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VOLUME 63 ISSUE 21

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Mayor candidates have vision for Morrison’s future Town election is April 5

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The two candidates running to be the mayor of Morrison agree that Morrison needs to remain Morrison, but they differed on how to embrace the future and whether a marijuana dispensary should be allowed in the town.

Angela Bernhardt, who started Morrison’s Alley Fest that was canceled the last couple years because of the pandemic, and Chris Wolfe, SEE MAYOR, P4

Shreevie Kenner of Golden, a school bus driver in Evergreen for 24 years, is going to Hawaii on vacation thanks to a GoFundMe fundCOURTESY PHOTO raiser.

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Evergreen is showing some love for a longtime school bus driver.

A GoFundMe has netted more than twice the target fundraising goal to help send Shreevie Kenner of Golden to visit a friend in Hawaii. Kenner, who has been driving Evergreen’s young ones to school for 24 years, plans to take the one-week vacation in June — after school ends for the year, of course.

Friend and co-worker Joan Cooper set up the fundraiser, calling Kenner

an amazing lady who never loses her spunk.

“She loves those kids,” Cooper said. “(Driving school buses) is a way she can stay connected to kids. I mainly (set up the GoFundMe page) because I felt she deserved to go to Hawaii.”

In fact, the page raised $2,000 in a couple hours when the request had been for $1,000 to pay for plane tickets. As of March 27, the page had raised $2,910.

For Kenner, learning that families and complete strangers donated to help her has been humbling, and

she talked more about the children who have been on her bus and the families she has gotten to know over the years.

Kenner has always wanted to visit Hawaii. Her parents promised her a trip there when she was young, but they divorced, so the vacation didn’t happen. Kenner said she watched the Elvis Presley movie “Blue Hawaii” a million times because she always wanted to visit.

Children riding the bus have become an integral part of her life,

Morrison trustee candidates want to keep the town’s character New police department, the small-town feel highlight comments at forum

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The candidates for four Morrison trustee positions tended to agree on

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Jack L. Schnepp

August 18, 1936 - February 24, 2022

OBITUARIES

Jack is survived by wife, Cynthia, daughters Gail (Bruce) Montgomery and Terri Schnepp, grandson Jack Montgomery and granddaughter Paige Montgomery, sister Bernice Grover and numerous nieces and nephews.

in Alaska during the Korean War. He was also a lifetime member of the VFW and the Elks - serving as an officer in Evergreen, as well as Alma, Michigan. He followed his passion for golf especially in the past few years.

His kindness, caring, honesty and love will be truly missed.

He was a theatre teacher, actor, and High School principal in Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as a Middle School principal in Harrison, A Memorial Service will be held at Michigan. He directed and appeared in many Evergreen Elks Lodge on Sunday, April 10th play in Las Vegas, Harrison, and at Center at 2pm. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Stage in Evergreen, Colorado. the family for a theatre scholarship in Jack’s Jack was an Army veteran having served name.

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especially after her daughter Brittany died in 1994 at age 7 of Ewing’s sarcoma, and she never had more children. Kenner was saving to make the Hawaii trip when her husband died of COVID-19 in October

the best bus driver and caregiver of children ever.

Kenner, who gets up early to drive from Golden to the Jeffco Public Schools bus facility in Marshdale by 5 a.m., had planned to retire, but with the death of her husband, she’s decided to work as long as she’s able.

Don’t tell, but friend Cooper hopes to make Kenner a purple muumuu and present it to her at the bus driv-

2020, and that money went to medical and funeral expenses.

Comments on social media show how much parents have valued Kenner as a bus driver, and she also worked for the Evergreen Park & Recreation District during summer camp for 10 years starting in 2000.

They called her always on time, dedicated to their children, kind, always with a bunch of dog treats—

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ers’ end-of-the-school-year party, which will be luau themed.

Kenner is overwhelmed by the support, saying it was unexpected yet appreciated. The families she has served all these years say they are glad to provide Kenner with some joy because as the children on her bus put it recently, “We thank you and we love you.”

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Shreevie’s daughter Brittany died of Ewing’s sarcoma in 1994 at age 7.

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Shreevie and John Kenner of Golden. John died in 2020 from COVID-19.

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the job entails, noting that it was a team effort between the mayor and board of trustees to make decisions for the town.

who spent 10 years on the town board in the past, answered questions about their priorities during a candidate forum recently.

The election for the town, which has a population of about 400, is from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. April 5. Electors will be voting for mayor and members of the board of trustees, plus ballot measures on whether to allow a marijuana shop within the town limits and, if approved, setting the sale tax rate for the shop.

Bernhardt, with a degree in economics and who turned around the failing Cliff House Lodge, said she’s a huge believer in community involvement, and she wanted the town to host more events such as summer picnics and winter game nights, so neighbors could get to know each other.

Wolfe explained that his past experience on the board of trustees helps him step into the mayor position because he understands what

Goals for the town Wolfe said he’d like to see improvements to traffic, parking, the police department and roads, noting that keeping Morrison Morrison shouldn’t entail changing to be like other communities.

“We should keep growth to a minimum,” Wolfe explained. “We don’t want the influence of people who want to change the heart of this town. We need to manage that … so people who visit in 10, 15 years say it’s still the same.”

Wolfe said another issue for the town to consider was preparing in case of wildfire, calling the Marshall Fire in Boulder County a wakeup call for everyone living here.

“We were given a warning since we are in that neck of the woods,” Wolfe said. “It could have been us.

We should take a look at that as a board and make decisions to protect our community.”

Bernhardt noted that as much as

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ABOUT THE ELECTION

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most issues concerning the town, and they had ideas on how to make improvements while keeping its small-town character.

Four of the five candidates talked with voters at a recent candidate forum, discussing their views on the newly revived police department, keeping Morrison Morrison and the town’s character.

Sean Forey, who has been Morrison’s mayor for eight years, is term limited, so he could not run for mayor again. Instead, he is running to be a member of the board of trustees.

He could not attend the forum, but a statement read on his behalf said Morrison’s future was important to him, and his goal by continuing to serve on board was to protect what Morrison has and to keep Morrison Morrison.

Kathleen Dichter, who in the past served as town trustee and mayor, said the town has come a long way.

She said she is running for trustee because she cares and has the time to do the job, and she has experience

The election will be 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, in the Morrison Town Hall, 110 Stone St., Morrison.

To request an absentee ballot by mail, an application must be filed at the town offices, 321 Highway 8, by 4:30 p.m. April 1. Absentee ballots must be turned into the town offices no later than 7 p.m.

April 5.

Four trustees will be elected to the Morrison Board of Trustees. The three candidates who get the most votes will serve four-year terms, while the candidate who gets the next highest number of votes will serve a two-year term. The reason for the difference in terms is because two trustees were appointed in 2021, and those positions are required to be on the next ballot. The different terms will allow the town to return to three trustees elected every two years. working in government on the local, county and state level.

Incumbent Paul Sutton, who is running for a second term, said the town has been doing great things in the four years he’s been on the board, and he wants to continue the work and programs that have been

residents want to keep Morrison a small, eclectic community, the residential development on the east side of C-470 will force change. She wanted the community to discuss how to manage that change while getting those new residents to spend money in the town.

She advocated for more sidewalks to allow pedestrians to get to the town’s attractions such as the Morrison Natural History Museum and events like a farmers market to bring more tourists to the town and help businesses to ultimately bring more revenue into the town.

She suggested that town officials could work with Denver to build a parking garage near C-470 to help solve the area’s parking issues, possibly providing a shuttle or train, adding to the town’s quaintness.

Marijuana shop Bernhardt said the town should embrace getting a marijuana shop because of the revenue it would bring to town coffers.

“Some people may not agree with that, but the town has lost out on a ton of revenue in the last decade,”

taking place.

Adam Way said he wanted to provide a fresh perspective to the town board, working with both businesses and residents to improve Morrison. He is excited to give back to the town he’s been part of for 30 years.

Incumbent David Wirtz, who was appointed to the town board last year, said he liked how Morrison has remained small — with about 400 residents — for decades. He said while some worry about the town’s revenue streams, he’s less concerned about them because the town’s budget has been in the black, focusing instead on what businesses and citizens want.

Marijuana, small-town identity Sutton, Wirtz, Dichter and Way said they would listen to the wishes of voters, who will decide in a referendum on whether to allow a marijuana dispensary within the town limits and the sales tax to be levied on the dispensary.

They also said that Morrison shouldn’t change its character. It can’t add a lot of new development because there isn’t much vacant land, and they prefer small growth that doesn’t change the town’s feel.

she said.

Wolfe said he didn’t favor having a marijuana shop in the town.

“I feel it’s not who our community is as a whole,” Wolfe said. “I know we’re saying no to money, but it’s not always about the money.”

Good for Morrison Both agreed that they had the time necessary to devote to the mayor position, and they wanted to work collaboratively with the town trustees, business owners and residents.

“We need to protect the future. I want to represent you guys the best I can and to keep Morrison Morrison,” Wolfe told those attending the candidate forum. “I think that’s a great motto to live by. Change is inevitable, but we can minimize it and contain it.”

Bernhardt added: “I know that in my heart I would put my effort to bring everyone together and listen and make a difference. If we can foster community and listen to each other … and hear each other’s heart, we can work stronger as a community.”

The candidates also agreed that it was important for Morrison to keep its small-town identity no matter what happened in surrounding areas.

“The people and the personalities keep the identity of the town,” Way said. “What makes it a great place to live is the town’s personality.”

Sutton agreed, noting that it was a delicate balance between maintaining Morrison’s identity and adapting to change.

Police department The candidates said they were pleased that the town has a local police department again, noting that once it became public that the Morrison Police Department’s work had been suspended last year, noise and speeding became even bigger problems.

Morrison hired a new police chief in July 2021, and town officials contracted with the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement while she revamped the department and hired new officers. She resigned three months later, and the town hired a new police chief last month, who has brought on a new police force.

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“This is an opportunity with this new police chief to have community police officers where we are much

more in touch with them,” Sutton said. “I’m optimistic that will be better in the future.”

Wirtz agreed, noting that a community police force will help keep the streets safe by slowing speeders, especially when the town has such a large amount of pedestrian traffic.

Several candidates said they wanted to see more community gettogethers, especially with the town’s new police officers, so they become part of Morrison and know residents and business owners.

Other ideas

Dichter suggested that it would be beneficial for the town to have a small dog park — a place where dogs could run.

Wirtz would like more connecting trails and safe ways to walk along highways in the town, plus ways to slow speeding vehicles.

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Coffee with your paper: Coffee Bean N Bakery Coffee shop in Pine offers fresh, made-from-scratch pastries and more

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Editor’s Note: This is the ninth in an ongoing series about coffee shops in the foothills.

With her own pastry recipes stealing the show, owner of Coffee Bean N Bakery Amy Riffle strives to provide quality products and a welcoming environment at her coffee shop in Pine.

Riffle has been in the service industry for years, and has transferred a few tricks of the trade into her coffee business. One of them is using spouts instead of pumps on her syrups, utilizing “count pours” (like a bartender) to get the most product out of the bottles.

Coffee is a fairly new medium to Riffle; her shop has been in Pine for about three years, while she has been in the baking industry for over three decades. She takes pride in her pastries, which are all baked fresh.

Her most popular baked goods are the sin-n-buns, which are cinnamon rolls made with danish dough. The shop also offers white chocolate raspberry scones, cookies, cupcakes, breakfast sandwiches, seven types of breakfast burritos, bread, birthday cakes and other rotating treats.

Drink-wise, Coffee Bean N Bakery has a full coffee bar, and offers coffee

A festive leprechaun bread creation was baked by one of the staff at the shop.

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ice with their cold coffee drinks.

They also feature four different kinds of smoothies.

Riffle enjoys making and drinking the white chocolate nutmeg latte, and loves to bake scones.

“Most of the stuff I make here is me,” she said, referring to the pastries being her original recipes.

The best part of the shop, for Riffle, is the team she has to work with.

“I’m super happy with the team I have,” she said. “I’ve been in this industry a really long time; I can’t say more about the combination of staff.

Everyone has their strong points.”

Riffle believes in the wellbeing of her staff, and does all she can to make sure they are taken care of.

She promotes a work environment

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The pastry case at Coffee Bean N Bakery in Pine invites the hungry gaze of customers.

where they all work hard, but have fun while doing it.

“To me, it’s all about the staff. If they’re happy, my customers are happy. And I already have a product I can stand behind,” she said.

The shop also features the art of over 14 local artists on its walls, ranging from photography and woodworking, to jewelry and honey.

