sympathetic to what’s going on. But there’s also been some expressing anger.”

Faith Christian seeking ‘ministerial exception’ from lawsuit Former FCA teacher Gregg Tucker filed a wrongful termination suit in 2019 BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On May 11, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case of Tucker v.

Faith Bible Chapel International, which concerns the 2018 termination of former Faith Christian Academy teacher Gregg Tucker from the Arvada-based Christian high school. The 10th Circuit Court will now decide whether or not to accept Faith Bible Chapel’s appeal. If the appeal is accepted, the 10th Circuit will hear the case – if the appeal is denied, the case will be sent back its prior venue, the

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Denver District Court. Tucker was a teacher and chapel director at the school from 2000 until February 2018. The K-12 academy, which is at 12189 W. 64th Ave., has a student body of roughly 1,000 students. Tucker alleges he was fired in response to a chapel meeting he organized on Jan. 12, 2018, addressing “a number of disturbing incidents of racism,” according to a letter he wrote on Jan. 6, 2018. Faith Bible Chapel used what is called an interlocutory appeal before a trial court could reach a decision in the case, arguing that the ministerial exception — a doctrine that bars the application of anti-discrimination laws to ministers employed by religious organizations — is meant to protect religious organizations from the scrutiny of a jury trial. “If Faith Bible is right that the (ministerial exception) bars suit in this case, all of this upcoming discovery and litigation rings a bell that cannot be unrung,” the school’s lawyers wrote in a brief filed in October. Larger legal questions Last July, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of ‘Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru’ that lay teach-

INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL Though the case in Denver District Court isn’t over, Faith Bible Chapel has filed an interlocutory appeal — an appeal that is filed before a final judgement is made — with the 10th Circuit Court based on their belief that the ministerial exception could not properly be weighed in trial court, and the case should instead be moved to a higher court.

ers can fall within the ministerial exception. The Court declined to adopt a “rigid formula” for determining whether teachers at religious schools fall within the exception, siding with the Catholic school in a 7-2 decision. “Judicial review of the way in which religious schools discharge those responsibilities would undermine the independence of religious institutions in a way that the First Amendment does not tolerate,” wrote Justice Samuel Alito in the majority decision. Tucker’s attorney Bradley Girard of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State said that broadening the protections of the ministerial exception would shield religious organizations from having to adhere to SEE FAITH, P6

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May 20, 2021 ued, “the school is also making the unprecedented argument that just because it claims Gregg Tucker was a minister — despite what he actually did — the ministerial exception applies, and the court can’t weigh the facts of the case. The school wants to circumvent the legal process and deny Gregg his right to challenge the discrimination and retaliation he suffered.” Faith Bible Chapel attorney Daniel Blomberg of the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty said that the case is an issue of separating church and state, citing the 2012 case of `Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,’ in which the Su-

preme Court unanimously ruled that federal discrimination laws do not apply to religious organization’s selection of religious leaders. “If the separation of church and state means anything, it means a chaplain can’t sue his church in federal court over what he taught in a chapel service,” said Blomberg in a statement. “The unanimous Supreme Court confirmed almost a decade ago that the First Amendment protects healthy church-state relationships by barring that kind of religious entanglement.” Girard countered Blomberg’s citation of `Hosanna-Tabor,’ arguing that the same protections provided from that case do not apply to Tucker’s because he was a teacher

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and not exclusively a minister. “The ministerial exception was never intended to be a free pass for any religious employer to discriminate against its entire workforce and sidestep civil-rights laws,” said Girard. “Gregg Tucker was not a minister nor was he a chaplain in any meaningful sense of the word; he was an exemplary teacher and student-life director. “Gregg was fired because he tried to combat pervasive racism at the school,” Girard continued. “The court should not allow religious freedom to be distorted as a license to discriminate and deny basic civil rights.” The 10th Circuit panel includes Circuit Judges Robert Bacharach, David Ebel & Carolyn McHugh, who will now decide whether the appeals court is the proper venue for the case. Lawyer and University of Denver Adjunct Professor of Privacy Law Elizabeth Tharakan said the Court could take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to reach a decision.

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KIDS EAT FREE THIS SUMMER IN JEFFCO What to know and where to go for school grub STAFF REPORT

ummer break is almost here. For many Jeffco families, food insecurity can make it a stressful time. This summer, free breakfast and lunch will be served at 16 Jeffco school locations to community youth ages 1-18, regardless of enrollment status.

Curbside Grab-n-Go locations The other six schools will be open as curbside Grab-nGo sites for all children in the community. These schools include: Arvada High School Eiber Elementary Green Mountain High School Mandalay Middle School Summit Ridge Middle School *West Jefferson Elementary (JSEL and G-n-G location) The community Grab-n-Go school locations will offer meals Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 a.m. -1 p.m. Threeand four-day meal packs will be provided. These sites will operate from June 1-July 30 (Tuesdays and Thursdays).

Additional locations Seven additional schools will serve free breakfast and lunch to students enrolled in summer programming in each school. Included in this list are: Green Mountain Elementary Stober Elementary Van Arsdale Elementary Will Elementary Adams Elementary Welchester Elementary South Lakewood Elementary Parents of children enrolled in summer programming should consult their specific school for meal times.

JSEL locations Ten of those locations will provide meals to JSEL (Jeffco Summer of Early Learning) students and community youth. Included in this list are the following schools: Arvada K - 8 Bear Creek K - 8 Edgewater Elementary Foothills Elementary Leawood Elementary Mortensen Elementary Parr Elementary Rose Stein International Elementary Slater Elementary *West Jefferson Elementary JSEL students will be able to eat on-site Monday - Friday, with breakfast being served at 8 a.m., lunch from 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. and weekend meals provided each Friday. Community youth (not enrolled in JSEL) will be able to pick up Grab-n-Go meals Monday-Friday from 11:30 a.m.12:15 p.m. Lunch and next day breakfast will be provided, with weekend meals given out each Friday. The JSEL partner schools will be serving summer meals from June 7 - July 16 (except Monday, July 5).

