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Mountain lion encounter sparks three-day park closure

Top tower

Officials encourage additional caution after Deer Creek Canyon Park reopens

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The tank of the Arvada water tower.

PHOTO BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO

On 110th birthday, Arvada’s water tower remains beloved icon

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

If a resident of today’s Arvada could travel back in time to see the town in the final months of 1910, they would surely find it mostly unrecognizable.

After all, Arvada’s population was just 810 according to that year’s census and the town didn’t even yet have a stop light. One thing that resident surely would recognize, however, is the newly completed water tower, which the city would’ve just celebrated with a grand opening party on Oct. 12.

Originally installed as a means of providing water to a growing city that had previously depended on wells dug by hand from Clear Creek, the water tower stored Arvada’s water (up to 150,000 gallons at a time) until 1977.

But even as it has not been used for its intended purpose for over four decades, the Arvada community’s love for the water tower has only seemed to grow since as it has remained an iconic symbol of the city, and serving as a focal point for celebration.

But what makes an old water tower that hasn’t functioned in

decades such a fitting symbol for an expanding suburban community?

Ben Irwin, who frequently includes the water tower in the communications materials he produces in his job as Arvada’s chief communication officer said the tower resonates because of what it says about the city’s past, present and future.

“I think we care about the water tower because it hearkens back to a proud history,” said Irwin. “Building a water tower in 1910, that was an exercise in foresight and planning for the future.”

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Attack ads fly in House District 27 seat “Hurtful” and “transphobic” ads sponsored by committees on both sides

Titone

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The race for State House District 27, has gotten ugly, thanks to negative ads launched by independent groups that both the Democratic and Republican candidates call false and misleading.

Brianna Titone, Colorado’s first

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openly-transgender lawmaker, who is running for re-election to her HD 27 seat serving western Arvada, says a new attack ad that refers to her by her former name is both transphobic and “patently false.”

The Facebook ad, which was created by a group called Take Back Colorado, is titled “History of Violence.” It claims that Titone has “always supported violence” and states that when

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Driving toward the trailhead, the natural beauty of the surroundings, like most of Colorado’s wild spaces, evokes a sense of peace that draws people in. It’s one of the reasons so many of us love this state. But occasionally there’s an incident that reminds us of just how wild it can really be.

Deer Creek Canyon Park reopened Oct. 13, after a three-day shutdown that allowed officials from Colorado Parks and Wildlife to search for a mountain lion that had reportedly displayed abnormal behavior in an encounter with a cyclist. During the incident which occurred on the evening of Oct., 9, the mountain lion approached cyclist Kathleen McCarthy while she was riding her bike on Red Mesa trail and stalked her for nearly 30 minutes as she tried to back away from it. McCarthy talked with a 911 dispatcher for the duration of the encounter while she waited for help to arrive. According to Matt Robbins, Community Connections Manager at Jeffco Open Space, McCarthy was able to put her bike between herself and the big cat, which was exactly the right thing to do.

“Remember that as we have migrated and moved up into the mountains, we’re really living in their environment,” Robbins said. “Maintain space, use rocks, a walking stick, or anything else you have, to keep distance between yourself and an aggressive animal.”

In McCarthy’s case, her quick thinking paid off and she wasn’t injured by the cat. Robbins thinks people should always keep in mind that they can’t outrun or outride a mountain lion, and they need to be prepared to fight back if necessary.

He also wants to remind Coloradans of some simple tips that can help them stay safe while enjoying open space parks. In his experience, taking easy precautions like making sure pets are leashed, keeping children close — preferably between adults when hiking and recreating in groups instead of alone, can make things safer for humans and animals alike.

“And don’t ride or run with both earbuds in,” Robbins said. “Maintaining the ability to hear what’s going on around you is critical to outdoor recreation.”

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Jeffco now has more new COVID-19 cases than ever County verging on being designated ‘high risk’ by state

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jeffco public health officials are warning residents to exercise caution and avoid gatherings after the county has repeatedly reached new highs for new COVID-19 cases in a two-week period during recent days and is now at risk of seeing restrictions tightened.

As of Oct. 19, new highs for two-week cases numbers had been reached for five consecutive days, culminating in a new high of 1,117 new cases over the two week period ending on Oct. 18.

That number is also more than double the case totals the county was consistently seeing in late August and early September, when the two-week new case totals tended to be in the upper 300s.

These latest two-week case number is alarming to Jeffco officials who say it puts the county on the verge of being downgraded to the “high risk” safer-at-home level 3 on the state’s COVID-19 dial, which could lead to the state imposing tighter restrictions for area businesses.

Jody Erwin, the deputy director of Jefferson County Public Health, expressed concern about the rise in case counts in a briefing he gave to

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ers since the retirement of former JCPH Executive Director Mark B. Johnson earlier this month. Johnson has given bi-weekly briefings on the county’s COVID-19 status to the commissioners throughout the pandemic.

“When (Johnson) asked me to put this on my calendar about three weeks ago, I’d hope I would be able to come to you and congratulate us all for moving into protect-ourneighbor status,” said Erwin. “But clearly that’s not the case—our case trend has dramatically taken a turn for the worse.”

Erwin said Jeffco’s rise in new cases is consistent with rises being seen in counties throughout the state, and particularly in the Denver metro area. Hospitalizations also are increasing both in the county and throughout the metro area, although Erwin said those “increases are not nearly as bad as they were in April and May.” According to Erwin, data obtained by JCPH contact tracers suggests most of the cases can be attributed to three main activities: backyard gatherings, students returning to higher education and out-of-state travel. He also said the county has seen a particularly large jump in cases among those age 1824, although there have also been some new outbreaks in nursing facilities.

“My big concern right now is the holidays,” said Erwin. “It’d be incredibly frustrating to be downgraded to level three during the holidays, especially on our retailers and businesses, but also on our health care workers.”

Many health care workers had to work mandatory overtime shifts at the start of the pandemic and Erwin said it would be “unfortunate” to see them have to do that again.

County attorney Kym Sorrells said that now the county has seen 1,000 or more new cases in a two

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week period, the county is at risk of being downgraded to safer-athome level 3. However, the state will first give the county a few weeks to bring its numbers back in line with those required to qualify for level 2 (1,000 or fewer cases in a two-week period).

However, if the county were unable to do so, it would lose its existing variance from certain health order rules and be subjected to the more stringent level three requirements for crowd size. That means that indoor events, which can currently have up to 100 people, would be limited to 25 while outdoor events that are now limited to 175 people would be to 100 people.

Certain businesses, such as gyms, would also be required to close their doors altogether until cases dropped while other businesses would see their capacity reduced from 50% to 25%.

“Businesses are hoping to open up more rather than continue to be limited to 50% capacity,” said Sorrells. “If they have to go down to 25% that’s really probably going to be a life or death analysis for some of these businesses and I don’t know how some of them are going to survive.”

To slow the spread of COVID-19 in Jeffco, Erwin said residents should recommit to mask wearing, social distancing, washing their hands and other established behaviors. He also said it is important for residents to get the flu vaccine as reducing the spread of flu could help to reduce pressure on hospitals.

“I think if anyone needs any motivation to help tamp down on those COVID-19 numbers, I think this will be it,” said Jeffco Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper of the possible consequences for businesses of the county dropping to level 3. “Especially when we think about how hard our community has worked to ensure those numbers stay low.”

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MOUNTAIN LION

New signage has been placed at Red Mesa Trail in Deer Creek Canyon Park after a cyclist reported an encounter with a mountain lion on the evening of Oct. 9. Since the trail was reopened on Oct. 13, there have been no additional sightings of the big cat.

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of several involving mountain lions in Colorado and other Western states. A viral video on the internet recently featured a close call between a runner and a cougar in Utah, where the big cat repeatedly charged and hissed as the runner tried to back away from it for more than six minutes.

And last year, a runner on a trail west of Fort Collins wrestled with an attacking mountain lion until he was eventually able to kill the animal.

