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Teen convicted in murder of Cherokee Trail student Kenneth Gallegos, accused of being central player in plot, faces decades in prison

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Dr. Radhika Acharya-Leon, section chief for medical oncology at Highlands Ranch Hospital, talks to patient Suzi McCumber about PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES radiation treatment.

Delayed treatment will put pressure on health care system Heart health, cancer cases and stroke prognosis worse due to patients skipping care

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Delayed care for major health conditions in 2020 is leading specialists through the Denver metro area to worry that it could take more than a decade to recover from the emotional, financial and societal price.

According to a study from the Cen-

PART 2: DELAYED MEDICAL This is the second part of a two-part series exploring impacts of delaying medical appointments due to inconveniences of COVID pandemic impacts. ters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), medical care delay in 2020 contributed to increased morbidity and mortality risks associated with treatable and preventable health conditions.

Cancer cases are increasing, longterm treatment for heart issues has become more complicated, mental health and general health care lost a SEE TREATMENT, P4

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An Arapahoe County jury on April 9 found Kenneth Gallegos, 19, guilty of first-degree felony murder, aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. Gallegos was found guilty of actions that led to the fatal shooting 18-year-old Lloyd Alvin Chavez during a robbery of vaping products that Chavez sold, although another teen yet to be tried may have shot Chavez.

The prosecution in the case argued that Gallegos acted as the central player in a plot to organize a confrontation outside of Chavez’s home in east Centennial the night of May 8, 2019.

Gallegos was 17 at the time of the crime. Under Colorado law, the mandatory penalty for a juvenile convicted of a first-class felony is life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years, according to a news release from the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Gallegos is expected to be sentenced on June 2.

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argued that investigators wrongly focused on Gallegos, sending the investigation in the wrong direction.

“Once that train went down the wrong track, the police wouldn’t go off that track,” defense attorney Michael Root said during the trial in Arapahoe County District Court.

“They pushed down that track until we find ourselves here today, with the person that brought the gun and the person who planned this (not held accountable).”

Gallegos stood accused of driving to Chavez’s home with three other teens: Dominic Jarrod Stager, now 19; Juliana Alexis Serrano, now also 19; and Demarea Deshawn Mitchell, now 18.

Stager and Serrano were both offered plea deals to testify against Gallegos, and in return, they were treated as juveniles in court rather than adults. Had they been prosecuted as adults like Gallegos, they would have faced 40 years to life in prison — instead, they received up to two-year sentences in juvenile settings, according to trial testimony.

Stager brought the gun, which he said he had stolen, and Mitchell is believed to have shot Chavez, according to the court proceedings.

The defense argued that Serrano “had planned the whole event,” a point that has long been in dispute.

April 15, 2021 But Christopher Gallo, a prosecutor for the trial, told the jury that Gallegos’ involvement was serious enough to constitute committing murder under a special type of murder charge.

He scoffed at the idea that Gallegos “had no idea what was going on” and that he was “just a guy driving a car.”

“That has to be true for him to be innocent, right?” said Gallo, a chief deputy district attorney.

“Because if he knows about the robbery, and he drives the robbers to the robbery, he’s guilty of felony murder.”

A count of first-degree felony murder can be charged against anyone in a group that is allegedly involved in a serious crime in which a death occurs. The charge applies even if a particular member of the group is not believed to have directly caused the death.

Notably, the prosecution’s arguments didn’t rely on the idea that Gallegos was the shooter — a detail that had been mired in some uncertainty earlier in the case. Gallegos chose not to testify during the trial.

Gallegos served as the main actor in planning the incident, prosecutors argued at the trial. He knew of someone he could rob and knew he was going to “enlist” Serrano, and while Serrano was messaging Chavez over Snapchat to arrange the meetup, she was simultaneously messaging Gallegos, according to the trial proceedings.

Gallegos Michael Root, “needed a gun,” defense attorney so he made plans to meet with Stager, whom he knew had a gun, said Gwenn Sandrock, a deputy district attorney.

Gallegos “is the literal and figurative driver of the plan,” Sandrock

‘Once that train went down the wrong track, the police wouldn’t go off that track. They pushed down that track until we find ourselves here today, with the person that brought the gun and the person who planned this (not held accountable).’

said.

Judge Ben Leutwyler said during an earlier hearing that “there is conflicting evidence as to who shot Mr. Chavez.”

Before Chavez died during surgery at a hospital, he told a nurse and a sheriff’s deputy that “Kenny” shot him and that the shooter was a junior at Cherokee Trail, according to authorities. Serrano said it was Mitchell who shot Chavez.

At the trial, the court played video of Chavez making that statement, but before the video began, Leutwyler told the jury that the video was “not being admitted for the truth of the statements but for the conduct of law enforcement based on those statements.”

Serrano and Stager were students at Cherokee Trail, and Gallegos was a Grandview High School student who had recently transferred from Cherokee Trail. Mitchell was identified in photos provided by a Cherokee Trail school resource officer.

The remaining defendant, Mitchell, pleaded not guilty on Aug. 31 to first-degree felony murder, aggravated robbery, attempted aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, according to the DA’s office. His trial is to begin July 8.

Leutwyler had denied a request to transfer Mitchell’s case to juvenile court. The court also denied a motion to have Gallegos’ case transferred to juvenile court, where the other two defendants received the chance for more-lenient sentences.

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April 15, 2021

Jones District — under new name — signals progress Development to break ground on two apartment projects in second half of 2021

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One of Centennial’s highest-profile developments — with buildings that could stand up to 15 stories high along Interstate 25 — continues to take shape in its early stages, and it will proceed under a new name.

Now dubbed “The District,” the development formerly known as The Jones District may soon see two apartment projects add to what has long been a mostly vacant field.

The 42-acre swath of land on East Mineral Avenue just north of IKEA is planned to include a mix of office, residential, retail and hotel spaces, while “maintaining important connections to Colorado’s landscape with open green space and mountain views,” Chad Brue, chief executive officer for developer Brue Baukol, said in a news release.

The rebranding to “The District” coincided with a ceremonial groundbreaking on April 7. Previously, a six-story apartment complex called The Glenn was completed on the land, a short drive south of East Dry Creek Road.

The first breaking of ground in The Jones District occurred years ago, with only that one apartment complex being built after that.

The Jones District started as Centennial’s first transit-oriented development — designed with proximity to transit and walkability in mind — and it aims for what developers have called a “network of urban open spaces.” It sits near the RTD Dry Creek light rail station.

Its size and scope evokes some comparison to Centennial’s flagship shopping development in the city’s west end.

The Jones District is “envisioned to be a dynamic, mixed-use area, similar to Centennial’s The Streets at SouthGlenn,” the city’s website says.

Here’s a look at what’s to come and what has recently changed at the development.

Historic site The Jones District sits in the area of the since-closed Jones International University, which is considered to be the first regionally accredited university to exist fully online. It was founded in 1993, gained accreditation in 1999 and announced its closure in 2015.

In the years before the onlineeducation innovator closed, it faced steep competition — the number of institutions offering online learning, including public schools, had been climbing since the early 2000s.

But Glenn Jones, a cable television pioneer who founded the school and died in 2015 at age 85, also had a vi-

VISIBLE CHANGES TO COME Infrastructure work at The District is scheduled for completion in May 2021, according to a news release. That means that pieces such as the public street network, sewer infrastructure and stormwater infrastructure could be completed by then.

More apartments are on their way, too.

