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State OKs county bid for eased virus rules Changes cover restaurants, gyms, houses of worship

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A small crowd gathers outside the home of Alma Ryan to sing happy birthday on June 27, when the west Centennial resident turned 102 years old.

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part of a plea deal. Multiple suspects in the group that allegedly approached Andrew Graham in a robbery attempt were charged with first-degree felony murder, meaning that authorities suspected that death was caused by anyone in the group.

The charge applies when a death

Gyms, restaurants and houses of worship will see expanded capacity under the state’s June 29 approval of Arapahoe County’s request for a waiver from Colorado’s social distancing limits.

The county filed the request for the waiver, known as a “variance,” on June 10. Like numerous counties across Colorado, Arapahoe sought to tweak the rules in the state’s safer-at-home order, which went into effect April 27 and was updated in May and June.

Arapahoe requested the following changes: • Allow gyms to open to 50% of the posted occupancy code with people spaced 6 feet apart, ensuring a minimum of 28 square feet per person.

As of June 18, statewide, except in counties with waivers, gyms are limited to up to 25% capacity or 50 people — whichever is fewer — per room, so long as people can stay 6 feet apart from each other, excluding staff and coaches.

• Allow restaurants up to 50% of the posted occupancy code with patrons spaced 6 feet apart between seats at different tables, with no total person cap.

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‘Drive-by’ 102nd birthday for Centennial woman Community turns out to celebrate a colorful life

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

She was born and raised in Detroit and worked for the U.S. embassies in

Egypt and Chile.

She was married twice and has lived in the same home for four decades.

She spent retirement years taking part in dance groups, and she’s got a “wicked” sense of humor, say those close to her.

And now, she’s 102 years old.

A small crowd gathered outside the home of Alma Ryan on June 27 for a “drive-by birthday” celebration, a phenomenon that has become popular during the restrictions on gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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4th suspect in Graham murder gets 10-year sentence Clarissa Lockhart reaches case’s end after plea deal

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After years of court hearings, the last of four original defendants in

the fatal 2009 shooting of a 23-yearold Centennial man has been sentenced.

Clarissa Jae Lockhart received a 10-year prison sentence on June 26 after she pleaded guilty on Feb. 27 to a racketeering charge, which generally relates to organized crime.

Her charges of conspiracy and felony murder were dismissed as

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Authorities cautious on officer shooting reports DA Brauchler speaks on why shooting reports often take months

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Two weeks after a suspect was killed by officer gunfire in Centennial, the Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office had not yet confirmed whether the suspect was armed with a weapon or whether he fired a gun at deputies, only saying in a news release that he refused to obey deputies’ orders and “presented a deadly threat to the deputy and was subsequently shot.”

Steven Edward Ferguson, 31, pointed a CO2 pistol, or “air” gun, toward Deputy James Stiltner before Stiltner shot him at a Days Inn on May 28 when deputies surrounded a stolen vehicle Ferguson was driving, according to a review of the incident dated June 12.

Ferguson’s gun was capable of firing BBs and .177 caliber pellets, and the gun was loaded with .177 caliber pellets, according to the review by the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. It concluded that the use of deadly force was justified.

Authorities choosing not to specify the deadly threat in the days after the shooting differed from how the sheriff ’s office had handled information on officer-involved shootings in recent years.

For example, after a June 2018 shooting in the 6300 block of South Olive Street in west Centennial, and after a

In an April 2019 photo, 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler speaks at Englewood police headquarters.

November 2018 shooting at East Arapahoe Road and South Dayton Street, the office confirmed within days that the suspect fired a gun or that a gun was near the suspect at the time.

When a deputy shot a car-theft suspect near South Parker Road and East Fremont Avenue in the east Centennial area Jan. 22 this year, the office released that the suspect — driving

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a vehicle — rammed nearby cars as deputies approached and that a deputy became pinned between the vehicle and another car. That information also came out within days.

George Brauchler, district attorney of the 18th Judicial District, “has asked (Arapahoe County) Sheriff (Tyler) Brown and his team not to release additional information while the investigation into the legality of the shooting is underway by an independent agency as outlined” in the protocol for such investigations, said Vikki Migoya, spokeswoman for the DA’s office.

In an interview with Colorado Community Media, Brauchler said his office’s instructions likely weren’t in regard to the nature of the deadly threat specifically.

“I can’t imagine we would drill down into a specific fact, like don’t release this fact or this fact,” he said.

The only aspect of the May 28 incident that might make it different from other officer-involved shooting cases is that the suspect was armed but with an “air” gun, Brauchler said. The gun appeared designed to be unmistakable from a functioning firearm, according to the review.

It’s typical for the DA’s office to advise the sheriff ’s office to wait until the formal review of the shooting is released before putting out certain information, Brauchler said. But he added that he’s never been specific enough in his guidance to say not to release the nature of the deadly threat, he said. The DA’s office doesn’t directly control what information the sheriff ’s office releases, Brauchler said.

The sheriff ’s office’s policy says certain information can be withheld from the news media “in order to protect the constitutional rights of the accused, to avoid interfering with an investigation or because it is legally privileged.”

“In this case, we were protecting the integrity of the investigation, which is why we didn’t release the exact information about the weapon,” said Ginger Delgado, sheriff ’s office spokeswoman.

Usually takes months The release of reviews into officer-

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involved shootings in recent years usually has taken several months in the 18th Judicial District, which includes Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties. It has been known to take a month or more in nearby judicial districts as well.

In the past two years, the release of most of the reviews in the 18th Judicial District has taken roughly between four and seven months.

In this case, it took just a few weeks.

The quick release followed questions from Colorado Community Media to the sheriff ’s and DA’s offices about why the deadly threat was not yet public knowledge.

Brauchler chalked up the fast release to different factors specific to the incident, including that it occurred during policies fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, which have changed work flows in the judicial district.

“Whatever the good version of a perfect storm is, it happened to happen here due to COVID,” Brauchler said, adding that some staff are more accessible due to the slowdown or halt of certain proceedings such as jury trials. Investigators assigned to the incident likely also had more time to devote to putting out the review — in other circumstances, they might be tied up with more work on other cases, Brauchler said.

Other factors that can lengthen the time a review takes: If the person who was shot is alive and needs to be interviewed, the wait time for forensic evidence, and the availability of witnesses, Brauchler said. Toxicology and ballistics didn’t play as big a role in this case, and having body-camera footage was “a difference maker,” he said.

“If this were February, I don’t think we could have gotten it done this quickly,” Brauchler said.

Brauchler pointed out that the DA’s office was posting the reviews on its website before state law began requiring it in recent years.

“If I had my druthers, I want them all to be this straightforward and this efficient, but there are just realities, especially when we’re firing on all cylinders, that there are delays,” Brauchler said.

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ment if COVID-19’s spread worsens, according to Ryan’s letter.

Some areas of Colorado have shown cause for concern in recent FROM PAGE 1 weeks. While new cases had slowed in Colorado, the number of new casAs of June 18, statewide, aside es is once again increasing, accordfrom counties with waivers, restauing to a June 29 news release from rants may open to up to 50% or 50 Tri-County Health Department, people — whichever is fewer — so which covers Adams, Arapahoe and long as tables are at least 6 feet Douglas counties. apart.

