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DA report: Deputy justified in January shooting

Responders feared suspect ‘posed an imminent threat of death’

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton during rush hour.

The crowd lined the sidewalks, chanting messages such as “No justice, no peace” and bearing signs that read “Black lives matter” — echoing a message heard in protests in recent weeks throughout the metro area following the killing of George Floyd, a black man, by a white Minneapolis police officer. The incident sparked nationwide unrest.

An Arapahoe County sheriff ’s deputy was justified in shooting a man whom authorities caught in a stolen vehicle at an east Centennialarea apartment complex, a report by the district attorney’s office says.

Undercover vehicles with the sheriff ’s office and the East Metro Auto Theft Task Force — a partnership of local law enforcement agencies — responded to the Cornerstone Ranch Apartments at about 5 p.m. Jan. 22 near East Arapahoe and South Parker roads, according to the report dated June 8.

When deputies approached Diego Gallegos, who was sitting in a stolen Chevrolet Silverado, Gallegos attempted to drive into deputies’ truck to escape, the report says. He then drove backward, pinning Deputy Alan Wilson between the Silverado and a Ford Escape parked in the adjacent space, the report says.

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From left, Eryca Hamblen, 21, of Centennial; Kendra Hamblen, 17, of Littleton; and their mother, Jennifer Grose, a 44-year-old from Littleton, hold signs during rush-hour traffic at South Broadway and East Arapahoe Road. About 50 gathered along the intersection’s sidewalks June 18 for an event titled “Rise Up for Racial Justice.”

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Protesting to ‘be part of history’ Demonstrators converge on Centennial-Littleton line

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An 11-year-old stood on a street corner and recited the famous line: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the

color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

That excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963, came from the mouth of Khloe Lillyblad, one of about 50 demonstrators who converged June 18 at the intersection of two of the south Denver metro area’s largest thoroughfares — South Broadway and East Arapahoe Road — on the boundary between Centennial and

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‘Protect our neighbors’: 3rd phase of social distancing unveiled Bars, theaters, concerts, other large events get green light

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Life in Colorado has taken a big leap toward normalcy with new state rules to allow bars, theaters, and indoor and outdoor concerts to open again.

Large event venues are poised to open up, too — and even fairs and rodeos will return, along with receptions, which include wedding events, funerals, conferences and similar gatherings. Indoor malls, too, can now open statewide.

Those are all updates to the state’s safer-at-home social distancing order, in effect as of June 18.

Meanwhile, Gov. Jared Polis unveiled the framework for Colorado’s third social distancing phase — the stay-at-home and safer-at-home orders were the first two — called the “protect our neighbors� phase.

That’s where parts of the state with low enough COVID-19 spread can permit “all activities� at 50% of prepandemic capacity with up to 500 people in one setting, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

That new phase could go into effect in its first counties by the end of June or early July, Polis said at a June 15 news conference.

Colorado announced these changes even as Polis acknowledged that the state’s falling rate of new COVID-19 cases doesn’t mean Coloradans are out of the woods as far as the pandemic is concerned. “We can’t let the good news so far give us any kind of false sense of security. We know things are going to get more challenging,� Polis said, pointing to a likely “second wave� of the virus’ spread in the fall, according to the state’s modeling.

On top of that, flu season’s overlap with the pandemic is expected to impact hospital bed capacity, the governor added.

Still, the governor moved ahead

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Gov. Jared Polis noted that some events and establishments — such as conferences, museums and receptions — already could open or be held before the latest update to the safer-at-home order.

Technically, those were allowed to open for up to 10 people at a time under the last amendment to the order, which allowed anything that wasn’t specifically called out as closed to open under the 10-person limit, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

But the new rules expand crowd sizes much closer to normal. with the cautiously optimistic tone and reliance on public buy-in that have been the hallmark of his response to the pandemic, applauding Coloradans for the “great job� they’ve done bringing down the state’s spread of COVID-19. “This is not a function of what the government is saying or doing. It’s not a function of what your local county health (agency) is doing,� Polis said. “What it is a function of is your responsible decisions you make every day, and by and large, the proof is in the pudding: Coloradans have been following the sound guidance of health officials in large numbers, wearing masks in public, staying 6 feet from others — and that is why we’re here with good news instead of bad news.�

He added that continued success depends on “our behavior as individuals to be responsible, save lives, protect our economy, protect our freedoms.�

As with a previous round of updates to the safer-at-home order, Coloradans were able to give feedback online before they went into effect. The public can view the specific guidance at covid19.colorado. gov/safer-at-home.

Here’s a look at the latest big changes.

according to the new state publichealth department guidelines.

That includes theaters for performances and movies, according to the state public-health department.

Along with social distancing guidelines such as requesting attendees to wear face coverings, crowd sizes are limited based on venue size.

Indoor venues can allow up to 100 people, excluding staff, per room with a minimum of 6 feet between individuals or non-household contacts. A venue’s crowd size can be determined with the state’s “Social Distancing Space Calculator� at tinyurl.com/ColoradoSpaceCalculator.

Organizers should implement symptom monitoring — such as temperature monitoring and symptom-screening questions — where possible, as well as consider screening attendees for symptoms or exposures, the state’s guidance says.

Safer-at-home update on indoors Colorado will see indoor events, receptions, theaters, concerts, malls, markets, “noncritical� auctions and trade shows open again,

Update for outdoors Outdoor events, receptions, fairs, rodeos, concerts and “noncritical� auctions can operate according to a similar formula.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis in a Jan. 16, 2020, file photo.

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Outdoor venues may allow up to 175 people based on the state’s Social Distancing Space Calculator — excluding staff — per designated activity with a minimum of 6 feet between individuals or non-household contacts.

Venues with multiple activities or events that are separated, such as a fair with activities in separate buildings or arenas, can hold the maximum capacity in each setting.

Those venues would have to implement precautions — such as oneway traffic — as attendees move from one activity to the next.

Overnight youth camps also can open with 6-foot distancing and a maximum group size of 25 campers outdoors or 10 campers indoors.

The outdoor guidance does not apply to activities already covered under guidelines for restaurants, houses of worship, or personal or outdoor recreation.

Polis nodded to the risk of attending these events, though, saying: “To be clear, there is risk in any activity� and that some Coloradans will choose not to attend even though restrictions are lifted.

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Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown in an Aug. 27, 2019, file photo.

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Sheriff talks use of force, body cameras ‘We understand the protests,’ Brown says at meeting

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown knows that in the weeks since the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, “there are many people in our community that are hurting,” Brown told the public.

As cities across the United States field calls to rethink how they police their citizens in the wake of Floyd’s death, the Centennial City Council asked the public to submit questions for Brown about the sheriff ’s office’s policies.

The sheriff gave answers during the council’s June 22 meeting — held via video conference — shedding light on how Arapahoe deputies are authorized to use force and how Colorado’s new police accountability law will affect policy at the sheriff ’s office.

“I want you to know that law enforcement officers in our agency are with you,” said Brown, addressing residents who may be frustrated with police conduct. “We understand the protests.”

The sheriff ’s office sent between 40 and 50 deputies to Denver for several nights during protests fueled

by Floyd’s death, but they fired no shots or tear gas and made no arrests, Brown previously told Colorado Community Media.

“We do have the use of tear gas, (but) that’s not something that we deployed when we were downtown,” Brown said during the June 22 question-and-answer session. “We don’t have pepper balls in our use of force — we don’t deploy those as a munition.”

The weeks of protests in the Den-

ver metro area — along with unrest nationwide — served as a backdrop to the state legislature’s decision to retool police accountability in Colorado.

Senate Bill 20-217, signed by Gov. Jared Polis on June 19, contains several reforms: mandated bodyworn camera usage and disclosure of footage by local departments and the Colorado State Patrol, a ban on chokeholds, and the ability to sue officers directly for their conduct. An amendment added in response to the protests places limits on departments’ use of chemical agents and projectiles when handling protesters.