“We are under contract to sell land to an apartment developer who is purchasing two sites totaling approximately 8.5 acres, and they expect to break ground on two apartment projects totaling approximately 700 units in the second half of 2021,” said Dan Metzger, chief operating officer at Brue Baukol Capital Partners, The District’s main developer. sion for a mixed-use type of development in the area.

Plans were initially submitted to the city in March 2013 for the project, which could cost about $1.8 billion to build out, according to Dan Metzger, chief operating officer at Brue Baukol Capital Partners.

The Opus Group was the developer for the project previously, completing the The Glenn apartments.

Asked why Brue Baukol rebranded the project to “The District” and whether retail, office and residential developers were not attracted to the “Jones” name and history, Metzger replied that his team “felt that the project needed a fresh start and a fresh branding.”

“To us, the name and logo of The District better conveys the vibrant mixed-use development that we will be delivering,” Metzger said. “There is currently and will continue to be different aspects of the development that recognize the legacy of Glenn Jones and his impact on this area — for example, East Jones Avenue, which we are currently constructing, as well as the existing The Glenn apartments.”

The large “The Jones District” sign, visible from I-25, may also be changed.

“We covered the large sign with a temporary `The District’ sign, and we expect to replace or modify the large sign at some point in the next six to eight months,” Metzger said.

“As to whether or not it will be the same size or in the exact same location, that is to be determined.”

What could be built Construction of all buildings in The District is expected to take 10 to 20 years, finishing around 2030 to 2040, according to the city’s website.

Eventually, it’s expected to include more than 2.5 million square feet of office space, a “200-key” hotel, about 1,800 residential units and 30,000plus square feet of retail on 36 acres.

“The District consists of all land that we own — 36 acres gross, or 31 net saleable acres — plus The Glenn apartments,” Metzger said.

The development expects a “full range” of office spaces, from smallscale co-working to multiple-building corporate headquarters, according to the news release.

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year and doctors are working to clear a backlog in all areas.

Cancer cases rising Dr. Radhika Acharya-Leon, section chief for medical oncology at Highlands Ranch Hospital, said the consequences of delayed treatment are starting to emerge each day where the disease is more progressed in colon, breast, prostate and lung cancer cases.

“The more people delayed screenings and follow-up testing, the more the prognosis is going to change,” she said. “The longer treatment is delayed, the more your rate of survival decreases. Patients we are seeing now have a worse outlook.”

According to the American Journal of Managed Care, screenings for breast, colon, prostate and lung cancer dropped dramatically in 2020. At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, breast cancer screenings dropped 85%, colonoscopies dropped by 75%, lung cancer screenings were down 56%, and prostate testing decreased by 74%.

By delaying screenings, and ignoring symptoms, Acharya-Leon said education about the importance of early diagnosis and intervention went out the window in 2020.

Another concerning trend was patients skipping follow-up care.

Acharya-Leon said it is vital for patients who were treated for cancer in the past to follow up to make sure the disease has not returned. When those

Virtual option is proving safe for patients during pandemic From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the state government, the public was warned to stay home starting last March when cases of COVID started spreading in the U.S. The problem with the messaging, as many doctors across the Denver metro area have pointed out, is that it made people stay home and skip health care from regular doctor visits and screenings, along with ignoring serious issues that needed an emergency-room visit.

Now, patients who are still afraid of leaving home for a regular doctor visit can turn to the emerging popularity of telemedicine.

Dr. Alison Shmerling, a family doctor in Westminster, said for UCHealth, telehealth visits jumped patients are coming back, the prognosis is not good.

“The fallout from this is going to be a decade at least,” she said. “We have a situation in this country where you go from having a curable situation to an incurable situation.

The cost to society is going to be huge.”

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“We have really learned a lot about what we can and cannot do as doctors in telehealth,” she said.

Dr. Amanda Babcock, a family medicine provider in Arvada, said for those who still fear going to a doctor’s office, telehealth is an important option to take advantage of.

“A lot of people have been forgoing screenings,” she said. “Virtual calls are going up and can take place while you are at work, during lunch or on a break. The accessibility is there, and we can help.”

However, Babcock stressed that doctors’ office and hospitals are going to be safe with all the precautions and procedures they follow for patient safety.

According to the CDC, since March 2020, virtual doctor visits increased by 159% and will likely continue to be a trend in coming years.

Dr. Nick Tsipis, the associate medRanch, said it has been difficult talking to patients who put off care and are now receiving bad news.

Wynn said she had a patient who put off getting a recommended mammogram in 2018. She then skipped doing it 2019 and could not do it in 2020. In 2021, she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

“We are doing a lot to get patients caught up,” Wynn said. “We are even doing walk-in mammograms. We are set up to do everything in one day. We are doing your blood work, mammograms, and pap smear in this building. One day, all done.”

Heart health Dr. Nick Tsipis, the associate medical director at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, said the emergency room had some alarming trends in 2020 that will take years to sort out.

One of those trends was delaying care for a heart attack.

“The initial recommendations were to avoid hospitals,” Tsipis said.

“While well intentioned, now we know it should have been worded differently. We saw patients who had had a heart attack that happened more than 24 hours before. These patients knew something was not right but wanted to wait. They did not want to burden the system.”

According to the American Heart Association, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the world with 86 million deaths and more than 523 million cases diagnosed a year. In 2020, the American College of Cardiology reported a drop in common heart attacks presenting in emergency rooms by 38%.

“COVID started as this strange phenomenon. We actually started wondering where all the heart attacks went,” said Interventional Cardiologist Anthony Cedrone, of South Denver Cardiology Associates. “In reality, they did not go to the hospital to get an official diagnosis. The heart attacks are still there, it is just much worse.”

The experts at South Denver Cardiology Associates, with offices in Littleton, Englewood, Castle Rock and Parker, have seen the fallout from

ical director at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, said telemedicine has become a great alternative to in-person treatment.

“Telemedicine has been both appropriate and helpful,” he said.

“But it does not solve all problems. We still need patients to get back to getting regular screenings and testing that has to be done in person.”

Kristin Orlowski, a UCHealth behavioral health expert in Highlands Ranch, said with the pandemic creating so much fear and anxiety, “Telemedicine is a good option for those who are still afraid of going in person.”

Most doctors and medical professionals in the Denver metro area offer appointments via telemedicine. Doctors stress that communication and updates with generalcare providers, even if by phone, is more important than ignoring medical care altogether.

— Thelma Grimes delayed care. Cedrone said when he sees patients who were treated late for a heart attack, they still devise a treatment plan, working to preserve as much tissue as possible.

“It is plain and simple — the fear of COVID has led to more cardiac death this year,” Cedrone said. “It’s important to be less scared of COVID, pay attention to symptoms and go get treatment.”

Dr. Larry Allen, an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist with UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, said they saw a 40% decrease in heart patients at the peak of the pandemic.

“When (patients) stay home with cardiac disease, there is permanent damage.” Allen said. “By the time we saw them, the damage was so much worse than it could have been and so much harder for us to treat.”

Allen said the current trends are frustrating because it took decades to teach the public about the symptoms of a heart attack and the importance of seeking emergency treatment.

In cases that did not lead to death, Allen said the cost to the health-care system will carry on for years.

Strokes Brandon Pope, neuroscience chief at UCHealth Neuroscience Center, said there is a common saying for someone suffering from a stroke, “time is brain.” A stroke victim can lose up to two million neurons every minute they do not seek treatment, he said.