When comparing the average • Allow houses of worship up to number of reported cases per day, 50% of the posted occupancy code for the week of June 7 compared with people spaced 6 feet apart, to the week of June 21, Adams ensuring a minimum of 28 square County went from an average of 25 feet per person. Statewide, aside new cases per from exceptions, day to 32 cases houses of worper day, Arapaship could hold hoe County a maximum of went from an 50% capacity or average of 23 to up to 50 people 29 and Douglas per room as of County went June 18. from an aver• Arapahoe’s age of 6 to 12, request also according to asked that its the release. only indoor “This recent mall — the Town uptick isn’t surCenter at Auprising, since rora, near East we knew that Alameda Avenue when we began and Interstate to increase 225 — be allowed testing and ease to open with some of our up to 30% of social distancbuilding capacing restrictions, ity. As of June the numbers 18, Colorado had of cases would allowed indoor increase,” venues — which John Douglas, likely John Douglas, includes indoor Tri-County Health Tri-County malls — to open statewide with executive director Health’s executive direccapacity detor, said in the pending on the release. building’s size, “However, as up to 100 people the experience in other states in per confined indoor space. Capacity many parts of the U.S. indicates, can be calculated using the state’s now is not a time to be complacent Social Distancing Space Calculator about key prevention strategies, inat tinyurl.com/ColoradoSpaceCalcluding wearing a face mask in pubculator. lic, continuing to social distance, washing your hands frequently and Request approved with changes getting tested and isolating when In a June 29 letter, Jill Hunsaker sick.”

Ryan, executive director of the ColIn roughly one week in June orado Department of Public Health alone, Boulder County saw more and Environment, approved Arapathan 100 new cases, largely linked hoe’s request with some amendto graduating college seniors — and ments. The department granted the Gov. Jared Polis warned the situfollowing: ation could balloon if Coloradans • Gyms, restaurants and houses don’t wear masks and take caution of worship may allow for 50% of in public. the posted occupancy code, not to “We are starting to see new exceed more than 175 people, in a confined indoor space with at least 6 outbreaks in different parts of the state: San Luis Valley, El Paso feet of distancing.

County, Boulder County, San Miguel • Restaurants and houses of worCounty. We’re also watching Eagle ship may work with local authoriCounty very closely,” Polis said at ties to determine how many people a June 24 news conference, addthey may have in an outdoor space ing that “all of our gains could be pursuant to the safer-at-home order. reversed very quickly if we’re not • Based on the state’s approval careful.” for Arapahoe, the total limit for an Tri-County’s news release told the indoor mall for any confined indoor public: “We can still celebrate the space is 175 people. “It is critical July Fourth holiday; we just need to for the common spaces within the do it more carefully.” indoor mall to be well-managed,” “As we head into the July Fourth Ryan’s letter says, to mitigate gatherings above 10 people and keep holiday weekend, please remember to keep your gatherings small traffic flow moving. and limit contact with people with whom you have not already been Some areas on shaky ground socializing,” Tri-County said in the The state’s approval of the counrelease. ty’s new rules is subject to adjust-

‘This recent uptick isn’t surprising, since we knew that when we began to increase testing and ease some of our social distancing restrictions, the numbers of cases would likely increase.’

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BIRTHDAY FROM PAGE 1

About 10 cars drove by Ryan’s west Centennial house with balloons and homemade signs — one attendee held a bubble-blower out of the car window, and a South Metro Fire Rescue truck cruised by and honked during the celebration.

John Andrews, a 76-year-old who lives a few blocks from Ryan, said his wife attended an exercise dance class about two decades ago with Ryan.

“She told me about an elderly woman who put them all to shame,” Andrews said.

Ryan led an adventurous life: One of eight children in her family, she left the country to work as an embassy secretary under the U.S. State Department as a young adult.

Her first husband died in a Korean military conflict around 1950, and she later entered a second marriage that was brief and ended in divorce, according to Bret Gerhold, one of her caregivers who has worked with her for six years.

She eventually worked for the military in California, striking out on her own for Colorado around 1980.

She came here for the oil-and-gas industry, and she worked as secretary for company that eventually became part of British Petroleum, according to Gerhold.

She’s lived in the same house in what is now Centennial since that time, Gerhold said. After retiring in the mid-1980s, she joined different dance groups and did aerobics — that’s how she met one of the people who showed up for the driveby celebration on her 102nd birthday,

Alma Ryan smiles behind her window screen on her 102nd birthday, June 27.

Gerhold, 54, said.

“We keep each other going,” Gerhold said of Ryan, with a laugh. Asked what he’s learned from her, he said: “Just be positive, go with the flow, take things in stride.”

Ryan, who watched the birthday celebration grinning from her front window, said the event “makes me breathless.”

Reminiscing about her life, she

said: “I was going to see as much of the world as I could, and I did. Not too long ago, I spent time in China … Nobody did anything like what I did from my family. They all did the normal things and normal places. They didn’t think of doing really exciting things.”

Lynne Bryan, of Lakewood, another of Ryan’s caregivers, called her “an absolute sweetheart. She’s got a wicked sense of humor. She loves

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chocolate. She tells the best stories.”

Tove Forgo, another of Ryan’s caregivers, handed flyers to houses in the neighborhood to put the celebration together.

“Ms. Alma has lived a very independent and adventuresome life,” said Forgo, a 59-year-old Denver resident. “(She) told me before: ‘People should seize the opportunities presented to them.’ ”

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Cars drive by Alma Ryan’s house with balloons and homemade signs to celebrate her birthday from a distance. One held a bubble-blower out of the window.

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COVID-19 business recovery grants available from city STAFF REPORT

In partnership with Arapahoe County, Centennial City Council has directed $5 million of city funding to support Centennial’s small-business community, a city news release says.

The Centennial CARES: Small Business Grants are intended to help small businesses in Centennial impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic cover costs of reopening and adapting to COVID-19 compliance requirements.

Grant applications and more information are available at centennialco. gov/caresgrants. Applications will be reviewed in the order they are received.

The grant funds cannot be used for expenses that were previously paid for using the federal Small Business Administration’s Payroll Protection Program or Economic Injury Disaster Loan funds.

Eligible businesses could receive up

to $30,000 in two separate grants: • The Business Interruption Grant provides up to $10,000 for business operation expenses including, but not limited to, lease or mortgage, payroll, inventory, and supplies or equipment necessary to operate the business. • The Business Infrastructure and PPE Grant provides up to $20,000 for expenses incurred, or planned, toward complying with public health orders.

Expenditures may include, but are not limited to, building and property modifications, touchless payment systems, online ordering platforms, personal protective equipment, and safety training.

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Graham murder: Other defendants’ outcomes

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occurs in connection with another serious crime.

Lockhart, like other defendants in the case, agreed to testify in future court proceedings regarding Graham’s death.

Graham, a University of Colorado graduate, was found shot dead at about 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 6, 2009, in the front yard of a home in the Willow Creek neighborhood of Centennial near East County Line Road and South Yosemite Street, an area that sees little violent crime. He had been walking home from the RTD light rail station near Park Meadows mall in Lone Tree, near Centennial, around midnight.

