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Accessibility upgrades planned at Red Rocks

Amphitheater plans more, better spots for those who are hearing impaired or have mobility issues

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Natalie Ostberg of Pine loves to attend concerts at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

The 29-year-old loves all genres of music, according to her mom, Laurel, who ﬁgures Natalie has been to at least 100 concerts since 2002. She’s rocked out to Earth, Wind and Fire, Cyndi Lauper, Arlo Guthrie, Stevie Nicks and many more.

Natalie, diagnosed with cerebral palsy, uses a wheelchair. The Ostbergs were at Red Rocks in Morrison on Oct. 18 to learn more about proposed changes to accessible seating at the amphitheater, hoping it would become accessible to even more people.

Denver is planning to improve and expand wheelchair-accessible seating in the front row by removing the bench seating and improving the ramp access to the ﬁrst row to provide more room for wheelchairs and those moving along the row. In addition, some seats in rows 2 and 3 will be earmarked for those with mobility issues such as people with walkers and canes, and other seats will be earmarked for people who are hearing-impaired to give them better access to interpreters.

Improvements will be made to

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shuttle parking access, and a ramp will be constructed from the front row to the stage, which will beneﬁt events such as graduations that take place there. Plus improvements are planned for row 70, the row at the top of the amphitheater that also has wheelchair-accessible seating.

Some of the improvements will be completed in time for the 2023 concert season while others will be completed in 2025.

Margaret Miller of Arvada, who is

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Preparing in case of wildﬁre

Speakers at symposium o er tips, discuss collaboration

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It will take a village to protect the foothills from catastrophic wildfire, officials told Conifer area residents at a Wildfire Symposium on Oct. 19.

Representatives from state and county government agencies plus area ﬁre departments told the 145 audience members about their efforts to mitigate thousands of acres of public land by working together and taking advantage of grants. In

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hearing-impaired, said she came to Red Rocks to learn about the plans, hoping to help improve the experience for others like her and hoping to make a difference.

“They’re making an effort,” Miller said. “They are doing more to comply with the laws.”

Miller explained that she attends concerts at Red Rocks periodically, though she usually sits with her friends who can hear.

Frank Mango of Roxborough Park has been a Red Rocks concertgoer since 1982, and his perspective changed in 2013 after he was injured and needs to use a wheelchair.

Mango, who learned more about the proposed changes on Oct. 18, said

they would be a step in the right direction. In addition to changing the venue itself, he hoped Red Rocks could do more to block scalpers from buying accessible seats to sell to able-bodied customers.

Mango was one of six plaintiffs in a discrimination lawsuit ﬁled in 2017 over being overcharged for tickets. Three months ago, the Justice Department ordered the city of Denver to pay nearly $48,000 in refunds to about 1,800 people who bought tickets for wheelchair-accessible seats at 178 shows.

The Americans with Disabilities Act doesn’t allow venues to charge higher prices for seats that are accessible to people who use wheelchairs. Red Rocks has accessible seats for its events in the front and last row. Venues like Red Rocks that physically cannot make accessible seating available in all parts of the

theater must price the tickets as though the seats were proportionally distributed.

According to the settlement, the Department of Justice found more than 10% of people purchasing wheelchair-accessible seats were charged more than they should have been under ADA rules. Some paid $130 more per ticket for their seats.

Alison Butler, director of Denver’s Division of Disability Rights, Human Rights and Community Partnerships since March, understood the accessibility needs at Red Rocks because before she took the new position because she represented those plaintiffs in the discrimination claim.

When Barker joined the Division of Disability Rights, among her ﬁrst questions was, “What can we do to help?” Her division began asking those with disabilities who attend

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Red Rocks for ideas on how to make their experience better.

“Having more seats and a fully accessible row 1 can be a game changer to people,” she said.

Red Rocks Amphitheater was opened to the public in 1941 and seats 9,500. With 192 steps to get from row 1 to row 70, plus the steps to get up to the venue itself, concertgoers get a workout just to be in the venue.

Ro-Tien Liang, ADA architectural access manager for Denver’s Division of Disability Rights, explained that three things must be considered as the city makes changes to the amphitheater: following Americans with Disabilities laws and the wishes of the users while understanding the functionality of Red Rocks.

“Most important,” he noted, “we don’t want to strip away what makes Red Rocks Red Rocks.”

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Frank Mango of Roxborough Park sits in his wheelchair next to an area of Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s ﬁrst row that has traditionally not been accessible to wheelchairs. PHOTOS BY DEB HURLEY BROBST The news media and members of the disabled community talk during an open house at Frank Mango, who was a plainti in a discrimination claim regarding Red Rocks Amphitheatre, speaks with Alison Butler, director of Denver’s Division of Disability Rights, Human Rights and Community Partnerships. The south end of rows 2 and 3 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre will be designated – yellow tape for those with mobility issues and red tape for those who are hearing impaired.

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addition, Jefferson County has been offering a successful slash collection program for residents, and the Elk Creek and Inter-Canyon ﬁre departments have ambassador programs to help inform neighbors about wildﬁre mitigation, chipping programs and home assessments.

“Every single speaker here tonight shows you that we are working together,” Inter-Canyon Fire Chief Skip Shirlaw said at the symposium sponsored by the Conifer Area Council. “We are working toward the same goal and trying to solve the problem together. In my career, that’s new that we’re working together.”

Advice for homeowners

Some of the speakers offered practical advice to the audience.

• Matt McLemore, conservation forester with the Jefferson Conservation District, told residents that home hardening — making changes to homes to increase resistance to heat, flames and embers that accompany wildfires — was important because in a large wildfire, the embers would more likely start homes on fire rather than the fire itself.

• Elk Creek Fire Capt. Ben Yellin advocated for homeowners to have Wildﬁre Prepared assessments done on their homes where an expert comes to their property and provides a plan for creating defensible space.

“It’s a work plan for you to do the best you can do for your house and

your property,” Yellin explained. “These assessments were developed, so you can reduce the wildﬁre risk.”

• Hal Grieb, Jeffco’s director of emergency management, asked everyone to sign up for Lookout Alert, which is a reverse-emergency notiﬁcation system, and to ask neighbors and friends to do the same.

“Everyone in this room represents the solution,” Grieb said. “During an incident when seconds matter, we will be there in minutes, not because we don’t want to be there, but it takes time to spin up resources.”

• Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway urged residents to talk with their insurance companies to make sure they have enough homeowners insurance to rebuild if the unthinkable happens.

“What we learned coming out of the Marshall Fire,” he said, “is how many people were underinsured. We deﬁnitely didn’t know the magnitude of the problem.”

He noted that many of the 1,100 homeowners who lost their houses were between $100,000 and $240,000 short in insurance coverage to rebuild.

“If you don’t have enough insurance coverage, then talk about increasing your coverage,” he said.

“Now is the time you need to have the conversations. Once your home is burning, it’s too late.”

• Inter-Canyon Fire Capt. John Mandl urged residents to learn about their community ambassadors, who act as a conduit from the ﬁre departments on mitigation. Some ambassadors also organize mitigation work in their areas. The two ﬁre departments have 46 plan units with only 30 ambassadors, and

Mandl said more are needed.

Larger projects

• Jefferson County Open Space plans three mitigation projects in 2023, according to Executive Director Tom Hoby: 314 acres in Alderfer/ Three Sisters and 90 acres in Elk Meadow, both in Evergreen, and 40 acres in White Ranch Park in Conifer.

• Inter-Canyon, Elk Creek and the North Fork fire departments have joined forces in what is known as the Conifer Wildland Division to train and work together to prepare to fight wildfires.

• Jefferson County has secured $8.1 million to help wildﬁre mitiga-

tion efforts, and it is working collaboratively with ﬁre departments and other agencies to get mitigation work completed, rather than in the silos all of the agencies worked in previously, Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper said.

• State Sen. Tammy Story said the legislature was providing funding in various areas to better prepare parts of the state for the next wildﬁre season.

“Fires are more intensive, unpredictable and more destructive than in past years,” Story said. “Our work has been focused on better coordinating response and being as prepared as possible.”

The legislature, she said, has provided matching grants to help local governments pay for forest health and mitigation efforts, and has extended the tax credits to homeowners who pay for mitigation work on their properties.

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I-70 at Floyd Hill project gets rolling

Wildlife Crossing with construction slated for Summer 2023 to Fall 2024, and the El Rancho West parking lot for electric vehicle charging, park and ride and Bustang/Pegasus stops, with construction scheduled for spring 2024 to fall 2024, according to CDOT.

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Ofﬁcials broke ground Oct. 19 on the I-70 Floyd Hill improvement project, a much anticipated series of improvements to problem areas of I-70.

The project, which is now fully funded, will cost $700 million.

The features will include a third travel lane on westbound I-70 from the top of Floyd Hill to the Mountain Express Lane, westbound and eastbound curve ﬂattening and safety improvements, more than three miles of Greenway trail improvements, a new frontage road between Central City Parkway and US 6 interchanges, wildlife crossings and fencing, an eastbound I-70 climbing lane for heavy commercial or slowmoving vehicles from the bottom of Floyd Hill to the Homestead exit and more, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Some of the ﬁrst improvements will be the US 40 and Floyd Hill Roundabouts, with construction slated for fall 2022 to fall 2023, the I-70 and Genesee Wildlife crossing, with construction scheduled for fall 2022 to early 2024, US 40 Empire

Drivers can expect delays caused by construction, but ofﬁcials say this project is the best ﬁx for the 19th-century technology that was used to construct I-70 and the tunnels.

At the groundbreaking on Oct. 19, Gov. Polis was present to express his excitement for the beginning of the project.

“This is one of the ﬁrst, if not the ﬁrst, project funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill,” Polis explained.

The INFRA grant was received on Sept. 9, and the project could begin so quickly because CDOT was what ofﬁcials called “shovel ready.”

