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WEEK OF MAY 12, 2022

VOLUME 63 ISSUE 27

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New EPRD board members ready to get to work Cohesion, strategic planning and openness on their agendas

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The three newest members of the Evergreen Park & Recreation District board have making a positive impact on their agendas as they

prepare to take their positions on May 31.

Peter Eggers, Betsy Hays and Mary McGhee won the May 3 election over five others. They will join Monty Estis and Don Rosenthal on the board that oversees about a $7 million budget, two rec centers and several parks. The board also will help the new executive director, Cory Vander Veen, who starts his job on May 23, navigate operating the district.

Eggers’ goals This is Eggers’ third time serving on the EPRD board, and simply put, he has some unfinished business to attend to. Eggers, who is president of Woden Woods, served on the board from 1992-2004, a time when both Evergreen and the Peter Eggers district were growing, and EPRD built the Evergreen

Lake House and the Buchanan Park Rec Center. He also was part of acquiring land for the district and for open space.

Then he served on the board from 2008-2012, when he chaired the committee that created a master plan for Buchanan Park.

“I was looking forward to implementing that plan, and we didn’t get that far,” he said.

But priority one, he said, is focusSEE ELECTION, P5

Creating the right environment to survive wildfire I-70 to be paved this summer Even little things can help from Chief Hosa mitigate properties to Floyd Hill

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s time to start mitigating your property — even if it’s starting with the little things — and to do it now.

That was the message from officials on May 7 during the second annual Community Wildfire Preparedness Day. Representatives from the Evergreen and Elk Creek fire departments plus Rotary Wildfire Ready provided seminars on how to get started and spoke one-on-one with residents. Plus Jeffcom911, the county’s emergency dispatch service, urged residents to sign up for its new Smart911 reverse emerSEE WILDFIRE DAY, P12

CDOT hopes overnight work will mean fewer traffic delays

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Mark Lehrner and Lauren Kaufman, left, learn about home hardening from Rotary Wildfire Ready volunteer Bernadette Doyle at Community Wildfire Preparedness Day on May 7. The event was held at Elk Creek Fire in the morning and at Evergreen Fire in PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST the afternoon.

If temperatures are getting warmer, it must mean construction season is here.

And that’s exactly what is about to happen as the Colorado Department SEE PAVING, P8

INSIDE THIS ISSUE EPRD agreement Happenings

3 Kittredge Park 9 Culture

4 Angel pendant 14 Sheriff’s calls

6 Opinion 24 News briefs

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DICKHOFF

Edward Bernard Dickhoff

November 10, 1937 - April 26, 2022

Edward (Ed) Bernard Dickhoff, husband, father, brother, friend, passed away peacefully at his home on April 26, 2022. He was 84 years old. His funeral mass will be held on Tuesday, May 17 at 11:00 am at Christ the King Catholic Church, 4291 Evergreen Parkway, Evergreen, Colorado.

Connecticut. In 1976 the family - Ed, Mary, 4 boys and 2 girls at the time, - moved to Westminster, Colorado.

Finally, with 5 boys and 2 girls, they moved to Evergreen, Colorado in 1983.

In 1979, Ed started a 20-year career at Martin Marietta, which later changed to Lockheed Martin. He always expressed Ed was the oldest sibling of two brothers and pride in the projects he was a part of. He also one sister. He graduated from Roger Bacon established long-time friendships though out High School in Cincinnati, and received an his career. associates degree in electronics from Ohio Ed deeply loved his family, close friends, and College of Applied Science. the mountains. He was always ready to help When Ed was twenty-three years old, he others, even if it took a hard day’s work. married his cherished sweetheart, Mary Ed was preceded in death by his parents, Burkart, and they were married for over 60 Edward and Alma, brother Robert, sister years. They started their family in Cincinnati, Ohio, and later moved to New Milford, Cecilia, and his youngest son Dan.

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EPRD approves agreement with Denver over operating Evergreen Lake property Negotiations took 7 years, and agreement still needs Denver approval

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After seven years of negotiations, the Evergreen Park & Recreation District and the City of Denver have reached an agreement on operating the property at Evergreen Lake.

Denver owns the lake property as part of DeDisse Park, and EPRD has been managing the property for decades. This is the first time that Denver and EPRD will have a direct agreement that lays out specific responsibilities for the property.

According to EPRD board President Monty Estis, until now, Denver had an agreement with the Evergreen Metro District, which owns the water in the lake, who had an agreement with Jefferson County, who had an agreement with EPRD to manage recreation on Evergreen Lake. Denver wanted to create a direct agreement to ensure its alignment with its city charter.

The EPRD board unanimously approved the 30-year agreement on May 2 with two notes: that the agreement is approved by Denver with no material changes and that all prior agreements with Denver

over the lake property are canceled except for agreements to build the Evergreen Lake North Trail later this year.

The 50-page agreement is only for the area around the Evergreen Lake House and the Nature Center, which used to be the warming hut. EPRD is not responsible for managing the rest of the lake property.

Estis provided some details of the agreement since Denver asked that it not be released until the Denver City Council has approved it. According to Estis: • EPRD will continue to manage recreation activities including boating and skating, and events such as weddings and concerts will continue at the Evergreen Lake House; • EPRD will pay $25,000 a year to Denver for the right to operate recreation services and events, and; • The cost of significant capital improvements will be shared between the two entities, and EPRD, with some limits and restrictions, may apply part of the annual fee toward those capital improvements.

“For the last seven years and three boards, we have been negotiating (this agreement),” EPRD outgoing board member Peter Lindquist said before the board approved the agreement. “At times, it has been quite contentious. What I can say after seven years … is we have addressed an enormous number of issues.

This is not a flash decision by any

According to the agreement negotiated between the Evergreen Park & Recreation District and the City of Denver, EPRD is responsible for the area shaded in pink. Denver COURTESY PHOTO still needs to approve the agreement.

means. Both Denver and EPRD have come to realize the importance of what each brings to the table.”

Estis added: “This has been a massive amount of work on the part of the Evergreen Park & Recreation District. … While it started some-

what contentiously, we have now reached an agreement that meets the needs of both entities as well as the Evergreen community.”

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Kittredge residents hope animosity subsides over Bear Creek shore ownership

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

One thing is true regarding the dispute over access to Bear Creek at Kittredge Park: It has divided the community with hurt feelings on both sides.

No new information was provided at a community meeting May 4 on where the line is between property owned by Taralyn Romero south of Bear Creek and Kittredge Park north of the creek. Romero says she owns the shoreline on the north side, and she has erected signs and a wire to prevent the public from using the creek access that has been a recreational mainstay at the park.

However, Kittredge residents at the meeting hosted by Jeffco Open Space, which owns the park, expressed their frustration that it appeared nothing had been done since a meeting in September to resolve the issue. They also were frustrated that playing along the creek had suddenly become a contentious and toxic issue after more than three decades of unfettered access. Plus they believe they are being treated unfairly by the property owners, who have tried to keep people from trespassing on their property.

“I wanted to bring to the attention (of Jeffco Open Space) how severely the community feels hassled and harassed when they go to the park,” said Tina Kellogg of Kittredge. “I understand there are issues with the private property line. I really want the harassment at the park to stop. I

An area of Kittredge Park near Bear Creek has been cordoned off by residents who live on the south side of the creek because they say they own the property.

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never imagined this kind of explosive stuff happening at the park.”

Michael Eymer, Romero’s fiancé, said he and Romero had been unjustly accused of harassment.

“The whole reason the (wire) is there is because of the accusations of harassment,” Eymer said. “We are trying to have a civil conversation, and (the person we are talking to) interprets it differently.”

Attorney Brian Ray, who represents Romero, said while he thought the meeting was premature since

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a lot-line survey hadn’t been completed, the property owner was at the meeting to listen to community concerns.

“Even the county’s own maps support Ms. Romero’s position that she owns the area north of the creek,” Ray said. “We are confident the updated survey will confirm the existing property lines. Until we get the survey, we ask the town not to rush to judgment. We ask for your patience in determining where property lines are located. We are here to

listen to your concerns recognizing community needs and landowners needs.”

Hillary Merritt, JCOS deputy director, told about 75 people at the meeting that the problem lies with conflicting property surveys that put the line between Romero’s property and the park in question.

A survey that Romero is paying for should clear up the issue.

Tom Hoby, director of Jeffco Open Space, added the property owner had the right to keep others off her land even while ownership was in dispute.

Ken and Susan Dlin, who own property east of Romero that also borders the creek, continue to welcome the public to access the creek from their property.

“We welcome all the children on all parts of the property that is ours,” Susan Dlin told the group.

Ken Dlin asked Romero to take down the wire preventing people from accessing the creek and the no-trespassing signs as a good-faith gesture while the survey was being completed and a settlement negotiated.

Kittredge resident Michael Rock added: “To say it’s premature to have this meeting, it’s also premature to put up barriers. Hopefully as a community we can work together.”

Residents said that JCOS’ solution to send Kittredge residents to nearby O’Fallon Park was not as easy as it appeared because there SEE KITTREDGE, P11

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VOTE TOTALS Elk Creek Fire 1 position for a one-year term Chuck Newby 179* Dominique Devaney 179* John Mullan 8 2 positions for a three-year term Greg Pixley 202 Joe Wienand 192 Melissa Baker 214 Inter-Canyon Fire Natalie Arnett 122 Ann Imse 79 Jackie White 139 Ginny Riley 131 Evergreen Fire Stacey Ballinger 864 Julie Ann Courim 929 Jeff deDisse 555 Kenny Erhardt 535 Mike Gregory 492 Wayne Hazeldine 252 John Putt 967 Evergreen Metro District Steve Beck 29 John Ellis 87 Joseph Frisk 65* Brian Stephens-Hotopp 65* James Viellenave 85 Evergreen Park & Recreation District Steve Beck 157 Al Buenning 380 Kristin Courington 489 Peter Eggers 1,023 Betsy Hays 1,161 Chris Lewis 314 Mary McGhee 508 Jeff Shappard 319 • Stars signify tie votes, and the districts will wait for any overseas absentee ballots and then for a recount by each Canvass Board. If there is still a tie, each district’s attorney will decide how to determine a winner.

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ing on the staff, especially with Vander Veen coming on board.

“I want to make sure there is shared vision, mutual understanding of where people are at and what their jobs are,” he said. “I really want to give (Vander Veen) the tools to make good decisions about staff.”

That goal, he said, is followed by goal No. 2: building consensus on the board and creating a strategy for the district to move forward.

The election judges at the Wulf Recreation Center — from left, Luke Wescott, Vanessa Drake and Cherie Paul — decided to liven things up on May 3 by dressing as, well, judges. They brought smiles to voters, who elected three new members of the Evergreen Park & COURTESY PHOTO Recreation District board.

“Things like a dog park and other capital improvements are going to have to wait until the time is right where we are all together and reach out to the community with a common vision and get their input,” Eggers said. “Right now, there’s other work to do.”

Hays’ priorities Hays was the Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce president before her current position as director of resource development at Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice.

“I really think the first step is for all five of us (on the board) to get together and get to know each other to figure out how Betsy Hays we can best work together,” Hays said. “We need to go forward with consensus and with no individual special agendas.”

She emphasized the importance of the EPRD board working as a team, with the new board members getting to know Vander Veen since they were not part of the selection process.

“COVID was a challenge for all organizations, but it was really tough for EPRD,” Hays said. “Coming out of COVID, we need to find out what the community wants by communicating with them, and telling them how they can be involved and what’s next.”

She noted that the rec district needed to accommodate the needs of all constituents, and to do that, board members need to reach out to learn what other groups think.

For example, no one on the board has young families, so she wants to make sure she is plugged into that group, so they have a voice.

“Then we need to come up with a strategic plan to make sure we can get something done,” she said.

“We need to decide what are the priorities with the funds we have.

People deserve to know the order of things.”

McGhee’s plan McGhee, who is a senior IT systems auditor, also coordinates the volleyball programs at Wulf Recreation Center, so she brings to the board a knowledge of what the rank-and-file EPRD workers do.

She wants the board to be more engaged with constituents, believing in “management by walking

around,” noting that she wanted to spend time at both recreation centers to talk to patrons and employees to learn what they think.

“You can get the pulse of an organization and the rec centers if you’re there talking to Mary McGhee the people,” she explained. “I want to have an opendoor policy and be accessible.”

A large priority for McGhee is for EPRD to collaborate more with sister agencies such as Denver Mountain Parks, Jefferson County Open Space, Jeffco Public Schools and more the way it did in the past, noting that what she called EPRD’s recent culture of isolation needed to stop.