The shop sees mostly regulars during the week, with more travelers coming through on the weekends on their way to and from mountain adventures. The shop is open 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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Membership Drive – Sign up and become a Chamber member by March 30st and we’ll waive the $35 start up fee and you’ll get listed in the 285 Business Directory. Log on to our website or call the office.

Photo Contest – The Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce mails out a printed business directory along the 285 Corridor. We are looking for local photographers to submit photos that capture the beauty of our area. We are looking for photos that best represent the active lifestyle of our community and show people enjoying all our area has to offer (camping, mountain biking, hiking, horse back riding, etc). Please submit only local shots of images in and around the 285 corridor. The Contest Winner will be announced and awarded on April 1st. WINNER receives an article in the Canyon Courier, your photo and photo credit on the cover and bragging rights of your photo being in over 11,000+ home and businesses along the 285 Corridor!! If you have any questions or would like to participate, please reach out to Britni LeRoux at director@goconifer. com or call 303-838-5711 with questions.

Annual Awards- Each year the Conifer Chamber is thrilled to honor businesses,

The spouts on drink syrups enable baristas to use more of the product than a traditional pump.

organizations and individuals that have made a difference in our chamber, our community and have worked to make living in the foothills even better. Winners will be announced at our April 8th meeting at Woodlands from 7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

Elevation Celebration on Sutton Rd. in Aspen Park – July 30 & 31- Conifer’s signature summer festival focuses on celebrating the mountain lifestyle! Elevation Celebration is a free community street fair the last weekend in July.

Join us for Conifer’s signature summer festival featuring the Elevation Run/Walk, live local music on two stages, a craft beer tent, beer garden and kid zone. Fun for all ages! Follow us on Facebook for all the latest updates.

We are now taking applications for craft and food vendor’s for this event. Log on to GoConifer.com for more details.

Take advantage of the many opportunities and business services the Chamber offers. If you have any membership questions, or would like to find out more about becoming a member, do not hesitate to contact me, Britni LeRoux, Executive Director, director@goConifer.com, 303838-5711. Thank you for your continued support and thank you for shopping local!

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Mountain libraries get family programming and community redesign ideas

March 18 • 7:30pm March 19 • 4:30pm Wellshire Presbyterian Church Denver A participant in Conifer library’s creative station program shows off his creation.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY HOLLY RAPP

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Conifer Library offers children and family programming. Now it is gearing up for the Summer Challenge.

The creative station is a newer program held one Saturday a month where kids can do a craft at the library.

The purpose?

“To hang out with other kids and do fun crafts. We provide all of the supplies,” said Holly Rapp, patron experience supervisor for the mountain libraries.

In addition to the creative station, the library offers a weekend activity for the whole family.

At 10:15 a.m. every Saturday, a family story time is held. The program has been going on for years.

Rapp describes it as “reading fun for everyone.”

“The whole family is invited to engaging stories, dancing and singing,” she said.

The program involves everyone; Rapp says it is fun, interactive and met with great enthusiasm.

“It’s a key way to support early childhood development and learning….it also helps with parent engagement and education as well,” she said.

The Summer Challenge registration is coming up in May for all of the Jeffco Libraries. People of all ages can participate in library challenges and win prizes. Check back at the Jeffco Library website soon for

details.

The Evergreen Library is looking for community input in its redesign. The library is hosting community meetings and surveys to gather feedback on what people want their library to provide.

Jessica Paulson, the public services manager of Evergreen and Conifer libraries, says this is the first step in gathering information for the redesign.

“It’s really early yet, so there aren’t really any proposals. These are really just the first proposals,” she said.

The library is looking to address the aging infrastructure and deferred maintenance, as well as add more outlets, data points and flexible spaces.

“Making sure we have the resources in the space we need to be flexible going forward and be a relevant library,” Paulson said.

Some of the things they are looking to find out from the community is what kind of spaces people want, is the current library accessible and easy to navigate, and asking other questions ranking types of spaces and styles of libraries.

“We’re really excited, and we hope the community is too,” Paulson said.

Virtual community input meetings will take place at 10 a.m. on March 31 and 10 a.m. on April 2. Registration for the meetings, as well as the redesign survey for teens and adults can be found at www.jeffcolibrary.org/evergreen-redesign/

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EPRD response to column on hiring executive director COLUMN BY MONTY ESTIS

The Canyon Courier ran a column suggesting that the Evergreen Park & Recreation District should have involved the general public more in the hiring process of a new executive director. I would like to counter that we were as open as we could be without either violating the law or substantially depleting the candidate pool.

If the candidates’ names and

resumes were made public, far fewer qualified applicants would apply, as most would not want their current employers to know they are looking elsewhere. This was an issue for many special districts and other governmental entities in the past, which is why the Colorado legislature last year clarified that a “finalist” could be one (or more) candidate(s). Until a candidate is a finalist, their applications are pri-

vate, protected and cannot be made public under the public records laws.

Contrary to the column, EPRD does not plan to vote on Mr. VanderVeen at the regular board meeting on March 29. He will be giving a presentation at that meeting and responding to questions, but the board plans to meet the following week to discuss and vote on an offer. That should provide the public

ample time to provide feedback.

Both EPRD and I personally believe in openness and transparency, but just as with other elected officials, such as mayors, governors and presidents, we elect them, and they do their due diligence to choose their senior executive staff.

Monty Estis is the board president of Evergreen Park & Recreation District.

Spring has sprung, so let’s get growing!

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pring has finally come! The dark days of winter are now releasing into the longer, warmer days of spring. We are starting to see small sprigs of green, the birds are singing and the sun is lingering longer into the nighttime hours. This is an exciting time to begin thinking about growth in a variety of forms. We first think of the new plants in our yard and garden, but also physical, mental and spiritual growth.

The act of planting and tending to plants can not only provide us with more exposure to nature but can provide activities that can help us maintain our health.

“Exposure to nature through gardens and gardening activities can enhance psychological wellbeing through emotion regulation and relief from stress. Classic early research shows that viewing nature through windows or in pictures can positively affect stress recovery, lowering blood pressure and slowing heart rate.9,10 Because natural environments require less effortful attention and may act as

a distraction from daily hassles,9in particular for frail older adults, simply being in a garden or viewing elements of a garden may provide benefits such as relaxation and restoration.” (Scott, et al, 2020) Gardening in Christy Recke whatever form you can manage has shown in a variety of studies to decrease depression, increase mental acuity and physical mobility but also address anxiety and stress related issues. Start with a small pot in your kitchen. Try growing a tomato or potato plant in a bucket on your porch. These small physical acts can go a long way in continuing to maintain flexibility in joints, improve heart health and increase sun exposure elevating your mood. Learning about new plants, their names, what they need to grow and how to see them flourish stimulates our mind and helps to deter dementia.

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If you do not have the yard space or the physical ability to start a garden, try growing herbs in your kitchen. Herbs such as mint, oregano and lavender are easy to grow, do not need a great deal of space and can provide not only a component of aromatherapy but can be used in cooking as well. Indoor plants also aid in filtering the air around you and provide moisture to your space.

Other plants that are easy to care for include spider plants, succulents and aloe vera. Raised garden beds is another option if you have any bending or lifting restrictions for planting seeds and established plants. If you are unable to build them, try starting with a plastic tote on your porch, set it on a chair, add some planting soil and seeds and presto! Instant raised bed.

What is important here is that we keep moving mentally and physically. Caring for plants can be a way to stay connected to those we love by reminiscing over times past keeping our gardens and harvesting at the end of the season. Growing plants can be a way to connect socially and

meet like-minded individuals. Our local area is abundant with nature and opportunities to participate in growth of all kinds. Right here in Idaho Springs we have the Columbine Garden Club. Another way to grow plants is community garden beds. If you do not have access to them, we also have a community garden in Idaho Springs or seek out one in your own town. Join up with your neighbor if they have the space and you have the seeds. You can enjoy the time together, enjoy the physical benefits of gardening and partake in the joys of growing something new. Tending a garden and growing your own herbs, vegetables, fruits or just beautiful flowers is a wonderful way to not just reconnect with others and nature but to reconnect with ourselves and our happiness.

Christy Recke MS, RN, CWCN currently works as a wound care nurse consultant and lives in Idaho Springs. She has been a nurse for 25 years and holds a Master’s degree in Complementary and Integrative Health.

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Face painting, authentic eats, Bigfoot tours Conifer artist is gearing up for gigs, Evergreen Thai restaurant is nearing opening, Bailey outpost will help you find Sasquatch

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rachel’s Creations Rachel Baer Henderson started her business, Rachel’s Creations, in 1999 after 10 years in forensics as a deputy coroner investigator. She decided it was time to pursue her artistic endeavors.

Baer Henderson does murals, face painting, canvas art, canvas painting parties, body painting and other artistic projects. She loves to share her passion for art.

“I just break things down really easily, step by step, and it makes me feel wonderful having someone do something they haven’t done before and succeed,” she said.

Rachel’s Creations did a canvas party for Baer Henderson’s mother and a group of friends, and when they finished, her mom said that was the first time she had ever

Rachel’s Creations organized a canvas party for Baer Henderson’s mother, Ilene Baer, PROVIDED BY RACHEL’S CREATIONS in 2018.

painted something on her own; and she was in her 70s. Encouraging her mom to hang up what she had created was more rewarding than seeing her own art on the wall, Baer Henderson said.

Baer Henderson remembers her first mural being when she took crayons to her parent’s kitchen wall as a child. The unwelcome act turned into a full time career as an adult.

Rachel’s Creations has been featured in the Parade of Homes, has created multiple murals around Colorado and does lots of face paint-

ing events for school festivals and more.

Baer Henderson said the best part about her job is getting to make people happy with what she does.

“Just making people smile… there’s nothing better than face painting and then showing a little kid in the mirror and having them giggle,” she said.

Rachel’s Creations is now booking for spring and summer events. She offers canvas painting parties, face painting and much more—just let her know what you have in mind.

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Thai 101 A new Thai restaurant is coming to Evergreen in May. The restaurant, named Thai 101, will be located at 32156 Castle Court in Evergreen. The opening date is May 1, and owner Somying Fox has big plans for her new Colorado community.

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Thai food since she learned from her mother as a child. She was born in Thailand, and embraces the culture with her cuisine. She plans to decorate the restaurant with Thai style decorations.

After owning multiple restaurants in Missouri, Fox decided she wanted to have a restaurant in her new home, Colorado.

“I moved here and wanted to have a restaurant in Colorado, because I feel like this is my home now. I want to have somewhere to be at home everyday,” she said.

The restaurant will be family owned by Fox, her mother, her children and her sister.

Thai 101 will have popular dishes like Pad Thai and Drunken Noodles, appetizers like Crab Rangoons, drinks including Thai Boba, milk tea and Thai coffee and desserts like sweet sticky rice with mango.

The restaurant will have dine in, pick up and delivery, and will have outdoor seating (including heaters when the weather is chilly). The location will be able to accommodate large groups and the area has ample parking.

Fox said the beautiful location will be a draw for customers.

“People come for the hiking, and they can stop by for some Thai food,” she said.

Sasquatch Outpost in Bailey is the destination for all things Bigfoot.

Sasquatch Outpost Jim and Daphne Myers’ business started as a grocery store, and then pivoted to a gift shop, museum and tour service dedicated to Sasquatch.

As Jim Myers describes it, the Sasquatch Outpost in Bailey has

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“anything and everything you can imagine related to Bigfoot.” This includes products from numerous local vendors.

The outpost has hats, shirts, socks, coasters, stickers, figurines, books and much more.

After having success with the gift

shop, the Sasquatch Encounter Discovery Museum was built in 2016 and expanded in 2018. Since its origin, the museum has attracted over 55,000 visitors.

“We wanted to make something that would be educational and informative,” Jim said.

The museum includes plaster casts of Sasquatch footprints from all over the country, an encounter map, videos, personal accounts and possibly most notably, a 7’ 3” animatronic Sasquatch.

This big creature is hidden in the shadows intentionally, Jim said, to give what he thinks is more of an authentic experience of what a Bigfoot encounter is like.

“It’s been a huge hit,” he said.

The giant animatronic figure was commissioned from an artist in Ohio, and transported back to Colorado in a crate marked “Warning! Sasquatch Inside” garnering attention during the excursion.

In addition to the gift shop and museum, Myers also offers tours and events. These events, like Bigfoot Adventure Weekend, Horseback Camping Adventures and more offer participants a chance to go with Bigfoot researchers and guides on camping expeditions in hopes of catching a glimpse of Bigfoot. For more information and registration on these events, check out sasquatchoutpost.com/events.

