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sion, began to talk about others’ need for food in the surrounding community. “We don’t worry about feeding our children, having enough to eat,” said Vee Henderson, a Holly Creek resident. “We don’t worry about food stamps and what they’ll buy — we all just live our lives, go to the store and buy whatever we want, but not everyone can do that. And so many people have lost their jobs during the pandemic, and it’s tough out there.” So Henderson and other women at Holly Creek put on a food drive
How does a city spend $10 million to prevent its economy from crumbling under the weight of the pandemic? A report by the city, released in March, lays out how businesses across the city received funding to stay afloat — along with nonprofits, senior homes and other community institutions. The dollars arrived as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, known as the CARES Act. That’s the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill signed into law in March 2020. Arapahoe County received $114 million in “Coronavirus Relief Funds” under that law, and the county distributed nearly half of that funding to its cities and towns based on population. The City of Centennial received roughly $10 million, according to the city report. The city and county also worked
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Erin Young, director of the South Fellowship Food Bank, left, and Vee Henderson, a Holly Creek Retirement Community resident, PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD stand together during an April 15 pickup of donated food items at the retirement community in Centennial.
Seniors ‘blessed to be a blessing’ in food drive With many residents vaccinated, a joyous gathering sent off large donation to local food bank BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Don Folsom, 80, left, helps pastor Dan Elliott load items from Holly Creek Retirement Community’s food drive into a van for South Fellowship Food Bank.
At a west Centennial seniorliving location, food isn’t one of the worries on residents’ minds. But a group of women at the Holly Creek Retirement Community, during a weekly Zoom discus-
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Tri-County OKs one-month extension to COVID dial State ends dial system in mid-April, but local health office decides to go longer BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Tri-County Health Department’s board of health voted to extend a modified version of the state’s dial framework for one month during an April 8 meeting, impacting Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment plans to repeal the dial, which has set restrictions for each county based on COVID-19 data, on April 16. After the state’s dial is removed, Tri-County’s order would move its counties to one level lower on the dial, loosening restrictions. The exception is Arapahoe County, which was in level blue as of April 12 but had virus metrics — such as rate of new cases — that sat above the limit for level blue based on the state’s dial system. Arapahoe will remain in blue if its state dial metrics still reflect level yellow, which is one level stricter, on April 16, according to Tri-County. Adams and Douglas counties were in level yellow as of April 12 and could move down to blue.
he said. Those changes would continue Jefferson County Public Health until May 15, according to the orannounced plans on April 9 to also der. At that point, as long as there extend the dial until mid-May, acisn’t another surge in hospitalcording to social media posts from ized cases, those counties would lose all restrictions and go into an the agency. The plan has support from both observational period. Adams County Dr. John and Arapahoe Douglas, execuCounty leaders, tive director for said Jennifer Tri-County, Ludwig, deputy recommended director for Trithis path County, durforward after ing the meetnoting a rise ing. Douglas in cases in the County leaders communities. have “clearly He’s also voiced expressed concern about reservations,” the continued Douglas said. spread of variDuring an ant strains of April 6 meeting COVID-19 in with Douglas the state. Abe Laydon, County leaders, “If we can just get (one Douglas County commissioner County Commissioner Abe more month) Laydon said he under our belt, would not sup(we’ll be in port the order being continued in better shape),” Douglas said in the area. an Arapahoe County town hall “With all due respect, John, I’m shortly after the measure was apremarkably disappointed that you proved. would suggest we should continue Tri-County isn’t the only health under a public health order based department planning to continue upon your expertise,” Laydon said use of the dial, however. Durto Douglas. “The purpose of many ing the board of health meeting, of these orders and the dial was Douglas said that all the metro to protect the vulnerable but the counties’ health departments are vulnerable no longer exist.” planning to do the same. Denver Douglas responded by noting may have a longer dial extension,
‘The purpose of many of these orders and the dial was to protect the vulnerable but the vulnerable no longer exist.’
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that under the board of health’s new policy, any of the three counties are able to opt out of the public health order. This policy was put in place after Douglas County commissioners announced a plan to leave the health agency. Negotiations in November 2020 resulted in Douglas County remaining with the health department through at least 2022 in return for the new policy. “I am sorry that I am putting any of you in a difficult place, … as I try to carry out what i feel like are my professional and moral obligations,” Douglas said in the April 6 meeting. “I take the health of everybody, our businesses, our schoolchildren, our residents very seriously and ... we will continue to try to do the best we can as we transition back to as full a return to normal as possible.” Douglas County announced April 9 that commissioners had directed staff to draft a resolution to opt-out of the public health order. They planned to vote on the resolution at an April 14 meeting. “Douglas County will remain guided by accurate public health data, including high vaccination rates of vulnerable populations, coupled with low hospitalizations and deaths,” according to a joint statement from the commissioners. “These science-driven metrics SEE EXTENSION, P3
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Summer youth camps planned at ACC More than 100 options are available for children, teens STAFF REPORT
The end of the school year is right around the corner, and Arapahoe Community College (ACC) is excited to offer more than 100 camps to help kids and teens stay engaged, active and safe this summer. Weekday sessions for ACC Summer Youth Camp and Summer Youth College begin the week of June 7 and run through Aug. 6. Choose half-day morning sessions, half-day afternoons sessions, or register for both. There are three delivery options, including in-person, online synchronous and online anytime. Camps will fit parent comfort levels. ACC has spacious campus classrooms and learning facili-
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balanced against job losses, business closures and mental health consequences require that we exercise our local control authority on behalf of the people of Douglas County.” Details of the extension The modified dial that Tri-County plans to put in place would do away with many of the portions of the original dial, including restaurant contact tracing and extra sanitation requirements. While the state’s outline for the dial is more than 70 pages long, Tri-County’s will be fewer than 10, Ludwig said. The modified dial will outline guidelines including capacity restrictions, social distancing, signage and ventilation. There is a separate Tri-County mask order until June 30, which was recently altered to no longer include outdoor areas. Douglas County and all of its municipalities other than Lone Tree have opted out of that order. The Tri-County dial is planned to include two phases: first a onemonth continuation of restrictions, followed by a fully-open three-month period of observation. During the second phase, the health department will monitor severity metrics, such as hospitalized cases, to determine if any further restrictions are needed. “Everybody wants this pandemic to be over, me included,” said Julie Mullica, a board of health member representing Adams County. “I think it’s important to be cautious, especially with uncertainties when it comes to variants and things like that, we don’t
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ties, as well as expansive outdoor grounds, for social distancing and safety. Additionally, all camps have alternative plans should the pandemic cause changes to the schedule. ACC hires active and retired schoolteachers to instruct campers. Camps are designed to deliver valuable lessons for future success. ACC Summer Youth Camp and Summer Youth College will inspire campers along their academic journey. ACC is the premier provider of educational summer camps for Littleton and the surrounding areas. Check the Summer Youth Camp and Summer Youth College homepage at www.arapahoe.edu/ syc for information about offerings, registration, fees and our safe camp experience. For additional questions, or to request accommodations, please contact ACC Workforce & Community Programs at acc.wcp@arapahoe. edu.