She agreed with the other new board members that a strategic vision for the district was a must while still having the day-to-day operational view of the district, and she hopes EPRD can find a spot for another community garden.

She said her strength would be keeping the board informed and not letting things slip through the cracks.

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On the wings of angels Rosalie pendant unveiled at Evergreen Gallery

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An angel has arrived in Evergreen — the Evergreen Angel, that is.

A jewelry pendant staple for 28 years, the angel is usually released in September, but Beth Riser, owner of the Evergreen Gallery, decided to introduce Rosalie to the world at the end of April.

Rosalie is named after Rosalie Peak next to Mount Evans. Riser and her daughter Chloe designed this year’s angel, and Chapin Dimond in Longmont created the silver pendants.

Proceeds from angel sales go to

Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice.

She said Rosalie has been well received by angel-collecting veterans and novices, noting that the pendants provide comfort, hope and faith.

Judy Strange, a faithful collector of the pendants, said her husband Malcolm bought her first pendant in 1993, and she’s been collecting them ever since.

Riser explained at the unveiling on April 28 that Rosalie is designed in an art nouveau style, and she holds rosettes in front of her wings.

Roses, she noted, are symbols of love, gratitude, giving, appreciation, caring and more, anecdotally appearing in stories about miracles and encounters with angels.

At the unveiling, Mount Evans chaplain Nancy Nelson reminded

Beth Riser, owner of Evergreen Gallery and co-designer of this year’s Evergreen Angel pendant, explains this year’s design at the unveiling ceremony on April 28.

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those attending about how angels touch people’s lives.

“If we are open, aware and receptive, they show up in many ways,”

Nelson said. “There are miracles every single day.”

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VOICES Listening for the voice of grace

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Graciousness is more than good manners. It is more than courtesy. It is the etiquette of the soul. True graciousness has such a divine quality we feel it is something that comes through us and not from us.” — Fred Smith Can you think of a time when you made a mistake, large or small, and where the error could have led to a bigger problem or conflict, yet the person on the receiving end of your mistake gave you grace? Sometimes when we think we have failed someone or something the most or feel like we don’t deserve to receive grace or to be forgiven, we are forgetting the inherent goodness and graciousness found in most people.

As the quote above points out, grace is not something that comes from us, it is something that comes through us and is demonstrated by our actions. Saying the words “I forgive you,” or “Don’t worry, it’s OK,” are a good start, but will be taken as insincere if the actions, body language, and tonality don’t support

what is being said.

Have you ever withheld offering grace or forgiveness? When we withhold giving grace to someone, we are actually doing more harm to ourselves than to the person who offended us or who Michael Norton made a mistake that had an impact on our lives. Yet, when we are at fault, we hope that the person we wronged in some way will offer us grace and forgive us. Giving grace is so freeing as it takes a heavy burden of anger or resentment off our shoulders, and we can get back to living our best life as the best version of ourselves.

And when we can get comfortable with giving grace, we will be much more comfortable receiving grace, even when we feel like we deserve it the least. In this context, I am refer-

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ring to giving and receiving grace as in forgiveness. When we think of the other definitions of grace such as simple elegance or refinement of movement, or courteous goodwill, and then couple those with offering someone grace, it emphasizes or punctuates our sincerity.

There are always more elegant ways and solutions to solve problems, correct mistakes and overcome conflict or adversity. Learning how to live, work and love with graciousness is a tremendously amazing way to do just that. When we can learn to apply elegant solutions during times of interpersonal conflict, it will have the greatest impact on all our relationships.

“Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off.” - Max Lucado We all know the feeling of finding it within ourselves to offer grace in the moment we first find out that we have been wronged. We struggle because we want to be so mad and we want to enjoy stewing in our anger

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR FSBR will only endanger residents From the January 2021 presentation to Conifer Area Residents: Consolidation of riders… reduces pressure on local mixed use [sic] trail systems [and] will improve MTB EMS response in the Conifer Area.

And in the February 13, 2022, article from the Denver Gazette: Bouchard [sic] noted that Jefferson County’s own [sic] Flying J Ranch Park has [sic] extensive mountain bike use…

Ignore the sickening trespass against written communication for the moment. The statements comprise outright falsehood.

Trail riding, one of three activities taking place at Flying J, fundamentally differs from free-ride, downhill mountain biking by about $5000 in equipment and $80 a pop for an FSBR lift ticket. Trail riders currently share, without mishap, Jeffco Open Space or Denver Mountain

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of Transportation prepares to repave 6.4 miles of Interstate 70 from the Chief Hosa exit west to Floyd Hill. Paving will be done primarily at night starting on the east end, and before that work starts in mid-June, crews are replacing guard rails along that section of highway.

“This is the most heavily traveled part of the corridor,” said CDOT C

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for a while, it is our right to be mad, upset, hurt and angry. That is why I love this quote by Max Lucado and lean into the meaning. This quote has more than once been the words I cling to and repeat when something happens or the error made had a negative impact on myself, my family or my friends. I listen for the voice of grace in my head and in my heart.

How does grace show up for you?

Is it with a lot of effort or is it with refined movement and elegance? Is there someone you need to offer a little grace to? Is there something you have done where you are expecting or hoping to receive a little grace yourself? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we listen for the voice of grace, it really will be a better than good year.

Michael Norton is the grateful president of XINNIX, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

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Park mixed-use trail systems with hikers and horseback riders free of charge. It is extremely doubtful that trail riders will shell out the huge, additional expenditure.

Elk Creek Fire Protection District need not provide EMS service for as many as 2 to 4 injuries per day at FSBR if the multi-million dollar corporate “development” did not exist.

Finally, drawing 4000 fire hazards a week up from Denver cannot, by any definition, be called “consolidation.”

FSBR, instead, will endanger by its presence Conifer area residents, the lower Shadow and Conifer Mountain ecosystem, and wildlife with its tremendous burden on local resources and services.

Mr. Bouchard, FSBR, the Colorado State Land Board and Jefferson County are either unaware of the distinctions or presume we are. Or do they think Conifer Area residents foolish?

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Executive Director Shoshana Lew at a media conference on May 6.

She noted that about 61,000 vehicles travel the area each day, with 13,000 of them at night.

“Motorists will see better driving conditions along this corridor, but it will take construction to make that happen,” Lew said.

CDOT’s Mike Kellerman explained that crews will use what he called the “mill and fill” method to move quickly through the repaving.

“We work to figure out how to get the work done while getting people

to the mountains,” he said.

Lew noted that while CDOT hopes to start the $700 million I-70 reconfiguration project at Floyd Hill next year, the highway still needs to be repaved now. As part of the large project, this fall, CDOT will begin the ancillary projects such as building wildlife crossings at Genesee and Empire along with roundabouts along U.S. 40 at Homestead Road and County Road 65 at the top of Floyd Hill.

As part of this summer’s I-70 construction, CDOT will install

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In addition, tolls are expected to begin this summer for the westbound Mountain Express Lane.

CDOT officials reminded drivers to pay attention while driving, especially in work zones, to keep everyone especially the crews safe.

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HAPPENINGS tian Science practitioner and is a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship. For more information, email clerk@christianscienceevergreen.com.

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THURSDAY Women in Business luncheon: The Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce will host its Women in Business luncheon and Hall of Fame induction at 11 a.m. May 12 at the Mount Vernon Canyon Club.

Register at evergreenchamber.org.

Evergreen chamber’s monthly business unplugged mixer: The Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly business unplugged mixer at 5 p.m. May 12 at Lawson Adventure Center. For more information and to register, visit evergreenchamber.org.

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 May 12, June 9 and July 14.

SATURDAY Wildlife Watch training: Wild Aware will host a training session for volunteers in Wildlife Watch, a program that has people at the lake to provide information to visitors on wildlife. The training session will be from 8-10 a.m. May 14 at the Evergreen Audubon Nature Center at Evergreen Lake. For more information, email Christie Greene at info@ wildaware.org or visit wildaware. org.

Program on fire awareness, mitigation: Conifer Historical Society will host a program on fire awareness, mitigation and prevention at 2 p.m. May 14 at the Little White Schoolhouse, 26951 Barkley Road, Conifer. The program is free but space is limited. RSVP at coniferhistoricalsociety.org.

SUNDAY Breaking News: Freedom is Ours Now: A free Christian Science talk is being given for the community at 2 p.m. May 15 at the Evergreen Fire/Rescue Administration Building, 1802 Bergen Parkway. Patricia Woodard will share a fresh perspective on God and God’s creation that brings healing now, just as it did in Jesus’ time. Woodard is a Chris-

WEDNESDAY EMERGE meeting: There will be an in-person meeting of EMERGE — East Mount Evans Resource, Growth and the Environment — at 6:30 p.m. May 18 at King-Murphy Elementary School for residents who live in East Clear Creek County.

The agenda will include county officials’ reports, wildfire prevention efforts with Evergreen Fire/Rescue and other items of interest. Members will receive a newsletter from the EMERGE board in May. There will be a membership sign up at the meeting.

UPCOMING Veterans Rendezvous: The annual Veterans Rendezvous will be from 8-11 a.m. May 21 at the Mountain Resource Center, 11030 Kitty Drive, Conifer. Veterans can get information about benefits and health screenings.

“Ragtime” auditions: Ovation West Performing Arts will hold auditions for its fall show, “Ragtime,” from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at Center Stage. For the full audition notice, visit ovationwest.

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Evergreen Nature Center: The Evergreen Nature Center is open for the season. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends only through May 29, when the regular summer hours start. The Nature Center is looking for volunteers For more information, contact Emma Vasicek at EOD@EvergreenAudubon.orgor stop by the Nature Center. No experience is necessary. Training and mentoring are provided.

Evergreen farmers market: The Evergreen farmers market will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays from May 31-Sept. 27 at Boone Mountain Sports, 2962 Evergreen Parkway.

Thirty-five vendors will offer food, drinks, wellness and crafts.

“Wildlife in the Rockies” at Shadow Mountain Gallery: Enjoy up-close viewing of Colorado wildlife at Shadow Mountain Gallery’s new exhibit, “Wildlife in the Rockies” in May. Local artists display one-of-a-kind pieces. The gallery is located on in downtown Evergreen between Java Groove and Beau Jo’s.

It is open daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Free legal clinic: A free legal clinic for people with no attorney will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 2. 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 SEE HAPPENINGS, P16

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Meet the Morrison Board: Trustee Paul Sutton Paul Sutton will continue to share his environmental knowledge during his second term on the Morrison Board

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As a professor of geography and the environment, Paul Sutton wanted to show his students how local governments can make a difference on environmental issues — that’s why he ran for Morrison Town Board nearly 5 years ago.

Sutton was reelected to the Morrison Board of Trustees in April and began his second term alongside many of his previous fellow board members. When he is not tending to the governmental needs of Morrison, he teaches at the University of Denver.

As a professor, Sutton is interested in a variety of research topics.

“I teach ecological economics, remote sensing — which is like satellite imagery and the interpretation — population geography, and a first year seminar which is entitled ‘envisioning utopia through the lens

of a wellbeing economy,’” he said.

Sutton, who has a PhD in Geography, has also published numerous articles in local and national publications about the environment and higher education.

In his free time, he enjoys skiing Copper Mountain, reading, hiking and biking the trails in Morrison.

Sutton likes to read environmental and economic books and consumes a wide range of news in the form of podcasts, TV, print and social media.

Sutton has lived in Morrison since 2010. Some of his favorite places in the town include Bear Creek Lake Park, Red Rocks, Mt. Falcon Park and more.

“I love the CCC camp, I walk my dog there every day,” he said.

One of Sutton’s goals as a board member is to preserve the essence of Morrison and keep it from becoming an overdeveloped area.

“Governing Morrison is not about building stuff,” he said.

Sutton has plans to work on the relocation of the water treatment plant, and wants to protect spaces like the elementary school from being bought out by corporations.

He also hopes to form a strong community connection between Morrison residents and the new police department through different events.

Paul Sutton starts his second term on the Morrison Board.

My Cousin Rachel

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by Julianne Seifert

by Daphne du Maurier, 1951

I am fascinated by the idea of an unresolved mystery. We are used to reading mystery novels where the culprits are hunted down, with their actions confessed and proven and every clue explained.

However, we know that these books are escapist literature; in real life, matters of intrigue and suspicion are rarely resolved so smoothly.

Questions remain, doubts linger, and it’s usually impossible to ever learn the whole truth.