Robbins said the most important thing to remember if you run into an aggressive mountain lion is to continue facing the animal.

“Don’t turn your back on it. Don’t run away,” he said. “Running will trigger the cat’s instinct to chase.” For now, Robbins said they have added new signage at the Deer Creek Canyon Park trailhead warning of the mountain lion’s presence and have asked staff and volunteers to man the area when possible during peak times, to remind visitors to use extra caution. He also encourages anyone who has an abnormal or aggressive encounter with wildlife to call 911.

PHOTO BY BOB WOOLEY

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A Pew Research Center study conducted in June looked at almost 10,000 U.S. adults to understand COVID moving trends better….

“About a quarter (28%) told us [they chose to move] because they feared getting COVID-19 if they stayed where they were living,” Cohn says. “About a fifth (20%) said they wanted to be with their family, or their college campus closed (23%). A total of 18% gave financial reasons, including job loss.”

Furthermore, roughly one in five of the survey participants responded that they packed up and left because of the pandemic — or know someone who was moving during COVID, shedding light on the increased moves during this time period.

In reading the chart, it should be noted that “New York, NY” is the postal address for Manhattan, not all five boroughs of New York City, which is why Brooklyn has its own number. Also, not shown is that the biggest destination of New York out-migration is Brooklyn, and vice versa. Since only 28% of movers cited the virus as their reason for moving, that fact does not diminish the impact Covid-19 played in this year’s moves.

The change-of-address forms ask whether the move is permanent or temporary, and although the number of permanent moves increased by about 2%

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ATTOM Data Solutions, the nation’s most comprehensive aggregator of foreclosure data, reported last week that the number of foreclosure filings in the 3rd Quarter (July-September) of 2020 was down 12% from the 2nd Quarter and down 81% nationally from the same quarter a year ago. Denver was down 89% and Colorado was down 90%. Only three cities and four states recorded bigger year-over-year declines.

The combination of foreclosure moratoria and forbearance programs was a primary contributor to these drops, so the question on many people’s minds is whether we’ll see a flood of foreclosure

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year-over-year, the number of temporary moves increased by nearly 27%. Some of those moves were to second homes.

Others were students who left campuses which had switched to online learning.

Since an estimated 70% of workers were able to continue working from home, those people who had a place to relocate made the move quickly — likely to a place that was not subject to the lockdowns of their home city. The highest spike was in March, reducing slightly in April. As reflected in the above chart, small cities were the primary recipients of this in-migration, which supports

what I have already observed, that downtown Denver has a buyer’s market and the suburbs have a seller’s market.

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A movement comes to the suburbs Anti-racism community groups have sprung up in Jeffco in wake of summer protests

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When demonstrations began springing up in cities around the nation in response to the killing of George Floyd, Zenat Shariff Belkin was troubled to find no such protests in her home city of Lakewood.

“Frankly, I did not feel that anything was happening in Lakewood,” said Shariff Belkin. “And so I thought it would be a really great opportunity to actually bring awareness to what was happening with Black Lives Matter.”

So Shariff Belkin began organizing her own sign-waving protests on Tuesdays on different corners in Lakewood, which ranged in size from 50 to as many as 150 attendees.

“It’s really organic and we have no formal structure,” she said. “We just pushed it out on our Facebook page.

Shariff Balkin, it turned out, was not alone in wanting to organize a demonstration in suburban Jeffco.

Just a few miles away in Wheat Ridge, similar gatherings were happening in front of Right Coast Pizza at 38th Avenue and High Court after Morgan Richards decided to start going out there with her family.

“We decided we were going to let the community know this matters,” said

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A small group discusses “fall choices” in their lives at an event organized by the Golden Antiracism Collective and Foothills Art Center.

Richards. “Even in Wheat Ridge.”

But in the months since, what began as group of individuals taking to the streets in protest of recent police killings has evolved into actual organizations seeking to draw attention to and combat racism at the community level.

What that looks like had differed by city. In Wheat Ridge, a newly formed group has been sending members to

speak before the Wheat Ridge City Council to ask the city to to implement required and continuous equity training for all city employees and establish a task force to examine city policies with an eye toward diversity and equity. In Lakewood, there is an ongoing effort to get the city council to put back up signs proclaiming that “Lakewood is building an inclusive community.”

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In Golden, the new Golden Anti-Racism Collective group lists three main avenues to make the change the group wants to see in the community. Those avenues include outreach through “curating educational events, and providing resources and information in support of being an anti-racist community,” promoting change in policy

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Help for polio survivors facing new challenges Colorado Post-Polio Organization offers services, ‘A lot of people can go from being fully-functioning adults, to being in a mobility chair all of the time resources and traveling and being unable to do things they did before. And clinics across the state it can happen fast.’

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Polio.

The mere mention of the word can conjure images of stricken children, sometimes with painful metal braces on their limbs. Or perhaps it evokes a terrifying contraption called an iron lung, which allowed people with severe cases of polio to breathe. Maybe it makes you think of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who contracted

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and policing by encourage the city to review its current policies and enact new ones so to address systematic racism and injustice within the community and promoting anti-racist curriculum, policies and student-discussion within schools.

While the work ahead is daunting, GAC member Ty Scrable said he feels the small size of a community like Golden is an asset to its antiracism work.

Mitzi Tolman, Program Coordinator for Colorado Post-Polio the disease at the age of 39, but kept it well hidden from the public. Or, if you’re a member of the younger generations, it might not conjure up any image at all, because polio has largely

“The whole city of Golden can fit inside the Pepsi Center,” he said. “And I think that really matters for making change in a community.”

What next?

While much of the work of each group is focused on addressing city-specific issues, the groups — including similar organizations in Arvada and Evergreen — are also hoping to bring about change countywide by working with the county commissioners and other county groups.

For many of the groups, making change also means engaging with Jeffco’s his-

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tory of racism, which include a history of KKK activity in and around Golden as well as discriminatory housing policies.

Richards said she has heard from several Wheat Ridge residents who say the original deed of their property includes language stating that blacks cannot own or, in one case, even be within 25 feet of the home.

“I want to normalize us talking about that and acknowledging that because here in Wheat Ridge we are 50 years old, and so it might be easy to say that wasn’t us because we were unincorpo-

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By many accounts, polio survivors are a high-achieving group with many of doctors, lawyers and other professionals among their ranks.

And they would routinely push through pain or difficulties and literally will themselves to excel at any activity they took part in.

So, that sounds like the end of the story, right?

rated,” said Richards. “And yet at the time that incorporation happened one of the variables for the people that did that is that they very much did not want black kids bussed into Wheat Ridge.”

As time goes on, one common element between all these groups seems to be that their members are increasingly thinking about how best to be a force for both shortand long-term change.

“What we’ve actually done is we stopped protesting in the streets and asked for folks to focus their energy on the ballot box,” said Shariff Belkin. “And then after the

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“We are not here to check the box and we are done,” said Richards. “I said to someone recently ‘oh, did you think we were going away?’

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Nancy Young, a local historian who wrote a book about the water tower’s history, said the tower’s place in the hearts and minds of both those who live in and visit Arvada is rooted in the practical role it played in the city for decades.

In addition to being the only source of water for 67 years, the tower also served as a landmark that could be used to identify Arvada from miles around, she said.

“Folks in Denver used to come to Arvada for picnics because it was so rural,” said Young. “And they found it by following the water tower because they could see it.”

Young wrote in her book that the tower still plays a similar role for Arvada-bound travelers who often know to exit I-70 when they see the tower.

Or perhaps it’s just the fact that the tower has seemingly always been there — and was still being used in the 1950s and 1960s when the city’s population increased twenty-fold, she said.

“Everyone grew up with the tower right in from of them,” Young said.

Of course, it also doesn’t hurt that the tower has a history nearly as colorful as the city it overlooks.

A fun history According to Young’s book, “The Arvada Water Tower: Celebrating 100 years,” the tower got off to a lively start when the town held a celebration of the new tower that was attended by the mayors of all the surrounding towns, including Denver’s mayor.