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s we began our legislative session early this year, we knew that our greatest and most important challenge would be to help our state’s economy recover from the pandemic. As my legislative colleagues and I thought about the best path forward, we knew that we didn’t just want to get Colorado back to normal, we wanted to help our state build back stronger. To achieve this goal, we carefully crafted an $800 million state stimulus plan that we’re calling the Colorado Comeback plan. This package of dozens of bills is designed to strengthen small businesses, revitalize our infrastructure, support Colorado families, invest in rural Colorado and develop our workforce. Since unprecedented numbers

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Not a union fan Regarding the May 13 teachers union story... The worst thing about the teachers union — national and Jeffco — is they don’t care about children. It’s all about themselves, their “rights,” their pay, their leftist politics. Now compound all that, with teachers like the one quoted in your story...”demanding” fair and professional wages. Demanding! Don’t be fooled taxpayers. Jeffco teachers already have fair and professional wages. And for any of them to think they can demand higher wages, just shows how out of touch they are. Don’t forget, those teachers missed the tail end of the 2019-20 school year ... at full pay ... sitting at home. And many worked from home for a portion of this school year ... at full pay! And now, with their “rallying cry” of “racial equity,” you can bet they want to usher in critical race theory ... teaching elementary kids they are racists. I hope the Jeffco School Board (although elected by teachers union’ money) has enough sense to see the tide is turning. Parents and taxpayers are ready for teachers to do a full year’s work, for the generous wages they already have! Mark W. Salley, Arvada

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The Employee-owned Business Loan Program assists businesses that want to transition into employee-owned establishments by providing financial assistance. My bill, HB21-1241, would extend this program and make transformational changes so that more of Colorado’s small businesses can apply for assistance. It would allow businesses to enter into ownership agreements with less than 50 percent of employees and it would modify the existing bill so that all the funds from the loan would go directly to the purchase of the business by employees. Although I’m certain it will have a great impact on workers, businesses and our economy, my bill is only one piece of legislation that will help get Coloradans back to work. Our $800 million recovery plan will do much more. For example, SB21-248

of Coloradans lost their jobs while having to adjust to a new normal, I’m thrilled to be sponsoring a bill that will bolster Colorado’s economy by getting Coloradans back to work. Small businesses are the backbone of our state’s economy. We need to support them if we are to truly build Colorado back stronger. An interesting model that allows employees to share in the success of the small business they work for is the employee-owned business model. As of October 2020, there were approximately 126 employee-owned businesses in Colorado. Employeeowned businesses typically grow faster and remain open after five years in business (most businesses fail in one).

would establish a low-interest loan program for Colorado’s agricultural community. The agricultural industry in Colorado provides more than 170,000 jobs across the state and contributes $40 million to our economy, yet Colorado’s farmers and ranchers are struggling. By providing $30 million of capital to the agricultural community, the bill will help jump start this essential sector of Colorado’s economy while providing a baseline for sustainable growth for years to come. For the past several years, Colorado has fostered a growing startup community. These entrepreneurs drive innovation and attract new talent from across the globe. HB21-1288, the Colorado Startup Loan Program, would provide $30 million for loans SEE LEGISLATURE, P25

Breathing a bit easier now that it’s (mostly) over

ell, I guess it’s over now. Except for the political posturing. Mask mandates are ending. Public gatherHITTING ings are legal again. HOME Students are even being allowed to (gasp) play with their friends at recess. Our long national nightmare is over. All that’s left now is to tally up all the things we’ve lost. Oh, wait. What? Michael Alcorn You still want to wear a mask just so nobody mistakes you for a Republican? Or you refuse to wear a mask indoors when asked to so nobody mistakes you for a Democrat? See what I mean about the political posturing? And, crazily, it’s still happening at the highest levels of government. Dr. Anthony Fauci took a high profile photo this week with a couple of kids celebrating their college graduation—outdoors — and he put his mask on for it, in spite of new guidance from the CDC and the fact that he was immunized four months ago. Which, I guess, isn’t quite as ridiculous as President Biden continuing to wear his mask ... for Zoom meetings ... up until last week. Optics are one thing, and I totally understand; but if the message you’re desperate to communicate is that vaccines are good, then act like the stupid vaccine has done some good.

Which, but the way, is still not quite as nutty as those who refuse to get the vaccine. I understand that, too — everybody thought Propecia was just a good way to grow hair. Until much later, when side effects kicked in. But the known short-term side effect of not getting the vaccine is death, so… If your message is “America is great,” then celebrate that by accepting the product of a couple of great American pharmaceutical companies and be free of this. After all this time, all of our technology, all the posturing, obfuscation, sensationalizing, and dying, you know what we know about the virus? That it is primarily — nearly exclusively — transmitted through prolonged indoor contact. Same thing we thought we knew last May. You know what else we know? That the vaccine works remarkably well, with relatively few side effects. What we’ve all been hoping for since last May. It’s impossible to say now if, had we been more diligent about what matters and stopped spending so much energy on what didn’t matter (disinfecting surfaces, arguing, etc…) if our death totals would have been different. But what is almost certain is that we could have come through this without it forcing all of us into our tribal corners. It was really nice, almost idyllic, for that short space of time last year when “we’re all in this together” was an actual, real thing. The 8 o’clock yells in support of first responders and medical front-line workers… for a brief spell, we were

all Americans. But within months, this stupid little virus, which is smaller than the opinions we tend to hold of the people in the other tribe, had driven a wedge between us, and we’re having a devil of a time removing it. And that’s assuming anybody is even trying to remove it. So among the things we need to add to the list of “things we’ve lost” — somewhere well below the 600,000 fellow Americans who have died — should go our sense of national cohesion, our trust in science, and our belief that politicians of any stripe really do things for the right reasons. But that shouldn’t stop you and me from doing the right thing. My family had dinner at Cinzetti’s a couple weeks ago; my son is going to get in a full season of soccer this year, including a season-ending tournament; baseball fields have been full of the sounds of games; and playgrounds will be full of the sounds of kids playing for the last two weeks of school. Celebrate. Act happy. Be like the children. Remember that Joy is essential for humanity — and that your own humanity is not dependent on tribal virtue signaling. It’s over. Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Valkyrie’s Kiss,” a finalist in the ScreenCraft Book Competition, is available now at michaeljalcorn.net. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