Polis was joined by other ofﬁcials, including Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper, US Representative Joe Neguse, State Representative Lisa Cutter, Clear Creek Commissioner Randy Wheelock and others.

Sen. Bennet was complimentary of the teamwork it took to start this project, and said it’s all thanks to Colorado’s can-do attitude.

“Colorado really is ready; we know how to build stuff, we know how to get stuff done,” he said.

Bennet also explained that the grant for this project is the biggest one the Colorado Department of

Transportation has gotten from the federal government in the history of the country.

Clear Creek County Commissioner Randy Wheelock had a special connection to the project. Not only has he been involved with transportation issues during his time on the board, but he revealed at the groundbreaking that he actually helped construct the original highway years ago.

“I have to take credit that I actually worked on this highway over 50 years ago, I worked on the Eisen-

hower tunnel,” he said.

Shoshana Lew is the executive director of CDOT. She said the groundbreaking marks moving forward with meaningful improvement.

“I-70 plays such a vital role in quality of life,” she said.

CDOT expects around a ﬁve year timeline for the completion of the project in its entirety. For more information and renderings, CDOT updates its site with studies, construction updates and more.

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Shadow Mountain Drive tra c a concern

Residents say a proposed bike park would add to unsafe conditions

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

If Jefferson County considers Shadow Mountain Drive unsafe for motorists now, why would it entertain a proposal for a mountain bike park that would add up to 1,000 trips a day?

That was the message of a virtual meeting on Oct. 17 hosted by the Conifer & South Evergreen Community Committee with Colorado State Patrol troop commander for the Conifer area, the Jefferson County trafﬁc operations manager and a trafﬁc engineer as the guest speakers. They

discussed issues with safety on the road and possible solutions with about 50 residents.

Phil Bouchard, one of the developers of the proposed Shadow Mountain Bike Park, also spoke about the road’s safety.

Bouchard and Jason Evans hope to submit their proposal to Jefferson County in November for a downhill mountain bike park on 230 acres two miles down Shadow Mountain Drive from Highway 73. They plan to ask for a special-use permit on the property that is zoned Agriculture-2.

While they have had some support from mountain bikers, they also have received vocal opposition from Stop the Bike Park, a nonproﬁt formed to bring awareness to the project and to convince the Jeffco Planning Commission and county commissioners that the bike park is

Residents along Shadow Mountain Drive hosted a meeting on Oct. 17 to discuss tra c concerns on the road where a developer wants to build a downhill bike park.

a bad idea.

“When is common sense going to come into play here, and who can come to the conclusion that adding any more trafﬁc on the road we al-

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The therapeutic nature of art Therapists discuss how expression helps with emotions, trauma

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Art therapy is something people can practice every day, simply as a method of expression — or when mental health is at stake, art therapy is a good tool for therapists to use.

“Art provides so much of an outlet for us to express our emotions,” said Lisa Nierenberg, executive director of Center of the Arts Evergreen, as she wrapped up a recent panel discussion on youth mental health. “Art really matters and makes a difference.”

She pointed to CAE’s youth art shows during the pandemic in which youth spoke through their art about their anxiety, loneliness and depression.

“We said, ‘How did we miss this?’” she told the audience at the gallery.

Art therapy can be like a geyser for people, and it can tap into parts of the brain people didn’t know existed.

“We all have emotions — there’s nothing wrong or bad — and what do we do with them,” explained Evergreen therapist Heather Aberg. “The power to be creative is inside of everybody. Everybody thinks of art as what is on the wall here (at

the CAE gallery), but more importantly, it is a release of emotions.”

Those working in art therapy are a mix of artists and mental health professionals, explained Jasmine Chu, arts coordinator of the Ponzio Creative Arts Therapy Program at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

“The hybrid nature gives this new opportunity for healing in such a unique and powerful way,” she explained.

Art therapist Meagan Andersen suggested that therapists can use self-portraits to help people, especially youth, reconcile themselves with past trauma. The first drawing is of the youth in the trauma followed by where the youth is now. The final drawing is how they picture themselves moving past the trauma, and she noted that it was shocking how they have a difficult time picturing the third phase.

“Trauma is something we become comfortable with and live with,” Andersen said, “and getting out of it is terrifying.”

The therapists said adult coloring books can be healing, and one suggested that she has encouraged nurses, for example, to use markers to draw on raw eggs to air their frustrations and then smash the eggs. Some art mediums, they explained, are less threatening such as scribble drawing.

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Art can be therapeutic just by children viewing it because they see they’re not alone or different, the therapists said. It also allows them

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Art serves people in many ways, said Katherine Reed, manager and art therapist with the Ponzio Creative Arts Therapy Program.

“It can be a tool for respite, inspiration, a source of joy, a way to connect with other people and or community in a deeper way,” Reed said. “Art is their window into what is happening.”

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Ilive in a beautiful area of Colorado. The aspens and evergreens on the hillsides with creeks ambling through are why people come here. So, it was a huge shock for me and thousands of others when two young developers announced their intentions to build a 273-acre chairlift access downhill mountain bike park in the middle of a pristine, environmentally important meadow in the heart of our bucolic Conifer, Colorado neighborhood.

There are many clear reasons why this location on narrow, winding Shadow Mountain Drive is absolutely wrong for a commercial bike park, or any other commercial operation. By far the biggest impact from the proposed Shadow Mountain Bike Park (changed from the more aggressive Full Send Bike Ranch), would be a sizable deluge of trafﬁc. The developers are expecting more than 700 downhill and freestyle mountain bikers daily with the potential of more than 500 cars coming to and leaving from the bike park on a peak day — equaling 1,000 vehicle trips on Shadow Mountain Drive. This is in addition to the current daily trafﬁc (including school buses and delivery vehicles) on this residential, two-lane road with no shoulders and many blind turns.

This precipitates a severe challenge to wildﬁre risks. It is a fact that 84% of all wildﬁres are human caused. Adding hundreds of clientele a day to the proposed site

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will make the probability of a wildﬁre almost certain. While mitigation on the property is an agreed upon need, whatever is done to the property in that regard pales in the face of over 5,000 potential igniters per week on that piece of land, where there were none before.

The Evergreen area is ranked in Colorado as #1 at risk for wildfire and is designated at greater risk of wildfire than 99% of all communities in the continental United States by the US Forest Service. The bike park is proposed in one of the few EXTREME wildfire risk areas in the community, according to the most recently developed Elk Creek Fire Protection District Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). Shadow Mountain Drive is already not adequate if an emergency evacuation becomes necessary. One flick of one careless smoker, or even a spark caused from a bike pedal scraping a rock, and the wildfire evacuation involving 500 plus additional cars on Shadow Mountain Drive would likely create a disastrous scenario.

Then there’s the strain on emergency response teams. The bike park would provide only ﬁrst aid, leaving Elk Creek Fire volunteers to respond to all serious accidents

on the property, as well as all trafﬁc accidents caused by the additional use of Shadow Mountain Drive. Elk Creek responders would be unduly overloaded with care at the facility and hospital runs of several hours, reducing response times for all other emergencies in the surrounding area.

Moreover, the car pollution, human waste and water needs of more than 700 mountain bikers daily to the area will have detrimental impacts on existing air quality and neighborhood wells, impacting the ability for existing groundwater to recharge itself. The proposed development area is also home to many species of wildlife and is deemed critical for local wildlife habitat by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Despite the evidence, the developers began their most recent salvo to gain approval for the bike park on July 27, with a virtual Community Meeting required by Jefferson County. They talked of good intentions to thrill the heartiest of bikers, omitting the many obvious reasons that Shadow Mountain Drive is not a ﬁt for their dream. To be clear, few folks in the community are against mountain biking. Adrenaline rush sports are part of Colorado’s lure. We assert the developers are naively underplaying the likelihood of seriously negative consequences inherent at the proposed location for the bike park, and their dangerously optimistic plans and promises for integration into the community are

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A hero dog

BY JUDI KRASZEWSKI VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, LIFE CARE CENTER OF EVERGREEN

Every day we read articles in the newspaper or listen to stories on television about hero dogs. This is a story about one of Evergreen’s most valued hero dogs.

His name was Bucca, a beautiful big black registered French Briard who was in puppy training for a year before he came to Life Care Center of Evergreen. For more than eight years, Bucca was a twice-aweek pet therapy dog to residents of the Life Care Center in Evergreen.

When we asked his owner, Doug, what Bucca did before he started volunteering, he replied, “Slept on

my head each night.”

Sadly, Doug had to send Bucca over the Rainbow Bridge recently because of health issues. Bucca was almost 13 years old.

Bucca brought much joy and happiness not only to our residents, but to everyone in the building. He sported a new scarf for each visit and snuggled up against people, licked their hands and did tricks on command.

When Bucca saw Doug getting treats ready before coming to our building, Bucca would run back and forth to the car, knowing that soon he would be showered with love. This duo even came to Life Care two years ago during COVID-19 when

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residents had to remain in their rooms.

Through snow and cold, they walked outside around our building, waving and sending love to residents through window visits. Oftentimes they would circle twice, making sure they didn’t miss anyone.

“If someone sees the dog, they will feel better,” said Doug.

We will always remember Bucca and Doug and the wonderful gifts they brought to our family at Life Care.

“I miss my puppy,” said Doug. Doug, we miss him too.

idealized conceptions, more about what they want to happen rather than what will happen.If you agree, please visit stopfullsendbikeranch. com and sign the petition opposing this development.

To date, the developers have not submitted studies for reports required for a formal application to the Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Division. They have not produced a feasible wildﬁre evacuation plan and we’ve seen no plan for emergency services. They say it’s all coming soon and boast a 2023 opening. We’ll be ready.

This kind of scenario can happen anywhere in Colorado. A development idea for the wrong location. And the site on peaceful Shadow Mountain Drive eyeballed for a commercial 273-acre chairlift downhill bike park is unequivocally the wrong location. It’s the proverbial square peg in a round hole; no matter how hard you hammer it’s never going to be right.

