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BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Colorado students posted the lowest scores in more than a decade on the test known as “the nation’s report card,” with the steepest declines in middle school math and with Hispanic students losing the most ground. And while Colorado students posted better reading scores than did students in 27 other states, that was largely because other states lost even more ground.

The learning loss from 2019 to 2022 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known

as NAEP, points to the devastating impact the pandemic has had on the education of children in almost every pocket of Colorado and the nation.

While research has already shown that academic progress reversed, NAEP results released Monday provide the most detailed and authoritative accounting yet, with data coming from a representative set of students nationwide and allowing for comparisons across states and some cities.

“The results are appalling and unacceptable,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said.

“This is a moment of truth. How

we respond will determine our standing in the world.”

This year’s results reaffirm what Colorado education leaders and teachers already knew thanks to statewide assessments: Students fell behind.

But parents, teachers, and students are working hard to rebound, said Joyce Zurkowski, Colorado

Department of Education chief assessment officer.

“There are some indications that things are on the way back up,” she said. “But there’s work to do.”

Some local businesses hope liquor license ballot measure fails

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Mollie Stephans walked into Westminster’s Pecos Liquors for the first time to pitch Loveland Aleworks’ newest beer. The answer she got was promising.

“We’ll be in touch,” said Jazz Singh, the owner of the store since 2018.

Stephans is one of the small brewery’s 10 employees. She makes sales calls to local liquor stores up and down the Front Range, asking that they put Aleworks’ beer on shelves.

The personal touch is what makes the company unique, she said. But the owners the Aleworks said that may need to change if voters approve Proposition 124 in the upcoming election.

The ballot initiative will increase the number of retail liquor store licenses an individual may own. The current maximum is three. The number would rise to eight by 2026, 13 by 2031, 20 by 2036 and be unlimited by 2037.

With the increase, large retail stores like King Soopers, Safeway and Total Beverage would be able to sell alcohol in more locations. Opponents of the measure argue that will funnel business away from the local and neighborhood stores.

“It’s hard to tell ahead of time, but we will almost have to change the way that we sell our beer and change the things we pride ourselves on,” Stephans said. “One big thing for us is we want to keep Colorado as local as possible.”

Most of Loveland Aleworks’ accounts are local liquor stores. That’s because they’re able to meet with owners directly. When they get a green light from a store, it can happen on the spot or shortly after. But getting their product onto the shelves of a big chain is a different matter. It can take about a year to get an approval, if one comes at all.

For liquor store owners like Singh, the proposition changes the liquor store experience and that’s a reason to vote

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Ashley Chavira’s painted Calavera Skull has rhinestones with elaborate artistry. Chavira and her family were celebrating Dia de los Muertos Oct. 28 as Brighton opened up a new art exhibit. See more photos on page 3.

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‘The nation’s report card’ shows big declines in math

Grocer donates 250 food bags for needy kids

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

King Soopers has donated food to a handful of non-profi ts that help families in need, including Food for Hope, a Thornton nonprofi t.

The grocer said in a press

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against it, though he understands some people want the convenience of buying alcohol while shopping for groceries.

He also understands hardworking owners’ motives to expand and open new locations. He said he works 1516 hours every day of the week and hopes to expand his business, but emphasizes how smaller stores are more responsive to customer choices than big chains.

A decent selection of microbrews isn’t always easy to find in big chain stores, he said.

For his store, those less-wellknown beers sell well and the relationship between the local brewers and local shops is vital to the region’s economy.

Singh pointed to 2019 when the legislature gave grocery stores the OK to sell beer. He lost business due to increased competition and heard the same from other local store owners, including one in Commerce City that lost two-thirds of its revenues almost overnight.

Who’s for it?

According to the Colorado Secretary of State’s website, Colorado Fine Wines & Spirits LLC, addressed in Bethesda, Maryland, donated over $11.5 million to the issue committee supporting the initiative.

It’s the same address as Total Wine & More, which is owned by U.S. Rep. David Trone from Maryland. Total Wine & More, according to reporting done by the Colorado Sun, spent over $2 million supporting the measure.

A spokesperson for Total Wine & More said it would be “correcting a gross imbalance in current law.”

The Colorado Chamber of Commerce also supports the measure. In a news release, they wrote Proposition 124 would allow liquor stores to open more locations.

“Colorado has been long overdue to rethink the way we approach liquor licensing,” said Colorado Chamber president and CEO Loren Furman in a release. “This is about helping some of our hardest-hit businesses recover from ongoing

release that the effort was meant to help feed 250 hungry children in Adams County and 2,500 kids across the state. The donation was part of the grocer’s Zero Hunger/ Zero Waste mission, where food is donated before it perishes and has to be thrown away.

The food is meant to help kids

who qualify to receive free lunches at schools, which might be their only meal of the day. The food bags will provide food for the kids on the weekends, King Soopers and City Market said in a press release.

The bags include canned vegetables, fruit cups, cookies and granola bars.

“A donation like this from King Soopers has a huge positive impact on our organization because we can turn around and distribute this food to families that visit our food banks all across Adams County,” said Emily Stromquist, executive director of Food for Hope.

Weld seeks help with cold case

BY STAFF REPORT

Weld County sheriff’s deputies are looking for help in identifying a woman whose body was found Nov. 19, 1973, near Platteville. The body is part of a cold case murder investigation.

The skeletal remains of the white woman were found a halfmile north of the Highway 66 bridge over the St. Vrain River. The woman was likely between the ages of 23 and 25 when she died and stood roughly 5 feet 2 inches tall. She was discovered wearing a red, short-sleeved sweater and brown slacks with a 31-inch inseam and a 31-inch waist.

economic challenges while also giving consumers more options when it comes to how and where they choose to purchase alcohol. Together, these

common-sense ballot initiatives will help bring Colorado’s alcohol regulatory environment into the 21st century.”

Detective Byron Kastilahn is working on the case and can be reached at 970-400-2827. People can submit tips on scrimes through the Crime Stoppers website at www. crimeshurt.com.

Jazz Singh, owner of Pecos Liquors in Westminster, stands in front of his storefront. He will be voting no on Proposition 124.

PHOTOS BY LUKE ZARZECKI

Jazz Singh, owner of Pecos Liquors, is a well-known liquor store owner in Westminster.

Weld County sheri ’s deputies need help in identifying this woman whose bodty was found near Platteville in November 1973. The photograph is a facial reconstruction completed by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation of the woman as she may have looked in 1973. COURTESY WELD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Brighton celebrates Dia de los Muertos

The

and colorful costumes representing Anahuac’s indigenous people.

ritual dance with repeti-

tive rhythm and movement in a meditative state, communicating energy to god, is a form of prayer.

The Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrated its opening reception featuring a 70-piece art exhibit from local artists at The Armory Performance Arts

Center on October 28.

The exhibit included a performance by a group of Aztec Dancers with music entertainment by a DJ and a poetry reading. The reception ended with a performance by Denver-based flamenco guitarist El Javi.

family-friendly celebra-

tion featured face painting and decorating for all ages and tacos and free hot chocolate. Its exhibit is in collaboration with the Chicano Humanities & Art Council with support from the Brighton Arts Commission. The exhibition will be on display through November 16.

El Javi from Mexico performing flamenco guitar music.

The Grupo Ritual Azteca Huitzilopochtli from Mexico teaches the indigenous Aztec culture and traditions with dance. The dancers form a circle that represents the symbolism of life. PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD

Voting experts note state’s ‘Gold Standard’

BY VIGNESH RAMACHANDRAN COLORADO NEWS COLLABORATIVE

For 102 years, the League Of Women Voters has helped Americans under stand how they can cast their vote in elections.

The nonpartisan organization has never endorsed a political party or can didate, providing a valuable resource for voters of all political persuasions.

The Colorado News Collaborative is speaking with nonpartisan experts to help voters understand more about the integrity of the vote as unfounded claims of voter fraud continue to run rampant ahead of November’s mid term election.

Beth Hendrix is executive director of the League of Women Voters of Colorado, which educates voters about the security and efficacy of Colorado’s election system. The group recently published a whitepaper breaking down the components of the state’s voting system to explain why it often is regarded as leading the nation. It also produced a nonpartisan guide to the 11 state issues on Colorado’s ballot this year in English and Spanish.

This Q&A has been edited for clarity and length.

Some have said Colorado’s election system is better than those in all other states. Is that true?

Absolutely. We say [it’s the] gold stan dard. There are a few states that are close behind — Washington, Oregon. It’s always the Western states.

Here in Colorado, we’re doing pretty well. That said, we have people in our legislature that want to get rid of mailin ballots and want to go back to voting only on Election Day because they feel that’s the only way it can be secure. I disagree. The League disagrees.

Other states are purging voter rolls, making it more difficult to vote, and that’s not happening in Colorado, yet. We’re going to do everything we can to not allow it to happen.

We’re not resting on our laurels [in Colorado], but we’re good. We have a safe and secure and innovative system that’s ahead of any place else in the nation.