He had been in Boulder that night making living arrangements, his mother, Cyndi Gelston Graham, told the Arapahoe County District Court during Lockhart’s June 26 hearing held over video conference. “He was trying to get home for my birthday,� Gelston Graham said.

She painted the picture of a young man who “treated everyone with respect� and was prone to acts of kindness. The night he was killed, he had stopped to buy sandwiches to share with a homeless man. “I learned from his friends he had a habit of doing that,� his mother said.

Lockhart has said she was not involved in Graham’s homicide, said Neil Silver, her defense attorney.

Terrell O’Neil Jones is Graham’s alleged shooter, according to a March 10 affidavit that an Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office investigator submitted to request a warrant for his arrest.

Jones was arrested that day, KCNCCBS4 reported.

In 2009, “I was a young woman with very little insight as to what life was about,� Lockhart told the court, adding that she followed people who were bad influences.

Those close to Lockhart emphasized to the court her efforts to financially support herself and be responsible.

Lockhart was 18 at the time of the shooting, and her co-defendants were the same age or slightly younger.

Lockhart said she’s “determined to prove� she’ll be a “a productive member of society.� “I know there are no words that will bring Andrew Graham back,� said Lockhart, visibly emotional at times in her address. She added: “I’m just trying to be a better citizen in society. I can’t take back anything I’ve done, but I truly am sorry, Mrs. Graham. I am sorry for my actions.�

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Andrew Graham, a 23-year-old who was planning to start graduate school soon, was found dead after being shot in November 2009 in Centennial.

COURTESY PHOTO Silver believes “there was a racial bias that was part of this case,� he told the court. He previously has said in court that prosecutors opted for charges in the Graham case under an organized-crime law for some of the defendants based on suspicion of involvement in black-youth gangs targeting white people. “I don’t believe it was based on any race, creed or color,� Silver said.

Lockhart and co-defendants Allen Deshawn Ford and Kendall Adam Austin had been linked to a string of race-motivated robberies and assaults in downtown Denver in 2009, according to the affidavit and court proceedings in the Graham case. Suspects in that rash of crimes told police they targeted white males because they assumed they had money and wouldn’t fight back or present a threat.

Lockhart and Austin pleaded guilty to attempted robbery in September 2009 incidents, and Ford pleaded guilty to a bias-motivated crime involving “bodily injury� and pleaded guilty to assault in August 2009 incidents, according to online court records.

Judge Michael Spear took issue with Lockhart not taking responsibility for the death. In a court document, Lockhart said, “I will not accept responsibility for what I did not do,� Spear recounted. But he noted she pleaded guilty to the racketeering charge, not to the murder charge.

Lockhart’s 10-year prison sentence includes a five-year mandatory period of parole, which begins after the prison time. Her 1,010 days served prior to her sentencing are subtracted from the 10 years.

Silver and Gelston Graham acknowledged Lockhart likely will exit prison before the full sentence ends.

Actual time served is up to the Colorado Department of Corrections and can include time off for factors such as good behavior, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

Chris Wilcox, a prosecutor for the DA’s office on the case, told the court he is amazed that every time Graham’s mother speaks in court, she tells a different story about Graham’s kindness. “I love my son and I miss him

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Littleton schools face millions in budget cuts Too soon to say how shortfalls related to pandemic will impact district

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton Public Schools is facing deep budget cuts in coming years as the impact of COVID-19 comes to bear.

The district, which serves close to 15,000 students, is facing reduced funding from the state of $9.1 million in the 2020-2021 school year, according to the district’s 2020-2021 budget. The Colorado legislature approved $3.3 billion in statewide cuts in May as coronavirus wreaked havoc on state tax revenue collection.

The cuts will be offset by $6.6 million in one-time federal funds earmarked for coronavirus-related expenses like complying with state and local health orders, planning and implementing remote learning options and purchasing sanitation supplies.

The district’s total general fund budget, approved at the June 25 school board meeting, is $177.8 million.

The gap between the state cuts and the federal funds will be exacerbated by a further $4.2 million in cuts already approved by the board last fall, caused by rising costs and stagnant state funding. All told, the district anticipates a revenue loss of close to $7 million in the coming school year.

The cuts approved last fall led

Littleton Public Schools board member Robert Reichardt in a 2019 file photo.

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the district to eliminate 17 staff positions, through a combination of layoffs, unfilled vacancies and retiring staff who won’t be replaced.

Other measures included pay cuts for administrators, furlough days, and increasing student fees.

It’s still too soon to say how the new cuts will impact the district.

“My expectation is school will look different (this fall) than it’s ever looked,” board member Robert Reichardt said at a June 15 budget workshop.

“It might be that 5-15% of kids won’t come back to school, and we’ll be instructing them remotely. That has implications for where our resources and even coaches go. ... I’m not sure we can make decisions until

we understand new demands on our system.”

Many unknowns remain: the cost to restart school in the fall, how many students will return for in-person classes versus remote learning, whether Congress will approve further federal funding for school districts, whether schools will be closed again by a second wave of the virus, and the impact of various statewide ballot issues that could go before voters this fall.

Of particular interest to board members is Initiative 271, also called Fair Tax Colorado, whose backers are gathering signatures to put it on the November ballot. It would create a graduated income tax structure that proponents say could provide a big boost for state education funding.

Other impacts could come from a proposed statewide repeal of the Gallagher Amendment, which could prevent further cuts to residential property tax rates, and a possible increased tax on tobacco products.

Even if all the ballot measures passed in favor of public education funding, the district would still likely not be where it wants, said chief finance officer Diane Doney at the June 15 meeting.

“We don’t have a clear savior out there,” Doney said.

State education funding has fallen short since the Great Recession a decade ago, resulting in a shortfall for Littleton schools now pushing $160 million.

The school board is weighing asking voters for a mill levy increase this fall, but board members acknowledge

the uncertainty of the district’s needs and the murky picture regarding state ballot measures could make such a measure a hard sell.

“The ballot’s going to be incredibly crowded in the fall, and there’ll be a lot of countervailing arguments and measures,” said school board president Jack Reutzel at the June 15 meeting. “We’re rolling off a lot of folks being furloughed.”

District voters approved a $298 million bond for school construction and upgrades in 2018.

District officials already began gauging public sentiment toward a mill levy increase early this year, before COVID-19 changed the picture.

Now, the measure faces an additional hurdle: How to sell it to voters, considering how the money will be used depends on how concurrent state measures shake out?

Further complicating things: district officials and school board members typically embark on speaking tours to build support for ballot measures, though this year such meetings are off the table.

The district still holds roughly $10 million in reserves, and board members discussed the possibility of drawing from that fund. The board pulled $1 million out of reserves last fall to offset the impact of other cuts.

Board member Lindley McCrary said it’s important the board stay cautious about drawing from reserves.

“You never know what’s going to happen,” McCrary said at the June 15 meeting. “We’re staying very conservative in how we’re spending our money.”