“My plan is to implement as much as possible of this bill as we can as quickly as we can. We’re going to hit the deadlines, but some of those are pushed out for years,” Brown said. “I don’t want to wait years to have these things implemented.”

The sheriff takes pride in his office’s steps over last five years to implement body-worn cameras for patrol deputies, and his office will equip investigators and command staff with the cameras, as the new law requires, according to Brown.

Brown also touted his agency’s willingness to hear input from the public and said if residents have further questions, “don’t hesitate to reach out to the sheriff ’s office directly.”

Chokeholds, ‘carotid’ holds Brown mentioned his disapproval when watching “the images of George Floyd and that 8 minutes …” in which the Minneapolis officer had his knee on Floyd’s neck.

Chokeholds and carotid restraints have been banned at the sheriff ’s office for years, unless deadly force is justified, Brown said.

“So they’re not part of our apprehension techniques while we’re conducting an arrest for, say, shoplifting,” Brown said.

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Hickenlooper, Romanoff face off in final Senate TV debate June 30 winner to face incumbent Gardner in November

BY JOHN FRANK THE COLORADO SUN

In the final moments of the final televised debate ahead of the June 30 primary, U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper returned to a familiar refrain in making his most forceful argument yet about why he is better than his Democratic rival Andrew Romanoff.

“Inside the state of Colorado, I haven’t lost yet. And Andrew hasn’t won an election in 14 years,” Hickenlooper said June 16, counting his two successful campaigns for governor but excluding his failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The electability argument is central to Hickenlooper’s campaign — and the reason national Democrats endorsed him from the start, pumping about $400,000 into his campaign so far. But he’s struggled to make the case in recent weeks because it was overshadowed by his own mistakes — being held in contempt by the state ethics commission, twice violating the state’s constitutional gift ban, taking oil and gas money as governor and repeated, insensitive comments on race.

Hickenlooper continued to sidestep important questions on all three topics during the debate, and flipped his position on a key issue, leading political observers to suggest the cumulative missteps could give Romanoff an opening.

“Hickenlooper has had a lucky run since 2003,” said Floyd Ciruli, the director of the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Denver. “Last year was a bust; this year may be worse.”

Earlier in the day, Republican U.S.

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, left, and former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff attended the final televised debate on Denver7 on June 16.

SCREENSHOT IMAGE Sen. Cory Gardner and a national GOP committee debuted attack ads against Hickenlooper. The ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee that highlighted the ethics violations ran during the 90-minute debate hosted by Denver7, Colorado Public Radio and The Denver Post.

Hickenlooper accused Republicans of interfering in the Democratic primary to help Romanoff, a lesserknown challenger who served as state House speaker and is running on a progressive platform aligned with Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The reason Republicans are spending money attacking his campaign, Hickenlooper said, “is not because they want to run against me. It’s because they don’t want to run against

me — they want to run against Andrew.”

Romanoff made the case that Hickenlooper’s mistakes make him vulnerable in the November election and any Democratic candidate can beat Gardner based on the incumbent’s poor polling numbers. He also noted Hickenlooper’s repeated assertions prior to his bid that he’s not cut out for the Senate and doesn’t want the job.

Turning to his campaign, Romanoff said he went statewide to help elect the first back-to-back Democratic majorities in the state House, culminating in him being named the chamber’s leader for four years starting in 2005.

Moreover, he made the case that he represents a clear difference from Gardner with his support for

government-paid health insurance through “Medicare for All,” the Green New Deal proposal to address climate change and a commitment to address racism and police brutality.

Hickenlooper and Gardner oppose those health care and climate change plans, and both are offering more incremental reforms in other areas.

“I’ve demonstrated a willingness even by running to stand up to my own party,” Romanoff said. “And I think that’s what Coloradans want to know: When the going gets tough are you willing to stand up to your own team when your constituents or your conscience demands it? I’m doing that right now.”

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Former Englewood cop gets jail time in sex-contact case Woman will spend 5 years on intensive supervised probation

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A former Englewood police officer will spend 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to sexual contact without consent in a Highlands Ranch in-

cident, the office of 18th District Attorney George Brauchler announced.

Anna McCain, 24, was sentenced for the class 1 misdemeanor June 9. She will also McCain serve five years of intensive supervised probation for sexual offenders, according to a news release from the district attorney’s office. Other counts against her were dismissed as

part of a plea agreement.

The incident began when on March 14, 2019, a woman and several friends from the Englewood Police Department, including McCain, went to dinner and a club together, according to the release.

“Afterward, they went back to her home in Highlands Ranch,” according to the release.

After the other friends left, McCain repeatedly attempted to initiate sexual contact with the woman, who said no and “tried to fight her off,” according

to the release. But McCain groped and kissed the victim, according to the release.

Several weeks later, the woman recognized that the behavior was an assault and she confided in a colleague.

McCain has since been fired from EPD, according to the release.

“Anyone who vows to uphold the law must be held to the same law,” Brauchler said in the release. “This makes at least 37 law enforcement officers our office has prosecuted since I was elected.”

COMING SOON: PRIMARY RESULTS Coloradans are voting by mail in the statewide primary election that ends June 30. in the south metro area, Democrats are competing for U.S. Senate, 18th Judicial District Attorney and the 38th District seat in the state House of Representatives. Republicans, meanwhile, are facing off for the 6th Congressional District seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents and a Douglas County commissioner seat. The winners will advance to the November ballot.

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Ex-Broncos player, Englewood restaurant owner dies Sturm founded The South Restaurant 50 years ago

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jerry Sturm, a former Denver Broncos player and owner of The South Restaurant in Englewood for half a century, died at age 83 on June 17.

Sturm, an Indiana native, was named by the Broncos last year as one of its top 100 players in franchise history. He played in 84 games for the team as an offensive lineman from 1961 to 1966.

Sturm opened The South Restaurant at 3535 S. Huron St. on May 1, 1970.

The cause of death was not discosed, but his wife Deborah Sturm, told Colorado Community Media in March that he was in memory care.

In a Facebook post, The South Restaurant said Sturm passed away peacefully with his family by his side.

“As you know, Jerry touched the souls of many, and in doing this, he has become respected and loved by an innumerable amount of people. This includes not only his immediate family and friends, but also his extended NFL family, his longtime golfing buddies and the community he helped cultivate at The South,” the post reads. “He will undoubtedly be deeply missed by all.”

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Deborah Sturm, co-owner of The South Restaurant, poses for a photo inside the restaurant. The South Restaurant has been in Englewood at 3535 S. Huron St. since 1970 and celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 4. The restaurant specializes in Mexican and American food.

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University of Illinois and in the Canadian Football League for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1958 and the Calgary Stampeders in 1959 and 1960 before coming to Denver.

He was a two-time AFL All-Star with the Broncos and went on to play for the New Orleans Saints, Houston Oilers and Philadelphia Eagles.

Deborah Sturm told Colorado Community Media that in the offseason in those days, players needed another

Jerry Sturm during his playing days with the Denver Broncos in a team photo.

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source of income — prompting Sturm to open the Endzone, a bar along West Colfax. Working at the Endzone gave Sturm an appreciation for customer service and led to him opening up The South Restaurant, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

The South Restaurant used to be a small auto garage before other players and friends showed up to the site with hammers, nails and beers to help Sturm transform the garage to the Mexican and American restaurant it is today, Deborah said. She estimates that it took three years for the building to be remodeled.

“They built Cinderella City faster than Jerry could (The South Restaurant),” Deborah said. Cinderella City was a nearby shopping center that was opened in 1968 and demolished in the late 1990s. Today, the site is home to the Englewood Civic Center.