John Lewis is on the Board Of Directors of Stop the Bike Park, a nonprofit organization formed specifically to prevent the Bike Park – with its fact-driven negative consequences to traffic, wildfire risk, emergency response, air and water quality, and key wildlife habitat -- from becoming a reality in its proposed location. He is a fourth generation Colorado native, a Conifer resident since 1999 and a volunteer at Staunton State Park.

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How do you want to shift your relationship with time?

When a client comes to me saying, “I never have enough time. I’m constantly running behind and feel like I’ll never catch up.” I hear a judge within, who has a rigid idea of time.

I’ll address the judge by asking: how do you want to shift your relationship with time?

If you’ve felt that skin-pricking, sweaty, panting sensation along with the white-noise-so-you-can’t-evencollect-your-thoughts, you’ve come face-to-face with a limiting belief about how time works.

To unwind the idea of time, you can break it down into ﬁve states: *Stillness, Complexity, Permeability, Ambiguity and Novelty.

This month, let’s look at Stillness.

Still-ness at its core is about embracing emptiness. When you say things like, “I’m crazy-busy” or “My life is insane,” high energy and excitement are driving you, your creative surges are keeping you from self-calming and unwinding.

Let’stake a look at beliefs you may not even know you have, that are actually running your life.

Begin by asking yourself what being empty means to you. What are the beliefs that keep steering you away from doing nothing? Will you fail, or miss the one moment that could have made all the difference, will you be undeserving of true happiness, do you have to work tirelessly to have what you dream of?

When you can allow your self to be still, without the sense that you’re missing out or forgetting to do something, or feeling guilty because the laundry’s not done and you’re behind on a deadline for work, you have the opportunity to

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crack the code on your belief about how you use time.

Here are a few ways to deepen your relationship with

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OBITUARIES

Adamowski

She was a fan of many and a fan to all.

Ginny peacefully moved on to be with the Lord (wearing a Yankees hat) while sleeping on October 4, 2022 in Lakewood, CO. She was born in Chicago,IL on December 23, 1963.

coaching various sports teams. She continued her studies at Mt Saint Dominic Academy and went on to earn a BS degree in Biology from Felician College in Lodi, NJ.

Refresh your perspective: Ask how time can serve you, rather than you thinking you have to serve its demands. Ask how you can renegotiate the conditions you’ve put on your time.

Christine Kahane

See the nuances in your life: Ask someone you respect to share how they see you, and give attention to the number of qualities you hadn’t realized are yours.

Answer the questions you don’t want to ask: When you’re ready to move into Stillness, I invite you to have the conversations with yourself you’ve been avoiding - you may want to take notes. In fact, if you’re not already, it may be a great time to start a journal.

I’d love to hear your questions. Feel free to email me at: christine@ kahanecoaching.com

*Developed from the work of Dee Joy Coulter, EdD Christine Kahane, NBC-HWC, MCHWC – is a Nationally BoardCertiﬁed Health & Wellness Coach, and owner of KAHANE COACHING (www.kahanecoaching.com), located at 30792 Southview Drive/Suite 206 in Evergreen, CO. For more information about coaching, or to write-in a question for UNLEARN IT! send your inquiries to christine@kahanecoaching.com.

Bringing the causes of inﬂation home

There are multiple reasons for inﬂation, but I will focus on the big three.

First, we have a huge labor shortage in the U.S. Ten thousand baby boomers are retiring each day. Of course they are… they are between 68 to 76 years old. That is a 3.6 million loss in workers. The average growth rate of new workers, 16-to24-year olds, is declining. In 2020 we had the largest drop in new and arrival green cards granted in 25 years, as just 1.3 million came into our workforce down from 2 million.

Higher quotas were set in mid-2021 and the numbers are increasing, but they don’t nearly offset the 6 to 7 million new jobs we have been producing annually. More jobs than workers and predicted slow population growth means a continuing labor shortage.

All these numbers explain the sign we see at an Evergreen fast food chain advertising that they are hiring at a rate of $20 an hour. A year ago, the rate was $12 an hour. That’s an increase of 67% in wages. The labor shortage made them raise their rates or not have sufﬁcient employees. They have no choice. My food store expert tells me that typically wages in a fast-food restaurant would be between 30 to 35% of total

e eldest of six she is survived by her parents Gilbert and Mimi Adamowski of Evergreen, CO, Kathe Hayden (Loveland, CO); Dorothy Rusciano (Evergreen, CO); Susan Adamowski (Evergreen, CO); Gil Adamowski III (Centennial, CO); and Andrew Adamowski (Evergreen, CO). She was a fan of her nieces and nephews John, Joanna, Will, Taylor, Jenna, Finneghan, Quinn, Kelsey, and Nick. Her numerous friends and the people she touched in life would ll these pages.

Ginny was an eighth grade graduate of St Joe’s in West Orange, NJ were she would later continue to act as an athletic supporter

Her heart was so big and full of love and joy for others that it wore out after a too short 58 years. In passing Ginster23 will have the opportunity to shoot 80 at Pebble Beach, sit court side for the Bulls, cheer from the 50 yard line for Notre Dame and Da Bears, enjoy a meal with Patrick Star and Sponge Bob at the Krusty Krab, shag balls at Yankee Stadium, photograph the far reaches of the planet, and spread Love.

A celebration of Ginny’s life will be Saturday, October 29. 2022 at Christ the King Church in Evergreen, Colorado. In lieu of owers; slow down, nd the time to stop at a lemonade stand, call the ones you love, and Love one Another.

JIM ROHRER

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sales. So, if we use 33% and we assume the food cost has not increased, which is unlikely, this operation has seen a 22% increase in its total expenses. So, using these ﬁgures, the $10 order would have to be $12.20. A $15 order is now $18.30. The dollar menu is probably gone because it is not affordable. Similar scenarios are playing out in hotels, hospitals, plumbing businesses, retail stores, manufacturesand many other businesses with sizable payrolls. Last year our grocery store’s employees earned raises between $2 an hour and $5 dollars an hour with similar gains in years two and three of the agreement. Our grocery store has very friendly employees, and I don’t begrudge them, or any of the businesses mentioned above, the much-needed raises, but this is part of why things cost more.

The second reason is the breakdown of the supply chain. Businesses rely on complicated logistics strategies to bring what’s needed

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

More support for Lesley Dahlkemper

As an active volunteer in the Conifer community, I have appreciated Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper’s accessibility and willingness to help in any way she can. Lesley is always open to community input. She takes her constituents’ concerns seriously, acting promptly and effectively when asked for assistance. Whether it’s related to wildﬁre mitigation, pandemic relief, safety, mental health, zoning or any other local issue, Lesley is ready to go to bat to support members of the community. I am impressed to see Lesley at so many community events, always offering unbounded enthusiasm, a friendly smile, a helping hand and a listening ear. Please join me in re-electing Lesley Dahlkemper as Jefferson County Commissioner.

Marilyn Saltzman, Conifer

Endorsing Tim Walsh, Don Rosier, Colin Larson and Ed Brady

Evergreen needs leadership and we once had that with the late Tony Grampsas (Gentlemen Legislator), John Witwer, Rob Witwer and Cheri Gerou. These leaders were joined by Sheriff John Stone and a few DA’s who had our best interests and criminals worst interest in mind, Sadly, we are lacking leadership today. Our current slate of liberal politicians are controlled by progressive activists and organizations.

Tammy Story, Leslie Dahlkemper and Lisa Cutter need to be voted out. They believe in the revolving door of moving from ofﬁce to ofﬁce as a career

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to manufacture, package and ship their products. Over the years, many companies have moved much of their logistics chains to Asian suppliers to take advantage of lower prices. Now the logistics to move parts and other needed materials to us has broken down. China, for instance, relies on small, unsophisticated family businesses. So, if an American manufacturer uses what looks like a large Chinese business, that Chinese business is utilizing some very small and unreliable partners. Many of these small family suppliers are no longer functioning.

This has taken its toll on service, but it also increases cost as we wait for the items needed to complete the manufacturing process and if some items are unavailable the cost of replacements goes up. It is likely that some items will be sourced in the U.S. going forward to preclude more of these problems.

The third reason we have inﬂation is because our government has spent too much. In so doing, they have printed more currency and put cash in the hands of Americans. The primary spending came from the infrastructure bill and the American rescue plan. The American rescue plan gave 1.8 trillion to individuals to help them through the pandemic, 700 billion to assist states with unemployment. It gave

rather than serving as a citizen legislator or commissioner and returning to civilian life.

I am endorsing Tim Walsh, Don Rosier, Colin Larson and Ed Brady for the positions they are running for. We need a strong Sheriff to stand up against our progressive DA Alexis King, While we’re at it let’s elect Heidi Ganahl as Governor, Pam Anderson as Secretary of State, John Kellner as AG and Joe O’Dea as Senator. This is what is not just best for Evergreen and Jefferson County but Colorado. Unfortunately we are stuck with Boulder and Joe Neguse.

2024 is knocking on the door.

Nate Marshall, Evergreen

Vote YES on FF so children don’t go hungry

Voters around the state received their ballots for November’s election this week. I want to urge all Coloradans to vote YES on Prop FF, Healthy School Meals for All. If passed, it will provide free, nutritious meals to all public school students in Colorado. No child should go hungry because they don’t have lunch money. For many students, the meals they get in school may be the only real meals they eat each day.

There are more than 60,000 kids in Colorado who can’t afford school

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businesses 1.7 trillion to keep their doors open including 80 billion for airlines. State and local governments got 745 billion, while 482 billion went for healthcare costs associated with fighting Covid. The money doled out for infrastructure is to fix roads, bridges, trains, busses, airports and more. So farmost of what has been spent has gone to state and local governments to begin fixing what’s broken. I don’t think many of us would question the needs, but most of us would like to be a fly on the wall when the amounts were agreed upon. There is no doubt that this spending is helping to drive up many costs. Too much money chasing too few goods and services drives up prices.