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residents, measured a certain way over a 14-day period. That bar is unlikely to be reached in Adams and Arapahoe counties, said John Douglas, head of Tri-County Health Department. That’s the health agency for those two counties and Douglas County. Broomfield also moved to level clear May 16, and Denver said it was “planning to meet level clear standards,” according to a spokesperson. Denver’s new public health order was to take effect May 16. Boulder County was to also move to level clear on May 16. Some counties had already been living under no dial restrictions: Douglas County’s elected leaders opted out of Tri-County Health’s extension of the dial system during an April 13 meeting. Some other counties that indicated that they would not issue local orders included Elbert and Weld. And with coronavirus cases on a downward trend, metro Denver counties might not see dial restrictions again — although it depends on how the virus fares this fall. “We do expect over the summer months that the numbers will come down, and this may become more of a seasonal illness with numbers coming back up in the fall,” said Eric France, Colorado’s chief medical officer, at a May 13 news conference. Any consideration by the state of bringing back dial restrictions “will depend on the experience of the fall” and is “too hard to predict at this point, given there are variants to consider,” France added. Although the state’s dial system expired in mid-April, not all virus restrictions are local. On the heels of the state dial ending, Colorado issued a new public health order that maintains some limits on large indoor gatherings. Colorado’s mask mandate is a separate order. Despite all the news about restrictions fading away, Colorado has likely been experiencing a higher number of active COVID-19 infections than it did during the pandemic’s first peak last spring — even when accounting for the lack of testing at that

time, according to estimates by the Colorado School of Public Health as of May 12. “If people make major behavior changes right away that lead to a large increase in contacts and transmission, we could potentially see a lot of deaths,” Buchwald said. She added: “The pandemic is not over. We still have to be vigilant.” High hospital cases, deaths loom Asked whether metro counties’ move to level clear will have a large impact on coronavirus spread, Buchwald said it’s difficult to predict. “A lot of how people behave is dependent on the messaging they get and the messaging they believe. And I think the urgency for reopening is real,” Buchwald said. But “if the message is ‘the pandemic is over,’ I think that’s a dangerous message because I think that’ll lead people to do riskier behaviors.” A big takeaway from Colorado’s data is that the number of COVID-19 cases recently is still “very high,” particularly in comparison to the lows of last summer, Buchwald said. “The thing that people have lost sight of is: Can you believe if five years ago there was an infectious disease and there were 600 people in the state of Colorado hospitalized?” Buchwald said. “It seems unimportant because we’ve gotten so used to it, but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s a major problem.” She noted that even a person with COVID-19 who is not hospitalized may still face long-term health consequences, which some have called “long COVID,” she said. On top of that, more than 700 more deaths could occur in Colorado from early May through the end of July even with “high levels” of vaccination and the current level of social distancing and mask-wearing as of early May, both of which are likely to decline, according to Douglas, the health chief. But the choice to drop restrictions is “all about balances and tradeoffs,” Douglas said. “I think it is likely that if we went into complete lockdown like 13 months ago, we’d be experiencing fewer deaths,” Douglas said. He added: “In the extreme case, you wouldn’t shut down the whole

economy to save one life. You’d hate to see that one life” lost, but that would be a reasonable trade, Douglas argued. Figuring out what the right tradeoff is has “been absolutely agonizing,” he added. What makes the situation easier is the effectiveness of the vaccines, Douglas said. “I want to badly urge everyone who can get this to get it,” Douglas said of vaccination. About 48% of all Coloradans are estimated to be immune due to vaccination or prior infection, while 47% are estimated to have received at least one dose of a vaccine, the state public-health department said in a May 14 news release. “Herd immunity” — a term for when enough people become immune that the spread of a disease becomes unlikely — could happen when somewhere between 66.7% and 80% of people attain immunity to COVID-19, according to the Colorado School of Public Health. Dispute over pandemic During the Douglas County commissioners’ April 13 meeting, when they voted to opt out of Tri-County Health’s extension of dial restrictions, Commissioner Abe Laydon said he would like for

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Randall Wade Loomis 2/8/1961 - 5/10/2021

Randall Wade Loomis, 60, of Arvada, passed away on May 10, 2021 at Lutheran Medical Center due to complications resulting from COVID-19. Born on February 8, 1961 in Denver, Colorado, he is the son of Donald and LaVerda (Greeley) Loomis. Randy was a lifelong resident of Arvada, attending Arvada West High School class of 1979. He went on to work in the construction industry for over 40 years contributing to the landscape of Arvada and the Colorado Front Range. He was an avid outdoorsman which led to many adventures; from camping throughout the Rockies, boating and fishing Standley Lake, to bird hunting on the eastern plains. For over a decade he coached his sons in sports and served on the Board of Directors of North Jefferson Junior Baseball, where he enriched the lives of many young athletes and families in the community. Randy’s love of life and sense of humor was known by all and will be missed dearly. Randy is survived by his parents, Don and LaVerda, his sons Jacob, Dustin and partner Kika, grandson Henry, brother Dave and Kerstene Loomis, nephews Dillon and Brody, and former wife Pamela Loomis, as well as numerous other family members. His remains will be laid to rest next to his uncle Ronald

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residents to “break the delusion” that there is a need for a continuation of public health orders. “I want … Douglas County to be the first county in the state to say ‘this pandemic is over,’” Laydon said. Laydon again said “the pandemic is over” during a May 11 meeting. Douglas, the health chief, said the comment is “completely inaccurate” from a literal standpoint. “The pandemic, meaning a global epidemic, is far from over,” Douglas said. He added: “I actually think he was being somewhat hyperbolic to say Douglas County is not going to be threatened by the pandemic, we’ve got enough vaccination … that interpretation of his remarks is probably true.” But Douglas doesn’t think the way it was said was “helpful to the larger conversation,” he continued. Buchwald, the researcher with the school of public health, said in Colorado “very clearly it’s not over,” pointing to the high number of cases. “I think it’s important to step back and realize there are 600 hospitalized in the state of Colorado alone,” Buchwald reiterated. “I wish the pandemic was over as well,” Buchwald said, “but wishful thinking is not enough.”

Loomis at Crown Hill Cemetery. “We thought of you with love today. But that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday. And days before that too. We think of you in silence. We often speak your name. Now all we have is memories. And your Picture in a frame. Your memory is our keepsake. With which we’ll never part. God has you in his keeping. We have you in our heart…” – Author Unknown Missing and loving you always and forever. An open casket visitation will be held on Thursday, May 20, 2021 from 12:30pm to 2:00pm at Horan & McConaty, 7577 W. 80th Ave. Arvada, CO 80003. The funeral service will follow at 3:00pm and is available for livestream using the link below: https://bxcited.com/randallloomis/ Due to gathering restrictions, the service attendance will be limited, so if you would like to attend in person, please RSVP by text to: Jacob at 720-318-7066. Cards for Randy’s family may be sent to Horan & McConaty, 7577 W. 80th Ave. Arvada, CO 80003. In lieu of flowers, please consider sending memorial donations to the American Diabetes Association in Randy’s name. Ecards can be sent to rrloomis11@gmail.com

Robert Wolf

Robert Wolf, Colorado attorney and veteran dies at 57. Robert had a deep love for Colorado and resided there at the time of his passing. His only daughter Amanda was the cherished light of his life, and he spoke of her endlessly with joy and pride. Robert brought so much to those whose lives he touched and had a gift of humor and a profound impact on those around him. He had a love for the mountains, off-roading, shooting, and motorcycles. Robert was always a servant to others, always helping where he could, a man of many talents,

of high character, brought humor and laughter, was a best friend to all that knew him, and loved his dogs as family. He volunteered for numerous charities that benefitted both people and dogs. Robert served his country in Desert Storm with honors. He is preceded in death by his mother Elisabeth Wolf. He is survived by his daughter Amanda, father Kurt, sisters Betsy and Bridget, numerous cousins, and little Franky Wolf. Robert will be very missed by so many. Forever in our hearts. Ride in Paradise.