Sturm told the Houston Chronicle he was approached by a former teammate who offered him $10,000 to try to throw a Dec. 5, 1971 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers during his time with the Oilers. The Chronicle reported that the incident is one of only two “game fixing” schemes the NFL has ever publicly acknowledged.

“The guy and a gambler from L.A. offered me a bribe to snap the ball badly on extra points and field goals, and maybe blow a snap to the quarterback — stuff like that,” Sturm told the Houston Chronicle in 2004. “So I turned `em in. I was really shocked.

The guy was one of my best buddies when I played with him.”

Woody Paige, a sports columnist for The Gazette, met Sturm in 1974 at a golf tournament. Paige described Sturm as a gentle giant who loved go-

A photo of Jerry Sturm that hangs inside The South Restaurant. Sturm, co-owner of the restaurant, played for the Denver Broncos from 1961 to 1966 and was named to the team’s all-time Top 100 Team last year. He previously owned the End Zone bar on West Colfax before getting into the food business in 1970.

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ing to Broncos games and playing golf with former players like John Elway.

“The one person that hung out at (The South Restaurant) all the time was John Elway. That is one of Elway’s favorite secret restaurants, and he hung out with (Sturm) a lot,” said Paige.

The South Restaurant said in its post that it will share details about a memorial honoring Sturm in the future.

“He was like family. We’re all really struggling with the loss of (Sturm),” said Michelle Look, bar manager at The South Restaurant. “Everyone loved him so much. He was the greatest man I’ve ever known.”

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Castle Rock teen, a budding photographer, covers protests Olivia Morgan hopes to build career as a photojournalist

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Olivia Morgan made sure she fully charged her Nikon D750. She checked that the camera had plenty of storage and attached a 50-100mm VR Nikon lens. Last, Olivia flipped the camera settings to black and white and practiced quickly switching back to color.

Around 2 p.m. June 7, she stationed herself at the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock, where a crowd of hundreds was gathering to protest in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Olivia, 15, is a rising sophomore at Castle View High School. Photography has “always been a part of me,” she said, and she saw the Morgan protests as presenting perfect training ground to work on her portrait and political photography.

She spent the day documenting her hometown’s event, which proved an impactful experience, she said, as she bore witness to her neighbors sharing their stories of racism and how they dealt with it.

She’ll remember most the children who participated.

“They had just a look on their faces of hope and respect and it was really cool to see the little kids experiencing such a global event, just being part of it,” she said.

During the protest, Olivia looked for moments in time that told a story — images that would inspire the viewer’s imagination.

That is what she always does when she is in the field photographing.

Olivia remembers past trips to Manitou Springs and New Orleans as particularly influential in sparking her love for photography. She instantly wanted to document the natural scenes of Manitou Springs and the urban vibrancy of New Orleans, she said.

“The culture is just amazing there, and I was like, I want to capture as much of this culture as possible and

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She plans to keep improving. Olivia wants to attend larger protests in Denver, where maybe, she can “capture more portraits of people, more emotion.”

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“I really want to be a news photographer,” she said. “It would be fun to do your hobby for a job.”

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Olivia began working to hone her photography skills around age 10, she said. She took one photo editing class at Castle View but is mostly selftaught, turning to YouTube tutorials to learn about her Nikon D750.

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Pinball wizardry abounds at new Littleton pub Bring quarters, the kids and an appetite to venue on Santa Fe Drive

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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ttention pinball wizards: Littleton has a new place to rack up high scores.

The Colorado Pinball Pub, a family-friendly bar featuring 13 pinball machines and classic pub grub, opened its doors at 6209 South Santa Fe Drive, across from Arapahoe Community College, in early June.

Owners Holly and Don Nikolich say they want to share their passion for pinball with the city they love.

The couple are the longtime organizers of the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown, which draws thousands every year to square off in high-stakes tournaments.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic meant the tournament couldn’t be held this year, the pub is a nice substitute.

“Opening the pub is like having a permanent festival,” Holly said, adding that there are plans in the works to host a “pop-up” version of the festival this fall.

The pub’s 13 pinball machines are drawn from the couple’s personal collection of more than 50. Dan, an engineer by trade, has a knack for fixing up old pinball machines, from the antique to the high-tech.

“It’s an analog thing in a digital world,” Dan said of pinball’s appeal.

“It’s tactile. It’s a throwback. There’s a nostalgia element, and we love when parents show their kids their pinball skills.”

The tables include classics from pinball’s 1990s resurgence, like the Indiana Jones or Elvira tables, and some of the latest and greatest, featuring high-definition flat screens.

Holly said she’s grown to love the art of pinball machines, and how they reflect the pop culture of their eras.

Colorado Pinball Pub is at 6209 South Santa Fe Drive, just south of the entrance to The Hudson Gardens.

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Beyond a large beer selection, the pub also offers an impressive array of high-end whiskeys — which Dan is happy to talk about (really, try him).

Good food abounds: Holly’s specialty is fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies, dusted with powdered sugar. Other eats include calzones, fried pickles, fried mac and cheese bites and pretzel bites.

The pub features patio dining out front, and the plan is to build a bigger patio out back, facing the South Platte River.

“It’s just a comfortable Colorado place to have a drink and play some great games,” Holly said. “Bring the kids!”

Colorado Pinball Pub opened on South Santa Fe Drive in June, featuring a baker’s dozen of the classic Americana bar game.

Colorado Pinball Pub co-owner Dan Nikolich takes a break to play a game.

A close-up of one of the pinball machines at Colorado Pinball Pub.

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‘In This Together’ initiative helps build social closeness Mental Health Colorado program helps state residents connect STAFF REPORT

The coronavirus pandemic has driven home the message that our physical and mental health are not separate.

To combat the loneliness, isolation and stress, and to get through the pandemic with healthier minds, Mental Health Colorado has started “In This

Together” as a way for Coloradans to connect with people and just to chat, according to a news release.

Residents can sign up on Mental Health Colorado’s website, and they will receive a supportive call just for the therapeutic sake of old-fashioned conversation.

“As a society, we shouldn’t have settled on the term ‘social distancing,’ which is the exact opposite of what’s best for our mental health right now,” Mental Health Colorado President and CEO Vincent Atchity said in the news release. “What we need is social closeness, solidarity, and support. In This Together is a way to create a little bit

of social contact, all over the state, with a friendly phone call.”

In This Together is for everyone, including older adults living alone, people who just recovered from a surgery, young people living in remote parts of the state, and new parents trying to put workable routines in place.

When people listen to and support each other, they feel and do better managing their way through challenges and have a better feeling for what it means to be strong and united as a community, the release says.

The shame of talking about mental health has taken a notable shift during this pandemic. It is not as uncommon

now to ask a coworker or neighbor about their mental health or to videochat just to admit that one is feeling lonely or anxious. This is one positive outcome of the pandemic, the release says.

The purpose of In This Together is to provide social connectedness by phone, not to provide mental health services.

Those who are more seriously concerned about their mental health should call the Colorado Crisis Services at 1-844-493-8255 or text “TALK” to 38255.

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The Black Lives Matter movement opposes “state-sanctioned violence” against black people, along with “anti-Black racism,” according to its website.

At the June 18 sidewalk event, passing cars honked in support, while drivers of some vehicles blasted their exhaust or revved their engines, apparently in disapproval, said Lynne Popkowski, a Littleton resident who helped organize the protest.

“I’d say (the response) is about 85% positive,” Popkowski said, adding that some people in passing cars yelled if they opposed the crowd.

Popkowski, who said she is in her 60s, had reached out to Larry Thompson Sr., a black 29-year-old Centennialarea resident and activist, about putting together a demonstration for people who want to avoid large crowds seen at other protests.