In 2020, Pope said doctors specializing in treating strokes across the Denver metro area saw a decrease in patients. Patients did not go to emergency rooms, and they skipped follow-up treatment way too often through the last year, he said.

Every hour without treatment equals about 3.6 years off their life expectancy, Pope said.

“No treatment means you are potentially aging your brain by years,” he said. “Over the last year, we saw patients coming in 24 hours or more after a stroke started. The longer the wait goes on, we can’t stress enough, the more brain you are losing.”

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April 15, 2021

Twain and Peabody elementaries to close Centennial schools to be folded into others nearby; consolidations reflect declining enrollment

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Twain and Peabody elementary schools in Centennial will close in coming years, marking another milestone in a series of consolidations in Littleton Public Schools in the face of declining enrollment.

The two schools sit just over a mile apart on opposite quadrants around the intersection of Arapahoe Road and University Boulevard. Each is anticipated to serve fewer than 250 students in the coming school year, district figures show.

Under a plan adopted unanimously by the school board at the April 8 meeting, the two student bodies will be absorbed by nearby schools starting in the fall of 2022.

Students from Peabody will consolidate with Lenski Elementary on Fairfax Way near Holly Street. Twain students will be absorbed into a new school in the works on the Franklin Elementary campus at Franklin Street and Euclid Avenue.

The move will be the latest in years of reshufflings of elementary school operations and boundaries in the district’s eastern portion, starting

with the closure of Ames and Whit“I beg of you to consider what is man elementaries in 2010. An increase best for the community, not the pockin families near Ames prompted the etbook,” she said, saying that district district to build the new Justina Ford figures show Peabody’s enrollment Elementary on the Ames campus, stayed steady for the better part of the scheduled to open this fall and funded last decade. by a 2018 bond.

A second-grader from Peabody The new school at Franklin is also pleaded with the board to save her slated to absorb school. nearby Highland “If the reason Elementary beyou’re closing ginning in 2022.

Peabody is beOnce all is said cause of money, and done, the disI’ll give you all trict anticipates my money,” she Franklin will said. “I’m saving serve just over my money to buy 500 students by a horse, but I’ll the fall of 2022, give it to you to with Lenski servkeep my school ing just over 550, open.” and Ford serving Superintendent nearly 650.

Brian Ewert said Small schools while Peabody’s are inefficient enrollment and cause limited numbers may staffing and edustabilize at times, cational resourcthe overall trend es to be spread A second-grader at Peabody over the past 20 too thin, district years is down. officials say.

The bottom Still, the move line is that the has prompted months of pushback district has too many elementary from Twain and Peabody families, schools clustered north of Arapahoe including two protests outside the disRoad and “not enough kids to fill trict administration building during them,” he said. school board meetings.

District enrollment fell to 13,700 At the April 8 meeting, a Peabody in the 2020-2021 school year, district parent said small schools better serve figures show, down nearly 9% from students, who might feel lost in the the more than 15,000 students enrolled crowd at a bigger school. in 2012. The proportion of the drop is

‘If the reason you’re closing Peabody is because of money, I’ll give you all my money.

I’m saving my money to buy a horse, but I’ll give it to you to keep my school open.’

even greater at the elementary level, down 12.7% since 2012.

The decline sped up in 2020, with more than 750 students leaving the district, driven in part by a statewide wave of students lost to homeschooling or to private schools that stayed fully open to in-person learning through the pandemic.

District officials say they expect about half of those 750 to return in the coming school year, though some have likely been lost for good as families have moved away or settled into other schooling arrangements.

The shrinking numbers are likely to continue or accelerate, said Kathleen Ambron, the district’s director of elementary education. Incoming kindergarten classes continue to shrink, suggesting fewer students will matriculate going forward.

District officials have said the decline is likely due to both an overall declining birthrate, but also high housing prices. The price of a singlefamily home in Centennial hit $584,000 in February, up nearly 20% from a year earlier.

School board members defended closing smaller schools, saying school culture is defined more by class size and the quality of educators and staff than total enrollment.

“What do we want schools to be efficient at?” said board member Robert Reichardt. “We want them to be efficient at providing a well-rounded education, and making sure children have access to PE, art and music. Big schools make sense.”

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Outbreaks hit Douglas County Schools amid in-person learning District is seeing more transmission among students in buildings

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Roughly two weeks following the start of full, in-person learning at Douglas County secondary schools, the health department temporarily shut down one high school amid multiple outbreaks in its building and several more schools could soon be required to close as well.

District and health department leaders said schools are seeing more COVID-19 exposure within schools since the district launched 100% inperson learning at middle and high schools on March 22.

They expected that to happen. But some unusual or new trends are surfacing too.

Douglas County Schools typically closed schools in the past when COVID-19 pushed systems to the brink logistically, not simply based on the number of outbreaks.

“It’s not common for us to recommend closing the school due to any type of illness, including COVID, so this is a pretty severe outcome,” said Tri-County Health Department epidemiologist Jennifer Chase, also director of the agency’s COVID-19 Disease Control Branch.

While full in-person learning

efforts are underway in Douglas creased by the board’s meeting the County, its incidence rates are farnext day. ing worse than Adams and ArapaThe two-week incidence rate hoe counties — the other two counamong youth ages 5 to 18 had ties served by Tri-County Health changed from -24.5% on April 5 to — which is something not previmore than 41% by April 6, he said. ously seen during the pandemic, Knowing whether community the district’s Chief Assessment and spread is leading to more transmisData Officer Matt Reynolds said dur- sion in schools or vice versa reing the April 6 mains a chicken board of educaor the egg tion meeting. scenario, Chase Douglas said. It’s also too County now has early to tell if the third-highlocal cases are est case rate in travel-related the state, Chase following the said. district’s spring Reynolds said break during COVID-19 data the week of trends are noMarch 15, she where near what said. the district saw Spread in last semester Douglas County during the panis likely being demic’s third spurred by nuJennifer Chase, merous factors wave, but Douglas County’s COTri-County Health Department —communities VID data “has reopened epidemiologist have been inching more and more upwards ever in recent weeks, so slightly since and everywhere early February.” the public is Douglas County’s 7-day cumugenerally growing weary of panlative incidence rate per 100,000 demic precautions, Chase said — people sat at 203 as of April 5, and but the health department expects the two-week rate reached 356. Both in-person learning plays a role. the 7-day and two-week average test positivity rates sat just below 7%.

Outbreaks in schools Reynolds said he pulled the data Tri-County Health asked Mounon April 5, but it had already intain Vista High School in Highlands

‘It’s not common for us to recommend closing the school due to any type of illness, including COVID, so this is a pretty severe outcome.’

Ranch to go fully remote for two weeks after at least five outbreaks took hold in the school, Interim Superintendent Corey Wise said April 6.

The school would begin two weeks of remote learning on April 7.

An outbreak in a school setting is defined by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment as at least two positive cases occurring within a classroom, cohort or group from separate households within a two-week span.

Once a school reaches five outbreaks, state health department guidelines require the building shutter for 14 days.

Chase said about five additional Douglas County middle and high schools were nearing that threshold as of April 7.

Schools can also be required to temporarily close if 5% or more of students, teachers and staff test positive in a 14-day period, a more difficult criteria to meet, Chase said.

At Mountain Vista, the health department identified at least 20 cases in the past two weeks stemming from 14 different cohorts, Chase said, including classrooms, physical education settings and athletics.

The health department is investigating whether the cases are linked.

Until this point in the pandemic, district leadership has said most cases in schools originated from exposures to the broader community.