Daphne du Maurier was an author who specialized in this more realistic approach. She created complex characters with unclear motives, then left them in isolated and dramatic settings and let the tension build toward the breaking point. In My Cousin Rachel, she wove a particularly tangled web, in which it is never made entirely clear whether a crime has been committed, or if anyone is as guilty as they appear. In place of these definite answers or an objective assessment of rights and wrongs, du Maurier offered food for thought: the situation and the clues are laid out, but readers are invited to draw their own conclusions.

The atmosphere of distrust slowly forms around the unconventional relationship between Rachel and her late husband’s cousin, Philip. At times, it follows the pattern of a Gothic romance, with all the dark passion and angst that genre is known for; at others, it becomes something more sinister, as Rachel’s behavior grows more inconsistent and unpredictable and Philip responds with irrational anger and jealousy. The style of the book shifts as well, encompassing both the rich descriptions and themes of old-fashioned classics and a more modern directness of observation and dialogue. This helps to emphasize how unreliable Philip’s narration is, adding another layer of suspense and an additional set of questions to every turn of the plot.

With no truly sympathetic protagonist to offer, the book instead encourages a reader’s investment through its unsettling slow burn. Eerie impressions and stray memories interrupt seemingly mundane scenes, accentuated further by the attention paid to small details of weather and mood.

Whether or not the characters themselves appeal to you, you’re likely to find yourself wondering who among them is most trustworthy and what new revelation or suspicion will arise next. Everyone develops their own unique theories of what really happened, making this a great book to discuss with friends or revisit in later years. It may not leave you with the kind of closure you’re used to, but for that very reason, it just might stay with you longer than a book with no loose ends ever could.

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is no safe way to walk to O’Fallon along Highway 74.

Hoby explained that JCOS was not acquiescing that Romero owned the property on the north side of Bear Creek, and if the survey determines that Romero owns the property on the north side of the creek, a solution would be to negotiate purchasing the property.

Another speaker, who works for the U.S. Forest Service, suggested that if the issue was Bear Creek moving over the last century, Great Outdoors Colorado might have grant money available to properly move the creek, ultimately putting the north bank on public property.

“I think the bottom line we hear is that folks would like to have access to the creek from the park,” Hoby said. “What does that look like and how do we get there is really the next step.

He said Jeffco Open Space hoped to resolve the issue amicably in a way that provides the community with access to Bear Creek.

“We want … the public to access Bear Creek as they have for more than three decades,” Hoby said, “so they can enjoy the creek in

a way that is responsible and be respectful to adjacent property owners.”

Kittredge resident Jerry Smith defended property-owners’ rights, noting that things have changed in Kittredge over the decades.

“There are probably more people who use the park by driving there than people who walk to it,” Smith said. “Everything is different, and we need to adjust to that. I encourage people to not create enemies but to find the right thing to do. If we want to stay a community in the future, we have to change as the community changes.”

Hoby urged everyone to be patient and wait for the process to move forward.

“Private property owners have rights, and public property owners have rights,” he said. “You all own Kittredge Park, and we get that need to stand up for those rights, but we also get that we need to work for the neighbors.”

Several Kittredge families gathered at the park on May 1 to spend family time and to talk about the park issue.

I was down there Sunday,” Kittredge resident Chris Kellogg said. “(That area of the park) didn’t feel like it was part of the community anymore. It hurts that this situation is happening.

It hurts that this community is so divided over this.”

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Lessons learned from Marshall Fire Fire chiefs from Boulder, Louisville and other affected areas met with officials May 4 for a National Weather Service Fire Forecasting discussion.

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gency-notification system.

Ironically, while about 70 people were listening to Jess Moore, Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s reduction risk coordinator, explain that now is the time to start mitigating, emergency personnel were extinguishing a fire off of Wamblee Valley Trail and Pinto Drive in Conifer as preevacuation orders were put in place.

Luckily, the fire was put out and residents were allowed to go home.

Saturday’s windy weather and the fire in Conifer emphasized the need for homeowners to start somewhere.

“Fire will happen,” Moore said.

“It’s our responsibility to create an environment on our properties, so fire can move through without destroying it.”

While what people think of as mitigation is expensive and labor

Jess Moore, Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s reduction risk coordinator, give a seminar to about 70 residents about wildfire mitigation. PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

intensive, starting with something as simple as clearing pine needles from around the house and from gutters in a good start, she said.

Maintaining a five-foot non-combustible zone around the home is important.

Moore told the group that what is called an ember wash is the most concerning because embers land everywhere, which is why roofs are the most vulnerable to wildfire.

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‘Everyone’s learned from this’ Louisville Fire Chief John Willson said he had a couple of meetings and was out and about that morning. He noticed it was windy, and knew there was a grass fire around eight miles away, but Windows and skylights should be double-paned because if they break from the heat, then the embers burn the inside of the home.

Outside the EFR administration building, the Rotary Wildfire Ready fire engine was parked with plenty of volunteers available to answer questions. The fire engine is part of the grassroots effort by the Evergreen, Mountain Foothills and Conifer Rotary clubs to educate the public about the work that needs to be done.

Moore also discussed the chipping program and available home assessments, similar to programs offered by the Elk Creek and the Inter-Canyon fire departments.

Signups for the chipping program, where EFR chips and hauls away the wood chips, will begin on May 23. One-hour home assessments are available by contacting EFR’s community ambassadors. The more extensive home assessments will be available soon.

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Kaufman, who have lived in the Kerr Gulch area for two years, attended the event to learn more about mitigation. They did some work on their property when they d first moved in, and they were look- a ing for pointers on where to go next. t “This is important,” Kaufman o said of wildfire mitigation. m They agreed that hearing the mitigation information again never 1 e hurts.

Stacy Strittmatter, who works for t Jeffcom911, talked with attendees d about making sure they are signed e 2 up for reverse emergency notification. Strittmatter, who lives in Superior, said she would never havefi evacuated her home early during l the Marshall Fire if it had not been s for that notification. w She said she was the neighbor knocking on doors, telling others to p evacuate.

“The minute you are told to evacu-d ate, do it,” she said. “(Reverse emer- d t gency notification) saves lives.”

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history, in terms of structures lost.

Damages from the fire are estimated to exceed half a billion dollars.

An exact cause of the fire has so far not been determined.

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U.S. Representatives Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Joe Neguse (CO-02), representatives from the National Weather Service, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and members of the House Science Committee were part of the discussion.

On Dec. 30, 2021, the Marshall fire started just before 10:30 a.m. as a grass fire in Boulder County. In the following 24 hours, it became the most destructive fire in the state’s

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get them — I didn’t get them in time,” he said.

It was just one of the things that made it difficult for incident commanders and firefighters on the ground to even try to fight such a fire. But the way things unfolded, it might not have made much of a difference because it all happened so fast.

“In a normal structure fire we have 20 firefighters that are attacking this fire. That day, I had 500 homes on fire. I don’t have enough firefighters in the Denver Metro Area to try to protect — or to try to stop this,” Willson said.

So, it was the wind finally dying down around 6:30 or 7 p.m. that allowed his firefighters to really attack the blaze.

Willson said he’d never dreamt of high winds blowing up to 70 miles per hour (with gusts, of up to 100 mph) for eight straight hours engulfing tall, dry grass in any training exercise.And that in his decades fighting fires he’d never experienced a situation like Dec. 30, 2021.

Everyone from scientists, to firefighters and the general public learned from the experience, he said.

“I think we’re all learning and we’re lucky that only two people perished that day,” Willson said.

Perlmutter stressed the need to deal with climate change in addressing the threat of wildfires in the west.

“This roundtable is part of an

Area emergency personnel who fought the Marshall Fire called the scene apocalyptic with flames 40 feet high and embers flying everywhere in 100 mph winds. COURTESY PHOTO

ongoing conversation our state and country has to have about our changing climate and what it means for how we build our homes, our communities and the steps we need to take today to prevent catastrophic loss of life and property in the future,” he said. “The Marshall Fire was a tragic wake up call to the year-round fire season and the changing nature of wildfires in our state and across the arid western U.S. My colleagues on the House Science Committee are no stranger to the damage of wildfires in their own home states, and we must take these lessons back to Congress to improve federal policy, continue to fight climate change and better prevent and mitigate against similar events going forward.”

Director of Colorado Division Fire Prevention and Control Mike Morgan is in charge of getting resources to fire chiefs and other emergency personnel when large

fires escalate.

Morgan said there are 64 counties in Colorado — a lot of them are along the Front Range — and that Boulder County is one of the counties he considers most prepared to be able to deal with a catastrophic event.

He said the day of the Marshall fire, he could see the smoke plume from his Lakewood office, where his phone had started blowing up with calls. Over the course of the event, Morgan was able to bring 57 engines from 47 agencies around the state, to help. Still, damage from the fire was devastating. The high winds had made utilizing aircraft to fight the fire, impossible.

“This was a grass fire that turned into an urban conflagration,” Morgan said.

The Chinook winds firefighters faced that day are likely not anomalies, he said. They could happen again in future fires. Advances

in technology created through a partnership with the Sierra Nevada Corporation, enabling early detection and intelligence, helped firefighters combat the Marshall fire using heat sensors and giving them the ability to see through the smoke.

In addition to weather conditions and technology, more tangible aspects of response like mitigation and figuring out better evacuation routes were discussed during the session.

Questions to the experts followed — the most asked (in various ways) was how do communities take lessons learned from the Marshall Fire and apply them to achieve a better result in future events.

Mayor Ashley Stolzmann, Louisville, gave an impassioned plea for fixing the root of the problem. She said communities need congress to take climate action or events like the Marshall Fire are going to continue to happen at a rate that’s totally unacceptable.

“And what happens then, is the cost is very great and the federal government comes to help pick up the cost but there’s such a huge unmet need,” she said. “So, taking climate action is what we need.”

Stolzmann said victims of the fire also need financial support because the insurance system is not structured in a way that protects homeowners and consumers. Which at the end of the day, she said, causes the federal government to pay even more.

“The more things we can do to collectively as a nation, the better off we’ll be,” she said. “Because this is a problem in scale that will take global action (to fix).”

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completed a record run for “The Nutcracker,” with a new $1.5 million production. The Colorado Symphony was also on pace to set record attendance earing a mask may be good and its fifth straight year with a healthy protection from COVID-19, operating reserve. but it makes it really tough to The Opera was finishing “Pagliacci,” sing the rousing “La Chanson with more than $367,000 in ticket sales for Bohème.”Yet that was precisely the chalthree performances, and “The Lion King,” lenge soprano Kate Aldrich faced at a with strong advance sales, was coming rehearsal of Opera Colorado’s upcomto the Denver Center for the Performing ing production of “Carmen.”

Arts in May. Aldrich, from time to time, tugged at Then on March 13 everything came to a her mask for extra air as she sang of dead stop. The music, the dance, the plays tambourines, frenzied guitars and redwere all victims of the pandemic. striped dresses floating in the wind.

“Twenty-nineteen was a blockbuster “You can’t get behind in your breathyear, one of the highest years of ating,” she explained. “I have sung this so tendance ever,” said Meredith Badler, many times I know how many breaths I deputy director of the Colorado Busineed.” ness Community for the Arts, a nonSuch is opera in the time of pandemic. profit promoting the arts.

Come the stage rehearsals and the per“Denver had been on this incredformances, which start May 7 at the Ellie ible growth trajectory; 2020 set Caulkins Opera House, the masks come everyone back,” she said. “The off. pandemic set back every one of The masks, however, were back on for our key indicators.” Attendance everyone, including the audience, at for the year was down nearly Boettcher Concert Hall when singer50% to 8 million for cultural songwriter Ben Folds performed with the and arts organizations in the Colorado Symphony on April 23. “It was greater metro area, and more a specific request from the artist,” said than 3,700 jobs in the arts Nick Dobreff, the symphony’s communiwere lost, according to the cations and creative director. “We had CBCA. to comply because he wouldn’t perform “Performing arts operawithout it.” tions are operating on reSuch is the symphony in the time ally thin margins so if you of pandemic. can’t get enough people Still, after the darkest days — and into a performance, you dark they were, for all the theaters aren’t making your were shuttered — Denver’s major costs,” Badler said. performing arts companies The previous body have, in fits and starts, been on blow to the Denver a comeback season. It is provperforming arts was ing to be a long climb back. the 2008 recession.

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the recession took 10 years. Hopefully it wouldn’t take another decade to get back,” Badler said.

Learning how to improvise When rehearsals vanished and theaters were closed, the different arts companies began to improvise.

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts usually has 40 to 50 shows running through its eight theaters in a season. At the same time, it was in the middle of a $41 million renovation project. The center used the pause to its advantage to complete the project.