During the celebration, the firemen staged a water fight using water from the tower to find that the pressure was

Arvada’s water tower A view of the Arvada water tower from Olde Wadsworth Boulevard. PHOTO BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO so great it knocked the firemen from their feet.

More hi-jinks ensued in the 1950s when Arvada High School’s 1955 graduating class decided to leave their mark on the town by climbing the tower and painting “Class of 1955” on the tank. The stunt was repeated the next year but the class of 1957 was not so lucky as they found the town authorities waiting for them at the tower ready to put a stop to the budding tradition.

However, the tower also provided a great service to the town in May 16, 1960 when it provided the only source of water to fight a blaze at the Metz Lumber Company, located in the middle of town. The tower can also be seen in the background of photos of the Armistice Parade the town held to celebrate the end of World War I. While the tower no longer holds water, it has recently found another purpose as the city periodically lights it up in different colors to honor special events like high school graduations. Earlier this year, the tower once again became a nexus of hope, healing and resilience when it was lit up in red

on Fridays as a tribute to first responders. Even more recently, it was lit up in rainbow colors in celebration of its own birthday.

But while newer residents only know the tower as a gleaming icon in Olde Town, that wasn’t always the case. According to the city website, the tower long sat behind a chain linked fence topped with barbed wire surrounded by trash and weeds after it was decommissioned. That changed in 1998 when the Arvada Urban Renewal Authority temporarily took possession of the tower to restore and repaint it, and also added the current park and plaza that lies beneath it.

As someone who grew up with the tower in Arvada, Young can probably speak for many former residents when she says she appreciates the efforts to keep the tower as an icon of Arvada.

“I’m glad it’s still standing,” she said. “It’s been a beacon since forever.”

However, she does have one wish for the tower’s future.

“I would rather that they painted just the word ‘Arvada’ on it,” she said.

“Because that is what was painted on their for decades. It marked the spot.”

110

Years the tower has presided over Arvada

6

Columns that support the tower

152

Height of the tower in feet

Oct. 12, 1910 Grand opening of the tower

240

Number of kWh used by the tower’s current lighting system each month

150,000

Gallons of water the tower could hold

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opposite of what the ad is insinuating,” Titone said. “Even the person who reported me said I did not do anything to anybody. Their claims they are trying to drum up are completely false.”

Take Back Colorado is registered to Joe Neville, whose brother is current Republican House Minority Leader Patrick Neville.

According to Colorado’s TRACER campaign finance system, Take Back Colorado spent $298,165.77 on different election races between Dec. 7, 2018 and Oct. 14, 2020. Joe Neville did not respond to a request for comment.

In a Facebook post promoting the ad, Neville wrote: “If you want to help a group that isn’t pulling punches, works with grassroots and isn’t owned by the establishment check out takebackco.org.”

cal points when her prior name has nothing to do with her prior skills as a legislator just seems like an unnecessary low blow.”

In addition to deadnaming, Titone said the ad also uses two transphobic tropes against her: the suggestion that she is violent and another that she sexualizes children. The claim that she sexualizes children is accompanied by a photo of Titone’s retweet of an article about an eight-year-old boy who enjoys dressing in girl’s clothing.

“They love to thrown in children whenever they talk about trans people because they like to associate trans people with pedophilia and violence against kids and that is a dangerous myth that they are trying to perpetuate and project onto me and its ridiculous,” she said.

Titone said the ad appears to her to be an attempt to point out that she is trans and suggest trans people are bad without explicitly saying it. She also disputed the ad’s assertion that Titone’s former girlfriend called the police because of Titone’s violent temper.

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reply from an account belonging to Titone stating “we should at least be given the right to punch someone in the face for doing that” is shown on the screen.” The ad does not show the statement or content that Titone was responding to.

Titone said that in addition to being presented without context, the tweets are so blurry in the ad that “she can’t look at what they are trying to talk about.”

“What are you trying to hide if you can’t show it in a resolution that is readable?” said Titone.

Titone said the ad is transphobic because it refers to her by her old name without her consent, a practice known as deadnaming.

A Facebook post by the National Center for Lesbian Rights said dead naming is a form of harassment that can feel invalidating to a trans person’s identity.

“If you’re a polite person with any humanity you don’t do that to a trans person,” said Titone. “You don’t use their dead name. It’s hurtful, it’s harmful, that’s something we don’t do.”

Jacob McWilliams, a transgender man who serves as the director of CU Denver’s women and gender center, said the ad’s use of Titone’s old name is unnecessary because it doesn’t tell people something about Titone they don’t already know since she is openly-transgender.

“It’s a transphobic dog whistle,” said McWilliams. “It is making her gender identity an issue and reinforcing transphobic beliefs that she is not really a woman which is dangerous for all trans people.

Especially to use it to score politi-

Pyne “surprised” by ad Jonah Hearne, the campaign manager for Titone’s Republican opponent, Vicki Pyne, said both he and Pyne were surprised by the release of the ad, which he said he had not known about prior to its release.

“Obviously, in no way is that the type of campaign we have been running and it’s not the type of campaign that we like to see in politics,” he said.

Hearne said Pyne had also been disappointed by several negative attacks that had been run against her, too. They include one that Hearne said suggested that she wants to arm terrorists. Hearne said that ad was run by the Better Colorado Alliance Independent Expenditure Committee. Hearne said that while the video appears to have been removed from the web. The committee has also distributed mailers making the same claim.

According to Colorado TRACER,

Domestic incident In 2012, Titone’s former girlfriend called police the day after an argument with Titone.

A police report filed about the incident said Titone had been “yelling at her and following her around the house.” However, the report stated that the officer chose to close the case without recommending charges be filed. The reasons given were that Titone’s girlfriend told the officer Titone neither touched her nor impeded her movement.

Titone also denied to police the argument had reached the level of yelling.

“The report says exactly the

the Better Colorado Alliance Independent Expenditure Committee had spent $2,145,600.58 between Dec. 7, 2018 and Sept. 30, 2020, benefiting several Democratic candidates.

“Just because certain pro-Second amendment groups support her doesn’t mean she has signed onto any sort of agreement where she is going to completely deregulate everything and get rid of all background checks and things like that,” said Hearne. “Background checks are a legitimate part of regulations.”

That ad was particularly hurtful, Hearne said, because false assertions could create complications for Pyne in her job as the program director of CASA of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties, an advocacy organization for child abuse victims.

When asked by Colorado Community Media about whether she condoned or endorsed those ads, Titone said she has made statements on both Facebook and Twitter stating that she had no affiliation with the negative ads and has no control over them. Titone said she herself has not been running any campaign ads. She also said she feels that some have been in bad taste but do not perpetuate any lies like the “History of Violence” ad does against her.

Titone said the ad in question also refers to Pyne’s answers to an National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund questionnaire to justify the attack.

According to the NRA-PVF website, Pyne is endorsed by the NRA. The website indicates that Pyne is “ a pro-gun candidate whose rating is based solely on the candidate’s responses to the NRA-PVF Candidate Questionnaire and who does not have a voting record on Second Amendment issues.”

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This election season doesn’t have to end badly ALCHEMY

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’ve seen this movie before … although how this version ends is anyone’s guess.

Unfortunately, however, most of those guesses include the fear, threat or promise of violence.

The first time I saw this movie, I was in Nepal, when our long-planned Himalayan trek happened to coincide with the country’s national constituent assembly election, only the second since the end of a violent civil war in 2006 that claimed more than 13,000 lives.

We arrived in Kathmandu a few days before

the November 19, 2013, election. We saw partisans with loudspeakers in open-backed trucks careening though narrow streets. We saw heavily armed military – the government had deployed two-thirds of the army to thwart opposition parties intimidating people registering to vote.

These groups also intimidated the country into a general strike that shut down private and public transportation. Already, protesters boycotting the election had torched vehicles defying the strike. A candidate had been shot

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Remove small biz burden Property taxes provide the funding of our essential services such as our schools, fire departments, parks and recreation, libraries, and other services we need. But we have an amendment in our constitution which is draining the funding of these services. It is called the “Gallagher Amendment.”