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Story sharing brings families together, even if apart

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o your children and grandchildren know the story of how your parents met? How about your grandparents?

There are many stories in your family just waiting to be remembered and shared, stories LIVING & of happy times, triumph, adventure, AGING WELL war stories, and love Tiffany Curtin stories.

This is a great time to share life stories with your loved ones, either during your phone calls or at home.

Sharing stories can help you connect in stressful times.

One of the biggest challenges to connecting through story sharing may be getting started. For some, it may come naturally to just say, “Let’s all share a story about our lives and everyone participates,” but for many, this may

present a challenge with not knowing what to talk about. Here are some ideas to help get you started.

Bring out the photo album. If you are staying with family members, invite them to come look through the albums with you. Pick out photos that bring up memories for you. Are there funny stories that you have about any of the individuals in the photos? Did you have a friend or sibling who was a bit of a troublemaker? Younger generations are more likely to have their photos on their phones. Invite them to share pictures of them having fun with their friends.

Is there something from your life that few people know about? Maybe engage the family in a round of two truths and a lie. If you are staying apart, this game can be adapted to be done over text messages. Each person

thinks of two things that are true of them and one that is completely made up. This should be challenging for people to guess and can lead to some great story sharing and usually a lot of laughs and an opportunity to share details of the story of some surprising truths!

Whether you are connecting on the phone or at home, start by inviting family members to think of questions they want to know about you that they never asked. For example, what is your favorite book and what do you have in common with one of the character’s and why? What character do you most relate to? Return the favor of showing interest by asking questions in return.

Is there a story behind a favorite family recipe? What are some treasured recipes in your family? Perhaps

Oh, fireworks, it’s so bad to hear from you

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hoosing a cliché carefully, this essay will probably fall on deaf ears.

After all, what would the Fourth of July be without fireworks?

For one thing: enjoyable.

Maybe this year it will be quieter than usual because of the coronavirus. QUIET Perhaps it will be DESPERATION louder for the same reason.

At the age of 8 or 9 I was taken to a community fireworks show in Birmingham, Michigan.

It made my head hurt. I couldn’t understand — and Craig Marshall I still don’t — why Smith loud noises entertain so many people.

Loud noises bother me, my dog, other dogs and pets, and many who suffer with post- traumatic stress disorder.

But if there’s one thing the coronavirus has reminded me, considering others is not always a top priority.

We are a ruder society than I ever imagined, and I was already starting out each day with a bowl of blueberries and pessimism before the pandemic.

Author Lynne Truss (“Eats, Shoots & Leaves”) calls this an “age of lazy moral relativism combined

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with aggressive social insolence.”

Everyone saw the large gatherings without social distancing when gatherings were illegal, and large gatherings without social distancing when they became legal.

If fireworks were just a visual display, as is often the case in films when the floating materials are used metaphorically, I might be able to appreciate them.

But, truth is, they disturb the peace.

Lucky me: The curmudgeon lives near ground zero of the community’s obligatory fireworks display.

It used to be across town; now it’s out the back door.

Name another country that has the word “bombs” in its national anthem.

Take your time.

George Will wrote, “With everyone chatting on cell phones when not floating in iPod-land, this is a time of social autism in which people just can’t see the value of imagining their impact on others. We are entertaining ourselves into inanition.”

Whenever I read Will (he’s gone from The Denver Post), I kept a dictionary handy.

“Inanition” means “a lack of mental and spiritual vigor and enthusiasm.”

Fireworks often exceed 150 decibels.

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you have a special holiday dish or dessert?

Whenever you are sharing stories with loved ones, try to remember to be open and honest, though a little embellishment on some details that may be blurry can also make it fun. Also invite the grandkids to participate with their stories and listen without judgment. What are you waiting for?

Call your loved ones and start a new family tradition!

Tiffany Curtin is the Adult Literacy Specialist with Douglas County Libraries. For additional information, questions, or resources needed, please email tcurtin@dclibraries.org. This column is hosted by the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County. For more information, visit www.MyDougCoSeniorLife.com, email DCSeniorLife@douglas.co.us or call 303-663-7681.

What are we talking about?

here is a quote that some of us may have heard before, and it is a quote that is often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. This is another of those timeless quotes that never seems to lose its relevance or significance. “Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas.”

Let’s hit the WINNING pause button for a moment and WORDS allow that to sink in a little deeper, maybe even read that quote again.

And as we think about it, can we reflect on our recent conversations and identify what we may find ourselves Michael Norton discussing most often?

Small minds discuss people. This is not saying that we shouldn’t discuss people. The context here is more about how we talk about people. We can have incredible conversations when we are talking about people because there are so many awesome people in this world who are doing fantastic and amazing things.

The problems begin to manifest when we talk poorly about people, especially behind their back. This can happen out of habit, a bad habit. It’s one of those habits that as Tom Ziglar says when reflect-

ing on habits says, “The fastest way to success is to replace a bad habit with a good habit.” And since the people in our lives are so important, why find ways or look for opportunities to speak poorly about them?

Average minds discuss events.

There is certainly no shortage of events happening in the world today. It is almost impossible to have a conversation with anyone these days without discussing the meaningful events taking place, especially events that are happening in our communities. Opinions about any event can bring praise from some or possibly draw the ire of others. Again, healthy discussions about an event are not what is considered average, healthy conversations about events would probably fall into the “great minds” category.

Sometimes what separates the average mind from the great mind is found in our ability to move the discussion beyond an event to a conversation around the impact of that event.

Great minds discuss ideas.

When we can start having positive conversations about people, and healthy dialogue about the impact of the events happening around us, we enter a new realm of thinking and discussion. We now begin to discuss possibilities and solutions. Not every idea is a good

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Voting procedures scrutinized I read a letter to the editor last week claiming there was no fraud in mail-in voting. While that may be so, I have had personal experience with some deficiencies in our process that could allow for it.

My wife passed away in mid-January 2010. Her death was reported to the Social Security Administration and I went down to the Douglas County offices in Castle Rock to do the same about a month after her passing.

At that time I filed an official death certificate with Douglas County.

Later on that year in October, 10 months later, I received a mail-in ballot from the county for her to vote. I was baffled that even after 10 months

her passing had not been processed by election officials to remove her from the current voter rolls. How widespread was this problem? I don’t know but it did happen.

Vote by mail and verifying voter status are not mutually exclusive choices.

I like voting by mail much better than standing in line, but it needs to be a verified and reliable process. Asking voters to verify their address, identity, or status is not a hardship when today any doctor, dentist, DMV office or liquor store will ask for the same verification.

Voting by mail is fine, just keep it current, correct, and annually verified.

William A. Henning Highlands Ranch

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idea, however great minds discuss possibilities and solutions with others to help distill what is good and can be acted upon to solve a problem. Discussing ideas also helps us to avoid the blame game. It’s easy to get caught up in the blame game when we are only talking poorly about people or negatively about events, whereas healthy discussions around ideas keep us far away from the temptation to blame anything or anyone.

So, what are we talking about?

More specifically what are you finding yourself discussing most often these days? A discussion could be in person, over the phone, or through the active posts and replies we are sharing through social media, email, or while we are texting.