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“This concentration of companies will enjoy access to amenities including local retailers, multiple dining options, a boutique hotel, and a vibrant public plaza that will be home to a robust programming schedule of weekly, monthly and annual events,” the news release said.

Closer to the highway, buildings are allowed to range from five to 15 stories, and farther west, they could vary from three to eight stories.

Both Wise and Chase said they now believe transmission is happening among students in schools.

The health department also believes it is “highly likely” the new strain B.1.1.7 first identified in the U.K. is present at Mountain Vista and contributing to the spread there.

That’s concerning because the variant is more transmissible, some recent data shows it is more transmissible among children, and there is the potential for higher hospitalization rates, Chase said.

“So, we want to stop this before it gets out of control,” she said.

The CDC’s Director Rochelle Walensky said April 7 the U.K. strain is now the dominant strain in the U.S., as more cases occur among youth nationally, according to multiple media reports.

Tri-County Health is monitoring spread Douglas County schools nearing closure and urging mass testing at Mountain Vista to help catch asymptomatic cases, Chase said. The agency is working with the district to see if mass testing can be arranged, she said.

The state health department has mobile testing centers that might be available to deploy at Mountain Vista at no cost to the school or families. The district could also lean on other community testing sites, she said.

‘Housing diversity’ Centennial Mayor Stephanie Piko, in the news release, said The District will bring “the next generation of employment centers to metro Denver providing vibrant public spaces, transit connectivity, housing diversity and new office space in a dynamic mix of uses and smart infrastructure.”

Chances appear slim for that housing diversity to include affordable housing. At The Glenn apartments at 9300 E. Mineral Ave., a one-bedroom unit is listed at $1,655 per month. Another one-bedroom model is listed at $1,870 per month.

There is no requirement in the city’s land development code for a new residential development to provide a specific affordable housing component, the city’s website says.

Asked whether The District will include any affordable housing, such as subsidized or otherwise below-market-rate units, Metzger said his team doesn’t know at this point.

“There are currently no plans for affordable housing in the development, but that’s not to say there won’t be — we just don’t know,” Metzger said. “Housing diversity does not necessarily mean subsidized or below-market-rate housing. It can also mean different product types, such as apartments, or townhomes or condos. It can include for-rent or for-sale … We know the demand is currently there for market-rate for-rent apartments, but we are not 100% sure where the residential demand will come from beyond that.”

Metzger’s company is starting to see some demand from forsale residential developers, “which is very promising,” he said.

The city’s zoning for the development allows for up to 1,806 residential units including The Glenn apartments’ 306 units, but it’s unclear whether the development will reach that maximum, Metzger has said.

Rising data The full scope of COVID-19 within Douglas County Schools is difficult to judge from publicly available data.

The district’s COVID-19 dashboard on April 5 showed Mountain Vista had

more than 500 people in quarantine and 34 in isolation. At some high schools, the dashboard reported hundreds of people in quarantine and a mere handful at others.

Sierra Middle School teacher Bridget McCoy said during the April 6 board meeting the district’s dashboard appeared inaccurate and underreported quarantines at her school. That combined with the district’s decision to stop issuing schoolwide letters about COVID-19 cases in schools is leaving people in the dark, she said.

“The reality really isn’t reflected,” she said.

Reynolds said staff have been unable to regularly update COVID-19 metrics on the district’s website since secondary schools resumed in-person learning. Employees are tied up handling contact tracing and responding to new COVID-19 cases.

Reynolds said the district will need to re-evaluate how it updates that information “in a more-timely fashion” moving forward.

“We’re going to have to go back to the drawing board,” he said.

A district spokeswoman said staff is working to update the dashboard in response to requests for daily totals of new COVID-19 cases, isolations and quarantines at DCSD secondary schools this quarter. That data is not available through the Tri-County Health Department, a spokesman said, only incidence rates among youth in the county.

Wise said April 6 the district and schools are managing challenges to full in-person. A silver lining, he said, is that the community learned resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Our students and teachers have adjusted to transitioning,” he said.

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The sun comes up, and here we go again

he sun comes up right behind Sue and Andy’s house.

At least that’s what it looks like from where I am.

They live directly across the street and have an QUIET even better view than I do because DESPERATION they’re closer.

Most of the time, sunrise is a post card. That’s because we live in Colorado. Not one of the grim Midwestern states I grew up in where the sun never Craig Marshall seems to be around Smith in the morning, especially in the winter.

The sunrise horizon behind Sue and Andy’s is coral and blue with some red-orange.

If I haven’t read the paper, turned on the television or my computer, life looks pretty good, and until I do any of those things, I am pleasant to be around.

Life in its simplest terms at sun-

rise, sunset, next to a forest or an ocean, or on an innocuous suburban Denver street of lookalike houses in a community once besmirched by National Geographic is — what’s a good word? — magnificent.

Then the bipeds come along and ruin things. Why? The answer I’ve heard my entire life is “human nature.”

William Golding wrote a book titled “Lord of the Flies” about a bunch of British boys stranded on an island.

By the end of the book, the boys have divided up into two groups: one that is mostly cooperative and the other that has reverted to primitive and savage behavior.

Sound familiar?

It’s lauded as an insightful study of “rational and emotional reactions, and morality and immorality.”

That sums up the conflicting headlines in the morning paper.

Nevertheless, I press on with coffee and Harry at my side, turning the pages, knowing some horror awaits.

There are horrors right here in Colorado, across the country, and around the world, some in places I’ve never heard of until recently.

Why do I read the newspaper?

Or turn on the television? Or the computer?

Some people don’t.

Who are these people?

Since you’re reading this, you are not one of them.

Maybe you know someone who is uninformed. Are they blissful?

Being around someone who didn’t know what was going on might be difficult for me. What am I talking about? I spend twentyfour hours a day with a dachshund.

You’ve seen “Harvey,” starring Jimmy Stewart? His character, Elwood P. Dowd, is a very likable man who lives in his own little world with plenty of martinis and an imaginary friend.

Nothing seems to bother Dowd.

And those around him begin to see things differently, are more positive and optimistic, and experience life with less anger, anxiety, and

depression.

A Denver woman, Mary Chase, wrote the play. The film’s running time is 104 minutes.

For 104 minutes, I’m along for the ride. Maybe for another thirty afterwards. Then?

Then I’ll change channels and return to this world.

CNN, FOX, Boulder, Atlanta, the Chauvin trial, Ethiopia, Myanmar.

Why is Georgia Georgia?

Why not just leave the U.S. flag at half-staff? It would save a lot of time. Just leave it halfway up.

Bang. Pow. Boom.

I have my own antidotes. They used to come in bottles, like Dowd’s.

Facing life without bottles or an invisible rabbit takes a lot of something, doesn’t it?

Someone said, “Every sunrise begins with new eyes.”

Sunrise today was 6:36 a.m.

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

‘The 60 to 60 Success Plan for Life’

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few years ago, I had the opportunity to be a passenger in my friend’s Porsche 911 as he demonstrated how fast going from zero to 60 MPH in less than 3 seconds feels. And I will share with you that it was quite exhilarating.

In late 2020, I was reminded that WINNING I would be turning WORDS 59 years old this year. And then it dawned on me, I would be turning 60 in 2022. Simple math right. Where has the time gone — I mean sometimes it feels like I went from 0 to 59 Michael Norton years old in 3 seconds too. And then I remembered a famous quote by Michael Altshuler, “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”

When I realized that I had 60 weeks to go until I turned 60, I knew I could no longer be a passenger, I had to get into the cockpit and take control over what happens next. With that inspiration,

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I wrote out my “60 to 60 Success Plan for Life.” The plan was built around one primary question, “How do I want to arrive to the party when I turn 60?”