Amendment B removes Gallagher from the constitution with a “yes” vote. Since it was established in 1982, Gallagher has created a system that is now so unfair that it is increasing the tax burden on all our small businesses. At a time when so many businesses are fighting to stay in business and provide our jobs, they will also be saddled with property tax bills five times that of homeowners if Gallagher is allowed to remain in place.

Add up all the property value in Colorado and 80 percent comes from residential property but Gallagher forces the 20 percent, business, to pay the majority of property taxes. This disparity also forces our essential services into a constant cycle of budget cuts.

That does not make sense for our economy.

Amendment B repeals the Gallagher Amendment’s failed formula from our state constitution and freezes our current property tax rate in place. These rates would not be able to increase without a vote. This change will stabilize the budgets for our essential services and prevents an additional shift in the property tax burden to small businesses and farmers.

Please join me in voting yes on Amendment B. Norma Anderson, Lakewood Name those responsible Your recent headline “Elevated Jeffco COVID-19 case numbers keeping restrictions in place” is inaccurate. It should read something like this “Because of elevated COVID-19 case numbers Jeffco county officials are keeping restrictions in place.”

We need to know who is responsible for taking our freedoms away.

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What has the two-party system gotten us?

Our country is $27 trillion in debt. Yet that isn’t the worst of it.

Just think — what do we have for all that debt? Have we solved the health care financial problems?

NO. Did we bring lasting peace to the Middle East? NO. Have we implemented a solution to the climate change concern? NO. Have we even modestly improved the education system for our children? NO. Do we have COVID19 on the run?

NO. Have we solved the overwhelming addiction to legal and illegal drugs? NO. Can we even impleSEE LETTERS, P11

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Talking about the core of this acrimony

Kelly Sheehan, Arvada Maintain routine health care The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted healthcare community in so many ways, including—straining our doctors and hospitals, infecting defenseless patients, and upending traditional care.

Working with radiologists, I have seen major shifts in patients’ attitudes toward visiting medical professionals for non-emergency care. And while many are holding off on visiting their doctors out of concern for the virus, it’s more important than ever that patients are maintaining their routine of preventative care to stay healthy.

Fortunately, our health care facilities and doctors remain ready and equipped to treat patients no matter their condition or concern.

Despite extraordinary challenges and increased demands for medical care, our healthcare distributors have kept our medical system afloat. These logistics experts are working on overdrive to help ensure they are getting available medications and supplies to the facilities that need them most. These efforts have helped our medical facilities and hospitals to both fend off the virus and treat patients suffering from cancer, cardiovascular issues, emergencies, and more.

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dead, and the wife of another had acid poured on her face.

On the day of the election – and our trek departure date – the government ultimately decided it could adequately protect us if all tour buses traveled as one entourage. We crawled westward in a caravan from Kathmandu, stopping often at road blocks to verify our tourist status. Military with machine guns patrolled the road.

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couple walks into the marriage counselor’s office and sits down.

“Doc, I don’t know what to do any more,” the wife starts in. “I’m miserable.”

HITTING “I’m miserable, too, Doc,” the husband HOME counters. “All we do is fight.”

“Okay,” the counselor answers, in a calm, even tone. “What do you fight about?”

“He’s insanely neat, practically O.C.D.” “She’s kind of a slob.”

“He watches too Michael Alcorn many sports.”

“She’s always watching sappy love stories.”

“He wears green with khaki.”

“She always blowing the punchline of jokes.”

“Okay, okay, okay…” the counselor interrupts. “I get it — you’re two different people and it’s starting to get annoying.”

“Yeah,” they answer, in unison.

“Were you always this way?”

He nods. “For the most part, yeah.”

“Why did it used to work?”

“Well, we’d, ya know, sit down and put our cards on the table (she’s terrible at gin rummy, by the way) and decide what we could live without and find common ground on the rest.”

“So, what changed?”

“Well, a little while ago,” she starts in, thoughtfully. “He was so preoccupied with work that I just started making all the decisions.”

“Did that seem right to you?”

“Well, sure. He was busy, and never really noticed, and then, ya know, I start seeing how screwed up he is, with being a Raider fan and stuff, and I just decided he couldn’t really be trusted.”

“Uh-huh. How’s that working out?”

“Great, for a while. I was as happy as I’d ever been.”

“And then what,” the counselor prompted, nodding sympathetically.

“Then, all the sudden, like, he decides he wants to start making decisions again. And he tells his friends how terrible I am.”

Counselor turns to husband.

“It’s true. I needed some backup if I was ever going to make sense of this and see how my friends thought.”

“That’s not very respectful of your wife.”

“Well, how respectful is it of her to just take all the decisions away, and then tell her friends how bad I am at making decisions.”

“Okay.” Counselor quiets the room and allows everybody to breathe for a few seconds. “Honestly, the two of you, how many decisions do you really think you’d make the same, if left alone to do it?”

They think for a moment. “I don’t know,” he mutters.

“Maybe 80 percent,” she finishes.

“Well, that’s a lot,” the counselor concludes. “Is the 20% really important enough to divide you, to cause you to break apart?”

And this is where the crux of the matter lies for our country.

Couples can survive a lot of stuff if they remain loyal to each other and to what they’ve built together.

There is history, and struggle and nobility in getting through the challenges of life — loyalty to that is critical.

Because, let’s face it, people aren’t easy to live with, especially over extended periods of time.

And couples can learn to live with those differences. But if those differences are about core beliefs, it becomes a much greater challenge.

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Along the way, though, something else was quietly taking place. Because of the strike – initiated for just this purpose – Nepalese citizens reliant on public or private transportation could not get home to vote.

However, between the barricades, bus drivers slowed to pick up local residents at unobtrusive crossroads or small villages, and then, just as innocuously, drop them off further along on our route … Nepalese defying the strike and dodging the violence to

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ment a method to contain and control futures wildfires in the Western U.S.?

NO. Ask Republicans and Democrats how that $25 trillion was spent. Ask them also what they will do when the debt hits the fan. As for me, I’m voting Libertarian until the debt is paid off. I ask you to do the same.

Clint Jones, Arvada Yes on popular vote measure This year we will get a chance to confirm what our state Assembly has already voted into law – our participation in the National Popular Vote compact.It makes perfect sense that every voter should count equally towards the election of the president – almost every other free country elects their leader by popular vote.

Right now, we see millions of dollars from both sides pouring into ads in just a few swing states, namely Arizona, Wisconsin Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.Voters in the remaining of states are essentially ignored by the presidential campaigns, because their states are predictably either red or blue.This is not a partisan problem – Republicans in Colorado are just as ignored as Democrats in Wyoming.Under a National Popular Vote, all ballots would have equal value regardless of which state they

get home.

In fact, all around Nepal, people were literally risking their lives to vote. Watching election news after we arrived that evening, we learned that some children had their hands blown off when they found a homemade bomb at one of the polling stations.

Opposition parties had stormed other polls across the country, assaulting the workers and attacking the police who were there to protect the voters.

And yet an astounding 70% of Nepal’s registered voters braved these volatile conditions to cast their votes in a democratic election, opening up their country to political and economic stability for the first time in decades. come from.

Nate Silver of Five Thirty Eight provides a great example of why our current system is so flawed.Even if Biden wins the popular vote by 3 million voters, he still stands only a 46% chance of winning the election.This is because these Biden votes have to come from battleground states in order to sway the election.Without moving to a National Popular Vote, we will continue to see presidents elected who don’t represent the majority of Americans – and that is toxic to our democracy.

Please vote yes on Proposition 113 this year.It’s our opportunity to start reforming some of the things we know are broken in our current system.

Robin Kupernik, Arvada

So, how will the American version of this movie, playing out right now, end? The similarities are chilling.