How hard would it be to defraud the vote in Colorado?

I think it would be pretty darn hard [to defraud the vote in Colorado].

I suppose that someone could take their spouse’s ballot and forge a signa ture, and then hope their spouse didn’t complain. But I don’t think it happens.

How can we trust that every vote gets counted in Colorado?

Counties have a small bit of varia tion, autonomy in how they do it. But generally speaking, a ballot is never alone with only one person. There are always at least two and usually a group of bipartisan people. The number of safeguards is pretty extraordinary.

The complaint I hear most is that voter registration rolls aren’t up to date and that dead people still get bal

lots and things like that. I’m sure that does happen. But overall, Colorado keeps its voter registration rolls pretty well up-to-date — partnering with the Postal Service for change of ad dress, social security death index, the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) to make sure people aren’t voting in other states.

Then there’s the ballot tracing. You can sign up very easily for ballot tracing. And you get a text when your ballot is opened, when it’s counted. So the process is very transparent, while maintaining security.

What are common misconceptions about Colorado’s election security?

The process is sometimes seen as more partisan than it is — that politi cal parties have a say in the counting. And while the political parties have election judges there, it is bi-, tri- multipartisan.

People [also] think that the process of counting ballots is up to just a small handful of people, it’s very secretive and nobody knows what’s going on. It’s just not true.

People don’t understand how easy it is to get involved in poll watching, if they so choose. A lot of people think that it’s a secretive, closed, non-trans parent process, and that is not the case.

So, in addition to poll-watching, how can someone who is skeptical of the process better understand it?

Call your county clerk and ask for a tour, but it’s kind of a bad time of year to make that request.

They’re getting threatened and harassed like never before. We just had to pass a law to protect elec tion workers.

Are there other concerns you have about our democracy in Colorado?

People not being able to recog nize opinion versus fact — looking at Tucker Carlson and Rachel Mad dow as newscasters as opposed to opinion-casters. We’ve been trying to also put out information about news literacy.

The League has used our volun teers as government watchdogs and observers since our founding 102 years ago. We’re now expand ing that to allow those trained observers to bolster local news, where there are news deserts. If there’s just one little newspaper with one reporter down in Cor tez, and they can’t get to the city council meetings and the county commission meetings and the meeting of the water board … our observers are going to do that and report out about what happened at that meeting, if sunshine laws are being followed, if behavioral norms are being followed, things like that.

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Why? Aren’t there aspects to Colorado’s election system that need improvements?

What is NAEP?

Mandated by Congress, the national assessment tests math and reading skills in fourth and eighth grades roughly every two years among a random sampling of students — about 450,000 students in 10,000 schools in 2022. The administrators break down scores by state and for select cities that vary with each test.

Denver was one of 26 urban districts that NAEP sampled last winter. Outside of those cities, NAEP does not issue district scores.

Unlike state exams, the NAEP tests are low stakes for students, teachers, and schools. But the NAEP test offers a valuable look at the progress of the nation.

“We knew results would reflect historic disruptions to schools,” said Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, which organizes the test. “NAEP results should give us all pause. They also remind us how essential schools are for our children and families.”

Colorado dip in math skills

The Colorado Measure of Academic Success, or CMAS, standardized tests show students recovering ground from 2021 but still below pre-pandemic levels in most cases. Similar to NAEP, the state’s test scores show particularly concerning drops in middle school math scores and draw attention to the impacts on students who transitioned to more

complex material in a highly disrupted environment.

NAEP shows fourth grade Colorado math scores declined steeply. Proficiency dropped by one-quarter, from about 44% of students in 2019 to 36% of students this year. Eighth grade math proficiency fell by about the same proportion, from 37% of students in 2019 to 28% this year.

Colorado reading skills did not decline as much. On the fourthgrade test, 38% of students tested proficient, down from 40% in 2019. In eighth grade, 34% of students tested proficient, compared with 38% in 2019.

In Denver, reading scores declined similarly. Fourth-grade proficiency scores fell from 32% to 29%, and eighth-grade scores fell from 29% to 28% — which may not be statistically significant — from 2019.

Denver fourth-grade math proficiency dipped from 35% of students in 2019 to 28% this year. Eighth grade proficiency also fell, from 29% in 2019 to 22% of students this year.

In both Colorado and Denver, Hispanic students experienced greater declines in most grades and subjects than did other student groups. The pandemic pummeled Colorado’s Hispanic families, who have suffered higher death rates and more job losses. An estimated two-thirds of Colorado children without internet access are Hispanic, and many of them had parents working essential jobs and who could not stay home with them.

Zurkowski said learning gaps among Hispanics remain an area of “significant concern.” The state

has some of the largest gaps in the nation between Hispanic and white students.

Students faced many challenges during COVID

The pandemic imposed hardships and barriers to student learning: switches between remote and hybrid classes, quarantines and other disruptions, spotty internet access, and general instability. Students also experienced major stressors, like parents losing jobs and caregivers falling ill and dying.

Melissa Snyder, a Cherry Creek School District fourth grade teacher, said student absenteeism has soared since the start of the pandemic.

“There’s a lot of pieces to the puzzle,” said Snyder, who teaches at Pine Ridge Elementary. “Everything with COVID is so much more complex.”

Lorelei Jackson, a Denver Language School eighth grade math teacher, said teachers had to choose which lessons to teach and students are missing skills they would normally have learned.

“We wanted to make sure that we were focusing on what was going to be the most impactful for students,” she said. And now, “we’re seeing those gaps.”

A Chalkbeat analysis found mixed evidence on the link between remote learning and changes in state test scores, with some correlation in math and fourth-grade reading but none in eighth-grade reading. More granular research has shown that students who experienced more virtual learning tended to fall further behind.

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tests are being used as a measure to see how students are recovering from the pandemic.

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The Colorado education department didn’t require districts to report changes in learning mode, which sometimes varied weekly, but its staff did try to track who was in-person, remote, or hybrid using district websites and Facebook pages. Using state data, the COVID-19 School Data Hub estimates that Colorado students on average spent 28% of their time learning in person during the 2020-21 school year.

Melanie Asmar, Matt Barnum, and Erica Meltzer contributed to this report.

Jason Gonzales is a reporter covering higher education and the Colorado legislature. Chalkbeat Colorado partners with Open Campus on higher education coverage. Contact Jason at jgonzales@chalkbeat.org.

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Behind every victim is an advocate

Behind every patient is a doctor, behind every student is a teacher, and behind every victim is an advocate. Despite the chaotic and devastating circumstances of COVID-19, advocates of the Victim Services around Colorado have adapted to social guidelines, solved unfamiliar problems and flourished in efficiency to provide for victims across the state.

Interestingly enough, the Victim Services unit in Greeley, Thornton, Northglenn, Longmont and Littleton limited their on-site service to major crime-related cases (homicide, domestic violence, sexual assult, felony), sending a limited number of trained staff to report in-person. On the other hand, units in Lakewood and Fort Collins responded strictly through phone calls for most of the pandemic, making the interaction between staff and volunteer advo-

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cates scarce. Flipping the system upside-down had both its pros and cons. It opened up the idea that services can be provided virtually, and made victims reaching out to advocates more approachable. According to the Victim Services of Thornton/Northglenn and Lakewood, victims who felt overwhelmed with crowds of people (including advocates) present during the scene were able to find time on their own, after processing the situation, and reach out personally. Surprisingly, as time passed, more victims began to prefer a phone call over an on-site reply.

However, as reported by victim advocates in Longmont and Gree-

ley, this abrupt change in organization led to a drastic advocate shortage. Masks and physical distance (as well as the subsequent removal of facial expressions and body language) made it difficult for advocates to discern the immediate needs of the victim. The Arvada Victim Services added that grants— initially given to the Victim Services — were shifted to fund other, COVID-related issues, the lack of monetary assistance forcing a change in various departments and volunteer programs. Most fatal of all, the boundaries between “work” and “home” began to blur. Phone calls about traumatic experiences would leak past working hours, and follow-ups about excruciating cases would flood into the private lives of advocates.

But while caring for a single individual is, indeed, demanding, the Victims Services in Broomfield,

Thornton, Northglenn, Arvada (Jefferson County), Longmont, Fort Collins, Lakewood, Littleton and Greeley serve an astounding average of 287 victims monthly. That is hundreds of devastating stories and cries for help that are heard monthly by these people. Sacrifices of time, energy, and mentality are made to save the ones of those who need to hold onto it.

What this service needs the most is education. Education on who they are, what they do and how they do it. People should know what they can offer and why they’re here in the first place. Education on what they need, and what you — the public — can do for it.

Gina Jung is a senior at Stargate High School in Thornton who hopes to pursue studies in sociology and psychology.