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March Wildlife Photo Page: The Squirrel Family

A chipmunk stuffs its cheeks while eating in Evergreen.

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A black-phase Abert’s squirrel is spotted in Evergreen on March 19, 2022.

A marmot chows down in the Mount Evans area in August 2012.

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A pine squirrel visits Evergreen Highlands on July 4, 2019.

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In honor of Colorado Parks & Wildlife’s 125th anniversary this year, the Clear Creek Courant and the Canyon Courier will have a monthly photo page celebrating the state’s amazing wildlife and parks.

Each page will celebrate a different local animal or group of animals, including fun facts provided by CPW. For March, the mountain newspapers are celebrating Colorado’s squirrels, chipmunks, marmots and prairie dogs.

SQUIRREL FAMILY FUN FACTS: • Squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, prairie dogs, woodchucks, and groundhogs are all part of the family Sciuridae, which includes smallto medium-sized rodents. While pikas are similar in size and can live in the same areas as these rodents, pikas are actually related to rabbits and hares.

• Several species of ground squirrel live in Colorado, with at least one species living in any given area of the state. The squirrel species can be in found in a variety of habitats from the grasslands to the mountains to the desert shrub-lands.

• Colorado is home to five species of chipmunk: Colorado chipmunk, Hopi chipmunk, Uinta chipmunk, cliff chimunk and the least chip-

munk. While each lives in a distinct part of the state, the least chipmunk is the most widespread.

• Chipmunks have cheek pouches in which they carry food to store in their burrows.

• Prairie dogs, despite their name, are actually “barking” squirrels.

Colorado has three prairie dog species: the black-tailed, the whitetailed and the Gunnison prairie dog.

Observers can tell which species a given prairie dog belongs to by the color of its tail, with the Gunnison prairie dog having a gray tail.

• The marmot is the largest of Colorado’s ground squirrels. Marmots have a range of predators that includes coyotes, badgers, birds of prey and weasels. Marmots use their rocky habitats and a social system of alarm calls to protect themselves.

However, CPW believes the stress of hibernation is probably a greater cause of death for marmots than predators.

• According to CPW, marmots are known to accidentally hitchhike from their mountain habitat down to the Denver area. Marmots are attracted to vehicle engines for their heat and the soy-based insulation, which can smell like food when heated. So, they hop into the undercarriage portion of vehicles and go for a ride to the metro area, where unsuspecting people find them in garages or parking lots. This typi-

A prairie dog is visible at South Jeffco’s Clement Park in April 2018.

cally happens several times a year, and the marmots are relocated to the Mount Evans area, Staunton State Park, or other suitable locations.

• Staunton State Park hosts Marmot Fest every summer, as the park boasts an estimated 25-30 marmots living within its boundaries. Because of this, marmots have become Staunton’s unofficial mascot.

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GOT WILDLIFE PHOTOS? The April wildlife photo page will celebrate Colorado’s state animal: the bighorn sheep. To contribute to the April 28 page, email photos to cwesteman@coloradocommunitymedia.com before April 18. Include the photographer’s name, and the date and location the photo was taken. The photo can be of wildlife anywhere in Colorado and doesn’t have to be recent.

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Helping students in Guatemala

Evergreen residents Ted and Connie Ning and Barbara Steger with MAIA staffers on a COURTESY PHOTOS home visit.

Evergreen Rotary Foundation oversees fund for tuition, college expenses

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

More than 40 girls graduating from high school in Guatemala have the money to get a higher education thanks to an endowment now administered by the Evergreen Rotary Foundation.

In December, the Guatemala Indigenous Women’s Endowment Fund provided $24,000 in scholarships to students at MAIA Impact School in Sololá, Guatemala. They are attending Guatamala universities majoring in

Evergreen Rotarians Susan and Richard Toussaint meet with the student they sponsor, Pamela Chumil. COURTESY PHOTO

a variety of fields including nursing, psychology, social work, education, law, engineering, business administration and microbiology.

The Evergreen Rotary Foundation now manages a $200,000 endowment from the Quetzal University Fund that pays for the scholarships for MAIA students. In addition to tuition, the scholarships will be tailored to the students’ needs, which could include extra tutoring, transportation, pur-

chasing a computer or other college necessities, filling in the gaps in their education, according to Evergreen Rotary member Al Steger.

“This is a continuation of what we do,” said Jim Kreider, Evergreen Rotary Foundation treasurer. “It’s exactly what we do with our international service committee. It’s very gratifying.”

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Evergreen residents Caroline and Ron Larson pose with the student they sponsor, Ofelia de Leon, and her family.

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Quetzal University Fund student Zonia Pecher at work as a nurse in Solola, Guatemala. COURTESY PHOTO

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succeed in college aligns with Rotary International’s objectives, one of which is addressing gender inequity in the world.

“Many of these girls will go back and work in their communities and provide opportunities for the future,” Steger said. “We hope all of the girls will pay it forward. We see this as pulling these girls and eventually the country out of poverty.”

Helping women, girls in Guatemala Evergreen Rotary got involved with helping women and girls in Guatemala in 1998 thanks to Ted and Connie Ning of Evergreen, who operate nonprofits there: one through Friendship Bridge that provides micro-loans to women so they can operate businesses; the second, which is MAIA school for girls in seventh through 12th grade; and the Quetzal University Fund.

“We were the first nonprofit in Evergreen that had

Donate to the Evergreen Rotary Foundation by sending a check designated for the GIW Endowment Fund to The Evergreen Rotary Foundation, P.O. Box 4143, Evergreen, CO 80437. Or you can donate online at www. coloradogives.org/EvergreenRotaryFoundation. Under programs, direct your donation to the Quetzal University Fund. Donations increase the endowment’s principal, so the annual-scholarship amounts can increase. an international interest — Friendship Bridge,” Ted Ning said. “We stuck out because we were interested in something outside Colorado, and we have been able to sustain our programs.”

Ted explained that it was important for Evergreen to be involved in lifting up women in Guatemala because as Connie says, “We’re all one family.”

“Having a nonprofit that works in a country that is struggling to develop shows our connectedness,” Ted said. “Ultimately, they are not that different from us.

Working to nest a home Two churches collecting donations to help refugee family

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The United Methodist Churches in the foothills are working to furnish a home for a refugee family — with the community’s help.

Deer Creek and Evergreen United Methodist churches are asking for donations of furniture, kitchen items, bedding and more. They have committed to fully furnishing a house through the African Community Center, which helps families from around the world resettle in the United States. Currently many of the families are from Afghanistan.

“With the community’s help, we can nest a home,” said organizer Carolyn Hohne, a member of the Evergreen congregation.

Joyce Snapp, the pastor at Deer Creek United Methodist Church in Bailey, agreed, saying her congregation was excited to prepare a home for a refugee family.

“We are a small church with a big heart for missions,” Snapp said. “I don’t think we’ll have any problem getting the nice things that we need for the home.”

Deer Creek will store all of the items until everything is collected. The African Community Center requires

WANT TO HELP? To see the list of needed items and sign up to donate, visit evergreenumc.org and click on the Nesting a Refugee Home link.

Donations will be accepted only on April 24 and May 1: noon-4 p.m. at Evergreen United Methodist Church, 3757 Ponderosa Drive, Evergreen, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Deer Park United Methodist Church, 966 Rim Rock Road, Bailey.

To donate money, send a check made out to one of the churches with Nesting Project in the memo line and mail it to UMCE, 3757 Ponderosa Drive, Evergreen, CO 80439 or Deer Park UMC, 966 Rim Rock Road, Bailey, CO 80421. Checks must be received no later than Sunday, April 24. donors to provide all of the items on the list, and once the nonprofit finds a house, the churches have two days to deliver everything there.

While the two congregations are small, they are interested in helping with world issues in addition to issues closer to home, Hohne said. It is important to help families coming to the Denver area, some with nothing more than the clothes they are wearing.

“Many of the refugees were translators for our armed forces in Afghanistan and are professionals — doctors, dentists, lawyers, engineers, teachers, business owners — who will be looking to reestablish their lives in our region,” Hohne said. “Our project is to help get their houses ready for them to move into.”

Quetzal University Fund student Lola Ajtujal at work as a community health educator in Santiago de Atitlan, Guatemala. COURTESY PHOTO

They just are born into different and more difficult situations. We have the opportunity to helps lots of people through all three organizations in Guatemala.”

Since Evergreen Rotary has been involved with funding Friendship Bridge and MAIA, it was a natural progression to get involved with the university fund and overseeing the endowment, Kreider said.

“It’s a logical transition that we would also support the endowment that is supporting scholarships for students graduating from MAIA and going to college,” Kreider said. “We are just supporting what we’ve been supporting since Day 1. It really is a perfect transition for Rotary to also handle the Guatemala women’s endowment. It makes so much sense.”

Ning said all three programs are intertwined, and they have helped more than one generation of women have better lives.

“They are becoming an interconnected network, and each woman represents a star in that network,” Ning said. “With the education and social responsibility they have—it looks good for Guatemala.”

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14 miles of evacuation routes to be mitigated in Evergreen Evergreen CWPIP leaders obtain grant to pay for the work

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Some wildfire evacuation routes in northwest Evergreen will get much-needed mitigation by the end of 2023.

Saw crews from the Mile High Youth Corps will work to thin and limb trees on 30 feet of property on each side of some of the main evacuation routes from Evergreen Lake to Soda Creek and from Evergreen Parkway to Witter Gulch Road.

The work is being funded by a grant from COSWAP — the Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program. According to its website, COSWAP is designed to use $17.5 million in state stimulus dollars to start fuels reduction projects and increase Colorado’s capacity to conduct wildfire mitigation work.

The grant — estimated to be valued at $295,000 by Colorado’s

Department of Natural Resources — will pay for 25 weeks of work: up to five weeks in fall 2022 and the rest in 2023.

The grant was written by leaders, called ambassadors, of three of Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s Community Wildfire Protection Implementation Plans in collaboration with EFR. The work will encompass 14.5 miles of evacuation routes in six plan units: Echo Hills, Soda Creek, Bear Creek West and East, Beaver Brook and Witter Gulch.

“This is something to celebrate,” said Cindy Latham, a leader of Evergreen’s CWPIP group. “When you demonstrate that you are serious and you fulfill your obligations, the people who issue grants take you a lot more seriously. We have hundreds of miles of roads that are evacuation routes in this community. The more that groups are collaborating, the better.”

Jess Moore, EFR’s reduction risk coordinator, agreed.

“From our perspective, every successful grant is a win for the community,” she said, “and it’s been one of our goals to start to prioritize evacuation routes. We are working

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in cooperation and collaboration with the ambassadors of the (Community Wildfire Protection Plan).”

She said EFR officials want to empower ambassadors with the tools to work together to find money to help pay for wildfire mitigation because it is important to use all available resources to get the work done.

The CWPIP leaders hope their success in obtaining this grant will morph into getting more wildfiremitigation funding from the federal government. They also say they are happy to share the lessons they learned in getting the COSWAP grant with others CWPIP leaders because there is still money available in that fund.

Work to be done Mile High Youth Corps estimates it can complete work on four and eight acres of land each week, and the group will mitigate along 14.5 miles of road. Included in the plan are 1.9 miles of Highway 65; 1.2 miles of Sinton Road, 4.7 miles of Witter Gulch Road, 1 mile of Snyder Mountain Road, 1 mile of Soda Creek Road, 2.2 miles of Upper Bear Creek Road, 1.1 miles of Yankee Creek Road, 0.8 miles of Old Squaw

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The ambassadors of the six CWPIP units are tasked with getting property-owner consent to do the tree thinning — not a fuel break where all trees are removed — and they hope that homeowners understand how necessary the work is to help residents evacuate in case of a catastrophic wildfire. Evergreen and Conifer are ranked No. 1 by insurance companies for the high risk of a wildfire.

While the grant doesn’t require a cash match, EFR will provide oversight, and CWPIP volunteers will donate wood to Evergreen Christian Outreach’s firewood program for needy families and Habitat for Humanity, and remove wood chips and slash. The ambassadors have found someone willing to donate an air curtain burner to burn excess slash.

“We keep talking as community leaders about our evacuation routes and that we really need to get proactive about getting them mitigated,” Latham said. “This is the very first community-generated major evacuation route program that is being accomplished.”

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Beer and baby goats? No kidding!

Bailey brewery features goats for patrons to visit with

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Mad Jack’s Mountain Brewery in Bailey hosted a gaggle of goats on Sunday for customers to play with while they sipped on some local brews.

Head brewer Nick Hansell said this is not the first time the brewery has featured baby goats, and it won’t be the last. They hope to have them out every other Sunday, weather permitting.