I will share with you that as I developed my plan, I solicited feedback from family members, friends and advisers. And although my personal plan was a “60 weeks to 60 years old” plan, I had people ask me to help them with their “30 weeks to turning 30 years old” plan, “42 days to turning 42 years old,” and someone who wanted help with a “30, 60, 90-day success” plan that had nothing to do with reaching an age milestone, and everything to do with making changes in their life that would help them to succeed personally and professionally.

Here are the elements of my 60 to 60 plan that I shared with others.

You will recognize activities, concepts, and attitudinal adjustments around the things that I either wanted to change and would commit to change, or new strategies that would help me execute against my plan and reach my desired goals.

When I arrive at 60, I want to be:

healthier; happier; in better shape; even more optimistic; motivated and full of energy; enjoying a greater sense of peace and accomplishment; and seeing the abundance of opportunities still ahead of me to help and serve others.

What it will mean to me personally is that I will have an even more loving relationship with my wife, my children, and my grandchildren whom I worship and adore; closer friendships built on mutual trust and respect; better sleep; fewer medications; an elevated level of physical fitness; and a closer walk with God. What it will mean to me professionally is that I will be a business owner known for servant leadership who enjoys the rewards of a loyal staff, happy customers and grateful partners, all of whom have been able to benefit personally, professionally and spiritually from our relationship.

What will I be, do, or have at 60 years old? I will continue to be a difference-maker in the lives of others; have written and published my 662nd column; ski; work out; Golf; read more; enjoy my Hawai-

ian vacations; and be seen as a relevant and respected thought leader.

What are the changes that I will have to make to achieve my goals?

Continued daily devotions, Bible study, prayer, and worship; amplifying my time spent reading; a well-balanced diet; sobriety; five or six days per week working out; journaling and writing; prospecting for new business; continued white-glove service for our existing customers.

If you need a little assistance or coaching to help you get to where it is you wish to be, do the things that you want to do, and have the things that are most important to you, send me an email at mnorton@tramazing.com, as I would love to help. And when we can plan to win and prepare to win, we will typically find ways to win in all areas of life, making this a better than good year.

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Starting your own business later in life

he media has created a specific image of a startup business — a team of young people in hoodies creating something “techy” LIVING & with a silly name.

However, entrepre- AGING WELL neurship is actuColbe Galston ally most prevalent among those aged 55-64. Globally, there are 34 million adults in this cohort who want to start a business, giving this age group the highest rate of entrepreneurship, according to Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.

Starting a business requires a wide range of skills. It also requires taking risks, plus some planning and new ideas, while following rules and regulations. Older adults are uniquely suited because they bring their lifetimes of experience to the process. They also have broader networks and more capital, both of

which are significant for success.

Startups are driven by creativity and hard work, and seniors with the passion to build a new business later in life are usually bringing both in abundance. All of these characteristics fit with the challenges and opportunities that come with starting a business. Embarking on such a challenge also brings rich experiences to seniors’ lives. Entrepreneurs learn and grow every day, as well as stay busy. The technology available today allows for productivity and connectivity in myriad ways.

Senior entrepreneurship also benefits the larger community.

Businesses owned by older adults are more likely to pursue social or community-oriented goals compared to those of younger entrepreneurs. The flexibility of starting a business later in life means it can be a passion project with broader

goals than monetary success or continuous growth. From an economic perspective, keeping older adults in the workforce not only grows the tax base and local employment, but also reduces the downward economic impact on services that retirees use.

While older business owners create enterprises in every industry and model, they also have the ability to meet the specific needs of their generation. The percentage of the U.S. population age 65 to 74 has grown by half since 2010 and is going to grow by 22% over the next decade, according to the Brookings Institute and Statista.

Additionally, according to AARP, Colorado households helmed by someone over age 50 accounted for 53 cents of every dollar spent in 2018, and this is projected to grow to 61 cents by 2050. This makes the senior population a hugely

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I’m a white male, and I remember thinking racial discrimination and inequity were at times blown out of proportion or not a problem in my community.

Racism in America may not seem like a problem for the privileged but it’s definitely a problem for our country. And it only gets solved when white people let go of their fears.

Equity isn’t a threat to anyone, and it isn’t anti-white, and it isn’t a waste of time, money, or other resources. That’s all part of the same old rally cry that privileged people have used for centuries to try and protect suppressive and oppressive laws and culture in their own self-interest. The pursuit of equity is an opportunity to learn about the other (whatever that other may be) which is what ALL education is about. And through education we grow.

Presenting opportunity equally allows us all to benefit equally. The status quo may be comfortable and less scary for some, but it isn’t working because inequity doesn’t work. Historical problems demand resolution, and this debate didn’t appear because there isn’t a problem — it’s here because there’s a great opportunity. Let’s get a policy in place — it won’t be perfect but don’t let perfection be the enemy of the good. Refine over time, yes, but

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In my community, Evergreen, local residents are calling for our county commissioners to make better decisions regarding new buildings.

Developers keep adding homes to areas that are already stressed in terms of water use and fire danger.

Recently, a 52-home development was approved without regard to the availability of water. Local residents are clearly calling for better decisions that evaluate water availability before approving more development.

We are concerned that our county government is more concerned with promoting development than protecting our water supply.

Evergreen residents generally maintain natural forest and fields that do not require using groundwater. But we don’t have much hope when the rampant development continues.

We also find that poorly managed cattle grazing significantly damages riparian resources, in addition to degrading our prairie grasslands. Working with ranchers to improve grazing practices can lead to the important protection of biological resources.

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Whether you’re looking for a restart or starting for the first time, experts offer up advice to get your body moving

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f you’ve put on a few pounds during the pandemic, you’re not alone. And if you’ve only put on a few — consider yourself lucky.

A study by the American Psychological Association (APA) conducted at the end of February found that 61% of American adults experienced undesired weight gain or loss since the pandemic began. More than 40% of those responding to the poll experienced weight gain they never intended. That 40% gained an average of 29 pounds. Median weight gain was 15 pounds. And 10% of respondents said they gained more than 50 pounds — a staggering number in one year’s time.

So, here we are. Spring is springing, vaccinations are happening, the weather is warming up and you want to lose some of those pandemic pounds. But where do you begin?

In Colorado there’s no shortage of ways to keep fit, but even in a state consistently ranking near the top in physical well-being of its residents, taking that first step along the path to fitness can be daunting.

Allison Westfahl has been a fitness pro for almost 20 years. Currently,

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Tips in planting a vegetable garden

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t’s As flowers begin blooming and the signs of spring emerge, many begin thinking about the summer vegetable garden. The master gardeners through Colorado State University Extension have created a guide to how and when all of summer’s favorite fruits and vegetables should be planted.

At the start, the master gardeners say understanding Colorado’s climate is important before seeds go in the ground. According to the Colorado Vegetable Guide, the state’s climate presents a lot of challenges for gardening, starting with the range in elevation, which can go from 4,000 to 12,000 feet.

With a clear atmosphere, low humidity,

intense sunlight and extreme variations in precipitation and temperatures gardening in Colorado is unique.

According to the guide, a successful vegetable garden can be directly impacted by the length of the growing season. The average last-killing frost in the spring can range from mid-May to as late as July. The first-killing frost in the fall can come as early as August.