Engagement makes all the di erence

After checking in, the couple decided to head to the hotel bar for a nightcap. Luckily two seats opened up just as they walked in. They sat down and the bartender stood with his back turned watching the television as a Thursday Night Football game was being televised. The couple waited and when they saw a second bartender come in their direction, they thought they might finally be able to order a drink. They were disappointed as the second bartender also turned their back to watch the game.

Finally getting their attention, they received their drinks. No engagement with the patrons, just back to watching the game. Having visited more than a bar or two in my day, and having been a bartender earlier in my life, I have a great appreciation for those great bartenders who know that sometimes people come looking for an ear that will listen, a friend to talk to, a therapist to hear their problems, or someone to celebrate with. The couple finished their drinks and left.

Here’s another story that was shared with me by a sales leader. She was on a virtual sales call

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with one of her salespeople. They were using Zoom so they could all turn on their webcam and see each other, almost as if they were face-to-face and in person. The sales leader was invited to the meeting to share specific and new information with the prospect. The salesperson thought it would be better received coming from a senior leader.

As the meeting went on and the sales leader started discussing important data while also gathering great information through relevant questioning, she noticed that her salesperson wasn’t really paying attention. They looked distracted and were probably multi-tasking. Although she noticed it, her hopes were that the prospect wouldn’t really notice. Well into the discussion the salesperson finally started paying attention, but as it turned out, it was a little too little and a little too late. The final straw was when the salesperson brought up

an irrelevant topic and asked an unrelated question. Unfortunately, they did not win the business. How many times have we tuned out those around us only to tune into a game, an app, or something else? If we are being honest, it’s probably happening more often than we care to admit.

Imagine the teacher not being truly engaged with their student, the spouse not tuned in to their better half, the parent not engaging with their child, or a best friend losing interest in something that is important to their friend in that moment. In any one of those situations, I believe the relationship will suffer when we fail to truly engage.

Engagement is so vitally important in any relationship. Combine engagement with intentionality and we have a true winning recipe for a winning relationship to thrive. An example of intentional engagement is when we are watching television and our spouse or child asks us a question or wants to talk and we simply turn off the TV and intentionally engage. A common mistake that sends the wrong message is when we say, “OK, how about at the next commercial or at halftime,

or when the show is over?” When we do that, we are saying that the game or show is more important than our child or spouse.

And if it’s not TV, can we close our computer, put down our phone, or stop what we are doing to actively listen and engage with those around us? Engagement, intentional engagement, really does make all the difference.

How about you? Are you finding yourself distracted and multi-tasking and maybe even disengaged? Have you ever noticed when someone else doesn’t appear to be actively or intentionally engaged with you? How did that feel? And have you ever responded to someone looking for your undivided attention by saying, “After the next commercial or at halftime?” I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we can engage with intentionality, it really will be a better than good life?

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

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Denver pauses e-bike rebate program for rest of 2022

Bigger comeback next year

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

It’s official: E-bike hungry Denver residents burned through three years and $9 million of subsidies in just six months, and now we need to pause and think about what we’ve done.

Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency announced this week it will stop releasing new e-bike purchase vouchers for the rest of 2022. The planned $9 million bike program, paid for with the 2020 climate sales tax, has “put 4,401 e-bikes on the streets and trails of Denver,” according to city officials, and cut the price of the average bike in half.

After overwhelming demand for the rebates when the program first launched earlier this year, Denver had hoped to stretch out spending and provide more frequent opportunities by putting out monthly batches of vouchers. More releases were scheduled for early November and December.

Instead, the rebates are coming to a halt while city officials decide how much additional money to bring into

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Art was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on December 10, 1937, to Harvey and Nelda Samson. He graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1955, and shortly after joined the United States Air Force. During his tour of duty with the Air Force he married his wife of 61 years, Rosemary. Soon after his marriage came his two children, Joseph in 1962, and Jeanne in1963 both born in Wiesbaden, Germany. During his time in the Air Force, Art proudly served a tour in Vietnam. After 20 years of service in the Air Force and retiring with the distinguished rank of Chief Master Sergeant, he rejoined the Department of Defense in the Civil Service capacity. is was a roll he cherished for an additional 20 years. During that time, he decided to move to Brighton, Colorado his permanent home. With a challenging personal schedule, he obtained his bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University and then his master’s degree from the University of Northern Colorado.

Early on in his role in the civil service, Art and a small team of risk-takers became the group who created “Direct Deposit”. Today everyone who receives their paycheck electronically can thank Art for being one of four people who took the chance and created this process.

Art and Rosemary loved world travel, spanning the globe from East to West and North to South. Just a few months ago, Art took a long-awaited cruise to Alaska and Canada. Art visited over 150 countries in the world, sometimes taking a small risk and adventuring into some interesting places.

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the e-bike program for a 2023 relaunch. E-bike rebates were meant to be only one part of an initial $9 million in spending that also included rebates on home electrification, including solar panels and heat pumps. All the programs are paid for by the 0.25% sales tax for climate programs passed by voters in 2020 and meant to raise about $40 million a year.

Income-qualified buyers can receive up to $1,200 vouchers to buy e-bikes from an approved list of Denver bike shops. The rebates start at $400 for those who do not qualify by income, though some local bike shops add in other discounts. An extra $500 rebate is available for more expensive cargo bikes used to haul kids, groceries or tools.

“We’re honored to be a part of transforming the way Denver wants to move around,” said climate office director Grace Rink, in a release. “We’re eager to bring back an expanded program that will serve more Denverites.”

Those running climate programs hope e-bike trips — fueled more and more by clean electricity as the grid transforms with renewable generating sources — will replace fossil fueldriven car trips for work, school or

errands. Denver, though, has still not announced a plan to formally measure actual car trip reductions. E-bikes can be pedaled like a traditional bike, but the rechargeable battery pack provides pedal assist to ease the work, or in some models, a hand-twisted throttle to accelerate much like a motorcycle.

“Denver’s success with their e-bike rebate program offers a great national model for how to help shift trips in cities to address air quality and climate issues, and solve for people’s transportation needs,” said Piep Van Heuven, director of government relations for Bicycle Colorado. “The majority of trips in cities are a distance of 6 miles or less, the perfect distance for an ebike trip.”

Denver has tweaked the program to try to ensure lower-income residents in need of new transportation will benefit from e-bikes, which can run into the thousands of dollars. Just under half the rebates have been used by income-qualified residents, the climate office said.

Colorado officials are preparing details on their own $12 million e-bike rebate program, which will allow vouchers for those outside Denver city limits. State officials have said

FattE-Bikes’ models, ranging around 45 miles, can accelerate to 25 miles per hour. The Denver-based company has designed and built compact, hybrid and cargo bikes since 2017.

they will consider allowing purchases through online retailers or big box stores to increase access for rural buyers. That program won’t begin until early 2023.

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Knights of Columbus. One of the roles he had was new council startup for the Knights. Just a few years ago, he shared that he had visited every Catholic Church in Colorado. He enjoyed doing many things with the Knights, from Pennies for Heaven to Tootsie Roll drives. He never thought of it as a chore and loved gathering food every anksgiving and Christmas for turkey baskets to give to families who were having challenging times. Just last week he was so focused on helping others, he was check-listing the things that needed to be done. His last e ort was raising money for St. Williams Catholic Church for new stainedglass windows. He never once said “me or I”, he said the Knights of Columbus. He always thought the fraternity of men of the Knights as his family. Every award was the Knights of Columbus award. He loved the Knights.

He was an avid Colorado Avalanche fan. At one time he had attended every single Avalanche game for 10 straight years. When the streak ended, it was because he was attending the State Convention for the Knights of Columbus. He was in attendance for the 2001 Stanley Cup game winner.

Art is survived by his wife, Rosemary; son, Joseph (wife Teresa); daughter, Jeanne; two grandsons, Tyler and Michael; and great grandchildren, Joshua and Abbi. He is preceded in death by both parents, and two brothers, Robert and his twin brother, Donald.

Art will be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

Contributions to Honor the Life Art Samson can be made to the Stained Glass Fund for St. Williams Catholic Church 1025 Fulton Ave. Fort Lupton, CO. 80621

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Prairie View turns back Mountain Range

BY JONATHAN MANESS SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

HENDERSON – The Prairie View high school volleyball team finished its season on a high note.

The ThunderHawks cruised through their match with Mountain Range, winning all three sets 25-23, 25-8 and 25-8.

Prairie View finished the season with a 9-14 overall record and 4-9 in the Class 5A Front Range League, while Mountain Range fell to 1-21 overall and 0-13 in the FRL.

Early on, it looked like Mountain Range was going to take the victory. The Mustangs jumped out with an early 6-4 advantage in the first game with an ace from Kaeli Maruyama and a kill by Robyn Yang.

After an ace and kill by the ThunderHawks’ Elena Gonzales, the Mustangs reeled off six consecutive points to go up 23-20. But Hailey Kizer answered with a pair of aces to seal the first frame for Prairie View.

The ThunderHawks continued to roll on the next set, scoring the final 12 points. Senior Kira Ulibarri scored a pair of aces, while Paige Walker and Bella Campbell each had a kill for Prairie View.