“The silver lining of our experience was that we were renovating theaters,” said Janice Sinden, DCPA’s president and CEO. The Colorado Ballet started doing its daily ballet class for its dancers over Zoom and dancers began making “Virtual Ballet” videos dancing in the parking garage at the performing arts center or along the Platte River, as bicyclists whizzed by.

The company also teamed up with Rocky Mountain PBS to air performances of “The Nutcracker” and “Alice,” a ballet based on the Lewis Carroll character.

The Colorado Symphony never stopped playing. “Our mantra was play on,” Dobrff said.

Within days of the shutdown, the symphony produced an online performance of the Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, each orchestra member playing his or her part at home.

Symphony musicians kept posting videos under the rubric #PlayOn, including the horn section’s soulful rendition of “All

By Myself.” A handful of small, masked and socially distanced ensembles popped up at places like Civic Center park and the Colorado State Capitol.

In July 2020, the symphony became the first group to play at Red Rocks since the start of the pandemic, with a series of 18 concerts by 20 musicians before audiences of 175 spread out across the huge amphitheater. “It was eerie,” Dobreff said. “You just never see Red Rocks like that.”

Looking at the numbers While audiences largely disappeared, one thing that did not vanish was philanthropic and government backing for the arts.

In fact, private donations to arts and cultural groups in 2020 rose 5.5% to $225 million compared to 2019, according to the CBCA. “We are a nonprofit organization. We are used to raising

Colorado Ballet principal dancers Jennifer Grace and Mario Labrador rehearse a pas de deux as they prepare for George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations.

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money to meet our goals,” Dobreff said. “It isn’t something a restaurant or a store can do. …

Donations became very important during that time and our support helped in a massive way to help us keep playing on.”

Pre-pandemic donations to performing arts organizations ranged on average from one-fifth to more than two-thirds of total revenue, based on their 990 federal tax forms.

DCPA had a 30,000-person subscriber base and the organization sought to have subscribers contribute their tickets. This helped boost donations to $4.5 million.

Tickets could also be held as credits for future performances.

Still, the center lost about 5,000 subscribers during the pandemic.

Subscribers also donated tickets for opera performances the company could not perform. “We saw a tremendous amount of support in contributions,” Carpenter said.

The opera was expecting about a 30% drop-off in contributions and while donations of $500 or

less did decrease, pledges from major donors swelled. “So, it all balanced out,” Carpenter said.

Opera Colorado logged an 8% increase in contributions in fiscal year 2021 to $3.9 million, compared to a year earlier, while ticket sales were a tenth — just $1,400 — of what they were before the pandemic. More than half of the symphony’s $13.3 million 2020 budget was covered by contributions.

“I was concerned whether dollars would shift from the private sector, but they kept it up,” said Deborah Jordy, executive director of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. The SCFD channels designated sales tax revenue to 320 arts and cultural organizations in Denver and six surrounding counties.

“Philanthropy stayed strong particularly in the performing arts where there was no earned income, no ticket sales,” Jordy said.

The SCFD also increased its grants rising to $75.3 million in 2021 from $66 million in 2019, as

sales tax revenue grew in the region.

“It really demonstrates generally consistent year-over-year support for cultural institutions and that is what they needed during the pandemic,” Jordy said.

There was one unexpected source of aid — the federal government’s COVID relief funds.

Like other employers with fewer than 500 workers, performing arts organizations were able to access the Paycheck Protection Program and the employee retention tax credit, and then there was the $16.2 billion shuttered venue operator grant program.

“All those things were a bonus,” the Opera’s Carpenter said.

“We never expected to be on the receiving end of that kind of federal government support.”

The opera received $518,000 in federal help over 2020 and 2021.

The ballet — carrying a full company of dancers — received a total of nearly $6.4 million in federal backing over two years.

The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, which suffered a crippling string of performance cancellations as members in its productions came down with COVID-19, saw donations reach a record $1 million. “From small donors to corporations, everyone stepped up,” said Phillip Sneed, the center’s CEO and president.

The center also received $5.2 million in federal aid over two years, helping to offset $3.6 million in losses.

“At first we thought it was more than we needed,” Sneed said. But the aid became vital as losses mounted — the most recent, $130,000 in ticket returns from the cancellation of the last seven performances of the musical “Kinky Boots.”

Over the two years DCPA garnered about $16 million in federal aid, according to Sinden. DCPA depends heavily on ticket sales — contributions made up just 20% of its pre-pandemic budget of $75 million. “It was really, really tough to come back. We lost $100 million in 18 months,” she said.

The comeback Still, as the summer of 2021 came to a close, everyone was preparing for that comeback.

One decision all these performing arts groups made was that patrons would have to wear masks and have proof of vaccination or negative COVID tests to attend performances.

“We wanted to be in lockstep because we knew it was going to be hard,” Dobreff said. “We did what was collectively best.”

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honor military and first responders will begin at 5 p.m. with the headliner Rhett Haney.

The lineup of performers for the other concerts will be announced soon. For more information, contact Pam Lindquist, Lake House facility specialist, at 720-880-1310 or visit evergreenrecreation.com.

Crow Hill Shred-a-thon: Crow Hill Insurance will host its 11th annual paper shred-a-thon from 9 a.m.noon Saturday, June 4, at its office, 360 Park County Road, Bailey. The Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity ReStore will have a truck available for any furniture and houseware donations.

ONGOING Food pantry volunteers needed: EChO food pantry is looking for volunteers to stock shelves, assist shoppers and process donated food.

For more information email mary@ evergreenchristainoutreach.org or call EChO Volunteer Services at 720673-4369.

50th anniversary celebration: Ovation West Performing Arts will host a celebration to close out its 50th anniversary season from 6:30-10 p.m.

June 4 at Center Stage. The Patrick Lee Jazz Trio will perform. Enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres and desserts, and wine and beer will be available for purchase. For information and tickets, visit ovationwest.org/ events-tickets/ovation-celebration.

Evergreen Nature Center summer camps: Space is available in the Evergreen Nature Center summer camps. For more information about camps for preschool and elementary students and to register, visit www.EvergreenAudubon.org.

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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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Evergreen and Ralston Valley heading into girls soccer playoffs

BY BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — There was one guarantee May 5 at the North Area Athletic Complex: Evergreen’s girls soccer team would be bringing the Class 4A Jeffco League plaque home for the third time in four years.

The Cougars — No. 1 in the CHSAANow.com 4A rankings for the seventh straight week — swept through their conference schedule outscoring opponents 42-2 while going 9-0 in league play. It is Evergreen’s third conference title over the past four years.

“I think that is what every high school athlete in general wants to do,” Evergreen senior Elizabeth Rapp said of the Cougars claiming another league title. “It’s a dream come true really. We didn’t get to play our sophomore year because of COVID, but we got our three. I’m very proud of this team.

Evergreen (13-1-1, 9-0 in 4A Jeffco) had one final tune-up before the 32-team 4A state tournament begins next week with a non-league game against Ralston Valley (8-4-3, 3-3-1 in 5A Jeffco). The Mustangs were coming off a big 2-1 come-from-behind victory against No. 2 Broomfield on Tuesday.

“We love this game against Ralston Valley,” Evergreen coach Peter Jeans said. “They are a very sporting team. They play hard as well. They play at a high level and that is the kind of atmosphere we want to have in a game as we approach the playoffs.”

After 80 minutes of regulationtime and a pair of 10-minute overtime periods neither team could find the back of the net with the game ending in a 0-0 scoreless draw.

“It was one of our hardest games of the season and we came out with a well-fought draw,” Evergreen senior Elizabeth Rapp said. “It’s definitely a game I’m glad we were able to play right before playoffs.”

Evergreen has been on the doorstep to winning the program’s first girls soccer state championship since winning the 4A title back in 1997, but hasn’t been able to hoist the ultimate prize. The Cougars lost

to Holy Family 2-1 in the title game last season and fell to Cheyenne Mountain 2-1 in the 4A title game in 2019.

“We need to stay even stronger,” Elizabeth said about winning that elusive state title. “We’ve lost it twice those other two years that we won the 4A Jeffco League. This year we are going to put our heads down and try to finish it out.”

The Cougars having been playing well with only a loss to 5A Jeffco’s Columbine back in early April as their lone defeat this season. Evergreen is currently on a 6-game shutout streak behind sophomore goalie Aubrey Huerta.

Evergreen grabbed the No. 2 seed for the 4A state tournament. The Cougars were scheduled to host No. 31 Pueblo County at 6 p.m. May 11 at Evergreen High School.

“It’s just about making key plays at key times,” Jeans said of success in the postseason. “You need to make sure the ball doesn’t go into the back of your net and one special play can put it into the back of your opponent’s net.”

Evergreen was shorthanded last Thursday with one-third of the Rapp triplets out. Catherine Rapp, the Cougars’ leading scorer, was out with a non-COVID related illness.

She should be ready to go when the playoff being with first-round games May 11.

While Catherine wasn’t on the pitch against Ralston Valley, her jersey did make an appearance.

“There are three of us so sometimes our laundry gets a little bit mixed up,” Elizabeth said with a laugh about wearing Catherine’s No. 15 jersey instead of Elizabeth’s normal No. 7. “I must have not looked at the number and grabbed her’s.”

Ralston Valley is headed to the 5A state tournament. The Mustangs took the No. 13 seed and was scheduled to host Rocky Mountain on Tuesday, May 10, after press deadline, at the NAAC. The Mustangs have had a rollercoaster season. They started the season 5-0-1 and on a 6-game shutout streak. However, Ralston Valley went on an 0-3-1 stretch before winning its 5A Jeffco League finale

Evergreen senior Elizabeth Rapp, left, battles with Ralston Valley freshman Holly Engelking (6) during the finale regular-season game May 5 for the Cougars and Mustangs before the postseason. The game ended in a scoreless overtime draw.

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Evergreen’s girls soccer team picked up its third Class 4A Jeffco League championship trophy May 5 at the North Area Athletic Complex. The Cougars went 9-0 in conference play this spring and are the No. 2 seed for the 4A state tournament that begins this week.

against Dakota Ridge this week and then upsetting Broomfield.

“It’s up, down and all around. That is all I’ll say,” Ralston Valley coach Kamee Morwood said after the tie.

“I think our girls are tired having played six games in the last 10 days against some really good teams.”

Ralston Valley was No. 13 in the RPI standings after the tie against

Evergreen.

“We can get hot,” Morwood said.

“After this we’ll see who we face first round. They have proven they can do it. It’s up to them believing it and doing it.”

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Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains: ‘You couldn’t create a more terrifying scenario’ Region’s leading abortion provider gearing up for influx of patients following Roe v. Wade leak

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The chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains has been working to get her organization ready for what she calls “our terrible forecast” — the leaked Supreme Court decision indicating that Roe v Wade will be overturned.

PPRM, the region’s largest abortion provider, with locations in Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada, finds itself at the center of a nationwide fight for reproductive rights.

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centers have already experienced an uptick in patients since the Texas abortion ban that was signed into law in September 2021, and now must prepare for that situation to extend to other bordering states.

“Twenty-six million patients are going to live in a state that does not have abortion,” Cowart said in a September 2021 interview with Colorado Community Media.

“That’s our terrible forecast after the Supreme Court does what we expect it to do.”

A day after the court’s decision was leaked, a PPRM health center assistant who wished to remain anonymous said their health center is preparing for an increase in patients. The provider saw 92,000 patients in the last year, according to PPRM’s 2021 annual report.

“We’re really prepping for a massive amount of out-of-staters now,” the HCA said. “(We’ve) already had a massive increase since September with Texas, and now, we’re preparing for almost all our neighboring states to join Texas.”

The Supreme Court released a statement May 3 verifying the validity of the leaked decision, which is still subject to change.

PPRM’s patient navigators have been working to help patients coordinate travel and lodging, sometimes helping with the cost associated with those hurdles, Cowart said.

“We’re talking as though ‘Oh, it’s just easy, you just fly over to new Mexico or drive to Colorado,’” Cowart said. “If you’re an affluent person, if you have your United Miles, if you know how to get on the website and get yourself a plane ticket, this is horrible, but it’s not going to stop you from flying to Denver or flying to LA or flying to New York and having an abortion.

“It’s particularly bad for people who are already struggling with an upside-down economy… You couldn’t create a more terrifying

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This leaves many abortion seekers in a predicament squarely at the intersection of race, class and gender inequality, according to Cowart. Patients must now travel hundreds — sometimes thousands of miles — to get health care, an inconvenient task for those who are affluent, and a nearly impossible one for those who aren’t, according to Cowart.