The unpredictable weather in Colorado can cause growing season to be as short as 30 days or as much as 150 days.

While cool-season crops can survive a frost and thrive through cold weather, warm-weather fruits and vegetables do not fair as well in unexpected frosts.

For this reason, the gardeners with CU Extension recommend holding off on planting the warm-season seeds until the danger of frost passes.

Home & Garden Talk to a Master Gardener in your county: Jefferson County: (303) 271-6632 Arapahoe County: (303) 730-1920 Douglas County: (720) 733-6940 Adams County: (303) 637-8100 Visit the website at: extension.colostate.edu/ topic-areas/yard-garden/

The gardening guide, which can be found online at extension.colostate. edu, not only looks at specific plants,

but it also focuses on what Coloradans need in soil, which in this state can lack adequate organic materials.

Tips for planting some summer favorites include: Carrots • Cool-season crop • Sun exposure – full sun • Soil condition - Do not use fresh manure to amend the soil in a carrot bed (or in any root crop bed).

It can cause tough skins and hairy roots. Carrots grow best in loose, sandy soil; they are not able to germinate properly if there is crusting of clay soil.

• Irrigation needs – consistent moisture is key especially for germination.

• Mulching – if mulching, wait until after seedlings are up. Mulch can help prevent greening of the carrot shoulders.

Cucumber • Warm-season crop • Sun exposure – At least 8 hours of sun is necessary.

• Soil condition – Well amended soil with good drainage.

• Irrigation needs – Avoid soggy soil. Irrigate to keep soil moist to a depth of 10 inches; dry soil may cause deformed fruit.

• Mulching – Mulch can be beneficial but only after the plant is established.

Eggplant • Warm season plant • Sun exposure – full sun but site should be protected from wind.

• Soil condition – well amended soil, apply fertilizer when planting if necessary.

• Irrigation needs – once established can tolerate less regular watering.

• Mulching – can create a wire cage wrapped with plastic to combat drying winds, mulch with straw or grass to retain soil moisture.

Horseradish • A perennial crop that can be replanted every year or every few years.

• Sun exposure – Full sun but can tolerate some shade.

• Soil condition – Tolerates a variety of soils.

• Irrigation needs – Less water increases the intensity of flavor.

• Mulching – Deep organic mulch is beneficial.

Melons • Warm-season crop and can be difficult to transplant. In most of Colorado it is wise to seek out varieties with a short growing season.

• Sun exposure – Full sun • Soil condition – Soil temperatures need to be at least 75° for best germination. Well amended soil is best.

• Irrigation needs – Keep soil moist 8-10 inches deep. Be careful when cultivating as some roots are close to the surface.

• Mulching – Mulch can be useful but not necessary.

Onions • Warm-season plant that tolerates cool weather so their long season can be manageable. Seek out long day or day-neutral varieties.

• Sun exposure – Full sun • Soil condition – Onions prefer more clay soils, but high in nitrogen. If needed work fertilizer into soil prior to planting.

• Irrigation needs – Moist but not wet, onion roots will not tolerate being water-logged.

• Mulching – Can be done, not necessary.

Peppers • Warm season crop. Two main types: sweet and hot.

• Sun exposure – Full sun, although shade cloth can

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be beneficial to prevent sunburn on the fruit.

Soil condition – Well amended soil, amend with fertilizer prior to planting if needed, and again midseason to encourage fruit production.

Irrigation needs – Keep soil moist to a shovel depth (10 inches).

Mulching – Plastic mulch can warm the soil and encourage rapid growth.

Summer Squash/ Zucchini (zucchini, patty pan, etc.)

• They have tender flesh and can be harvested through much of the season.

• Sun exposure – Full sun • Soil condition – Prefers a light soil but tolerates a well amended soil. High nutrients levels are beneficial.

• Irrigation needs – Water regularly. Do not let your plants dry out, can cause fruit to be deformed.

Plants will wilt during hot days, if they recover, they are getting sufficient moisture.

• Mulching – Plants respond well to plastic mulch to help warm the soil.

Tomatoes Determinate/Indeterminate • Tomatoes are a warm season plant; the favorite of many gardener’s vegetable plots.

• Sun exposure - Select a site in your garden where the plants will get at least 8 hours of sunlight each day and where the soil will warm up early in the spring.

• Soil condition - Prepare the tomato bed by adding organic matter and fertilizer based on soil test recommendations; spade it in at least 12 inches (preferably more).

• Irrigation needs - From time of transplant to late August, keep soil moist to about 12 inches. Do not let soil dry out.

• Mulching – mulch once the plant has established.

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Tips to attract the good insects, detract the bad

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ith help from the expert gardeners at the Colorado University Extension project, local gardeners can create an environment that attracts butterflies and bees and detracts destructive insects.

Butterfly gardens According to the Extension project, there are dozens of butterfly species commonly found along the front range. While most butterflies stop by gardens for a drink, there are steps to take to prolong their stay.

The Extension project recommends providing the proper environment, which includes adding food plants used by caterpillars, food sources used by the adult butterflies, and physical environment.

Butterflies prefer some shelter from the high winds common along the Front Range. They also like open, sunny areas. This means planting windbreak plants or providing other shelter options, which provides a suitable physical environment.

Certain butterflies, especially males, can be seen on moist sand or mud collecting around puddles of water where they feed.

Female butterflies spend a lot of time searching for food plants required by immature caterpillar stages.

Caterpillars of the monarch butterfly develop only on milkweed. The black swallowtail butterfly feeds on parsley, dill and related plants.

When a female finds the proper host plant, they will

lay eggs. This makes it important to provide necessary food plants for developing caterpillars.

Food for adult butterflies includes sweet liquids, such as nectar from flowers that provide energy. Some flowers contain more nectar, and are more attractive to butterflies. Bright-colored flowers are also more

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Attracting native bees In Colorado, there are more than 946 native bee species. Of all pollinators in gardens, bees are the most common and efficient.

To create a proper bee habitat, just like humans, bees and other pollinators need food, water, shelter and space to support a robust bee population.

While honey bees are social and live in large colonies, 90% of native bee species are actually solitary. Another 70% of these nest underground in the soil.

When considering shelter and vegetation for native bees, it is best to plant in layers. It is important to establish structure as the first layer of trees and shrubs. The next step is to add perennials, grasses and groundcovers as further layers in the landscape.

To provide a drinking source, gardeners can provide a shallow dish filled with pebbles and water to allow bees and other insects to drink.

Insect control To control unwanted insects, the experts at Colorado Extension recommend a variety of options, starting with horticulture oils. A variety of oils, diluted with water can be applied or sprayed on plants to effectively control many plant pests.

Horticulture oils are refined petroleum oils combined with an emulsifying agent.

According to the Extension guide, the advantages of oils include safety, effectiveness and limited effects on beneficial insects.

It is important not to use oils on sensitive plants, and to remember that plants under drought stress may

concentration of about 2%. have increased risk of injury.

To learn more about insect control and gardening, Another option to deterring pesky, destructive insects visit the website at https://extension.colostate.edu. can be the use of soaps and detergent. These soaps can be used to stop aphids, mealybugs, psyllids and Talk to a Master Gardener in your Douglas County: spider mites are most county: (720) 733-6940 susceptible to soaps.

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restrictions to keep everyone distanced and safe. A class that in a pre-pandemic world would have 75 participants, right now only accommodates around 23.