“I think black voices need to be at the center of all the actions (activists) do,” she said. “Good allies center their voices, not our voices.”

To Thompson — who grew up in Mississippi — people in the Denver area seem more willing to physically show support for a cause such as racial equality, he said.

“In Mississippi, it’s more silhouettebased support,” Thompson said.

He’s hoping the recent momentum

Khloe Lillyblad, 11, left, and Aaziah Monroy, 10, hold signs that say “Black lives matter” and “Justice for Elijah McClain” at a protest against police treatment of black Americans along the Centennial-Littleton border. McClain, a 23-year-old black man, died in August following an encounter with Aurora police. for protests rolls forward to impact elections, floating the goal of ultimately solving racism on a societal level.

“It’ll be more of a character-based situation” in America then, he added.

Jennifer Grose, a mother from Littleton who came to protest with two of her children, noted the low proportion of black residents in her part of the suburbs. She’d like to see that change.

Asked why she came to the event, Grose said: “To tell my kids, ‘Be part of history and help out.’ ”

Larry Thompson Sr., 29, holds up a fist at the end of a demonstration titled “Rise Up for Racial Justice” along the Centennial-Littleton border. Thompson Sr. is the chairman of the City of Littleton Advisory Committee and the vice president of the Colorado Young Democrats, a statewide organization.

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“I find that Deputy Trevor Cuaz legally and justifiably shot Diego Gallegos based on his reasonable fear that Diego Gallegos posed an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to Deputy Alan Wilson and himself,” Jason Siers, chief deputy district attorney for the 18th Judicial District, wrote in the report. The district includes Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

Gallegos, who was 22 at the time, told investigators he did not know that he hit a deputy and that he felt bad about it, expressing remorse for the trouble he caused, the report says.

“During the interview, Mr. Gallegos pointed to where he was shot in the arm and said that he may have earned that,” the report says.

Stolen car leads to scene The incident began at about 3:20 p.m. on Jan. 22 when deputies located a stolen Dodge Ram abandoned on the median of Arapahoe Road near South Nome Street, according to the report. Based on witness descriptions of three individuals associated with the vehicle, deputies contacted and arrested Jorge Jaime-Baez, Jose MunozValdes and Alexis Ruder-Iturrino, who was 24 at the time, attempting to leave the area in a taxi, the report says.

Ruder-Iturrino told deputies that Gallegos sold them the Ram and that they knew it was stolen, the report

force past it. Wilson ordered Gallegos to stop and show his hands. A person in the Silverado’s front passenger seat fled the vehicle, according to the report.

Gallegos drove backward over the curb onto a grassy area, according to the report — and as he did, he pinned Wilson against a Ford Escape in the adjacent parking space.

Sgt. Todd Fechner, who was also on scene, feared Wilson would be run over and saw Wilson fall to the ground, the report adds.

Cuaz ran after the Silverado onto the grassy area and was Jason Siers, armed with a 18th Judicial District Glock 34 9mm, to the Deputy pinned chief deputy district attorney according report.

Gallegos arGallegos, drivrived at about ing backward, 7:40 p.m. in the crashed into two electrical boxes and stolen Silverado, and soon after, the then drove forward. Cuaz fired at Galdeputies’ car activated its emergency legos as the truck accelerated toward lights and blocked the Silverado with him and Wilson. After being shot, Galits front bumper, the report says. legos crashed into nearby vehicles, acWhen Wilson and Cuaz got out and cording to the report. Cuaz fired eight approached Gallegos, he accelerated rounds at Gallegos, the report says. into the deputies’ vehicle, trying to says. She and Jaime-Baez still owed Gallegos money for the vehicle, and Gallegos was going to her apartment later that evening, RuderIturrino told authorities.

She further told them Gallegos steals trucks, sells methamphetamines and carries a 9mm handgun.

Ruder-Iturrino cooperated with deputies, communicating with Gallegos to arrange the meeting at her apartment.

Three sheriff ’s personnel arrived at the apartment complex.

Deputy Wilson was armed with an AR-15, the report says.

‘I find that Deputy Trevor Cuaz legally and justifiably shot Diego Gallegos based on his reasonable fear that Diego Gallegos posed an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to Deputy Alan Wilson and himself.’

Wilson suffered a torn labrum in his hip, which may require surgery in the future, the report says. Wilson told investigators he was dragged along the car and thought he was going to die.

Cuaz felt running into Wilson might have been intentional, the report says.

Wilson was wearing his body camera but did not turn it on until after the Silverado crashed. Wilson did not fire his weapon, the report says.

Cuaz was not wearing his body camera during the shooting because the battery was dead, he told investigators.

Gallegos sustained three gunshot wounds: from a bullet traveling across his hairline, a bullet penetrating his right pectoral area and a bullet penetrating his left arm.

Gallegos was treated and released from the hospital and is currently in the Arapahoe County jail, the report says. He was charged with first- and second-degree assault, vehicular eluding and aggravated motor vehicle theft.

Authorities searched the Silverado on Jan. 31, finding four pills stamped “M-30,” the report says. Investigators searched a pink wallet and found one “M-30” pill, white crystal substance and white powder in a baggie. They also found glass pipes, another baggie with white powder residue, and capsules filled with white powder.

Gallegos was on probation for theft, carrying a concealed weapon and aggravated motor vehicle theft during the incident, according to the report.

No firearms were found in the Silverado, the report says. Gallegos claimed he did not steal the Silverado.

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Can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube now

here is no one, probably literally no one, who hasn’t been made aware of or participated in the protests around the world against state killings of black people in our country. As I’m GUEST writing this, people COLUMN around the country are beginning to celebrate Juneteenth (the historical day to celebrate the end of slavery), and south metro residents are getting ready for a community walk in Littleton to honor that black lives mat- Linda Newell ter. And still others are preparing for a training on how to talk about race with their loved ones. Today nationally, Facebook pulled an ad from an official presidential re-election campaign using a white supremacist Nazi symbol.

It’s all around us. It actually always has been, but some of us just haven’t seen it till now. We haven’t needed to. Many of us predominantly white suburbanites are now struggling with what to think, how to talk, and what to do in our homogenized communities. Are our systems actually set up to discriminate against people of color? No, that can’t be. Unless ... it is.

It can no longer be dismissed as fake news. The statistics and the lives lost are very real. The daily fears of black people while just walking down the street, going to church, or driving in their cars are real.

We can no longer dismiss racism as nonexistent. It’s on the news, in our boardrooms, and in our neighborhoods.

Although public lynchings of black people have been going on since they arrived on our continent, why is it that we didn’t respond to the peaceful protests of people like Martin Luther King or Colin Kaepernick against

these injustices before? As a society, we have taken some measures for civil rights, equity, and equality for all people. I did myself in the state Senate.

But if these incremental measures were enough, why are we still living with systems that are clearly harmful to the lives of people of color, particularly, black folks?

So what do we do now? As I started learning a few years ago, it’s not enough to be a white bystander any longer, not even solely a witness. Or an armchair quarterback who just spouts their opinion about events in the news.

If we are being silent, we are part of the problem. If there is systemic racism in our governments, businesses, and communities (which historians agree that our nation was founded on), we are all part of the problem. We are all complicit unless we are taking direct action to break down the unjust systems and rebuild fair and equitable systems that our Constitution allegedly

Rounding out our wheel of life

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couple of weeks ago I had written about the wheel of life and making sure that we try and find balance in all areas of life. The feedback from the community has been awesome and a lot of fun as I had a chance to engage with many of you. And in 100% of the conversations, everyone I spoke WINNING with had a wheel that WORDS was either not quite round, or in many cases their wheel looked like a flat tire.

If you missed it, here was a part of the column where I shared how to view your wheel of life.