Cherie Rutt provided the goats for the event. She and her husband, Ken, own Rocky Hollow, where they raise goats, chickens, rabbits, peacocks and more. The babies Rutt brought to Mad Jack’s Mountain Brewery were three and five weeks old. Their names were Dobby, Sasha, Geralt, Marigold and Sugar Skull.

People of all ages enjoyed playing with the goats, some even taking them back to their tables to enjoy a little snuggle while they sipped.

Mad Jack’s Mountain Brewery also offers karaoke on Fridays, intermittent Paint ‘n Sip events, Poker nights and features a selection of rotating beers.

Larry Huckaby takes a turn snuggling a baby goat while visiting the brewery.

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Trevor and his goat friend smile for a picture together.

Tristan takes a nap with Dobby the goat while visiting Mad Jack’s Mountain Brewery.

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Relishing a Colorado landmark The iconic Coney Island Boardwalk is getting ready to go on sale

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The 42 foot long, 18 ton hot dog known as the Coney Island Boardwalk now sits up the hill in Bailey, waiting for a new owner to return it to its former glory.

The structure originally was built on West Colfax Avenue in 1966.

The first owner, Marcus Shannon, had dreams of the hot dog shaped building becoming a cornerstone of American eateries, envisioning a national chain.

News articles from the 1966 Denver Post, provided by Colfax Avenue History Museum, told of the 25 cent hot dogs, special menu and 40 car parking lot the site would boast.

After the production of the first restaurant however, the company went under. This was after the president of Boardwalk Coney Island Inc. said he expected to take over Denver in 14 months with the business, and continue to succeed from coast to coast. The singular location managed to stay open for three years.

The cost to build the hot dog was $26,000.

Colfax historian and museum curator Jonny Barber said that roadside attractions like the coney were part of the history of the area.

The Coney Island Boardwalk at its original location on Colfax Avenue in the ‘60s.

“So much of that roadside Colfax weirdness is gone,” he said.

Where did it go? Well, the entire 18 ton hot dog was put on a trailer and hauled up to Aspen Park along Highway 285 in 1970. There, it took on the name Coney Island Dairy Land (and subsequently dropped the last part of the name.) In its new home, the

coney resumed business, changing hands multiple times throughout the years. On its last day open in Aspen Park, the line for the restaurant allegedly went on for miles.

The bun did not stop there. In 2006, it moved again, this time to its current location in Bailey, near Pike National Forest. The Coney Island

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Boardwalk is currently closed and looking for a new owner after some repairs are made.

Coney Island Boardwalk neighbor and owner of the Fun and Funky Art Galleries and Giftshops nextdoor Andy Nortnick has lifelong SEE HOT DOG, P18

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In UNINCORPORATED Evergreen… there is no THEY. Being unincorporated, Evergreen does not have a city government and, as such, has no tax base to fund local infrastructure improvements.

Meet... the Evergreen Legacy Fund.

The Evergreen Legacy Fund is a community improvement fund financed by a voluntary 1% pass-through fee collected at participating local businesses, as well as by donations.

This money is used as seed money to secure State and Federal infrastructure grants and is then used in partnership with Jefferson County to fund county-approved projects throughout Evergreen.

…and the Legacy Fund could use your help.

The Evergreen Legacy Foundation is ramping up its membership drive to bring awareness to our local community projects and increase the funding needed to keep things rolling.

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A postcard from the Aspen Park location, when the coney was briefly rebranded as Coney Island Dairy Land.

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memories of the coney.

“We used to go to it when I was in high school,” Nortnick said.

Not only that, but Nortnick’s uncle was on the original crew that built the hot dog itself. Nortnick dispelled any rumors, and explained that the coney is in fact built from the ground up with stucco and is not built on an Airstream trailer like some may think.

Nortnick retold the story his uncle told about how the workers on the coney got paid.

“He was hired to help build this first hot dog, which was at some point going to be a chain of hot dogs. The foreman on the crew said you have two choices, we can pay you hourly or you can wait to have stock options for this chain that will probably explode. My uncle chose the hourly rate….they went bankrupt shortly after building the first one and the second one was never built.”

Currently, Nortnick’s gallery is right next to the Coney Island Boardwalk. He recalled times of booming success for the restaurant, which led to great engagement at his business.

“We want somebody to come on

board who loves it as much as we do, we want somebody to return it to its heyday,” he said.

Greg Aigner is currently working with Nortnick to repair the coney and get it ready to sell. He too has memories of going to the restaurant back when it was in Aspen Park.

“I passed by it all the time….I drove by it many many times. I stopped one time, it wasn’t very crowded. I remember looking out the back, and it was basically a hot dog stand on a dirt path,” he said.

Aigner’s brother is the current owner of the property, but as his conservator Greg is taking on the responsibilities for the maintenance and sale.

“The plan is to sell the coney to an appropriate owner,” he said.

Barber too has visited the coney, and notes that perhaps the most important part of the place is the experience of going.

“It’s just the experience of being in the place, the kitschy nature of it, and it’s something when my kids were younger at the time and they got a huge kick out of it. It’s more the architecture that stands out in my mind than the cuisine,” Barber said.

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For now, Aigner and Nortnick are working to repair the roof, stucco, boardwalk and other issues with the building. Once they get the Coney

Island Boardwalk back in shape, they hope to find a suitable buyer, even entertaining the idea of the South Park creators getting involved like they did with Casa Bonita in Lakewood.

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EVERGREEN AREA Chamber Of Commerce Gilpin County School is a special place.

Our family has been a part of the school since 2010 when I was hired on as a 5th grade classroom teacher. We are continually grateful that we discovered this “hidden gem” that is Gilpin County School! The small class sizes, Montessori option, and four day school week are all very attractive features for our family. It makes the drive over from Clear Creek County more than worth it. Our three children; Ellianah(12), Jasper(9), and Maliah(8), have all enjoyed their experience in preschool, elementary, and middle school, and continue to grow and thrive academically, emotionally, and socially. My wife, Hannah, and I have worn many “hats” since we have become part of the school, which gives us somewhat of a unique perspective on the school and surrounding community. Hannah has been running the secondary drama

department for the last 10 years, and I have had experience as an elementary and middle school classroom teacher, MS track and basketball coach, and tech director for the theater department. Although I am no longer a classroom teacher at the school, we continue to enroll our kids in Gilpin County School and continue to direct the theater department productions. Over the past 12 years we have made such great connections with the students and staff as teachers, coaches, directors, and parents. Our own kids continue to grow, make friends, and have a positive experience year after year. The outstanding teaching staff, committed administration, and close knit community make GCSD an easy choice for our family. Every parent should consider attending GCSD. Thanks to the Gilpin school community for welcoming us with open arms! We are Gilpin County School!

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Jacket jacked CONIFER—Reporting for the night shift, the grocery store worker “put my jacket in a shopping cart at the back of the store near aisles 9 and 10.” Two hours later, both cart and jacket were gone. He reported the theft to his manager, who instructed him to re-report it to JCSO. Missing along with his jacket were its full contents including the keys to his vehicle, a cell phone, a pack of Marlboro Gold cigarettes and a black lighter. JCSO reports no progress on the case.

Post partisan SOUTH TURKEY CREEK—The vexed community board volunteer called JCSO on the morning of Feb. 28 after finding out that local politics can be just as unsavory as every other kind. A fellow board member had it in for her, Vexed told deputies.

He was “belligerent” toward her, she said. He makes uncomplimentary “posts” about her. He’s been “spreading rumors that I’m a thief,” she said. Belligerent “called me a dog” and “yelled at my son for dancing at a meeting.” He’s “zoomed in on me” while recording meetings, and she said she’s caught him “staring at me” as she leaves. In short, Vexed felt that Belligerent was “harass-

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ing” her, and she wanted deputies to make him put the civility back in his civil service. After sifting though Vexed’s complaints, deputies agreed that Belligerent was a cad, but couldn’t quite call him a criminal.

Blast from the past EVERGREEN—Exploring among his long-neglected hoard of family heirlooms, he made an explosive discovery. It was an “old can of film,” precious photos of yesteryear, a priceless visual record handed down from his forebears, a legacy of faces and places long lost to history.

It was also “nitrate-based,” he told deputies on the morning of Feb. 28, and he feared lest its “degrading” condition produce a possibly pronounced “chemical reaction.”

Deputies advised him to place the risky roll alongside the 10-ounce bag of niblets in his freezer until it could be transferred into official custody. The potentially perilous pictures were removed to Golden for complete physical degradation.

Light opera EVERGREEN—Munchie strode into the dental office, whipped out his Medicare card and asked for an “initial workup.” The dentist told Munchie that Medicare is not

accepted at that office, but that an “initial exam” could be provided for a “cash fee,” along with with a referral to a Medicare-friendly dentist. That appeared to be OK with Munchie, who sat quietly through the exam, paid the cash fee and strode away seemingly satisfied.

The next day, however, Munchie sent Dentist an email demanding a full refund because “Medicare didn’t cover” the exam. Dentist declined his request, saying he’d received the agreed service at the agreed price.

On Mar. 1, Dentist received from Munchie a letter containing a copy of his bill for additional work he received from a different dentist along with a hand-written note reading “If you do not respond I will assume that you will welcome the light that is to shine on you and your actions.”

Dentist wasn’t much worried about shining lights, but thought Munchie was a bit on the “weird” side and said so to JCSO. Asked by deputies what his thousand-watt challenge was intended to achieve, Munchie said planned to “put a spotlight” on Dentist’s “consequence-free zone” and “expose billing fraud.” Officers advised Munchie that that’s what small claims court is for. Munchie advised officers that he has little confidence in courts. Deputies

advised Dentist that Munchie struck them as more bark than bite.

Cordially incited EVERGREEN—The employee worked out fine until he didn’t, which is when the supervisor presented him with walking papers.

The parting was “cordial,” Supervisor told deputies, until the morning of March 3 when he discovered Employee’s pickup truck on the property with a whole bunch of company gear in the back. Employee wasn’t allowed back on company ground, Supervisor explained, and in fairness Employee hadn’t been observed there. But Supervisor didn’t want the truck to leave company property carrying a load of company property and aimed to repossess the equipment and have the truck towed away. Supervisor wanted deputies apprised of the situation before taking action and, so apprised, deputies took his statement and closed the case.

Sheriff’s Calls is intended as a humorous take on some of the incident call records of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office for the mountain communities. Names and identifying details have been changed. All individuals are innocent until proven guilty.

HAPPENINGS in its technical aspects, will hold its monthly meeting from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 2, at The Bridge Church at Bear Creek, 3101 S. Kipling St. in Lakewood. For more information, visit http://na0tc.org/.

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THURSDAY, SATURDAY Evergreen library redesign ideas: Jefferson County Public Library is asking for the community’s input as it prepares to remodel the Evergreen library. Zoom meetings are planned for 10-11:30 a.m. March 31 and 10-11:30 a.m. April 2. Register for the meetings by visiting jeffcolibrary.org/Evergreen-redesign.

Those who can’t attend the meeting can provide feedback by filling out an online survey available at jeffcolibrary.org/evergreen-survey.

THURSDAY Food Is Love food drive: TallGrass Aveda Spa and Salon’s second

annual Food Is Love food drive runs through March 31, benefiting the food pantry at the Mountain Resource Center in Conifer. Donations are being accepted during business hours at the spa, 997 Upper Bear Creek Road.

FRIDAY The Art of the Egg: The 14th annual Art of the Egg, Evergreen’s egg-cellent egg design contest, runs through the end of April. Eggs from professionals and amateurs must be completed by April 1. Finished eggs will be displayed at Go Paint! April 1-28 with the finale party from 4-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28.

FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY “Dementiaville:” Evergreen Players presents “Dementiaville” April 1, 2 and 3 at Center State, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7 p.m. with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $15 for students, and may be purchased online at www. evergreenplayers.org or by calling 720-515-1528.

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“The Worldwide Dessert Contest:” The Venue Theater’s elementary and middle school cast is performing “The Worldwide Dessert Contest” April 1-3 and April 8-10.

Shows are at 7 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 6 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets are $12-$20. There will be a champagne and cupcake party with the author at 8 p.m. April 9 that requires an additional ticket.

Open Monday – Friday 8am – 5 pm.

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SATURDAY 285 TechConnect Radio Club: The 285 TechConnect Radio Club for ham radio enthusiasts interested

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SUNDAY Evergreen Wedding and Event Showcase: The Evergreen Wedding and Event Showcase will be from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at the Evergreen Lake House. Meet vendors for various services needed at weddings and events. For more information, visit evergreenrecreation.com.