If we do recognize that we could up our game when it comes to the discussions we are having, there

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Chain saw, leaf blower, snowmobile: 106-115.

Sports crowd, rock concert, loud symphony: 120-129.

The Who’s Pete Townshend said his doctor once told him, “Learn to lip read.” Townshend and AC/DC’s Brian Johnson have encountered some hearing damage because of their proximity to loud sounds.

Add: Ted Nugent, who said, “I’ve played over 5,000 concerts and have subjected myself via my mass cravings to massive sonic punishment.”

Johnny Carson would say, “You pay for your thrills.”

After I attended a concert at the Paramount years ago, I couldn’t hear for the next 24 hours. I said “What?” a lot.

is a trap that we should all try and avoid. That trap is convincing ourselves that it is OK to talk about someone or some event in a negative way with our closest friends. That is a slippery slope and it usually doesn’t end there. The encouragement here is to shift our thinking so that no matter what we are discussing; people, events, or ideas, they are all positive and constructive conversations and exchanges.

Now, how about you? What are you talking about these days? More importantly, how are you talking about people, events, and ideas? I would love to discuss all of your great insights, thoughts, possibilities and solutions at mnorton@tramazing. com. And when we can make the shift to discussing ideas that bring resolution and solve problems, 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.

I have brought up my dislike of fireworks in the past. I know they will never go away because of anything I say about them.

Fireworks during a concert or after a game appeal to the “mass majority,” as I was once told by a disgruntled reader.

And they are synonym of the Fourth of July, annually my least favorite day of the year. And Harry’s.

One of my favorite quotes, attributed to German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (who looked like Charles Dickens’ model for Ebenezer Scrooge) said, “The amount of noise which anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity.”

Humbug.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

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What Denver-area archivists are doing to protect the memory of this time

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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hen six-year-old Noah Alpert decided to express his feelings about his life during the COVID-19 pandemic in a song, he never could have imagined that song would someday end up in the collection of a major historical museum.

Yet that’s just where it is now, thanks to a new effort underway at History Colorado to document the pandemic’s impact on Colorado that is finding material worth saving in the most unexpected places.

The Denver historical society, which operates the History Colorado Center downtown, launched its COVID-19 collecting project in late March, when it posted a message on its website asking Colorado residents to share stories about the experiences with COVID-19 with it. The post explained that the museum was giving residents a variety of means to do so ranging from answering a series of survey questions online to creating a journal and then submitting it to the museum.

Although the collection process (like the crisis itself) is still ongoing, senior curator Alisa DiGiacomo said several themes and commonalities have already begun to emerge from the impressive amount of material that has already been collected.

“It’s clear the commonalities as far as the people that have responded,” she said. “That feeling of isolation, which for the people who haven’t necessarily been directly affected is also mixed with gratitude as far as tragedy, but still who are in isolation and getting used to the new normal. We’ve also had interesting submissions from children, which it’s fascinating to see that perspective and to, for example, know that students miss school and that they now have a different perspective of missing what they took for granted and being in the classroom.”

That said, there are still some perspectives that DiGiacomo feels still need to be brought into the growing collection.

“Part of what we know is missing is what I would call the more tragic stories whether it’s somebody that’s been directly affected by COVID or lost a family member or had financial hardship,” said DiGiacomo. “Those are some of the stories that we know will be coming but we know that it takes a little time.”

Closed signs collected History Colorado, however, will be just one of several institutions where future generations will be able to find documents and other artifacts from this current crisis.

At the Jefferson County Archives, archivist Ronda Frasier said her efforts have focused on county government communications related to the crisis.

“I have just been basically gathering and saving all of the communications that have been put out by the county

This image of graffiti-style lettering and cartoon figures that have been painted on the windows of the Irish Rover bar on South Broadway has been added to the library’s collection of images documenting COVID-19’s impact on the Denver area, which can be viewed online.

COURTESY OF KELI SCHMID VIA DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY to document the historic Black Lives Matter protests that recently took place around the Colorado State Capitol just blocks away from the museum.

This image of empty grocery stores shelves in Arvada is part of History Colorado’s online database of COVID-19-related photographs.

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DENVER AREA COVID-19 DOCUMENTATION EFFORTS History Colorado History Colorado is collecting journals, voicemails and other artifacts, with a focus on first-person narratives. Visit www. historycolorado.org/covid-19 for more information. Some documents have already been added to History Colorado’s online collection. They can be viewed at: 5008.sydcommissioners and Jeffco Public Health,” said Frasier. “That includes both everything that has gone to the public as well as everything that has gone to employees.”

Just across the street from the History Colorado Center on North Broadway, the Denver Public Library has also been working to document the local impact of COVID-19, albeit by taking a slightly different approach.

After learning that History Colorado planned to focus on collecting journals and other oral histories, the library’s Western Histories and Genealogy Department decided it would work to document the impact on businesses by having staff go out in their own neighborhoods to take pictures of closed signs at local businesses from throughout the city. They also collected several take-out menus from restaurants that provide a different look at the impact on the restaurant industry.

“It was pretty ephemeral because most of those signs are now gone and those businesses are now open,” said Jamie Seemiller, the department’s Acquisitions Archivist. “So, it was just trying to document how that short time period affected neighborhoods and businesses in those neighborhoods.”

neyplus.com/HistoryColorado_ArgusNet_Final/Portal.aspx?lang=en-US. Denver Public Library The Denver Public Library has collected photos, menus and other materials. Many of those materials have been published to its Digital Collections site at https://digital. denverlibrary.org/digital/.

At the Golden History Museum and Park in Golden, curator Mark Dodge put out a call to the Golden community asking them to consider and submit suggestions for how that museum should document the pandemic. Some of the suggestions have included N-95 masks, a copy of Jefferson County’s Public Health Orders and even hand sanitizer and toilet paper.

Dodge said in a post on the museum’s website that it has already added a homemade face mask, along with dozens of photos of downtown Golden taken on March 18, to its collection.

Colorado State University’s libraries, meanwhile, are focusing their collection efforts on documenting the impact of the pandemic on the school’s Fort Collins campus.

“We are interested in your stories about the shift to remote instruction and learning, studying and working from home, working at off-campus jobs, the impact of closing residence halls and other campus services, and the ways you and your friends and family are staying in touch during the pandemic,” reads a post on the library’s website.

In addition to collecting photos and signs to document COVID-19, Seemiller said the library has also aimed

Protests also being documented One morning, a photographer visited the area around the Capitol before protesting had resumed to document the pro-Black-Lives-Matter graffiti that now covered the capitol and several surrounding buildings. Another staff member, who lives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, later collected around 30 protest signs that will be digitized and made available online.

The library also has some videos of the protesting, although Seemiller said staff will blur out the faces of those captured on the video to protect their privacy.

Documenting the protests has presented particular challenges, Seemiller said.

“When we documented the Women’s Marches over the last few years, we had a table set up down there and we would tell people to donate their stuff and have them fill out our forms,” said Seemiller. “But this one moved so quickly that he kind of just found abandoned signs so we don’t always know the complete story behind each sign like we did with the Women’s March.”