Current levels of inﬂation are

tough for all of us, and no politician can ﬁx the problem, no matter what party they represent. We need more workers, time to ﬁx the supply lines and for the government to stop spending. Perhaps the best election outcome would be split government so no one can pass anything that carries a price tag.

Jim Rohrer of Evergreen is a business consultant and author of the books “Improve Your Bottom Line … Develop MVPs Today” and “Never Lose Your Job … Become a More Valuable Player.” Jim’s belief is that common sense is becoming less common. More about Jim at www. theloyaltypartners.com.

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Every fall, pumpkin lovers rejoice in knowing their favorite ﬂavors will start migrating from humble gourds to morning mugs. While the specialty beverage has corporate origins, local baristas put a hometown twist on “PSLs” across Colorado.

The origins of pumpkin spice lattes trace to 2003, when Starbucks’ Director of Espresso Peter Dukes came up with the idea out of a desire to replicate the seasonal success of the eggnog latte and peppermint mocha, according to The Daily Meal.

“Pumpkin spice latte has become more than just a beverage,” Dukes said. “It has become a harbinger of the season.”

Since then, the drink has evolved into an annual tradition outside Starbucks.

At Nixon’s Coffee House in Englewood, one barista said pumpkin pie syrup is used instead of pumpkin spice because it gives the drink a more unique ﬂavor.

La Dolce Vita in Arvada uses pumpkin puree sauce and has served the drink since around the time Starbucks began the trend. Unlike the big chain, at LDV the taste will depend on the barista.

Barista Tamara Hansen said she adds vanilla to her PSL so that it gets a more robust ﬂavor proﬁle.

“I’m putting pumpkin sauce, of course, and vanilla, and I’m going to put whipped cream and cinnamon sugar,” Hansen said. “(The vanilla) adds a little bit of sweetness.”

Her co-worker Josh Crouch’s take on the drink is inspired by pumpkin pancakes and features some maple ﬂavors.

“It’s got real pumpkin,” Crouch said, pointing to the pumpkin puree sauce used to ﬂavor the drink.

Not just lattes

The PSL trend has spread far beyond espresso drinks. Local breweries have jumped on the ﬂavor train as well — somewhat begrudgingly, in certain cases.

Colorado Plus Brew Pub in Wheat Ridge serves a “darker style of pumpkin ale,” according to Manager Jordan Peck. The “Don’t Call Me Pumpkin, Pumpkin Spice Ale” ale has a slightly higher-than-average alcohol content than other pumpkin beers, Peck said.

“It’s really full-bodied,” Peck said. “It’s pumpkin spice without being over the top.”

Chris Hill, owner of Odyssey Beerwerks in Arvada didn’t necessarily want to make a pumpkin beer, so he took the idea and went a different route.

“We opened in May of 2013,” Hill said. “As fall was rolling around, everybody was telling us we needed to do a

pumpkin beer because everyone does a pumpkin beer in fall. I didn’t really want to do one, but I asked our assistant brewer if he could do a different one. He came back with the idea to do a marshmallow porter with a pumpkin spice.”

The result is the “Fluffy Pumpkin Toasted Marshmallow Porter,” which was such a hit in 2013 that Odyssey kept it going on a seasonal basis.

“It was a one-off to appease customers,” Hill admits. “The reason we brewed a second batch was we had two bar owners and two friends of owners who called and said they had or had heard of this been we did and they really wanted to put it on tap. So, we did enough to make four-eight kegs and sold it to them. In 2014, we did a full batch and sold out before we were done fermenting.”

Despite the Fluffy Pumpkin’s beginnings, Hill says he’s come around on the pumpkin porter.

“I’m in a happy place with it now,” Hill said. “It’s a really good beer. I won’t say we were opposed, but since everyone does a pumpkin beer, we don’t need to do one, but we did and it was fantastic. I won’t downplay the beer. It’s really good.”

Barnett and Son Brewing Co. in Parker began their pumpkin beer with a homespun tradition.

Owner Andrew Barnett said their ‘Nevermore Pumpkin Ale’ — ﬁttingly named after ‘The Raven,’ by Edgar Alan Poe — originated with a Halloween tradition at the Barnett home.

“It’s an old home brew recipe. As a home brewer, we used to deck out the Barnett house for Halloween,” Barnett said. “I’d hand out beers in the driveway for neighbors who came out to Halloween. When we opened the brewery, that tradition survived.”

PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN Barnett house for Halloween,” Barvegetable,” and said he was cautious

Barnett describes the ale as “a really good balance between the spices and the vegetable,” and said he was cautious against adding too much cinnamon, a move he believes undercuts the ﬂavor of other pumpkin beers.

ﬂavor of other pumpkin beers. the silver medal at the 2021 The seasonis avail-

Nevermore Pumpkin Ale won the silver medal at the 2021 Denver International Beer Competition and is entering its 7th year on tap at Barnett and Son Brewing. The seasonal libation is available from the ﬁrst Friday in September through about Thanksgiving.

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LDV’s Tamara Hansen’s pumpkin spice latte.

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La Dolce Vita’s Josh Crouch makes a pumpkin spice latte with their signature pumpkin sauce. PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN Barnett & Son’s Nevermore Pumpkin Ale. COURTESY OF BARNETT & SON’S The Flu y Pumpkin in fall foliage. COURTESY OF ODYSSEY BEERWERKS Odyssey Beerwerks’ Flu y Pumpkin Porter. PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN

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Rallying around the ﬂag ... football

Evergreen girls team creates camaraderie in inaugural season

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The 14 girls on Evergreen’s ﬂag football league thought their inaugural season would simply be a chance to learn the game and have fun.

They were wrong. After the Jeffco League championship in early October, they advanced to the state tournament, losing in the semi-ﬁnals to Arvada West. While they didn’t win state, they ended with a 14-2 record and were ecstatic to have a chance to try their hands at a new sport.

“I’m surprised at how well we did,” said sophomore Alivia Hunsche, who also plays lacrosse for Evergreen. “It was really fun to try something different, plus it helped with cross-training. It was such a fun experience, and I will totally do it again.”

“I’ve played football with friends but not a real game, more like messing around and passing a football around,” said senior Regina Sjostrom. “We had no expectations. I thought we were going to be really bad just because we didn’t know the game even though there were good athletes on the team.”

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• The ﬁeld is 60 yards long x 30 yards wide, smaller than a football ﬁeld for a boys game.

• A team gets four downs to get to midﬁeld, then another four downs to score.

• The quarterback can only run if she’s being rushed.

• Once a team is 5 yards or less from the end zone or midﬁeld, running plays are not allowed.

• Fumbles are dead balls, while interceptions are live balls.

• No blocking.

• No special teams.

behind the pilot ﬂag-football season, paying for uniforms and ﬂags, according to Evergreen coach Brad Sjostrom.

Jefferson County, Cherry Creek and Denver school districts were involved this first season. The Jeffco League fielded teams from Arvada, A-West, Chatfield, Columbine, Evergreen, Lakewood, Pomona and Littleton that played in weekend jamborees over the last month.

If all goes as planned, girls ﬂag football will be a Colorado High School Athletic Association-sanctioned sport in 2024, joining seven other states with similar programs.

Coach Sjostrom noted that girls sports at EHS are popular, but it never hurts to give girls a chance to

play another sport.

Players said since they hadn’t played football before, much of their practices included the basics of passing, catching a football and learning plays.

Hunsche and Regina Sjostrom said playing at the Denver Broncos practice ﬁeld was an exciting experience, with Hunsche calling the facility “breathtaking.” Broncos players watched the game and interacted with the ﬂag-football players, and photographers were everywhere taking photos of the inaugural state

championship.

“I’m just super glad we get a ﬂag football league up here,” Hunsche said. “For a smaller town like Evergreen, it’s good to have more variety of sports for girls, and it’s a great way to build closer relationships with other girls.”

Regina Sjostrom added: “I would encourage all girls to go out for the team next year. I didn’t think I would be any good because I had not played. It’s really fun being on the team.”

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Evergreen’s Averi Gardner evades an Eaglecrest Raptors player. PHOTO BY GABRIEL CHRISTUS/DENVER BRONCOS Broncos players pose for a photo with the Evergreen Cougars flag football team after it won the first game in the state playo s on Oct. 15. COURTESY PHOTO Evergreen’s Rianna Sjostrom (9) tries to elude Eaglecrest defense players during the inaugural state championship for girls flag football on Oct. 15 at the Denver Broncos training facility. PHOTO BY GABRIEL CHRISTUS/DENVER BRONCOS Both Alivia Hunsche and Averi Gardner jump to catch a pass during the state championship at the Denver Broncos training facility. PHOTO BY GABRIEL CHRISTUS/DENVER BRONCOS

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Conifer’s Wyatt Nichols threw two touchdown passes and added two rushing touchdowns to give the Lobos a 65-22 win over Littleton in Littleton Oct. 22.

Nichols spread the receptions among four receivers: Gray Forsythe caught three passes for 38 yards and one score; Evan Clark caught two for 37; and Carston

Conifer wins big over Littleton

Wolanske caught two for 18 yards. Robert Romero’s only reception was good for a touchdown.

Nic Hudson was the top rusher for Conifer. He gained 94 yards on 15 carries. Forsythe also ran for 83 yards on just three carries.

No stats were available for Littleton.

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LETTERS

meals and don’t qualify for free or reduced-price meals. We can do better than that! Providing children with a healthy breakfast and lunch makes them more attentive and engaged in the classroom, leading to better grades, higher attendance and higher graduation rates. Better educated kids beneﬁt Colorado’s overall success.