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Recent proms are just the tip of the iceberg for live entertainment companies that are wanting to increase business after a slow and difficult year of public health restrictions. Imprint Entertainment has done three proms at Denver metro high schools this spring. COURTESY OF IMPRINT ENTERTAINMENT BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

ear that? Well, if the noise you heard any time in the past year, there’s a good chance it wasn’t the sound of a disc jockey booth. Not surprisingly, business has been bad for DJs and live entertainment companies. COVID-19 restrictions reduced the number of gigs for Denver metro DJs to nearly zero. Many squeaked by from working virtual proms and socially distanced bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs, but it’s already much better because there are now real proms and other events as public health restrictions loosen. “I feel like we went from hibernating bears to chickens with our heads cut off,” said Rikki Mor, operations manager at Denver-based Imprint Entertainment. For most of last year, Mor said she could count the number of live events Imprint booked on two

hands. Michael Crabtree, owner of Denver-based DJ Guy, said business was down 80% to 85% from 2019 to 2020. DJ Connection, a nationwide company that has a Denver office, had 4,000 events scheduled last year, three-quarters of which were canceled, said owner Jason Bailey. Some events were entirely nonexistent during the pandemic, such as school dances and corporate events. All of the companies worked weddings and Imprint did a few bar and bat mitzvahs, one of which was a “carmitzvah,” Mor described. At the carmitzvah — held at Wings over the Rockies in Denver— people congregated and celebrated by setting up tables at their adequately distanced parked cars, Mor said. Another pandemic-flex event the DJs worked was the “private prom.” DJ Guy booked one with about 25 SEE DJ, P13

After a long and difficult year, live entertainment companies and DJs want to go back to normal. They have managed with socially distanced events, or private proms or virtual proms. But many look forward to events, weddings being chief among them, PHOTO BY BRITTANY RAE PHOTOGRAPHY/COURTESY OF DJ CONNECTION where more people are allowed.

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n many cases listening to a podcast is a passive activity - something people listen to while exercising, sitting in the car or doing chores around the house. But “The Bright Lights of Denver,” a new podcast sponsored by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Powered By Off-Center program, is a show that gets the listener involved. “The Bright Lights of Denver” tells the fictional story of aspiring novelist-turnedjournalist Ryan Streeter, who starts out studying the history of the Mile-High City and suddenly finds himself investigating the sudden disappearance of a friend. Created by Kenny Moten and Jessica Hindsley, the four-episode series will make its fully-produced world premiere in June.

The project is one of two selected out of 39 entries by the Powered By Off-Center program. Launched in 2018, it is a residency program for local artists that culminated in two fully-supported workshops at the DCPA, Charlie Miller, Off-Center curator, explained. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the program was adapted to propose safe theatrical experiences that could be fully produced at the DCPA in June. “The goal has been to inspire new ideas, build new creative partnerships, and contribute to Colorado’s local artistic ecology,” he added. Among the requirements for this year’s entries into the program were to be theatrical at its core, put the audience at the center of the story and be able to run for at least a

month and accommodate at least 1,000 audience members through the run. “Of all the projects proposed, `The Bright Lights of Denver’ best met all our selection criteria,” Miller said. “It tells a compelling story and explores issues very relevant to Denver today. And it provides exciting opportunities for the audience to get out into the world and engage with the characters and the story.” Audiences don’t just listen - they can interact with the characters through their Instagram accounts and connect with other fans of the show on the Bright Lights Facebook group. There will also be two Zoom question and answer sessions with SEE READER, P13

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high school students from different schools, whose parents (the parents were in a friend group) put on for their kids at a small venue. Crabtree jokingly said, “It felt a lot more like parents planning a party for themselves and the kids were invited.” The ratio of parents who took photos in the photo booth versus the students is evidence of that, he added. That said, the students seemed like they had a lot of fun because “they had been stripped of some of these fun and engaging things that have been a rite of passage in high school,” Crabtree said. Not only were the restrictions slightly looser at the private prom, but parents were more relaxed about the music. For example, at a school-sanctioned dance, Crabtree might not be allowed to play an unedited

version of Cardi B’s “WAP,” but the private prom parents didn’t have a problem with it. “It’s kinda funny,” Crabtree said. Slightly similar, DJ Connection worked virtual proms, where a student and their date were at individual homes and streamed into a group Zoom. The DJ, in his own Zoom box, played the music and performed as they normally do — even pausing at points to hype up the crowd by saying, “we got some shout-outs here!” or “we’re giving out prizes!” — to make the experience feel as normal as possible, Bailey said. Virtual proms have been fun, but also, “weird because you can’t see the kids … it’s a strange experience for us because DJs feed off the crowd’s energy,” Bailey said. However, those strange events have helped the bottom line. Even then, Imprint had to lay off a few full-time employees and a few DJs departed. DJ Connection