Because of this, the Supreme Court’s decision will disproportionally effect BIPOC abortion seekers and those who have limited incomes, Cowart said.

Donations to PPRM and Planned Parenthood have helped mitigate the cost associated with both traveling and getting an abortion, according to Cowart.

The anonymous HCA said navigators have been gearing up to help more patients.

“We’re prepping mostly — just making sure our patient navigation team is up to speed on how many more patients they’re gonna have to book flights and hotels for,” the HCA said.

One way PPRM is preparing to deal with the expected influx of patients is a heightened focus on telehealth. Seeing patients virtually allows for more flexibility with scheduling and logistics and helps reduce the strain on PPRM’s staff.

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the Supreme Court’s decision and added that any patient who opts for telehealth will still be able to speak with a provider about their abortion.

“We’ve been seeing this coming; we’ve been getting ready for it,” Cowart said. “The most important thing that we’ve been doing is moving as many of our services to telehealth as possible, and that includes medication abortion.

“So we have a service where an individual can call in and speak to a doctor over the phone or over a website connection and go through the proper explanations and procedures and the doctor can then send, prescribe and send the medication abortion to the patient overnight to their home or their designated location,” Cowart continued.

Nevertheless, abortions coordinated over telehealth have their limitations. Abortion medications cannot be sent out-of-state — a patient still needs to cross the Colorado or New Mexico border to get access to the medication.

Additionally, the abortion cannot be carried out in a state where abortion is illegal, so patients must take the medication in a legal state.

Cowart said patients can choose if they would like to be seen in person or virtually, and that some patients’ medical history necessitates that their abortion be administered in person. She added that nonabortion patients may also be seen via telehealth for visits concerning STI testing, birth control, genderaffirming care and other services PPRM provides.

While PPRM is working to accommodate the looming influx of patients, its healthcare providers are feeling the strain of working in a challenging field during the COVID pandemic and simultaneously managing a higher patient volume.

Ashley Lipasek, a traveling health center assistant with PPRM who works at all of PPRM’s locations, said that although she and her coworkers have experienced heightened stress, the ability to preserve a patient’s right to abortion makes it worth it.

“I think increasing the patient number has definitely taken a toll on the health-care workers,” Lipasek said. “But at the same time, I think anyone who joined Planned Parenthood does it not for the money — we don’t make a lot of money, it’s a nonprofit, but because we stand by the mission and we know it matters.

“Even if our patient numbers are going up from seeing 30 patients a day to 45, it is a really big increase, and it does create a really exhausting toll on us, but, you know, every time I work with a patient, even if it’s the end of the day and I’m exhausted and I’ve seen 10 extra patients that day, to me it will always be worth it,” Lipasek said.

Lipasek said being able to provide abortion services at a reduced cost adds to the gratification of her work.

“Providing the services is really what matters. If we’re able to provide the services at little-to-no cost it makes the job worth it to me…

There’s something to be said about the feeling of gratification when I can say ‘don’t worry about the cost of today’s procedure. It’s usually $560, but we’ll just cover the cost, it’s fine,’” Lipasek said.

Cowart said PPRM has been building collaborative networks nationwide that will provide an infrastructure for abortion seekers in “dark” states to coordinate their care.

“We’ve been building networks and collaborating across states, collaborating amongst all the providers — the independents, the Planned Parenthoods, everybody...

The National Abortion Federation has a hotline, we’ve hired patient navigators,” Cowart said.

“These patient navigators know where all the funders are, and they know where the bus stations are and so we’re trying to get the word out there via web, via stories like yours, that if nothing else, call the Abortion Federation Hotline, and we can figure out where you are and help you figure out where to get to — and most importantly, help fund it.”

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DENVER — Troy Benko returned to the form that helped lead D’Evelyn’s baseball team to the Class 4A state tournament semifinals last spring.

The Jaguars’ ace had a 4-1 pitching record with a 2.92 ERA during last spring’s COVID-shortened season. However, Benko has struggled on the mound at times during his senior campaign. That all changed May 3 with a complete-game, 3-hit shutout against Evergreen delivered

by Benko.

“They (players) were all screaming, ‘he’s back,’” D’Evelyn coach Dan Porreco said of the post-game meeting. “We have wondered where he (Benko) has been. He was 0-3 and not throwing very well.”

Benko faced only four batters over the minimum and threw less than 100 pitches in his first completegame victory this season. The senior struck out nine batters in the eventual 7-0 home win for D’Evelyn (12-8, 10-3 in Class 4A Jeffco League).

“Yes,” Benko simply answered when asked if it was his best outing this season. “All my off-speed was working. My slider felt good. The curveball felt good. Fastball was good. I was just spotting it up. It felt good.”

Evergreen junior Justin Lipka was the only Cougar to reach third base. He singled in the top of the sixth inning and advanced to third base on a throwing error and wild pitch but was stranded on the bases during the best scoring chance of the game for Evergreen (13-7, 8-5).

“He was very dominating on the mound today,” Porreco said. “Evergreen is a really good team. It was refreshing to have him (Benko) back. I don’t think anyone really squared one up on him.”

D’Evelyn had issues scoring against Evergreen senior Carson King. The Jaguars left seven base runners on through the first four scoreless innings, but a hard hit into the hole at shortstop by junior Jack McCann scored junior Colin Kim from third base to give D’Evelyn a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Junior Gabe Rodriguez followed up with an RBI single down to the right-field line to score junior Heath Perry.

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It was the fifth straight victory for the Jaguars after getting swept by Conifer in a conference series that pretty much eliminated D’Evelyn from winning the league title.

“Right now I think we are really hot,” Benko said of the Jaguars’ 5-game winning streak. “I think we are rolling. We’ll get a good seed for the playoff and keep rolling from there.”

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Juneteenth is officially a state holiday in Colorado

BY KYLE COOKE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

It is official: Juneteenth is a state holiday in Colorado.

Governor Jared Polis signed a bill Monday, May 2, that makes Juneteenth Colorado’s eleventh state holiday. The bill signing took place at Cleo Parker Robinson dance studio in Denver.

Members of the Black Democratic Legislative Caucus of Colorado joined Polis at the bill signing, as did Juneteenth Music Festival organizer Norman Harris III and Colorado WINS president Skip Miller.

“This day means so much to me,” Harris said.

Norman Harris III, organizer of Denver’s Juneteenth Music Festival.

Miller also spoke at the bill signing event, as did the bill’s three primary sponsors: Democrats Sen. Janet Buckner (Aurora), Sen. James Coleman (Denver) and Rep. Leslie Herod (Denver).

“Colorado, and Denver, has one of the largest Juneteenth [celebrations] in the nation, and it’s time that it’s recognized,” Herod told Rocky Mountain PBS in the moments leading up to the bill’s passage Monday. “I’m really excited to say that the workers of Colorado WINS fought for this in their first ever ... collective bargaining agreement with the governor, and here we are today. This means that places all across the country will know the power of Juneteenth, right here in Denver.”

Colorado WINS is the union representing thousands of state workers.

The Colorado House passed the bill Monday, April 11. The legislation had broad bipartisan support; the vote in the House was 61-2. The only “no” votes were Republicans Rod Pelton (District 65) and Rod Bockenfeld (District 56). The Colorado Senate approved the bill Monday, March 21 with a 32-1 vote. Republican Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg (District 1) was the sole vote against the bill.

Herod told Rocky Mountain PBS that the bipartisan support of the bill “just acknowledges how far we’ve come.”

Democratic State Sen. James Coleman speaks at Cleo Parker Robinson

Colorado Rep. Leslie Herod, a Denver Democrat, speaks at the Juneteenth bill signing Monday, May 2, at the Cleo Parker Robinson COURTESY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS Dance studio.

Dance studio, Monday, May 2.

Members of the Black Democratic Legislative Caucus of Colorado first touted the bill Wednesday, March 2, on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol with Polis.

“This is a critical part of our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and movement to increase equality in state agencies,” said Colorado WINS president Skip Miller, who spoke at the March 2 event event.

“Making Juneteenth a state holiday means Colorado not only recognizes that Black people are free, but that all people are free,” Sen. Coleman said at the Capitol.

Juneteenth — a portmanteau of the words June and nineteenth, the date on which the holiday takes place — is a celebration that started with the freed slaves of Galveston, Texas more than 150 years ago.

Though the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in the South in 1863, the proclamation was not enforced in many places in the South, including Texas, until after the Civil War ended in 1865.

Until then, many enslaved people

were unaware of what happened in the Civil War or the fact that they should have been freed.

On June 19, 1865, Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived at Galveston. Granger brought with him General Order No. 3 which read, in part, “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.”

The following year, the now-free people of Texas began celebrating Juneteenth. For a long time, the holiday was predominantly recognized in Texas, but eventually spread across the nation as Black Texans moved outside the state.

In June of 2021, following a nationwide racial justice movement sparked by the murder of George Floyd a year prior, President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation making Juneteenth a national holiday, the first new holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983.

Earlier in 2021, Denver started officially recognizing Juneteenth after City Council unanimously approved

a proposal to make the Saturday closest to June 19 a commemorative holiday.

“Denver has a proud, longstanding tradition of celebrating Juneteenth in the community,” District 8 Councilman Christopher Herndon said after the resolution passed last year.

“This is an opportunity to shine a light on Black history and officially recognize and celebrate our freedom, heritage, and achievement.”

Juneteenth is now the eleventh Colorado state holiday, joining: • New Year’s Day • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day • President’s Day • Memorial Day • Independence Day • Labor Day • Frances Xavier Cabrini Day • Veterans Day • Thanksgiving • Christmas This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online.

Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

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A likely story CONIFER – Boyfriend stood in the driveway, apprehensive. He doesn’t go inside, he told deputies, because Girlfriend’s on the warpath. What’s got her back up? officers wanted to know. She found some “pretty dirty” emails between him and another girl, Boyfriend said, but it’s all just a “big misunderstanding.” A buddy had “used my account” to send the damning dispatches. Deputies relayed that line to Girlfriend, who didn’t buy it either. Officers stood by while Boyfriend collected some belongings and retreated down the road.

Ice cold case EVERGREEN – She kept her grandmother’s “heirloom jewelry” in a bag, she told deputies on the morning of April 11, and she feared the bag had been boosted. She’d discovered the valuable sack of sentiment missing back in January and, having failed to find it, in the weeks and months since, she needed a sheriff’s report to assure her insurers. For the sake of due diligence, deputies asked her if she’d had any tradesmen in the house.

She had not. Officers asked if she’d opened her doors to anyone else. She recalled having some friends in residence “at about the time they went missing,” but she refused to believe her compadres were crooked, or to provide officers with any information about them. Deputies explained that her report won’t be complete until she submits an itemized accounting of the absent ornaments, which tally she promised to turn in betimes.

Departing shots EVERGREEN – It was a whole big thing. Lulu was yelling at Lily, Lily was yelling at Lulu, Lulu’s boy was yelling at Lily, Lily was yelling at Lulu’s boy, and somewhere in there Lulu was trying to pack a U-Haul trailer and move away to Maryland.

Why all the caterwaul? deputies asked Lulu. Lulu said her husband had shared a Lewinsky Moment with Lily, which had resulted in general upheaval within their micro-community, which resulted in her renting a U-Haul trailer with which to move away to Maryland.

Lily is a “sociopath,” said Lulu, who’s been yelling at her son and

trying to “ruin my life.” What’s all the fuss? deputies asked Lily. Lily said Lulu was overreacting. She said Lulu’s 12-year-old son had been saying mean things to her 17-year-old daughter, so she’d naturally come to her daughter’s defense against the boy. Seeking an objective third-party perspective, officers questioned a neighbor, Lola. Lola said she’d come outside to screen the scene and observed Lily going all PG-13 on Lulu’s boy, causing Lulu’s boy to break down in tears. Deputies asked Lola what, exactly, Lily had said that so consternated Lulu’s boy. Lola said that whenever Lily yells at Lulu’s boy – which is fairly often – it’s generally along the lines of “Your mom’s a slut!” Since no punches were thrown and Lulu was moving away to Maryland, deputies packed it in.

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.

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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.