The armed extremists, who plotted to kidnap a sitting governor and put her on “trial” for “treason,” claim they intended to overthrow the government and start a civil war. They also planned to set bombs for police who would arrive to intervene.

Protesters, counter-protesters, and protesters countering counterprotesters fill our streets, while bad actors across the political spectrum deliberately create chaos with looting, burning and destruction. People – on both sides – are murdered.

And, as in Nepal, will the people with guns at the polls be there to pro-

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him, Sundays are for church for her.

Money philosophy, energy levels, social life, faith … these are pretty significant.

Differences in core values are, by their nature, not negotiable. Otherwise, they’re not “core values.” It’s those problems that lead to the term “irreconcilable differences,” which you hear tossed around every time a celebrity couple gets a divorce.

Now, consider this in relation

tect voters … or to frighten them?

There are many ways this can end badly, America … but it doesn’t have to.

Clearly, it’s too far down the line to ask that we resist divisiveness. Yet we can each step forward with respect and civility and safety – amid a global pandemic – to ensure that all U.S. citizens can exercise their constitutional rights to vote.

Andrea Doray is a writer who notes that by contrast, under “normal” circumstances, only about 58 percent of U.S. voters cast a ballot in 2016. Contact Andrea at a.doray@andreadoray.com to assure her you will vote this year, for the candidates of your choice. to our city/county/state/country: there are obvious differences keeping us apart right now. The question is this: are those differences matters of core values? Or are they the negotiables?

Because I don’t want to give a third of all the country’s stuff to a divorce lawyer. More next week.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Charon’s Blade,” is available at Amazon.com, on Kindle, or through MichaelJAlcorn.com.” His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

On the same path The writer who brought bicyclists’ inability to offer a warning shout on trails and paths was exactly right.

Nearly struck twice myself, yielding to a pre-Trump era, the former was probably a more general rule than the exception.

Martin Gross, Wheat Ridge Learning from the best We public high school students learn how wealth is generated. Joe Biden and Ed Perlmutter tell us Socialism good, free markets bad. Six munce ago I not able spell ikonomist, now I are one.

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Tips from a pro Eric France, the chief medical officer at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said those planning to organize Halloween parties or visit haunted attractions or corn mazes should consider public health guidelines and how to reduce the spread.

“We want to focus on doing as many activities outdoors as possible,” said France. “Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, we know how to do these things in the safe way.

Haunted houses might need to be transformed into haunted forests or other outdoor events as possible.”

Those organizing such events should also utilize strategies to implement one directional flow of participants and encourage mask

or my money, gothic horror — which blends elements of romance, emotion and terror together — is the most subtle and rewarding kind of scary story.

Over the years, authors like Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley and Shirley COMING have all ATTRACTIONS Jackson turned in masterpieces in the genre, and these are the kinds of stories Victorian Horrors brings to life at the Molly Brown House Museum.

And while COVID-19 has changed how the 27th annual Clarke Reader event will look, it isn’t stopping actors and storytellers from bringing the best examples of the form to life at the museum. And audience’s homes.

“We’re not trying to create a haunted house experience. It’s about great stories that we combine with wonderful actors and turn into performance art that people get to experience in this great house,” said Andrea Malcomb, Molly Brown House Museum director. “We know that two things make the event successful - being in this fantastic house, and our amazing actors.”

This year’s Victorian Horrors at the museum, 1340 Pennsylvania St. in Denver, will be offered from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23 and 29, and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 30. There are two options for guests: they can visit the museum and take an audio tour inspired by creepy radio broadcasts of the past and see a livestreamed transmission from an actor. When they get home, they will have access to six actor-performed stories filmed at the museum. Or guests can just purchase the six films to watch at home. Advance ticket purchase is required for the in-person option, and masks must always be worn while at the museum.

Stories this year include “The invisible Man,” “Frankenstein” and “La Llorona” - a traditional Spanish tale that will be presented in both Spanish and English.

“Performers are so grateful that the Molly Brown museum was on board with trying something different to keep this event going,” said Julie Payne, an actor who has been a part of the performances since its inception. “Everybody who performed last year was able to come on board and was willing and excited to try doing it this way. It was really fun to go in there and make the videos.”

Those who decide to visit the museum will be treated to an atmosphere that is authentically eerie, thanks to a partnership with Denver

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n a year that has already offered far too many tricks and too few treats, Halloween looms like a rotting jack-o’-lantern left out a week too long.

What has traditionally been a time of anticipation, fun, and friendly seasonal spookiness is now a source of uncertainty, worry and perhaps fear as people bemoan the potential loss of another cherished ritual and wonder whether trick-or-treating and other festivities can be safe and sensible this year (and what they will tell their kids if they aren’t).

Into the witchy brew that is a tired nation wondering whether haunted houses and candy corn will be the next casualties of the COVID-19 horror show (and all just before Election Day 2020, no less) have stepped several local medical experts who say that Halloween fun is still possible, but warn that it will require an adjustment in expectations and more pre-planning and flexibility than in a typical year.

“It can be a little different this year for Halloween 2020 but it can still be fun,” said Chris Nyquist, the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Children’s Hospital Colorado. “And planning ahead is really important.”

During a virtual press conference on Halloween safety, Nyquist offered several ideas for how area families can modify trick-or-treating to make it into a safer activity with a focus on reducing the amount of contact kids and their families would have with other people as they trick-ortreat.

Those ideas include communicating with neighbors ahead of time around hygiene practices and making a plan to limit trick-or-treating to those neighbors who have agreed to follow safe distancing and hygiene practices.

“It’s that creativity that kids love with the whole idea of Halloween and what it means to them,” said Nyquist. “Is there a way to have a large tube that the candy comes down and they catch the candy so we can keep a safe distance?’

Rachel Herlihy, the state epidemiologist with the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, said families whose children are participating in school or homelearning pods or cohorts could also coordinate together for celebrations that would reduce risk because those kids have already been exposed to one another.

Herlihy said her own 9-year-old daughter will be participating in such a celebration with parents heading to a local park to hide

candy for their kids to find.

“It’s going to be a cross between Easter and Halloween with a Halloween candy hunt in the park and then we will spend some time in our yard having a little bit of a celebration afterwards with just the small group of kids she is routinely in contact with,” said Herlihy.

Trick-or-treating isn’t the only Halloween activity that will require some rethinking to be done safely this year.

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wearing, he said.

Although most indoor haunted houses in the metro area are on hiatus this year, The 13th Floor in Commerce City is open after implementing several procedures and protocols intended to increase safety.

The owners of the 13th Floor declined to be interviewed for this story and instead directed Colorado Community Media to their Scary Safe webpage, which details precautions ranging from limited attendance to requiring payments be made with credit cards.

“The nature of a haunted house is all about physical distancing; it always has been, it’s what we do normally,” reads a statement on the website. “The attractions are linear and very seldom would you ever come within 6 feet of other patrons. We do everything we can to make you feel ‘alone.’

But this year, we’re going above and beyond our normally safe and distanced methods of operation, and taking it to the next level.”

Check in advance Regardless of whether one plans on attending a family gathering or a pumpkin patch, France recommended getting in touch with the organizers to find out what precautions will be taken.

France said Colorado residents should also consider where their counties rate on the state’s new COVID dial when planning activities — and said the decision about what is safe should depend in part on where counties fall.

For example, those who live in communities rated as “high risk” should consider activities like a costume parade with predetermined routes to ensure safe distancing is

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oddity dealers The Learned Lemur and Atomic Folk Art. The result is a candle-lit house featuring all manner of creepy decoration and touches that will absolutely add to its mystique.

“We’ve decorated the house to go with audio experience and support the stories we’re telling at the same time,” Malcomb said. “We also like people to understand the origins of Halloween, so the decorations they see make sense.”

Whichever way people decide to experience the horrors, it will be steeped in top-notch seasonal ambiance. And they’ll have the opportunity to see some of the metro-area’s best actors do work designed to heighten that unsettled feeling.

A masked skeleton sits outside a home in Centennial.