285’s Got Talent: those 12-25 are invited to participate in 285’s Got Talent from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at StageDoor Theatre in Conifer.

Register to participate and purchase tickets at resilience1220.org. Proceeds benefit Reslience1220.

TUESDAY Evergreen poms tryout clinics: The Evergreen High School poms will host clinics for eighth graders interested in trying out for the team from 3:45-6:15 p.m. April 5 and 19 at EHS. Cost is $20 for both clinics. A parent and dancer tryout meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. April 4 via Zoom.

For more information and to register, visit ehspoms.weebly.com.

WEDNESDAY Evergreen chamber breakfast: The Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly chamber breakfast at 7:30 a.m. April 6 at El Rancho Brewing Co. For more information and to register, visit evergreenchamber.org.

Love & Logic parenting class: Church of the Cross, 28253 Meadow Drive, is hosting a Love & Logic parSEE HAPPENINGS, P21

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enting class at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. and a Lenten service at 7 p.m. on April 6. For more information, visit churchotc.com.

Church of the Transfiguration Lenten services: The Evergreen Church of the Transfiguration Episcopal Lenten EVENSONG sung service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesdays, April 6, the church. The church is at 27640 Highway 74.

UPCOMING Evergreen Audubon: Evergreen Audubon will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in person at Evergreen Christian Church or via Zoom. Laura Kammermeier from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will join us virtually to introduce the lab’s new resource, the “Birds of the World” website. For more information, visit www.evergreenaudubon.org.

Free legal clinic: A free legal clinic for people with no attorney will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 7. By telephone or video, volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain the process and procedure for all areas of civil litigation. Pre-registration for individual 15-minute appointments is available by calling 303-235-5275 or visiting jeffcolibrary. bibliocommons.com/events/search/ q=free%20legal%20clinic.

Spring Boogie at the Barn: The spring Boogie at the Barn will be from 5-10 p.m. April 8 at The Wild Game in Bergen Park. The Wendy Woo Band, Melanie Fernandi and Magic with Mitch Meyers will perform. Tickets are $25 and available at boogieatthebarn.com.

“Godspell:” Ovation West will present the new version of the inspirational show “Godspell” April 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m., and April 10 at 2:30 p.m. at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Visit ovationwest. org/godspell for more information and to purchase tickets.

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Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show: The Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show presented by the Rotary clubs of Conifer and Evergreen will be April 9-10 at Conifer High School. Net proceeds are distributed as grants for charitable causes through the Evergreen and Conifer Rotary Foundations. Contact Janine Payton at 408-799-9724 or foothillshomeshow@ gmail.com for sponsorship information. Visit www.foothillshomeshow. com for more information.

Easter services: Church of the Cross, 28253 Meadow Drive, will host Easter events: April 10: Palm Sunday services at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. April 14: Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. April 15: Good Friday Service at 7 p.m. April 17: Easter Sunday services at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

Jeffco Public Schools town hall: Jeffco Public Schools board member Paula Reed will host a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at Evergreen High School.

EPRD candidate forum: The Evergreen Park & Recreation District will host a candidate forum at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at Buchanan Park Recreation Center in the Bergen Peak room. Nancy Judge, president of the Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce, will moderate.

Monthly pop-up market: Sweet Hayden clothing store in downtown Evergreen is hosting a pop-up market from 4-8 p.m. the second Thursday of the month featuring local makers and small business owners.

The markets will be April 14, May 12, June 9 and July 14.

Poms clinic for middle schoolers: The Evergreen High School varsity poms team will host a day skills clinic for sixth, seventh and eighth graders from 3:45-6:15 p.m. April 15 at EHS. Attendees will review basic skills and learn a dance routine.

Cost is $35. Visit www.ehspoms. weebly.com to register.

EPRD Easter egg hunt: The Evergreen Park & Recreation Dis-

trict will host an Easter egg hunt from 4-5:30 p.m. Friday, April 15, at Buchanan Park. Cost is $5 per child and pre-registration is required, and opens March 31. Visit the candy shop and the Easter bunny, and participate in the dog costume competition and the egg and spoon race. For more information, visit evergreenrecreation.com.

World Tai Chi & Quigong Day: World Tai Chi & Qigong Day will be celebrated at 10 a.m. April 23 at the Buchanan ponds. Contact Ellen at ellenarnold26@gmail.com for more information.

9Health Fair: Highland Rescue Team Ambulance District is hosting a 9Health Fair from 7-10:30 a.m.

April 23 at Rockland Community Church, 17 S. Mount Vernon Country Club Road, Genesee. Learn more at 9health365.org/health-fairs/fairdetail/577.

ONGOING Explore More After-School: Registration is open for Evergreen Audubon’s Explore More AfterSchool programs at Wilmot, Marshdale and King-Murphy elementary schools. These weekly programs start after spring break and are for children in grades 1 through 5 who love being outdoors and exploring nature.For more information, visit www.EvergreenAudubon.org or contact Emma Vasicek at EOD@ EvergreenAudubon.org.

Caregiver support groups: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice offers two monthly groups to provide emotional support services for caregivers helping ill, disabled or elderly loved ones. An inperson support group meets every third Monday from 4-6 p.m. at 3081 Bergen Peak Road, Evergreen, and a virtual support group meets every first Tuesday from 10 a.m.-noon via Zoom. Call 303-674-6400 to learn how to connect to the group virtual call.

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Parkinson’s disease support group: A Parkinson’s disease support group meets the first Friday of the month from 1-3 p.m. at Evergreen Christian Church, 27772 Iris Drive, Evergreen. For more information, email esears@parkinsonrockies.org.

Mountain Foothills Rotary meetings: Mountain Foothills Rotary meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays both in person at Mount Vernon Canyon Club at 24933 Club House Circle, Genesee, and via Zoom.

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College Age Community: Resilience1220 has started a support group called College Age Community that meets from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

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Beyond the Rainbow: Resilience1220 offers Beyond the Rainbow, which is two support groups that meet from 7-8:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month. One is a safe group for those 12-20 and the other is group for parents and caregivers wanting support for raising an LGBTQ child. To RSVP, contact Lior Alon at lior@wisetreewellness. com.

Hiwan Museum tours available: The Hiwan Museum is open for tours of the historic log house, 28473 Meadow Drive in Evergreen, from noon-4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon-4:30 p.m. on weekends. Tour guides will share the history of the house and its occupants. Reservations for house tours are encouraged at www.jeffco. us/1251/ and can be scheduled on the half hour. Outdoor self-guided tours are available at any time.

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Dangerous materials used in firefighting foam are showing up in drinking water, soil Lawmakers to address ‘forever chemicals’

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

The sale of many products containing the dangerous “forever chemicals” known as PFAS would be banned in Colorado as early as 2024, under legislation recently introduced and backed by a host of consumer and environmental groups.

Toxic PFAS chemicals, used as lubricants and repellants in products ranging from firefighting foam to clothing and cooking utensils, leak into groundwater and have been found in drinking water supplies in Colorado and across the country.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser recently joined multiple states in suing the chemical manufacturers for decades of contamination that is proving exorbitantly expensive for state health departments and local water agencies to clean up.

“We know these things are dangerous for our health. We know they are forever chemicals that are poisoning our water supply,” said Danny Katz, executive director of the nonprofit consumer group CoPIRG, in welcoming the bipartisan bill.

“We need to act now to phase out as many of them as possible to protect our health and protect Colorado’s water.”

The first sale ban would begin Jan. 1, 2024, for products with PFAS intentionally added in these categories: Carpets or rugs; cookware; cosmetics; fabric treatments; food packaging; juvenile products, oil and gas products; and textile furnishings. Through 2030, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment would be charged with identifying more categories of goods, and those would be added to the banned list.

“I’d rather do the right thing, as quickly as possible,” said Rep. Lisa Cutter, a Littleton Democrat who is one of the bill’s prime sponsors.

“But because there are manufacturers and companies that have been

In this June 6, 2018, file photo, PFAS foam washes up on the shoreline of Van Etten Lake in Oscoda Township, Michigan, near Wurtsmith Air Force Base. Twenty state agencies, along with the University of Wisconsin, worked on an action plan released Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ administration after more than a year of study of forever chemicals known as PFAS. PHOTO BY JAKE MAY/THE FLINT JOURNAL VIA AP

using these products, we’re trying to allow a reasonable offramp.”

The earliest categories are in businesses where alternatives to PFAS are already being developed, sponsors said.

Colorado may have the largest number of sites in the nation that have handled PFAS chemicals, due to firefighting drills and operations at military installations, mountain wildland firefighting, and from PFAS chemicals in firefighting and other industrial materials at oil and gas exploration sites.

About 21,000 industrial sites in Colorado appear on the previously undisclosed EPA database of locations that “may be handling” PFAS, with more than 85% of those places related to oil and gas, and heavy concentrations of possible locations at the industry’s core in Weld County, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which forced EPA to release the data.

The same properties that make PFAS a lubricant or seal cookware also make them resistant to longterm impacts of heat or water, conferring the moniker “forever chemicals.” CoPIRG and others say the chemicals have entered Colorado waterways and “polluted communities like Fountain, Frisco, parts of Denver, South Evergreen and Golden,” threatening serious health impacts.

State health officials have launched a buyback program taking firefighting foam containing PFAS off the hands of local fire departments and replacing them with alternatives.

Consumer and environmental protection groups want the federal EPA to move faster to set absolute drinking water standards to force PFAS cleanups. Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment moved deeper into PFAS regulation when it demanded more monitoring of the chemicals coming

off the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City.

Colorado will, for the first time, monitor and limit runoff of PFAS at Suncor as part of the draft of the company’s water quality permit unveiled in November.

Regulators and consumers are finding out how ubiquitous PFAS chemicals are throughout industry and consumer goods, Katz said.

“We’ve targeted mostly firefighting foam in the past, but this bill will also get at a number of consumer products including things like carpets and rugs, furniture, cosmetics, food packaging, and even things like dental floss,” he said. “We want to phase those out.”

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Colorado has recovered 98% of jobs lost in pandemic Unemployment rate drops to 4.1%

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado’s economic recovery is going better than expected state labor officials said Monday, reporting that 98% of jobs lost when COVID struck have returned.

However, January’s 4.1% unemployment rate, the lowest since the pandemic began, is still higher than the 2.8% in February 2020, the month before the first COVID-19 cases in Colorado were confirmed.

“That was historically low. That was after the end of a very long economic expansion,” Ryan Gedney, senior labor economist at the state Department of Labor and Employment, said during a news conference on Monday. “As long as these trends hold … I could see the state reaching that 3% level in one or two years for sure.”

His confidence is based on how many Coloradans are now part of the state’s labor force, which is larger than ever with more people employed or looking for work. The state’s labor force participation rate was 68.5% in January, or one-tenth of a percentage point higher than in February 2020.

“Colorado’s labor force grew by over 17,000 in January. And since July of 2020 the state has added over 180,000 individuals to the labor force,” Gedney said. “On an annual basis, Colorado’s labor force participation rate increased from 67.4% in 2020 to 68.2% in 2021. That ranked as the fourth highest in the U.S. last year.”

By comparison, the U.S. rate last year was 61.7%.

While more people are part of the state’s labor force, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows there are still around 132,000 Coloradans who are unemployed, compared with 86,000 who were unemployed in February 2020.

That only counts people who are working or actively looking for a job, said Steven Byers, a senior economist for Common Sense Institute, a Greenwood Village think tank focused on the state’s fiscal policies.

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understates or overstates the true unemployment rate depending on which way you go,” Byers said. “But when people take themselves out of the labor force and they’re no longer looking, that impacts those numbers. But the way that unemployment is measured has been constant for a long time. They don’t change the methodology so it’s consistent over time for what it measures.”

The state’s unemployment rate fell from 4.2% in December, a rate that was revised downward from 4.8%, according to labor officials. Colorado’s January rate is also close to the U.S. unemployment rate of 4.0% in January.

The falling unemployment rate reflects more people returning to work, especially mothers who had dropped out of the workforce early on, likely to deal with their children and remote schooling or lack of child care options during the pandemic.

Byers is among economists keeping an eye on rising inflation and its impact on small businesses and consumer spending habits.

“One other thing that we are kind of concerned about, though, is the house prices have just gotten exorbitant,” he said. “The question would be, is it just going to end up being a disadvantage to Colorado employers being able to lure people here and bring them in from out of state?

That’s an area that is of concern as well.”

But Colorado’s pandemic economy hasn’t fully recovered yet, said Kathy A. White, executive director of Colorado Fiscal Institute, an organization that also focuses on fiscal policy.