Search Bergen Park Church on YouTube for Livestream service at 9:30am 31919 Rocky Village Dr. 303-674-5484 info@bergenparkchurch.org / www.BergenParkChurch.org CALVARY CHAPEL EVERGREEN Teaching the Bible verse by verse 32214 Ellingwood Trail Evergreen, CO 80439 (lower level, next to Tuscany Tavern) Join us for our Sunday Worship Service at 10am 303-408-7993 Email: info@calvarychapelevergreen.com Website: calvarychapelevergreen.com CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH SERVICES 28244 Harebell Lane Sunday Service & Sunday School 10am Wednesday Evening ZOOM Meeting 7:30pm Contact: clerk@christianscienceevergreen.com for ZOOM link Reading Room 4602 Pletner Lane, Unit 2E, Evergreen OPEN TUE-SAT 12PM - 3PM

CHURCH OF THE CROSS Please join us for Sunday worship at 28253 Meadow Drive, Evergreen or visit www.churchotc.com 8:30am Traditional Service 10:30am Contemporary Service Communion is served every Sunday at both services. All are welcome!

Visit our website at www.churchotc.com for info on church activities.

28253 Meadow Drive, Evergreen • 303-674-4130 • office@churchotc.com CHURCH OF THE HILLS PRESBYTERIAN (USA) Serving the mountain community from the heart of Evergreen Worship 10:00 a.m.

Office Hours: Tu-Thur 9:00 - 4:00; Fri 9:00 - noon Buffalo Park Road and Hwy 73 www.churchofthehills.com

EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) 27772 Iris Drive, Evergreen - 303-674-3413 www.EvergreenChristianChurch.org - eccdoc01@gmail.com Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m., with communion every Sunday We are an inclusive faith community and welcome you to join us in our new ministry journey.

EVERGREEN LUTHERAN CHURCH 5980 Highway 73 + 303-674-4654 Rev Sara Wirth, Interim Pastor Join us for Virtual Worship on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EvergreenLutheranChurch Sunday Worship uploaded by 10am. www.evergreenlutheran.org + All Are Welcome!

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

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF EVERGREEN LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CHURCH – EPC Rev. Sarah Clark • 303.674.4810 • www.evergreenumc.org CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION EPISCOPAL 1036 El Rancho Rd, Evergreen – (303) 526-9287 3757 Ponderosa Dr. across Hwy 74 from Safeway in Evergreen www.lomcc.org – office@lomcc.org In-Church Sunday Communion Quiet Service 8:00 am & with Music 10:00 am Join us in person every Sunday at 8:30am and 10:30am for live worship Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m., with communion every Sunday 10:00 am only Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8601726656 Please join us online every Sunday at 9am “Real Church In An UnReal World” Evensong 7:00 Wednesdays March 9 through April 6 at our website for a new worship experience.

A community empowered by the Holy Spirit which seeks authentic relationships 27640 Highway 74 - ¼ mile east of downtown “Open Hearts, Open Doors, Open Minds” with God and others to share the good news of Jesus with Evergreen, the Front Evergreen at the Historic Bell Tower Range and the world. Come as you are, all are welcome! www.transfigurationevergreen.org CONGREGATION BETH EVERGREEN (SYNAGOGUE) Reconstructionist Synagogue Rabbi Jamie Arnold www.BethEvergreen.org / (303) 670-4294 2981 Bergen Peak Drive (behind Life Care) CONIFER CHURCH OF CHRIST “Doing Bible Things in Bible Ways” 11825 U.S. Hwy. 285, Conifer, CO 80433 Sun: 9:00a.m. Bible Study-10:00a.m. Worship; Wed: Bible Study 7:00p.m.

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MOUNT HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH - LCMS 30571 Chestnut Drive ~ (303)670-1387 Sunday Worship 9:00am • Education for All 10:30am Rev. Carl Frank, Pastor www.mounthopelutheranlcms.org PLATTE CANYON COMMUNITY CHURCH Located: 4954 County Road 64 in Bailey. Office hours MWF 8am-1pm 303-838-4409, Worship & Children’s Church at 10am Small group studies for all ages at 9am Transitional Pastor: Mark Chadwick Youth Pastor: Jay Vonesh Other activities: Youth groups, Men’s/Women’s ministries, Bible studies, VBS, MOPS, Cub/Boy Scouts.

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TRIVIA 1. GEOGRAPHY: Dubai is the largest city of which country?

2. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was President Richard Nixon’s Secret Service code name?

3. TELEVISION: In which year did the first episode of the animated comedy “South Park” air?

4. HISTORY: What was the former name of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River?

5. MUSIC: Which instrument is Pablo Cassals famous for playing?

6. LITERATURE: What are the names of Harry Potter’s deceased parents in the book series?

7. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin phrase “bona fide” mean?

8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a baby fish called?

9. ACRONYMS: What does BMW stand for?

10. MOVIES: What is the song playing in the famous twist

scene of “Pulp Fiction”?

Answers 1. United Arab Emirates 2. Searchlight 3. 1997 4. Boulder Dam, for a short time in the 1940s 5. The cello 6. James and Lily 7. In good faith 8. A fry or fingerling 9. Bavarian Motor Works 10. “You Never Can Tell,” Chuck Berry

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SUNCAP PROPERTY GROUP LLC SUNCAP PROPERTY GROUP LLC WESTON RILEY WESTON RILEY Escrow Custodial Fund Total

Performance Escrow Escrow Interest Refunds Performance Escrow Escrow Interest Refunds

487,784.00 6,399.09 5,681.50 200.36 500,064.95

Carmax Daniel C Manthey DMV Nationwide Erik Jan Peter Laitos Jacqueline Osantowski Jeff Sletten Karen S Duffy Key Bank NA Loveland Ford Lincoln Martin Marietta Materials Paige Barbara Buell PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Richard Leo Miner Jr Transwest Uniwyo Credit Union Woodmen Nissan Clerk & Recorder Custodial Fund Total

Motor Vehicle Overpayments 68.99 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 66.20 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 1,191.47 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 8.20 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 169.57 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 40.44 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 172.45 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 127.84 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 267.25 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 23,690.87 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 48.75 Recording/Elections 10.00 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 292.40 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 15.00 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 28.35 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 21.35 26,219.13

A&A LANGUAGES LLC Professional Dues & Memberships 100.00 ACCENTURE LLP Consultant Services 50,876.75 ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE Legal Services 41.00 Adrianna A Lopez Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT, INC Maintenance Agreement 3,661.56 ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT, INC Computer Equipment 54,535.38 ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT, INC Computer Software 16,803.18 ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC Consultant Services 25,476.28 Alpine Credit Inc Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 Altitude community Law PC Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 ARAMARK CORRECTIONAL SERVICES LLC Recognition/Appreciation 545.75 AT&T MOBILITY Telephone Services 72.55 AT&T MOBILITY Investigation Expense 250.00 BCT COLORADO Office Supplies 815.00 BCT COLORADO Police Supplies 105.00 BOB BARKER COMPANY INC Clothing Supplies 5,692.20 CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES INC Copier Clearing 28,561.33 CENTURYLINK Telephone Services 8,194.22 Cherie M Hearn Service of Process Fee Returns 66.00 Christopher Lenert Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 CIVICPLUS Maintenance Agreement 6,416.73 COLO DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Pass Through Intergovernmental 4,317.57 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA Public Notices 346.28 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA Deed Advertising Clearing 62.00 COLORADO INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS NETWORK Accounting & Auditing 1,143.99 COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR LAW Police Supplies 203.50 COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR LAW Freight 22.50 COMPUTER SITES INC Building Maintenance 265.00 CONVERGEONE INC Telephone Equipment 666.42 CORE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Heat & Power 889.19 CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION Training & Education 1,500.00 CURBSIDE INC Trash Removal Services 315.00 D & K PRINTING INC Printing Services 760.00 DETECTACHEM INC Police Supplies 4,938.40 ECOLAB CENTER Laundry Supplies 1,301.20 EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF Legal Services 25.45 EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC True Connect Loans 438.36 ENERGY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION H V A C Supplies 4,455.00 ERIN MARGARET SMITH Mileage 10.53 FACILITY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC Office Supplies 675.43 FEDEX FREIGHT WEST INC Postage 77.00 FOOTHILLS ANIMAL SHELTER Due to Pet Data-Animal Licenses 320.00 Francy Law Firm PC Service of Process Fee Returns 45.00 FRONT RANGE LEGAL PROCESS SERVICE LLC Litigation Support Services 270.00 GALLS LLC Police Supplies 5,988.59 GARVINS SEWER SERVICE INC Building Maintenance 179.00 GPS Servers LLC Service of Process Fee Returns 90.00 GRANICUS INC Maintenance Agreement 1,930.95 Henslee Law Office Service of Process Fee Returns 10.00 INDEPENDENT PROPANE COMPANY Heat & Power 4,457.16 INSIGHT GLOBAL LLC Maintenance Agreement 60.64 Irene Pineda Garcia Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 Jenna Adams (Watts) Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 JOB STORE INC, THE Temporary Agencies 5,830.55 KIMBERLY S SORRELLS Recognition/Appreciation 92.71 KRONOS INC Software Maintenance Agreement 23,578.66 KUBAT EQUIPMENT Maintenance Agreement 694.00 AND SERVICE COMPANY LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONALS INC Maintenance Agreement 375.00 Law Offices of Nelson & Kennard Service of Process Fee Returns 23.00 LEGALSHIELD Employee Legal Services 1,214.34 Luke Shelton Kroack Service of Process Fee Returns 23.50 MaDonna Collingwood Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 Mariel Salais Dominguez Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 METLIFE Home and Auto Insurance 1,501.47 Moore Law Group Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 NETEO INC Telephone Services 400.00 OGOEGBUNAM H OKOLI-PATTERSON Mileage 18.00 PATRICIA E MEAGHER Telephone Services 165.00 Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc Service of Process Fee Returns 2.00 PITNEY BOWES INC Equipment Rental 3,773.37 PIVOT ENERGY Heat & Power 34,406.27 Plant LLC Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 Provest LLC Service of Process Fee Returns 30.00 QUICKSILVER EXPRESS COURIER INC OF CO Postage 705.92 RAFTELIS Services & Charges (Other) 7,565.00 ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOTTLED WATER Services & Charges (Other) 65.84 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Child Care 4,489.72 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Medical Insurance 17,734.23 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Transportation 140.00 S&G Properties LLC Service of Process Fee Returns 88.50 SERVICE EXPRESS INC Maintenance Agreement 32,822.65 SHIRLEY SEPTIC PUMPING INC Water& Sanitation Services 497.00 SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS Office Supplies 3,627.64 SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS Police Supplies 25.18 SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS Copier Clearing 8,185.60 Springman Braden Wilson & Pontius PC Service of Process Fee Returns 88.50 State of Wyoming, Dept of Family Services Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 T ENTERPRISE DBA 1 VISION Postage 600.00 T MOBILE Telephone Services 449.17 T MOBILE Investigation Expense 390.00 TAG Process Service Service of Process Fee Returns 30.00 The Moore Law Group APC Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 Todd Shaw Life Safety Supplies 160.68 Top Hat File and Serve Inc Service of Process Fee Returns 30.00 Tschetter Sulzer PC Service of Process Fee Returns 1,851.00 TWIN CITY SECURITY INC Security Services 7,476.12

United Finance Company UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC UTILITY ASSOCIATES INC

VERBATIM REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION LLC VTI SECURITY Wakefield & Associates Inc WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC WINDSTREAM WON-DOOR CORP XCEL ENERGY General Fund Total JEFFERSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATES PC UTILITY ASSOCIATES INC General Fund Grants Total

Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 Heat & Power 21.20 Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital 30,000.00

Legal Services 24.00 Life Safety Maintenance 47,462.69 Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 Janitorial Supplies 5,858.55 Hygiene Supplies 2,724.40 Medical Supplies/Drugs 7,329.75 Safety Supplies 71.80 Telephone Clearing 8,929.82 Life Safety Supplies 1,614.18 Heat & Power 11,489.83 512,863.93 Miscellaneous Contract Services 7,181.80 Miscellaneous Contract Services 26,319.51 Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital 367,200.00 400,701.31

DRUG TECHS LLC JESSICA WITTMAN JUDICIAL ARBITER GROUP INC LEGALSHIELD RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Insurance Fund Total

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Worker’s Compensation Fund Total ALBERT FREI AND SONS INC AVALANCHE AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING INC AVALANCHE AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING INC BROCK G MESSNER CO OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE COLLIN S BROWN CORE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE DARCI C KELLER FASTSIGNS GRADY T HALL HILLARY MUSICK KING JANA L JOHNS JOSEPH A JOSLEYN KELLY J KING LEGALSHIELD LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN WATER DISTRICT Lori Foster MARY ANN BONNELL MEGAN E KREUTZER METLIFE NATHAN JAMES MCBRIDE NATHAN JAMES MCBRIDE RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC WIMACTEL INC XCEL ENERGY Open Space Fund Total