A bonus for the state: Prop FF will help schools use locally-sourced, fresh food from Colorado farmers, which will strengthen Colorado’s food systems and students’ health. As a heart disease survivor turned health coach, I advocate for eating nutritious food from a young age to ensure our kids can focus at school, and set the foundation for long, healthy lives free of chronic disease.

Vote YES on FF so children don’t go hungry.

Carrie Lehtonen, Evergreen

Democratic endorsements

I just ﬁnished voting and that was one of the longer ballots in recent memory. This year, the ballot measures deserve as much attention as the races at the top of the ballot, and I encourage every voter to take the time to understand them. The measures we pass by statewide referendum can greatly affect our lives.

What concerns me is that the Canyon Courier recently featured an entire article by Joe Webb, former Chair of the Jeffco Repub-

lican Party, with what amounted to a laundry list of Republican candidates to vote for. There was no comparable column endorsing the opposing candidates. So in the interest of giving equal space to the Democrats, may I urge support for our ﬁne candidates running on the Democratic slate: Sen. Michael Bennet, Gov. Jared Polis, Secretary of State Jena Griswold, Attorney General Phil Weiser, Treasurer Dave Young, Brittany Pettersen for Congress, Kathy Plomer for State Board of Education, Lisa Cutter for State Senate, and Tammy Story for State Representative. Further down the ballot are talented and well-qualiﬁed candidates seeking re-election in Jeffco: County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper, County Treasurer Jerry DiTullio, County Assessor Scot Kersgaard, and County Coroner Annette Cannon. Also well worth supporting are Amanda Gonzalez, candidate for County Clerk & Recorder, and Reggie Marinelli, candidate for County Sheriff.

This year, please take the challenge to vote up your ballot instead of down. Start with the ballot measures and the lower level races, and get the facts for yourself on what’s at stake.

Vote as if your civil and constitutional rights, basic civility and human decency, reproductive healthcare, climate change, the rule of law, and democracy itself depend on it. Because they are all on the line this year.

Nancy Friedman, Evergreen

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October Wildlife Photo Page: Foxes

CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In honor of Colorado Parks & Wildlife’s 125th anniversary this year, the Clear Creek Courant and the Canyon Courier will have a monthly photo page celebrating the state’s amazing wildlife and parks. Each page will celebrate a different local animal or group of animals, including fun facts provided by CPW. For October, the mountain newspapers are celebrating foxes.

FOX FUN FACTS:

• Colorado has four species of foxes, although some are more common than others. Red foxes are the most numerous species in the state. They are reddish-orange on their upper bodies, white on their bellies and tips of their tails, and black on their ears, legs and feet.

Red foxes live in riparian woodland, in wetlands along the plains, and in forest-edge communities in the mountains. According to CPW, their population has increased greatly with the growth of irrigated agriculture throughout Colorado.

• Gray foxes are probably the second-most common in the state, although still not seen frequently. They’re about the same size as red foxes but are mostly grayish brown with reddish fur on their ears and feet, and black-colored fur on their backs and tails. The gray fox is found mostly in brushy areas in

• Swift foxes and kit foxes are rare sights now in Colorado. Both species are smaller than red and gray foxes, measuring 27-36 inches long and four to seven pounds. Their tails are as long as their bodies, with black fur on the tip. Swift foxes live in the eastern plains, while kit foxes live in desert shrub-lands in the western valleys.

• Swift foxes were nearly driven to extinction as an unintended side effect of eradicating wolves and coyotes, but the population is now recovering, CPW states. Kit foxes’ range across North America has historically included southwestern Colorado, although CPW hasn’t counted the kit fox population since 2000. Thus, the number of kit foxes in Colorado — if any — is unknown.

• Foxes mostly eat rodents, rabbits and birds. The smaller fox species eat large quantities of insects. The gray fox is distinctive in that it sometimes forages in trees for fruit and nestling birds. Red and gray foxes are most active at dawn and dusk; the smaller, arid-land foxes are more nocturnal.

GOT WILDLIFE PHOTOS?

The November page will celebrate any and all Colorado wildlife that hasn’t been previously featured. This includes but isn’t limited to: badgers, bats, beavers, bison, bobcats, coyotes, ferrets, martens, mountain lions, otters, pikas,

pronghorns, weasels, wolves, and any species of ﬁsh or amphibian. To contribute to the Nov. 24 page, email photos to cwesteman@coloradocommunitymedia.com before Nov. 14. Include the species, the photog-

rapher’s name, and the date and location the photo was taken. The photo can be of wildlife anywhere in Colorado and doesn’t have to be recent.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF DEBBIE FORD A red fox naps outside an Evergreen home. COURTESY OF JANE WIGGINS A black-colored fox visits the York Gulch area in August 2011. COURTESY OF CURTIS DEPOYSTER A fox — likely a gray fox — peers out of a tree along Evergreen’s Blue Spruce Road in March 2022. COURTESY OF JUDY O’BRIEN

asked Bouchard. “You explain to me how your little facility will make the road tolerable when it’s intolerable already.”

Bouchard countered: “Common sense is not the governing body of what can and can’t be allowed on the road. That’s why Jefferson County Planning and Zoning exists. … That’s something as we go through the process that Jefferson County will weigh in on, and it very well may come down to the roadway on whether the proposal moves forward for not. … Any proposal is going to come with an increase in trafﬁc, and it is a question of whether the roadway can support it … and if you can effectively mitigate where there are issues as a result of an increase of trafﬁc.”

Accidents on Shadow Mountain Drive

Colorado State Patrol Capt. Larry Oletski said the majority of ac cidents are on a curvy section of Shadow Mountain Drive within a mile of Highway 73, so it’s impor tant for drivers to pay attention

to the speed limit and watch for vehicles pulling out of driveways.

Two of Oletski’s troopers spent time on the road on three occasions recently, and Oletski said casual speeding was prevalent. He deﬁned casual speeding as drivers going about 10 mph over the limit.

“The math is simple: The faster you go, the less time you have to react to things,” Oletski said. “There are lots of driveways and little shoulder access. Drivers have to be on their best behavior.”

Data shows that between 2012 and 2021, Shadow Mountain had 74 crashes with three fatalities.

“It would be easy to say there is one fatality every three years,” Oletski said. “Folks, that’s just not OK. We don’t want any fatalities on this road.”

In 2015, Jefferson County recog nized a safety problem on Shadow Mountain Drive, and Joe Wienand with Conifer & South Evergreen Community Committee, who moder ated the meeting, said the 2015 study said it best: “This road experienced a relatively high number of acci dents given its length.”

Suggested road improvements

A 2021 Jefferson County trafﬁc

study suggested guardrails be put along the road at a cost of $900,000, though trafﬁc engineer Paul Olson was concerned about the lack of right-of-way to install them. Olson also suggested the county consider other ways to slow trafﬁc such as round-abouts, speed bumps, narrow er lanes and clear zones, which are shoulders that can provide stopping areas for errant vehicles when there are no guardrails.

Shadow Mountain Drive already has striping and rumble strips, and the county is considering lowering speed limits in some areas and add ing signs warning of curves, Kelly Dunne, Jeffco’s trafﬁc operations manager, said.

Data questioned

Residents questioned the discrep ancy between the two trafﬁc studies done by Jefferson County — one in 2015 and one in 2021. The 2015 trafﬁc study said there were 2,600 vehicles per day traveling on Shadow Moun tain Drive while the 2021 study said there were 1,000 vehicles per day.

Dunne said she would look at the discrepancies between the two stud ies.

According to Dunne, a collector road like Shadow Mountain Drive

can handle about 2,000 trips per day. She said based on the 2021 study, the proposed bike ranch would put ve hicle trips at the upper limit of what the road can safety accommodate.

Safety

Dunne said while the bike park, if approved, will add more vehicles to the road, it is not changing the characteristics of the road such as adding curves, hills, medians or obstacles.

“In 2022, we don’t have county regulations to require a developer to mitigate for safety,” she said. “In 2023, the safety regulation will be in effect.”

Bouchard said the developers were studying the bike park’s potential roadway impacts and will submit ﬁndings and recommendations to the county, though he didn’t know yet what the recommendations would be.

“As a general comment, we are open to roadway improvements,” Bouchard said. “A lot of what we heard tonight are things we are considering.”

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Clear Creek Schools Foundation grant helps teens start skate wear brand

necessary to become valuable members of the Clear Creek community upon graduation.

“(The grant is) giving kids more choices and freedom to learn the things they’re interested in, and giving educators the ability to provide,” she said.

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Skateboarding fashion has evolved over the years, and two local teens are working to make popular styles accessible to skaters of all income levels with help from a grant from Clear Creek Schools Foundation.

This is the ﬁrst year for the CCSF Innovation Grants. CCSF awarded more than $12,000 to teachers and students throughout the school districts to support projects that foster engaging and community connected experiences for students.

According to CCSF, “Educator grants support the development of the Clear Creek Learner Proﬁle skills: leadership, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, adaptability, and character…. Student grants support ideas and passions and the development of Learner Proﬁle skills.”

Laura Johnson with CCSF was excited to see applications for the inaugural year of the Innovation Grants program.

“We received applications that would affect kids of all ages,” she said.

Nine projects throughout Clear Creek School District ultimately received grant money. The projects involve teacher, student and district projects, with project ideas like ﬂexible furniture seating for classrooms and a therapy dog for schools.

Johnson hopes that the program will help students gain the skills

William Lewis, senior, and Braden Combrink, junior, of Clear Creek High School were recipients of this year’s grant. The two are working to launch their skateboarding brand, Urban Skate Co.

Lewis explained the concept of the brand is to make skate wear available to everyone. He hopes that some of the potential proﬁt can go toward the skate park in Idaho Springs.

“(It’s) cheaper clothing that is new and that our community can afford. And hopefully, some of that money can go toward the skate park,” Lewis said.

Lewis remembers his 5th birthday when his dad took him to get his ﬁrst skateboard. He’s been hooked ever since.