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the main characters, plus QR codes will be placed around the city on the ground outside every key location that the characters visit in the podcast. Scanning these QR codes with your phone unlocks additional parts of the story that help solve the mystery, according to Miller. “‘The Bright Lights of Denver’ is a great story and an intriguing mystery. But it is also much more than that,” said Miller. “Real interviews with City officials and local experts are woven through the episodes as the main character explores serious issues confronting Denver: the growth of the city, the lack of affordable housing, and gentrification.” Get more information on the podcast at www.denvercenter.org. Grocery shopping goes outdoors at City Park The newly-launched City Park Farmers Market started up on May 15 and will run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through Oct. 30 at 2551 E. Colfax Ave in Denver. The market will feature more than 60 Colorado-based food startups, established brands and artisans. All participating businesses are part of the agricultural industry, in the form of the food they produce or through products like botanical soaps, flowers or zero waste supplies. In addition to the traditional market, there will a variety of enter-

dealt with the same problem, but it didn’t end up laying off full-time employees because it’s a larger company. Still, Bailey worries if he’ll have enough DJs to work the bevy of events the company is lining up for later this year. A few DJs with DJ Guy were furloughed. “I don’t personally see us recovering as an industry until at least 2022 to 2023, depending,” said Crabtree. Things are picking up, though. Imprint recently did a prom at Legacy High School, an Adams 12 Five Star Schools district school, and DJ Connection did a prom at Horizon High School in Thornton, another Adams 12 school. DJ Guy recently did a dance with Douglas County School District and is looking to book events with Jefferson County Public Schools. Imprint, DJ Connection and DJ Guy all have tons of weddings on the horizon. Many are rescheduled gigs, but some are new events. On June 26, Bailey said DJ Con-

tainment experiences, including a donation-based yoga class with Big Power Yoga and a schedule of regular live performances from local musicians, according to provided information. Get all the details at www.CityParkFarmersMarket.com. Clarke’s Concert of the Week - Young Thug from the Wiltern Calling Young Thug simply a rapper does a disservice to way the Atlanta-born musician has mishmashed hip-hop into whatever form he fancies, and if that means pulling in elements like pop or even country, so be it. He’s proven himself one of the most influential musicians of the 2010’s and I’m hoping he continues to push himself and his peers for years to come. This year he released his second “Slime Language” album, celebrating the roster of artists he has on his YSL Records label. And at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 21, Thugger will be livestreaming a concert from the famous Wiltern Theater in LA. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of his famous friends showed up for a song or two, so get your spot for what is certain to be a great show at https://youngthug.veeps.com/. Streaming style - Film on the Rocks Things are starting to look familiar at Red Rocks again with concerts returning in a slightly altered form, and Film on the Rocks is back, though it’ll (mainly) hold onto last year’s drive-in approach. The new season of the summertime main-

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nection will be at 19 events in Denver, over half of which are rescheduled events. Like other businesses, live entertainment companies are cautiously optimistic about the prospect of more, and larger, gatherings as more people are vaccinated. That’s what excites the live entertainment companies, despite the struggles they

stay kicks off on Wednesday, May 26 with a run of bulletproof classics that include “Jaws,” “The Sandlot,” “Aliens” and many more. The drive-in will be set up at the amphitheater’s, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway in Morrison, Lower South Lot 2 parking area with audio delivered via a designated FM radio frequency. There will be three in-

still deal with. Mor said, “It is enthralling, and it is exciting. I think people have just missed being together. I think there is a little bit of anxiety for people to go back into situations. But it’s overwhelmingly more that people are so thrilled and excited to be together; it just provides a sense of adrenaline.”

amphitheater screenings - “Casino Royale” on July 12, “Jurassic Park” on July 19 and “The Princess Bride” on Aug. 2. For tickets and information, visit www.redrocksonline.com/film/. Clarke Reader’s column on culture apears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.

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Colorado Community Media asks members of the Class of 2021 about what they have learned and their plans for the future. Their responses are diverse and inspiring. Please take time to read what they have to say. Let’s celebrate the Class of 2021 and wish them great success in the future!

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Amelie Bauer Arvada West High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. Spanish club, Spanish Honor Society, Varsity Cross Country and Track and Field, Varsity/JV Cheerleading, Student Council, and Journalism. What are your plans after graduation? I will be attending CU Boulder with a major in Biochemistry. What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? While the pandemic doesn’t present one memorable moment for me, I believe it helped me culture the quality of confidence. I feel that having more time to myself allowed me to mature

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and realize what a total bad ass I really am. My confidence and love for myself as a person was able to grow during the pandemic and has now allowed me to really live my life to the fullest and love the person I am becoming even more.

What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Not so much adjectives, but simple phrases: you make your own happiness, love yourself, and have some world perspective. We all are responsible for living our lives to what ways make us happy. We control our happiness and can make the best of every situation. Loving oneself is one of the most important lessons we must all come to learn. Love who you are as a person be-

cause you are with yourself your whole life. Have some world perspective. Do not let yourself fall victim to hating a group of people because of something they may believe in. We ALL have something in common, so love those around you, and be thankful for where you are today. What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? We all are different people with different missions. I believe that we are the most aware group of seniors to ever graduate from high school just because of the world that we had to face over the past year. We are a group of seniors who want to better our environment, our social constructs, our outlook on life and much more. We are a class with the mission to change all around us for the better.

Annika Dyckman Jeffco Virtual Academy Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. I think I grew tremendously in high school and was fortunate enough to participate in many fun and rewarding activities. I was part of the BIONIC program. I was on student council and helped plan activities for the school and help with the school events. I was a part of the peer mentor program where I was able to work with and help youth. I enjoyed these activities and was thankful to be participating in all of these things during my high school experience.

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What are your plans after graduation? I plan on going to Arapahoe Community College to obtain my degree in Business Management. I also plan on going to a trade school and getting my real estate license as I want to have a career in real estate.

What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? I think I became a different person during the pandemic. I started to depend on myself more and find ways on how to navigate throughout this pandemic. I also started to take better care of myself and be healthier. I started cooking more and learning more nutritional facts about

foods. I think I totally made myself a better person. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? I am proud of the career I am choosing to pursue in real estate. I’m thankful for everything I learned during high school. I will carry the lessons I learned with me and most likely use for the rest of my life. I am eager and excited to see what the future holds. What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? I think I can see our class mission to better the world and help make it a better place.

Antonio Torres Jeffco Virtual Academy Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. I participated in Warren Tech North’s Audio Production course. What are your plans after graduation? I plan on using the credits earned from Warren Tech and applying them to Red Rocks Community College’s audio course. What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? The most memorable moment during the pandemic that instilled a key value in me

was how people where able to come together and help others in need. I thought that this was a key value in me because I saw how people where able to take time from their own problems and help others. Torres Examples of this where people raising money for local businesses, giving gifts and support to front-line workers, and helping the homeless/others who struggle with food or other needs. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Three adjectives that describe my outlook going forward are dedication, perseverance, and hope. I say dedication because I want to stay committed with my plans on college. I

say preference because of how important it is for me to stay with my goals even though it can be difficult. Lastly, I say hope because by having hope, it can help ease the worries that occur from the future and looking forward. What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? I see my graduating class’ mission to better the world is something that involves changing and advancing our community. Whether that is implementing new programs that help the homeless or people in need. Or providing help towards creating new business and opportunities for people. I feel that this recent pandemic has shown my graduating class that we should help the people in need and in our community.