Group dynamic helps Westfahl thinks the group dynamic that attendees get in a class, along with instructors who are involved in their clients’ success, can help people stay accountable in their fitness quest. But for people just getting back into the groove, she thinks being kind to your body and moving forward slowly is key.

“I’m hearing and seeing a lot of people just beating themselves up over putting on weight or not working out for the past year like they usually do — I see a lot of people scolding themselves for that — so, my biggest piece of advice would be to approach whatever happened over the past year with your fitness routine with grace and forgiveness,” she said. “None of us probably reached any fitness records over the past year, so just let that be in the rear-view mirror and continue to move forward.”

Just getting started is a common refrain among those in the know.

Westfahl also offers up this bit of wisdom, no matter the activity you start with.

“Make sure it’s something that you love,” she says. “When it comes to fitness and wellness, there’s so many options out there — don’t do something that you hate. Find something that you love and you’re going to be much more likely to stick with it.”

Meaghan Doherty has been doing fitness for 25 years, and teaching boot camps for the last six. She’s been able to ride the pandemic wave by moving her classes outdoors when necessary, doing online instruction when she had to, and being fortunate enough to teach in a facility she describes as the size of four warehouses.

She’s hoping that as COVID numbers get better, people will begin to feel better about getting back into the gym. She typically teaches early mornings, with class times that start between 5-8 a.m. plus a noon class for those late risers. Her clients, she says, run the gamut in

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age from 22 to 71, and she modifies routines for everyone.

Her advice for people is to get a set of weights — nothing heavy, just something that will activate your muscles. A daily walk is also something she thinks will benefit those trying to get back in the swing of things — even 10 minutes per day.

“Just start — is my advice,” she says. “I don’t care if you go for a walk, ride a spin bike or go to the park to play Frisbee — just get yourself moving and start. Get those endorphins going and I guarantee you will do more and more every day.”

Frustration with weight Doherty said in her experience, weight gain can give people a sense of frustration and that can lead to procrastination.

She also wants people to be realistic with their expectations about dropping those pounds, because they typically go on a lot faster than they come off. And in her opinion, adding some weights to your cardio routine will help your body burn fat more quickly than cardio alone.

Doherty, also an M.D., is happy to offer nutrition information to her clients if they ask. She thinks every diet works — the question is, which diet works for you?

“There are so many (diet) options out there. You just have to figure out what works for your daily lifestyle, and what you can actually stick with,” she says.

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Leslie Conzemius is a registered nurse and integrative health coach who co-organized the popular Yoga in the Park at Denver’s City Park.

She says Yoga in the Park began to promote yoga in nature, build community and have yoga be accessible to all. Before COVID, it was always held outside. But with the pandemic, it detoured into an online Zoom model.

Conzemius, a former professional dancer and choreographer, said her hobbies and passions have always focused on dance and movement, so yoga was a natural progression.

She’s been teaching yoga since 2016.

“I love spreading the benefits of yoga,” she says. “Not only what it gives you in that hour (of practicing) but also what it brings to the rest of your daily life.”

Stress reduction, how to breathe and even just being kinder to yourself and bringing gratitude to daily life are some of the benefits she thinks yoga can offer.

Return to park possible Conzemius says this spring, Yoga in the Park is looking into the permitting process to bring yoga back to the park, while making sure it’s done safely. But she’s happy to pass along tips for anyone who’s struggled during the pandemic and wants to make a fresh fitness start.

“I really love the science of behavior change, and that’s what I focus on with my clients,” she

says. “Because we can know that we need to exercise, and have all of the knowledge, but it doesn’t mean we’re doing it.”

She has three pieces of advice for people looking to make a change for the better in their health. She agrees with Westfahl that finding something you love doing is paramount.

“There are so many different things you can do, and so many ways to move your body — with people, alone, in classes, over Zoom, hopefully soon in person, sports, walking — and all of them are good,” she says. “And for any length of time is good.”

Conzemius’ second piece of advice is: “Everything counts.”

She says 150 minutes of exercise per week is the standard, but she would put those rules aside for people just starting out or starting over.

“Five minutes of stretching or a 20-minute walk — it (getting started) doesn’t have to mean an hour in the gym,” she says. “A lot of little moments can add up. Even things like playing with your kids, mopping the floor or gardening can be really beneficial for our bodies.”

Her third piece of advice is to celebrate.

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Pat yourself on the back. Wink at yourself in the mirror. Tell somebody what you did, because then your brain will remember it and get that signal and want to do it again, and it builds motivation.”

She said it’s important to talk to yourself the way you would talk to a friend — with encouragement and support — not unhealthy criticism.

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Colorado Community Media caught up with Brian Erickson, who recently took over as the head golf professional at the Red Hawk Ridge Golf Course in Castle Rock.

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After I was working as the director of golf of Perry Park Country Club

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What have you gained from your experience working with different courses?

It is really different when you manage a resort course. You see different guests. It was really a fun variety to work that position. The course, (Cragun’s Legacy Course), had a five-star rating in “Golf Digest.”

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How did you get into the profession?

I guess I started playing when I was around 11. It was a sport I was good at.

I went to school for professional golf management. When I got out of college, I went to Perry Park.

What has it been like managing golf courses during COVID? It has been amazing to see the effect COVID has had on the game of golf.

We have sold record rounds at Red Hawk. When some courses in the area closed altogether, we kept going. With restrictions on everything else, we were able to offer something safe.

We had some players who had never played before. We had entire families coming in and taking up the game because it was something they could play.

It has really been tremendous for the sport.

Do you think the interest in golf will continue?

Only time will tell over the next year as people get back to normal, or what normal is now. Hopefully, we hooked some of these new players.

What makes the Red Hawk course unique/ great?

Red Hawk is all about the spectacu-

Brian Erickson took over as the head golf professional of the Red Hawk Ridge Golf COURTESY PHOTO Course earlier this year. lar views, the deck wraps all the way around the club house and there is nothing better than the views around the 18th hole.

Will you be making any changes?

The course is already running really well. I will just work to continue to provide a great experience for golfers, keep up the grounds and do whatever I can to keep making this a great place.

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Chaparral has two pairs of sisters on this year’s varsity volleyball team. Here is junior Sydni Brandon, left, and her younger sister, sophomore Makenzie Brandon.

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Siblings play different positions but share competitive drive

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One opinion you often hear from many athletes is that the team is

like a family.

For the Chaparral girls volleyball squad, the team is literally like a family.

There are two pairs of sisters on this year’s varsity. Junior Savannah Salter and her sophomore sister Briannah play for the Wolverines along with junior Sydni Brandon and her younger sister, sophomore Makenzie.

Last season sisters Katie and Julianna Dalton were members on

Junior Savannah Salter, left, and her younger sister, sophomore Briannah Salter, make up one of the two pairs of sisters on Chaparral’s varsity volleyball team.

Chap’s team along with their cousin Emma Ammerman.

“It’s kind of weird,” admitted Wolverines coach Amanda West.

“I don’t predict it happening often, but it’s fun that they are a year apart to be able to have them on the same team and have the parent support. It’s really fun, and I would say that about the girls from last year too.

“They get along really well on

and off the court,” West continued about the sisters on the 2021 roster.

“It’s very refreshing and I think it’s beneficial to be able to go home and talk over dinner like about what’s going on, how can I improve here, what are you seeing? Because they play different positions, the competition isn’t there and they can really support each other.”

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Prep sports round-up Soccer, volleyball, field hockey

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Post season playoffs for boys soccer is scheduled to begin April 20 as the regular season for C teams winds down.