Combrink has fond memories of starting the sport young as well.

“I started skating when I was maybe 10. It’s really cool because of the community and all the styles,” he said.

Right now, skate fashion is all about baggy clothes and name brands. Brands like Supreme, Thrasher and Vans are wardrobe staples for skaters. Lewis and Combrink want to join the skate wear ensemble, but at a more affordable price, and even create decks and other skate essentials later on.

Currently, the duo is working on learning about entrepreneurship, ﬁnding mentors in the community and creating a roadmap for the brand. They hope to start selling products in Summer 2023.

The young business partners are

planning to do everything themselves at the beginning, so they can learn about production, screen printing etc. That’s where the grant money comes in.

“A big chunk of the grant money

is going toward materials, our own screen printing machine,” Lewis said.

To follow along with the progress of Urban Skate Co., check out its Instagram @urbanskate_co.

Canyon Courier 21October 27, 2022 Get your Halloween spooky on for our annual 5K Fun Run Fundraiser… run, walk, creep or crawl for a ghoulish good time. Benefitting EAPL! Scary Good Bake Sale * Free cocoa/coffee while supplies last * Spirited Music * Selfie photo booth * Costume Contest for 2 & 4 legged guests! Get your Ha on for our Fundraiser… time. Benefit cocoa/coffee photo booth Sun. Oct. 30th Day of Race Reg Opens 8:30am Race Starts 10am Buchanan Rec Center * Ball Park 32003 Ellingwood Trl, Evergreen Sun. Oct. 30th Registration Opens 8:30am Race Starts 10 am Dj rocking tunes Constume Contest for 2 & 4 legged guests Buchanan Rec Center Ball Park 32003 Ellingwood Trl, Evergreen Get your Halloween spooky on... for our annual 5K Fun-Run Fundraiser... run, walk, creep or crawl for a ghoulish good time. Benefitting EAPL! Scary Good BAke Sale • Free cocoa/cofee while supplies last • Spirited music • selfie photo booth Register @ http://getmeregistered.com/eaplzombierun5k in-person until 10/28/22 noon (cash or checks only) chow down pet supplies or eapl thrift store more details at www.eapl.com Dying to see everyone there CONIFER RADIO WWW.CONIFERRADIO.COM Listen Live: Meghan Moore and Dale Flanders of Evergreen Christian Outreach (EChO) on Conifer Podcast Wednesday, Nov. 2nd at 5:00 pm Mountain Classic Rock and Local Folks Recognizing West Jefferson Elementary Nancy Aubin & Lori Harrison and our 3rd Graders’ interviews of local community professionals (you don’t want to miss it!) Mon 10/31 – Fri 11/4 6 pm each evening Are you interested in community radio? Plan to attend our next Informational Meeting on November 1st Conifer High School 6:30 – 8:00 pm To register, send an email to: ConiferRadio@gmail.com If you have recently moved, you probably have questions...we have the answers and a beautiful bag of gifts, gift certificates and community info for you. Where topl ay • Wh at todo b ooks, t rees •n at ur alf oo d s, etc. If we haven’t found you yet, please call Jennifer Shipley Community Coordinator 303-670-1324 •n we lcome @m sn.com Where to shop for clothes, gifts, furniture, window treatments, Which professionals to use • Who can fix your car...your hair...your teeth? “A Local Service” Commercial Equestrian Hobby Shops Agricultural Garages And More! S TRUCTURE S www.GingerichStructures.com Eastern CO 719-822-3052 Nebraska & Iowa 402-426-5022 712-600-2410 Eastern Wisconsin 920-889-0960 Western Wisconsin 608-988-6338

Two Clear Creek High Schoolers are starting their own company with the help of a grant from CCSF

Braden Combrick (left) and William Lewis (right) recently got a check for their Innovation Grant project. Lewis and Combrick (pictured) plan to create their own designs for their skate wear line. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY WILLIAM LEWIS

Je co candidates meet voters, discuss local issues at Golden forum

Sheri candidates champion mental health services, emergency management plans

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With ballots hitting local mailboxes, candidates in multiple Jefferson County races hoped to make a lasting impression on voters during an Oct. 18 candidate forum.

The League of Women Voters of Jefferson County and Jefferson Unitarian Church hosted eight candidates across the six-county races for an event at the Applewoodarea church. About 100 Jeffco voters attended to hear the candidates’ thoughts on affordable housing, election integrity, county ﬁnances and more.

County Commissioner candidate Lesley Dahlkemper, Clerk & Recorder candidate Amanda Gonzalez, and Jeffco Sheriff candidates Regina “Reggie” Marinelli and Ed Brady participated in an hour-long forum.

Afterward, Treasurer candidates Jerry DiTullio and Faye Grifﬁn, Assessor candidate Scot Kersgaard, and Coroner candidate Annette Cannon brieﬂy introduced themselves before concluding the main event in the sanctuary and hosting a meetand-greet with voters in the gathering area.

Commissioner candidate Donald Rosier, Clerk & Recorder candidate Vicki Pyne, Assessor candidate Libby Szabo and Coroner candidate Matt Archuleta were all invited but didn’t attend.

The sheri ’s race

In the only head-to-head discussion of the night, Marinelli and Brady outlined their goals for the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, such as improving mental health services and wildﬁre mitigation and preparation.

Brady, the Republican candidate, has come up the ranks in the Arvada Police Department and has served as its deputy chief for the past eight years. He said he’s helped lead the department through several crises, including ofﬁcer deaths and the pandemic.

Democratic candidate Marinelli, who’s worked at the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce for 36 years across all the major divisions, said, “I’m not ready to quit yet … I want to stay and continue to work in the career I’m very passionate about.”

Regarding how they’d implement their priorities in their first 100 days in office, Marinelli said she’d focus on mental health services — for the residents patrol deputies contact, for the jail inmates and for JCSO employees. She added that she would emphasize training for deputies to increase their confidence and instill in them the expectations the agency and community have for them.

“We need to make sure that our deputies are street-ready,” she

continued. “ … If we give them the training, the knowledge, the expectations, they can go forward with conﬁdence.”

Brady also emphasized the need for mental health and addiction counseling services in the county jail, and helping reintegrate inmates back into society. He added how the national recruitment and retention crisis in law enforcement has impacted the services agencies can offer.

He added that before leading a group, one must learn how to lead individuals by supporting them and paying attention to their efforts and needs. Brady believed he’d done that

by example at APD.

In their closing statements, both candidates asked the attendees for their votes and support. Brady felt Jeffco needs a trusted law enforcement professional as its sheriff who’d keep the community safe and prepare residents for the next wildland ﬁre, saying, “I believe I’m that person.”

Marinelli stressed her experience with JCSO, describing how she “learned this agency from the bottom up” and knows all the issues within its departments.

“I can start working on those Day One,” she said.

Fall means Change is in the Air

It’s no surprise that the sweaters come out the second a leaf falls. But really, fall air feels di erent! Driving into work, you can notice the change. The air feels di erent. The leaves on the aspens are the ﬁrst thing we see up here in the mountains, and we watch as all the leaf peepers come up the hill. Living on 285 takes a lot of patience due to tra c, but I feel it is all worth it, and a great place to live and work.

The Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce is changing, too; fundamentally, we are working hard to reach out to businesses that have been hit hard since covid started in January 2020.

We have had some signiﬁcant changes at the chamber o ce, and we are making goals to make the shift a positive one for all

involved. The o ce sta , board of directors, ambassadors, and most importantly, our new and seasoned members are all being asked to positively inﬂuence and be more involved in the chamber events and happenings.

We are planning the December 3rd Christmas parade; details on it will be on our website goconifer. com. This year’s theme is “Heroes on Parade,” which can mean anything your imagination can come up with- military, front-line workers, teachers, the service industry, superheroes in movies, etc.

We are also making plans for other spring events and doing a lot of planning for the future.

So, what are you waiting for? First, rejoin the chamber; if you used to be a member, make that shift and

get involved; it’s a two-way street. The more you are involved, the more beneﬁt you will see in your business. Join the chamber if you have never been a member; you will be glad you did. The group I work with daily is a good group of folks, their hearts are all in the right place, and they care about Conifer. The chamber wants to see businesses succeed.

Fall is the world’s “happy medium.” It turns out humans are so happy in the fall. Humans are scientiﬁcally happier in temperatures that fall between 50 to 70 degrees. That’s why fall hits just perfectly! So, now that it’s o cially Fall go run through some leaves! Make pumpkin patch plans, pick some apples, and break out those cozy sweaters. Enjoy all fall has to o er; it’s ﬁnally the start of a new season.

Take advantage of the many opportunities and business services the Chamber o ers. If you have any membership questions, or would like to ﬁnd out more about becoming a member, do not hesitate to contact the o ce at (303) 838-5711

director@goconifer.com

Thank you for your continued support and thank you for shopping local!

Tamm Masoner, Executive Director

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Candidates for county coroner, assessor and treasurer participate at an Oct. 18 candidate forum at Je erson Unitarian Church. PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

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

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 • o ce@churchotc.com

CHURCH OF THE HILLS PRESBYTERIAN (USA)

Serving the mountain community from the heart of Evergreen Worship 10:00 a.m.

Reverend Richard Aylor O ce Hours: Tu-Thur 9:00 - 4:00; Fri 9:00 - noon Bu alo Park Road and Hwy 73 www.churchofthehills.com

CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION EPISCOPAL

In-Church: Sunday Communion Quiet Service 8:00 am & with Music 10:15 am 10:15 am only Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86017266569

In-Meadow: 2nd Sunday of the month at 9:30 a.m. --June through September— 27640 Highway 74 – ¼ mile east of downtown Evergreen at the Historic Bell Tower 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.

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!