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Lucy Ellis Golden High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. I have loved high school! My whole life I have ridden horses competitively, which takes up most of my time. I participated in student council sophomore year, and July 2020 through November 2020 I was an intern for David Ortiz, who ran and won a seat in the Colorado state house. I also volunteer at the BGOLDN food pantry every Wednesday. What are your plans after graduation?

Attending Wake Forest university where I plan to study international affairs and political science on a pre-law track. What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? As I mentioned, I have ridden horses my whole life, and in February of 2020 my horse sustained injuries that limited his ability to be ridden and our ability to compete. This along with the loss of some of the best years of high school instilled in me the key value of acceptance. Allowing the past to be in the past, and moving for-

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ward into the bright future ahead if me. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Optimistic, enthusiastic, prepared. What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? I believe my graduating class has a commitment and mission to make genuine and absolute change in the world. My peers and I understand the importance of stopping climate change, bringing attention to racial injustice, providing gender equality, and more. Our mission, as I see it, is to take the steps forward that will make actual change.

Christopher Ziemann Golden High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. my first year at GHS I joined the mount biking team we did practice every Tuesday and Monday then we went up to a bike race like eagle or Durango. I lately join the STAR program at my school it a free mili-

tary’ ROTC program when you can learn about the military. I’m in prostart and I went to Warren Tech as a cook What are your plans after graduation? I am going to work as a cook for the Ameristar casino in Central City/Blackhawk What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? That at the times when it was hard, I

never gave up. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Just fun and working. What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? To go out in to the world and apply what we learned in high schools to the real world.

Brandon Shull Golden High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. I have been the starting varsity goalie for Golden’s soccer team for four years starting as a freshman, I have also competed in both cross country and track for four years, and basketball for 2 years. I have been in the golden orchestra as a trumpet player for four years as well. I sang in choir for one year. I spent half of my junior year playing soccer in Spain with an academy team and took classes online for the semester. I have participated in multiple math challenges including the Mega Moody Math challenge consisting of a 14 hour sitting/solution deadline. I have also been playing club soccer for various teams during the duration of high school and competed on the Colorado state Olympic Development Team for the 2003 birth year age group.

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What are your plans after graduation? I am heading to The University of Colorado Colorado Springs to study on a pre-professional medicine track for four years and continue studies in med school afterwards.

What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? During the pandemic in August of 2020 nearing the “start” of the high school soccer season midway through tryouts we got a notification that season would be postponed and/or canceled entirely. Being a senior in my fourth and final season this put a toll on my emotional state for the week or so after but the team and coaches taught me to move forward and continue working and that I did. I started working by myself as well as helping underclassmen as one of the senior

captains and come season that finally happened in March of 2021 we made playoffs and continued the season until the state quarterfinals. This lesson of perseverance also stayed true in academic studies, college applications, and other athletic programs throughout the year. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Positive, malleable, and in high hopes. What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? From my graduating class I see many classmates going into different fields but one thing rings true for almost everyone I know; we all want to make the world a better place not just for ourselves but for the future. Whether that be through med school helping peoples health or becoming engineers and improving technology for the future we all have high hopes for what is to come.

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Cassidy Raine Anderson Golden High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. National Honor Society, Swimming and Girls Golf What are your plans after graduation? Colorado State University Honors program What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? Working at Tributary and holding a Vintage Fashion Pop-up to make a charitable contribution to “A Precious

Child.” It is a local organization which gives clothes, school supplies, and support to underprivileged children in Anderson Colorado. It was a huge success and raised a lot of money for charity. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Optimistic, social and positive What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? To leave it better than we found it.

Rebekah Branham Golden High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. I participated in art club, and a Christian club called YL What are your plans after graduation? I am going to both community collage and a university. I plan to be a counselor to help kids with trauma, or mental issues. What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?

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Learning that being alone can ruin someone. That social aspect of school that I had I learned to cherish it more.

What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? My three adjectives are calm, joyful, and anxious for what lies ahead of me. What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? Change the world in simple ways like being kind to people and helping them when they need it.

Maia Addams Golden High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. During my time at golden high, I took part in dances and sports games, volunteered to help cleanup after events, and participated in several honors and AP classes. What are your plans after graduation? I intend to take some time away from school to find out what else there is to life — there must be more than school days and homework and class deadlines and worksheets and exams, right? But I don’t know. What memorable moment dur-

ing the pandemic instilled a key value in you? The entire pandemic serves as a memorable moment that Addams reinforced the importance of family and community, and made clear that there are a lot of gaps between people. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Cautiously, cautiously optimistic. What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? We have to bring people, and people I mean ourselves, together to face the problems of today’s world like racism and disease.

Congratulations to the Green Mountain High School Class of 2021! We are so proud of you and wish you the best of luck in whatever you do!

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Alice Sweeney Golden High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. During my high school career I used to play lacrosse, I have also been in the theatre program as I did the Spring musical in 2019. I was apart of choir for two years. More importantly though, I worked really really hard to build connections with teachers and peers in the school even if I didn’t know them. I wanted to make connections to create joy. What are your plans after graduation?

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I plan to attend CSU and study psychology. I have to be a therapist. It is my calling and there is no greater joy than listening and connecting. I want to make mental health improvement an exciting thing to be a part of.

What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? While I was taken away from the formally extremely social life I lived, there was isolation that I was unfamiliar with. I grew comfortable being alone and learned to really value the interactions

I have with others. I learned to let love consume me as I radiate the most loving energy I am capable of giving. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Joyful, resilient, hopeful What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? I think this year we’ve worked extremely hard to love one another. Being kind as well as including everyone in the exciting challenge of life. To live is to love and resilience is the greatest form of joy. We keep moving forward no matter what.

Joey Aigner: Golden Golden High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. Four years on Honor Roll; four years in Jazz Band; three years on tennis team; two years in orchestra; two years in choir; two years on baseball team; played the Beast in recent production of “Beauty and the Beast”. Honors — All County Orchestra, All County Choir, Second Team All Conference Tennis; AP Scholar Award; National Honor Society. Travelled to Hawaii, Ecuador, and Europe on school sponsored educational

programs. What are your plans after graduation? Attending CU Boulder School of Music. This summer I hope to travel to Spain Aigner to visit a good friend that was an exchange student at GHS last year. What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? The value is selflessness. I volunteered at Food Bank of the Rockies and learned it’s important to give back to the community.

What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? I’m “hopeful” that the virus will soon be under control and our world can return to a healthy but new normal. I’m “excited” to start the next chapter of my life and continue learning at college. And finally I’m “curious” to learn about and experience all the new technology and inventions that are yet to be discovered. What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? Our mission is to use perseverance and grit to leave the world a little better than we found it.