Playoff action in field hockey starts April 27 while regional competition for girls volleyball will start on May 1.

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Boys soccer Rock Canyon 4 ThunderRidge 0 – Sophomore Tatsuya Peralta had two goals and an assist in an April 8 win.

Cherry Creek 3, Eaglecrest 1 – Robert Bailey had two goals and five points in a Centennial League victory on April 6.

Castle View 2, Highlands Ranch 1 – Enique Mujica and Cooper Landry scored the goals for the

Sabercats, ranked eighth in the CHSAANow.com poll, in a win on April 6. Five different players scored on April 8 in a 5-0 Castle View win over Heritage. Jack Blair scored on a penalty kick with 3:15 remaining in regulation time in a 1-0 triumph over Ponderosa on April 10.

Regis 3, Rock Canyon 0 – The No. 1-ranked Raiders used goals by Joseph Bennett and Tanner Scarth to help in a win on April 10.

Chaparral 2, ThunderRidge 0 – Quentin Rivera and Justin Lintonsmith got the goals in an April 6 Wolverines’ win.

Valor Christian 3, Ralston Valley 1 – Tyler Egan figured in all the Eagles’ goals with a goal and two assists in an April 8 triumph. Four different players scored on April 7 in a 4-1 Valor win over Pomona.

Legend 4, Douglas County 3 – Antonio Caliz scored twice including the overtime game winner in a win on April 7.

Mullen 2, Arapahoe 1 – Caleb Ballard scored for the Warriors, ranked ninth in Class 5A, but Arapahoe dropped an overtime decision on April 9.

Lutheran 6, Prospect Ridge Academy 1 – Garret Thom tallied two goals and also had an assist in a victory on April 6. Chris Furst and Jon Randall had the Lions’ goals in a 2-0 triumph over Faith Christian on April 9.

Littleton 2, Conifer 1 – The Lions topped the .500 mark at 4-3-1 with a win over Conifer on April 10.

Girls volleyball Mountain Vista 3, Lakewood 0 – The Golden Eagles, the top-ranked Class 5A team in the CHSAANow. com poll, remained unbeaten with a non-league victory over the Tigers on April 8.

Chaparral 2, Douglas County 0 – Savannah Salter had nine kills and Mackenzie Rice 15 assists as Chap, the state second ranked Class 5A team, earned an April 6 win.

Cherry Creek 3, Arapahoe 1 – The fourth-ranked Bruins lost the first set but came back to notch a victory over the Warriors.

Legend 2, Highlands Ranch 0 – Rylie Kadel had eight kills with a .462 hitting percentage and Peyton Dunn contributed 23 assists in a win on April 6 for the ninth-ranked

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Lutheran 3, Kent Denver 0 – Sophomore Audrey Brgoch had 10 kills, nine digs, three aces and a block in a victory on April 8. Lutheran is the state’s second-ranked Class 3A team.

Douglas County 3, Bear Creek 1 – Bailey Nichols with 11 kills, Caty Clancy with 21 digs and Halle Feth with 37 assists paced a win on April 5.

Columbine 3, Valor Christian 1 – Valor freshman Delaney Russell had 12 kills and 20 digs while Stevie Vigil was credited with 30 assists but the Rebels, ranked tenth, downed the No. 7 Eagles on April 8.

Field hockey Cherry Creek 6, Grandview 1 – Ella Pratt had two goals and an assist as the second-ranked Bruins collected a win on April 8.

Arapahoe 7, Cheyenne Mountain 1 – The Warriors recorded their first win of the season on April 7.

Mountain Vista 5, Dakota Ridge 0 – Lucy Munro and Lauren DosSantos each had two goals in an April 8 victory.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0003-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 12, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Dave H. Lynch Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiaiy, as nominee for Provident Funding Associates, L.P., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Loan Care, LLC Date of Deed of Trust April 20, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 26, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7052776 Original Principal Amount $115,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $89,035.86 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 18, Block 3, Southbridge Filing No. 4, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 7874 South Windermere Circle,

Littleton, CO 80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/12/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/12/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10113 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

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Legal Notice NO. 0003-2021 First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0002-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 8, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Brian K. McHugh and Melissa A. McHugh Original Beneficiary(ies) Mmigage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Home123 Corporation, a California Corporation, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, as Trustee for the benefit of the Freddie Mac Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction Trust, Series 2019-3 Date of Deed of Trust September 23, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 04, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5149285 Original Principal Amount $355,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $298,857.18 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 6, BLOCK 5, FOUR LAKES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1732 East Phillips Avenue,

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THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED

BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 12/28/2020 AT RECEPTION NO. E0182443 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY.

Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10753 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No. 0002-2021 First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/12/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/08/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250,

City and County Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR A BEER & WINE APPLICATION APRIL 26, 2021 Notice is hereby given that the Centennial Liquor Licensing Authority will conduct a public hearing on Monday, April 26, 2021 at 9:00 a.m., via Virtual Meeting, to consider an application for a new Beer & Wine License for Bombo’s Bar LLC dba Bombo’s Bar, located at 7300 S. Fraser St. Centennial, CO 80112 The applicant is an LLC: Bombo’s Bar LLC 74 Grove St., Denver, CO 80219 Public comment will be heard at the virtual hearing or written communications regarding the issuance of this license may be submitted to the Liquor License Administrator, via email at ccooney@ centennialco.gov by no later than April 26, 2021 at 8:00 a.m.

By order of Barbara Setterlind, City Clerk April 8, 2021.

Legal Notice No. 525105-60167 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

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SISTERS FROM PAGE 25

Savannah Salter, an outside hitter, and Briannah, a middle blocker, have played together before on club and beach volleyball teams.

“It used to be a lot harder but now it’s a little bit easier because we are more focused on the game rather than with each other,” said Savannah. “Once in a while there will be a play where maybe something happens and I’ll let the ball drop or she’ll let the ball drop and you have a miscommunication. Sometimes we’ll argue but it is usually off the court.’’

The Salter sisters are competitive.

“We’re pretty competitive even at home like when we are playing a board game or something,” said Savannah. “We’re very competitive with each other sometimes we fight about that but most of the time we’re pretty good.”

Savannah and Briannah have several classes together in school.

“The more we’ve got to play together it has gotten better,” said Briannah. “We go over homework or whatever we are doing at home and we hang out a lot too.”

This season is the first time the Brandon sisters have played together.

“I really like playing with my sister,” said Sydni. “We don’t really play a lot together but we get along really well. I now have an extra support system and we get to help each other.

“If we have something to correct, she can always correct me. When we watch film she tells me what I do wrong. I’m really competitive. And yes, it carries over the dinner table at home.”

Makenzie likes having her sister around.

“This is the first year we’ve actually been playing together,” she said. “It’s been like an extra set of eyes for me.”

This season’s Chaparral volleyball team is a family affair with two sets of sisters on the team. From left to right are BrianPHOTO BY JIM BENTON nah Salter, Sydni Brandon, Makenzie Brandon and Savannah Salter.

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*0% APR for 18 months available to well qualified buyers on approved credit only. Financing not valid with other offers or prior purchases. Finance charges will be waived if promo balance is paid in full in 18 months. Down payment may be required, OAC. Valid with the purchase of a complete Dreamstyle Shower Systems. Due to COVID, some restrictions may apply. Dreamstyle Remodeling, Inc. (fn) ROC260542 B-3. ©Dreamstyle Remodeling Inc. all rights reserved.

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