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CHURCH – EPC 1036 El Rancho Rd, Evergreen – (303) 526-9287 www.lomcc.org – o ce@lomcc.org

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m., with communion every Sunday “Real Church In An UnReal World”

A community empowered by the Holy Spirit which seeks authentic relationships with God and others to share the good news of Jesus with Evergreen, the Front Range and the world. Come as you are, all are welcome!

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

MOUNTAIN REVIVAL CHURCH

“Baptizing the Mountains in Jesus Name”

Sundays 11:00 am & Wednesdays 7:00 pm

Location: Aspen Park Community Center 26215 Sutton Road, Conifer, CO 80433 (Additional parking at the Park & Ride next to Big O Tires) 720-770-0380 Call, Text, or Just Drop In www.mountainrevival.org

PLATTE CANYON COMMUNITY CHURCH

Located: 4954 County Road 64 in Bailey. O ce 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.

ROCKLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH

“Connecting all generations to Jesus”

Please check our website, www.Rockland.church, for updated service times ¼ mile north of I-70 at exit 254 17 S Mt. Vernon Country Club Rd., Golden, CO 80401 303-526-0668

TIMBER RIDGE CHURCH

Location: The Village at Aspen Park 25587 Conifer Rd. Unit 5A201 (2nd ﬂoor - above the UPS Store)

Sunday Worship 10:00 am www.timberridgechurchconifer.org • 303-834-3577

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TRIVIA

1. MYTHOLOGY: What are the Nereids in Greek mythology?

2. LITERATURE: Which 19thcentury English novel has the subtitle, “The Parish Boy’s Progress”?

3. ACRONYMS: In printing, what does the acronym DPI stand for?

4. GEOGRAPHY: Which city lies near the largest natural harbor in the world?

5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: How does a bat ﬁnd its prey?

6. HISTORY: Who is the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize?

7. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin preﬁx “super-” mean in English?

8. LAW: What is double jeopardy?

9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who founded the American Red Cross?

10. MEDICAL: What vitamin deﬁciency causes night blindness?

1. Sea nymphs.

2. “Oliver Twist” (Charles Dickens).

3. Dots per inch.

4. Sydney, Australia.

5. Echolocation (sending highfrequency sound waves).

6. Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, who ﬁghts for children’s rights to education, was 17 when she won the award.

7. Above, over (supervise, etc.).

Prosecuting a person twice for the same offense.

Clara Barton.

Vitamin A.

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Metro Districts Budget Hearings

Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2023 has been submitted to the RRC Metropolitan District ("Dis trict"). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at 8:30 a.m. on December 7, 2022 via telephone and videocon ference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 1-650-479-3208 and enter access code: 2595 411 4817. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available

at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing by contacting Becky Johnson by email at bjohnson@spencerfane.com or by telephone at 303-839-3885.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2022 budget of the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Dis trict. A copy of the proposed 2023 budget and the amended 2022 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler P.C., 304 Inverness Way S., #490, Engle wood, CO 80112. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2023 budget and the amended 2022 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto.

RRC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 By: /s/ Andrew Trietley, President

Legal Notice No. CC1009

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Canyon

83.75

Meridian Howes County Travel 200.50

NOELLA C RIOS County Travel 390.00

PARAMAVERICK CONSULTING

Professional & Technical Services 2,330.00

QUALITY OFFICE PRODUCTS Office Supplies 150.17

ADMINISTRATORS

RPS

Child Care 1,104.24

Medical Insurance 2,229.41

SARAH MCNAMEE Consultant Services 450.00

SHAWNA VANSICKLE Professional & Technical Services 1,500.00

Public Notice

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGETS AND AMENDMENT OF 2022 BUDGETS RRC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2 JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sec tions 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that proposed budgets have been submitted to the Board of Di rectors of the RRC Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2 (the “Districts”) for the ensuing year of 2023. The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2022 budgets of the Districts. Copies of the proposed 2023 budgets and 2022 amended budgets (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the District’s Accountant, Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Engle wood, CO 80112, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2023 budgets and 2022 amended budgets will be considered at regular meetings of the Districts to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.

You can attend the meetings in any of the following ways:

1. To attend via Zoom videoconference, use the following link, or e-mail csorensen@specialdistrictlaw.com to have the link e-mailed to you: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85157718361?p wd=NHdpUDdVbjJrRjIxY21LWityU05mdz09

2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-719-359-4580 or 1-253-215-8782 and enter the following ad ditional information: (a)Meeting ID: 851 5771 8361 (b)Passcode: 625712

Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budgets or the 2022 amended budgets, inspect the 2023 budgets and the 2022 amended budgets and file or register any objections thereto.

RRC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2

Jefferson County Warrants

Soukayna Iraqi County Travel 200.50

URSZULA TYL Mileage 200.32 US BANK General Supplies 2,367.94

Public Health Fund Total 44,664.54

ADVANCING DYNAMIC SOLUTIONS LLC Consultant Services 3,400.00

AMY COMFORT Mileage 47.50

ANJANETTE HAWKINS Mileage 325.00

CAMFIL USA INC

DBA AIR FILTER SOLUTIONS Building Supplies 10,012.16

Carla Patricia Gomez Mileage 111.25

Carla Patricia Gomez County Travel 182.50

CARRIE LU HANKINS County Travel 182.50

Cindy Coldwell Mileage 132.76

COMMUNITY LANGUAGE COOPERATIVE Professional & Technical Services 150.00

Dana Von Schaumburg Mileage 83.38

Dana Von Schaumburg County Travel 182.50

Gulmire Dilmurat Mileage 181.26

ILLUMINATE COLORADO Professional & Technical Services 20,000.00

JAMIE L ABERLE Mileage 38.75

JENNIFER R WHITTINGTON Mileage 132.50

JENNIFER R WHITTINGTON County Travel 123.25

Jennifer Virdin Mileage 261.00

Jennifer Virdin County Travel 121.50

KATHARINE BRENTON Consultant Services 1,875.00

KELLY ANNE SCHOSSOW Mileage 22.50

Kiersten Souerbry Mileage 80.56

Kiersten Souerbry County Travel 85.96

LATINAS COMMUNITY Professional & CONNECTIONS SERVICES LLC Technical Services 12,900.00

MCKESSON GENERAL MEDICAL CORP Medical Supplies/Drugs 5,598.36

MCKESSON GENERAL MEDICAL CORP General Supplies 113.70

MERCK & CO INC

Medical Supplies/Drugs 3,014.41

Michelle Dianne Stahlecker Mileage 80.00

Michelle Dianne Stahlecker County Travel 123.25

QUALITY OFFICE PRODUCTS Office Supplies 163.03

QUALITY OFFICE PRODUCTS General Supplies 52.99

ROCKY MOUNTAN MEDICAL

RESERVE CORPS OF COLORADO Training & Education 550.00

Public Health Fund Grants Total 60,327.57

AT&T MOBILITY Telephone Services 647.52

CENTURYLINK Telephone Services 109.29

LEGALSHIELD Employee Legal Services 23.64

RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Child Care 313.33

RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Medical Insurance 45.00

US CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION Miscellaneous Contract Services 1,644.46

VANCE BROTHERS INC Equipment 70,912.20

XCEL ENERGY Heat & Power 16,380.59 Airport Fund Total 90,076.03

/s/ Paula J. Williams McGEADY BECHER P.C. Attorneys for the Districts

Legal Notice No. CC1008

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Canyon Courier

Notice

NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED BUDGET OF PINECREST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Pinecrest Metropolitan District (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2023; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the District at 44 Cook Street, Suite 620, Denver, Colorado 80206, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the

PIPER COMMUNICATION SERVICES INC Furniture & Equipment 1,700.00

Wildland Fire Fund Total 1,700.00

FELSBURG HOLT & ULLEVIG INC Road & Street Improvements 5,295.00

MERRICK & COMPANY Road & Street Improvements 268,944.00

XCEL ENERGY Road & Street Improvements 52,687.89

Southeast Sales Tax - Capital Project Fund Total 326,926.89

SHRED IT DENVER Contract Services 30.00

Solid Waste Emergency Reserve Fund Total 30.00

ACTION CENTER, THE HS-Grants to Other Entities 7,565.00

JEFF CO ACTION CENTER INC HS-Grants to Other Entities 26,956.10

JEFFERSON CENTER

FOR MENTAL HEALTH HS-Grants to Other Entities 8,229.58

MOUNTAIN RESOURCE CENTER INC HS-Grants to Other Entities 13,000.00

PARK COUNTY HS-Grants to Other Entities 1,281.91

RECOVERYWORKS HS-Grants to Other Entities 8,501.47

Community Development Fund Grants Total 65,534.06

GRAND TOTAL 5,549,758.55

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Legal Notice No. CC 1003 First Publication: October 27, 2022 Last Publication: October 27, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier Continued From Last Page: Page 2 of 2

Get to the tune shop; snow is ﬂying!

Two ski areas have revved up the snow cannons and are ready for nature to ﬁnish the job

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s almost time to ski in Clear Creek County — snow-making ef forts are well underway at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area and Loveland Ski Area, and mother nature should be contributing soon, too.

Part of the excitement of opening day is that ski areas don’t know the date until, well, they know.

But staff at A-Basin and Loveland say the day is nearing, and both resorts are ready to welcome back skiers.

Both ski areas predict opening

within the next week or so, and both will have one run open.

During the off-season, A-Basin was busy making some improve ments: the main lift has been replaced in an effort to cut down on lift lines. The lift ride will be short er, and the chairs can now accom modate six people. This lift should be opening in November, weather permitting.

A new restaurant also is open ing at A-Basin; a German-style alpine hut featuring Colorado-made sausage, pretzels, beer and more. It is located between mid-mountain and summit. The European bistro at the summit is also reopening this season. This restaurant serves charcuterie and wine and is the highest-elevation restaurant in North America.

Loveland also replaced a lift which should be ready in November. Lift 6 has been replaced with a ﬁxed-grip triple, the cable has been spliced and

Public Notices

Board to be held via telephone conference: 1-800853-9595; Access Code: 303497 on November, 2, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto.