The library’s archiving activities have also been further complicated by COVID-19 itself, which has kept staff away from their office’s since March.

Someday, researchers might examine the various COVID-19 collections being amassed across the state alongside institutions collections of material from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, which tend to be more limited.

Seemiller said the library’s collection includes records of who died as well as obituaries.

History Colorado’s material, mostly consists of newspapers from the pandemic that are contained in its extensive newspaper archive. However, the museum also recently had the opportunity to acquire the trunk of a woman who died in that pandemic.

DiGiacomo, however, expects the museum’s COVID-19 collection to be much richer than its Spanish Flu collection for one key reason.

“The biggest difference is that we do not have material as rich as far as the first-hand experience as we have the opportunity to collect right now,” she said.

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Nature writer honored for lifetime of work

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Hills Village, at 7 p.m. Attendees will remain in their vehicles for the program, a selection of Americana, light classical and jazzy favorites.

The church will not be open to the public. RSVP is requested at 303-7811892 or erin@arapahoe-phil.org. We regret we didn’t receive this notice sooner as there have been two previous concerts. Hope they are successful and inspire more ...

ature and wildlife writer Mary Taylor Young of Castle Rock was honored by the Colorado Authors League as the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner in a virtual June ceremony held by the 89-year-old society for professional writers. The award is based on a significant body of published work and a career as a professional writer. Young said: “As a nature and wildlife writer, this honor is SONYA’S also a recognition SAMPLER that the stories of the natural world are vibrant and worthy of telling.”

Her most recent book is “I Found You in the Mountains: 100 Years of Cheley Colorado Camps.”

Young writes that she is now working on a “Colorado State Sonya Ellingboe Parks Story” as a companion to the very old “Colorado Wildlife Story.” (1990). It will be an anthology, she says, and she is serving as managing editor for a team of about 15 volunteer writers. No pub date yet ...

Naturalist/author Mary Taylor Young of Castle Rock was honored by the Colorado Authors League with the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Bemis Library One-on-one tech help is offered, virtually, by Bemis Library in Littleton. Call 303-795-3961 to make appointment. Monday-Tuesday 10-11 a.m.; Wed. 10-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m.

Registration required. No word yet on opening as we go to press ... numerous online programs for children — such as “Dial a Story.”

Colorado Free University Colorado Free University offers online and in-person classes. See cfu@compuskills.com, call 303-3990093, ext. 0. Example: “Blogging for Success.”

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Open at last Denver Art Museum, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver Botanic Gardens (not Mordecai SEE WRITER, P13

Littleton painter played big role in area culture Local icon was part of 1960s Marathon wave

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton’s arts community, as well as the town’s older structures, lost a champion with the death of painter rita derjue on June 15. Her husband, Carle Zimmerman, said she passed away peacefully in her sleep following a period with some health problems.

The couple moved to Littleton in 1963, when Carle Zimmerman accepted a position with the Marathon Oil Research Center and derjue immediately began painting her surroundings with strong brush strokes and often vibrant color.

Her home studio was in a distinctive stone house with a view to the west, and the artist/activist protected Littleton’s view of the Rockies fiercely — adamantly opposing billboards and things that would clutter the view we celebrate from Littleton’s old courthouse and Main Street. derjue was born in 1934 in Warwick, Rhode Island, and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, followed by several years of art study in Munich and traveling/ painting elsewhere in Europe. She said she met Carle Zimmerman in the course of a trip to Spain. He had been accepted for graduate study at Cornell University, they married and she enrolled in a master’s degree program at Cornell and taught.

At Cornell, she was able to experiment with then-new acrylic paints, as well as meet well-known New York City artists who would visit the campus.

Art study in Mexico also enhanced

derjue’s painterly skills and a stay in San Miguel raised appreciation for historic buildings.

Son Andrew and daughter Heidi joined the family in Colorado.

For many summers, derjue returned to New England to teach art students there and renew family ties.

The love of travel stayed with her and a selection of her work might include structures, water and mountains in Switzerland, in Mexico or in China ... As recently as January of this year, derjue exhibited artwork in “now and then: paintings from 1960 to 2020” at Bemis Public Library in Littleton.

The couple enjoyed a second home in Como, near the historic stone roundhouse of the former Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad and I enjoyed memories triggered by an article about her in the October 1980 American Artist magazine, headed with a lovely painting of South Park as seen from Como, where the interview took place ... She said: “I love the openness and empty space.

It makes me feel free. The changes man has made to this place are not very important. The important things are the skies and the light on the mountains. Until we came to Colorado, I never paid much attention to skies. Everywhere else they were mostly grey. But here they change so quickly. And the light with cloud shadows moving over the mountains! ... This is my getting away place.”

She was a teacher of artists, but also of schoolchildren in the area and adult students at Arapahoe Community College and elsewhere. derjue used her paintings in the political arena as well. She became interested in the Roxborough SEE PAINTER, P13

Artist and activist rita derjue came to Littleton in 1963 with her husband Carle Zimmerman, part of the wave of young families that the Marathon Oil research facility and other science and engineering companies brought to the area. She left a major imprint on the area art scene and was still exhibiting paintings in the months before her death on June 15.

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State allows visitors at nursing homes, other care facilities

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released guidance June 24 to allow outdoor visitation at senior homes and other care facilities.

“Isolation of individuals in nursing homes, group homes, assisted living communities and other congregate settings impose substantial physical and mental health consequences for these residents,” the state’s COVID-19 website said.

“Social distancing and use of electronic means of communication remain strongly recommended,” but the state decided to implement this guidance now because Colorado’s disease rates are low, the website and a news release said.

The guidance says: • The facility cannot have outdoor visitation if it had any recent positive COVID-19 cases or outbreaks and has not completed the 14-day isolation period.

• Facilities with active cases cannot offer visits.

• Visits must be scheduled.

• The visitor must be greeted outside by staff, who will check the

visitor’s temperature and screen for symptoms. Visitors with symptoms in the previous 14 days should not be allowed. Residents in isolation or quarantine related to COVID-19 or who have symptoms may not participate.

• All visitors must wear a face covering. All staff and the resident must wear a surgical or cloth mask unless doing so would inhibit the resident’s health.

• Facilities must designate a meeting area outdoors for visits. The facility should ensure that residents not participating in visits continue to have access to outdoor space. The area must be monitored to ensure it remains separated from the facility population and staff.

• No more than eight people (including resident, staff and visitors) in the gathering, or the number determined by using the state’s social distancing space calculator at tinyurl.com/ColoradoSpaceCalculator — whichever is smaller.

• Furniture used should be cleaned and disinfected between visits.

The guidance applies to long-term care, skilled nursing, nursing, assisted living, intermediate care and

2020 CENSUS RESPONSE RATES Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the nation census continues. Here are census response rates as of June 25 among metroDenver counties and cities, followed by their rank statewide.

COUNTIES Douglas-76.6% (1) Jefferson-75.9% (2) Broomfield-72.6% (3) Boulder-72.5% (4) Arapahoe-70.8% (5) Elbert-70.3% (6) Adams-66.2% (10) Denver-63.6% (16) CITIES AND TOWNS Arvada-79.7 % (7) Castle Rock-75.9% (17) Parker-75.5% (18) Wheat Ridge-73.6% (21) Golden-73.2% (23) Lakewood-72.6% (27) Westminster-72.5% (29) Littleton-71.19% (31) Thornton-69.8% (38) Englewood-67.9% (48) Northglenn-67.4% (52) Denver-63.6% (72) independent living facilities, along with group homes.

The state may amend the guidance

if Colorado sees cases increase and data suggest that visitation is no longer safe, the release said. Outdoor visitation will not be allowed if the facility has an outbreak or if the community is under a stay-athome order.

The guidance does not address “compassionate care visits,” such as in end-of-life situations. Under federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, those visits have been allowed on a case-by-case basis and should include symptom screening to prevent spread of COVID-19.

Public health orders establish requirements that Coloradans must follow, while guidance documents provide instructions for how businesses and individuals can comply with the orders, according to the release.

Gov. Jared Polis announced on June 4 that the state is working on a program called Lifeline Pass to allow visits at nursing homes and senior care facilities from those who test negative for COVID-19 and have no known exposure or symptoms.

At a news conference June 18, Polis said the state was still working on the Lifeline Pass program.

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Childrens Garden) and Hudson Gardens all are open now or expected to open by the time this paper is delivered. Staying apart is certainly possible and desirable at all. See websites for programming.

‘The Bird Way’ Jennifer Ackerman’s new book, “The Bird Way,” will be featured in a July 8 program through Denver Museum of Nature & Science in a 7 p.m. program presented by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. See dmns.org.

Colorado’s Historic and Scenic Byways While we’re still in restrictions tied to the pandemic, it doesn’t hurt to dream a bit, and the state’s tourism office was awarded a grant to develop more information about the state’s 26 designated Scenic and Historical Byways. I do hope our readers who are recent arrivals know about these for future planning-- they are spectacular.

A new microsite developed by the Colorado Travel Office features each. “Colorado is in the Safer at

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area, south of Littleton, and joined forces with Littleton Independent Editor Hous Waring and other environmentalists to get the spectacular area designated as a state park instead of being developed with homes ...

Historic buildings in the city of Littleton also caught her attention and were recorded with brushes and color — sometimes before they fell to a bulldozer and sometimes in time to generate interest in preservation.

Littleton City Council members became accustomed to hearing derjue’s opinion regarding what should be done about the now well-preserved Main Street and the downtown area generally, at a point when there were many empty windows and maintenance was often deferred. (Carle served as a council

Home and in the Vast Great Outdoors Phase,” the news release advises ... One can maintain physical distancing and recreate — carefully. Check with local resources — some of our mountain towns are not welcoming visitors at present ... many require masks. See Highway of the Ancients or Highway of Legends, for example... See colorado. com.

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Maps for outdoor fun I recognize the need to stay home, but you’ll want to know about this: South Suburban Parks and Recreation District announces interactive parks, trails and facility maps for readers to “use on mobile or desktop devices” in planning outings.

Search parks and facilities, filtering options and seeking amenities you wish to use. Search for rails, parks, open space, facilities and programs.

Look for: ssprd.org/District-Maps and ssprd.org/Trail-Map. (Littleton, Lone Tree, Sheridan, Columbine Valley, Bow Mar, western Centennial and portions of unincorporated Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson Counties include @ 157,000 citizens served by SSPRD.) Planning is important. Some facility use is by appointment in all of our communities.

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The prolific painter established her reputation as an artist with “more than 100 exhibitions in galleries and museums along the Front Range,” said curator Sally Perisho in remarks in a catalog prefacing a 25-year retrospective, “one artist’s passion,” held at the Littleton Museum in 2005. “derjue paints a sweeping canvas that stretches from Asia to America.” The exhibit, she observed, spans half a century, represents a celebration of one of Colorado’s most endearing and important artists.” derjue continued to produce large canvases, small watercolors and a range of works in sizes in-between until very recently.

With a mural at Littleton’s Bemis Library and paintings placed in numerous area homes, her vision of mountains, buildings, town and countryside — and an occasional contented cow — her spirited view will remain.

Plans for a celebration of derjue’s life will be considered in the future.

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Denver is the smallest of the 13 U.S. cities with four professional sports teams in the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association.

But is Denver really a sports city?

Let’s ask somebody who should know.

Jim Saccomano was born and raised in Denver. He went to Mount Carmel High School, has two degrees from Metropolitan State University of Denver and earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado.

Saccomano worked as the public relations chief for the Denver Bears and was the highly respected Denver Broncos vice president of public relations for 36 years before retiring in 2013.

“It’s a knee-jerk answer, but sports are very important in Denver,” Saccomano said. “Sometimes we just get used to things and take them for granted. Like on those cool summer nights, I step outside on my deck and I say, ‘Oh, what a beautiful night this would be at Coors Field.’”

He added that people work hard, and that’s one reason sports talk shows are so big.

“People are driving home from work and they listen to those shows,” Saccomano said. “Then you come home, have dinner and sports are all on TV. It’s a diversion. Everybody works hard enough and it’s a wonderful thing for them to say, ‘Now, I’m watching my team.’ Sports are very important and I’ll be glad to have it back.”

Saccomano believes sports — on

to Denver in 1983, and Elway enticing quarterback Peyton Manning to play for the Broncos before the 2012 season.

“Kaiser deserves a lot of credit for what he did to get Elway,” said Saccomano. “Everybody was thinking he would be traded, but they were thinking Raiders and Al Davis, or the Chargers. That statue at the airport of Wally Schirra, no offense what so ever, but that could easily be John Elway. If you say Denver internationally, they say, ‘Oh Elway, Broncos.’”

Elway, as Broncos president of football operations, signed Manning as a free agent.

“I remember sitting in the press conference room,” Saccomano said, “waiting for the Manning press conference and Les Shapiro said to me, ‘You know, I’ve sat in this room for so many press conferences and I just can’t believe in a few minutes, Peyton Manning will walk in these doors.’”

hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic — will be back in the near future.

“I just hope we play this fall and have fans when we can,” said Saccomano. “Right now, we will take what we can get. Everybody is going to have to adjust — the fans, the press, the teams, the players — and then we’ll see. It’s an adjustment for all of us and just shows us that nothing ever stays the same.”

Reminiscing on Denver’s sports history Saccomano — with a little encouragement — remembered way too much of Denver’s sports history to reminiscence in this column. But here are a few of his thoughts about baseball, onetime Broncos owner Gerald Phipps, erstwhile Broncos owner Edgar Kaiser and Broncos quarterbacks John Elway and Peyton Manning.

“Denver was always a baseball town,” Saccomano pointed out. “Denver had a professional team in 1895.

You think about it, and how the heck are you going someplace in 1895? By wagon? Five guys in a wagon? Three miles seems like a pretty good trek on a wagon.”

Saccomano remembered being shown the newspaper when Denver became a Triple A franchise from the Western League.

“The headline type was so big, almost as big as ‘War in Europe Over,’” Saccomano said. He added that “baseball was big, and the dog races.

