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Median home values haven’t fallen in Colorado

BY TAMARA CHUANG, BRAMMHI BALARAJAN, AND MARVIS GUTIERREZ THE COLORADO SUN

As average 30-year fixed mortgage rates continue to hover around 6%, there’s an expectation that prices of homes for sale will fall. It’s only been a few weeks since the Fed increased interest rates so it’s too soon to see the impact.

Alison Breske, 4, of Wadley Farms has her eyes on a big bunch of bubbles July 4 at Brighton’s July 4 festival at Carmichael Park. A towering bubble maker on the south end of the park was just one of the attractions at the laid-back celebration, PHOTO BY SCOTT TAYLOR which included live music and fireworks display. See story on Page 5.

Unaffiliated voters cast most-ever ballots in GOP primaries In some counties, unaffiliated voters cast more than half of the ballots

BY JESSE PAUL AND MARVIS GUTIERREZ THE COLORADO SUN

Unaffiliated voters in Colorado, who make up 45% of the state’s electorate, have been able to cast

ballots in partisan primaries for three election cycles.

But they have never voted in a Republican primary as they did in 2022.

More than 231,000 unaffiliated voters cast Republican primary ballots this year, about 100,000 more than chose to vote in the GOP primary in 2020 and 130,000 more than voted in the 2018 GOP primary.

Ben Engen, a conservative political strategist, said the script flipped this year from 2018.

Engen said that could be an indication that unaffiliated voters are leaning toward GOP candidates heading into November. “We all know how Republicans fared among unaffiliated voters and in the elections of 2018,” he said.

Ian Silverii, a Democratic political strategist whose wife, state Sen. Brittany Pettersen, is running in the 7th Congressional District, disagrees with Engen’s analysis.

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On June 27, the average list price for a house for sale in Denver was $742,773.

Three days later it dropped 2.9% to $721,517, according to multiple listing data provided by Opendoor. Meanwhile, during the same three days, the median closing price fell $26,000, or 4%, to $619,000.

But pay close attention homeowners: The $619,000 price tag in June is still 13.6% higher than median closing prices a year ago in June. And, added a spokesperson for Opendoor, “It’s important to note that the median price hasn’t changed.”

Things are moving so quickly, said Nicole Bachaud, a senior economist at housing site Zillow.

“We had this huge acceleration, this huge boost in spring of 2020 that continued into 2021 that was the strongest year for housing that we’ve really ever seen,”

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Brighton plans groundbeaking for water treatment plant STAFF REPORT

The ground-breaking ceremony for Brighton’s new water treatment plant is set for 10 a.m. July 26, at the site of the new plant, 4350 E. Bromley Lane.

The project is meant to replace Brighton’s current plant, and, according to a written statement from the city, will solve the capacity limits of the current facility, provide safe and clean water and

will produce an additional 10 million gallons of treated drinking water per day.

The work is expected to be finished by 2025. When that happens, the city says the plant should be able to provide water treatment to meet growth needs until 2045. The city also said the new plant will eliminate the need to depend on water supplies from Thornton and Denver water, “eliminate costly brine discharge and utilize the lat-

est water treatment technology.

Brown & Caldwell, an environmental engineering and construction form, is in charge of the $155 million project. The construction partner is Garney Construction.

“The project will consist of organic carbon removal, greensand filters for removing manganese and turbidity, chemical storage and pumping,” the city statement said.

“The groundbreaking will mark

the beginning of Brighton’s biggest water project in the city’s history,” said Marc Johns, interim director of utilities in the city statement. “The new water plant is much needed considering the state of our current water treatment plant and the city’s water needs for the future. We are looking forward to starting this exciting project.”

Work begins in August. Foundation work begins in December.

Full house at Riverdale Animal Shelter Staff thinks financial stress adding to annual summer increases

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Riverdale Animal Shelter officials are seeing an uptick of animals this year due to the housing crisis and financial stress people are experiencing.

“The most common trend we see is that financial stress is one of the top reasons. It seems situations are changing, having to move in with other relatives or getting a job somewhere else or being out of a job or housing issues,” said Stephanie Wilde, director of the county’s shelter.

‘We are seeing an uptick beyond the busy summer season, and other shelters we communicate with are increasing too – almost 35% higher intakes year to date from last year,” said Angel Williams, deputy director of the shelter.

The shelter also sees lost animals without microchips, tags or collars.

To help reduce the number of pets dropped off at a shelter, they recommend making sure pets are wearing a collar with an ID tag and that microchip contact information is updated.

Also, if it’s not urgent to give up a pet, call the shelter first. Officials, there could help with other resources, Wilde said. If it’s an emergency, the shelter can help.

Wilde said summers are always busy in animal shelters because many lost pets come in, so they expect to see some increases.

“There are more outdoor gatherings where that pet can slip out the gate, and dogs? They get lost a lot,”

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Williams said their busy season usually begins in late March. They call it “kitten season.”

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There are other standard reasons why people have to give up a pet, she said. They may need to surrender an animal because some situation has changed, such as a new baby, allergy, or an illness in the family or an older adult that has had to go into elder care.

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“But sometimes animals come in that no longer have a quality of life; we want to make sure animals not suffering. Those are the only circumstances in which we euthanize but never because they re taking longer to be adopted,” Wilde said. “Another reasons we would euthanize is public safety, the pet is not safe, or something severe as a medical case.”

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Williams said it’s a safe home environment, and they engaged in socialization. Also, they collect behavior information and cute things they do in the home that you don’t see in the shelter, which is helpful when they get adopted.

“We send those pets to foster care to see how they behave outside of the shelter. “If you work from home or retire, those are great things to know to be a foster parent with us,” she said.

Riverdale Animal Shelter was built in 2020 with full-service care for pets. They have a medical team with veterinarians and technicians to treat and save all kinds of animals in the shelter.

“The clinic has a dental suite and surgery suite for the sheltered animals. They take care of the pets that come in that are injured or ill,” Williams said.

Last year, Riverdale spayed and neutered 2,300 animals and vaccinated more than 7,000 others between the animals that come in and those that serve through the low-cost clinics.

“The shelter was built to serve pets people in the community so we look at the synergy of serving in that way through all those lenses,” Wilde said.

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Homeless camping ban policies differ widely across Denver Other laws can affect where unhoused people may be forced to move

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The sight of a person pushing a shopping cart full of belongings, begging for money on major streets or sleeping outdoors is common in many places around the Denver metro area, and the laws that dictate where unhoused people can’t rest differ across the many cities and towns in the region.

At least several jurisdictions have no formal camping ban on the books, and Aurora’s new camping ban, which could push people into other areas, illustrates the complexity of laws that affect the unhoused: Whether a person gets moved doesn’t just come down to whether a city has a formal ban or not.

Meanwhile, several cities in the Denver suburbs continue to take steps to address homelessness while a pattern of increasing homelessness in the Denver metro area continues.

“Camping bans do absolutely nothing to resolve homelessness,” said Cathy Alderman, spokesperson for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. “They may eliminate the visibility of homelessness for a period of time, but they certainly don’t help people get out of the situation of homelessness.”

Some cities make an effort to connect unhoused people with services that can help them, but whether a city extends that hand alongside potential law enforcement can be unclear.

Here’s a look at camping ban policies across many parts of the metro area — and what some cities are doing to help the unhoused.

Enforcement in Aurora unclear After the Aurora City Council passed the city’s camping ban ordinance March 28, questions have remained about whether people in camps would always be connected with services in tandem with enforcement of the ban.

“There must be a shelter option available for every individual in the camp on the date of an abatement or

Tents and other materials sit in an open field March 1 near the Aurora-Centennial border.

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the abatement of the camp cannot take place,” says an Aurora policy document, using a term for the removal of camps.

The May 19 Aurora policy document, called a “business policy memorandum,” also outlines the city’s homelessness outreach team can offer transportation for people who want shelter.

But Aurora’s process of contacting a person at an encampment — involving providing verbal notice and a written notice that camping is not permitted — could cause some people to immediately move due to fear of police enforcement, meaning they could be gone before outreach workers can arrive or provide services.

The city is not required to do anything to ensure people don’t move from a camp before city staff or the city’s homeless outreach team can arrive and provide resources, including transportation to a shelter, Ryan Luby, an Aurora spokesperson, confirmed to Colorado Community Media.

The city is not required to inform campers that they can remain at the encampment for up to 10 days until the day of abatement, Luby said.

But in practice, Luby said, community partners offer transportation to resources and shelter “well before an abatement occurs.”

“Staff and community partners provide campers with information about shelter options and other resources from the outset,” Luby said.

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“That is the expectation.”

Non-police city staff are “almost exclusively” the ones who enforce the camping ban ordinance, according to Luby.

The way Aurora’s camping ban is written appears to leave open the possibility that police can give a verbal “move on” order to tell campers to leave, regardless of whether the city plans to “abate” — meaning “clean and restore” — a camp area.

But in practice, Aurora police and other city staff do not give “verbal or written orders” for people to move from encampments without offering them shelter space, according to Luby.

“Staff’s priority is to connect people in encampments with community partner resources and sheltering options,” Luby said.

If the city has offered a person a shelter space and the person refuses to go to the shelter option or move to another area, the person could see legal consequences.

People who have experienced homelessness told Colorado Community Media in recent years they’ve had concerns that led them to avoid shelters, including worries about safety or being separated from a companion. The advocacy group Denver Homeless Out Loud has also expressed those concerns.

“If someone in an encampment refuses to move after they have been given a verbal or written order to leave an encampment in accordance with policies and the ordinance, they could face a citation or arrest. To date, that has not occurred,” Luby said in early July.

Shelter space at the Comitis Crisis Center and other shelters in Aurora are usually full, Michael Brannen, another Aurora spokesperson, said in March.

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has garnered much attention, but it wasn’t the start of Aurora removing homeless encampments on public property.

Aurora had enacted a policy memorandum in September that outlined when the city can remove encampments on public property based on existing law at the time. The policy memo was written last summer, when a previously proposed camping ban ordinance did not pass a city council vote in August.

Under the policy memo, Aurora had already been able to abate unauthorized camps as long as there was a shelter option for all the individuals in each camp.

Denver in 2012 banned staying in an outdoor place with a tent, sleeping bag or other shelter, a policy that advocates for the homeless have said may be pushing more homeless individuals into the suburbs.

Alderman in March pointed to what she called “the unproductiveness of having competing camping bans between cities,” arguing that camping bans will push people back and forth across city and county lines.

Adams County areas Part of Aurora sits in Adams County, not far from several other suburbs with their own varying rules.

Northglenn City Council in 2013 passed a camping ban that applies to public property, such as streets, alleys, sidewalks, park or other recreation areas, or other public property.

Northglenn’s camping ban outlined that police officers can’t issue a citation, or ticket, or make an arrest unless the person has been given a warning order and the officer “attempts to ascertain” whether the person is in need of mental health treatment or homelessness service assistance.

If so, the officer must make “reasonable efforts” to contact an outreach worker who will assess the person’s needs.

Asked whether Northglenn police are instructed to always wait until a worker, or “co-responder,” has spoken with the person before issuing a ticket or arresting the person for camping, Northglenn spokesperson Diana Wilson said they are not.

“All staff, whether coresponder or police officer or another department, respond as is appropriate to the situation,” Wilson said. But she said in practice, a coresponder generally will respond to the camper.

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Community Celebrates July 4 Tents and patio umbrellas helped keep people cool July 4 as Brighton celebrated Independence Day with live music and a fireworks display.

The park slowly filled with people playing frisbee, riding scooters and just hanging out listening to music, waiting for the fireworks.

Friends Serenity Redding, 12, Anastacia Salazar, 16 and Catalena Salazar, 11, play a PHOTOS BY SCOTT TAYLOR leisurely game of catch July 4 at Brightons’ July 4 festival.

Ryan Bain of Frederick succeeds in getting the families kite airborn during Brighton’s July 4 celebration at Carmichael Park while Jade Beck, 7, Addie Weker, 8, and Abby Oberbeck, 8, celebrate and try to help.

The Long family of Erie staked out a shady spot close to the band for Brighton’s July 4 celebration.

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Her ability to set expectations, inspect what she expected, Michael Norton and hold people accountable was never heavy-handed with many in the company sharing how much they respected her, trusted her, and would remain loyal to the organization because of her.

Over time her reputation grew and people from all over the world were looking to be a part of her company. And the more talented and committed people joined the organization, they in turn attracted others who would join as well. The company grew, expanding into many new regions around the globe.

With a leadership style that encouraged an entrepreneurial spirit while recognizing and rewarding personal contributions and performance, her following continued to grow larger and faster than anyone in the company expected. It was awesome as each department and team knew they had her total support, they invited her into their meetings, and one of the things the people loved most about her was that she gave everyone the freedom and autonomy to make daily decisions, trusting they would do what was best for the team, the company, and the community.

If people did make mistakes, she always offered grace and forgiveness, explaining how to fix the situation or move forward on the best path possible and forgetting the sins of the past. As a leader, her ability to give people second, third, fourth and fifth chances became legendary.

As the company grew, meeting with tremendous success, the competition started working hard to take away their market share.

They went after her employees and customers and did so in a very underhanded way. They offered promises they could not deliver, and yet some employees and customers started falling for the empty promises.

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olorado will soon embark on a change with few rivals in the last 100 years. Think of the dismantling of geography by construction of Interstate 70 through the tunnels, over Vail Pass, and through Glenwood Canyon. Think of Denver International GUEST Airport. Think of the COLUMN arrival of electricity to farms and small towns in the 1930s and 1940s.

Within a decade, Xcel Energy, the state’s largest electrical utility, will retire all its coal plants, convert one to burn natural gas, and add massive amounts of wind on Colorado’s eastern Allen Best plains and solar generation, some of it in the Western Slope’s Grand Valley, as it pursues a mid-century goal of net-zero carbon. Combined with potentially 740 miles of new transmission lines looping around eastern Colorado, this investment in new generation could hit $9 billion to $10 billion. Xcel will likely get its final green light from state regulators in the next month, maybe two.

This has repercussions beyond Xcel Energy, which sells more than half the electricity in Colorado. It also delivers wholesale sales to some municipalities and cooperatives, including Holy Cross Energy, Yampa Valley Electric, and Grand Valley Power.

Is this money well spent? If you’re a climate hawk - as I am, convinced we must dramatically reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases - this represents a giant step forward. We must immediately reduce emissions from electrical generation and also displace fossil fuels in transportation and buildings.

True, China’s emissions keep growing.

But Colorado can lead the United States by example, and the United States can lead the world.

Some people, even champions of this transition, disagree with the precise pathway.

For example, if demand were shaved through energy efficiency and other programs, less investment in new generating resources be needed, says Western Resource Advocates, an environmental group.

From Colorado eastern plains, already dotted with wind turbines, come other complaints about cluttered skylines. This is not universal. Other plainsmen (and women) welcome the property taxes local governments will realize and the lease payments to landowners.

Nuclear power represents another question. Colorado’s lone experiment with nuclear power, at the St. Vrain plant near Greeley, went seriously awry. But now come efforts with presumably smaller and

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hence lower-risk modular reactors, such as are being planned in Idaho and also Wyoming. Cost, more than safety, is the fulcrum for the debate. Nuclear has had exorbitant cost overruns. Will this new technology be better?

Comanche 3, a coal plant in Pueblo, has become the symbol for this energy transition. It was approved 18 years ago by Colorado regulators, a $1 billion investment (in today’s dollars). Utilities had been building ever-bigger coal-fired coal plants, abetted by natural gas plants to meet peak demands, for a half-century. Few were willing to give credence to the vision of renewable energy. I remember in about 2008, a geologist in Meeker who still hoped for the dream of milking hydrocarbons from the oil shale of northwestern Colorado. “We can’t run a civilization on windmills,” he fumed.

We still can’t. And as somebody pointed out to me, even wind turbines need oil and grease and so forth. But we can do far, far more than Xcel or most others thought just 18 years ago.

This has come in increments. Almost simultaneous with approval of Comanche 3 came Colorado’s first renewable energy mandate. Xcel fought it. Then it set out to comply. Costs of wind tumbled dramatically, and then so did solar. Something of the same thing is now happening with lithium-ion batteries.

It’s not yet possible on a large scale to affordably eliminate all emissions. But also note this. In 2005, when Xcel began building Comanche 3, about two-thirds of its electricity came from coal plants. Within a decade, it will be close to zero. We’ve moving fast, because we can and because we must.

Will there be adverse consequences beyond altered prairie vistas on the Great Plains? Quite possibly. With I-70, what once was close to a full-day journey from Grand Junction to Denver was shortened to a long morning. But the highway has made mountain valleys a little less lovely and far noisier.

This course correction in our energy foundation may also prove to have flaws that may require further altering. And in 18 years we may look back and wonder if we should have held off just a little longer for a technological breakthrough instead of making Colorado’s eastern plains look like Paul Bunyan’s playground for Erector Set creations.

What we cannot afford is to do nothing.

Given what we know today, about the cost of energy and the cost of climate change, this massive investment soon to happen looks to be the wisest path forward.

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person know they cannot be camping outside,” Wilson said.

Nearby, Thornton doesn’t have a camping ban ordinance, but its city code says: “No tents or any other types of shelters or structures shall be erected upon any park, parkway, city-owned open space or recreation facility,” except as part of a city-approved activity.

But Thornton Police Department “does not write maany summonses” for the tents ordinance, according to the city.

“We have officers who … serve on the Thornton HOT (Homeless Outreach Team) Team that work to get resources to those experiencing homelessness,” Officer Jesus Mendez said through a city spokesperson.

To the east, Commerce City does not have an overall camping ban ordinance but may be looking into issuing one.

“The topic was discussed at the April 18 city council meeting this year, and staff was directed to explore an ordinance for our council to consider,” Travis Huntington, city spokesperson, said in early July.

“Staff is currently researching language and regulations from other municipalities, but no proposed ordinance has been drafted or brought to the city council as of yet.”

Up north, Brighton bans camping in open space and parks. But its city code also prohibits maintaining any structure, encroachment or “obstruction of whatever nature” on any public property, right-of-way, sidewalks, parks and other public places.

Asked how the city code provisions affect people who are sitting or lying along rights-of-way or other public property, the city provided a statement from the Brighton Police Department that said: “Generally speaking, our approach to violations of these sections would be handled initially by trying to achieve voluntary compliance, issuing a warning and connecting them with available resources to address the contributing factors.”

Westminster does not have a camping ban, according to spokesperson Andy Le. A large portion of Adams County immediately north of Denver is “unincorporated,” meaning it is not within a city or town.

Adams County does not have a

camping ban in unincorporated areas, according to county spokesperson Christa Bruning. But the county does have regulations prohibiting obstruction of the public rights-of-way, such as the street, sidewalks or alleys.

“This includes all obstructions — trees, bushes, basketball hoops, large landscaping boulders, etc. — and is not specific to people experiencing homelessness,” Bruning added.

Adams County prohibits all camping in its park areas, Bruning said.

Arapahoe County areas In Arapahoe County, Centennial’s law bans camping on city-owned roads, sidewalks, trails, parks and city buildings or other city property.

The ban also applies to property overseen by the Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority — often called SEMSWA — which generally manages waterways in Centennial. That includes creeks, streams and other drainage areas.

Many park and open space areas in Centennial aren’t city property and still operate under their own rules.

An ordinance banning camping in the City of Sheridan was passed in 2012, according to Arlene Sagee, Sheridan city clerk.

Englewood doesn’t have a camping ban for public property in general, but the city’s parks and open space rules say overnight camping is prohibited in all parks and areas that are designated for park usage. That includes parking vehicles, trailers or campers used for overnight parking. Parks are closed between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Littleton has no specific “no-camping code,” but that city enforces certain codes — meaning laws or regulations — to the same effect on public property, city spokesperson Kelli Narde said in an April statement.

But if a person is lying or sleeping with a blanket or a backpack in a park area, they generally wouldn’t be breaking Littleton city code until the park closes at night, Littleton City Attorney Reid Betzing confirmed in April.

Aside from a rule about countymanaged open spaces, Arapahoe County does not have a camping ban that applies to all types of public property in unincorporated areas in general, said Luc Hatlestad, county spokesperson.

For open spaces managed by Arapahoe County, a resolution approved in 1996 by the county commissioners says it is unlawful to camp or park a trailer or camper for camping purposes in areas that are not specifically

designated for camping.

“We do not have any specific ordinances about sidewalks and alleyways, of which there are relatively few in the unincorporated areas,” Hatlestad said.

and determine if they are in need of some kind of mental health services — and the city also has a housing navigator who can connect them with housing options. Issuing a citation is a last resort.”

Jefferson County areas Lakewood does not have a citywide camping ban, but other city policies can still affect the unhoused.

“Rather than a camping ban, Lakewood has an ordinance addressing obstructing sidewalks, building entrances and similar locations used for public access. The city also has other ordinances that address other issues or behaviors such as trespassing,” said Stacie Oulton, city spokesperson.

Camping is prohibited in all areas of parks except for designated locations such as Bear Creek Lake Park’s campground, which also requires a park entrance fee and a camping permit, Oulton added.

In Golden, a city ordinance outlined that it is unlawful for any person to camp, sleep overnight, “or in conjunction with such activities, place any tent or construct any type of living quarters or structure upon any property owned by the city.”

Golden also has a city ordinance that prohibits obstructing a roadway, sidewalk, waterway or other passageway.

But “it is the practice of the Golden Police Department to use discretion when responding to calls for service regarding camping,” said Emily Gedeon, city spokesperson. “Specifically, Golden police will most often not cite an individual and instead seek voluntary compliance and provide education on the ordinances in the city and direct them to the nearest resources.”

Wheat Ridge uses a similar approach with its city codes.

A person who is sitting, lying or sleeping on a sidewalk or alley with their belongings or with a blanket, tent, tarp or other shelter would be violating city code, said Joanna Small, city spokesperson.

Similarly, a person who is sitting, lying or sleeping on any type of public property — such as, for example, a waterway or storm drainageway — in the same way would also be violating the city code, Small said.

“Although we may eventually issue citations to people who repeatedly violate these ordinances, we are always willing to work with people first,” Small said. “We have both a coresponder — mental health professional who can come out with our officers

Douglas County areas Parker approved a camping ban in June 2018. Overnight camping on public property is not allowed in the City of Lone Tree, according to the city’s website.

The Highlands Ranch Metro District is a type of government body called a special district — not a municipality — and is located in unincorporated Douglas County, and thus has different authority than a city would.

A rule related to parks and open space says camping is prohibited without a permit. That rule was added in 2018, according to Sherry Eppers, metro district spokesperson.

The rule applies to all Highlands Ranch Metro District-owned property — that includes parks, open space, parking lots, parkways and property surrounding office buildings, Eppers said.

Castle Rock’s town code says: “It shall be unlawful to camp overnight in any recreation area, except in areas which are designated for camping.”

Similar to other municipalities, the town’s code also says: “It is unlawful for any person to obstruct in any manner any sidewalk, public highway, street or alley in the Town.”

Regarding the town’s limited camping ban, town spokesperson Melissa Hoelting said, “The town is not currently issuing citations under the provision because of continuing legal concerns.”

She added, “Castle Rock is aware of the current legal climate and the various lawsuits filed against other Front Range municipalities regarding the enforcement of criminal laws against those individuals in our communities who are experiencing homelessness … the Community Partnership Unit of our police department reaches out, when feasible, to these individuals to help ensure their safety by connecting them to available resources in our community.”

Spokespersons for Douglas and Jefferson counties did not provide comment by press time regarding policy in unincorporaated areas. Arvada and the Town of Morrison also didn’t respond for comment by press time about their policies.

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Colorado will not cooperate with other states’ abortion investigations

BY SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order on June 6 saying Colorado will protect people who seek abortions and those who provide them, including those in or from other states.

The order says the state won’t assist in criminal or civil actions in other states aimed at preventing women from getting access to abortion. It also instructs the Department of Regulatory Affairs to protect anyone with a Colorado professional license from discipline for providing or seeking reproductive health care in any state.

“We are taking needed action to protect and defend individual freedom and protect the privacy of Coloradans,” Polis, a Democrat running for reelection, said in a statement. “This important step will ensure that Colorado’s thriving economy and workforce are not impacted based on personal health decisions that are wrongly being criminalized in other states.”

The order comes nearly two weeks after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in 1973.

Earlier this year, Polis signed a bill protecting reproductive health, including access to abortion and various

forms of birth control, in the state.

But the June 6 order is a reaction to numerous states that are threatening to prosecute women who cross state lines to get an abortion, as many have done in recent months. At least six states have total bans on abortion, while others in the process of implementing bans via “trigger laws” that take effect within a specified time after court action overturning Roe. Colorado abortion rights groups expect the state to see an influx of people seeking abortions.

Democratic lawmakers praised the governor’s action.

“I appreciate Gov. Polis’ executive order to protect patients and providers, because with abortion access now in jeopardy, or outright banned, in too many Republican-controlled states across the country, this is a crucial time in which we all must do everything that we can to defend these fundamental rights,” said state Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Denver Democrat.

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Challenges facing Lisa Roy, Colorado’s new early childhood chief

BY ANN SCHIMKE CHALKBEAT

As chief of Colorado’s new early childhood department, Lisa Roy will shape a new state agency with more than 300 employees and lead the biggest expansion of state-funded preschool in program history.

Roy, 58, recently returned to Colorado after spending more than two years in Omaha, Nebraska, as director of program development at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute. She started as the early childhood department’s executive director on May 16 with an annual salary of $165,000.

During a recent interview in a temporary office a block from the golddomed state Capitol, Roy talked about her own experience with the early childhood system — first as a parent and later as a policymaker.

“I have that experience as a parent of not being able to afford childcare,” she said. “My kids were Head Start kids.”

Roy, who has three adult children, said she initially applied for state child care subsidies, but her ex-husband made $5 over the limit so she didn’t qualify.

She later helped set child care subsidy rules as part of Denver’s welfare reform board, worked on a preschool tuition assistance program funded with a city sales tax, and led Denver Public Schools early education department from 2016 to 2019. She’s also held leadership positions in several philanthropic organizations.

Lisa Roy started as executive director of Colorado’s Department of Early ChildPHOTO BY ANN SCHIMKE/CHALKBEAT hood on May 16.

“I have experienced almost every single facet of what our department will do,” said Roy, who has a doctorate in leadership for educational equity from the University of Colorado Denver.

The state’s early childhood department technically started March 1, but many of its operations start July 1. The department will oversee more than a dozen early childhood programs now housed in the state’s Department of Human Services and the Department of Education. It also will manage the new universal preschool program, an ambitious effort to provide tuition-free preschool to 4-year-olds statewide starting in the fall of 2023.

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‘Important work’ tough draw for rural schools Small districts face challenges hiring teachers for their schools

BY ERICA BREUNLIN THE COLORADO SUN

The question of how to draw more teachers into a profession defined by high stress and low pay has become increasingly difficult for administrators like Dave Slothower to answer over the past two years.

“This is important work,” said Slothower, superintendent of Calhan School District east of Colorado Springs. “I don’t think anybody would disagree that the mission of public schools is incredibly important and incredibly vital to so many things in our country, and we find ourselves in a position that to be a teacher in a public school, you almost have to take a vow of poverty.”

Like many district leaders who tried to steer their schools through a year of pandemic and political pressures, Slothower has found himself scrambling to figure out how to fill open teaching positions that have drawn little interest.

Rather than trying to entice teacher candidates to his rural district from other parts of Colorado, Slothower and other administrators in the state are zeroing in on their local communities to train potential educators who already call their

schools’ neighborhoods home.

Districts are turning to paraprofessionals employed in their schools, parents who may have never finished college and are intrigued by a career in teaching, high schoolers who show early promise in one day managing a classroom and other prospective candidates who are eager to teach so long as they can become licensed while learning on the job.

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Ushering paraprofessionals into the teacher pipeline More than five years ago, when Bershinsky was the superintendent of Edison School District southeast of Colorado Springs, he could usually count on getting up to seven applications for a position teaching math.

“Today, you won’t get one,” said Bershinsky, whose board of cooperative educational services provides resources and support to 14 rural districts in the Pikes Peak region.

It’s a problem that’s become more common for Colorado districts, especially those in rural settings where it’s a challenge for administrators to sell candidates on a remote lifestyle and an ever-increasing cost of living.

Pat Bershinsky, executive director at the Pikes Peak Board of Cooperative Educational Services, on March 15 in Calhan. Pikes Peak BOCES, an educational organization founded in 1968, serves 14 school districts in central Colorado. (Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America) Calhan School District, which has about 470 students, is still trying to fill four open teaching positions for the next school year, Slothower said.

Both Slothower and Bershinsky are tired of waiting for candidates to come to them and chasing out-oftown candidates. The two administrators are preparing to launch a new program in August that will give paraprofessionals, or paras, an avenue into teaching. Calhan schools came to heavily rely on those staff members to keep classrooms operating during the pandemic.

“Our crisis has not been COVID,” Slothower said. “Our crisis is and has been staffing, and trending is indicating to us that it will continue to be.”

Paras, who assist teachers with managing a classroom and working with students, are Calhan School District’s “most readily available workforce,” Slothower said.

He and Bershinsky are developing a two-year para-to-teacher registered apprenticeship program. Those paras must have accumulated 4,000 hours, or three years, of experience in a classroom and obtain a substitute teaching license. Once they complete 24 credit hours of coursework — offered at the Calhan School District through the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs — and pass the state’s licensing exam, they will become a “credentialed apprentice.”

Dave Slothower, principal and superintendent of Calhan Public Schools on March 15. The Calhan K-12 school facilitates paraprofessional teaching amid increasing enrollment throughout El Paso County.

(Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America) “Our paras that are already in our building are already in the rhythm of a small rural school,” Slothower said.

He anticipates that the program will have 30 teacher apprentices enrolled this fall from the 14 districts in the Pikes Peak BOCES. The program still needs the approval of the state Department of Labor and Employment, and from the U.S.

Department of Labor, which last year began permitting apprenticeship programs for teachers to help resolve the national teacher shortage, said Mary Bivens, executive director of the educator workforce development unit at the Colorado Department of Education.

Separately, a new state law passed last year paved the way for districts like Calhan School District to prepare future teachers from its pool of paras, Bivens said. The law expanded the ways districts can hire a professional who has an adjunct authorization, which means they are qualified to teach a certain subject, even if they’ve never taught before. A person can become an adjunct teacher if they have a degree in the subject they want to teach or if they can demonstrate five years of experience within their specialty, Bivens said.

Paras who have at least five years of classroom experience can qualify for the authorization while they’re in the para-to-teacher program, Bivens said. That authorization will carry them through as they take courses through UCCS or another institution, and once they’re done they can move on to secure an initial teaching license followed by a professional license.

Paras also have the option of applying for a one-year substitute teaching license, which does not require a bachelor’s degree, Bivens noted. A para could use a one-year substitute teaching license to sub and gain experience that would count toward their five years in the classroom, which would set them on a path to receive an adjunct authorization.

“I think this is another piece to the puzzle of dealing with the educator shortage,” she said.

The teacher apprenticeship program is the first of its kind in Colorado, as far as Slothower knows, but similar models have been adopted in other states, including Tennessee.

The ultimate goal is to lay the foundation for a workforce program that other districts could adopt for their own schools.

“This is our stab at fixing our teacher shortage and ensuring that we have quality people standing in front of our kids every day,” Bershinsky said.

Makayla Avery became a para for Calhan School District last fall as a way of bringing in more income for her family after her husband sold his business. The mother of four had been a stay-at-home mom and also had experience homeschooling her kids and running a home day care.

She quickly became attached to her job and her third and fourth grade students and jumped into a fullfledged career teaching.

By November, as enrollment in the district’s third and fourth grades had continued to jump, the district needed another third grade teacher to instruct 18 students. Avery, 32, stepped into the role as a long-term substitute, which required her to get a substitute teaching license and complete a background check.

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how to manage her classroom and all the personalities within it was a challenge for the budding educator, but she aims to teach long term, particularly after seeing her students make progress with schoolwork they struggled to grasp and beam with excitement.

Avery is working toward a bachelor’s degree online through Southern New Hampshire University, where she previously was studying business administration. She has switched to a focus on general studies and psychology and will graduate in December.

Meanwhile, she has signed a contract with the district to teach third grade next year.

“It’s mostly about community,” she said. “I live out here so I know a lot of the kids already, and I think that there’s a lot of needs in rural areas, and since I’m here I might as well help.”

Educating the next generation of teachers close to home As more rural Colorado school districts find ways to tap into the local workforce, the University of Colorado Denver is expanding a program that keeps teacher candidates in their own communities while completing their degrees.

CU Denver will roll out the Partnership for Rural Educator Preparation program — or T-PREP — in the fall at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling so that local students interested in teaching elementary schoolers,

working with students with special needs or focusing on early childhood can begin charting their course to the classroom while close to home.

The university introduced T-PREP in 2017 at Otero College in La Junta, then added Trinidad State College at the southern border of the state.

Through the program, teacher candidates can work toward a bachelor’s degree and teaching license over four years. In their first two years, they take classes to get an associate degree at their local community college.

During their second two years, they remain at their community college but take classes through CU Denver to earn their bachelor’s degree and teaching license. Since 2019, the program has graduated 28 students.

The program opens up a path to teaching for a cluster of people who don’t want to have to move away from their community to become a qualified educator, said Cindy Gutierrez, a director in CU Denver’s School of Education and Human Development.

“If you go to the community itself, you are already going to find people who value that rural community, who already have a passion for it,” Gutierrez said. “They would love opportunities to give back to their community, but those opportunities might be limited from a workforce perspective because they don’t have access to the education that’s going to lead to the degree or credential that supports that.”

It’s a shift away from rural districts’ focus on importing talent and trying to persuade up-and-coming teachers to relocate to their communities, where they aren’t likely to stay very long.

Through T-PREP, teacher candidates take classes that prepare them to teach while also getting hands-on experience by working in a classroom, sometimes in a role they may have already had, such as a para or an early childhood teacher, Gutierrez said.

CU Denver offers some of its courses in person at the community colleges it partners with, often relying on local principals and experienced teachers to instruct students.

“It is about investing in the capacity that’s already there in the leadership of that community to solve this challenge together,” Gutierrez said.

T-PREP students also tune into live classes through Zoom, and some classes are available online for them to take at their own pace. By their senior year, they’re gradually taking on more teaching responsibilities, similar to student teachers in other training programs. They also get feedback and support from a mentor teacher at the school they’re gaining classroom experience at as well as from a residency coordinator who guides them while they’re enrolled in T-PREP. T-PREP instructors customize the program so that teacher candidates are prepared to educate students in their particular region, Gutierrez added.

MacKenzie King, who was part of T-PREP through CU Denver at Otero College, learned how to teach her students based on their cultures and backgrounds and how to break down specific lessons according to what they already knew from their experiences outside the classroom. Her professors from Denver took courses

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Volunteers and researchers study one species’ response to a warming climate. The results might surprise you.

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n a nice July day, you might find Jennifer Zedalis up in the Alpine, with her 16-year-old daughter Sophie. Zedalis is lucky because she has a teenager who likes to wake up early — a necessity when you’re hiking above tree line in the Colorado summers prone to thunder and lightning.

But the two aren’t storm searching or taking photographs or even out for a hike. Instead, they’re volunteers on a mission, looking for pika on behalf of a community science initiative studying the small mammal species.

Zedalis and her daughter are volunteers with the Colorado Pika Project, an initiative founded in 2010 in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declining to list the American pika as an endangered species. The project is just one entity helping to research this tiny, temperaturesensitive Alpine mammal and trying to understand the species’ outlook in a rapidly changing climate.

For creature lovers, pikas may hold value on the basis of their “unrelentingly cute” looks alone. But on a more consequential note, researchers say pikas act as an indicator species and hold clues to the health of our alpine ecosystems and even the water resources we depend on.

The bad news? Pika are disappearing from parts of the western U.S. landscape. Temperature changes due to climate change likely play a major role but perhaps not in the way you might think.

Volunteering in the Alpine For those unfamiliar, American pikas are small, territorial, herbivorous mammals that most often live in the high Alpine on the rocky, mountainous steppes above tree line. The species finds its range throughout many western U.S. states as well as parts of Brit-

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ish Columbia and Alberta.

These tiny creatures are most closely related to rabbits and hares and are covered head to toe in the same rich, insulating fur. Unlike their cousins, they have small, rounded ears and weigh in around just 4.5 to 7.1 ounces — somewhere between one-quarter and less than half of a pound. If you’ve ever hiked to high elevation and heard a high-pitched squeak, it’s likely you encroached into the territory of one of these feisty mammals, ready to sound the alarm of an intruder.

Back when the Colorado Pika Project first began, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service claimed there was insufficient evidence regarding how climate change would affect the species. So the Denver Zoo and the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Wild teamed up to start the project, which now sends some 150 volunteers out in the field each year to collect data about these miniscule mammals.

With the help of volunteers like the Zedalis duo, the Colorado Pika Project conducts surveys at nearly 100 locations each summer, primarily in Rocky Mountain National Park and the White River National Forest. A typical survey takes around an hour, during which volunteers use both auditory and visual clues to figure out whether pikas are inhabiting an area.

Zedalis, who has been volunteering with the project since 2019, recalls a particularly memorable surveying experience back in the summer of 2020. Outside of Eagle, she and her daughter hiked to two survey locations on

twin peaks referred to as New York High and New York Low, names referencing the elevation.

“It’s absolutely beautiful up there — Alpine scenery with fantastic views,” Zedalis said.

On New York High, the pair didn’t see much. But on New York Low, Zedalis estimates they saw 15 pikas.

Even when pikas aren’t spotted, surveyors can use clues to understand if pikas used to inhabit the area. And there’s one clue in particular that really sticks around: scat.

In extreme cases, “there is scat that has been found that’s over 100 years old,” said Alex Wells, co-director of the Colorado Pika Project. “But generally volunteers might find scat that is a decade or two old.”

Volunteers with the project tend to take part for one of two reasons.

“The entire group really does like hiking, and some people just enjoy being able to hike with a purpose,” Wells said. “Other folks are really explicitly concerned about climate change,” and working with us “is kind of a way to feel like you’re doing something.”

Why are the pikas disappearing?

Depending on the survey location, the Colorado Pika Project now holds between three to 10 years worth of data on pikas but project leaders aren’t yet ready to draw conclusions about the results of their findings. However, veteran scientific researchers outside of the project can lend insight into how pikas are faring in today’s climate. One such researcher is Dr. Chris Ray, a population biologist with the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Ray has been researching pikas for over 30 years. One of her primary goals is to better understand the pika’s response to a changing climate. To do so, Ray spends several weeks each summer in the Alpine, trapping pikas, administering anesthesia and taking measurements before releasing the individuals back into their territories. She and her students used to capture around 48 pikas each summer, but in recent years have averaged closer to 24 to 36. She has seen SEE FREEZING, P13

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Tap into the power of cinematic storytelling at Anythink

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etting started on creative endeavors young is a fantastic way to ensure young people discover their passions early. And while that most often covers things like music or painting, Anythink Huron Street library and SeriesFest is providing free opportunities to get teenagers interesting in filmmaking this summer.

“Storytelling is what sets us as humans apart,” said Luke Sorge, generalist guide at the library. “Being able to discuss and analyze this with young people is a very powerful thing.”

SeriesFest’s Mobile Cinema Lab will be at the Huron Street location, 9417 Huron St. in Thornton, from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, July 19 and 26 and Thursdays, July 14, 21 and 28. The series is only open to teens, who are encouraged to attend as many sessions as they’d like.

“Each class builds on the last, but if students can only make it to a couple, that’s great,” Sorge said.

“They can learn everything about the process by attending all the classes, or do it a la cart style and learn specific parts of the process.”

SeriesFest a non-profit organization dedicated to championing artists at the forefront of episodic storytelling, will help participants go through the entire filmmaking process, from writing to producing and editing their own short films and TV pilots. Instructors will use the latest film equipment and technology to help bring the stories

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to life.

“Starting filmmaking can be daunting because of everything you need, but SeriesFest is taking care of all that,” Sorge explained. “Attendees will spend time looking at movies, breaking down nonClarke Reader verbal storytelling and more. This is stuff we all know — it’s basic, human storytelling. We’ll teach them how to turn that around and employ it for their own work.”

In addition to the valuable creative skills learned, final films and pilots will be presented at a red-carpet premiere night on Wednesday, Aug. 3 at the Parsons Theatre, 1 E. Memorial Parkway in Northglenn.

“Northglenn Arts is dedicated to creating access to the arts for all and this partnership helps to achieve just that,” says Michael Sticker, City of Northglenn Arts, Culture and Community Manager, in a provided statement.

Seeing their work up on the big screen would be an undeniable thrill, but Sorge hopes that any participant will learn valuable lessons about self-expression.

“Storytelling is such a powerful exercise, so if they just come away knowing how to express themselves, that’s great,” he said. “Even if you can only make it to one day,

it’s going to be worth your while.”

Visit https://events.anythinklibraries.org/events for more information and to register.

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habitats is they help pikas maintain viable temperataures yearround. Even in the summer, Ray says its likely pikas can get deep enough below the surface to reach temperatures near freezing. The rock piles act as a kind of chimney, letting hot air rise out the top and pooling cool air in the depths below. In colder climates, these same talus piles keep pikas warm in the winter. Where snow blankets the talus, it insulates the pikas from winter air temperatures that can fall far below freezing, and keeps the talus at a steady temperature near zero degrees.

But as with much of the environment, climate change may be throwing pika habitat for a loop.

In the Great Basin, California and Utah, snowpack is steadily declining, and some pikas may be losing their insulating snow blanket.

Without sufficient snow, pikas can die of the cold.

So in these regions, Ray said it’s likely the cold winter temperatures explain pika disappearances a little better than the warm summer temperatures.

“The irony is that pikas may be freezing to death due to global warming,” she said.

However, in regions like Colorado, where the annual snowpack is remaining more stable — or in landscapes without cold winters — summer temperatures could explain more of the story. Here, Ray has witnessed a decline in juvenile recruitment, which means fewer juveniles are born each year, or

fewer are surviving to adulthood.

One theory is that as young pikas leave their mothers to find their own territory, they could be perishing in the heat as they are forced to travel through a hotter and hotter landscape.

Once pikas disappear from a region, it’s tough for them to come back. As non-migratory animals that may live their entire lives in the same 12-meter radius, they can’t simply cross a valley and repopulate a once inhabited mountain range.

“We’ve seen the loss of whole populations” in the Great Basin, Ray said. “Once they’re empty, we haven’t seen them be recolonized.”

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the pikas disappearing firsthand.

To theorize why, it’s important to have some base knowledge about the species. Foremost, pikas require a cool habitat. Because of their thick fur, they prefer to live in microclimates that maintain a temperature near freezing for most of the year. They lack any kind of typical cooling mechanism, like panting or heat radiation through the ears, and can die if exposed to heat for even a couple of hours.

Those who know a little about pikas might be inclined to guess that as the climate warms, the temperatures are rising too high, killing off populations at lower elevations and shrinking their viable habitat to only the very tops of mountains.

But Ray’s research indicates the truth is a little more complicated.

In fact, pikas don’t always live at high elevation. The American pika also can be found in the lava fields of New Mexico and at sea level in the Columbia River Gorge. Outside of Colorado, pikas also live in the mountains of the Great Basin, southern Utah and northeastern California. What all pika habitats have in common, however, is access to subsurface microclimates.

That is, pikas can live well below the surface, underneath piles of broken rock or in subsurface lava tubes.

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The 25th event will be at Citizens Park, 5560 W. 24th Ave. in Edgewater, from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 16. During the day they’ll be all manner of tribute bands performing, with legendary artists like INXS, The Allman Brothers and Bruce Springsteen all being represented. Add mouthwatering eats and you have the perfect combination.

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Northglenn screens ‘Encanto’ There’s practically no event that isn’t made better by taking place under a summer sky, but movie screenings have to be one of the best. In that spirit, Northglenn’s Summer Movie Series is bringing some family favorites to the Festival Lawn - the grassy area between the Northglenn Recreation Center, 1 E. Memorial Parkway, and the Veterans Memorial. Movies begin

Beyond the pika — why it matters Most ecologists would likely argue that studying pikas is important in its own right — that the balance of an entire ecosystem can be thrown off with the disappearance of just a single species. But even beyond this, pikas have important implications for the wider climate and society.

First and foremost, Ray and Wells advocate that pikas can act as an indicator species for the health of our western water resources. After all, we rely on the same winter snowpack as pikas for drinking, living, and recreating.

In late summer, the same permafrost that lies under stacks of talus melts and replenishes our reservoirs.

With the current trajectory of the planet’s warming, it’s not so

at dusk.

On Wednesday, July 20, the series features one of Disney’s biggest hits in recent memory — “Encanto.” If you haven’t heard of it, frankly I don’t know how you pulled that off. It’s a beautiful film and there’s a reason it’s such a hit.

More information about the free event can be found at https://northglennarts.org/special-events/.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — David Gray at Red Rocks For me, David Gray’s 2000 album, “White Ladder,” is still one of the great alt-rock albums of the century — the perfect blend of folk and electronic, wistful and anthemic and heartbroken and hopeful. Songs like “Babylon” and “This Year’s Love” still hit impossibly hard and never fail to send me down a beautiful path of memory.

Back in 2020 Gray was preparing to tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the record, but… well, you know. He’s finally returning to Red Rocks, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway in Morrison, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 21. There’s no opener for this one — instead, he’s performing a greatest hits set and then “White Ladder” in full.

This is going to be a supremely special show, so get your tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

hard to imagine a world where this isn’t the case.

“Once we have no permafrost left, we won’t have any of that anymore,” Ray said. “It’s a catastrophe for us.”

In a similar vein, Wells calls pikas “a canary in the coal mines,” warning of present and future ecological damage, foreboding the effects that could have on our lifestyles, recreation and economy.

But he speculates that for some, pikas hold a more emotional significance too. Himself a Colorado native, Wells grew up hearing the squeak of the pikas in the mountains.

“For a lot of folks, pikas are really tied to the image of Colorado,” he said. “I think if pikas disappeared, that’s a little part of Colorado’s soul that is lost.”

With the environmental, economic and emotional significance of this species’ survival in mind, Wells turns toward next steps for the Colorado Pika Project. They hope to start working with the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service to turn the data they’re collecting into management action.

While he acknowledges that research is valuable, Wells now seems to be seeking a more tangible impact — one that is action oriented.

With a sense of duty and gravity, he said, “We’re really trying to figure out how to take action to help protect pikas, instead of just being the ones who get to watch them die.”

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Sheriffs who denounced Colorado’s red flag law now use it Petitions for protection orders have been filed in 20 of the 37 counties

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Dolores County Sheriff Don Wilson never expected to use Colorado’s red flag law when it was passed in 2019.

He thought the law made it too easy to take a person’s guns away.

The statute allows law enforcement officers or private citizens to petition a county court to confiscate firearms temporarily from people who pose an imminent threat to themselves or others.

“All it is one person’s word against another,” said Wilson, whose sparsely populated territory is in southwestern Colorado near the Utah border.

Then, in August 2020, a Dove Creek man threatening to kill his neighbors and himself pointed a semi-automatic rifle at a deputy. Wilson petitioned for and was granted an extreme risk protection order to remove the man’s weapons, though the sheriff said his

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Silverii points out there were no contested statewide Democratic primaries this year, while there were fierce

mistrust of the red flag law has not changed.

“If a gentleman pulls a rifle on my deputy and then comes and threatens to shoot up my courthouse and kill me, kill the judges, and kill the district attorney,” Wilson said, “I’ve got a problem with that person having a gun.”

The Uvalde, Texas, school shooting prompted a bipartisan gun control agreement in Congress that could provide funding to encourage more states to pass red flag laws. But in response to conservative objections, the bill Congress passed included funding for crisis intervention to states whether or not they establish red flag laws.

Similar opposition was seen in Colorado, where Dolores County and at least 36 other counties declared themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries” after the red flag law was introduced.

But two and a half years later, those declarations appear to have had little effect on whether protection orders based on the law are filed or enforced.

Petitions for protection orders have been filed in 20 of the 37 sanctuary counties, often by the very sheriffs

who had previously denounced the law, according to a KHN analysis of the petitions obtained through county-by-county public records requests.

“These are sheriffs and law enforcement who were originally saying, ‘We want nothing to do with this law,’” said Lisa Geller, state affairs adviser for the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. “But in practice, they are using it, and this is not something that’s unique to Colorado. Law enforcement ended up realizing, ‘Hey, this is the best tool we have to protect ourselves.’”

Nineteen states and Washington, D.C., have implemented some form of red flag law while, according to the website SanctuaryCounties.com, more than 62% of U.S. counties are now covered by either state or county Second Amendment sanctuary resolutions.

Research shows red flag laws save lives. Duke University researchers found that for every 10 gun removals, one death is prevented. An analysis from the University of Indianapolis found similar reductions in suicide rates after red flag laws were passed in Connecticut and Indiana.

Another analysis, by researchers with the Injury & Violence Prevention Center at the Colorado School of Public Health, found that in the first year of the Colorado red flag law, 85% of protection orders granted by judges had been filed by law enforcement.

“A lot of that is because the law enforcement petitions may have been more complete,” said Dr. Marian Betz, an epidemiologist and deputy director of the center. “They had the information that judges needed to move forward with it.”

Studies in California, Oregon, and Washington state also found the majority of petitions are filed by law enforcement. Although California’s red flag law has been in effect for more than five years, two-thirds of the Californians in a 2020 survey had never heard of it.

Betz and her team found the same hurdle in Colorado. “I hope there will be some improvement in awareness and education, both for the public and also for law enforcement,” she said, “making it easier for people to understand how they work and when you might want to get one and how you would do that.”

battles for the Republican nominations for U.S. Senate, governor and secretary of state. Simply put, the GOP primaries were more competitive, and that could be why so many more unaffiliated voters decided to cast Republican primary ballots this year.

“There’s no evidence at all that pri-

mary votes with an uncontested Democratic ballot and an almost completely contested Republican ballot will have any bearing on the general election whatsoever,” he said.

The number of unaffiliated ballots cast for Republicans is expected to rise as more ballots are processed in the coming days. There were about 40,000 unaffiliated ballots across the state that still had to be tabulated as of Friday morning, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.

Meanwhile, it looks like 2022 may be the year with the lowest number of Democratic primary ballots cast by unaffiliated voters.

Only about 161,000 unaffiliated voters’ ballots processed through Friday morning were cast in the Democratic primary. The previous low was in 2018, the first year unaffiliated voters could cast ballots in partisan primaries, when 179,742 voted Democratic ballots.

In some counties, unaffiliated voters cast more than half of all GOP primary ballots Unaffiliated voters were the deciding factor in some counties’ GOP primaries, accounting for more than half of all the Republican primary votes cast.

San Miguel County, for instance, had the highest percentage of Republican primary ballots cast by unaffiliated voters, at 70%. Of the 1,191 GOP primary votes cast this year in the county, 836 were cast by unaffiliated voters.

Ouray County came in second at 60% of the GOP primary votes being cast by unaffiliated voters, while Pitkin and Gunnison counties weren’t far behind, at 59% each..

All of those counties are in the 3rd Congressional District, where there was a loosely organized effort to get Democrats to switch their voter affiliation to unaffiliated to cast ballots in the Republican primary for state Sen. Don Coram as part of an unsuccessful effort to block U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert from winning a second term.

In Denver, a liberal stronghold,48% of all the Republican ballots cast were cast by unaffiliated voters.

Even Boulder County, considered the

most reliably Democratic part of Colorado, saw a large portion of its unaffiliated voter electorate — 44% — cast ballots in the Republican primaries.

Turnout was uneven in congressional districts A total of 1,204,528 ballots were cast in this year’s primaries, resulting in a 32% turnout among active, registered voters.

The congressional primary this year with the largest number of ballots cast was the Republican contest in the 3rd Congressional District. More than 128,000 ballots were cast in the race in which Boebert easily fended off Coram.

The 4th District GOP contest came in second, with more than 120,000 ballots cast. In that race, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck secured a big victory over Bob Lewis, an Elbert County real estate broker.

Interestingly enough, the Republican primary with the fewest ballots cast was in the new, highly competitive 8th Congressional District. Roughly 57,000 ballots were cast in that race.

The 8th District isn’t a ruby red district like the 3rd and the 4th districts, so there were fewer Republicans voting in the primary race.

The Colorado Sun has heard from some voters in the 8th District who were unaware they live in a new battleground. The district also has the fewest number of registered voters of all eight congressional districts in Colorado.

The low number is further indication that the 8th District general election race will likely hinge on turnout.

There is expect to be a very big voter registration and get-out-the-vote push in the district over the summer and in the fall.

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July 14, 2022

Unvaccinated Latino patients advocate for vaccinations Study looks at new proponents

BY JOHN DALEY COLORADO PUBLIC MEDIA

A new study finds some unvaccinated Latino patients hospitalized for COVID-19 were motivated to encourage vaccination after their illness.

A team of Colorado researchers interviewed 25 unvaccinated hospitalized with the coronavirus and survived. Dr. Lilia Cervantes, one of the researchers, said before they got sick many felt COVID didn’t exist or they didn’t trust information about the virus.

“And after being hospitalized, felt like, ‘Wow, yes, I had COVID. I was really sick. I saw other people that had COVID and were also really sick.’

This thing is real,” said Cervantes, an associate professor in the department of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Latinos in Colorado and nationally have lower COVID-19 vaccination rates than other groups.

Why? And do views about the vaccine change after someone gets hospitalized due to the virus? Colorado researchers aimed to find out by asking unvaccinated Latino patients hospitalized with COVID-19 how their views changed and if hospitalization inspired a change of heart about vaccine shots.

One of the survey respondents described being scared they were going to die after hearing hospital staff discuss bringing in a machine to intubate them.

“I thought, ‘I’m going to die.’ I didn’t believe in COVID,” the patient told researchers.

But catching a bad case of the virus changed the patient’s views, encouraging them to get the vaccine.

“My opinion changed for the best, because I said, ‘I’ll protect myself with the vaccine.’”

The team conducted the survey interviews at Denver Health, a public safety-net hospital that provides healthcare for people regardless of their insurance status. The patients’ perspectives offer insight into what shaped their views before and after getting sick.

“The majority do end up getting vaccinated because they don’t want to experience near death again,” Cervantes said.

Some got motivated to share positive vaccination messages with friends and family After hospitalization, 18 of the people surveyed received the COVID-19 vaccine. Others in the Latino survey group were in the process of scheduling them, were undecided or declined to get the vaccine.

Cervantes says before they got sick many of the Latinos in the survey group felt COVID didn’t exist or they didn’t trust information about the virus.

Many, but not all, were motivated to encourage vaccination to their friends and families.

“Because so much of this information is word of mouth, they wanted to sort of engage in their own advocacy in sharing positive information,” she said.

Cervantes said until now, the hesitancy question had been little studied

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The question is an important one since less than half of Colorado’s Hispanics — the demographic term used by the state health department — are vaccinated, according to the state’s vaccine dashboard. That vaccination rate is worse than it is for other major demographic groups.

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One participant told researchers, “I have a 10-year-old son, and if anything were to happen to me, I don’t know.”

“I could have lost my life to COVID,” said another. “And it just changed my whole opinion about the vaccine … I could have ended up dying and then my mom burying her youngest son and leaving behind my friends and family.”

‘We’re coming to them’: One Colorado vaccine activist looks to get shots to every Latino Some study participants said they got their shots mostly due to pressure from others. One participant said, “I still don’t trust the vaccine. I was pressured to get the vaccine by my daughters,” who said you’re selfish if you don’t do it.

Some described feeling forced to be vaccinated because their employers required it.

Cervantes says the findings suggest low Latino vaccination rates could be improved by addressing mistrust, misinformation and helping recovering patients encourage family and friends to get the vaccine.

Why did the patients not get the vaccine originally? The patients expressed concerns about its experimental status and short production timeline, what’s in the vaccine, whether it’s effective, as well as worries about immediate and long-term adverse effects and mixed/conflicting information.

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July 14, 2022

Why researchers want to know about every single tree lining High Line Canal A long-term study along the 71-mile recreation lifeline seeks dozens of pinpoint facts BYMICHAELBOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Saving 71 miles of the High Line Canal starts with the 48 inches between the spherical densiometer in Alissa Iverson’s hand and the catalpa tree fighting to take hold on the stream bank.

A densiometer is as Harry Potter-like as it sounds, using mirror reflections to estimate the amount of sunlight received by a newly established sapling hoping to survive amid 120-year-old cottonwoods.

“Two, four, six, eight, 10, 12 … ,” Iverson counts, ending at 66 of 96 reflective dots that show a clear path to blue sky.

Enough light to give the young catalpa a puncher’s chance amid drought, climate change, trunk-boring pests and doddering plains cottonwoods.

For weeks now, Iverson and the team of budding arborists she is part of have scoured the banks of the High Line in this summer’s entry in a long-term study. They take precise measurements of hundreds of recently planted trees in order to help plan the future of a recreation lifeline that winds within a mile of 350,000 people.

Height, latitude and longitude, distance from water’s edge, distance from jogging path, bug damage, canopy diameter. All eventually plugged into iPads for what they hope to be an opensource database built for the long haul of climate and botany research.

Denver Water once used the canal to deliver precious irrigation to farmers and towns northeast of where the South Platte emerges from Waterton Canyon. Now there are less wasteful ways for that water to get where it needs to go, and the canal bottom is frequently dry.

Yet recreational uses by hundreds of

thousands of visitors are more popular than ever, under a ribbon of green canopy at once stitching together and transforming metro Denver’s highdesert culture.

“We need to think forward over time.

This is now a greenway,” said Christina Alba, assistant research scientist at Denver Botanic Gardens and co-leader of the High Line Canal surveying project. “So how can we take it from its original use as an irrigation corridor, which is being decommissioned for that use, and reimagine it going forward?

Because the public uses it and needs it and depends on it.”

Earlier crews counted more than 23,000 mature trees along the dozens of miles of canal. Nearly half are cottonwoods, native to any flowing stream in Colorado but foreign to the dry parts of metro Denver until the High Line was dug and filled in the 1880s.

Many of the oldest cottonwoods are nearing the end of their lifespan, including the half-dessicated specimen blocking part of the newborn catalpa’s sun. Denver Water helped seed fund a conservation group to add in thousands of new trees and track their performance in the coming decades.

First, of course, the new and old trees must have water. A consortium of agencies and nonprofits are rebuilding sections of the canal to create natural filtration of storm runoff and using the runoff to help wet the canal ecosystem when Denver Water can’t fill the artificial river.

The surveying crews, co-led by Alba from the botanic gardens and University of Colorado Denver associate biology professor Laurel Hartley, make field calls to give the High Line’s new trees their first annual checkups.

On a late June day, behind the Eisenhower Recreation Center in southeast Denver, the leaders and their grad and undergrad students unholstered the tools of their trade.

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Tiffany Gentry unsheathed a serrated dagger to take a wedge of soil from beneath the catalpa and work it between her hands. How long a rolled “ribbon” of soil gets before it breaks off, like a cigarette ash, tells much about the amount of silt vs. sand in the mix.

Gentry then pours water into her hand, creating a mud both silky and gritty, indicating the soil behind the rec center features a just-right loam.

Summer Merrell tries a moisture meter beneath a Shumard oak. Soil moisture begins to create viable conditions for many trees when it’s about 30 or above. On the land nurturing this young oak, Merrell couldn’t even shove the sensor point underground, a sign of overbaking likely to go in the books like a big zero.

Hartley tosses a rectangle onto the ground under another sapling. Officially, it’s a Daubenmire frame. Unofficially, it’s a grid of thrown-together PVC tubing, slightly bigger than a legal pad. She takes note of all the plant life inside the grid, to judge whether invasive grasses are surrounding the tree and choking off the water supply.

Iverson uses a clinometer and some basic trigonometry to judge the height of one of last year’s plantings. Kristina Parenko and Layla Blair stretch a measuring tape to precisely locate the tree between the canal bottom and the top of the berm where walkers are striding by and botany-gawking.

For Alba, the co-lead, the trickiest part of the research is planning a useful long-term study when climate, drought, water supplies and municipal budgets change so quickly.

“You need to tease apart all these different stressors, and their effects on the trees takes a long time and are not always in sync with the speed at which decisions need to be made,” Alba said.

Amid such uncertainty, the fallback position in urban botany is usually a good bet: “A diverse plant palette.” Foresters, as do any crop farmers, insulate themselves from the future by avoiding obviously dangerous outcomes like a canopy where every other tree is a

century-old cottonwood.

Front Range cities bragging on their leafiness have yet to feel the full destruction of the emerald ash borer, which edges closer and closer to decimating the green ash that dominated Colorado planting in the 1980s and 90s, Alba noted. The thousands of new High Line trees will eventually include a riskaverse mix of honeylocust, white oak, hackberry, catalpa, boxelder and yes, to the dismay of allergy sufferers everywhere, more thirsty cottonwoods.

No one knows just what’s coming, Hartley put it, trying another tack. “It’s not quite a law, but a principle within ecology, that diversity allows for resistance to change.”

While the students pack away their instruments and list the field hazards of poison ivy, carrying 3 liters of water every day, and falling down the embankments, Hartley is pondering how to make the High Line study a stable institution. The student assistance has been crucial, but volunteers and grants can be erratic. They would like to make the longitudinal High Line tree research an official UCD lab course.

“If you’re a scientist, it’s hard to get money to do the same thing over and over again,” Hartley said.

By early July, each new High Line tree had finished a pediatric check.

Alba and Hartley are on to planning next year’s survey while trying not to worry about the coming months of hail, 100-degree days, toppling cottonwoods and errant lawnmowers.

Their first full survey after the planting push began left them surprised at their own optimism.

“There were more trees in good condition than I expected,” Hartley said. “I thought more would have died or just not made it that first year. Because life is hard.”

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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July 14, 2022

988: A new phone number for people to call during a mental health crisis

BY DANA KNOWLES ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

For 54 years, 911 has been the number for Americans to call for all emergencies. Starting July 16, people across the country, including Colorado, will be encouraged to call a different three-digit number for mental health emergencies — 988.

“What we’ve learned and seen over the years is that having the training and support to be able to respond to calls for emotional stress and mental health or substance abuse, you need someone with that training,” said Kelly Bowman, the director of Colorado’s new crisis response line 988.

The idea is to get people to call or text 988 instead of the police when they are experiencing emotional distress.

“What’s really great is that the suicide hotline [1-844-493-8255] has always been a suicide prevention resource.

988 is intended to be a crisis support for any source of crisis that comes in, and it’s really embracing self-defined crisis,” Bowman added.

She says self-defined crisis can be anything and everything from waking up and feeling mildly depressed or anxious to having suicidal thoughts.

“Sometimes it’s hard to take that step and say you know what? It was a rough day and I just need to connect with someone, and that power of human connection can make all

the difference in the world and 988 is really about increasing that access and making it easy to remember,” Bowman said.

Last year the state of Colorado passed legislation that would allow for a surcharge of 18 cents on cell phone bills to pay for 988, which will be overseen by the Colorado Department of Human Services. At any point during the day, there are 25-40 team members trained in everything from crisis intervention, suicide assessment and response; to substance use and crisis, grief, trauma and more.

“There’s not a one size fits all solution for someone going through struggle and so that’s what’s great about how our counselors are trained,” Bowman explained.

Children’s Hospital Colorado saw an alarming increase of emergency room visits for a mental health crisis over the past two years. Photo courtesy of Children’s Hospital Colorado.

This change comes at a time when Colorado along with much of the country is facing a mental health crisis. Just among our youth, Children’s Hospital Colorado pediatric system reported last fall that emergency visits for a mental health crisis were up 73% over the same time period two years prior. Studies have also shown that Colorado has the highest rate of adult mental illness in the nation and one of the lowest rates of access

to care. A collaborative investigation among Colorado news organizations showed some of the state’s 17 community-based mental health providers have failed to provide treatment to the toughest and most expensive behavioral health cases while avoiding competition. To address this mental health crisis, this year Colorado lawmakers passed a bill to reform the delivery network for mental health care in the state.

[Related: Bill for new behavioral health agency seeks sweeping safetynet reforms] Still legislative changes can take time to implement and this enactment of 988 has been years in the making. After the time and energy spent of activism, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, establishing 988 was signed into law in October 2020.

Despite this incredible step forward, the system has room for improvement. For example, when someone calls 988 they’ll be connected to a counselor in the state where their phone’s area code is from; meaning that if you live in Denver but have a 310-area code attached to your phone, your call to 988 would go to California.

Bowman hopes the Federal Communications Commission will step in and fix that.

“While we work on whether or not we’ll get support from the FCC for geolocation to route calls to an in-

state call center, we’re going to work to build trust in our communities and be clear about the message behind 988, which is that no one is left behind and no one feels like they can’t call,” she said.

Bowman also said regardless, people should still call 988 when it’s up and running later this month.

“It’s important now more than ever.

We’ve seen increased rates of suicides and deaths of despair with overdoses.

We know our kids are struggling and so to be able to offer a resource and say, ‘It’s okay to not be okay’ and ‘I see you and I see you struggling and there’s someone here to talk to. You’re not alone.’ We don’t heal in isolation, and I think we can all come to an agreement that that’s a hard lesson we’ve learned over the last few years.”

Resources: If you have an immediate mental health crisis, call Colorado Crisis Services at 1-844-493-8255 or text TALK to 38255.

Or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. You can also chat with the Lifeline.

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online.

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July 14, 2022

Students figure out how to clean an oil spill using human hair BYMICHAELBOOTH THECOLORADOSUN

Xavier Cotton and Cristian Madrazo remember being kids watching video of petroleum spewing from Deepwater Horizon and poisoning the Gulf of Mexico.

They also remember how ludicrous it seemed for Dawn to be running commercials about decontaminating baby otters with a few ounces of dish soap in the face of a 210-million-gallon oil spill.

Surely there had to be something better to put up against an ocean of dislocated fossil fuel.

Fast forward to engineering classes at Front Range Community College, with a challenge from a teacher to make their first-year project address a problem in the environment and sustainability. In between warehouse shifts at Amazon and other youthful demands, Cotton and Madrazo watched videos of oil spills on YouTube.

Weeks of tinkering later, and with the help of a wading pool, some empty water bottles as flotation devices, and much of Cotton’s own hair, the team produced “Orca.”

It’s a drone for oil spills. It sits at the edge of a plastic boom that surrounds and slowly reels in a floating spill and soaks up the petroleum through a hair filter.

Orca works like the baleen bristles inside a whale’s mouth. (Don’t “actually” the young engineers about orcas being faux whales, because they’ve heard it.

They stick to the Wiki explanation of an orca as “a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family,” and they know their marketing, as we are about

to find out.)

Orca won the Front Range Community College local engineering challenge, and their enthusiastic teachers urged them on to national competitions.

So, they went. And in June, Cotton and Madrazo won second prize — with a cash chaser — at the National Science Foundation’s annual Community College Innovation Challenge. The judges, who first grilled all the teams in a “Shark Tank”-style atmosphere, called Orca “a new method of cleaning oil spills that is both inexpensive and quick.”

Not to mention, Cotton said, “the current solutions are just terrible. The main solutions are like burning, which releases fumes into the environment, and these chemical disbursers that stay in the ocean releasing toxins. There are petroleum-based sponges, which kind of suck up oil, and then the sponges just fall to the floor, and it’s just littering the oceans for different creatures and critters to eat. We had to make this.”

Human hair absorbs five times its weight in oil. When Cotton’s ‘do wasn’t big enough for the job, they added in hair from his dog. They poured some motor oil in a Walmart wading pool, set their manhole-cover-size drone to work, and it sucked. In a good way.

The prize is part consolation for the fact that Cotton’s hair hasn’t grown back yet.

Personality in presentation Front Range Community College computer science instructor Diane Rhodes says the pair succeeded in part because they had a good idea, backed

it with solid engineering and modeling work, and put in the time to overcome physical problems and fix broken parts.

But their personalities also made a big impact, Rhodes said.

Doing well at innovation competitions requires interaction, practice in public, and a bit of sales, Rhodes said.

“They were very enthusiastic, and very knowledgeable. They were able to articulate their problem in a concise way. And they were not shy,” Rhodes said. “They had fun. I like to have fun in my class. I take my class seriously, but don’t take myself so seriously,” and that’s what Cotton, 19, and Madrazo, 22, brought with Orca, she said.

“And I never once had to tell them to put their phones down. Which I thought I was going to have to do. Because I do have to do that in my class. Regrettably,” she said.

The two engineering students say each presentation got better, with the help of Rhodes, other teachers, and the expert judges for the national competition at the Library of Congress.

“I learned to give your audience just enough so that they understand it,” Cotton said. “And not so much what we care about, or what we think they should care about. Just let them guide the conversation.”

Before one important presentation, Rhodes said, the boys came to her and said they’d been practicing a new technique. They had created a graphically fresh poster that everyone agreed was a killer view of their idea, and they wanted their pitch to sound like a scripted-but-casual conversation between Madrazo and Cotton. Rhodes

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was a bit queasy at what sounded very cheesy.

“So they went and did it, and it was fantastic,” Rhodes said. “And I thought, this is a classic example of why you shouldn’t just say no right away before you see.”

One judge in Washington, D.C., started talking enthusiastically about patent possibilities and commercialization. Rhodes agrees that Orca may very well prove a viable product in the future, but for now they plan to “park” the idea and focus on more schoolwork.

Cotton is headed for a four-year degree at Colorado School of Mines, and Madrazo will be transferring his credits to the University of Colorado for work in architectural engineering.

A prototype of the “Orca” oil spill cleanup drone with a sample boom attached to contain the oil as it’s drawn into the float for separation. (Front Range Community College) “They have a lot on their plate,” Rhodes said.

Like all good engineers and entrepreneurs, the team crammed their heads with ideas from the other innovators in their competitions. Madrazo admired an idea for HIV medication from a Santa Monica college, deep into a kind of biological engineering that was very different from the mechanical engineering featured in other products. Cotton was most enthused about a recycling bin that automatically scans materials dropped in and sorts or rejects objects that need to go elsewhere.

“They did a really good job,” Cotton said. “I’m proud to have come in second place to them.”

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Public Notices call 303-566-4123 Legals City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING FOR THE NORTH METRO TASK FORCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Governors of the North Metro Task Force, Adams County, Colorado, has been presented a proposed budget for the year 2023. A copy of said budget is available for public inspection at the Adams County Finance Department, 4430 South Adams County Parkway, 4th Floor, Brighton CO 80601. If you would like to request a copy of the proposed budget, please call 720-523-6239 during business hours which are Tuesday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Such proposed budget for 2023 will be considered for adoption by the Board of Governors at a public hearing to be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 28th, 2022, at Adams County Government Center, Conference Room 8101, 4430 S. Adams County Parkway, Brighton CO 80601. Any interested elector may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption thereof.

North Metro Task Force By: /s/ Kasandra Carleton Assistant Adams County Attorney Legal Notice No. BSB1679 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE TO ADAMS COUNTY REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNERS FILING APPEALS WITH THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that commencing September 1, 2022 the Adams County Board of Equalization shall sit at the Adams County Government Center, 4430 S. Adams County Parkway, Brighton, Colorado, to review the assessment roll of all taxable real and personal property located in the County, as prepared by the Assessor, and to hear appeals from determinations of the Assessor, sitting by itself or by authorized independent referees.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, the deadline for filing appeals with the Board of Equalization for real and personal property is September 15, 2022.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JOSH ZYGIELBAUM, CLERK OF THE BOARD Legal Notice No. BSB1678 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE TO ADAMS COUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS FILING PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION APPEALS WITH THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that starting on August 2, 2022, the Adams County Board of Equalization shall sit at the Adams County Government Center, 4430 South Adams County Parkway, Brighton, Colorado, to hear contests of property tax exemption denials by an authorized independent referee.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the deadline for filing appeals with the Board of Equalization for Property Tax Exemption Appeal is August 15, 2022.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JOSH ZYGIELBAUM, CLERK OF THE BOARD Legal Notice No. BSB1672 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice Town of Lochbuie, Colorado Ordinance No. 2022-673 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF LOCHBUIE, COLORADO, ADDING A NEW SECTION 2-5-45 TO ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE LOCHBUIE TOWN CODE GOVERNING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT Ordinance No. 2022-673 was passed at the July 5, 2022, regular meeting of the Town Board and will take effect August 13, 2022. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the Town Clerk’s Office, 703 Weld County Road 37, Lochbuie, CO 80603 and on the Town’s website at: Lochbuie.org Heather Meierkort Town Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB1683 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice Town of Lochbuie, Colorado Ordinance No. 2022-674 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF LOCHBUIE, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTIONS 2-1-30 AND 2-2-10 OF THE LOCHBUIE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING CANCELLATION OF ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY Ordinance No. 2022-674 was passed at the July 5, 2022, regular meeting of the Town Board and will take effect on July 14, 2022. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the Town Clerk’s Office, 703 Weld County Road 37, Lochbuie, CO 80603 and on the Town’s website at: Lochbuie.org Heather Meierkort Town Clerk Legal Notice No.BSB1684 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

City of Brighton Public Notice ORDINANCE NO: INTRODUCED BY: Blackhurst AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, APPROVING THE REZONING OF A PORTION OF THE BROMLEY PARK PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT 2ND AND 6TH AMENDMENTS TO THE BROMLEY PARK PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT 26TH AMENDMENT FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 18.9-ACRE PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF BRIDGE STREET, WEST OF INTERSTATE 76, EAST OF GOLDEN EAGLE PARKWAY, AND NORTH OF THE SPEER CANAL SOUTH OF LONGSPUR DRIVE, AND BEING A PART OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF BRIGHTON, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO WHEREAS, Sunflower Meadows Real Estate, LLC. and Frontage Equities, LLC. (the “Owners”) are the owners of certain real property of approximately 18.9-acres in size, located to the south of Bridge Street, west of Interstate 76, east of Golden Eagle Parkway, and generally, east of the Speer Canal, and north and south of Longspur Drive, and as more particularly described in Exhibit A, attached hereto (the “Property”); and WHEREAS, Lauren Brockman of Convergence Multifamily Real Estate Group (the “Applicant”), has filed an application (the “Application”) for the Bromley Park Planned Unit Development 26th Amendment (the “PUD”) and a zone change of the Property on behalf of the Owner; and WHEREAS, the Applicant and Owners seek to change the zoning of the Property from the existing zoning from the Bromley Park Planned Unit Development 2nd and 6th Amendments to the proposed Bromley Park PUD 26th Amendment, as set forth in Exhibit B, attached hereto; and WHEREAS, City Staff used the criteria outlined for a Planned Development in the Land Use & Development Code for its review and procedures related to the application; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on May 26, 2022, to review and consider the PUD pursuant to the applicable provisions and criteria set forth in the Land Use & Development Code, and provided a recommendation of approval to the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council opened a public hearing on July 5, 2022 where it conducted its review and considered the PUD pursuant to the applicable provisions and criteria set forth in the Land Use & Development Code; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the public notice requirements of the Land Use & Development Code, a Notice of Public Hearing was mailed to all property owners within 1,000 feet of the Property, a public notice was published on the City’s website, and a sign was posted on the Property, all for no less than fifteen (15) days prior to the City Council public hearing; and WHEREAS, at the public hearing, the City Council received and considered all relevant evidence and testimony from City staff, the Applicant, and other interested parties, including the public at large; and WHEREAS, City Council hereby finds and determines that the PUD does follow the intent of the Comprehensive Plan in providing for the future of the City; complies with the requirements of the Land Use & Development Code; is generally consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and will better implement said plan beyond what could be accomplished under application of a general zoning district and development standards; provides benefits from any flexibility that promotes general public health, safety, and welfare of the community, and that said flexibility is not strictly to benefit the Applicant or a single project; the flexibility provided allows future projects on the Property to better meet or exceed the intent of

the base zoning district; the proposed adjustments to the standards do not undermine the intent or design objects of those standards when applied to the Property; reflects generally accepted and sound planning and urban design principles with respect to applying the goals and objects of the Comprehensive Plan; and meets all of the review criteria for a zoning map amendment.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Property is hereby rezoned as the Bromley Park Planned Unit Development 26th Amendment.

Section 2. The City Zoning Map shall be amended to reflect said zoning change.

Section 3. As provided in City Charter Section 5.9(A), this Ordinance either as presented or as amended, shall be published in full as it was adopted prior to taking final action. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after its final publication, as provided in City Charter Section 5.8, except as set forth herein.

INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED, THIS 5th DAY OF JULY, 2022.

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ YASMINA SHAUSH, Assistant City Attorney Legal Notice No. BSB1687 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV030515, Division/ Courtroom A COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY (Publication Notice) VIEWPOINT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v.

JESSE LEON JOHNSON; and TAMESHA JOHNSON, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Department of Adams County, Colorado at 9:00 O’clock A.M., on the 11th day of August, 2022, at Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Basement Level, Brighton, CO 80601, phone number 303-655-3272. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $28,819.28.

First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Court Order dated March 23, 2022 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Viewpoint Condominium Association, Inc. the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on March 8, 2019 at Reception No. 2019000016885 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Condominium Declaration Bravado Condominiums recorded on 09/12/1978 at 154758 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Viewpoint Condominium Association, Inc. against real property legal described as follows: Condominium Unit 5-203, Bravado Condominiums in accordance with the Declaration recorded on September 12, 1978 in Book 2273 at Page 549 and Condominium Map recorded September 12, 1979 in Book P.U.D. at Page 211 of the County of Adams records; Together with the exclusive right to use the following Common Elements: Parking Space 201, County of Adams State of Colorado.; And also known as: 10211 Ura Ln. #5-203, Thornton, CO 80260-6357

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. The attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025, Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011, 303.432.9999 Legal Notice No. BSB1613 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV030868 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM PHEASANT RIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff, v.

Ronald Escalera; Angela Escalera; LoanDepot. com, LLC; City of Brighton; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and Lisa L. Culpepper, as Adam County’s Public Trustee Defendants Lot 53, Block 1, Pheasant Ridge Subdivision, Amended Plat No. 2, County of Adams, State of Colorado Also known as: 3946 Costillo Ct., Brighton, CO 80601 (“Property”).

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS or JUDGMENT DEBTORS, please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Sheriff’s Department of County of Adams, State of Colorado at 9:00 am, on the 15th day of September, 2022 at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Civil Unit in the Adams County Justice Center Basement located at 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601, phone number (303) 655-3228, at which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

For the purposes of paying off, curing the default, or redemption as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, CIVIL UNIT, for the County of Adams, State of Colorado.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $8,520.05.

If the borrower believes that a lender or servicer has violated the requirements for a single point of contact in D.R.S. 38-38-103.1 or the prohibition on dual tracking in C.R.S. 38-38- 103.2, the borrower may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General at the Colorado Department of Law, Ralph L Carr Judicial Building, 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor, Denver, CO 80203, 720-508-6000 or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, P.O. Box 2900, Clinton, IA 52733-2900, 855-411-2372, http:// www.consumerfinance.gove/complaint/; or both, but the filing of this complaint will not stop the foreclosure process.

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM Re: Sheriff Sale of Real Property under Decree of Foreclosure, pursuant to Court Order and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq.

COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO 1. This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Court Order dated March 17, 2022, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Pheasant Ridge Community Association Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on October 20, 2020 at Reception No. 2020000107258 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Community Declaration for Pheasant Ridge recorded on December 18, 2000 at Reception Number C0742680 of the Adams County records and all supplements thereto (hereinafter referred to as the “Declaration”). The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Pheasant Ridge Community Association Inc., WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS, legally described as follows, to wit: Lot 53, Block 1, Pheasant Ridge Subdivision, Amended Plat No. 2, County of Adams, State of Colorado Also known as: 3946 Costillo Ct., Brighton, CO 80601 (“Property”).

You may have an interest in the real property be-

ing affected or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure. You may have the right to redeem the real property or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight business days after the sale.

In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney. For the purpose of paying off, curing the default, or redemption as provided by the aforementioned laws, intent must be directed to or conducted at the Adams County Sherriff’s Office, Civil Unit, Basement, 1100 Judicial Center Dr Brighton, CO 80601.

You are advised that, the parties liable thereon, LoanDepot.com, LLC; City of Brighton; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and Lisa L. Culpepper, as Adam County’s Public Trustee, the owners of the property described above, or those with an interest in the subject property, may take appropriate and timely action under Colorado statutes, certain sections of which are attached hereto.

In order to be entitled to take advantage of any rights provided for under Colorado law, you must strictly comply and adhere to the provisions of the law. Further, you are advised that the attached Colorado statutes merely set forth the applicable portions of Colorado statutory law relating to curative and redemption rights; therefore, you should read and review all the applicable statues and laws in order to determine the requisite procedures and provisions which control your rights in the subject property.

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at (303) 654-1850. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is Gabriel Stefu, WesternLaw Group LLC, 9351 Grant Street #120, Thornton, CO 80229, 720-542-8724.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 9:00A.M. on September 15, 2021 at the Adams County Sherriff’s Office, Civil Unit, Adams County Justice Center, Basement 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton CO 80601.

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. DATED: July 6, 2022.

Richard A. Reigenborn Adams County Sheriff By: Stacy Sutton Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. BSB1682 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles Public Notice NOTICE OF SALE ModBox Storage - Brighton 9191 County Road 2 Brighton, CO 80603 720-961-4739

Personal property consisting of furniture, TV’s, clothes, boxes, household goods and other personal property used in home, office or garage will be sold or otherwise disposed of at public sales on the dates & times indicated below to satisfy Owners Lien for rent & fees due in accordance with Colorado Lien Law, Chapter 38, Article 21.5. All items or spaces may not be available for sale. Credit or debit cards ONLY for all purchases & tax resale certificates required, if applicable.

OWNER RETAINS THE RIGHT TO BID. 314 Mills, Mindy M 330 Melendez-Molina, Julie A 519 Brown, Joslyn 703 Myrlie, Anacani M 835 McKay, Brandon M 852 Wisham, Brianna 917 Kolthoff, Corie J 930 Wilber, Melanie Auction will be held at www.storageauctions. com and will end on or after 12:30pm EST on 7/18/2022.

Legal Notice No. BSB1669 First Publication: July 7, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice T&R AUTO REPAIR IS SELLING 303-659-6747 2007 CHRYSLER SEBRING VIN ENDING IN 541391 Legal Notice No. BSB1680 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

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Bachaud said. “Now we’re coming to this period where things are going to cool down really fast as well. And that’s going to look like whiplash for a lot of buyers and sellers in the market.”

However, she added, “the markets are not going to crash, we’re not going to see this huge drop in home values across the board. But it’s gonna look very different than it did in December of 2021.”

And why is that? There’s still demand from consumers to buy a house. Also the number of new homes getting started has dropped off. “What we really need in order to curb this home-price growth is more homes,” she said. “And (would-be) sellers are feeling locked into their current interest rate. If you refinanced at 3%, selling and buying at a 6% rate doesn’t seem like such a good deal right now.”

Price cuts in for-sale houses have been happening for weeks, months and even years in Colorado, according to Zillow data. Even when sales were the strongest last year, there were still houses that cut their price for one reason or another, likely because they were asking too much.

Zillow data for the Colorado Springs, Denver and Fort Collins markets do show that there’s been a sharp increase in the number of houses that cut the list price within the past month. The chart below shows that in early June, 9.17% of the homes for sale in Denver dropped their price in the past month, while 9.1% did in Colorado Springs and 3.37% did in Fort Collins: Those price discounts in Denver rose to a median of $19,000 in early June, nearly double the amount in January. Colorado Springs price cuts

weren’t as sharp and had dropped to $11,050 in early June, while Fort Collins hit $19,201.

Consider it an interest rate silver lining for house hunters forced to save their money after getting outbid on every house in the past year. But it’s not like house prices are falling.

They’re just not growing as fast as last year and the real estate industry already expects that the days of multiple offers on a house are over for now.

6%? Bah! Interest rates have been higher “My first house mortgage was at 14%,” Craig Aberle, a reader who wrote this week in response to last week’s story that renting is cheaper than buying. “It was still a good deal financially.”

Aberle, who lives in Denver, pointed out the many benefits of owning a house today even as interest rates rise. There are tax deductions, equity and loan refinancing when rates do fall, as they did last year when they dipped below 3%.

“Rates at 5% or 6% are modest,” he said.

This isn’t the first time in recent history that mortgage rates hit 6%.

A notable period for mortgage rates were the 1980s, when rates were super high — in the teens, according to the Federal Reserve economic data. The peak of 16.64% in 1981 makes today’s 6% a bargain. For people who bought homes in 2018 or earlier, current interest rates are just a return to earlier times.

However, new budgets and increasing housing prices make buying homes for new homeowners nonetheless inaccessible. Housing prices have gone way up in the past five decades.

“Homes were a lot cheaper back then. So a 16% interest rate was maybe the difference of tens or hundreds of dollars a month, and not thousands of dollars a month,” Bachaud said.

“A home is a very different type of purchase than it was decades ago.”

The typical Colorado home value of $126,900 in the 1980s is drastically different from the typical home value of $604,065 reported in May Zillow data. That’s a 376% increase. After running it through a quick inflation calculator, that $126,900 home would be roughly $408,057 now considering recent inflation — a relative steal in a housing market seeing prices upward of $700,000.

Historic developments in homeownership add another dimension to the story. In the years after the hike in interest rates in the 80s, homeownership rates in Colorado dipped to a historic low of 58.6%. That’s little more than half of tracked Colorodans living and owning a home according to U.S. Census data.

The most recent data show homeownership rates slowly rising to a rate 64.9% in 2020. With how volatile the housing market has been recently, and as many communities are unable to catch up with zooming home prices, we’ll see how homeownership rates change in coming months.

The benefits of owning are certainly more than what the monthly mortgage payment is. But buyers may not see those for several years, said Bachaud, with Zillow.

“If you’re going to buy something or rent something for two years, the cost of purchasing and selling real estate is pretty high. You’re dealing with transfer taxes, real estate taxes, closing costs and buyer and seller commissions. All of those things make it really expensive,” she said. “For the short term, renting is cheaper.”

Workers are being priced out of their homes, according to a recent report by the Regional Economic Development Institute at Colorado State University, which measured workers’ abilities to afford two-bedroom apartments without becoming rent bur-

dened. That’s when individuals need to spend more than a third of their income to pay for rent. Thanks to Kendall Stephenson, one of the authors of the report, for sending this along!

Workers in Fort Collins, a city with a population of around 170,000, have become increasingly rent burdened over the past decade. In 2010, 36% of all occupations could not afford fair market rent. Now, as of 2020, it’s 52%.

In particular, food preparation and serving occupations face one of the greatest disparities in keeping up with fair market rent. Waiters and waitresses in Fort Collins have a median hourly wage of $12.01. If they wanted to afford rent at fair market prices, they’d need to make almost double their current wages, or $23.92 per hour. Conversely, in 2010 waiters and waitresses would have needed only an hourly increase of about $2 to afford fair market rent.

Health care support occupations are another group that saw a hit at housing affordability. Not only that, but women are disproportionately impacted. Over 70% of people within these jobs are female, and employees would need to see raises of about 50% to be able to afford fair market rent in Fort Collins.

Fort Collins workers’ wages are not keeping up with the increase in fair market rent, and as a result many lowwage earners are forced to commute into Fort Collins for work, the REDI report showed. Although workers are able to save on housing, skyrocketing fuel prices take a toll on their expenses.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

Public Notices T&R AUTO REPAIR IS SELLING 303-659-6747 2000 SUBARU LEGACY VIN ENDING IN 662708 Legal Notice No. BSB1686 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Scott Michael Berlis, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30427 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before November 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Belle B. Enderle Personal Representative 321 Michael Ave. North Platte, Nebraska 69101 Legal Notice No. BSB1652 First publication: July 7, 2022 Last publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Andrew Saenz, aka Andrew Patrick Saenz, aka Andrew P. Saenz Deceased Case Number: 2022PR37 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams, County, Colorado on or before October 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jade McNew Personal Representative 7303 S. Vance Street Littleton, CO 80128 Legal Notice No. BSB1648 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Deloris Ann Pitard, a/k/a Deloris A. Pitard, a/k/a Deloris Pitard Case Number 2022PR30441 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Francis Pitard, Personal Representative 14800 Tejon Street Broomfield, CO 80023 Legal Notice No. BSB1651 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Ellen DelGaudio, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30185 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before November 07, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Matthew M. Wolf, Esq. on behalf of the Estate’s Personal Representative Allen Vellone Wolf Helfrich & Factor P.C. 1600 Stout Street, Ste. 1900 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. BSB01 First publication: July 07, 2022 Last publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dolores B. Williamson, Deceased, Case Number: 2022PR30461 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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4237 W. 52nd Ave. Denver, CO 80212 Legal Notice No. BSB1656 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James K. Sweetman, a/k/a James Kirby Sweetman, a/k/a Jim K. Sweetman, a/k/a Jim Sweetman, a/k/a Jimmy Sweetman, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30564 All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to James A. Sweetman, Personal Representative, c/o Casey L. Williams, Esq., or to the District Court of Adams, County, Colorado, on or before November 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Casey L. Williams, Esq., #39117 Attorney for James A. Sweetman, Personal Representative 203 Telluride Street, #400 Brighton, CO 80601 Legal Notice No. BSB1688 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Christopher Thomas Turner, a.k.a.

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Christopher Turner, a.k.a. Chris Turner, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 30489 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before October 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Andrew Turner, Personal Representative 2100 16th Street, Unit 409 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. BSB1655 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of RONNIE DARRELL ROBINSON, a/k/a RONNIE D. ROBINSON, a/k/a RON ROBINSON, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 30402 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Germany Law Firm, P.C. 600 17th Street, Suite 2800 South Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. BSB1661 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Diederich, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 215 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before November 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

12056 93rd Street N Largo, FL 33773-4315 Legal Notice No. BSB1681 First Publication: July14, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WILLIAM DOYLE ADAMSON, a/k/a DOYLE ADAMSON, a/ka WILLIAM ADAMSON, a/ka W.D. ADAMSON, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 30360

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Germany Law Firm, P.C. 600 17th Street, Suite 2800 South Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. BSB1663 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Name Changes

Cheri Diederich 13820 Boston St Brighton, CO 80602

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Legal Notice No. BSB1685 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public notice is given on June 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CLAUDIA E. BARRETT, also known as CLAUDIA ELAINE BARRETT, also known as CLAUDIA BARRETT, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR30521 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before November 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

The petition requests that the name of Dominic Joseph Zarlengo McClain be changed to Dominic James Zarlengo Case No.: 22 C 0824 By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB1670 First Publication: July 7, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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