PINECREST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Brian Roberts, President

Legal Notice No. CC1004

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Canyon Courier

“Board”)

(the

at 10:00 a.m.

has been submitted to the Board of Directors of North Fork Fire Protection District (NFFPD) for the ensuing year of 2023 and a copy of such proposed budget is on file in the office of North Fork Fire Protection District and is open for public inspec tion. This proposed budget will be considered at the regular Board meeting of NFFPD to be held at 19384 County Rd 126, Buffalo Creek, CO 80425 on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 1:00PM.

Any interested elector of the North Fork Fire Protection District may inspect the proposed 2023 budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.

Legal Notice No. CC1002

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Canyon Courier

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

REQUEST FOR BIDS

come before the Board including a public hearing on the 2023 proposed budget (the “Proposed Budget”). The necessity may also arise for an amendment to the 2022 budget (the “Amended Budget”). This meeting can be joined using the following teleconference information: URL: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3 ameeting_ZTdjYmQ3ZWUtOTM1YS00NmM5L WJkMjItYmRlNjJjMWMyNTc1%40thread.v2/0?c ontext=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224aaa468e-93b a-4ee3-ab9f-6a247aa3ade0%22%2c%22Oid%2 2%3a%22544ff64e-ac93-4b3f-8b60-f0060a4a1f 23%22%7d

Call: 720-547-5281 Conference ID: 383 166 241#

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Proposed Budget and Amended

the

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY OPEN SPACE CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO

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

Cement Building Demolition Project Bids for this Project will be accepted in the following ways:

*Electronically to mtableman@clearcreekcounty.us with the follow ing exact text in the Subject line: Bid for Cement Building Demolition Project;

* Via courier to the Clear Creek County Open Space Office 401 Argentine Georgetown, CO 80444 Attn: Martha Tableman, and clearly marked on the front of the envelope with: Bid for Cement Building Demolition Project; or

* Via U.S.P.S. at PO Box 2000, Georgetown, CO 80444 Attn: Martha Tableman and clearly marked on the front of the envelope with: Bid for Cement Building Demolition Project.

All bids must be received no later than Thursday November 10, 2022 at 2:00 PM local time.

are

for

Any interested elector of the District may file

objections to the Proposed Budget and Amended Budget at any time prior to final

of the Proposed Budget or the Amended

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to the

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the chairs are being hung, according to Loveland staff.

Loveland has some other improve ments this year, too. It completed the expansion on the Valley Lodge facilities, added a children’s center and added a new ski and ride checkin center. Loveland also plans to launch SnowCat tours in Dry Gulch in January, weather permitting.

Parking and trafﬁc can be the one damper on a perfect powder day at A-Basin or Loveland. Staff from the ski areas have some tips on avoiding the worst of it.

“This year we are really, really asking people to get back to carpool ing,” said Katherine Fuller, senior communications manager for ABasin.

Fuller said people got out of the carpool habit because of COVID but advises everyone to start again.

John Sellers, marketing and com munications director for Loveland, pointed out that the location of

Loveland ski area being before Eisenhower Tunnel makes it a great location for missing most of the mountain trafﬁc.

“Get off before the tunnel and skip the trafﬁc on the other side,” he said.

In an effort to reduce lift lines and improve the overall experience, ABasin is limiting season pass sales and ticket sales on a daily basis. The ski area does not sell lift tickets on-site.

“If you want to come on opening day, don’t show up without a ticket,” Fuller said.

Loveland will not be restricting sales of passes or tickets and sells both on-site and online.

To ﬁnd out exact opening day information, keep an eye on A-Basin and Loveland websites and social media sites.

This meeting is

and the agenda for any

by calling (303) 779-5710.

The Project includes the following Work:

Demolition and removal of existing cinder block building (approximately 2,800 sf) without harming the historic radium mine located within

• Remove cinder block building walls, roof, slab, backfill basement and adjacent cinder block lined pit, and grade resulting disturbed area;

• All large rocks, brush debris, structures and all other unsuitable material shall be cleared to a depth of at least twelve (12) inches below the existing foundations and graded to create a relatively level surface even with adjacent grades;

• Revegetation of disturbed area in ac cordance with the Clear Creek County Best Management Practices Manual; and,

• Comply with the permit requirements for erosion control and floodplain protection. (Permits will be obtained by County staff.)

Obtaining the Bidding Documents

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

Instructions to Bidders.

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

Sean Wood, Chairman Board of County Commissioners

Legal Notice No. CC1006

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Canyon Courier Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO

Pursuant to C.R.S. Section 38-26-107, notice is hereby given that on the 8th day of November 2022 final settlement will be made by the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado to: CO DESIGN INC TILE & TARRZZO 7230 GILPIN WAY SITE 220 DENVER, CO 80229

hereinafter called the “Contractor”, for and on ac count of the contract for the Removal, preparation, and replacement of damaged terrazzo floor in the central main-level atrium at the Administration & Courts Facility project in Jefferson County, CO.

1. Any person, co-partnership, association or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said project, for or on account of the furnish ing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or any of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

2. All such claims shall be filed with Heather Frizzell, Director of Finance Jefferson County Colorado, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden CO 80419-4560.

3.Failure on the part of a creditor to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, from any and all liability for such claim.

County of Jefferson, State of Colorado Andy Kerr, Chairman Board of County Commissioners

Legal Notice No. CC998

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Canyon Courier Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO

Pursuant to C.R.S. Section 38-26-107, notice is hereby given that on the 8th day of November 2022 final settlement will be made by the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado to:

hereinafter called the “Contractor”, for and on account of the contract for the Dakota Building Miscellaneous Coroner’s Work project in Jefferson County, CO.

2. All such claims shall be filed with Heather Frizzell, Director of Finance Jefferson County Colorado, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden CO 80419-4560.

3.Failure on the part of a creditor to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, from any and all liability for such claim.

County of Jefferson, State of Colorado Andy Kerr, Chairman Board of County Commissioners

Legal Notice No. CC997

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Canyon Courier

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

BROOK FOREST WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING 2022 BUDGET

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed 2023 Budget has been submitted to the Brook Forest Water District for the calendar year 2023; that a copy of such proposed 2023 Budget has been filed in the office of the attorney for the District at 1202 Bergen Parkway, Suite 110, Evergreen, Colorado, 80439, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the Brook Forest Water District to be held via ZOOM video conference at 7:00 p.m., on November 8, 2022 (See ZOOM details below). Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Budget, inspect the Budget and file or register any objections thereto.

ZOOM MEETING DETAILS: BFWD is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: BFWD - Regular Board Meeting - Tues day, November 8, 2022 at 7pm Time: Nov 8, 2022 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86258922954?pwd=e EIwWVlYV2xQaS9qV3BuRWJlbUhIUT09

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Meeting ID: 862 5892 2954

Passcode: 017477

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdydRmlFLA

Dated: October 18, 2022

BROOK FOREST WATER DISTRICT

By: /s/ Bill Weisenborn, President

Legal Notice No. CC1005

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Canyon Courier

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ina C. Cox, a/k/a Ina Carol Cox, a/k/a Carol Cox, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31223

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 February 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Timothy W. Cox, Personal Representative 3291 Perry Street Denver, CO 80212

Legal Notice No. CC983

First Publication: October 13, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Canyon Courier

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carol Jane Lewis, Deceased Case Number: 22PR434

Ronald Powell Lewis Personal Representative 26624 N. Turkey Creek Road Evergreen, Colorado 80459

Legal Notice No. CC990

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Canyon Courier

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Janice Kay Travis, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR448

Brian Dreher, Personal Representative 15689 Split Creek Drive Monument, CO 80132

Legal Notice No. CC982

(Tacoma)

First Publication: October 13, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Canyon Courier

Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget

Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated website: https://www.clearcreekcounty.us/bids.aspx

HASELDEN CONSTRUCTION LLC. 6950 S POTOMAC ST ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112

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Public Notice NOTICE OF 2023 BUDGET HEARING

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Canyon Courier Legals October 27, 2022 * 3 Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2022 BUDGET AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the

of the ASPEN PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

“District”), will hold a meeting via teleconference

November 15, 2022

, for the purpose of conducting such business as may

Budget (if applicable) have been submitted to the District. A copy of the Proposed Budget and Amended Budget are on file in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E Crescent Pkwy #300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where

same

open

public inspection.

any

adoption

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Board.

open

public

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: ASPEN PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Colorado /s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law Legal Notice No. CC1007 First Publication: October 27, 2022 Last Publication: October 27, 2022 Publisher: Canyon Courier

GOVERNOR

Heidi Ganahl, founder of the nation’s largest pet care franchise, Camp Bow Wow, is running against Jared Polis next month to be Governor of Colorado. Heidi is a mom of four beautiful young children and a mom on a mission to restore common sense in Colorado. As a CU Regent for the past six years, Heidi has been a champion for students, free speech, school safety, and affordability.

Under Jared Polis, Colorado’s crime and drug use epidemic has risen to Under Colorado’s use epidemic unprecedented levels. Colorado has the second highest drug addiction rate and the sixth highest suicide rate amongst kids in the country; 60% of Colorado children cannot read, write, or do math at grade level. “Our kids are in a crisis!” is often heard at large rallies around the state, in support of Heidi Ganahl for Governor.

Colorado’s schools are in rapid decline, with the most affected being schools are rapid those in the major Colorado metro areas (Jefferson County, Denver County, Arapahoe County, El Paso County, etc). Including parents in what happens in the classroom and school-choice is a top priority for Ganahl. Teachers and other public servants have been hamstrung by spending on high-level administrators.

When Heidi defeats Jared Polis on November 8th, she will become the Heidi 8th, first mom to occupy the highest office in the state!

To learn more about Heidi Ganahl and her candidacy for Governor, visit www.heidiforgov.com.

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