Draw a circle, or at least imagine a circle. Michael Norton And in that circle, there is a hub with seven spokes. Go ahead and draw them in your circle so they look like the spokes of a wheel. Label each of the seven spokes: Family, Personal, Mental, Spiritual, Physical, Financial and Career. Now consider that the outside of your wheel, the farthest part from the hub, represents a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10.

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And at the hub, that represents a 1 on the scale of 1 to 10. The 1 is low, and the 10 is high.

Next, draw a dot on each spoke based on where you believe that you are in each area of your life on a scale of 1 to 10. Now, connect the dots. If you are like most of us, your newly drawn wheel looks like a flat tire. Or maybe, your wheel still looks like a wheel, but it’s a small wheel with your ratings lower in each category. Either way, with a flat tire, or a very small wheel, we will not get where we are really trying to go.

Why am I revisiting this? Because you are not alone. Everyone I spoke with or exchanged emails with became aware of one or more areas of their life where they wanted to see an improvement. And in most cases, until they completed the wheel, they had not even considered why they might have been feeling out of balance.

And for some, their first feeling was concern that they have been overlooking something for a long time and not realizing what it was that they were missing. And if that was you too, don’t worry about it, as we all have room to SEE NORTON, P13

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declares we should have.

I know my work will never be done and never be enough to reconcile all the harms caused by my white ancestors and my current complicity. But that doesn’t absolve me from doing my part. I can at least do what I can, which will hopefully make a difference in some people’s lives.

If we don’t act now, what will we be facing in another few years? Or our children or grandchildren? For ideas to help create a community where we are ALL safe to pursue life, liberty, and happiness, check out some resources at www.lindanewell.org.

Formerly a Colorado state senator, now with a Master’s in Social Justice and Ethics from Iliff School of Theology, Linda Newell is a writer, speaker, filmmaker, and facilitator. She may be reached at Senlindanewell@gmail.com, www.lindanewell.org, www.senlindanewell.com, @sennewell on Twitter, Senator Linda Newell or @TheLastBill on Facebook.

Overblown sports deserve to see the clock run out

onathan Swift had “A Modest Proposal” and so do I. Let’s do away with all college and professional baseball, basketball and football teams.

QUIET I, for one, would DESPERATION live.

After making it through March without Madness and April without Opening Day, and accepting the cancellations of numerous games across a range of sports, I came to a Craig Marshall realization.

Smith Who needs it?

Not me.

I am proposing the elimination of all major college and professional sports. Keep college softball.

The players don’t take drugs or leave after one season. The coaches don’t make more than the GNP of some small countries, like Nick

Saban does.

Scandals are increasing. The Astros steal signs, legacies are being ruined by performance-enhancing drugs, salaries are ridiculous, and I can’t escape the Broncos even when they haven’t played a game in six months.

“One and done” has ruined college basketball. Thanks, Kentucky.

I have followed my team to a dozen states, stayed by the radio late at night to hear games that weren’t being televised, and was found, slumped and weeping, when Tyus Edney dribbled the length of the floor in 4.8 seconds in 1995.

And scored the winning basket.

I can watch that game and hundreds — thousands — of others on cable or on my computer the same way that I can watch hundreds of my favorite films over and over.

In other words, there are already enough great games in the library to last from now until eternity.

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grow and improve. Including me, my wheel is still not quite as round as I would like it to be.

When we do recognize where we would like to make an improvement in our life, we can connect that to the goals and dreams that we are pursuing. And if we identify an area of our life that is holding us back from the achievement of our goals and dreams, we can draw upon that as our motivation to make those improvements.

This is the right time to evaluate our performance in each area of life because of the ever-changing world that we are living in, however the truth is that this wheel of life philosophy is a tried and true, proven strategy for achieving success in any season of life, especially in the sea changes of life that we are living through right now.

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Now maybe you just read the previous column and didn’t give it a shot, or you are reading this one right now and just cruised past the idea of actually identifying where you are personally on the wheel of life. Either way, I would encourage you to at least give it a try and to let me know what you find, as you may just find out how to use your wheel to get you on your way to where you really want to go.

And when you do complete it, I really would love to hear how you are planning to round out your wheel of life at mnorton@tramazing.com. If you need a little help with figuring it out, let me know that as well. And when we do improve a little bit in each area of life, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Salute to strong teen Patrick Boland, your story left me in awe and quite humbled by your strength in coping with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS (the story: “Highlands Ranch teen’s a `Ferocious Fighter’”). I imagine the depth from which you draw courage and perseverance to just take a step forward each day is greater than most people could muster under lesser circumstances.

Your youth simply magnifies the bravery you exhibit as you carry a burden much too heavy for someone so young.

Your compassion for others af-

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We’re still watching “I Love Lucy” and there haven’t been any new episodes since 1957.

Why not “I Love Flutie”?

Billions of dollars are spent and billions of dollars are earned by and because of college and professional sports.

Why not re-route the dough into education? Pay elementary, middleschool and high-school teachers what they’re worth.

The same for college faculty, especially art teachers.

More than 54,000 bridges in America need repairs.

Surely, sports bar owners aren’t going to be happy with this. My idea would establish a 10-year plan to compensate bars and restaurants and hotels near stadiums for the loss in revenue, and send each of them candy on what would have been Super Bowl Sunday or the seventh game.

College football, partly, was intended to give young restless lads something physical to do after the Civil War. What becomes of the restless lads who come out of high school and

flicted with CRPS and its variations that prompted you to establish the nonprofit Ferocious Fighters is further evidence of the magnitude of your personal power. Bravo to you and your family for serving as a role model for others while you stand tall and strong every day to live your life to the fullest.

Thank you for teaching me a little about this disease and for sharing your story. I’m a better person just having learned about you and about the struggles people like you must endure each day.

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don’t have a college or professional career to look forward to?

I haven’t thought that far ahead.

I am not proposing the abolition of sports: only the ones that have become grotesque, beyond logic and proportion.

Alabama’s Nick Saban is not the highest-paid college coach. Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, at $9.3 million a year, is. Madness.

Charlie Blackmon? Great player.

Made $21 million in 2019. Madness.

The Rockies reached the World Series in 2007. For Rockies fans, it will never get any better than that. Watch reruns.

On September 24, 1994, Cordell Stewart threw a 64-yard pass for a touchdown on the final play of a game between Colorado and Michigan. It is still breaking my father’s heart in heaven.

For CU fans, it will never get any better than that. Watch reruns.

What’s-his-name Elway won backto-back Super Bowls. For Broncos fans, it will never get any better than that. Watch reruns.

Let’s call the whole thing off.

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ay 26 marked the first day that the Denver Animal Shelter reopened its animal adoptions after more than two months of suspending the process during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. That day, hundreds of customers showed up interested in adopting a new pet, said Tracy Koss, the shelter’s customer care manager.

“Part of it was that it was the first day and part of it was that we had two popular dog breeds available,” Koss said of the large number of customers. “The very next day, it was very light traffic and has remained that way due to the lack of animals; we only have three to five (available for adoption) per day,” she said, while on average, the shelter can have anywhere from 75 to 100 animals available for adoption at one time.

“In times of turmoil or uncertainty, people tend to hold onto their animals,” she said, “so I think we could be seeing that here.”

Nationwide and across the Denver metro area, animal shelters have seen a decrease in the number of people surrendering their animals to shelters, even as many shelters have stayed open for surrenders throughout the pandemic. At the same time, the percentage of available animals that have been adopted has increased.

At cat shelter Angels with Paws in Lakewood, in a usual week, the shelter oversees one or two adoptions, said kennel technician Rachel Jones. But from March 1 through June 17, there were 76 cats adopted from the shelter, or an average of about five adoptions per week.

“We’ve seen a huge jump in adoptions,” Jones said, “and we actually saw a big jump in adoption of our less adoptable animals with special needs.”