PHOTO BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO maintained between participants or a driving tour of yard decorations while a small get-together of family or close friends could be doable in counties that are on safer-athome level 1.

“Our approach to celebration should really be tuned into the dial,” said France.

Ideas for safe activities for each phase of the dial can be found at covid19.colorado. gov/halloween-tips-and-tricks. Residents can view their county’s level at covid19.colorado. gov/data/covid-19-dial/covid-19-dial-dashboard.

But regardless of where a county falls on the dial, France said it is important for those celebrating Halloween to follow basic health guidelines, such as wearing masks, frequently washing hands and not participating in any social activities if one is sick.

“It’s one of most unique and rewarding performance experiences an actor can have,” Payne said. “It’s much different than being on the stage - it’s environmental theatre.”

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Miners Alley hosts Virtual Variety Fundraiser Golden’s Miners Alley Playhouse is presenting Live from Miners Alley Playhouse: A Virtual Variety Fundraiser at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30.

Hosted by Len Matheo, executive and artistic director, and Lisa DeCaro, board president, the event will feature live and recorded entertainment from previous performances like “Once” and “Cabaret.” Viewers can also expect guest appearances from Broadway to Hollywood, improv comedy from Scriptprov and an online auction. Plus, there will be specially-

Here are some other general guidelines and tips for Halloween safety compiled from information released by CDPHE, the CDC and Jefferson County Public Health.

Trick-or-treating • Stay in your neighborhood (the fewer houses you visit the safer you will be) • Avoid mingling with groups from other households.

• Keep your masks on — save the candy eating for home • If going door-to-door, limit the time spent at doorways Handing out candy • Wear a mask • Avoid contact as much as possible. For example, put out individual treat bags at the end of your driveway or yard’s edge that are easy to grab so kids don’t have to rummage through candy bowls. You can also use a mug to scoop candy to avoid touching, or put out a tray with candy that is sanitized between groups.

• Greet trick-or-treaters from at least 6 feet away. Use tape to mark 6-foot spots for families to stand in while picking up their candy • Only use pre-packaged candy Parties • Wear masks at all times when within 6 feet of people who do not live in your household • Consider a small and short outdoor gathering — there is a higher risk for transmission with more people and a longer event • Avoid self-serve table spreads • Keep a list of guests so they can be quickly informed in the event of COVID-19 positives Costumes • Costume masks are not a substitute for masks that protect against COVID-19 spread. Masks that protect against COVID-19 should be made from two or more breathable fabric layers that cover the nose and mouth, with no gaps around the face. Wear non-costume masks when indoors with non-household contacts and outdoors whenever 6 feet of distance cannot be maintained.

• If wearing a costume mask over a cloth mask makes it hard to breathe, consider a Halloween-themed cloth mask as part of the costume instead.

• All children 3 years of age and older should wear a mask unless they cannot tolerate it.

Ideas for low-risk activities • Carving or decorating pumpkins with members of your household and displaying them • Having a virtual Halloween costume contest • Having a Halloween movie night inside your household • Having a Halloween scavenger hunt with members of your household

curated meals available from local restaurants Bella Colibri and Mannie and Bo’s.

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week - 14th annual GO Gala This year’s 14th annual GO Gala - which supports the GO Campaign and its efforts to ensure children have access to as many opportunities as possible - will be virtually held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24.

Hosted by Lily Collins, Ewan McGregor, and Robert Pattinson, the evening will feature performances from HAIM, Judith Hill, McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, as well as David Foster and Katharine McPhee.

It is free to stream, but tickets can be reserved and donations made at www.

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Streaming style - ‘Eli Roth’s History of Horror’ October is the quintessential time to delve into horror films, and for those of us who love the genre, “Eli Roth’s History of Horror” explores the themes and history of the oftenmisunderstood film category.

Each episode focuses on a theme — everything from ghosts and monsters to haunted houses and slasher flicks — and Roth lines up filmmakers and experts to chat about the movies. The result is fascinating and might even give you some new films to check out.

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Spaceman Guitars flying high in Lakewood Change of address, global pandemic haven’t stopped independent music store

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On a stretch of West Colfax, nestled between a phone store and a Kava bar, is a little guitar shop that you may have never noticed. But if you love music, play guitar or simply want to while away some time flipping through stacks of vinyl, you should do yourself a favor and pop in to say hello. Spaceman guitars is a labor of love. A small store doing its part to keep the music flowing in Lakewood and beyond. Owner Chris Thomas has a downright solid musical history that started taking shape at a young age.

“I always was a fiddle, gadget type of guy fooling around with electronics of all kinds and amps and was wiring up radios and stuff, and when I started playing guitar it just kind of fit, because you could definitely tweak and fine-tune your instruments to perfect them the way you want them and your amplifiers, so that was about age 14 or 15-years old” Thomas said. “I used to help all of my friends work on their equipment, but it didn’t really dawn on me, “hey, you should be working at a music store, or have a music store, so I’m kind of slow on the uptake sometimes” While he might have been slow to focus in on the business ownership idea,

Chris Thomas and his daughter behind the counter at Spaceman Guitars in Lakewood. he quickly became a mainstay as a guitarist on the local scene, gigging in bands for decades. He also spent more than 20 years working on instruments and overseeing the guitar operations at Rockley Music before taking the reins of his own six-string empire about five years ago when the owners at Rockley decided they didn’t want to be in the guitar business any longer.

“The third generation owners, they weren’t guitar players anymore and they just didn’t have the drive to keep the retail thing going,” said Thomas.

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The new store is a decidedly family affair, with Thomas still doing repairs and sales while his wife Kristy does the books and other behind-the-scenes magic. He gives her huge props for helping the business to thrive.

“We couldn’t run this place without her,” he said. “And I’m training my daughter on repairs. So, it’s a real family kind of thing.”

A special space Walking through the door is like taking a step into the past at Spaceman Guitars, in the best sort of way.

If you’re old enough to remember the a time before the digital revolution, when experts still fixed beautiful objects and you could hold recorded music in your hands as you gazed at amazing cover art, you’ll feel right at home. And chances are, the owner will remember your name by your second visit — a detail that might go unnoticed at a big-box guitar store. A visit to Spaceman may just transport you back to an age when small mom and pop shops like this ruled the suburban landscape and Amazon was a river you studied in geography class. It’s a 13-year old’s dream, a 40-something’s coolest musical memory all rolled into one.

Thomas said that’s by design.

“We kind of have the shop set up like the kind of place we would have wanted to hang out in before, when we were going around to pawn shops and record stores and music stores.

They (Rockley) were more rigid in their thinking and didn’t really see the value in consignments and used

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Online: www.spacemanguitarsdenver.com Facebook: facebook.com/spacemanguitars guitars, and it certainly is messy and discombobulated at times, but it’s fun,” Thomas said. “It’s always changing and you never know what’s gonna be happening in here. Guitar players are really scrounges. They like to dig around and dig through records and dig through boxes of old guitar parts or see old guitars or old amps, so we kind of appeal to that sort of nature that guitar players often have.”

With many business being hit hard

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“We’re super blessed and feel lucky compared to what a lot of people have been going through. We can see our numbers compared to last year and they’re steadily going up every month,” he said. “Covid being an indoor activity kind of thing, everything is booming. We’re selling more records than ever, selling guitars, people are breaking instruments out that haven’t been serviced or played in years and so we’re so unbelievably busy.”

As for the future, Thomas and his family are hoping to add a couple of additional guitar brands to the lines of new instruments he carries, and finish up working on the store so in his words, “it’s really in the groove.”

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Fall colors still impress on these easy in-town hikes Three close-in nature walks let you avoid the traffic and peep the leaves.

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Even though the leaves are falling fast, it’s not too late to see some beautiful fall colors on an easy, close-in hike.

But you’d better hurry. If you want to get away from it all for an hour or so, without really leaving the metro area, look no further. We scouted three trails that might scratch your seasonal itch without spending hours on the road to get there and back.

Waterton Canyon Waterton Canyon still has plenty of autumn vibes to take in as you wind your way around the hiking path.