Sand & Gravel Building Maintenance Maintenance Inspections Business Meals Conferences/Trade Shows Telephone Services Heat & Power Telephone Services Sign Maintenance Supplies Telephone Services Telephone Services Mileage Telephone Services Telephone Services Employee Legal Services

947.83 240,021.97 1,309.00 15.76 237.50 242,532.06 31,753.10 31,753.10 3,586.90 697.50 650.00 28.00 5,000.00 60.00 1,347.03 60.00 8,197.36 180.00 180.00 67.38 120.00 240.00 149.72

Water& Sanitation Services 485.29 Professional Dues & Memberships 100.00 County Travel 258.00 Building Maintenance 116.95 Home and Auto Insurance 92.83 Telephone Services 120.00 Business Meals 54.00 Flex Child Care 541.66 Flex Medical Insurance 1,284.42 Telephone Services 77.00 Heat & Power 4,765.69 28,459.73

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A&A LANGUAGES LLC 1,844.52 Abby Kurtis ACTION CENTER, THE AMANDA M MUNN AMANDA M MUNN ASHLAN CIERRA SEXTON CENTENNIAL BOCES CLIENT PAYMENT CLIENT PAYMENT CLIENT PAYMENT CLIENT PAYMENT CLIENT PAYMENT CLIENT PAYMENT COLO DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT COLORADO WELFARE FRAUD COUNCIL DAPHNE KAE WILLIAMS DIANE E HEAD EASTER SEALS OF COLO EMILY MCDANIEL EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC INDY STREET FLATS JEFFCO HOUSING AUTHORITY JEFFCO VITAL RECORDS JOY A BASHUS KATIE MEREDITH DROESSLER LARIMER COUNTY SHERIFF LEGALSHIELD LINCOLN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC MARK BRAND

Traffic Signal Services 11,819.32 Asphalt Supplies 12,925.46 Home and Auto Insurance 56.92 Disposal of Construction Spoils 3,427.41 Flex Child Care 208.33 Flex Medical Insurance 1,002.16 Equipment Rental 72.00 Vehicle & Equipment Parts

20,400.00 246,371.60

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290.00 167.31 50.90 5,461.09 30.00 307.22 1,710.80 4,704.75 60.00 216.33 356.85 25.40 204.88 5,552.88

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METLIFE MIKAYLA SUSAN JONES MINNESOTA DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES OKLAHOMA STATE DEPT OF HEALTH RACHEL A ENTSMINGER RANDI AMBER SHAMPINE ROCKY MOUNTAIN MICROFILM AND IMAGING dba RMMI RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SAMANTHA NICHOLE MCKINNON SAMUEL HERBERT SURSY DENVER LLC SWEEP STAKES UNLIMITED THOMSON WEST INFORMATION CHARGES TOUCHPAY HOLDINGS LLC US POSTMASTER VERIZON WIRELESS WRIGHT PEST CONTROL INC Social Services Fund Total

Contract Services Home and Auto Insurance HS-Mileage

30.00 267.19 273.31

HS-Document Copy Supplies 20.00 HS-Document Copy Supplies 30.00 HS-Mileage 382.24 HS-Mileage 349.65 HS-Computer Supplies/ Software/Equipment 534.75 Flex Child Care 2,457.48 Flex Medical Insurance 7,589.40 HS-Mileage 500.21 HS-Services & Charges (Other) 355.57 HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 17,484.29 HS-Process Of Service 230.00 HS-Contract Services HS-Contract Services HS-Postage HS-Telephone Services HS-Building Maintenance

560.32 702.00 300.00 4,024.88 250.00 664,474.96

LEGALSHIELD RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Workforce Development Fund Total

Employee Legal Services Flex Medical Insurance

47.28 624.76 672.04

ALYSIA M NOWORATZKY BLUE SKY PLUMBING AND HEATING INC CAROLYN L MCDONALD CHEREECE N BAKER DEBORAH L JOHNSON EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC LEGALSHIELD ROYAL CREST DAIRY INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Head Start Fund Total

HS-Training & Education HS-Repair & Maintenance (Other) HS-County Travel HS-Training & Education HS-Mileage True Connect Loans Employee Legal Services HS-Food Supplies Flex Child Care Flex Medical Insurance

310.50

ADAMS COUNTY DEPT OF FINANCE LARIMER COUNTY ECONOMIC & WORKFORCE RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SHG ADVISORS LLC

HS-Contract Services

25,053.67

HS-Contract Services Flex Medical Insurance HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services

25,701.37 25.00

WELD COUNTY DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES HS-Contract Services WORKFORCE BOULDER COUNTY HS-Contract Services Workforce Development Fund Grants Total VTI SECURITY Head Start Fund Grants Total

HS-Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital

5,632.26 310.50 310.50 22.58 131.62 15.75 316.62 208.33 496.67 7,755.33

1,650.00 42,982.72 43,666.46 139,079.22 7,943.09 7,943.09

HASELDEN CONSTRUCTION LLC Capital Expenditures Fund Total

Building Maintenance

189,019.38 189,019.38

LEGALSHIELD QUICK SET AUTO GLASS RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC TRANSWEST FREIGHTLINER GMC TRK Fleet Services Fund Total

Employee Legal Services Equipment Maintenance Flex Medical Insurance Vehicles

31.52 3,115.00 62.50 156,759.00 159,968.02

A-1 CHIPSEAL COMPANY ACTIVE MINDS 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 BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC

Building Maintenance 500.00 Programs 750.00 Electrical Supplies 167.97 Office Supplies 64.99 Recognition/Appreciation 159.24 General Supplies (Other) 653.77 Special Events Supplies 470.08 Food Supplies 8.19 Training & Education 19.70 Library Books & Materials-Digital 26,585.95 Library Books & Materials-VAS 7,840.85 Library Books & Materials-Print 36,812.94 Telephone Services 21,749.46 General Supplies (Other) 210.08 Postage 10,000.00

BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC CENTURYLINK CINTAS FIRST AID & SAFETY CMRS-FP COMMUNITY LANGUAGE COOPERATIVE CREATIVE FINANCIAL STAFFING LLC DEBRA WALSH KEANE DH PACE DOOR SERVICES EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC ERIN M PEPMEYER EVERGREEN METRO DISTRICT FEDEX GROUND INC GREAT RIVER REGIONAL LIBRARY HAYNES MECHANICAL SYSTEMS HOLLY E RAPP HOME DEPOT CREDIT SERVICES INFOUSA MARKETING, INC INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES JAY DEE CLEANING & RESTORATION INC JCPL FOUNDATION JENNIFER A READING Katy Gryboski Katy Gryboski KLEEN TECH SERVICES LLC KRISTA L KOUNTZ LEGALSHIELD LIBRARY IDEAS LLC LINDSAY M MASCIOTTI LINDSAY M MASCIOTTI METLIFE MIDWEST TAPE MIDWEST TAPE MMCITE USA LLC OVERDRIVE INC OVERDRIVE INC PADMA POLEPEDDI POLLY R TAGG POLLY R TAGG RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Sandra Kregar Sandra Kregar SENSOURCE INC SENTINEL TECHNOLOGIES INC SHELF IMAGE INC T MOBILE

Miscellaneous Contract Services 150.00 Temporary Agencies 2,144.63 Mileage 7.61 Equipment Maintenance 888.00 True Connect Loans 87.75 County Travel 1,021.20 Water & Sanitation Services 200.49 Courier Charges 252.18 Library Books & Materials 9.99 HVAC Services 2,188.02 Mileage 42.71 Building Supplies 690.38 Library Computer Service Materials 30,950.00 Library Books & Materials-VAS 16.50 Library Books & Materials-Print 500.74 Janitorial Services 3,485.00 Undistributed Receipts Library Foundation 3,339.09 Mileage 8.19 Mileage 11.70 County Travel 20.00 Janitorial Services 1,148.58 County Travel 226.02 Employee Legal Services 189.12 Library Books & Materials -Audio Book 503.40 Mileage 37.09 County Travel 1,455.38 Home and Auto Insurance 275.72 Library Books & Materials-DVD 3,248.17 Library Books & Materials-Audio Book 3,394.27 Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital 2,830.00 Electronic Supplies 2,253.00 Library Books & Materials -Digital 25,277.09 County Travel 317.96 Conferences/Trade Shows 1,476.40 County Travel 333.00 Flex Child Care 516.66 Flex Medical Insurance 4,150.10 Flex Transportation 65.00 Mileage 9.54 County Travel 15.00 Computer Hardware & Software 2,626.50 Computer Hardware & Software 3,304.00 Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital 7,817.00 Library Computer

Service Materials ULINE SHIPPING SUPPLY SPECIALISTS General Supplies (Other) UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC Courier Charges WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY Janitorial Supplies WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Library Books & Materials Library Fund Total

6,078.08 604.85 4.08 1,065.40 30.00 221,258.81

DELTA DENTAL OF COLO EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC KAISER PERMANENTE LEGALSHIELD METLIFE RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC UNITED HEALTHCARE Benefit Plan Fund Total

Delta Dental Insurance Claims 33,242.90 True Connect Loans 131.71 Kaiser Medical Premiums 1,110,142.79 7.91 Employee Legal Services Home and Auto Insurance (50.75) Flex Medical Insurance 118.75 UHC Medical Claims 70,816.49 1,214,409.80

LEGALSHIELD CARES Act Fund Total

Employee Legal Services

(23.64) (23.64)

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

Flex Child Care Flex Medical Insurance Flex Transportation

500.00 237.50 8.33 745.83

BCT COLORADO COLO DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT GALLS LLC KEILI C WALTON LEGALSHIELD METLIFE PILAR PRODUCTS

Police Supplies

RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SARAH C HULING SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS TBI TRUST FUND PROGRAM VICTIM ASSISTANCE FUND Patrol Fund Total

116.50

Services & Charges (Other) Police Supplies County Travel Employee Legal Services Home and Auto Insurance Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital Flex Child Care Flex Medical Insurance County Travel Office Supplies Brain Injury Disbursements Model Traffic Surcharge Disbursements

242.00 4,017.31 310.50 478.70 50.75 390.00 1,026.17 3,198.67 218.50 998.54 8,607.00 6,162.00 25,816.64

GOLDEN, CITY OF LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPT TRI-TECH FORENSICS Patrol Fund Grants Total

Miscellaneous Contract Services 1,505.51 Miscellaneous Contract Services 4,319.57 Police Supplies 134.95 5,960.03

LEGALSHIELD Inmate Welfare Fund Total

Employee Legal Services

ENVISION IT PARTNERS GOTO COMMUNICATIONS INC WPC TRIAD LLC Forfeiture Fund Total

Miscellaneous Contract Services 5,913.50 Telephone Services 980.69 Building Rent 18,111.90 25,006.09

ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT, INC CATALYSS COUNSELING LLC COMMUNITY LANGUAGE COOPERATIVE DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

Professional & Technical Services (Other) Consultant Services Professional & Technical Services (Other)

EMILY MCDONALD KATIE E FOLLETT LEGALSHIELD NICOLE BRIANNE WELLANDER OTOWI GROUP QUALITY OFFICE PRODUCTS QUALITY OFFICE PRODUCTS RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SIMPLECERTIFIEDMAIL.COM LLC STEVEN MICHAEL JACKSON THE KNOWLEDGE ACADEMY INC TRACY R VOLKMAN VERITRACE INC XEROX CORP Public Health Fund Total AGING DYNAMICS AIR CHEK INC ALPHAGRAPHICS ANSWER INC ASD HEALTHCARE CLEAR CREEK COUNTY COMMUNITY LANGUAGE COOPERATIVE FIVE POINTS GEOPLANNING LLC GAUL, COLLEEN E GFL ENVIRONMENTAL IMMUNIZE COLORADO JEFFERSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH KELLY ANNE SCHOSSOW MEDICAL SYSTEMS OF DENVER INC 94.71 PAMELA T GOULD PAMELA T GOULD XEROX CORP Public Health Fund Grants Total AMERICAN TREE FLATIRON CONSTRUCTORS INC FRED GEIER FRED GEIER FRED GEIER JVIATION INC LEGALSHIELD RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC WASTE CONNECTIONS OF COLO INC Airport Fund Total

7.98 7.98

5,752.50 260.00 557.06

Professional & Technical Services (Other) Professional & Technical Services (Other) Mileage Employee Legal Services Professional & Technical Services (Other) Professional & Technical Services (Other) Office Supplies Freight Flex Child Care Flex Medical Insurance Postage Mileage Training & Education Mileage General Supplies (Other) Printing Services Consultant Services Environmental Services Printing Services Telephone Services Medical Supplies/Drugs Professional & Technical Services (Other) Professional & Technical Services (Other) Consultant Services Consultant Services Trash Removal Services Professional & Technical Services (Other)

7,950.00 1,500.00 4.10 118.20 5,845.00 5,837.50 41.65 6.00 1,929.23 2,559.94 300.00 77.04 1,500.00 34.81 4,592.00 5,129.14 43,994.17 6,000.00 665.00 469.01 11,405.00 376.73 800.00 210.00 640.00 400.00 172.60 2,190.00

Training & Education 1,020.00 Mileage 138.06 Professional & Technical Services (Other) Mileage County Travel Printing Services

42.12 395.50 875.98 25,894.71

Lawn & Grounds Maintenance 5,760.00 Airfield 203,196.50 T-Hanger Last Month’s Rent 176.40 T-Hanger Cleaning Deposit 37.50 Airport Security Deposits 176.40 Airfield 6,716.18 Employee Legal Services 47.28 Flex Child Care 358.33 Flex Medical Insurance 45.00 Trash Removal Services 767.67 217,281.26

FELSBURG HOLT & ULLEVIG INC Road & Street Improvements Southeast Sales Tax - Capital Project Fund Total

6,942.14 6,942.14

COLORADO BARRICADE COMPANY Road & Street Improvements 1,200.00 IDEAL FENCING CORP Road & Street Improvements 79,205.00 Evergreen Local Improvement District Total 80,405.00 CLIENT PAYMENT HS-Assistance Payments Rent 8,042.09 Community Development Fund Grants Total 8,042.09 GRAND TOTAL

5,039,579.36

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EPAD golf tournament looking for sponsors There’s still time to get involved with the 20th anniversary golf tournament to benefit Evergreen Public Access Defibrillation.