“Colorado has recovered all but 5,500 jobs lost during the pandemic, but it needs another 38,100 jobs in order to keep up with the 1.4% growth in population that the state has experienced in the 23 months since the recession began,” White said in an email.

“Also, the fastest job recovery happened in industries with high income earners and lagged in industries with lower pay. poor quality jobs,” she added. “Those industries tend to have a higher percentage of women and people of color, who again, entered the pandemic with higher rates of unemployment and lower earnings. In short, the recov-

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ery has been uneven, despite these broad indicators, and so policymakers should be targeting resources and aid to the people who need it the most.”

There’s also uneven recovery in certain parts of the state. Strong job growth in Grand Junction and Colorado Springs amounted to job recovery rates of 124% and 113%, respectively. But the Greeley region has recovered just 44% of the jobs lost in the early pandemic.

That’s due to Greeley’s high concentration of oil and gas, an industry that hasn’t recovered as fast as the leisure and hospitality industry or the professional and business services field, Gedney said. But Greeley’s a small part of the state. It lost roughly 11,700 jobs at the start of the pandemic and has regained

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“The state’s recovery rate is going to trend pretty closely with Denver’s, as that (region) represents over half of the state’s employment,” Gedney said.

He added, “There’s still some room in the unemployment rate, but I think the unemployment rate is going to drop relatively quickly in 2022 as there’s still a huge demand for labor and for filling jobs.”

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Colorado lawmakers seek to fix rejected conservation easements Bill to spend millions compensating canceled easement holders is back

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Persistent state legislators are once again hoping to compensate Colorado landowners whose conservation easement tax credits were rejected and clawed back years ago, this time with a bill whose price tag to the treasury would be about $155 million.

The effort by Sens. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat, and Cleave Simpson, an Alamosa Republican, revives a years-long effort to repay family ranchers and farmers who say they signed conservation easements in good faith only to have them rejected by state revenue officials who determined they were overvalued. The sponsors say they have put in more conditions since last year’s failed $149 million payback bill, including new limits on the easements’ value and who can still claim them.

“We’ve been down that road,” Simpson said. “So let’s try to focus this in a little different direction.”

Last year, when a similar bill flew through the Senate and died in a House committee, Winter said, “members still had concerns around these guardrails and making sure that we’re really addressing the fam-

ily farms and ranches and not the speculators.” And this year, Winter said, the legislature has more revenue to work with.

“So I think we’ll be more successful,” she said. The new bill, Senate Bill 119, will first appear at the Senate Finance Committee on March 16.

Mark Weston, a prominent critic of the past payback attempts said this year’s bill does appear to have meaningful changes “preventing some of the worst abusers from qualifying” for repayment of credits.

Changes include a requirement that families need to have owned the land for three years before applying for the initial tax credits, and capping tax credits at 250% of the purchase price of the land. That will cut out some speculators who tried to manipulate the system to get lucrative tax credits, without any real interest in the land or its conservation value, said Weston, an appraiser who opposes repayment and who reviewed many of the denied claims as the first director of the state Division of Conservation.

It’s important for legislators and taxpayers to understand, Weston said, that “these credits were not disallowed arbitrarily by the Department of Revenue, but were scrutinized by a governor-appointed expert commission, qualified appraisal staff within the Division of Real Estate, along with the number crunchers in the Department of Revenue.”

Conservation easements, such as those that protect the Trinchera Blanca Ranch in southern Colorado, are intended to protect open space valuable for wildlife habitat or scenery. A conservation easement of 81,400 acres on the ranch protects the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo range between La Veta and Fort Garland, including PHOTO BY JOHN MCEVOY/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN Mount Lindsey and Mount Blanca.

Fixing past mistakes The 2022 bill is the latest attempt to restore controversial easement tax credits issued from 2000 to 2013, some of which investigators called spurious and the Colorado Department of Revenue denied after reviews by teams of appraisers.

The conservation easements were originally intended to protect natural spaces while compensating family farmers and other longtime landowners for giving up their

rights to develop the property. An appraiser estimated the value of the land and development rights, and the state issued tax credits that allowed the landowner to offset other taxes or get paid cash by investors who bought the credits.

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WORSHIP DIRECTORY ASCENT CHURCH “Real people pursuing a real God” All are Welcome Sundays at 10am In-person or Online www.ascentchurch.co 29823 Troutdale Scenic Drive, Evergreen BERGEN PARK CHURCH Bergen Park Church is a group of regular people who strive to improve ourselves and our community by studying the Bible and sharing our lives with each other.

On Sunday mornings you can expect contemporary live music, Children’s Ministry that seeks to love and care for your kids, teaching from the Bible, and a community of real people who are imperfect, but seek to honor God in their lives. We hope to welcome you soon to either our 9:30AM or 11:00AM Sunday service.

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ROCKLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH “Connecting all generations to Jesus” Please check our website, www.Rockland.church, for updated service times ¼ mile north of I-70 at exit 254 17 S Mt. Vernon Country Club Rd., Golden, CO 80401 303-526-0668 TIMBER RIDGE CHURCH Location: The Village at Aspen Park 25587 Conifer Rd. Unit 5A201 (2nd floor - above the UPS Store) Sunday Worship 10:00 am www.timberridgechurchconifer.org • 303-834-3577

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TRIVIA 1. LANGUAGE: What is a demonym?

2. MEDICAL: What’s the common name of a condition called otitis externa?

3. GEOGRAPHY: Which large body of water lies to the south of Ukraine?

4. FOOD & DRINK: Which nut is used to make marzipan?

5. LITERATURE: Who is the author of the poem “The Gift Outright,” which was read at President John Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961?

6. MEASUREMENTS: What is an octant?

7. GEOLOGY: Which mineral is the softest on the Mohs Scale?

10. HISTORY: In which country did the Easter Rising take place in 1916?

Answers 1. A term used to describe the natives or residents of a country, state or city 2. Swimmer’s ear 3. Black Sea 4. Almonds 5. Robert Frost 6. One-eighth of a circle, or 45 degrees 7. Talc

8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the name of a porcupine’s baby?

8. Porcupette

9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the name of Barbie’s younger sister, introduced in 1964?

10. Ireland

9. Skipper

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8,500.00

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Water & Sanitation Services 19.67 Miscellaneous Contract Services 24,935.00 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CPR AND FIRST AID Training & Education 4,800.00

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541.66 1,284.42 77.00 4,692.94 25,904.10 149,522.66

ARVADA, CITY OF

Open Space Attributable Shares 460,275.56 Open Space Attributable Shares 16,341.15 GOLDEN, CITY OF Open Space Attributable Shares 71,719.47 LAKEWOOD, CITY OF Open Space Attributable Shares 565,131.24 LITTLETON, CITY OF Open Space Attributable Shares 8,624.49 MORRISON, TOWN OF Open Space Attributable Shares 1,361.76 MOUNTAIN VIEW, TOWN OF Open Space Attributable Shares 1,815.69 WESTMINSTER, CITY OF Open Space Attributable Shares 164,773.20 WHEAT RIDGE, CITY OF Open Space Attributable Shares 122,104.66 FD051 Open Space Cities Share Fund Total 1,412,147.22 EDGEWATER, CITY OF

CONIFER TOWN CENTER LLC

Capital Expenditures Donated to Others FD104 Evergreen/Conifer Traffic Impact Fund Total ALBERT FREI AND SONS INC ALSCO DENVER INDUSTRIAL CENTURYLINK DENVER WATER DENVER WATER DENVER WATER

5,153.80 5,153.80

Salt Sand & De-Icers 847.77 Janitorial Services 156.75 Telephone Services 57.96 Water & Sanitation Services 140.30 Irrigation Water Services 775.52 Maintenance & Construction Water 85.12 Salt Sand & De-Icers 43,143.61 Safety Supplies 1,560.90 Life Safety Supplies 200.00 Employee Legal Services 220.64

ENVIROTECH SERVICES INC FASTENAL COMPANY JEFFERY MICHAEL DAVIDSON LEGALSHIELD LUMIN8 TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC Traffic Signal Services 7,911.88 METLIFE Home and Auto Insurance 56.92 MILE HIGH TREE CARE INC Services & Charges (Other) 8,300.00 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Child Care 208.33 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Medical Insurance 835.50 THOMAS D GARROW Life Safety Supplies 189.99 TRISTAN SHAUN CARMEN EVANGELISTA Clothing Supplies 148.96 UNITED RENTALS INC Equipment Rental 2,082.00 WESTERN DISPOSAL INC Trash Removal Services 296.73 FD110 Road & Bridge Fund Total 67,218.88 A&A LANGUAGES LLC ALINA M FOWLER ALLISON MARIE LINCOFF CLIENT PAYMENT CLIENT PAYMENT CLIENT PAYMENT DR. VOYTEK BOBAK ELAINE E GARCIA EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC FIRE ALARM SERVICES INC GINA PIEROTTI JEFFCO HOUSING AUTHORITY JORDAN L DIERKS JULIE A MONZINGO KATELYN RUTH PEARSON Kelsey Payne Kelsey Weber Kelsey Weber Lea Christensen LEGALSHIELD MEGAN KENNEY DORSAM METLIFE NEW MEXICO DEPT OF HEALTH NICOLE ASHLEY ROMOLA NICOLE ASHLEY ROMOLA RACHEL A ENTSMINGER RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SAMANTHA NICHOLE MCKINNON SAMANTHA NICHOLE MCKINNON SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS SURSY DENVER LLC SYNTES LANGUAGE GROUP INC WRIGHT PEST CONTROL INC FD120 Social Services Fund Total

HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 50.00 HS-Mileage 32.12 HS-County Travel 300.00 HS-Assistance Payments Other 18,069.83 HS-Assistance Payments County Paid 2,070.00 HS-Assistance Payments Rent 189,870.16 HS-Training & Education 4,194.00 HS-Mileage 389.26 True Connect Loans 307.22 HS-Services & Charges (Other) 3.30 HS-Mileage 149.76 HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 185,312.74 HS-Mileage 440.62 HS-Mileage 100.62 HS-Mileage 133.15 HS-Mileage 216.24 HS-Mileage 418.68 HS-County Travel 76.06 HS-Mileage 397.80 Employee Legal Services 189.12 HS-Mileage 113.84 Home and Auto Insurance 241.69 HS-Document Copy Supplies 10.00 HS-Food & Beverages 55.09 HS-Mileage 184.80 HS-Mileage 406.58 Flex Child Care 2,665.81 Flex Medical Insurance 7,283.99 HS-Business Meals 73.06 HS-Mileage 425.35 HS-Office Supplies 2,271.85 HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 15,227.88 HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 2,160.50 HS-Building Maintenance 500.00 434,341.12

LEGALSHIELD Employee Legal Services RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Medical Insurance FD121 Workforce Development Fund Total AT&T MOBILITY EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC FIRE ALARM SERVICES INC JEFFERSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH LEGALSHIELD ROYAL CREST DAIRY INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS FD123 Head Start Fund Total

47.28 638.00 685.28

HS-Telephone Services 1,021.52 True Connect Loans 131.62 HS-Services & Charges (Other) 66.41 HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 5,510.07 Employee Legal Services 15.76 HS-Food Supplies 385.14 Flex Child Care 208.33 Flex Medical Insurance 381.67 HS-Office Supplies 2,564.02 10,284.54

EXPRESS SERVICES INC HS-Services & Charges (Other) 123.42 FD124 Social Service Fund Grants Total 123.42 CLIENT PAYMENT CLIENT PAYMENT RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SHG ADVISORS LLC SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS SYNTES LANGUAGE GROUP INC

HS-Competency Assistance 4,495.00 HS-Assistance Payments Other 804.40 Flex Medical Insurance 25.00 HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 2,447.50 HS-Office Supplies 962.55 HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 5.80

FD125 Workforce Development Fund Grants Total

8,740.25

TWIN CITY SECURITY INC Building Maintenance FD130 Capital Expenditures Fund Total

9,578.24 9,578.24

A&E TIRE ALPINE CRANE & EQUIPMENT SERVICE CENTURYLINK LEGALSHIELD REDBURN TIRE COMPANY RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC T MOBILE FD150 Fleet Services Fund Total

Tires Tools & Shop Equipment Telephone Services Employee Legal Services Tires Flex Medical Insurance Miscellaneous Contract Services