Aside from the foliage, there are birds and ducks, and you may even see a bighorn sheep if you make it far enough up the trail. It’s a nature walk that may just make you forget how close to civilization you really are. Waterton is easy to find from C-470 or Wadsworth Blvd., and there’s usually plenty of parking to be had, not to mention, a restroom if nature happens to call.

More information is available at www.denverwater.org/recreation/ waterton-canyon-strontia-springsresevoir Clear Creek Trail If you’re looking to add some people-watching to your leaf-peeping

head west to Golden and the Clear Creek Trail. This easy to find spot has all of the bases covered with plenty of parking on the street, or in convenient lots adjacent to the trail. To get there, simply find your way to Golden and head to the intersection of Washington avenue and 10th street. The tree-lined trail starts just behind the Golden Visitor’s Center, and runs parallel along the creek. There are lots of places to sit and take it all in if you need a rest, and you can even bring along your fishing pole if you’re feeling lucky. This hike is easy to do with small children and there are tons of spots for that epic selfie to make all of your friends who don’t live in Colorado wish that they did. Best of all, when you’re done with the trail, there’s food, drinks and shopping in every direction.

You can learn more at www. visitgolden.com/listing/clear-creektrail/4033/ South Platte Park The final spot on our list is South Platte Park. Just a stone’s throw from Santa Fe Drive and Mineral Avenue in Littleton, you can take in some gorgeous views of the foothills to the west, as you stroll through thickets of colorful aspen trees and listen to the stress-reducing sound of water gliding down a sleepy stretch of the South Platte river. There are small footpaths branching off from the main trail if you want to wander, and lots of great vantage points for the aspiring photographer. Parking is free and easy, and can be found just to the north of the park-and-ride lots that

Vibrant shades of autumn can still be found while walking the South Platte Park trail in Littleton, one of three easy in-town hikes for the whole family.

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BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LAKEWOOD — In a shortened prep football season with a 6-game regular season and eight teams qualifying for the postseason there is no room for error.

“We just have to keep plowing ahead,” Pomona coach Jay Madden said after the Panthers’ Class 5A Jeffco League opener Oct. 15 at Jeffco Stadium. “Every week is like a playoff game because you never know where you are going to be at the end of the year.”

Pomona — No. 4 in the CHSAANow. com football rankings — took care of business against Lakewood. The Panthers rolled to a 42-0 victory. It was the second straight shutout win for Pomona, who defeated Chaparral 35-0 last week.

“Our defense is really looking good this year,” Pomona senior linebacker AJ Zamora said.

Pomona’s defense was impressive allowing just one Lakewood first down on the Tigers’ first six drives of the first half. Pomona junior Dante Kirklin intercepted Lakewood quarterback Max Schadler in the third quarter that set up Zamora’s 2-yard touchdown run that pushed Pomona’s lead to 42-0.

“I thought the kids really flew around tonight,” Madden said of his defense. “If they play that fast they are fun to watch.”

Pomona senior Jack Pospisil was also fun to watch. One of the top wide receivers in the state now turned quarterback for Pomona rushed for touchdowns of 50 and 7 yards, along with throwing a 43-yard touchdown pass to junior Isaiah Alvarez to open up a 21-0 lead in the first half.

“That was actually the first touchdown pass I’ve ever thrown in a game,” said Pospisil of his touchdown pass to Alvarez.

Pomona senior Jack Pospisil breaks free for a 50-yard touchdown run in the opening minutes Oct. 15 against Lakewood at Jeffco Stadium. The receiver turned quarterback this season for the Panthers had a pair of touchdown runs in Pomona’s 42-0 victory over the Tigers.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Pospisil has rushed for six touchdowns on the season to give a different dimension to the Panthers’ offense.

“He (Pospisil) has a great arm,” Madden said. “He just runs the show.

He keeps the other team off balance because they need to think about him every single play. When he gets in the clear he isn’t going to get caught.”

Seniors Ian Dexter, Ben Cruz and Zamora all had touchdowns runs to help Pomona (2-0 record, 1-0 in league) induce a running clock with a 42-0 lead with 3:42 remaining in the third quarter.

“We have really been focusing and practicing hard,” Pospisil said.

Pomona senior AJ Zamora (5) tries to bring down Lakewood quarterback Max Schadler during the first quarter Oct. 15 at Jeffco Stadium. The Panthers won 42-0 for the second straight shutout victory for Pomona through two weeks of the regular season.

“Everyone is super into it this year.

Everyone is playing for the team and not themselves.”

Pomona continues conference play with the Panthers hosting rival and No. 5 Ralston Valley (2-0, 1-0) at 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 23, at the North Area Athletic Complex. The Mustangs took a 21-3 league win over Mullen on Thursday night in their conference opener at NAAC. “We are super excited,” Zamora said of facing Ralston Valley, who has won its last two meeting against the Panthers. “Two years in a row we have lost to them. We are going to come out,

hit them in the mouth and take away their run game.”

Lakewood’s competition doesn’t get any easier. The Tigers (0-2, 0-1) face No. 2 Columbine on Friday, Oct. 23, at Jeffco Stadium.

“Our road is not easy. Our league is not easy,” Lakewood coach Jeff Braun said about facing last year’s state runner-up. “I just want my kids to come back and compete.”

Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools.

For more coverage go to CHSAANow. com/Jeffco.

Columbine rumbles past Arvada West in home opener

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LAKEWOOD — Columbine junior Wes Jones is the Rebels’ latest multiple dimensional player.

The junior had a rushing touchdown, receiving touchdown and interception on defense — not to mention handling some of the kicking duties — Friday, Oct. 16, at Jeffco Stadium.

“I’m just going to do whatever I can because we are kind of short on seniors this year,” Jones said after carrying a heavy load in the Rebels’ home opener. “Coaches have been talking to all the underclassmen that we need to step it up. I’ve taken that to heart.”

Jones helped lead Columbine — No. 2 in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A rankings — to a 34-10 victory over Arvada West in a 5A Jeffco League opener.

“He (Jones) is one of the top athletes on our team,” Columbine coach Andy

Lowry said. “He can run, jump and catch. He can do everything. We are trying to get him into some situations and find guys who are playmakers. That’s our biggest challenge.”

Columbine graduated a ton of seniors from last year’s 5A state runner-up squad.

The new pieces in the Rebels’ well-oiled machine has Columbine (2-0, 1-0 in league) undefeated so far this season.

Columbine junior Seth Cromwell got the Rebels’ ground attack going early.

The junior fullback scored on a 73-yard touchdown run on Columbine’s second play from scrimmage to give the Rebels’ a 7-0 lead with 8:46 left in the first quarter. Cromwell already had five rushing touchdowns on the season.

“I just busted it out,” Cromwell said of his long touchdown run.

Senior Isaiah Miller finished off a 12-play, 78-yard drive with a 12-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter to put Columbine

ahead 14-0.

A-West did mount a nice long drive, but had to settle for a 24-yard field goal by sophomore Ethan Kerstiens in the second quarter. Columbine answered late in the second quarter capitalizing on a short field after an AWest punt.

Cromwell scored his second touchdown of the first half with an 11-yard touchdown run with 17 seconds left before halftime to give the Rebels a 20-3 lead at halftime after a missed PAT. “Seth is a really great fullback for us. He does a lot of the work for us,” Jones said.

“He is a really good power player and lays out a lot of good blocks. He really opens the field open.”

Jones opened the fourth quarter with a 1-yard dive into the end zone. His interception of Arvada West senior quarterback Evan Hurlburt led eventually to Miller’s touchdown run in SEE COLUMBINE, P18

Columbine junior Seth Cromwell (34) breaks free for a 73-yard touchdown run in the first quarter Oct. 16 at Jeffco Stadium.

Cromell already has 272 yards rushing and five touchdowns on the ground for the Rebels through two games this season.