The tournament is June 6 at Hiwan Golf Club, and it is sold out, but sponsors always are needed for the organization that helps provide CPR training, and places Automatic External Defibrillators or AEDs at businesses and homes in the Evergreen, Genesee and Conifer area.

The idea is simply to raise money to save lives, according to Dave Montesi, the fire department’s EMS chief and the head of EPAD. He started the organization more than 20 years ago after hearing a presentation about how putting AEDs into the community and having trained individuals to use them can save even more lives.

For Montesi, it was a no-brainer to begin putting AEDs throughout the area where, even in perfect weather, it can take first responders precious time to get to someone having a cardiac episode.

“Via word of mouth or survival

stories or whatever the case might be, we have started to really saturate the main corridor of Evergreen, and we’re starting to work on more remote areas,” Montesi said, noting that EPAD has placed more than 90 AEDs. Proceeds from the golf tournament go to one of three things: paying 50% of every AED that is placed with the other half paid by the business or resident; replacing the AED pads every two years and the batteries every four years; and covering the cost of CPR training except for the cost of the certification card.

Anyone with questions can call Montesi at 303-552-4609 or visit evergreenpad.org.

Comedian Kirson to perform at CBE Comedian Jessica Kirson will perform at a COVID (comedy) Relief fundraiser at 3 p.m. May 15 at Congregation Beth Evergreen.

Tickets are $36 for an individual ticket, $50 per couple or and $180 per mensch, with proceeds going to the synagogue. The ticket includes wine, beer and light refreshments, and child care is provided at no charge.

Opening for Kirson will be the Ev-

ergreen Players Long-Form Improv Group. These seven actors, directed

by Tal Arnold, will offer long-form improvisation that explores the comedic art of storytelling.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.bethevergreen.org/event/covid-comedyrelief-fundraiser.html.

7 students get scholarships Seven students from the Conifer and Bailey area have received scholarships from the Rotary Club of Conifer: Alexis Hall, Jenna Sticker, Keagan Lafferty, Graciela Horstman, Sam Kenney, Ilectra Dixon and Gabrielle Fuentes.

The students were recognized for their community-service contributions both locally and internationally. Rotary offers opportunities for leadership training and community service to students in middle and high school through Interact clubs and Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camps.

These students will be honored later this month at their respective school awards ceremonies.

Humphrey Museum closes The Humphrey History Park and Museum in Bergen Park is closing

its doors.

The museum will not reopen for the summer season, and all activities and programs scheduled for the summer have been canceled.

Hazel Lou Humphrey created the museum by making a bequest of her National Historic Register property, Kinnikinnick Ranch, for a museum.

It has been operated as a livinghistory museum, telling the story of the Humphrey family and the mountain community since 1995, and hosting community events such as farm-to-table dinners, teas and art openings.

This small, privately funded museum could not continue operating since the COVID pandemic eliminated or reduced many funding sources. As directed by Hazel Lou’s will, with the museum closing, the property and most of the collection will be sold and the proceeds distributed to specific local nonprofit organizations. Important pieces of the collection, including archival materials, will be donated to the History Colorado Museum.

For more information, contact Angela Rayne at angela@hmpm.org.

Public Notices Legals City and County LEGAL NOTICE According to the Liquor Laws of Colorado Troutdale Tavern, LLC has requested the licensing officials of Jefferson County to grant a Hotel/ Restaurant Liquor License at.

Date of application: January 20, 2022. Public hearing on the application will be held by the Liquor Licensing Authority Board on June 2, 2022 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. Hybrid at 100 Jefferson County Parkway Hearing Room one and through a WebEx virtual meeting platform, the event information for attendees: Citizens may receive a call back by providing a phone number when joining the event online; or calling into the public hearing by dialing 1-408418-9388 and entering meeting Access Code 2493 969 7366.

Event address for Attendees is: https://jeffco.webex.com/jeffco/onstage/g.php?

MTID=e4f6128752c21b7e808ee6989e12ff5fe Event Password: vUtPMm2na68 Additional details for accessing the public hearing will be posted at the following, https://www. jeffco.us/events. Please note that citizens who would like to comment during the liquor hearing must be in person or access the hearing through the WebEx computer platform and use the chat feature to let the host know you would like to make a public comment.

The name(s) and address(es) of the Officers: NAME ADDRESS Craig Caldwell 2721 S Fillmore Street, Denver, Co 80210

By Order of Liquor Licensing Authority of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado Legal Notice No. CC 857 First Publication: May 12, 2022 Last Publication: May 12, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier Public Notice QUALIFYING SENIOR AND DISABLED VETERAN PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION PUBLICATION PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON August 1, 2022, the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners will sit as the Jefferson County Board of Equalization (JCBOE) to review the 2022 Qualifying Senior Property Tax Exemption and the Disabled Veterans Property Tax Exemption decisions, as prepared by the Assessor.

An application submitted to the Assessor’s Office for the Senior Property Tax Exemption must be postmarked or hand delivered to the Assessor on or before July 15, 2022.

There will be drop off boxes located at the administrative building, one in the lobby, and one drive up drop off box labeled Tax Payment.

Veteran applicants may not appeal to the JCBOE a decision by the Division of Veterans Affairs finding an applicant is not a qualified disabled veteran.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all appeals of denials of either Senior Property Tax Exemptions or Disabled Veterans Property Tax Exemptions to the JCBOE must be postmarked or hand delivered to the Board of Equalization Office at the following address on or before August 15, 2022.

Jefferson County Board of Equalization 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80419 Dropbox located in the Atrium The JCBOE shall set hearing dates of all appeals which were denied by the Assessor and timely appealed to the JCBOE. All such appeals will be heard and decided by September 1, 2022.

Filing Date: If the date for filing your Notice of Denial falls upon Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, it shall be deemed timely filed if filed on the next business day, 39-1-120(3), C.R.S. Legal Notice No. CC853 First Publication: May 5, 2022 Last Publication: May 12, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Inclusion of additional real property has been filed with the Board of Directors of the West Jefferson County Metropolitan District (District)Monday. The Board of Directors has fixed Monday, the 16th day of May, 2022, at the hour of 2:00 p.m., at 30920 Stagecoach Boulevard, Evergreen, Colorado, as the date, time and place of the public hearing at which such Petition shall be heard. All interested persons are invited to attend the hearing remotely (because of COVID protocols and occupancy limitation) through a Zoom virtual meeting platform at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4591420679.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WEST JEFFERSON COUNTY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT. By:K. Patrick Temple /s/ Secretary Legal Notice No. CC855 First Publication: May 12, 2022 Last Publication: May 12, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE

The name and address of the Petitioner is:

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Chris G. Katselas, aka Chris George Katselas, and Chris Katselas, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30381

Foothills Fire Protection District – 67 S. Lookout Mountain Road, Golden, CO. 80401 Northstar Ventures LLC., 4045 Alpine Drive, Evergreen, CO. 80439 The property to be included into the District is generally described as follows: 28802 Rainbow Hill Road, Evergreen, CO. 80439 Parcel ID 41-153-00-005 which is located in the El Rancho area of the District.

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 September 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tasso Katselas, Personal Representative 5221 5th Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15232 (412) 855-8092 jkatselas@verizon.net

Get Involved!

Any property owner, who timely filed an application for either the Senior Property Tax Exemption or the Disabled Veteran Exemption and was denied the exemption, may appeal to the JCBOE. To appeal a denial, a property owner must file the petition included on the Notice of Denial form provided by the Assessor’s Office. Please note that Disabled

Public Notice

NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE WEST JEFFERSON COUNTY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

All interested parties who wish to show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted must contact Dominique Devaney at 30920 Stagecoach Blvd., Evergreen, CO or by email at ddevaney@evergreenmetro.org for instructions on how to submit such objection. All objections to such inclusion must be submitted to the District, c/o Dominique Devaney, by Friday, the 13th day of May, 2022, before the hour of 4:30 p.m.

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The symphony began Sept. 17 with pianist Emmanuel Ax playing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at Boettcher. The ballet took the stage in October with “Giselle” — with special precautions backstage at the Ellie Caulkins to sequester hardbreathing dancers.

The opera, which was dormant during the 18-month lacuna, had managed to keep all its contracts for its production of “Tosca,” a casualty of the 2020 shutdown, and was able to stage Giacomo Puccini’s tale of love and betrayal at the Ellie Caulkins in November.

When the shutdown came, DPCA just left the set for the Improvised Shakespeare Company on the stage of its Garner Galleria Theater and shut the doors. “Eighteen months later we dusted everything off, cleaned the theater and we were back,” Sinden said.

The question was: Would audiences be back as well?

“Our comeback is a little slower, ticket sales have been a little softer,”

May 12, 2022 Sinden said. “There are single ticket buyers making decisions closer to the event date, because they are not sure what the situation will be.”

The opera had one of highest subscription rates in the county, Carpenter said, with almost half of the performances covered by subscribers. “We’ve seen a drop-off from that,” he said. “Some patrons are not quite ready to come back.

We are selling a lot more single tickets.”

“We budgeted based on 50% of the house being sold. We weren’t sure if we’d have to limit capacity for social distancing,” Carpenter said. But for “Tosca” and the following production, “The Shining,” the house was more than 70% full.

The ballet on average saw its performances drawing three-quarters of a regular season, save for the Christmas run of “The Nutcracker” where attendance was off just 5%.

“What was really important was getting our dancers back on stage and back to their careers … and we’ve been able to put on a full season,” said Gil Boggs, the ballet’s artistic director.

The ballet, like the opera, also saw more single and last-minute ticket

sales. “We are still living in an era where it is hard to plan ahead,” Badler said.

The size of symphony audiences depended upon the performance, Dobreff said. Some concerts were sellouts or near sellouts, such as performances with Leslie Odom Jr. and Ben Folds.

The symphony, ballet and the opera — if there are no pitfalls with “Carmen” — will all have gotten through their seasons without canceling any shows. Others haven’t been that lucky.

In the midst of DCPA’s DecemberJanuary run of “The Lion King” (which had been canceled in May 2020), 13 performances had to be scrapped because of COVID-positive cast members. “Some folks were canceled twice, in May and December,” Sinden said.

At the Arvada Center — which presents three musicals and four plays during a normal season — the musicals are the moneymakers, but this season the Christmas musical “Elf” was forced to scratch nine performances and “Kinky Boots” lost seven.

That added up to $360,000 in ticket refunds, Sneed said.

The looming question The question that now looms over the region’s performing arts is how long it will take for audiences to return and for the organizations to recover. “We went into this season as a year of rebuilding after COVID, but we didn’t really know what rebuilding would mean,” Carpenter said. “Next season will still be a rebuilding season.”

The Arvada Center’s Sneed said it might take three to five years to recover.

There is also another worry that there may have been a fundamental shift in theatergoers’ behavior as a result of the pandemic.

“The big question is: Have we lost some patrons permanently?” Sneed said. “Have some people decided it is easier to stay home and watch virtual content?”

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