According to the Shelter Animals Count database,

A staff member at the Dumb Friends League takes a photo with an adoptable pet, Indiana, during the COVID-19 crisis.

COURTESY OF DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE shelters took in 912,143 animals from January to May 2019. Only 691,760 were taken in during the same period for 2020. The count receives data from 1,207 organizations nationwide.

For the same timeframes, the number of adopted animals has also decreased.

However, the percentage of available animals that were adopted increased from about 51% in 2019 to about 58% in 2020.

“For the past several months, adoption numbers have started to decrease, but as a percentage of intake they remain very high,” said Jim Tedford, president and CEO of the Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.

The association is made up of leaders running shelters and rescue groups across the nation.

These trends have been a necessity for shelters, Koss said — especially in the months when shelters were required

“Aspen” was adopted in April from the Foothills Animal Shelter in Jefferson County by one of the newspaper’s employees.

He’s taken to his new home by showing a fondness for face licking and shoe chewing.

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to run operations with fewer staff members because of the coronavirus.

“It could have been a really scary situation with a lot of animals coming in. We were prepared for that and never saw it,” Koss said. “We just really want to thank the Denver community. They kept their animals.”

As for why intake is down and a higher percentage of

available animals are being adopted, some shelter employees and new pet-owners point to the pandemic.

Frank Carlson from Aurora was one of those who adopted a Denver pet on May 26, saying that as a single person, he had been feeling isolated, particularly after being laid off from his job because of COVID-19. Carlson’s elevenmonth-old Australian cattle

dog, Tom Brady, is the first dog he’s owned in 30 years.

“It was either a dog or a girlfriend, so I picked a dog,” he laughed. “Mainly, I wanted the exercise because I was just hanging around, and the companionship as well.”

Many recent animal adopters who found a new pet at the Dumb Friends League, which has locations in Denver and Castle Rock, have given similar reasons to Carlson’s for why they wanted to adopt, said Maia Brusseau, the league’s interim director of marketing and communications.

“I know that we have heard from some people that they were thinking of adopting anyway, and then all of a sudden, they have this extra time on their hands,” she said.

“And for some, if you’re living alone, it can be very lonely without a pet.”

The Dumb Friends League has only been conducting virtual adoptions to help keep residents safe throughout the pandemic. The process takes more time to complete than the typical process, she said, and the league has encountered huge public interest in adoptions. As such, the shelters have been asking those who would like to adopt to expect a slightly longer wait before their adoption can take place.

Another request of adopting residents: “We’re asking people to think about what their lives will be like when we go back to whatever normal looks like,” Brusseau said. “Think about that so you are prepared for changes and setting your pet up for success whenever you’re going back to work.”

As for pet-owners like Carlson, adjusting to having a pet in the house is already going well, he said. While COVID-19 has brought up some new challenges he never faced as a previous dog-owner — for example, the vast majority of off-leash parks near him are closed — he emphasized that the experience has been a very beneficial lifestyle change.

“It’s been great. It’s kind of like having a family member,” Carlson said. “I would advise anyone else in my situation to adopt a dog. They’re a great companion for times of isolation.”

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June 25, 2020

Craft and Home Improvement Fair on horizon Western Welcome Week event is beacon of fun for late summer

Two Ravens Soap Company will be making a repeat appearance at the Western Welcome Week Craft and Home Improvement Fair on Aug. 15.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As events sort themselves out as “happening” or “canceled,” the 92nd Western Welcome Week will still fill Main Street in downtown Littleton with the Craft and Home Improvement Fair on Saturday, Aug. 15.

WWW organizer Cindy Hathaway says there are some booth spaces available at this point, but many are filled. She is at the office in the historic Bemis House on Tuesdays, and there is online information.

Families can enjoy food as well as colorful artwork as they stroll — distanced from those ahead.

Among the vendors will be local craftsman Jake Miller, who lives in Ken Caryl, with his Two Ravens Soap Company, offering subtly shaded bars of handmade soaps, designed to appeal to men and women.

He has participated in the event for five or six years.

He “came out of the coffee business — also sensory-driven,” with detours through craft beers and Yankee Can-

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dles, arriving at this series of fragrant miniature artworks.

“I painted a ton in high school and college,” he says, and also studied business management and information systems, acquiring an entrepreneurial outlook. He started as a graphic design major at Michigan Tech on the Upper Peninsula and moved to this area about 10 years ago.

The Two Ravens business has been at the WWW show for five or six years, and Miller has a real-estate broker looking at spaces on Main Street for him. In the meantime, a shopper can find his products at Willow and at the Littleton Museum’s gift shop.

His craft beer experience relates to the use of beer in some soap formulas, resulting in a fragrance that appeals to a number of men, who might shy away from fancy soaps ordinarily. He visits a number of area breweries with craft shows and has his soaps for sale in their merchandise sections.

When we first tried to contact Miller, he was at a fair in Dillon, one of many on his schedule for summer and fall — and through the holiday season.

He also visits area breweries with craft fair items — some of his soap formulas are made with beer and are included in the merchandise brewers includes among their wares ...

Miller mixes batches of soap in his garage on two or three days a week, starting with basic oils — olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter — and mixes them with sodium hydroxide and scents made from essential oils and some color and other ingredients … for instance, one variety is made with hummus, others with beers. Colorants and scents vary — sometimes a product can turn out to be a surprise. Ingredients could include turmeric, natural clays, indigo, spirulina — “with nourishing properties for the skin.”

The molds are large wooden boxes, lined with freezer paper. Each batch makes 66 bars of soap. The block of finished soap is cut into three long “loaves” then sliced into individual bars and packaged. Miller has a cutter made with guitar wire, sized to his needs. Designs appear on some bars, edges are irregular on others — all intentionally crafted.

When one looks at the photos of those soaps, one can almost smell the various fragrances.

The annual Western Welcome Week Craft and Home Improvement Fair is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 15 on downtown Littleton’s Main Street, following a week of events. Watch for more details as the dates draw closer.

Enjoy walking through this traditional fair — and tuck a shopping bag in your pocket before leaving home!

Arts community has shows and sad news

ach year, the Colorado Watercolor Society holds a statewide exhibit that brings out many fine paintings — very much worth an excursion to enjoy them.

This year, it is displayed at the FootSONYA’S hills Art Center, 809 SAMPLER 15th St. in Golden, and is there through July 12. “Lilies in Crystal” by Cindy Welch of Castle Rock won second place from juror Sterling Edwards, North Carolina, a nationally recognized watercolorist.

Sonya Ellingboe Admission free.

Hours vary — open daily except Tuesday. foothillsartcenter.org.

Farewell, rita derjue We are saddened to learn that Littleton artist and activist rita derjue died peacefully in her sleep on June 16. A celebration of her life will be held at a future date. (More next week.) She is survived by her husband, Carle Zimmerman, son Andrew and daughter Heidi.

Sculptures at Hudson Gardens Each year, South Suburban Parks and Recreation District carries on its Art-on-Loan program, which places new works in public spaces for a year.

Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, recently placed two new pieces on its grounds: “Trail 413,” by Kyle Ocean of Fort Collins, includes two large blue columns with topographical symbols on them, inspired by Colorado locations. “Forever Iris,” by Maureen Plomske of Englewood, is a bright magenta flower, crafted from recycled steel and pipe.

These works will be on display until June 2021. Admission to the Gardens is free. These pieces join a permanent collection of sculpture at Hudson Gardens. hudsongardens.org.

Children’s books Author Sonja Wendt, of Jefferson County has published two new children’s picture books, the first in a series: “Cultivating Compassion in Children,” written for 4- to 7-year-olds.