Local governments responsible for regulations beginning April 16 The COVID-19 Dial issued by Governor Polis and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) expired on April 16, and counties across Colorado can issue their own guidance for their citizens. For more info, visit TCHD.org. Keep children safe April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Arapahoe County recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to strengthen families to prevent child abuse and neglect. If you suspect a child or youth is being abused or neglected, please call 1-844-CO-4-KIDS.
know how it’s going to be affecting our communities.” The motion passed with all but one board of health member voting in favor. “I’m opposed. I have to support my constituency,” said Dr. Linda Fielding, a representative for Douglas County. “I still, for various reasons, do not entirely agree with this but I do think it’s a valiant and well-intentioned effort.” The 5-star certification prorgam, which allows businesses certified for following additional COVID-19 prevention measures to open under loosened restrictions, will be allowed to continue, Douglas said. Worsening cases While cases have decreased for much of the year, cases per 100,000 residents, or incidence rates, have begun to increase again, according to Tri-County data. As of April 9, Douglas County’s incidence rate was higher than that of Adams and Arapahoe counties. “While we are impressed with overall improvements in what I think are important metrics, I am concerned as a public health scientist about rising case rates (and) the rising number of variants across the state,” Douglas said. Douglas is concerned about the possibility that the COVID variants, some of which are more easily transmissible or causing more severe illness, could slow down progress in the area in the same way that they have for other parts of the world. “Cautious continuation of the dial and cautious observation is probably the (smartest) way forward,” Douglas said. Reporter Ellis Arnold contributed to this story.
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State limits indoor crowds as COVID dial expires Many counties choose to continue dial restrictions on their own BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Colorado allowed its “dial” of coronavirus restrictions to expire as expected in mid-April, clearing the path for local public health agencies to decide what limits to enforce on businesses and other public settings. The stepping back of most state-required limits came even as Coloradans found themselves in a fourth wave of COVID-19, with new cases and hospitalizations on the rise after months of decline. With increased vaccination rates, “the state’s role in continuing to mandate statewide restrictions is lessening, and the role of local communities to regulate and manage the virus is increasing,” the state public-health department said in an April 16 news release. The state’s color-coded COVID-19 dial was the set of restrictions counties had to follow based on the local spread of the virus. The system affected capacity at restaurants, other businesses, indoor and outdoor events, and other settings. Colorado originally implemented the dial last Sept. 15. With the statewide order behind
the dial now expired, Colorado issued a new public health order that maintains some limits on large indoor gatherings. Meanwhile, most Denver metroarea counties announced plans to continue level-blue limits, which were the second-least restrictive stage of the dial system. Those counties include Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson, Boulder and Broomfield, according to the state’s news release. The decision for Adams and Arapahoe came when the TriCounty Health Department extended a modified version of the state’s dial system for one month. Tri-County Health covers those two counties and Douglas County, whose elected leaders voted to opt out of that extension during an April 13 meeting. Douglas was expected to no longer operate under any restrictions other than the new statewide order on large indoor gatherings. The county also remains under the statewide mask mandate. But if a county’s hospitalizations threaten to exceed 85% of hospital capacity, Colorado’s new public health order allows the state to require additional restrictions. Here’s a look at how the new health order affects large indoor gatherings. Mass events targeted Under the new statewide order,
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Stricter previous rules may still apply If a county continues blue restrictions, then those morerestrictive standards still apply. For a county staying in level blue, the standard wouldn’t change if an event exceeds 100 people — it would still be limited to 50% capacity, not to exceed 175 people, per room, according to the Colorado State Joint Information Center, which takes questions for the state public-health department. Under level blue restrictions, if the event was a seated event, it could run at 100% capacity with a minimum of 6 feet between groups of up to 10 individuals indoors per room, excluding staff. That’s according to how the limits were written in the April 4 update to the state dial order. Under the 5-Star program, certified businesses in level blue could operate indoor events at 50% capacity, not to exceed 500 people, according to the April 4 order. Other state restrictions still in place Under the new health order, the state public-health department may require counties whose resident hospitalizations threaten to exceed 85% of hospital or hospital system capacity to implement additional restrictions. The statewide mask order also remains in effect. In counties with one-week incidence rates — rates of new cases — above 35 per 100,000 people, masks are required to be worn by individuals 11 and older in public indoor spaces where 10 or more unvaccinated individuals or “individuals of unknown vaccination status” are present. That’s according to the text of the April 3 extension of the mask order. That range for new-case rates corresponded to counties in levels blue, yellow, orange, red and purple under the state’s dial framework. The list of settings where masks are required in counties with new-case rates of 35 or fewer per 100,000 people — rates that corresponded to level green — now only includes preschool through grade 12 schools, child care centers, health care settings, prisons and jails, and some other facilities. SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
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Immigrant group’s cookbook seeks to bridge differences ‘Together at the Table’ celebrates global value of good meals with good friends BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The tastes of dozens of countries are collected in “Together at the Table,” a new cookbook from Littleton nonprofit Immigrant Pathways Colorado (IPC). With recipes like hummus from Lebanon, mojitos from Peru, stew from Ethiopia and egg rolls from Vietnam, IPC board members say they hope the cookbook conveys the diverse backgrounds represented in America — but also commonalities. “It reflects that common element we all share: sitting down to share a meal with family and friends,” said IPC board member Connie Shoemaker at an April 13 book launch event. “The table is a place of memory, where we become aware of who and what we are. That’s bound up in the food we eat — it’s a way of preserving past and heritage.” Proceeds from the cookbook go to IPC’s One-Immigrant-At-A-Time program, which provides selfdevelopment grants to immigrants, refugees and asylees who are in the country legally and live below the poverty line. Grants can be used for activities like English classes, applying for citizenship, green card
“Together at the Table,” a new cookbook from Immigrant Pathways Colorado, features recipes from around the globe. Proceeds go to the group’s efforts to help immigrants on PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT their feet.
renewal and seeking professional training. Proceeds will also go toward scholarships to attend Arapahoe Community College. The cookbook includes 171 recipes from 66 contributors from 43 countries on nearly every continent. Included in the book are eight dividers printed with the stories of immigrants and their descendants, who share how food is woven into their cultural heritage. Among those is Nisren Hussein,
whose family’s experience inspired the creation of the IPC. Hussein and her husband Raad are Kurds, a long-persecuted ethnic minority in Iraq. Growing up, Hussein’s family of nine had little access to fruit, fresh vegetables and meat as a result of war and economic sanctions. Hussein recalled her mother spending hours every day making flatbread to sell, often leaving her hands cracked and broken, aching
to the point that Hussein had to lift the oven cover for her mother. Hussein later married Raad and had two children, but was forced to flee Iraq after anti-coalition forces discovered Raad was working as an interpreter for American troops. Army Col. Joe Rice, a Littleton resident, arranged for the Husseins to come to his hometown, and tasked IPC founder Susan Thornton and friends with setting the family up with a place to stay, jobs, and money to get on their feet. The experience inspired Thornton and others to create IPC after realizing that small grants could make a world of difference to immigrants in need as they sought to become Americans. For Hussein, who contributed a recipe for Iraqi-style stuffed grape leaves to the cookbook, settling in Littleton was a blessing. “The air smelled beautiful when we walked out the door our first morning in Colorado,” she recalled in her segment in the cookbook. “It was like breathing life.” Shoemaker said she hopes the cookbook furthers IPC’s goals: “To bridge the gaps between cultures through education, sharing stories and learning about one another.” “Together at the Table” is available at all Tattered Cover locations, including Aspen Grove. It can also be ordered through IPC’s website at ConnectingImmigrants. org/cookbook. IPC asks for a $20 donation.