Walker kept the momentum going for PVHS, opening the final set with both a block and a kill as Mountain Range once again didn’t have an answer at the net.

“The team really came out strong

get in a rhythm and take care of business.”

Ulibarri led Prairie View with eight kills, while Gonzales had six aces and 14 digs. Peyton Mailliard and Yang each had two kills to lead Mountain

strong group of seniors in Gonzales, Ulibarri, Hevani Tuiono, Clara Koster and Hailey Kizer. Gonzales led the team in kills (73), aces (59) and digs (235). Kizer was second in aces (35)

and digs (135), and Ulibarri was second on the team in kills (59) and third digs (135). Tuioni was second on the team with 18 blocks.

“We are really going to miss them. They were a great group of leaders,” Franck said.

The ThunderHawks will return Walker who led the team with 26 blocks.

Mountain Range also will lose Maruyama, Ava Zamboni, Kiana Galan, Julisse Harris and Ava Fedje to graduation.

Valor Christian ends Brighton’s season

STAFF REPORT

HIGHLANDS RANCH — Valor

Christian scored four times in each half to trounce Brighton 8-0 in the

Eagle Ridge Academy

Volleyball

Eagle Ridge Academy won one of three matches in the class 3A Metro League tournament over the weekend.

ERA stopped Kent Denver 25-20, 14-25, 25-11 Oct. 28. No stats were available for ERA. Veronica sharp led the Sun Devils with eight kills. Grace Garfoot added six.

Peak to Peak downed Eagle Ridge 25-19, 19-25, 15-10 in an Oct. 29 tournament match. No stats were available for either team.

Stargate School and the Warriors needed the full three sets before the Eagles won 17-25, 25-18, 25-10 Oct. 29 in the league tournament. No stats were available.

Eagle Ridge Academy also downed Manual 25-22, 25-11, 25-16 in Brighton Oct. 25.

No stats were available for either

opening round of Colorado’s 5A soccer tournament. The game was held Oct. 26 on the Eagles’ field.

VCHS hosts Pine Creek in the second round at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,

Nov. 1.

This marked the Brighton first appearance in the tournament since the 2014 season.

It was also the first time since

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team.

Prairie View High School

Cross country

COLORADO SPRINGS -- Horizon’s boys team finished 18th at the state 5A cross country meet at Penrose Equestrian Events Center Oct. 29.

Here are the individual results:

12. Brett Davis, 16:06. 35. Ethan Adams, 16:27.2. 108. Caden Weadon, 17:24. 141. Hayden Hyman, 18:38.3.

133. Seth Pollard, 18:48.9.

Lizzy Crawford finished 18th in the girls race, posting a time of 18:48.9.

Volleyball

Horizon stopped Loveland 25-12, 2325, 28-26, 25-14 in Thornton Oct. 25 in the Front Range League tournament.

Sienna Thatcher had 18 kills for the Red Wolves. Kyla Minor, Hannah Zink and Sydney Knapp added four. No stats were available for Horizon.

Horizon continued tournament play in Brighton Oct. 27 and beat the Bulldogs 25-22, 22-25, 20-25, 25-22, 15-12.

Andi Jackson led BHS with 17 kills. Evelyn Udezue added 11, and Evynn Jacobson contributed nine. Jackson also served four aces.

No stats were available for HHS.

Football

Horizon beat Prairie View 51-23 in Thornton Oct. 28. No stats were available for either team.

The Hawks finished 3-7 this season, while PVHS recorded a mark of 2-8.

Riverdale Ridge High School

Cross country

COLORADO SPRINGS -- Riverdale Ridge’s Payton Meineke, a freshman, took 27th at the state 4A cross country meet at Penrose Equestrian Events Center Oct. 29.

She turned in a time of 19:52.7.

Football

Riverdale Ridge celebrated its seniors by beating Niwot 34-3 in Thornton Oct. 28.

The win was the Ravens’ fourth of the season. No stats were available for

2013 that the Bulldogs finished with a record better than .500. BHS was 9-7 this year. In 2013, the Bulldogs were 8-7. In 2009, BHS finished 7-6-2.

either team.

Brighton HS Football Legacy High School beat Brighton 42-14 in the regular-season finale for both teams.

LHS quarterback Kullen Lerma was 5-for-9 for 90 yards and a touchdown. Most of the rest of the offense came from running back Tyler Anderson. He ran the ball 17 times for 169 yards and two touchdowns. Trey Javorek caught the TD pass, one of his three receptions that totaled 40 yards.

No stats were available for Brighton.

Cross country

COLORADO SPRINGS -- Brighton’s Claire Engelhardt finished 74th in the state 5A cross country meet Oct. 29 at Penrose Equestrian Events Center. Her time was 20:05.

Volleyball Horizon slipped past Brighton 25-22,

Mountain Range’s Maddison Eliason goes up for a kill against Prairie View’s Jenna Sheley (10) and Elena Gonzales (13).

Prairie View’s Paige Walker goes for a block during an Oct. 27 match against Mountain Range. PHOTOS BY JONATHAN MANESS

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On Sept. 4, Chileans across the world anxiously checked their social media feeds and Whatsapp group chats, wondering about the future of their country. Would Chile adopt a new constitution?

The answer fl ashed across their phone screens that evening. In an overwhelming referendum result, about 62% of the population of Chile voted to reject what would have been one of the most progressive constitutions in the world.

In Santiago, supporters of the new constitution comforted each other in sadness while those who opposed it waved celebratory fl ags in the streets.

Meanwhile, Chileans in Colorado mourned and celebrated from over 5,000 miles away.

Pame Bradford, who works in Fort Collins Public Schools, was happy voters rejected the draft. An Aurora-based artist named Adolfo Romero, on the other hand, said the result felt like a deep blow to his heart.

Considering their opposing views on one of the most pivotal referendums in Chile’s democratic history, it may come as a surprise that Romero and Bradford are siblings.

Although they grew up under the same roof, the two Colorado-based Chileans have different opinions on what will cure their country’s ailments going forward.

From Chile to Colorado

When Romero was in high school and Bradford had recently fi nished, their family moved from Arica, a city in northern Chile, to the capital of Santiago.

Attending high school in Santiago among politically active peers was

a formative experience for Romero. Although he does not identify with a particular party, he said his political beliefs are left-leaning.

beliefs are left-leaning.

Bradford, on the other hand, was she focused on “things with disci-

less interested in politics. She said she focused on “things with discipline” growing up, such as sports and martial arts.

When she was 25 years old, Bradford moved to the U.S.

“It might be kind of cheesy, but I moved because I felt that I was going to fi nd love here,” she said. “I actually did fi nd it.”

After traveling for a few years, she met her husband and settled down in his home state of Colorado. In 2008, her parents moved to the U.S. Romero followed suit in 2014 to be

her parents moved to the U.S. Romero followed suit in 2014 to be near his family.

The social explosion

On Oct. 18, 2019, an increase in the metro fare sparked massive demonstrations in Santiago.

On Oct. 18, 2019, an increase massive demonstra-

Both Bradford and Romero watched from afar.

This was the beginning of a nationwide sociopolitical movement referred to as the “ estallido social ” or the “social explosion.”

For months, protesters demanded changes in economic and social policies that had been in place since the country’s military dictatorship, which ended in 1990.

The estallido was a frightening time for some Chileans. Bradford said she was concerned as protesters burned metro stations and destroyed private property.

“I was really distraught… I mean, we are really connected to the country and when you see bad things happening, it affects you here,” she said.

“I know we could have come up with better ways to do it… the reasons might be good, but not the way it was

Protesters climb a statue in Santiago’s central plaza under the watchful eye of a military jet.

PHOTO BY NINA JOSS

presented.”

Romero, unlike his sister, said he was hopeful when the demonstrations began. After being involved in community movements for most of his life, it felt like his country was fi nally awakening to its problems.

“One of the conversations that I used to have with my friends was, ‘Damn, when are the people gonna be awake? When are the people gonna react to these conditions in this country?’” he said. “Finally, it happened in 2019.”

Although he wishes political change were achievable through “just talking,” Romero said it’s sometimes necessary for people to take to the streets.

But Chileans who went to the streets were met with excessive force from police, according to the Human Rights Watch. From Oct. 18 to Nov. 20, in 2019 almost 9,000 protesters and bystanders were injured and 26 people died, according to the organization.

For Romero, the police response to the protests was the most tragic part of the situation.

“It was very sad… to see how many people got injured… by the police,” he said. “I felt very powerless.”

The road to referendum

The demonstrations during the social movement of 2019-2020 covered a wide range of issues, including wages, social security, water rights, education, healthcare, environmental concerns, gender inequality, indigenous rights and more.

As the movement continued, protesters started turning their attention toward a document that could address all of these problems at once: the constitution.