Anna Plotnick Golden High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. GHS Varsity Coed Cheer Team — 2018-19 State Champions and 2019-2020 4A Runner up , Robbies Hope member, Sources of strength member, Wish Club member, Link Leader, Honor Roll, Bi-literate (Spanish) certified. What are your plans after graduation?

City College of New York — Colin Powell School of Civic and Global Leadership, NYC (Major: Political Science) Class of 2025. What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? Two months into COVID, I took my Junior prom pictures with one friend. It reminded me that even when things seems truly awful and it would be easy to feel sorry for yourself because “normal”

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is gone, you can find a new normal and create a different high school experience that’s still amazing. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Excited, hopeful and ready! What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? Our class can show the world that even with adversity there is success. We persevered a global pandemic, figured out on line schooling and now graduation is upon us!

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Ryan Gale Evergreen High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. Throughout high school I played soccer, ran track, participated in Key Club, National Honor Society, and Foosball Club. I also interned as a Park Ranger for Jeffco Open Space and continued to volunteer as a Park Patroller for JCOS. What are your plans after graduation? Montana State University, Double Major in Snow Science and Applied Mathematics What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? Earlier this year, I hit a Pandemic Wall with all the zoom meetings, online school, online clubs, online everything. I never

thought I would have difficulty pushing through each day, each assignment, each session on the computer, but there I was. The most memorable moment for me was when Jeffco decided we could Gale return to in-person learning. From that point on I rebuilt my interest in learning, my ability to focus through adversity, and my goals for the future. I learned that, at my core, I am not necessarily indestructible, but I am definitely strong, resilient, and self-aware. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Determined, wiser, optimistic. What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? Based on the colleges and degrees my

classmates have posted, I think my graduating class hopes to make the world a better place by finding roles that contribute directly to helping others. My classmates are heading towards nursing, education, environmental, and engineering programs. For my part, I plan to attend Montana State University and earn a degree in Snow Science and Applied Mathematics. Although snow covers a small portion of the Earth, it impacts climate, weather, ecology, water use, wildlife, and people. As we saw in last summer’s wildfires, water resources are critical to our community. The more we understand our snowpack and snow accumulation, the more strategically we can design manage water use throughout the Rockies. I believe Snow Science will be on the leading edge of climate science and solving issues across communities, and I hope to be a part of that journey.

John Haggett Dakota Ridge High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. I did theater, choir, Westernaires, and Mr. Dakota.

What are your plans after graduation? I’m going to get my CNA and gonna work up to a Pediatric Nurse

What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Optomistic, bright, excited.

What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you? I think the actual quarantine really put things into perspective bc I’ve like been annoyed at little things but that was huge

What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? Adding to the worlds workforce and stuff like that.

Grace Metcalf Lakewood High School Tell us a little about your high school career: Clubs, sports, activities and things you participated in during high school. First of all I go to Green Mountain High School but that wasn’t one of the options. I’ve been in NHS, IDEA club (our diversity club), PDT, Ram council (student council), Sources of Strength, Capstone, varsity cross country and track, varsity swimming, and soccer. What are your plans after graduation? I am attending Colorado Mesa to major in Mass Communications. What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?

I was extremely close to not being able to attend our Senior Gala (prom) and senior field day, which were the only senior events we really got, because I had to quarantine because I was exposed to someone in my Metcalf household who tested positive. I ended up having to quarantine and I took every precaution and even isolated myself in my room which caused me to go into depression and since I thought I would be missing out on these big events, I felt like giving up on school and not work hard to get my assignments done. At the last second I was able to go. I learned the value of appreciating all the opportunities available to you and not taking them for granted. I also learned that you may miss out on things and that’s no reason for you to give

up and get upset because there will be many great things in the future. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward? Optimism, perseverance, and eager. What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world? Our class is the future, we are the generation that has faced so many challenges at such a young age that we will take action to change the future. We’ve had to face many mental health struggles that have been caused by many new influences that older generations haven’t had to deal with such as social media. We have also been more accepting of diversity within our community and we’ve been actively involved. So our mission is taking action in whatever we can.

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Ralston Valley’s state tournament run ends against Rampart BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

COLORADO SPRINGS — Ralston Valley’s girls volleyball team that finished with a 17-1 record and berth in the Class 5A state semifinals won’t be forgotten anytime soon. “No Ralston Valley volleyball team had ever made it to the state semifinals before,” Ralston Valley senior Taylor Scherff said shortly after the Mustangs’ season came to an end. “That was a great accomplishment for this team. We really did this as a team. Everyone played their part. Everyone is strong. Everyone had something to give.” The No. 3-seeded Mustangs defeated 5A Jeffco League rival 3-0 during a late-night 5A state quarterfinal match Wednesday, May 12, at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. The victory set up a semifinal date May 13 against No. 2 Rampart. The Rams (13-1) proved to be too much for Ralston Valley. Rampart took a 25-18, 20-25, 25-21, 25-17 victory on its way to winning its first state volleyball title later than night against Grandview. “We knew our best chance was to slow down their outside hitters,” Ralston Valley coach Ashley Ahlman said. “I think we executed with that well. I just think it took a lot of and energy and wore us down a little bit.” Rampart’s senior tandem of Anjelina Starck Kyla Blatnick proved to be too tough for Ralston Valley. The two combined for 42 kills in the match. “I’m just going to miss it a lot,” an emotional Ahlman said outside the arena after the loss. “I’m not even mad about the loss. I’m just sad that it’s over.” There was a question if Ralston Valley would even get to compete at state due to COVID-19 issues the team delete with the week between regionals and state. “It was pretty crazy with the whole quarantine thing,” Scherff said referring the Mustangs being quarantined the week before the state tournament. “I think the whole team was really grateful to be here. This group has grown up together. I think at the end of the day — even if it didn’t end the way we wanted to — we were just grateful to have one last great experience together.” It was a great experience for the Mustangs this year in sweeping the 5A Jeffco League that included two other state qualifiers in Chatfield and Columbine. Along with winning the regional title to qualify for the small 8-team state tournament field during the Season C. “Not everything is a guarantee,” Ahlman said. “You have to go out and battle. I really think we battled against a really, really good Rampart team.” Ralston Valley does graduate eight seniors, but will have a solid core returning. Juniors Morgan

Ralston Valley senior Taylor Scherff (4) is able to hit a spike past Rampart junior Hadleigh Richardson (15) during the Class 5A state semifinal match May 13 at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. The Mustangs defeated 5A Jeffco League rival Chatfield the PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS night before in the state quarterfinals, but fell to Rampart 3-1 in the semifinals the next day.