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A march to remember WWII-era veteran Frank Francone marches to remember those who paid ultimate price on Bataan Death March BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Frank Francone was just 19 years old when he first laid eyes on Camp O’Donnell. The Denver native was drafted fresh out of high school in the summer of 1945, the final months of World War II. By the time he completed officer school as a second lieutenant, the war had ended, but he was shipped to the Philippines nonetheless. There he served with the 57th Infantry of the Philippine Scouts, part of the forces conscripted years earlier by President Roosevelt to fight for Uncle Sam in the Philippines, a U.S. territory. Camp O’Donnell, an American installation, was held by Japanese forces during the war. Four years before Francone arrived, it was the final destination for tens of thousands of American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Imperial Japanese Army. As time went by, Francone
learned some of the story from survivors: how 70,000 troops surrendered on April 9, 1942, and were marched on foot from Bataan more than 60 miles to Camp O’Donnell, which had fallen into Axis hands. The men were given little food and water, and no rest. As they marched, the men were beaten, and those who fell were bayoneted, shot, or run over. As many as 18,000 Filipinos and 650 Americans died during the ordeal, which came to be known as the Bataan Death March. In spite of the sacrifices of the Filipino troops, Congress in 1946 passed the Rescission Act, stripping the Filipinos of benefits afforded to other American soldiers. Francone returned to America, and prospered as an engineer and manager for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and later Martin Marietta, which became Lockheed Martin. But he never forget the valor and bravery of the Filipinos, their sacrifices at
Frank Francone, center, marches with son Stuart Francone, left, Air Force veteran Mike Simbre, right, and several friends in Littleton on April 9. An army veteran, Francone set out to commemorate the PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT Bataan Death March of 1942.
Bataan, or their raw deal at the hands of Congress. As the decades went by, Francone fought for the Filipinos stateside, advocating for better recognition of their service. Over time, Congress offered some benefits and payments to Filipino veterans. In 2017, Francone and surviving Filipino veterans were awarded Congressional Gold Medals. To this day he gives talks to schools and other organizations, remembering the men at Bataan. And on April 9, 2021, Francone paid them another tribute. On a brisk spring morning, 79 years to the day
since the men at Bataan laid down their arms and began walking toward their destiny in the jungle, Francone, now 94, set off walking in their memory. COVID-19 restrictions rendered the annual Bataan Memorial Death March virtual this year. Typically the event is held in New Mexico, where many American troops in the march were from. But in Littleton, Francone was flanked on the Centennial Link Trail from his home at the Vita Littleton apartment complex by his son Stuart Francone, and by Mike Simbre, a Filipino Air
Force veteran who heads a regional chapter of the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project. Behind them trailed neighbors and friends from Vita. Though the full length of a Bataan Memorial Death March is 26.2 miles — still less than half the distance covered by the surrendered troops — Francone said he was aiming to finish four or five miles. Not bad for a 94-year-old. What are the lessons of Bataan? “There’s a wickedness born in man toward his fellow man,” Francone said. “War is hell. People don’t understand how bad things can really get. If we forget the sacrifices those men made, if we take for granted what we have in America, well, we’re putting ourselves in danger.” For Simbre, marching with Francone was a chance to keep a fading memory alive. “Men of Frank’s generation are going fast,” he said. “Soon there won’t be anyone left who saw, who heard the stories. When Congress stripped the Filipinos of their benefits, it was like saying their fighting and their deaths were in vain. We can’t let it be in vain.”
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MY NAME IS
CHRISTINE JUNE
in that moment. I often hear back from the parents that the artwork has helped knit a blended family together or that their kids feel seen and loved by having their images displayed on the walls. These things don’t happen when the pictures are hidden on a computer or flash drive.
Portrait photographer who ran fundraiser to help local animal shelter From up north I grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan right on Lake Superior. My family has lived there for generations, and it’s a gorgeous area, but I wanted to explore beyond that region. I moved to Denver in 1998 to go to college. I changed majors a few times, moved out of state twice and finally returned to land in Centennial. I’d lived in south Denver for many years, so I already loved the area, but I knew I wanted to live within the delivery zone of my favorite restaurant: Sazza Pizza + Salads. Yes, seriously. Longtime photographer I live in Centennial near the Greenwood Village border. I’m 45 years old and earned my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography from Metro State in 2003, but I’ve been passionate about photography since I got my first camera in the 1980s. I’ve done many types of photography since 2003, including landscape and vegan food photography, but I launched my portrait business, Christine June Photography, in 2013, the year my youngest child was born.
Centennial resident and photographer Christine June launched her own portrait business in 2013. COURTESY OF GINNY HAUPERT PHOTOGRAPHY
Capturing joy My favorite part is getting to know my portrait families — what they do, what they enjoy, where they’re from, who they are — and customizing sessions to create artwork they’re going to love. Capturing relationships within families is really special to me. Knowing that these families will have these images to look back on with so much love brings me a lot of joy. Some of the most precious things I own are old images of my grandparents and great-grandparents. As a portrait photographer, I focus on families, kids and high school seniors. Capturing genuine smiles from real laughter is something I like to create, so when they look at the artwork they’ve hung on their walls, they remember the happiness
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Photography to give back “Pooch Playoffs” was a campaign I developed to help lift up a local animal shelter. For this year, I chose the Denver Dumb Friends League. This was the first year for my fundraiser, Pooch Playoffs, but I plan to do it every year going forward. I had so much fun with the dogs, and they’re often overlooked when it comes time for family portraits. For an entry fee of $99 (collected and donated to DDFL), each dog got a portrait session in my studio … The dog parents chose their favorite image to enter into the competition and then were entered into backetstyle voting on my website set up to coincide with March Madness
NCAA basketball tournament. Family and friends of each dog voted for the “Ulti-Mutt Cutie” each week, down to the final four and the championship round. The 2021 winner is a handsome rescue dog named Indiana Bones who lives in Denver with his human companion. As a small business, I love being part of the community and serving when I can ... I chose the Dumb Friends League because I’ve adopted several animals from them over the years, and they do so much good for the companion animals in our state. Around the world I’ve traveled to 32 countries and lived in five states, but the place that feels most like home is Colorado. After 23 happy years, can I be called an honorary native Coloradan? If you would like to suggest someone for My Name Is ..., or if you would like to be interviewed for the segment, contact Ellis Arnold at earnold@coloradocommunitymedia. com or 303-566-4109.
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One year later: Voices from south metro area Locals, former residents reflect on trials endured, lessons learned, hopes STAFF REPORT
A year after Colorado’s statewide stay-at-home order took effect and drastically changed virtually all aspects of daily life, Coloradans are still grappling with public health orders and — hopefully — nearing the end of the pandemic in sight. As the state’s health care structure works to vaccinate more Coloradans in the coming months, some may begin to look back at what, one year ago, would have seemed an unthinkable change to society and personal life. Colorado Community Media spoke with local residents — some of whom CCM also talked to roughly a year ago — to hear what the last year has been like for them. -----
Barry Kittay, former longtime Highlands Ranch resident Barry Kittay wishes he could just write off the past year. After contracting COVID-19 in 5 March 2020, Kittay spent 20 days in the hospital, including 11 on a ventilator. He lost 55 pounds and had to spend months in rehabilitation, relearning how to walk, drive a car and even shower. “The best way I can put it is it’s kind of a lost year,” he said. “It took a long time to get healthy again … I would call it a lost year, a wasted year.” Kittay was a longtime Highlands Ranch resident before he moved during the pandemic to a mountain town. He was deeply rattled by his bout with the disease and how close he came to death. After leaving the hospital, Kittay said he was generally more nervous than before his illness. Sharp loud noises still make him jump and occasionally, the fear he - experienced shortly after he recovered returns. “I still go to bed and wonder if I will wake up in the morning once in a while,” he said. Physically, he hasn’t had many long-term symptoms from the illness, he said. While he was relieved to learn he still had antibodies for the disease as recently as February, Kittay still decided to get his first of two shots of the COVID-19 vaccine recently. After spending so much time in the hospital, “I just don’t want to have to ever do that again,” he said. Kittay lost several friends over the past year, including three who died from COVID-19. “That’s been pretty tough,” he said. In the coming months, he’s hoping to be able to attend a Motley Crue concert that was rescheduled last year. He’s also thinking about whether or not he will feel comfortable attending a Broncos game next season. “I just would like life to be back to normal,” he said. “And it’s not.”
Barry Kittay spent 20 days in the hospital battling COVID-19.
PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER
Littleton Police Department Chief Doug COURTESY PHOTO Stephens.
----Doug Stephens, Littleton Police Department chief “I hope the community truly understands the heroism demonstrated by our officers and professional staff over the last year as they faced an unknown and deadly threat on a daily basis. The men and women of our department have once again proven they can overcome any adversity. “COVID has presented all of us with unprecedented challenges on a scale no one ever truly anticipated. Our personnel make a living by being flexible and demonstrating their ability to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, however, the pandemic tested these traits on an epic scale. With little known about the virus in the beginning of the pandemic, world health experts cautioned people to isolate at home for their own safety. Our personnel did not have that option and bravely continued to show up every day and night to serve their community while facing a potentially fatal threat. By stepping up and doing
Brian White, owner of Forever Flowers in east Centennial, stands April 1 at the shop PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD near Smoky Hill and Buckley roads.
their duty they placed themselves in harm’s way against an unseen enemy in COVID. “As we come out of the pandemic, I am incredibly proud of the men and women of the Littleton Police Department for their dedication to their community despite great personal risk, that is the soul of a police officer.” ----Brian White, owner of Forever Flowers in east Centennial Brian White’s mom-and-pop flowers shop closed for a month last year in March and April, not taking any orders at all. “When we reopened, we kind of had to modify our business model. We used to have people coming in all the time, and we just said we’re going to do nothing but preordered, prepaid pickups and deliveries,” said White, a 64-year-old south Aurora resident. He runs the shop — a bright spot in the type of strip-mall shopping cen-
ter that’s common to Aurora and east Centennial — with his wife and son and another woman and her daughter. He took it over from the previous owner about 10 years ago, he said. “This little shop has been here for 30 … years or so. It’s gone through a string of owners but stayed a flower shop,” White said. It continues to endure in the pandemic economy: The shop didn’t take on any kind of pandemic assistance funding, White said. He paid his regular payroll while the shop was closed for a month. The business sits near Smoky Hill and Buckley roads in Centennial. Personally, the biggest change for White in the pandemic has been not going anywhere in the evenings. “We do takeout orders from restaurants, but I haven’t sat down at a restaurant for more than a year,” White said. “Movies and concerts and all that stuff — some of that summer stuff we normally do just SEE VOICES, P20
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April 22, 2021
VOICES
A century ago wasn’t just any old time
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hings were different one hundred years ago. For example, no one wore flip-flops to the airport. However, there were no flip-flops and few airports. That makes a difference. They had a presi- QUIET dential inauguraDESPERATION tion in 1921 too, but not like ours, that’s for sure. The television ratings were terrible. In fact, not a single person watched it on TV. A nickel if you can tell me who was sworn in. Craig Marshall Hint: He didn’t Smith make it through his term. His pump quit on August 2, 1923. In 1921, no one on Earth had heard of the Beatles. Imagine that. Or In-N-Out. But in September of that year, the first White Castle hamburger restaurant opened in Wichita, Kansas.
“The Kid,” starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, was the second highest-grossing film of the year. Lana Turner was born on February 8 in Wallace, Idaho, a mining town that was known in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth for its “permissive approach” to vice. Wallace’s current population is less than 800. The Spanish flu had just ended the year before. It infected about one-third of the world’s population. Until the 1920s started to “roar,” live and recorded music options were limited. It would have been a bad time to be a teenager. But help was on the way. Fiszel Czyz was born on March 28, 1921, in Motal, Poland. His brother Lejzor was born in 1917. The Czyz family moved to New York then to Chicago. Fiszel and Lejzor changed their names to Phil and Leonard Chess and co-founded Chess Records in 1938. Chess specialized in rhythm and blues as well as jazz and early
rock ‘n’ roll. Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Dale Hawkins, Howlin’ Wolf, the Flamingos, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson and John Lee Hooker all recorded for Chess. But “Suzie Q” (Dale Hawkins) was a long way off in 1921. “The Kid,” like all films released in 1921, was silent. The first feature-length “talkie” wasn’t released until October 6, 1927. However, by 1931 extraordinary advances had been made in the film industry. That was the year “Frankenstein” was released; a 100% film on Rotten Tomatoes in 2021. Major League Baseball was being played in 1921, just as it will be again soon. The 1921 season ended when New York Giants beat the New York Yankees in Game 8 of the World Series. That year, Babe Ruth led MLB with 59 home runs. Bob Meusel — remember him? — was second on the list with 24. Ironically, the Baby Ruth candy bar was introduced in 1921. But it
was not named after the baseball player. It was named after President Grover Cleveland’s daughter. Famous people born in 1921: John Glenn, Rodney Dangerfield, Nancy Reagan, Sugar Ray Robinson and Steve Allen, the first host of “The Tonight Show.” One hundred years seems like a mighty long time, doesn’t it? Maybe it’s not. “The Maltese Falcon” (movie) is 80 years old. “Dark Side of the Moon” is 48. The final original “Peanuts” comic strip was published 21 years ago. How is that possible? Albert Einstein said, “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” That makes (almost) perfect sense to me. The president’s name? Warren Gamaliel Harding. He was 57 when he died. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
Listening to the whispers of success
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his past week I was reminded of something as I once again experienced the intimacy, joy and power found in a whisper. Although it is just my wife and I who live in our home now, for some reason I paid parWINNING ticular attention to how we were WORDS saying goodnight to one another. I noticed that our voices were low as we whispered softly, “Goodnight, I love you.” This caused me to think about how we wake up together as well, Michael Norton another whisper and soft greeting of good morning. No one else can hear us. Even if we raised our voices, there is no one in the house that could possibly hear what we say. Yet we whisper. It’s not because we are worried about anyone else hearing us, the whisper just seems to intimately connect us as we begin and end each day. When it comes to effective communication skills, we know that
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there are several things that we can do to help people hear what we are saying. We can speak faster, which will have some people paying a little closer attention as they try and keep up. We can speak louder, and that sometimes helps bring others back to a conversation if they have drifted off for a moment. Or we can speak quietly, even whispering, which can help those we are trying to reach lean in more to hear what we are trying to say. In addition to the shared intimacy that comes with whispering, there could also be incredible joy. It’s like when we have a really good secret to share with someone and we know that when we whisper it in their ear, we will see the joy shine upon their face. Or when someone shares something very important, and they want to make sure that no one else can hear them, but they trust us with whatever important or sensitive information they need us to know, it brings us profound joy knowing how much we are trusted. Becoming loud or shouting seems to be the go-to for some of us when we are trying to exert
power or make a point. There are some of us who do believe that the only way we can get anyone to listen is by amplifying our voice, both in volume and tonality. Those we are attempting to reach may have no other option as they listen to the shouts, however, that does not mean that they heard what was being said. When shouting and screaming cause others to shut down, become defensive, or simply walk away, the message goes unheard no matter how loud we become. Some of the most respected leaders learned how to garner respect because of their ability to stay calm and focused when delivering a message or when they tried to influence, inspire and lead those around them. As a matter of fact, they learned the power that comes from whispering. And that power comes because the leader is trying to transfer a feeling by intimately whispering their most sincere words of hope and encouragement. People who follow such leadership and whispered conversations tend to feel happiness and joy based on the flow and direction of the message.
When we start raising our voices, we are inviting people to turn us off. But when we lower our voices, talk to each other like human beings, even whispering just loud enough so others can hear our words and our intended message, we are inviting them to stay tuned. If you are looking for a better way to communicate, build winning relationships, lead, or inspire others, try finding the whispers of success. How about you? Is there a message that you are hoping others will hear? Have you learned or experienced the intimacy, joy and power of whispering? I really would love to hear your story of effective communication and how you have used whispering to make your point at mnorton@tramazing.com. And when we can start engaging others and turning them on instead of turning them off through whispering, it really will be a better than good year. 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.
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April 22, 2021
MY NAME IS
VANDA CURRY
Colorado, and we came to the U.S. and got married. Marrying him enabled me to get my green card, and paved the way for my citizenship.
Globetrotting daughter of immigrants living the American dream Finding their footing My parents met in what was called Rhodesia, and is now called Zimbabwe, in southern Africa. My father was in the Portuguese Air Force. They were displaced following decades of struggles over control of the country. I was born in Portugal, but my parents didn’t find their footing there. We came to the United States when I was one year old and settled in Rochester, New York. My parents overstayed their visas, and after that we were in the country illegally. They didn’t have money for a lawyer to help them with their case. Seeing the world My mom was paranoid that people would discover our undocumented status, so she home-schooled me my entire childhood. She didn’t want me talking to a lot of people, and was wary of my friends. I got a good education, but I didn’t get a high school diploma. When I turned 18, I had the option to stay, under the DREAM
Vanda Curry recently became an American citizen after years of roaming.
Act. Much of my family ended up moving away. My father passed away, and my mother lives in England now. Instead of staying, I decided to go see the world and experience other cultures. I lived in France, Singapore and the UK. I had a lot of experiences that made me more accommodating and compassionate toward people
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with different viewpoints. I took classes in England, and met my future husband in France. I was ready to find a place to settle down and end my drifting. He was from
‘Congratulations, you’re a citizen’ Once we got here, I got my GED at Arapahoe Community College. Now I’m majoring in business administration with a concentration in accounting. I just became an American citizen this month. I went in to take the citizenship test, and at the end the administrator walked in and told me to raise my right hand and take the oath. He handed me my papers and said, “Congratulations, you’re a citizen.” I’ve managed to overcome my past and gain legal citizenship. I’m enjoying my classes, and my husband and I are planning to start a family. My life is going in a good direction. I’ve lived a lot of places, but to me America is the best country in the world. I really appreciate how wonderful Colorado is. I feel like I’m living the American dream. If you have suggestions for My Name Is, please contact David Gilbert at dgilbert@coloradocommunitymedia.com.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Who would want to do that? In “Littleton school board votes to close East Elementary,” published April 8 in the Independent, there is a statement made by the school board president that reveals a fundamental flaw in the economics of home ownership. The statement; “there are empty nesters sitting on single-family homes … but don’t have a place to downsize to. Hopefully in coming years they can move into smaller apartments.” What homeowner who, having owned a home that has been completely paid off, would ever want to move into an apartment, where the rent will forever go up? Ken Valero Littleton
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April 22, 2021
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“Greetings from Denver,” located at 1695 Platte St., was painted by Victor Ving, who travels the country full-time in his RV creating large postcard paintings on buildings. PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD
From wall-sized postcards to optical illusions, public art turns Denver into a giant gallery
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or New York-born artist Victor Ving, Colorado looks like craft beer, skiers and Red Rocks Amphitheatre. “At each stop, I collaborate with local artists, businesses, and residents to create a piece of true public art that engages the local community,” said Ving. The result of his effort is plain for all to see: His mural “Greetings from Denver” located at 1695 Platte St. is one of 40 murals Ving has created across the country, offering his take — a vintage postcard view painted on public buildings, as a salute to the cities he visits. It’s one of the many street-facing artworks commissioned by the City
The “Mermaid,” at Ninth Avenue and Santa Fe Drive, was painted by Josiah Lee Lopez and Ratha Sok, students of Access Gallery.
of Denver, picked by a local panel and free to see, just for the looking. The city of Denver holds a collection of over 400 pieces of art in a variety of media — some combine sight and sound, others are light-based works or interactive new media, temporary fiber-based works or performance-based works. The collections are spread throughout the city. Public art in cities boosts the economy, culturally and socially, according to the City of Denver’s Denver Arts and Venues Public Art program. Public art creates a history of the past, present, and future.
Within a neighborhood, public art creates uniqueness in the space as a community grows. Established by Mayor Federico Pena in 1988 via an executive order, the Denver Public Art Program sets aside 1% of any capital improvement project over $1 million is set aside for public art. For more than 30 years, the city has developed a collection of artworks and accepted donations of art. According to the city’s rules, the collection must be a permanent structure to amplify the space. The artists represent a wide range of cultural diversity and are
selected in a transparent process by a panel of community members who live and work near the project site. The panel writes the “call for entry,” reviews the application, and the project site. Then the panel selects the artists and interviews the semifinalist and finalist. Once the artists or groups are selected, the selection is forwarded to the Public Art Committee and the Commission on Cultural Affairs to make the final decision. Denver Arts & Venues plans the public art SEE ART, P15
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program and the Mayor’s Commission on Cultural Affairs administrators the activities and policies regarding public art. Travels with Victor Ving, from New York City, started his nationwide “Greetings Tour” in 2015. He travels full-time in his RV, working to create the landmark murals in each city. The artwork resembles a postcard capturing the cities and communities. Ving is a former New York City graffiti artist and the founder of Klughaus, a creative agency specializing in large-scale mural art. “The ‘Greetings from Chinatown’ mural in New York City was painted in 2014, was the first piece I did where we noticed the potential of how much our artwork can positively affect the community,” said Ving. “I went on a West Coast road trip later that summer and was inspired by others that I saw living on the road. I decided to take a chance to paint and travel full time. I hit the road in spring 2015 and have been loving the lifestyle since.” Ving lets his travel schedule determine his next project. “My travels are loosely based around our commissioned project schedule,” he said. “If there are cities along the way that I connect with, I’ll try to make those murals happen en route to the next destination. “My current priority is creating murals in states where we have not painted in yet. The larger goal is to eventually paint in all 50 states and then take the project global. This is the way I make a living and it is my full-time job. However, from time to time I have donated my services to some good causes that align with my values and mission.” The public art show continues. Just down the street in an alley, a half-block north, is the “Denver 1859” mural. It’s painted by Delton Demarest and Harrison Nealey using an aerosol can with an array of colors to paint the history of Denver since 1859. Demarest is a graffiti artist and a freelance illustrator working in the commercial and fine arts industries. Nealey is a metal fabricator by trade and creates abstract art using a variety of mediums and found objects. Louvered illusion At Larimer and 27th Street, the mural “Larimer Boy and Girl” was painted by artist Jeremy Burns on a building exterior that is a full vertical concrete louver. That means that depending on the viewer’s perspective you either see a boy with a bewildered expression on his face or a gloomy girl. Burns has been living and creating art in the RiNo district since 2004. Santa Fe Arts District On the corner of 9th Avenue and Santa Fe Drive is the “Mermaid,” painted by Access Gallery students Josiah Lee Lopez and Ratha Sok. Access Gallery is a Santa Fe Drive program for people with disabilities to have artistic opportunities around Denver. The mermaid is painted on the corner of the build-
The mural of George Floyd is painted by artists Detour aka Thomas Evans and Hiero Veiga.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION To tour Denver street art go to www. denver.org/things-to-do/denver-artsculture/street-art ing with colorful flowing hair appearing as though she’s swimming in the ocean. Lopez has been working for more than 29 years and started his passion for drawing and painting when in high school. He has been a graffiti writer and muralist since mid-1990. He received his bachelor of fine arts from Metropolitan State University and a master of fine arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Both Lopez and Sok have been students with Access Gallery for about eight years. “I work at Access Gallery as a mentor and teaching artist and worked at Access for about 11 years,” said Lopez. Lopez said gallery managers simply wanted the pair to create something colorful. “So we came up with the ‘Sirens’ of Ninth Avenue,” Lopez said. “The Ninth Avenues Sirens, awaking from slumber, observing from afar, and emerging from oceanic morning tide. Their colorful tresses are the protectors of the ever-changing West Side.” Lopez paints a mural every five years at 10th and Santa Fe in the alleyway behind Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Center for Visual Arts and another mural under the Sixth Avenue bridge at Sixth and Lipan. His website is www.josiahleelopez. com, said Lopez. Farther down in the next block off Santa Fe Drive is the “Smiling Boy” in an alley between Santa Fe Drive and Inca Street. The artist goes by the street name B.L.V.D. Artist B.L.V.D painted a stunning large mural of a boy with his arms extended across the outside of the building. On the east side of Denver at East Colfax Avenue and High Street, a mural of George Floyd was painted
“Larimer Boy and Girl” was painted by artist Jeremy Burns on a building exterior that is a “fit vertical concrete louver,” at Larimer and 27th streets.
“Denver 1859” was painted by Delton Demarest and Harrison Nealey using an aerosol can in an alley half a block north near 15th and Platte streets.
by artists Detour aka Thomas Evans and Hiero Veiga. The mural was painted after Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Evans is an artist with a focus on the innovation of art. Veiga is a graffiti artist from the South
Shore of Massachusetts traveling the world creating murals. For information to apply for Denver Public Art opportunities, visit www.callforentry.org or call the Public Art Program at 720-865-5563.
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April 22, 2021
Show is stuff of ‘Myths and Legends’ April 24 is final day of photo exhibit with 42 pictures on display BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Time is running out fast before the April 24 conclusion of “Myths and Legends,” the 2021 Eye of the Camera photography exhibit (by reservation) at the Littleton Museum, and we hope some will have already visited it. In the 55th year, the exhibit, presented by the Littleton Fine Arts Board, includes 42 works by 24 artists in both color and black and white. This year’s juror was John Barnabas Lake, from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. Lake is the photo area coordinator at the UNC School of Art and Design and College of Visual and Performing Arts at UNC. The 2021 exhibit, smaller than usual, but strong, offers especially nice statements about each piece — allow a bit of extra time to read these. Many are strongly poetical! Lake chose as Best of Show “Outside Woman,” a collaboration by conceptual artist Sherry Wiggins and photographer Luis Felipe Branco, that made me think of La Llorona, a woman of Latin American legend, who searches for her drowned children. Dressed in white, she wanders and cries for them ... This large black and white print has a ghostly woman in a gauzy white dress peering in the window of a mountain home. “Is this a ghost or a goddess?” the text asks. “There is a sense of mystery and of the
IF YOU GO The Littleton Museum is at 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton and is open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, by reservation. Call 303-795-3950. Visitors are encouraged to limit visit to an hour. mythical ...” First Place went to Mattie Cox’s “Gondola Ride,” one in a series of colored vertical prints depicting an abandoned Kentucky theme park that had shut down in the 1990s. Cox wrote that her friends felt uncomfortable there — convinced it’s a “Wrinkle in Time” vortex or a portal to another dimension ... As one enters the gallery to the right, Thomas Carr’s “Decay #2 and “Decay #3” also convey mystery from a long-ago era. Carr is an archaeologist, whose images of ancient stone walls reflect layers of “decay and rebirth all around ...” Next, a visitor finds photographs made by well-known Denver painter Tony Ortega, depicting legends from his world: “Dia @ Santa Maria,” shows a happy parade with townspeople carrying a colorful, flower-laden statue of Mary through a town, and “Day of the Dead Danzante Muerta” with a figure with skull face ... in sepia with touches of red and yellow. One can almost hear music from behind these figures. “A gentleman came from nowhere and stood at the cliff — in the right place at the right time,” says Danny Lam of his “Grand View,” which won an Honorable Mention. Second Place went to Kathryn Charles, who grew up in Littleton. Her “Between Me and the Sea”
“Hovering,” a digital painting by Littleton Fine Arts Guild member Jacqueline Schuler, is exhibited in a COURTESY PHOTO “Member Appreciation Show” at the Depot Art Gallery in Littleton.
souls of the dead ...” Elizabeth Kayl’s “When Midnight Calls” relates, she wrote, “to the story of seven birds who sing at night. It harks back over centuries and over multiple cultures. The song of these night birds forecasts calamity ... in ancient
depicts “the rough sea of the lower Hebrides” captured in 2020. “Crow,” by Nicholas Kremsky, is labeled “altered photo.” The large portrait shot carries the note that “The crow is known as the messenger in myths. They also carry the
France they are the spirits of souls in torment ...” At the rear of the gallery, one finds Justin Key’s large horizontal images of Great Sand Dunes National Park — a magical place where he says “every step produces a new alignment.”
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April 22, 2021
Quarantines growing at Littleton Public Schools District hopes to avoid closing school buildings; too many students coming in sick, principal says BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Littleton Public Schools is averaging seven to eight quarantines a day since bringing middle and high school students back for full-time in-person learning in mid-March, district officials say. More than 1,300 students had been placed in quarantines after being exposed to someone with a positive COVID-19 case between March 15 and April 8, said Melissa Cooper, the district’s director of student support services, at the April 8 school board meeting. Of those, more than 600 have come from the high schools, Cooper said. Middle schools accounted for roughly 300 of the quarantined students, elementary schools accounted for roughly 275, preschools 21 and charter schools 95. The average size of a quarantine at the high school level is 20 to 30 students at a time, Cooper said. Quarantines have come down to as little as eight days, driven by quicker turnaround time on COVID testing. Who gets quarantined is driven by contact tracing and is applicable to anyone an infected student has been within six feet of for 15 minutes or
longer. Quarantined students continue to receive instruction in their coursework online. Prior to March 15, middle and high school students were on a “hybrid” schedule, with two days a week of classroom instruction, with the rest online. Elementary school students have largely been in-person full-time over the past school year. The pace of quarantines has picked up significantly since the return to full-time in-person learning in upper grades, which district officials say they believe is driven by more students spending more time in close proximity to one another — but also by spring break travel and socializing outside school, Cooper said. At Heritage High School, which was averaging a quarantine a day in early April, Principal Stacey Riendeau sent home a letter to parents saying too many children are coming to school while showing symptoms. “I truly believe these students/ families thought they had allergies or just a cold, but it turned out that they had COVID,” Riendeau’s letter reads in part. “I am very concerned that if these increases in cases and quarantines continue, they could result in a possible return to remote learning for all students. If that occurs, athletics, activities, clubs, and senior activities may also see negative impacts or even be cancelled. This is something we are all trying to avoid.” Meanwhile, COVID case numbers were rising across Arapahoe County and Colorado, with one-week posi-
tivity rates hovering around 5% as of April 8. The district will do what it can to avoid shutting down entire schools, said Superintendent Brian Ewert, saying efforts to keep school buildings open are being buoyed by increasing rates of teacher vaccination. At least 58% of district staff had self-reported receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of April 8, Ewert told the board, though he said he believes the numbers are actually considerably higher. The proof, he said, was in how few teachers have tested positive for COVID since the return to full-time inperson learning — just seven since March 15. Last fall, some schools buildings were closed after so many teachers tested positive that it became impossible to adequately supervise students. Nearby Douglas County Schools saw a wave of school closures in early April, driven by numerous COVID outbreaks — defined as two or more positive cases within a student cohort. Littleton has had two outbreaks since March 15, Ewert said. The quarantines are highly disruptive to student learning, said Amanda Crosby, who heads the district’s teachers’ union. Quarantines have grown larger and more frequent since upper grades were brought back from hybrid learning, leaving teachers aggravated, she said. “As difficult and frustrating as hybrid was, teachers and students had found ways to make it predictable,”
Crosby said. “Students thrive when they have consistency, predictability and routine. Spring is already stressful for kids in upper grades dealing with AP and IB tests.” The problem is exacerbated as the district enters the CMAS standardized testing window in mid-April, she said. Though students were given the option to opt out of the tests, only about a third of the student body did so. “The tests have to be taken inperson,” Crosby said. “With so many kids in quarantine, makeup tests will get stretched out. It’s difficult in normal times to get makeup tests done. Now students will miss even more instruction and learning time.” With positivity rates and case counts climbing, Crosby said if shutting school buildings again is necessary, the district ought to bite the bullet and do it. “If we need to go remote to get this calmed down,” she said, “let’s do it sooner rather than later, before the numbers really go sky-high.” Ewert said with data showing that much of the virus transmission is taking place due to travel and socializing, the broader community must play a role in keeping case counts in check. Riendeau, the Heritage principal, appealed to families to do their part by getting vaccinated, wearing masks and practicing social distancing. “We know the last year has been hard on everyone, especially our kids, but we truly hope the end is in sight if we can just hold on a bit longer,” she wrote.
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Don Folsom, an 80-year-old resident of Holly Creek Retirement Community, helps load boxes in the Holly Creek lobby at the end of a food drive put on by PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD residents.
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to benefit South Fellowship Food Bank, which serves Englewood, Littleton, Highlands Ranch and Centennial. The effort donated more than 1,000 items to the food bank, said Erin Young, director of the food bank, who was “overwhelmed by their generosity.” “I feel like quite often, seniors can be invisible in our society, and I feel like that’s something our food bank clients also experience,” said Young, a 42-year-old Highlands Ranch resident. Henderson’s concerns about food insecurity went beyond the economic strain of the pandemic. The
Residents of Holly Creek Retirement Community pose together April 15 at the end of a food drive they held to collect items for South Fellowship Food Bank. Vee Henderson, holding a box for the food drive in the middle, organized the drive.
expense of living in the Denver area in general weighed on her mind. “We’re blessed to be a blessing, as they say,” Henderson said. South Fellowship Church sits at 6560 S. Broadway, a short drive north of Arapahoe Road along the Littleton-Centennial border. The church’s food bank’s temporary ser-
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Harrison Kolar, a graduate of Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, is now finishing up his first year of college. COURTESY OF KELLI KOLAR
“With such a key portion of our education missing, it’s definitely more of a struggle to be able to learn the material fully,” he said. Connecting with students and professors has proven difficult through the new, online world of college. One thing that made this particularly challenging at the start of school was not having a roommate due to the campus COVID-19 precautions. “Having a roommate definitely has its benefits, you automatically have a friend there on campus, they’re an automatic support structure,” he said. “The first couple of weeks were definitely the loneliest because I knew nobody.” Over time, he’s grown to see the
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April 22, 2021
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to distribute rent, mortgage and utility bill assistance, which is still available. Households may apply by visiting arapahoegov.com/1662/ Rent-and-Mortgage-Assistance. Here’s a look at how Centennial spent its CARES Act funding. Small business A map of businesses that received grants showed locations scattered throughout Centennial, with many concentrated in the business-dense central region of the city. Among the names that might be familiar to residents are the Crawfish Boil Co. Restaurant and Bar in The Streets at SouthGlenn outdoor mall. Also listed is Toley’s On The Creek, a bar and grill on Smoky Hill Road in the city’s east end. The city offered businesses two types of funding: The first, “Business Interruption Grants,” worked to replace lost revenue and cover expenses such as lease and mortgage payments, payroll, and equipment necessary to operate businesses. Those grants provided for-profit businesses a maximum of $20,000 between two rounds of funding. Home-based for-profit businesses were able to receive a maximum of $5,000 between two rounds of funding, and nonprofits with commercial locations in Centennial were eligible for $2,500. Home-based nonprofits were able to receive $1,000. The second type of funding, “Business Infrastructure and Personal Protective Equipment Grants,” was
aimed at spending that businesses put forth to follow health orders. Expenses could include patio expansions, touchless payment systems, online ordering platforms, personal protective equipment and safety training. Those grants provided a maximum of $20,000. All told, about $9 million went to small-business assistance. Nonprofits The city also provided grants to help nonprofits that provide services to Centennial residents. A maximum of $50,000 was available to each organization. Eligible nonprofits were those that provided services related to the response to COVID-19, such as housing and utility assistance, food programs, health services and delivery services for individuals at high risk for COVID-19, among other efforts. A total of about $249,000 went to nonprofits, including Integrated Family Community Services, a staple of low-income assistance for families in the south Denver metro area. Nursing homes, other care facilities Centennial also provided funding to residential care settings — such as nursing homes, assisted living locations, group homes and other care facilities — that serve those at high risk for COVID-19 in Centennial. A maximum of $30,000 was awarded for each organization for a total of $232,000. Job training The city partnered with Arapahoe Community College to provide the “Live Local, Learn Local, and Work
RENT, MORTGAGE, UTILITY BILL HELP STILL AVAILABLE All the CARES Act funding received by the City of Centennial has been spent, but rent, mortgage and utility assistance for those in need is still available through a combination of county funding and Centennial’s Community Development Block Grant funding, according to Jonah Schneider, a senior management analyst for the city. Households can apply for assistance by visiting arapahoegov.com/1662/ Rent-and-Mortgage-Assistance. Centennial receives annual funding from the federal Community Development Block Grant program. The dollars the city directly provided for rent, mortgage and utility assistance amid the pandemic came solely from those grants, Schneider said. Centennial also provided CARES Act funding to nonprofits in 2020, some of whom provide housing assistance. “It is important to note that the expenditure of Centennial CARES funding was closely coordinated with Arapahoe County, who allocated a significant portion of (its) CARES funding and received additional funding for housing assistance, all of which is … available to Centennial residents,” Schneider said. Local COVID-19 Displaced Worker Career Boot Camp.” The program offered job training to Centennial residents displaced from employment during the pandemic. The city contributed $100,000. Participants who completed the “boot camp” received Arapahoe Community College tuition credit through the Arapahoe Community College Foundation. Chambers of commerce Part of the city’s funding worked
to support the local chambers of commerce, organizations that promote the interests of local businesses. The chambers had experienced dramatic reductions in revenue due to the pandemic’s impact on members, while at the same time, the need for small-business support was increasing, the report says. The city’s funding went to the Aurora Chamber of Commerce, where Centennial businesses comprise approximately 12% of total membership, and the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, where Centennial businesses comprise approximately 36% of total membership, according to the report. The city contributed $80,000. City funding Centennial spent about $598,000 on adjusting city facilities to the pandemic. That included a disinfectantspraying program and remodeling areas of the Centennial Civic Center — the city hall — and the city’s Eagle Street public works facility to accommodate social distancing. Centennial also installed ionization filters on all heating, ventilation, and air conditioning units at both facilities. The city also enhanced the audio and visual equipment at the Eagle Street facility to adhere to social distancing and virtual meetings. Other funding went to eligible teleworking expenses, plus reimbursement for staff time associated with administering the Centennial CARES grant programs. Only about 40% of eligible city staff expenses were requested for reimbursement, the report says.
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Castle View striker tunes into technique Training efforts elevate Pucciano to top level of soccer players BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Junior Jack Pucciano is a striker for the Castle View boys soccer team who works hard on the technical aspects of the sport. And he gives a lot of credit to his two dogs who help him polish his technical skills at home. “Every off day we have I always try to go to a field near by and take some shots, do some one vs. one even if it is against a stationary goalkeeper just to work on my ball placement and finish,” Pucciano said. “I also have two dogs that love the tennis ball that I like kicking around in the house,” he continued. “So they help me with keeping the ball close especially with a tennis ball.” Castle View head coach Mark Burfeind knows he has a talented player in Pucciano. “Jack is one of the hardest working player I have coached that has a phenomenal technical ability,” Burfeind said. “Those two aspects together make Jack a hard player to stop.” Pucciano’s work ethic starts with his distaste for losing. “I love running all over the place, and I play with a lot of passion and that’s one of the main reasons why
Castle View junior Jack Pucciano is a hardworking player.
he considers myself a hard worker because I hate losing,” said Pucciano. “I despise losing so much that I can’t stand it. I work hard everyday and try to win.” After the first eight games of the season on April 13, Legend was unbeaten and Pucciano led all Continental League scorers with 20 points. He had a conference-leading seven goals and was tied for first with six assists. Castle View junior Jack Pucciano is a player with good technical skills.
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Cherry Creek senior Ella Pratt.
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Senior captain Ella Pratt and her Cherry Creek field hockey teammates had extra time to prepare for this spring’s season. Field hockey is usually a fall sport, but COVID altered a lot, and the sport is now playing in Season C, which started its modified season in March. The postseason semifinals will be April 26 and the state finals are set for April 27. Pushing back the season allowed players extra time to prepare. “A lot the girls on the team played for Denver Field Hockey Club or Club Lewy,” Pratt said. “Honestly, after it would be like Creek vs. everybody else. It was always like that every session. We did go to some tournaments. “We all did club hockey, which was really helpful for us because we all did we a bunch of sessions
in February before we started in March. That helped us to start trusting more even earlier though we were already so close. I have not felt much different this season because we play together all the time.” Pratt has signed to play next season for the University of New Hampshire, and so far her senior high school season has been good. She has six goals in seven games thru April 14 plus five assists for 17 points. ”Ella is a phenomenal player,” Creek coach Clara Detrick-Yee said. “She is a captain this year. She typically plays center back or center mid for us. She is just a powerhouse. She has a really strong, consistent head for the game and is really selfless and cares about the team. She is a fantastic leader.” Cherry Creek was 7-0 and ranked second in the state according to the April 12 CHSAANow.com poll. “I feel real good about the season,” Pratt said. “I’ve been putting in a bunch of work outside of the season and obviously in the season. I’m excited about this last stretch of the season. It will be real fun and competitive.”
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Prep sports roundup Boys soccer, girls volleyball, field hockey, gymnastics STAFF REPORT
Snowy weather forced a post season adjustment for boys soccer. The regular season was supposed to end on April 19 but was extended to April 21 and scheduling modifications were made for the playoffs. State playoff brackets were released on April 20 and Class 3A-5A first round games were either played April 21 or April 22. Quarterfinal games in classes 2A-5A will be held on April 24 and semifinal matches will be played April 28. State championship games in all classes will be held May 1. There were two automatic qualifiers from the Centennial, Continental and Jefferson County leagues which helped to make the 16-team playoff bracket which included four at-large teams.
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Boys Soccer Mullen 2, Cherry Creek 1 – Cyrus Gulati scored for the Bruins in a Centennial League semifinal tournament game on April 14. Grandview downed Arapahoe,1-0, in the other semifinal game. Grandview 2, Mullen 0 – The Wolves won the Centennial League post-season tournament with an April 17 victory over the Mustangs. Castle View 1, Legend 0 – Jack Pucciano tallied the overtime goal as the Sabercats remained unbeaten with an April 12 victory. Rock Canyon 2, Highlands Ranch 1 – The Jaguars’ Brandon Halpin and Carter Pollock scored the goals in an overtime conquest over the Falcons on April 12. Rock Canyon handed Castle View its first loss of the season with a 1-0 victory in a match played on April 17.
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Valor Christian 6, Dakota Ridge 0 – Junior Sean Fields scored twice in the Eagles victory on April 15. Girls volleyball Eaton 3, Lutheran 2 – The Lions dropped a 15-13 decision in the deciding fifth set and lost an April 12 match which pitted Eaton, ranked first in the CHSAANow.com poll, and second-ranked Lutheran. The Lions rebounded on April 15 with a 3-0 win over Colorado Academy as Brandy Schneider had 14 kills, Sabrina King 39 assists and Bella Vezzani 25 digs. Legend 2, Chaparral 1 – Senior Rylie Kadel had a big game as the Titans, ranked ninth, toppled the third-ranked Wolverines on April 13. Kadel had 24 kills with a 1.000 hitting percentage, six blocks and seven digs. Peyton Dunn had 34 assists for Legend while Tiffany Little led Chap with 12 kills. Castle View 2, Regis Jesuit 1 – Freshman Paityn Chapman was credited with 13 kills and sophomore Hannah Myhill added 33 assists in an April 14 win. ThunderRidge 2, Highlands Ranch 0 – Lacy Beldon came up with 22 assists to help the Grizzlies down the Falcons
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ORDINANCE NO. 2021-O-05 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, AMENDING THE GAS AND ELECTRIC FRANCHISE GRANTED BY THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO AND AMENDING ARTICLE 5 OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE
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