1,264.70 1,600.00 183.99 31.52 10,612.90 62.50 22,022.88 35,778.49

AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC

Computer Supplies/ Software/Equipment 192.54 Office Supplies 169.17 Graphic Supplies 23.93 Printing Supplies Recognition/Appreciation 324.42 General Supplies (Other) 984.78 Special Events Supplies 655.04 Food Supplies 696.45 Professional Publications 26.78 Telephone Equipment 317.94 General Supplies (Other) 600.00 Library Books & Materials-Digital 30,273.32 BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC Library Books & Materials-VAS 8,920.55 BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC Library Books & Materials -Print 41,276.90 BANCROFT CLOVER W AND S DISTRICT Water& Sanitation Services 128.33 BETHANY D HALL Special Events Supplies 8.69 BPAZ HOLDINGS 15 LLC Building Rent 17,005.83 CANDID Library Computer Service Materials 22,995.00 CDW G Computer Supplies/ Software/Equipment 35.07 CENTURYLINK Telephone Services 22,079.33 CINTAS FIRST AID & SAFETY General Supplies (Other) 163.84 CONSERVE A WATT LIGHTING INC Electrical Supplies 734.42 CREATIVE FINANCIAL STAFFING LLC Temporary Agencies 1,542.63 ELEANOR HERBST Programs 50.00 EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC True Connect Loans 87.75 FEDEX GROUND INC Courier Charges 73.15 Food Supplies 360.00 FRUITGUYS LLC, THE GROUP 4 ARCHITECTURE Professional & RESEARCH PLANNING, INC Technical Services (Other) 1,480.00 HAYNES MECHANICAL SYSTEMS HVAC Services 612.00 HOLLENBECK, REUBEN Programs 200.00 INTERMOUNTAIN LOCK AND SUPPLY Building Improvements 626.19 JAIME M ROMERO Telephone Services 156.69 LEGALSHIELD Employee Legal Services 189.12 LIBRARY IDEAS LLC Library Books & Materials -Audio Book 9,282.40 METLIFE Home and Auto Insurance 275.72 MIDWEST TAPE Library Books & Materials-VAS 12.00 MIDWEST TAPE Library Books & Materials-DVD 9,566.96 MIDWEST TAPE Library Books & Materials -Audio Book 3,490.16 NOAH NEDAMEDEEN ALLOOH Telephone Services 156.69 OVERDRIVE INC Library Computer Service Materials 1,500.00 OVERDRIVE INC Library Books & Materials -Digital 3,243.92 PEAK MECHANICAL LLC Building Improvements 2,835.00 PROQUEST CSA LLC Library Computer Service Materials 20,131.35 PUBLICATION PRINTERS CORP Postage 2,259.81 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Child Care 516.66 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Medical Insurance 4,134.10 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Transportation 65.00 SARAH ANNE GILMOR Special Events Supplies 41.90 SHARPE BROTHERS LTD Professional & Technical Services (Other) 125.00 STAT COURIER SERVICE INC Delivery Charges 26,820.22 TECHTRONICS INC Security System Maintenance 36.00 TUMBLEWEED PRESS INC Library Computer Service Materials 12,000.00 UHV LIBRARY Library Books & Materials 134.00 ULINE SHIPPING SUPPLY SPECIALISTS General Supplies (Other) 752.98 UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC Professional & Technical Services (Other) 1,328.60 VANNESA K IVEY Telephone Services 156.69 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY Janitorial Supplies 565.87 XEROX BUSINESS SOLUTIONS SOUTHWEST Equipment Maintenance 346.39 FD160 Library Fund Total 252,767.28 AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC AMI CORPORATION BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC

ALERUS RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS DELTA DENTAL OF COLO LEGALSHIELD RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC UNITED HEALTHCARE FD170 Benefit Plan Fund Total

Claims Administration Services 706.00 Delta Dental Insurance Claims 50,911.90 Employee Legal Services 7.88 Flex Medical Insurance 126.48 UHC Medical Claims 199,080.92 250,833.18

RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC FD181 American Rescue Plan Total

Flex Medical Insurance Flex Transportation

COLO DEPT OF AGRICULTURE DATA SOURCE TECHNOLOGY AND GALLS LLC LEGALSHIELD METLIFE NET TRANSCRIPTS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SAFARILAND LLC SAFARILAND LLC THERESE SOPHIA GIST

Equipment Maintenance Office Supplies Police Supplies Employee Legal Services Home and Auto Insurance Investigation Expense Flex Child Care Flex Medical Insurance Police Supplies Freight JCSO Uniforms (Goods/Inventory)

FD190 Patrol Fund Total STAPLES ADVANTAGE FD191 Patrol Fund Grants Total ARAMARK CORRECTIONAL SERVICES LLC JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF LEGALSHIELD FD200 Inmate Welfare Fund Total

237.50 8.33 245.83 96.00 598.00 11,960.20 494.66 50.75 103.53 1,026.17 3,230.75 86.00 53.44 400.00 18,099.50

Office Supplies

159.51 159.51

Volunteer Supplies Bank Charges Employee Legal Services

10.37 762.29 7.98 780.64

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partnerships or family groups to claim lucrative, overvalued credits for development that never would have happened. In one disputed case, a piece of land near Lamar that sold for $776,000 appeared to qualify for easement credits of $8 million.

Some farming and ranching families have for more than a decade protested that they signed up for the earliest iterations of conservation easements in good faith to help save their family business and pay tax bills. They emphasize that the federal Internal Revenue Service

allowed the tax credits even when state officials denied them and demanded repayment.

The disputes eventually involved more than 800 cases and hundreds of millions of dollars in contested credits. Some families say paying back the credits or being confronted by investors who bought the rejected credits has ruined their lives. The fiscal note for the new bill says the total of disallowed credits from 2000 to 2013 is now about $177.7 million.

Some cases have been resolved or settled.

This year’s bill calls for a newly created ombudsman in the state Division of Conservation to resolve disputes between parties who may be claiming the same credits.

The bill would spend $5.8 million

in the first year to hire about 17 full time positions to administer the credit disputes. Based on the percentage of credit holders expected to apply, restoring the credits would cost the general fund another $66.6 million the first year, and up to $88.8 million in the second year.

The Colorado system for conservation easement tax has been tweaked multiple times since the period when officials say it was abused and families said they were unfairly denied. Last year, the legislature passed a bill sought by conservation groups that increased the amount of tax credit on new easements to 90% of the donated value, and added water conservation groups and others among those who could apply for credits.

That bill was initially hailed as a companion to last year’s attempt at restoring credits to past denied credit holders. But the creditrestoration bill died in its second House committee vote on party lines dominated by Democrats, in what rural supporters called “pulling the football” after months of negotiations.

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

The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

Public Notices Legals Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Eagle View Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office: Suzen Rodgers Next Regular Election, May 2023 Gregory J. McCabe, Jr. Next Regular Election, May 2023 Ernest Ojeda: Second Regular Election, May 2025 Steven V. Olson: Second Regular Election, May 2025 Ken Gomez Second Regular Election, May 2025 /s/David Solin (Designated Election Official) Contact Person for the District: David Solin Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835 Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: dsolin@sdmsi.com Legal Notice No. CC811 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier

be held on Tuesday, the 3rd day of May 2022, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between 22 and 15 days prior to the election date.

At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for Directors to serve the following terms of office on the Board of Directors of the District: BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATE(S) (Two Position with a One-Year Term) Candidates: Office: Suzanne DeVenny: Director: Alan Bloom: Director:

BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATE(S) (Two Positions with a Three-Year Term each) Candidates: Office: Colleen Whitlow:Director: 3-Year Laura McConnell Director: Cole Lathrop Director: Debra Brodhead Director:

NOTICE OF ELECTION MAIL BALLOT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly to the electors of the Mountain View Fire Protection District of Weld, Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will

3-Year 3-Year 3-Year

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that there are two drop off locations for the delivery of mail ballots.

Drop off Location #1 shall be located at the Mountain View Fire Protection District 3561 N. Stagecoach Road, Longmont, CO 80504 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Drop-off Location #2 shall be the offices of the Assistant Designated Election Official, located at 550 West Eisenhower Boulevard, Loveland, Colorado 80537, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, beginning at least 22 days prior to election day and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on election day. Replacement ballots may be obtained from the office of the Assistant Designated Election Official only, located at 550 W. Eisenhower Boulevard, Loveland, Colorado 80537. In order for the ballot to be counted, it must be returned to the Designated Election Official, Assistant Designated Election Official or an Election Judge at the addresses provided above by 7:00 p.m. on election day, May 3, 2022.

Postmarks do not count.

By: //Pamela Owens Designated Election Official

Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District, Station 3 8445 S. Highway 285, Morrison, CO 80465 At such election, the electors of the District shall vote for Directors to serve the following terms of office on the Board of Directors of the District: Three (3) Directors for Three-Year Terms The names of persons nominated and terms of office for which nominated are as follows: Natalie Arnett for Three-Year Term Ginny Riley for Three-Year Term Jackie White for Three-Year Term Ann Imse for Three-Year Term NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official at cschott@cogovlaw.com between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 26, 2022).

All absentee ballots must be returned to 8445 S. Highway 285, Morrison, CO 80465 by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

INTER-CANYON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT By /s/ Crystal Schott Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. CC807 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier

Bids and Settlements Public Notice REQUEST FOR BIDS CLEAR CREEK COUNTY ROAD & BRIDGE DEPARTMENT CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO

Public Notice

Clear Creek County (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project:

NOTICE OF POLLING PLACE ELECTION FOR INTER-CANYON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

PW 22-05 Frost Heave Repair Witter Gulch Road

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District (“District”) of Jefferson County, Colorado.

Bids for the construction of the Project will be accepted electronically with the following exact text in the subject line: Bid for PW 22-05 Frost Heave Repair. Bids sent by parcel service or

U.S.P.S. shall be addressed to the attention of Stoy Streepey and be clearly marked on the front of the envelope with: Bid for PW 22-05 Frost Heave Repair.

All bids must be received via email to pw@clearcreekcounty.us, via courier at the Clear Creek County Road & Bridge Department located at 3549 Stanley Road (CR 312), Dumont, Colorado 80436 or via U.S.P.S at P.O. Box 362, Dumont CO 80436 no later than Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 2:00 PM local time. At said time all bids duly received will be publicly opened and read aloud via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/98624936257?pwd=aVVoZjVL eER5a1l3MFQ3QnVYS3pyZz09 The Project includes the following Work: • Frost heave repair • Includes the full width removal of approximately 170 feet of asphalt and replacement with an insulated asphalt road surface • Culvert replacement • Replacement of a 36-inch diameter by 40-foot long corrugated metal pipe and asphalt road surface patch

CENTURYLINK CLIENT PAYMENT FIRSTBANK FIRSTBANK FIRSTBANK FIRSTBANK FIRSTBANK FIRSTBANK HYPERCORE NETWORKS VERIZON WIRELESS FD210 Forfeiture Fund Total

Telephone Services 52.69 Trial Expense Witness Protection 400.00 Office Supplies 435.74 Postage 11.60 Telephone Services 138.27 Trash Removal Services 359.21 Professional Dues & Memberships 20.00 Training & Education 39.00 Telephone Services 2,431.44 Telephone Services 4,037.34 7,925.29

ALPHAGRAPHICS ALPHAGRAPHICS BOOG & CRUSER PC CATALYSS COUNSELING LLC

Office Supplies Printing Services Legal Services Professional & Technical Services (Other) Computer Supplies/ Software/Equipment Professional Dues & Memberships

312.04 120.02 371.50 260.00 2,179.25 13,536.00

COMMUNITY LANGUAGE COOPERATIVE Board Meetings Expense 910.00 CUREMD.COM INC Software Maintenance Agreement 1,319.00 DELL MARKETING LP Computer Supplies/ Software/Equipment 73,560.80 EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC True Connect Loans 131.71 GREG GIDDINS Professional & Technical Services (Other) 10,395.50 LABCORP Laboratory Services 210.43 LEGALSHIELD Employee Legal Services 118.20 QUALITY OFFICE PRODUCTS Office Supplies 178.72 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Child Care 1,929.23 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Medical Insurance 2,572.44 SARAH MCNAMEE Consultant Services 600.00 TAYLOR TECHNOLOGIES Office Supplies 592.80 TAYLOR TECHNOLOGIES Freight 35.07 US BANK Services & Charges (Other) 7,639.07 FD220 Public Health Fund Total 116,971.78

Instructions to Bidders For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Request for Bids that is included in the Bidding Documents.