“That was the core of everything. That is the core that supports the model, that holds the entire system,” Romero said. “So when (the protestors) chose that point, it to me was fi nally the right pathway to get a change.”

Chile’s current constitution was written in 1980 under military dictator Augusto Pinochet, who held power from 1973 until 1990. After ousting socialist President Salvador Allende in a U.S.-supported coup d’etat, Pinochet implemented vast neoliberal economic reforms.

Under Pinochet, the availability and affordability of health care, social security, education and even water were largely driven by the free market. The 1980 constitution, despite modern amendments, maintains a role for private sectors for these services.

These neoliberal decisions bolstered Chile’s economy but did so at the expense of extensive human rights abuses during the dictatorship. More than 3,000 people were killed or “disappeared” under Pinochet’s regime and over 27,000 more were victims of torture, according to Chilean commission reports.

Still, some applaud the dictator for the economic growth during his reign. Others condemn his human rights abuses and point to his economic policies as the root of Chile’s devastating inequality.

About a month after the protests began, then-President Sebastián Piñera agreed to hold a nationwide referendum to vote on the possibility of rewriting the dictatorship-era constitution. On Oct. 25, 2020, 78% of voting Chileans approved the decision to rewrite a new charter.

A woman protests with a sign reading “No more abuse.”

On Oct. 18, 2019, an increase in the metro fare sparked a nation-wide socio-political movement in Chile. Here, protesters in Santiago hit pots and pans in a common form of protest called “cacerolazo.”

PHOTOS BY NINA JOSS

Protestors in Santiago filled the central plaza to call for change. Formerly known as Plaza Italia, the space was renamed “Plaza de la dignidad” or “Dignity Plaza” during the social movement of 2019.

A protester on a lamp post waves the Chilean flag (top) and the Mapuche flag (bottom). The Mapuche are a group of Indigenous people in present-day Chile and Argentina.

Voters also determined that a convention of elected citizens would draft the new document. In a global first, the constitutional body was required to have gender parity. In addition, 17 seats were reserved for indigenous populations, according to the National Library of Congress of Chile.

In May 2021, voters elected a constitutional convention made up of 67% independent candidates, many of them part of left-leaning movements, according to Univer sidad de Chile professor Claudia Heiss.

The nontraditional makeup of the body gave some Chileans hope when the process began, but polls showed a decrease in voter confidence in the convention as time went on.

After one year of the convention’s work, the draft faced its fate in a ref erendum in which all Chileans were required to vote. The earlier votes in the constitutional process had been voluntary.

According to the Chilean Electoral Service, Chileans abroad voted to ap prove the draft but the overall popu lation overwhelmingly rejected it.

Both Bradford and Romero would have had to travel to another state to vote, so neither was able to cast a ballot due to logistics.

The draft

“Chile is a social and democratic state of law,” started the new consti

tutional draft. “It is ‘plurinacional,’ intercultural, regional and ecologi cal.”

The 388-article charter included universal health care and rights to education, housing, pensions and water. Along with vast environ mental protections, it implemented gender parity rules for governing bodies. It also restructured the country’s legislative model and es tablished parallel justice systems for indigenous groups.

Supporters of the document praised its progressive character while opponents stressed the farreaching and unachievable nature of the constitution’s goals. Some opponents wanted to keep the 1980 version. Others said they desired a new constitution, just not this one.

In Bradford’s opinion, the mem bers of the convention tried to take on too many topics.

“I do agree with some changes for the environment and things like that. But I think this proposal was covering way too many things and it became unreliable — people realized that,” she said.

But Bradford’s biggest concern about the new constitution was that it did not address what she sees as Chile’s main issues. Specifically, Bradford said she was concerned about danger and crime in Chile, which she attributed to a lack of con trol over immigration.

“I still have all my extended family members (in Chile) and I hear every day what they’re suffering. And those real issues are not getting ad dressed,” she said.

She also opposed the idea of mak

ing the state “plurinacional,” which means recognizing the coexistence of multiple national groups within a country.

“We are a united country there. I don’t believe that we should start calling each other something differ ent,” she said.

For Romero, identifying the coun try as such was one of the biggest strengths of the draft. He said it was important to recognize indigenous nations.

“When we talk about ‘plurina cionalidad,’ we are talking about the recognition of their territory and their cultural autonomy, and that they are asking for the right to organize themselves in some way,” he said. “For me, that’s good. It’s the minimum that can be offered after years of colonization — the mini mum.”

Romero also applauded the draft’s inclusion of rights to healthcare and education.

“The right to health care exists in various countries, and it works well,” Romero said. “It’s the same with the right to education… The people ignore it because they simply haven’t lived (that) reality.”

Romero added that he thinks many people who voted against the new draft were influenced by misinfor mation campaigns about its con tents. Bradford said she knew people who read the draft itself and still rejected it.

Delightful di erences

For Bradford, the new constitution was not the right move for Chile. But in Romero’s eyes, there is still

hope for a new constitution in the future.

“The process isn’t over in Chile,” he said. “It’s a battle that was lost, but the people are going to continue fighting.”

Despite their differences, Romero and Bradford say they are close. Adding their parents, younger sister and extended family into the mix, they are surrounded by a wide range of political opinions.

“We tease each other, we laugh, but we know we’re not gonna change our views — and we don’t want to change our views,” Bradford said. “We accept each other how we are and we love each other regard less.”

She compared their political dif ferences to other differences she and her siblings have, such as the ways they like to relax and their tastes in music.

“You put priorities in life and fam ily’s the first priority. Love — love for your family,” she said.

According to Romero, his family’s differences represent the diversity that should exist in a healthy society.

“If I expect that all my friends think exactly the same as me, it will be me (who is) the problem,” he said.

Even when an entire new consti tution is on the line, he says differ ences are valuable.

“This is the base of a society, what society should be,” he said. “It’s a plus when you have a difference.”

Editor’s note: Some sections of this story have been translated from Spanish. Parts that remain in Span ish are designated with italics.

Arts commission seeks nominations for

awards

The Brighton Cultural Arts Commission is seeking nominations for its 2022 Excellence in Arts Awards presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at Eagle View Adult Center, 1150 Prairie Center Parkway.

The commission asks for nominations for masters in the visual arts, performing arts, literary arts and cultural arts in education. The group is also taking nominations for visionaries for leaders in the Brighton cultural arts scene and for outstanding arts volunteers. There is a Beyond Brighton category for individuals, groups or businesses from outside Brighton who have strengthened our community’s cultural arts.

Reception for new Eye for Art exhibit

Brighton City Hall, 500 S. Fourth Ave., will be the scene for an opening reception for the newest Eye for Art exhibit. It runs from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4.

More than 30 artists and 100 pieces of art will be featured in the new exhibit, with artwork ranging in medium from oil, acrylic, watercolor and computer paintings to graphite drawings, photography, fused glass, pottery, mixed media, jewelry and various sculptures. Refreshments will be provided. Reservations are not required.

The exhibit will be open to the public through Feb. 4 throughout the floors of City Hall. Artwork is available for purchase (excluding art labeled NFS).

Contact David Gallegos, arts and culture coordinator, at dgallegos@

brightonco.gov or 303-655-2176.

Eagle View craft fair

Eagle View Adult Center’s annual craft fair runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at 1150 Prairie Center Parkway.

Almost 50 vendors will be on hand to sell homemade crafts. Bake sale goods, breakfast burritos and lunch items will be available. United power donated $1,000 to help with event expenses. Proceeds go toward the center’s operating costs.

Call 303-655-2075.

Dia de los Muertos art sought for The Armory

The Art at The Armory annual Dia de los Muertos exhibit seeks local artists to join a show that runs through Nov. 16 at The Armory Performing Arts Center, 300 Strong St.

This exhibit is a collaboration with the Chicano Humanities & Arts Council with support from the Brighton Cultural Arts Commission. The Armory will host a reception Friday, Oct. 28, featuring entertainment and refreshments. If you have questions, contact Armory House Coordinator Marcus Garcia at 303-655-2140.

Get inspired at Eagle View’s Annual Craft Fair

See the work of dozens of local artisans at Eagle View Adult Center’s Annual Craft Fair Saturday, Nov.5, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1150 Prairie Center Parkway.

Forty-nine vendors will be present to sell homemade crafts to event attendees. The annual craft fair has been a favorite community event, featuring local artisans and bringing Brighton citizens together to appreci-

ate the creative talent and get an early start on holiday shopping. Bake sale goods, breakfast burritos and lunch items will be available for purchase.

For the fourth year, Brighton-based United Power donated $1,000 to help with event expenses. All proceeds will go toward Eagle View Adult Center’s operating costs.For more information, contact the Eagle View at 303-655-2075.

Armory Performing Arts concerts

Brighton’s lineup for concerts at the Armory Performing Arts Center, 300 Strong St. continues through November.

Nov. 18: The Long Run, performs its “Alter Eagles” set at 8 p.m.

Nov. 19: The Long Run, Colorado’s tribute to the Eagles, at 8 p.m.