Sounds crazy now, but in the ‘50s, that was a really big thing. There wasn’t that much in Denver — the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo, and the Denver Bears, which were an affiliate of the Yankees and Tigers, and had great success.”

And what about the Broncos? Saccomano was once quoted as saying, “the Broncos are the state religion in Colorado and are the soul of the city.”

“When the Broncos came, I always felt historically that they were terrible,” admitted Saccomano. “Then

Jim Saccomano served as the vice president of public relations for the Denver Broncos for 36 years before retiring in 2013.

PHOTO BY ERIC LARS BAKKE in about 1964, they almost moved to Atlanta. The ownership group was going to sell to Atlanta, and then Gerry Phipps excuses himself from a meeting, goes across the street to a bank, borrows a million dollars and comes back and buys out his partners. Then Phipps owned the Broncos.”

Saccomano added that season tickets sales were in the 5,000-to-7,000 range.

“And then after a terrible year, when they didn’t move and were saved, there were 22,000 season tickets in (the) 35,000-seat Bears Stadium,” Saccomano said. “The Broncos just became enormous and set the stage for the Nuggets — which were originally the Rockets — and the other sports.”

Two other significant moves include owner Edgar Kaiser arranging the trade to get quarterback John Elway

Looking at sports down the road Saccomano says it will take some time for the Broncos, Nuggets, Avalanche and other sports to rebound from the problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It will be a big change, even more so because we will get used to watching games on TV,” said Saccomano. “It just makes it harder for everybody to get all those people back. It will take them a while to rebound. The Broncos are more like, to me, a big-time college program in terms of how the fans are to them. The Steelers and Packers are like us. They transcend everything and so do the Broncos. Good or bad.”

Saccomano added that discussions on tickets prices are “kind of like a two-edged sword.”

“Teams would like to raise them but it’s a terrible time to do that,” Saccomano said. “You probably have to say, ‘Welcome to 2021 and the ticket office is open.’ And for every ticket you sell, you say, ‘Thank you sir, thank you ma’am.’”

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL WILL CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) CONCERNING FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION REGULATIONS AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM) AND THE FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY (FIS) DATED SEPTEMBER 4, 2020”

The purpose of the FIS and the FIRM is to identify special flood hazard areas within the City based on flood risk data. The City uses the FIS and the FIRM to regulate development of property within those special flood hazard areas. The FIS and the FIRM are produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency located at 500 C Street S.W., Washington, D.C., 20472. Copies of the FIS and the FIRM and the full text of the Ordinance are open to public inspection and may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk at 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial. The full text of the Ordinance is available on the City’s website www. centennialco.gov.

The public hearing will be held virtually, via the City’s website at: www.centennialco.gov on July 20, 2020 at 6pm. Interested parties may file written comments with the City Clerk, at: www. cityclerks@centennialco.gov or via mail at: 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado 80112, received by 1pm on July 20, 2020. Any written comments received will be given to Council Members and put into the record during the Public Hearing. Citizens wishing to speak during the Public Hearing, may access the virtual meeting via instructions published on the July 20, 2020 Agenda at:

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PASS BUSINESS PARK – ENCOMPASS 171 SITE PLAN, ENCOMPASS BUSINESS PARK – ENCOMPASS 106 SITE PLAN AMENDMENT (SITE-20-00044).”

A public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission will be held virtually, via the City’s website at: www.centennialco.gov on July 22, 2020 at 6:00 pm. For this hearing, interested parties may file written comments with the Commission’s Recording Secretary at: planningcomments@ centennialco.gov or via mail at: Attn: Planning and Zoning Commission, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd., Centennial, CO 80112, received by 1:00 p.m. on July 22, 2020. Any written comments received will be given to Commissioners and put into the record during the Public Hearing. Citizens wishing to speak during the Public Hearing may access the virtual meeting via instructions published on the July 22, 2020 Agenda at: https://www.centennialco.gov/Government/ Mayor-Council/City-Council-Meetings/AgendasMinutes.

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For this hearing, interested parties may file written

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Further information concerning the proposed rezoning and site plan may be obtained by calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3308.

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‘Almost like pre-COVID days,’ doctor says Lessons learned help preparations for a possible second wave

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The inside of Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree feels more like “normal” these days to the staff, nurses and doctors who work there.

“In June, we’ve returned to a more normal state,” said Dr. Adam Barkin, an emergency physician and Sky Ridge’s medical director.

“We’re still screening patients and using more (personal protective equipment) and masks than we used to, but if you walk into the emergency department, it’s almost like it was in the pre-COVID days,” he said.

“It feels better for everyone because as much as anything you know what to expect. There’s less uncertainty and less unknown and less disease burdening the community, and that gives people reassurance also.”

Sky Ridge officials declined to say how many COVID-19 patients it is treating or its current bed capacity.

Barkin said the hospital’s COVID-19 “war room” is ready, but not currently operational due to the low number of COVID-19 patients.

Patients could receive elective surgeries again in May. Sky Ridge put a hold on performing elective surgeries beginning mid-March.

The hospital has maintained its current system separating COVID-19

An emergency-department patient at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree was screened for indications of coronavirus infection before entering the hospital June 26 and was asked to wear a mask while being treated.

COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA patients with the rest of the patients, and the workers within the walls of Sky Ridge feel generally more at ease, Barkin said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn a second surge of the COVID-19 pandemic could hit as soon as the end of summer and could coincide with flu season. Barkin said Sky Ridge has the capability to revert to its original COVID-19 protocol at a moment’s notice.

Sky Ridge’s emergency department has 27 beds and can quickly expand up to the mid-30s if needed, Barkin

said. Six additional rooms in the hospital reserved to keep COVID-19 patients if needed.

To lessen the impact of a potential the second wave of COVID-19, Barkin reminded people to avoid large gatherings and socially distance themselves, especially indoors, and to wear a mask in public.

When looking back at the first two months of the pandemic, Barkin said it was “a surreal experience,” preparing for the initial surge.

“At the same time, the sort of surreal part of the whole thing was ev-

eryone hunkered home who weren’t sick,” Barkin said. “The people of Colorado took quarantine seriously.

They took the stay-at-home order seriously.”

However, the pandemic spurred fears of visiting hospitals, causing many people requiring more immediate medical attention to avoid the hospital entirely from late March through April.

Having that space “gave us a chance to take great care of the COVID patients, but one of the downsides was we had a lot of patients in our community who didn’t seek medical care when they probably should have … and there were repercussions for that,” Barkin said.

Barkin wanted to ensure the public that Sky Ridge and its emergency department are a “very safe place to be right now.”

The hospital has two 24-hour access points and a third opened during the day. Everyone who enters the hospital has their temperature taken.

“For the time being and foreseeable future, the face of medicine is going to look somewhat different,” Barkin said.

After visitors have their temperature taken, staff ask them questions to make sure they are in the correct location and are a visitor of a patient at the hospital. One visitor is allowed per patient. Anyone visiting the hospital who is not seeking treatment is asked to leave if they have a fever or are believed to be a risk of spreading the disease.

“All we’re trying to do is minimize risk for everyone,” Barkin said.

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