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POMONA RUNNER MAKES STATE PODIUM

Pomona sophomore Emma Stutzman, shown here during her victory at the Jeffco League Championships, finished third at the Class 5A state cross country meet Oct. 17 in Colorado Springs. Stutzman’s time was 18 minutes and 9.1 seconds.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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the first quarter.

“He is a stud,” Cromwell said of Jones.

Jones finished off the Rebels’ scoring with a 42-yard touchdown catch from Columbine junior quarterback Brock Zanetell early in the fourth quarter to put the Rebels up 34-3.

A-West scored a late touchdown on a 19-yard touchdown catch by sophomore Andrew Martinez to make the final score 34-10.

Columbine is back at Jeffco Stadium next week. The Rebels face Lakewood (0-2, 0-1) on Friday, Oct. 23.

The Tigers were shut out 42-0 on Oct. 15 by No. 4 Pomona in another Jeffco League opener.

“Our guys are young,” Lowry said of the missed execution against A-West that featured several penalties. “We just have to be patient with them.”

The Rebels toughest test in conference play will come in the final two games of the scheduled regular season. Columbine faces Ralston Valley on Nov. 6 and squares off against Pomona on Nov. 12.

“Our team will be more molded together,” Cromwell said of facing Ralston Valley and Pomona late in the regular season.

A-West stays on the road next week.

The Wildcats head to Mullen to face the Mustangs (0-1, 0-1). Mullen suffered a 21-3 loss last Thursday night to No. 5 Ralston Valley (2-0, 1-0).

A-West has surpassed its win total after last season’s 0-10 record of 2019.

Coach Brad Pyatt had guided the Wildcats to three straight winning seasons prior to last year, including a pair of postseason appearances in 2017 and 2018.

Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools.

For more coverage go to CHSAANow. com/Jeffco.

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Not exactly. Because as polio survivors have gotten older, many have discovered that this insidious disease can come back to haunt them in ways they might have never experienced, decades after they first contracted it.

Post-Polio Syndrome, which according to Dr. Marny Eulberg, became recognized nationally in the 1980s, is the culprit. It can cause a weakening of the muscles, fatigue, joint pain, paralysis and in more rare cases, trouble with breathing or swallowing.

Eulberg knows first-hand the difficulties in dealing with, treating and even getting a proper diagnosis for PPS. Because beyond the many years of treating patients with the syndrome for free, and working with the Colorado Post-Polio Organization, a subsidiary of Easter Seals, she herself is a polio survivor, having contracted it as a child in rural South Dakota.

“I started having Post-Polio symptoms in the mid-1980s, and was having trouble getting good advice,” Eulberg said. “I decided that if I was having this much difficulty as a doctor, that the layperson would have even more.”

So she got involved in helping other polio survivors who were experiencing PPS symptoms, and has stayed involved to this day. Eulberg looks at dealing with PPS as an intellectual or problem solving exercise, because no two patients are alike and each challenge is unique. She thinks it makes it easier for her patients to hear tough news, like the need for a

brace, from her, because they know she understands what they’re going through, as a survivor herself. And she admires their undaunted spirit.

“As a whole, polio survivors are pretty unlikely to be whiners,” she said. “They’ve done amazing things with the limitations their bodies have.

One guy I treated, worked 25 years as a roofer with bad legs. Another woman was a semi-truck driver. She held a record for being able to chainup her tires on Wolf Creek Pass faster than anyone else.”

Mitzi Tolman is the Program Coordinator for Colorado Post-Polio. She knows a thing or two about the disease as well. Her mother is a polio survivor.

She said her mom is a retired school teacher who wears two different sized shoes, but is still very active and isn’t having any PPS symptoms, so far, and for that, Tolman is grateful.

Because she knows how devastating those symptoms can be for some of the people who get them.

“A lot of people can go from being fully-functioning adults, to being in a mobility chair all of the time and being unable to do things they did before,” she said. “And it can happen fast.”

Those types of symptoms, and the relatively small amount of resources that have been available to polio survivors over the years are a few of the reasons that the Colorado Post-Polio Organization exists today. The group is sponsored by Easterseals Colorado, headquartered in Lakewood. Sue Brandon is the current Chairperson of the group, and like almost all of the group’s board members, a polio survivor herself, which to her, is only natural.

“I think when you have a personal connection, you want to be able to help people with education, resources and support groups,” Brandon said. “I have an opportunity to help people with things they might need, especially with Post-Polio.”

Brandon said she first got involved by simply offering to help, and before she knew it she was spending several weeks organizing the group’s library. That was 9 years ago, and she’s been helping out ever since. In addition to that library, the group’s offerings are impressive.

According to Tolman, they have seven support groups throughout the state that meet monthly — led by social workers or psychologists, they provide a quarterly newsletter, and they put on traveling clinics where Dr. Eulberg can see patients throughout Colorado. They also have a bi-annual retreat at the Easter Seals camp in Georgetown, featuring presenters that speak about the latest issues affecting PPS patients such as bracing, mobility aids, pain management and working through the Medicare and Medicaid systems.

“The camps also serve as a great way for people to get to know one another and not feel like they’re going through it all alone,” Tolman said.

The youngest polio survivor on the board, Robert Burnett might also be one of the younger polio survivors around. Having contracted the disease as a 2-year-old in Mexico, Burnett moved to the U.S. with his family at the age of 12. He admits to having a competitive streak, especially when it comes to playing soccer, which he’d done for

Polio survivor Robert Burnett is the newest board member for the Colorado Post-Polio Organization, which is a subsidiary of Easter Seals.

PHOTO BY BOB WOOLEY most of his life. That started to change when he began developing symptoms a few years ago.

“I took a heavy fall when I was running,” Burnett said.

“I’ve broken my leg three times. In the middle of playing I would just fall down.”

Burnett said a previous doctor had mentioned something about PPS back when he was in his 20s, but when the symptoms started to hit, he still didn’t know exactly what was going on. His search for answers led him to Colorado Post-Polio Organization and Dr. Eulberg. His interactions with her led him to get more involved with the

organization, and ultimately to join the board. Burnett said he’s trying to learn as much from his time working with them as he can because he realizes that as a younger polio survivor, the task might fall to him in the future to keep their mission alive.

That realization is important because polio numbers, which have been on the global decline for decades are inching back up. Large increases in reported cases, driven mostly by outbreaks in Afghanistan and Pakistan are making it more likely that Post-Polio services and resources will continue to be in demand in the future.

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The following ordinances were adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvada on second reading following the public hearing held at 6:15 p.m. on October 19, 2020.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 The Arvada Urban Renewal Authority Board of Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing to consider the adoption of its 2021 Budget on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. via virtual video conference. Members of the public may join virtually by emailing info@arvadaurbanrenewal.org.

The proposed 2021 Budget is available for inspection by any interested elector during normal business hours at the Arvada Urban Renewal Authority office at 5601 Olde Wadsworth Boulevard, Suite 210, Arvada, CO. Any interested elector of the City of Arvada, Colorado, may file or register with the Arvada Urban Renewal Authority any objections to the proposed 2021 Budget at any time prior to its

Ordinance 4743 An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Section 74-31, Land-Use Fees, of Article II, Community Development Department Service Fees, of Chapter 74, Planning and Development, of the Arvada City Code.

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CB20-029 An Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Chapter 102, Utilities, of the Arvada City Code Pertaining to Water Users Rates.

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DUE TO CONCERNS REGARDING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND THE BENEFITS TO THE CONTROL OF THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BY LIMITING INPERSON CONTACT, THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD BY VIDEO/TELEPHONIC MEANS WITHOUT ANY INDIVIDUALS (NEITHER DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES NOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC) ATTENDING IN PERSON

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Kipling Ridge Metropolitan District (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2021. The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2020 budget of the District. Copies of the proposed 2021 budget and 2020 amended budget (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the District’s Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where same are available for public inspection.

Such proposed 2021 budget and 2020 amended budget will be considered at a special meeting to be held Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2021 budget and 2020 amended budget, inspect the 2021 budget and 2020 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

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