Tickets are available at brightonarmory.org. Contact Gary Montoya, events and downtown initiative manager, at gmontoya@brightonco.gov.

Snowplow naming contest

The city of Brighton announced its second annual Name that Snowplow contest. Elementary school students in Brighton can submit their best and most creative name ideas for the city’s nine snowplows for the 2022-2023 snow season.

Students in kindergarten through fifth grade can submit nominations through Friday, Nov. 11, at brightonco. gov/snowplowcontest. Winners will have an opportunity to take a photo with the snowplow they named and be recognized at a city council meeting.

Additionally, the contest winners will have an opportunity to ride alongside the snowplow they named during the city’s annual Festival of Lights parade Saturday, Dec. 10, weather permitting.

Winners will be notified by Nov. 22. To read the rules of the contest and submit a name, visit brightonco.gov/ snowplowcontest.

Turkey Trot

Brighton’s 38th annual Turkey Trot takes off at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at the pavilions outside the Brighton Recreation Center, 555 N. 11th Ave. The 5k run/walk is a Bolder Boulder qulaifier. First-, second- and thirdplace winners in each age division will receive prizes.

Early bird entry fees are $30 for adults and $20 for youth and seniors. Race day entry fees are $35 for adults and $25 for youth and seniors. Entry fees will include a T-shirt, breakfast, awards, prizes and drawings. .

Packet and bib pick-up will be Nov. 16 and 17 at the recreation center. Those who have not registered by Nov. 14 will have to wait and pick up their bib on the day of the race.

To register, call 303-655-2200 or visit brightonco.gov/turkeytrot

Winter market needs artists, crafters

The city of Brighton is seeking unique artists, crafters, and artisan food vendors to participate in a winter market during the city’s annual tree lighting ceremony.

The arts and crafts “Winter Market” will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, on South Main Street near the city’s Founders Plaza.

No resale, wholesale or direct sales are allowed. Seasonal arts and crafts are preferred. Vendor applications will be accepted until Nov. 25. The fee for a vendor space is $25. Registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis as space is limited. Vendors must provide their own tent as well as tables and chairs if needed.

To learn more and to apply, visit www.brightonco.gov/459/Tree-Lighting-Winter-Market. For more information, contact Susie O’Connor at soconnor@brightonco.gov.

DA Academy

The 17th Juidicial District Attorney’s Office is offering a free, eightweek program to explain the workings of the office and the criminal justice system.

It starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the DA’s office, 1000 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton. The registration deadline is Friday, Dec. 1. Info? Email chopper@da17.state.co.us.

ONGOING

Brighton adds new ChargePoint stations

The city of Brighton announced it was opening three new charging stations for electric vehicles.

The stations are at the Brighton Recreation Center at 555 N. 11th Ave. Eagle View Adult Center at 1150 Prairie Center Parkway. and Platte Valley Medical Center at 1610 Prairie Center Parkway.

The first hour of charging is free at each location. The locations have two stalls and two charging stations each that operate much like a parking meter, with a $2-per-hour charging rate after the first hour.

For other ChargePoint station locations, visit https://uk.chargepoint. com/charge_point. For more information, please contact Assistant Director of Public Works Chris Montoya at cmontoya@brightonco.gov.

Often the only man in the room

Nurse-midwife student pushes back against stereotypes

BY DANA KNOWLES, LINDSEY FORD ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

According to the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB), of the more than 13,000 AMCBcertified nurse-midwives across the United States, 85% of them are white and only 39 (0.3%) are men.

Alvarez hopes to change that. He said that as the population of pregnant people becomes more diverse, so should those who provide their health care.

“I have had and seen [pregnant] patients who did not identify as women. They are non-binary, or they identify as men,” Alvarez added, saying that nurse-midwives are part of the community, not outsiders telling patients what to do. “Nurse midwives do more than just see you at the time of your visit. They know you outside the hospital and inside the home. They are concerned about your health and, do you have child care? Do you have access to healthy food and transportation? It’s knowing more than just what you are in that moment.”

One of the main reasons Alvarez chose this profession is its history.

“In the antebellum South, many of the enslaved women were the primary caretakers of the women in their communities. They were the ones delivering the babies, even those of their enslavers. But then the white male physician comes along and says, ‘That Black woman is uneducated, she is dirty and you should not get care from her.’ OBGYNs [obstetrician gynecologists] have been delivering babies for 100 to 200 years; midwives have been doing it for millennia,” he explained.

Alvarez also pointed out that he sees dads getting more involved in caregiving for their newborn babies after watching him help their partners.

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“They’re like, ‘Wait, this guy is supporting my wife? Let me go in there and let me do something, or maybe I can change my baby’s diaper too!’” Alvarez said. “They don’t feel the need to be on the opposite side of the curtain while their wife is having a baby.”

Alvarez told Rocky Mountain PBS that sometimes, his patients are so over the moon to have someone who looks or speaks like them.

“I’ve had patients who were so excited because, ‘Oh my god, my nurse is Black! How amazing is that?’ Or when I speak Spanish to my Spanish-speaking patients they are just like, ‘Thank goodness.’”

Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. Alvarez ultimately hopes to change that and care for people, which is at the core of his motivations.

“At the end of the day, I came into this profession knowing that I want to help women and help my sisters of color,” he said. “I want to do some good and do right by people.”

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

Eric Alvarez is one of the few men at University of Colorado College of Nursing pursuing a career in nurse-midwifery.

Invasive mussels have ‘infested’ Colorado lake

impossible to eradicate them once they’re introduced.

The aquatic nuisances attach to solid or semi-solid surfaces and clog up boat engines or distribution pipes at water treatment facilities. If knocked off, the mussels can drop into and infest a body of water.

season ended Sept. 30, and so it is unlikely that the zebra mussels will be shuffled around by recreation, at this point, Walters said.

BY TATIANA FLOWERS THE COLORADO SUN

Invasive zebra mussels have “infested” the water at Colorado’s Highline Lake — a reservoir north of Loma, near Utah — despite a 15-year effort by Colorado Parks and Wildlife to keep the state free of the harmful species, the agency said this week.

CPW staff have discovered at least 10 zebra mussels in Highline Lake.

After the first adult zebra mussel was found in the reservoir Sept. 14, Parks and Wildlife staff found almost a dozen more of the mussels in the same body of water on Oct. 21 and 22. Soon after, the department changed the status of the lake from “suspect” to “infested,” according to a news release sent Oct. 25.

The new infestation could lead to millions of dollars in damage to water-based infrastructure, and threatens to impact water quality and limit recreational opportunity.

A single mussel can produce up to 1 million babies in a single year, officials said, making it challenging to contain the species, and nearly

The mussels can live outside of water for 27 days under the right conditions, and can pass almost a liter of water through their shells each day, consuming nutrients needed by other fish and plants in the ecosystem.

Their high levels of filter feeding can also alter food sources in lakes and reservoirs. And when mussels defecate or dry out on shorelines, they can cause a rancid smell, making it less desirable for people to recreate in these areas, said Robert Walters, CPW’s invasive species program manager.

Now, the agency will have increased sampling and monitoring efforts at Highline Lake to help contain the infestation. They also have implemented a special program where they will inspect and decontaminate every boat that leaves the lake to stop the species from spreading to other bodies of water, he said.

“This is incredibly concerning,” Walters said Wednesday. CPW’s invasive species leaders are evaluating other steps to contain the mussels, he said.

There currently are no boats on Highline Lake, since the boating

Highline Lake, which is northwest of Grand Junction and just a few miles east of the Utah border, is considered “high risk” for the spreading of mussels from boats. Many boats pass through the lake from out of state, particularly from Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border, a popular destination for Colorado boaters. Lake Powell has been infested with invasive mussels since 2012.

Now that Highline Lake is considered infested, it must go five years without further detections to be listed as free of mussels.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife leaders have been concerned for years about the possibility of zebra and quagga mussels popping up across the state. The department conducted an awareness campaign ahead of Memorial Day, when the boating season generally kicks off in Colorado, to encourage people to get their boats inspected each time they enter and exit Colorado’s waterways.

The department stepped up enforcement of its 15-year-old Aquatic Nuisance Species Program, a statewide decontamination program, where inspectors at 73 locations decontaminate people’s boats. Since the program’s inception in 2008, almost 500,000 boats have been inspected annually. Parks and Wildlife staff deploy instruments into high

risk reservoirs for the purpose of detecting invasive species. Staff found the first zebra mussel in midSeptember during this kind of water sampling.

Colorado is not free of all invasive aquatic nuisance species. Some bodies of water in Colorado contain Eurasian watermilfoil, for example, which grows quickly and blocks sunlight, and can kill off native aquatic plants that fish and other underwater species rely on for food and shelter.

Now, after the new detection, CPW staff are asking people to help stem the spread of zebra mussels by ensuring that any boating equipment that enters Highline Lake, and any other body of water in the state, is clean, drained and dried, in between each use. Mussel infestations are increasing across the nation each year, Walters said.