McChesney, Emerson Reinke, Jordan Wisner and freshman Maddy Dominick will all be back next year. “I really hope the returning players take this experience and run with it,” said Scherff, who plans on playing beach volleyball for Colorado Mesa University. “Now that they have been to the state semifinals they know what they want. They are going to be hungry for a win next year.” While Ahlman is excited about the Fall 2021 season that is right around the corner, she know how special this team was. “I’ll probably take a few weeks off before getting back in the gym,” Ahlman said of preparing for the Fall 2021 season. “I’m looking forward to that, but today it’s hard to say goodbye to the seniors.” Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage go to CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.

Ralston Valley junior Morgan McChesney (3) is able to put down a kill during the Class 5A state semifinal match against Rampart on May 13 at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. The Mustangs had their undefeated season come to an end with a 3-1 loss to the eventual state champions.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals City and County PUBLIC NOTICE A public hearing will be held virtually before the Arvada Planning Commission on June 8, 2021, at 6:15 p.m., when you may speak on the matter to consider a Conditional Use Application for Ralston Gardens Parking Lot, generally located at 9250 Ralston Rd. Members of the public may join virtually by visiting www.arvada.org/PLNCOMMISSION for the login information. To submit written public comment to be considered by the Commission, email comments to cedboardsandcommission@arvada.org by 5 p.m. on 6/7/2021. Additional information can be obtained from https://www.arvadapermits.org/etrakit3/search/ project.aspx?activityno=DA2020-0052. CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION /s/ Patricia Connell, Secretary Legal Notice No. 410630 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the Arvada City Council to be held on MONDAY, June 14, 2021, at 6:15 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, City Council will hold a public hearing on the following proposed ordinances and thereafter will consider them for final passage and adoption. Members of the public may join virtually by emailing kluy@arvada.org; the email must mention this meeting date. For

the full text version in electronic form go to www. arvada.org/legalnotices, click on Current Legal Notices, then click on the title of the ordinance you wish to view. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions. CB21-016 An Ordinance Annexing Certain Land Into the City of Arvada, Maple Valley Park, Approximately Located at 6900 Indiana Street. CB21-017 An Ordinance Rezoning Certain Land Within the City of Arvada, Maple Valley Park, from Jefferson County A-2 (Agricultural) to City of Arvada OS (Open Space) and Amending the Official Zoning Maps of the City of Arvada, Colorado, Approximately Located at 6900 Indiana Street. CB21-018 An Ordinance Annexing Certain Land Into the City of Arvada, 6700 Indiana Street, 6702 Indiana Street, 6710 Indiana Street, and a Portion of 6720 Indiana Street in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado. CB21-019 An Ordinance Rezoning Certain Land Within the City of Arvada, Project Indiana, from Jefferson County A-2 (Agricultural) to City of Arvada IL (Industrial, Light) and Five Parcels from City of Arvada CG (Commercial, General) to City of Arvada IL (Industrial, Light) and Amending the Official Zoning Maps of the City of Arvada, Colorado, Generally Located at 6700 Indiana Street, 6702 Indiana Street, 6710 Indiana Street, and a Portion of 6720 Indiana Street. Legal Notice No. 410629 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE A public hearing will be held virtually before the Arvada Planning Commission originally scheduled for May 18, 2021 will now be held on June 8, 2021, at 6:15 p.m., when you may speak on the matter to consider the Annexation, Rezoning and Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment for 15812 W

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64th Avenue Annexation, approximately located at 15812 W 64th Ave. Members of the public may join virtually by visiting www.arvada.org/PLNCOMMISSION for the log in information. To submit written public comment to be considered by the Commission, email comments to cedboardsandcommission@arvada.org by 5 p.m. on 6/7/2021. Additional information can be obtained from https://www.arvadapermits.org/etrakit3/search/ project.aspx?activityno=DA2020-0123. CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION /s/ Patricia Connell,Secretary Legal Notice No. 410632 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF ANNEXATION PETITION ACCEPTANCE The following resolution can be viewed in its entirety in electronic form by going to www.arvada. org/legalnotices and clicking on Current Legal Notices. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions. R21-071 A Resolution Accepting an Annexation Petition Concerning Maple Valley Park, Approximately Located at 6900 Indiana Street, Finding Said Petition Substantially Compliant with C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hearing for June 14, 2021, 6:15 P.M. for City Council to Determine Whether the Area Meets the Requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 105, and Is Considered Eligible for Annexation. Legal Notice No. 410551 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

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NOTICE OF ANNEXATION PETITION ACCEPTANCE

Legal Notice No. 410631 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

The following resolution can be viewed in its entirety in electronic form by going to www.arvada. org/legalnotices and clicking on Current Legal Notices. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions. R21-070 A Resolution Accepting an Annexation Petition Concerning 6700 Indiana Street, 6702 Indiana Street, 6710 Indiana Street, and a Portion of 6720 Indiana Street, Finding said Petition Substantially Compliant With C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hearing for June 14, 2021, 6:15 P.M. For City Council to Determine Whether the Area Meets the Requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 105, and Is Considered Eligible for Annexation. Legal Notice No. 410552 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE A public hearing will be held virtually before the Arvada Planning Commission on June 8, 2021, at 6:15 p.m., when you may speak on the matter to consider a Major Modification for Greyshoe Unit Addition, generally located at 5430 Estes Street. Members of the public may join virtually by visiting www.arvada.org/PLNCOMMISSION for the login information. To submit written public comment to be considered by the Commission, email comments to cedboardsandcommission@arvada.org by 5 p.m. on 6/7/2021. Additional information can be obtained from https://www.arvadapermits.org/etrakit3/search/ project.aspx?activityno=DA2021-0037. CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION

Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that disbursements in final settlement will be issued by the Finance Director at 10:00 a.m., June 1, 2021 to RN Civil Construction for work related to Project No. 20-WA-50 - Fluoride System Replacement Project and performed under that contract dated September 22, 2020 for the City of Arvada. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that furnished labor, material, drayage, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by said contractor or his sub-contractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done by said RN Civil Construction and its claim has not been paid, may at any time on or prior to the hour of the date above stated, file with the Finance Director of the City of Arvada at City Hall, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim. Dated this May 11, 2021 CITY OF ARVADA /s/ Kristen Rush, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 410633 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

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