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles

AGING DYNAMICS Consultant Services COMMUNITY LANGUAGE COOPERATIVE Professional & Technical Services (Other) CORPORATE TRANSLATION SERVICES Professional & Technical

9,200.00 650.00

INJOY VIDEOS INC INJOY VIDEOS INC INVISIBLE STRATEGY CONSULTING LABCORP MEDICAL SYSTEMS OF DENVER INC MY LINGUISTIC SOLUTIONS LLC PHYLLIS A ROESTENBERG R&S NORTHEAST LLC SARAH MCNAMEE FD221 Public Health Fund Grants Total ABSOLUTE PROPERTY CARE CENTURYLINK FOLIAGE DESIGN SYSTEMS LANDRUM & BROWN INCORPORATED

Services (Other) Mileage Utilities (Other) Consultant Services Professional & Technical Services (Other) Education & Outreach Freight Consultant Services Laboratory Services Professional & Technical Services (Other) Professional & Technical Services (Other) Consultant Services Medical Supplies/Drugs Consultant Services

183.68 29.25 5.29 400.00 6,720.00 285.00 30.13 4,446.75 2,608.34 503.25 75.00 7,250.00 401.20 412.50 33,200.39

Miscellaneous Contract Services 1,484.75 Telephone Services 57.96 Miscellaneous Contract Services 184.60 Miscellaneous Contract Services 4,735.00

Legal Notice No. CC808 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Edith T. Cherubino, Personal Representative 29633 Thimbleberry Lane Evergreen CO 80439 Legal Notice No. CC789 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bonnie J. Pelkey, aka Bonnie Jean Pelkey, Deceased Case Number: 22PR107 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert D. Davis, Personal Representative PO BOX 760 Idaho Springs, Colorado 80452

Legal Notice No. CC802 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier

CYNTHIA MARIE FARRAR FIRE ALARM SERVICES INC GAUL, COLLEEN E GEHRKE, HILDA

The amount owing is $1432

Public Notice

Bidding Documents may be downloaded from the designated website. The designated website will be updated periodically with addenda, reports, and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website. Owner will not be responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the designated website.

Public Notice

Unit 154 at Kings Valley Storage 30404 Kings Valley Drive Conifer, Colorado 80433 Sarah Chavez-Greska Last known address: 9888 Fallen Rock Road Conifer, Colorado 80433

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Michael P. Cherubino, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30273

Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated website: https://co-clearcreekcounty2.civicplus.com/Bids. aspx?CatID=17

Sean Wood, Chairman Board of County Commissioners

To be sold or otherwise disposed of after April 14, 2022

Notice to Creditors

Obtaining the Bidding Documents

Jefferson County Expenditures

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COLO ASSOC OF LOCAL PUBLIC

Term

Legal Notice No. CC813 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier

Public Notice

CDW GOVERNMENT

Term 1-Year 1-Year

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election of the District shall be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, during the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The Board of Directors of the District has designated the following polling place(s):

Legal Notice No. CC793 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier

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LEGALSHIELD RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC XCEL ENERGY FD280 Airport Fund Total

Employee Legal Services Flex Child Care Flex Medical Insurance Heat & Power

23.64 566.66 45.00 24,626.30 31,723.91

MOODYS INVESTORS SERVICE INC Trustee Fees 1,500.00 FD330 Jefferson County Finance Corporation - Debt Service Fund Total 1,500.00 COLO DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Environmental & ENVIRONMENT Remediation Services SHRED IT DENVER Contract Services SOUDER MILLER & ASSOCIATES Contract Services FD400 Solid Waste Emergency Reserve Fund Total

1,093.75 3,795.00 7,841.00 12,729.75

CLIENT PAYMENT HS-Assistance Payments Rent 1,556.00 SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS HS-Office Supplies 99.98 FD411 Community Development Fund Grants Total 1,655.98 GRAND TOTAL 3,953,848.54 Legal Notice No.: No. CC812 First Publication: March 31, 2022

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CLASSIFIEDS COLORADO COMMUNIT Y MEDIA

CAREERS

MARKETPLACE

REAL ESTATE

CLASSIFIED AD SALES & SERVICE DIRECTORY ADS

Contact Ruth, 303-566-4113 rdaniels@coloradocommunitymedia.com

SERVICE DIRECTORY

Career Opportunites

Septic Service

DEADLINES CLASSIFIED LINE ADS: MONDAY, 11 A.M. SERVICE DIRECTORY: THURSDAY, 5 P.M. LEGALS: THURSDAY, 3 P.M. Help Wanted

Search Septic Sewer Service • Septic Pumping • Septic Repairs • Certified Inspections • Frozen Lines • And Excavating

Locally Owned and Operated. Serving Park, Jefferson & Clear Creek Counties.

303-838-5115 • www.searchseptic.com • searchseptic@gmail.com

CDL Driver At Publication Printers, we believe that print is alive and well! With over 40 years in the industry, and as one of the largest family-owned printing companies in the country, Publication Printers values customers and employees like part of the family. We are deeply invested in the success of our 1500+ customers, who trust us to deliver quality printing, as well as marketing solutions and top-notch customer service.

Solar

MUST BE ABLE TO BACK UP A 53 FOOT TRAILER *Day shifts only, NO overnight shifts*

Residential and Commercial

The position assists or performs the packaging or palletizing and securing and then the transport of printed material or matter related to printing in the safest, most efficient and professional manner possible. Operates PPC owned vehicles and trucks, must possess CDL license.

SOLAR SYSTEMS 303-647-3173

www.ValorRoofandSolar.com Tile

Kittmer Custom Tile & Stone Exterior Veneers • Showers • Floors Counters • Backsplashes • And More...

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303.351.1868

Career Opportunites

LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB? CLEAR CREEK COUNTY WANTS YOU!!!

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY is accepting applications for the following jobs: • Child Protection Caseworker I/II/III: Hiring wage is $47,091.20 - $55,440 annually DOQ • Control Tech: Hiring wage is $20.14 - $22.15/hr DOQ • Deputy Sheriff - Patrol: Hiring wage is $33.94 - $34.96/hr DOQ • Detentions Deputy: Hiring wage is $29.23 - $30.11/hr DOQ • Digital Evidence Custodian, Sr.: Hiring wage is $23.27 - $25.60/hr DOQ • Dispatcher: Hiring wage is $24.62 - $25.35/hr DOQ • Equipment Operator II for Road and Bridge: CDL; Hiring wage is $21.00 $23.10/hr DOQ • Kitchen Manager: Hiring wage is $22.40 - $24.64/hr DOQ • Mechanic - Entry Level: Hiring wage is $20.14 - $22.15/hr DOQ • Mechanic - Senior: Hiring wage is $23.10 - $25.41/hr DOQ • Nurse Confinement: Hiring wage is $77,200 - $84,920 annually DOQ • Shop Foreman: Hiring wage is $27.31 - $30.04/hr DOQ • Trails Technician (Seasonal): Hiring wage is $17.64 - $19.40/hr DOQ • Trails Technician Sr. (Seasonal): Hiring wage is $20.14 - $22.15/hr DOQ Taking applications until positions are filled. See benefits, full job descriptions and applications at: https://www.clearcreekcounty.us Under “I Want to…” in the left-hand column of the drop down, click on “Jobs in Clear Creek County”. This will take you to the job posting site where you can complete an application.

Clear Creek County is an ADAAA/EEO employer.

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Raft & Zipline Guides Management Kitchen Staff Mechanics Guest Service/Retail Drivers Dumont

NOW HIRING

Do you enjoy coffee? Do you love to ski or snowboard? Dumont Starbucks is Hiring for full-time and part-time positions! Benefits include: • Vail Resorts Epic Pass • Medical/Dental/ Vision insurance • 401(k) Retirement plan • PTO/Sick pay Pay starts at $15hr plus tips.

Apply at www.vailresortscareers.com search Dumont Starbucks

Salary: $34/hour Essential Job Functions: • Transports product to customer on schedule.

• Delivers printed material, proofs, bluelines, artwork, inserts, and other materials as required mostly to company to customers but may be any similar delivery required in the performance of what the company does.

• When preparing loads for delivery, verifies count and condition of good loaded and unloaded and records in scale logs.

• When preparing loads for delivery, Reports overages, shortages, and damage to supervisor. Or once delivered if required, reports overages, shortages, and damage to supervisor.

• Unloads or assists in unloading freight as required.

• Properly secures loads.

• Operates company truck, trailer, and car in a safe manner, and follows all traffic laws and requirements.

• Reports any vehicle problems and defects to supervisor.

• Does daily maintenance checks and housecleaning or vehicles (washing).

• Complies with all department of transportation standards and regulations.

• Possesses and maintains a good driving records and current driver licenses.

• Keeps dock areas and truck dock cleaned and organized.

• Assists in hand bindery, pressroom, and front office when called upon.

• Ensures good customer relations by consistency delivering orders on time and action in a courteous and professional manner.

• Works with all co-workers in a professional respectful and cooperative fashion.

• Performs other duties as requested or required.

Competencies/Qualification: • License and experience as a CDL driver.

• English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language in order to understand requirements when building loads and in order to obey traffic signs and related.

• Be able to pass a pre-employment drug test and background check • Be able to operate a pallet jack and fork lift Physical Demands: • The physical demands are typical for a warehouse and tractor trailer long bed truck or company delivery vehicle on the public highway(s) setting. Be able to lift up to 50 lbs.

Please apply online publicationprinters.com

Real Estate & Rental Real Estate Cemetery Lots

4 Cemetery Plots at Crown Hill Near back, purchased in 1950.

Located under trees and all together.

Asking $15,000 plus transfer fees for all 4 or best offer. Please call for more information. 303-431-5133

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COLORADO COMMUNIT Y MEDIA

CAREERS

MARKETPLACE

REAL ESTATE

Career Opportunites

CLASSIFIED AD SALES & SERVICE DIRECTORY ADS

Contact Ruth, 303-566-4113 rdaniels@coloradocommunitymedia.com

SERVICE DIRECTORY

Career Opportunites

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Come see us and become a Wendys Crew Member

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CITY OF CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Seeking qualified applicants for a full-time Public Works Maintenance Worker.

• High School diploma or GED and one year of experience as a construction laborer.

• A valid Class B Colorado Driver’s License or be capable of obtaining one within three months of the date of hire.

• Perform a wide variety of unskilled and semi-skilled work in maintenance, construction and repair of the City’s infrastructure and facilities.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Preschool Lead Teachers / 2 Positions / Carlson / KM Elem / 2022-2023 Certified Teaching Positions / 2022-2023 Custodian / FT / Benefits / Mostly Evenings / King Murphy Elem Head Cook / Benefits / CCHS Cooks / PT / King Murphy

• The City provides a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision insurance coverage.

Employee insurance fully paid by City.

Bus Driver / FT / Benefits

A detailed job description can be found on the City’s website

www.centralcity.colorado.gov

Qualified applicants should submit an employment application which can be found at www.centralcity.colorado.gov to Finance/Human Resources Director arobbins@cityofcentral.co or mail to (P.O. Box 249 Central City, CO 80427).

When you read the newspaper, you get…

TIPS PETS NEWS VIEWS LOCAL EVENTS SPORTS

• Operates trucks and light equipment incidental to the work.

• Hourly rate begins at $18.96 per hour and is dependent on qualifications and experience.

DEADLINES CLASSIFIED LINE ADS: MONDAY, 11 A.M. SERVICE DIRECTORY: THURSDAY, 5 P.M. LEGALS: THURSDAY, 3 P.M.

Coach / MS Track & MS Soccer Guest Teachers Visit our Website to View All Open Positions Apply at: www.ccsdre1.org Clear Creek School District RE1, does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, marital status, or disability in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its educational programs or activities.

Inquiries may be referred to the Director of Human Resources, Robin Payne, robin.payne@ccsdre1.org 303-567-3851

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Real Estate for Rent

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Senior Housing Senior Subsidized Housing Taking applications.

30% of monthly income equals rent.

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Rentals Homes

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Market Place Announcements Greetings, I am a environmental science student at wageningen university in the Netherlands however I grew up in Broomfield, Colorado. Currently, I’m conducting a research study for my master’s thesis about wildfires in the front range and I’m looking for home and business owners in Longmont, Louisville, Boulder, and Superior to interview as a part of this study.

If you or someone you know from these communities are interested please contact me at: connorhollis. hollis@wur.nl in order to receive a formal invitation and informed consent with the study details. if interested please respond via the above email by the end of this month

CLASSIFIED AD SALES & SERVICE DIRECTORY ADS

Contact Ruth, 303-566-4113 rdaniels@coloradocommunitymedia.com

SERVICE DIRECTORY

Merchandise

Miscellaneous

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DEADLINES CLASSIFIED LINE ADS: MONDAY, 11 A.M. SERVICE DIRECTORY: THURSDAY, 5 P.M. LEGALS: THURSDAY, 3 P.M.

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