“As more and more people use our water resources for boating, we must continue to work tirelessly to prevent the spread of these harmful invasive species,” said Heather Dugan, acting director for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

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NOTICE is hereby given of a public hearing before the City Council of Brighton, Colorado, at 6:00 p.m. of the 15th day of November 2022, in the City Council Chambers located in City Hall, 500 South 4th Avenue, 1st Floor, Brighton, Colorado 80601, for the purpose of considering the grant of a franchise to ALLO Cable Communications, LLC (“Franchise Agreement”), as an ordinance of the City of Brighton, Colorado.

Copies of the Franchise Agreement are on file at the office of the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours. If enacted as an ordinance of this City the Franchise Agreement will not be published in full, but in accordance with state law, copies will be kept on file.

The subject matter of the Franchise Agreement relates primarily to the nonexclusive right to sell, furnish, and distribute cable services within the City of Brighton. The purpose of the ordinance is to approve the Franchise Agreement.

Following the hearing on November 15, 2022, the City Council will consider passage of the ordinance on second reading.

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Legal Notice No. BSB1880

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Second Publication: October 27, 2022

Third Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Budget Hearings

Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the ensuing year of 2023 have been submitted to the Eagle Shadow Metropolitan District No. 1 and Todd Creek Village Park and Recreation District (“Districts”), Adams County, Colorado. Such proposed budgets will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts to be held on November 15, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. at Fire Station 55, 15959 Havana Street, Brighton, CO.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that amendments to the 2022 budgets of the Districts may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Districts. Copies of the proposed 2023 budgets and the amended 2022 budgets, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, CO 80112. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2023 budgets and the amended 2022 budgets, if required, file or register any objections thereto.

EAGLE SHADOW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 & TODD CREEK VILLAGE PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT

By: /s/ Spencer Fane LLP Counsel for the Districts

Legal Notice No. BSB1925

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED BUDGET OF PRAIRIE CORNER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Prairie Corner Metropolitan District (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2023; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the District’s accountant at Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111-2710, where the same is open for public inspection, by appointment only; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board to be held on November 10, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. via telephone conference: 1-800-853-9595; Access Code: 303497. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto.

PRAIRIE CORNER

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Mark D. Conner President

Legal Notice No. BSB1923

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2022 BUDGETS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2023 BUDGETS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Boards of Directors (collectively the “Boards”) of THE LAKES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1, 3 & 4 (collectively the “Districts”) will hold a meeting via teleconference on November 9, 2022 at 10:00 A.M., for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Boards including a public hearing on the 2023 proposed budgets (the “Proposed Budgets”). The necessity may also arise for an amendment to the 2022 budgets (the “Amended Budgets”). This meeting can be joined using the following teleconference informa tion:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82398161135?pwd=d XNsSmRXZmk0OWQydHk5YTNEd2VCZz09 Meeting ID: 823 9816 1135; Passcode: 765031; One tap mobile: 1(720)707-2699

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Proposed Budgets and Amended Budgets (if applicable) have been submitted to the Districts. A copy of the Proposed Budgets and Amended Budgets are on file in the office of Vintage Homes and Land, LLC, 200 W. Hampden Avenue, Suite 201, Englewood, Colorado, where the same are open for public inspection.

Any interested elector of the Districts may file any objections to the Proposed Budgets and Amended Budgets at any time prior to final adoption of the Proposed Budgets or the Amended Budgets by the Boards. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda for any meeting may be obtained by calling (303) 858-1800.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS: THE LAKES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1, 3 & 4, quasi-municipal corporations and political subdivisions of the State of Colorado /s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law

Legal Notice No. BSB1940

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PRAIRIE

submitted to the Board of Directors of the Prairie Center Metropolitan District No. 7; and that copies of the proposed Amended 2022 Budget and 2023

have been filed at the District’s offices, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that adoption of the Resolutions Amending the 2022 Budget and Adopting the 2023 Budget will be considered at a public meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. This District Board meeting will be held via Zoom.

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Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Resolutions to Amend the 2022 Budget and adopt the 2023 Budget, inspect and file or register any objec tions thereto.

PRAIRIE CENTER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7

By /s/Ann E. Finn Secretary

Legal Notice No. BSB1935

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

NOTICE is hereby given that Morgan Hill Metro politan District No. 3 of Weld County, Colorado, will make final payment at 2500 Arapahoe Av enue, Suite 220, Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, November 21, 2022, at the hour of 12:00 p.m. to the following Contractors:

Lawson Construction of Longmont, Colorado, Hirschfeld Backhoe & Pipeline of Frederick, Colo rado, Asphalt Specialties of Henderson, Colorado for all work done by said contractors in construc tion or work on the Morgan Hill Filing 2 District Onsites, Morgan Hill Filing 2 Irrigation Ditch and the Morgan Hill Filing 2 County Road 3 projects located in the County of Weld, State of Colorado.

SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM

Under a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered on July 14, 2022 in the above- captioned action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows:

Original Lienee: Kenneth Allen Marus ka

Original Lienor: Lakeshore at Hunters Glen Homeowners Association, Inc. Current Holder of the evidence of debt: Lake shore at Hunters Glen Homeowners Association, Inc.

Date of Lien being foreclosed: February 23, 2021

Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: March 2, 2021 County of Recording: Adams Recording Information: 2021000024701

Original Principal Balance of the secured indebted ness: $4,365.00

Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $18,164.24

Amount of Judgment entered July 14, 2022: $16,340.45

Description of property to be foreclosed:

Lot 120, Hunter’s Glen, Lakeshore Subdivision, Filing No. II, Amendment #1, recorded January 4, 1996 at Reception No. C0136141, County of Adams, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 1158 E. 130th Avenue, #C, Thornton, CO 80241.

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AND DE SCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN.

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

NOTICE OF SALE

the evidence of the debt is

follows: Wendy E. Weigler #28419 Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 303-863-1870

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Date: October 26, 2022.

By: Richard A. Reigenborn Adams County Sheriff Adams County, Colorado

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Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT ADAMS COUNTY, STATE of COLORADO Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr. Brighton, Colorado 80601

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: JORGE JARA ARTEGA FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD: VIANEY VARGAS ALDAVA

Case Number: 22JA30019 Division: T1 Courtroom: TBD

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: ROMAN UBALDO VARGAS JUAREZ, Parent

You are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner has filed, in this Court, a verified Petition seeking to adopt the child named above.

The Petition alleges you have abandoned said child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed, without cause, to provide reasonable sup port for said child for one year or more.

You are further notified that said Petition is set for hearing on JANUARY 17, 2023 at 9:00 AM in Division T1, (IN PERSON), Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.

NO.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the Prairie Center Metropolitan District No. 5 2022 Budget and that a proposed 2023 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Prairie Center Metropolitan District No. 5; and that

of the proposed Amended 2022 Budget and 2023 Budget have been filed at the District’s offices, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado,

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Any person, co-partnership, association of per sons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provi sions, provender, or other supplies used or con sumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to Morgan Hill Metropolitan District No. 3 at the above address on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified state ment of claim prior to such final settlement will release Morgan Hill Metropolitan District No. 3, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 9:00 o’clock A.M., on December 22, 2022, at Adams County Sheriff’s Office, located at Adams County Justice Center - Basement 1100 Judicial Center Dr. Brighton, CO 80601, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law. Bidders are required to have cash or certified funds to cover the highest bid by noon on the day of the sale. Certified funds are payable to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office.

First Publication: November 03, 2022

Last Publication: December 01, 2022

Name of Publication: Brighton Standard Blade

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

You are further notified that if you fail to appear for said hearing, the Court may terminate your parental rights and grant the adoption as sought by the Petitioner(s).

Dated: October 24, 2022

Deputy Clerk,

Legal Notice No. BSB1932

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

Legal Notice of Attempt to Settle Unclaimed Capital Credit Retirements

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MORGAN HILL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

By: Jon R. Lee President of the Board

Legal Notice No. BSB1937

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 10, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr., Brighton, CO 80601

Plaintiff: LAKESHORE AT HUNTERS GLEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation,

Defendants: KENNETH ALLEN MARUSKA; SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC; HUNT ERS GLEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.; DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; LISA CULPEPPER AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ADAMS COUNTY; LISA CULPEPPER AS TREASURER FOR ADAMS COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION.

Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Wendy E. Weigler #28419 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LI ABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO LAW AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF THE STATUTES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ARE AT TACHED HERETO.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE PURSUANT TO §38-38-104, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES EN TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO §38-38-302, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIRE MENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN C.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, 720-5086000; THE CFPB, HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERFINANCE.GOV/ COMPLAINT/; CFPB, PO BOX 2900, CLINTON IA 52733-2900 (855) 411-2372 OR BOTH, BUT THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of

Commencing on October 27, 2022, and con tinuing through April 30, 2023, UNITED POWER, INC. (hereafter “United Power” or “the cooperative”), will make a final attempt to pay the unclaimed retirements of capital credits to its former members who were served by the cooperative prior to and through December 31, 2018. This notice does not apply to current United Power members. Representatives for the estates of deceased former members may also apply for unclaimed retired capital credits on behalf of the former member. Former members, or their repre sentatives, who may be eligible to receive these unclaimed retired capital credits can access a list of eligible accounts at the cooperative’s website at www.unitedpower.com, or in person at United Power’s headquarters office located at 500 Coop erative Way in Brighton, Colorado.