“I Am Not a Weed” features Seymour and Serena Weed and a sunflower that was not a planned part of the garden. The second book, “Can Old Be Beautiful” involves a little girl and her grandma. Available through Amazon

and Wendt’s website, sonjawendt.com.

Weekends on Main Littleton’s Main Street, closed to automobile traffic on a recent Saturday evening, was packed with al fresco diners filling curb-to-curb tables and chairs, enjoying food from the various Main Street eateries. Charming scene — but be sure to make a reservation.

Cross streets were open.

History Colorado History Colorado Museum, 1200 Broadway, Denver, will reopen on June 29. There are free year-long passes for Colorado fourth-graders and their families. Open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays.

Depot Art “Travel With Us” is the title of the present online exhibit presented by members of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild. It will continue through the summer and the Guild will not hold its usual Western Welcome Week outdoor market. Correction: With regard to the virtual Heritage Fine Art Guild show described last week: Honorable Mentions went to: Terri Hendrix, Patt Nash, Lee Wasilik. depotartgallery. org.

Martin history The Highlands Ranch Historical Society has a program on its home page about Florence Martin, who donated Daniels Park for public use. thehrhs. org.

CSO The Colorado Symphony Orchestra has rescheduled its concerts of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” to: July 16, 17, 18 in 2021. Tickets for 2020 will be honored then — or you can donate them and receive a tax deduction.

Miners Alley Playhouse Because people will not be able to enforce sufficient distancing in the theater, Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden is canceling the rest of its 2020 season. See the website for ticketholders’ options. In January 2021, the company will return with shows that need a small cast. They will continue to pay the staff until the end of the year. minersalley.com.

Dance classes Denver Ballet Theatre will hold summer classes, offering the Vaganova Course. Register at denverballettheatre.org.

CORRECTION A June 18 article on the Life page headlined “A different look to the Fourth” incorrectly indicated the City of Lakewood is sponsoring a “Porch Fest” celebration July 4. The city has canceled all events through the summer due to COVID-19.

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Colorado spared more budget cuts for now

Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Eaton.

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‘Liz’ Eaton was leader in Historic Littleton Owner of interior design firm was mother of five, grandmother of 12

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Eaton of Littleton passed away May 30. She lived in one of old Littleton’s historic homes with her husband, John Gerkin, and was active in — and past president of — the Historic Littleton Inc. organization, in which she and Gerkin initiated the group’s popular Scavenger Hunt events in the downtown area.

Eaton was born in Boulder in 1948 and lived in Washington, D.C., where she began ongoing political activity and heard Dr. Martin Luther King’s

“I Have a Dream” speech.

In Colorado, Eaton started The Focal Point interior design business, contributing to numerous hotels and condominiums in the Colorado mountain ski areas. She had three sons — John Brownlee Rigg III, Eaton James Rigg and Michael Torian Rigg — and marriage to John Gerkin brought two daughters into her life, Erin Gerkin Krause and Hayley Pike Gerkman. Liz and John welcomed 12 grandchildren into their lives and their home.

Eaton participated actively in the Downtown Littleton Merchants Association. She also was a woman of deep faith. Private services were held by the family and a larger celebration of her life will be held at a later date when it becomes possible. Donations in her name may be sent to: St. Francis Center, 2323 Curtis St., Denver, CO 80205; www.sfcdenver.org/donate.

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But an additional $1 billion in reductions looms on 2021 horizon

BY JOHN FRANK THE COLORADO SUN

No further budget cuts are immediately necessary as an economic forecast from the Polis administration shows a series of tax changes approved by Colorado lawmakers generated enough revenue to preserve the state’s slim budget cushion.

Gov. Jared Polis’ office says a new economic forecast shows that tax revenue will allow the state to carry a reserve slightly above the $300 million required for next fiscal year’s $30.3 billion state budget, but warned that Colorado’s finances remain tenuous.

If tax revenue drops by half, state law forces the governor to slash spending, which historically takes the form of state employee furloughs or pay cuts.

“The minimal reserve requires very careful management,” said Lauren Larson, the governor’s budget director. “A small reduction in our forecast could require midyear (budget cuts).

We will be watching that closely.”

The new numbers provided a glimmer of optimism in an otherwise dismal budget year in which lawmakers spent $1.4 billion in discretionary dollars less than the prior year. The true budget cuts for the 2020-21 fiscal year that begins July 1 were closer to $3 billion when factors such as inflation and growth in demand for services were factored into the equation.

The state’s economy is beginning to rebound, but the depth of the current recession means there is more financial hardship for the state ahead.

Many of the dollars Colorado lawmakers used to balance the budget this session were one-time tools, and new estimates from legislative economists suggest they will need to find about $1

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billion in cuts or new revenue to maintain spending next year.

“We are not out of the woods yet,” Sen. Dominick Moreno, a Democratic budget writer from Commerce City, said. “COVID-19 remains a real threat to our communities and the economic impacts of the shutdown will have dire consequences for years to come.”

Looking ahead to the fiscal year that starts July 1, 2021, the Polis administration is asking state agencies to cut their budgets for the new fiscal year by 10% — on top of the 10% or more they cut for the coming year’s budget. The administration is hoping for more federal dollars to blunt the impact.

“It’s drastic and dire,” Larson said of the additional anticipated cuts.

“And I hope that the federal stimulus funds come through and we don’t need to actually end up proposing … such a large reduction. But because we don’t know where that’s going to end up, we need to have departments be planning accordingly.”

This year, lawmakers managed to spare more cuts with legislation at the end of the session to repeal a handful of tax breaks approved in the federal stimulus bill that applied at the state level. The move generated $180 million in additional revenue for the state.

The CARES Act also allowed taxpayers to file amended returns from prior years to deduct additional business losses. But in early June, the state Department of Revenue approved a little-noticed emergency rules to disallow amended state returns because it could result in potential revenue deficits in prior years. The change means the state can keep a projected $185 million in tax revenue it otherwise would have returned.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. Used by permission. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com.

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FROM PAGE 4

The first two debates occurred on video conferencing platforms to address public health concerns amid the pandemic, but the two candidates agreed to appear in-person for the last scheduled TV debate and stood at lecterns at least 6 feet apart.

Hickenlooper faced new questions about whether he is out of touch with the national conversation on race after a video from 2014 surfaced June 15 showing him comparing politicians to slaves being whipped while rowing “an ancient slave ship.”

The same day, Tay Anderson, a black member of the Denver school board and one of the recent protest leaders, released a video on social media that endorsed Romanoff and attacked Hickenlooper for a “culture of policing” that targeted people of color during his two terms as Denver mayor in the 2000s.

Hickenlooper said the 2014 remarks “caused pain and I deeply regret them and I apologize for them.” But he stopped short of expressing remorse for a prior comment that Black Lives Matter means the same as “every life matters” and his record as mayor, where he added accountability measures but still pursued an approach that led to a crackdown on minor crimes.

He defended his work as mayor to add greater accountability to the Denver police department but acknowledged he could have done more.

When it came to his ethics violations for accepting rides on a private plane and luxury limousine paid for by corporations, Hickenlooper continued to defend his actions, saying he was merely traveling the world selling Colorado.

He faced a question for the second straight debate about why he defied a subpoena to testify at a video conference hearing before the state’s independent ethics commission and whether he considered himself above the law.

Pressed on the fact that criminal defendants are facing virtual court proceedings, Hickenlooper said he “wasn’t intentionally trying to play by a different set of rules” and suggested it was “a fair point.”

“I certainly regret having caused the disruption,” he said.

Romanoff interjected that Republicans can’t “attack me for breaking the state ethics laws because I didn’t and I didn’t defy a subpoena and I didn’t get held in contempt.”

On another question, Hickenlooper also defended his administration’s practice of accepting corporate money to pay for its initiatives — including from the oil and gas industry — which were first reported last week by The Colorado Sun and CBS4. He suggested the money was transparent, saying each donor was reported and recognized in news releases, which is not true.

He also defended the initiatives, such as a bike ride in rural Colorado sponsored in part by The Denver Post and a program to give preschool students free books, as “essential programs.”

A grab-bag of other topics also put Hickenlooper on the edge. He previously said he supported reparations for African Americans, but he added a new qualifier saying that he supports federal legislation to study the topic, saying only “there would have to be some sort of reparations.” Romanoff supports them.

On the Electoral College, which faces a test in Colorado in the November election, Hickenlooper said he supports an alternative method to name the president through “the national popular vote.”

That’s contrary to what he told The Sun in March 2019, when he defended the Electoral College, saying “our Founding Fathers got things pretty right. It might be best to just stay right where we are.”

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. Used by permission. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com.

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Local pitcher thrilled to be chosen by Rockies Case Williams played for Douglas County as right-handed hurler

to waiting, since that’s all he did last spring when high school baseball was never played because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I will never know was truly might have happened if we had played in the spring,” said Williams. “Not having thrown a pitch this year really makes me feel confident with my decision with the Rockies especially. This season would have been really fun with the team we had. We had a chance to make a little run. But what happens, happens and you have to make the best of it.

“During the quarantine, I was able to get weights from where I usually work out. I was able to work out a couple hours a day and that really helped. I didn’t have anything else to do anyway. I worked out and did the videos.”

Williams, who was 8-1 with a 1.81 earned run average and 79 strikeouts for Douglas County as a junior in 2019, played last fall on the Rockies Fall Scout team with director of scouting Marc Gustafson and director of scouting operations Sterling Monfort.

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Case Williams claims the decision he faced wasn’t tough.

Williams, a Douglas County High School right-handed pitcher, was the fourth-round pick and the 110th overall selection by the Colorado Rockies on the second day of the Major League Baseball draft, June 11.

Williams was the first player from Douglas County to be selected in the draft since 2008, and he was forced to decide whether to attend Santa Clara University where he committed or to sign a professional contract with the Rockies.

“Some will say it was tough, but I really have a decision in mind,” Williams said after the draft. “I am definitely planning on signing. It’s tough, though, to let Santa Clara go, but I’ve been given the opportunity of a lifetime to make a dream come true, so it’s just right. I’m definitely going

Douglas County High School pitcher Case Williams, who was drafted in the fourth round and 110th overall by the Colorado Rockies.

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with the Rockies.”

The 6-foot-3, 210-pound prospect signed with the Rockies on June 17. No details were announced, but it was reported that he agreed to a $450,000 signing bonus.

Although he has signed, there is uncertainty ahead.

“Right now it’s pretty uncertain,” said Williams.

“I haven’t got a full schedule yet from the Rockies. One, we don’t know truly what teams are left in the minors after being cut and whatnot and where they are being moved

to, so it’s just kind of a waiting game.”

Minor League seasons have been canceled because of the pandemic. There have been discussions about creating some kind of workouts for draft picks and team prospects already in the organization. And the Arizona Fall League could possibly have a team from each MLB organization or an extended instructional league could play games against other organizations.

Williams has become used

code and videos helped,” he related. “I was super grateful to be drafted.”

Williams’ fastball velocity has improved and he was clocked at 96 miles per hour but he’s still trying to become a more versatile pitcher.

“In the off season I was working on changeup and curveball,” Williams explained. “I was really able to develop the changeup by switching grips. I really got a feel for that. The curveball has always kind of been there.

I started to build off what I already had. It will be nice to put all three pitches together for my repertoire.”

Willams watched the MLB draft on TV with his dad, mom, sister and dog.

“Oh man, it was crazy. Being drafted by the hometown team was real special to me,” he said. “I really thank everybody through the process, especially the Rockies for giving me the opportunity to do so. I’m really excited and grateful for the opportunity. I just can’t wait to get after it.

“We got the call and were watching the draft on TV. I started to tear up along with my dad. It was super exciting.

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Bars open, grooming expands Bars can open at 25% of the posted occupancy limit or 50 patrons, whichever is less. They can host more outdoors on patios, Polis added. That change took effect June 18 and also includes many other drinking establishments, such as breweries, distillery pubs and clubs.

Nightclubs with dance floors can open if they can comply with social distancing — but dancing may not be allowable because it may be difficult to maintain 6 feet from others, according to the state publichealth department.

Some bars already were able to open along with restaurants as of May 27 — whether they could depended on whether the bar functioned as a restaurant with a full-service kitchen or provided food from a licensed retail food establishment, such as a neighboring restaurant or food truck, according to a state fact sheet.

“Extra large” restaurants can expand to up to 100 patrons indoors based on the state’s Social Distancing Space Calculator, the new rules say.

Personal services — such as salons — can now include facials, beard-trimming, lip-

waxing and so on, according to Polis’ presentation.

‘Protect our neighbors’ The third phase of social distancing, which the state initially mentioned earlier this spring, finally took shape as Polis announced that some parts of the state could allow “all activities to occur” at 50% capacity, with up to 500 people in one setting and at least 6 feet between non-household members.

Over time, that 50% threshold could even be increased if COVID-19’s spread doesn’t worsen in a region, Polis said.

“If the key message in March and April was we need to flatten the curve, now we have a new message: We need to exercise personal responsibility — wear masks in public, stay 6 feet apart from others, and support our local public health efforts to contain this epidemic so that we can continue to enjoy our freedoms,” Polis said.

The performance of local public health agencies will be a determining factor, the governor said.

Local public health agencies will need to effectively issue restrictions for sites or areas with COVID-19 outbreaks — which could be a factory, a school or a neighborhood — so it doesn’t spur a countywide or statewide problem, Polis said.

He added that health agencies also need to be capable of implementing isolation, quarantine and enforcement of public health orders in general, along with contact tracing — where public health workers notify people that they may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.

To enter the “protect our neighbors” phase, according to a draft framework, communities must meet scientifically established thresholds of: • Low disease-transmission levels.

• Local public health agency capacity for testing, contact tracing and outbreak response.

• Hospital ability to meet needs of all patients and handle the surge in demand for intensive hospital care.

A team of scientists that involves state leaders, academics, local public health directors and epidemiologists is developing measures to help understand how to move between the three social distancing phases, according to the draft framework. One of public health officials’ goals is to prevent having to return to a stay-athome order — a possibility state officials have repeatedly acknowledged.

The “protect our neighbors” phase could be implemented in some counties by around early July, Polis said.

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The sheriff ’s office’s policy, as of June 17, allows the use of deadly force if the officer has “an objectively reasonable belief that a lesser degree of force is inadequate” and believes that they or another person is in imminent danger of being killed or of receiving serious bodily injury.

The state’s new law prohibits officers from using chokeholds, a method in which a person applies pressure on the neck or throat to hinder breathing, according to SB20-217’s text. It also bans “carotid holds” — pressure to a person’s neck on either side of the windpipe to stop blood flow to the brain via the carotid arteries.

The exception the sheriff ’s office makes — allowing chokeholds and carotid holds in deadly force situations — also is made in the new state law, according to Ginger Delgado, sheriff ’s office spokeswoman.

Addressing biases City Councilmember Candace Moon, who is Black, asked the sheriff about addressing the “issue of racial profiling.”

“I will say from my own personal experience that at one time, it was a practice that we brought to the sheriff ’s office’s attention,” Moon said. Since then, “I haven’t experienced it in my family.”

The sheriff ’s office’s personnel undergo annual anti-bias training, Brown said, adding that Moon’s idea of bringing outside perspectives into the sheriff ’s office for training would be helpful.

“I can tell you that racial profiling as a practice at the sheriff ’s office is not accepted and will not be accepted,” Brown said.

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