Former members or their representatives who may be eligible to receive a payment of unclaimed retired capital credits must complete and submit an Unclaimed Retired Capital Credits Refund Request form (available at www.unitedpower.com) and verify all necessary information to ensure their eligibility for payment. A copy of the Unclaimed Retired Capital Credits Refund Request form may also be requested by emailing capitalcredits@ unitedpower.com or by calling United Power’s Member Services line at 303-637-1300.

Submitting an Unclaimed Retired Capital Credits Refund Request form does not guarantee a disbursement will be made; proper documenta tion and valid proof of membership during the applicable time period is required. No refund checks will be issued for unclaimed retirement amounts below $5.00. Unclaimed retired capital credit refunds can be donated to the United Power Round Up Foundation, which provides assistance to community organizations within the coopera tive’s service territory. After the notification period closes on April 28, 2023, all unclaimed retired capital credits for the applicable time period will be considered an assignment and contribution of capital to United Power.

Additional questions about this notice and unclaimed retired capital credit refunds should be directed to United Power Member Services at 303-637-1300 or by email to capitalcredits@ unitedpower.com

UNITED POWER, INC.

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

Colorado won’t speed up air pollution fixes

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

The Air Quality Control Commis sion has declined to push for speed ing up state plans to attack ozone and greenhouse gas pollution, despite an other report from the Environmental Protection Agency that Colorado is falling behind on its own mandates.

Environmental groups and local officials demanded that the governorappointed commission add new ozone and greenhouse gas regula tions to get Colorado back on track.

But the commission listened to up dates from state agencies last week and avoided reconvening a strategy subcommittee that could recommend faster-acting policies.

“We have a process to get to a plan,” said Commissioner Elise Jones, usually the fiercest critic of the pace of state air pollution policy. “I feel much better,” Jones said, after hearing state regulators list policy votes planned for 2022 and 2023 and a promise of new models showing the pollution cuts that various rules would deliver.

The AQCC had passed a resolu tion in 2020 saying that if emissions results showed Colorado getting off track of the goals, it would consider new actions to close the gap. Jones said Monday that new modeling of additional policy proposals’ impacts will allow the AQCC to get tougher actions on the vote calendar for 2023, beyond those already scheduled.

A coalition that had pressed for faster action blasted what they see as

the AQCC’s passive approach.

“No one from the Air Pollution Control Division, the Colorado Ener gy Office or elsewhere has answered the question of how they might meet 2025 emission reductions required by Colorado law,” said Chandler Green, a spokesperson for the Environmen tal Defense Fund and the broad coali tion. The coalition wants the AQCC to consider new limits on oil and gas drilling and production, strategies for reducing miles driven by fossil fuel-powered vehicles, and an even faster schedule for retiring fossil fuel electricity plants.

The environmental coalition was hoping a new critical report from the EPA might give their arguments momentum at the AQCC’s monthly meeting.

The EPA’s state-by-state assessment of greenhouse emissions last year shows Colorado losing ground, simi lar to what state regulators reported to the AQCC earlier this year.

Major industrial emitters like power plants, refineries and cement producers in Colorado produced 42 million tons of greenhouse gases in 2021, up 5% from 40 million tons in 2020, the EPA’s tracker reported.

All it took for Colorado to see that setback to its greenhouse gas reduc tion was for the heavily polluting Comanche Generating Station to come back online.

“The grand champion worst pol luter was the Comanche Power Plant near Pueblo at nearly 8 million tons of CO2, way up from its 2020 total of about 4.5 million tons,” said Ted

Public Notices

By: /s/Mark A. Gabriel

NOTICE

October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Reyes Montano, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30788

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 March 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ann Rodriguez Personal Representative 8364 Charlotte Way Denver, CO 80221

Legal Notice No. BSB1931

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of KEVIN LEE LOCKETT, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30849

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 February 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Geoffrey L. Pearson 2205 W. 136th Ave, #106-128 Broomfield, CO 80023

No.

Zukoski, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity in Denver. “The Craig Power Plant in Moffat County was the second worst CO2 polluter at 7.8 million tons, up slightly from 2020.”

Coal-fired Comanche was offline much of the time in 2020 because of major operating problems, and ran more steadily in 2021.

A resurgence in fossil fuel electric ity in 2021 and a boost in vehicle miles traveled also contributed to the state’s own accounting of falling behind on greenhouse gas reduc tions by 2025 and 2030, dates with mandatory cuts put in place by state lawmakers. State law requires a drop in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 benchmark levels of 26% by 2025 and 50% by 2030.

Yet the state’s latest inventory update showed Colorado will exceed those limits by 11.4 million tons of pollution in 2025, “even under optimistic estimates of what current policies and regulations will deliver,” the environmental coalition told the AQCC. The coalition includes 13 groups, among them Western Resource Advocates, Sierra Club of Colorado, Protegete, 350 Colorado and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

By the state’s count, the electricity generation and transportation sec tors of the economy each put out 8 million tons of carbon dioxide above what the state had projected for 2021, the coalition noted. They also note that carbon dioxide emissions are cu mulative, with all the excess between

now and 2025 adding to atmospheric totals that have already pushed up average temperatures in Colorado and the West.

A slate of local officials and activ ists implored the AQCC to act faster on both ozone and greenhouse gases during the public comments pre ceding the monthly meeting. The commission also heard the annual ozone update from state air pollution regulators concluding that Colorado continued to violate EPA limits on the respiratory toxin and cannot meet stricter regulations by a 2024 deadline.

“While we may not know all the acronyms, we know how our lungs feel; and we know about making the decision between going to work or getting lung damage,” said state Rep. Jennifer Bacon, a Denver Democrat who said she was speaking for the House Black and Latino caucuses.

High levels of lung-attacking ozone have “become a defining feature of Colorado’s Front Range,” said Tonya Briggs of the Lafayette City Council. The state is “putting residents in harm’s way” while waiting for the EPA to force Colorado into compli ance, Briggs said. “My residents can’t wait another day.”

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Case Number: 2022 PR 30790

Last Publication: November 10, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of CRAIG JACKSON, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30835

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 February 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Terri L. McGinnis

Personal Representative Diana J. Payne, #12831 Howard J. Beck, # 3075 Beck, Payne, Frank & Piper, P.C. 3025 S. Parker Road, Suite 200 Aurora, CO 80014

Legal Notice No. BSB1900

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Norma M. Hohn, a/k/a Norma Marlene Hohn, a/k/a Norma Hohn, a/k/a Norma Marlene B. Hohn, a/k/a Marlene B. Hohn and Marlene Hohn, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30818

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 February 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

James J. Hohn Personal Representative 3465 W. 62nd Ave. Denver, CO 80221

Legal Notice No. BSB1885

First Publication: October 20, 2022 Last Publication: November 3, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of WILLIAM CHRIS SHUKAS, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30874

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 February 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard B. Vincent #13843 1120 W. South Boulder Rd., Suite 101-A Lafayette, CO 80026

Legal Notice No. BSB1917

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: November 10, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of BONNIE JEAN SCHWARTZ a/k/a BONNIE SCHWARTZ a/k/a BONNIE J. SCHWARTZ a/k/a BONNIE JEAN ATTERBERRY, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30853

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 March 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Casey C. Breese, #51448 675 15th Street, Suite 2650 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. BSB1936

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 17, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of HUNTER SCOTT VENTURELLI a/k/a HUNTER S. VENTURELLI a/k/a HUNTER VENTURELLI, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30857

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 March 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

London Venturelli

Personal Representative c/o Arlene Barringer, Esq. Glatstein & O’Brien, LLP 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222

Legal Notice No. BSB1927

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of VASHTI JACKSON WILSON, aka VASHTI J. WILSON, aka VASHTI WILSON, Deceased

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 February 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carl S. Wilson

Personal Representative 14160 Hudson St Thornton, CO 80602

Legal Notice No. BSB1882

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARY JANE HILL, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30658

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 February 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rebecca Jane Hohnstein Personal Representative P.O. Box 867

Brighton, CO 80608

Legal Notice No. BSB1899

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of AMY JO KIEFFER, a/k/a AMY J. KIEFFER, a/k/a AMY JO ZUBIA a/k/a AMY J. ZUBIA, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30840

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 February 21, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Christian M. Zubia

Personal Representative 1065 Pincay Drive Henderson, NV 89015

Legal Notice No. BSB1887

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade