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Conifer peace park seeks to spark unity

Dedication ceremony

BY MAYA DAWSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Behind Conifer’s Aspen Park Community Center is a clearing nestled between aspen trees and carpeted with soft grass.

Over the past year, the Rotary Club of Conifer’s Peacebuilding Committee, the Conifer Peacebuilding Club and the Aspen Park Community Center have collaborated to transform this space into the Rotary of Conifer Peace Park, which hosted its grand opening June 11. e space is open to the public, and intended to spark connection and peace among those who use it.

During the grand-opening ceremony, about 70 attendees heard a traditional Lakota blessing; poetry

from West Je erson Middle School student Abby Leidel and from David Steele with the Rocky Mountain Compassionate Communications Network; and music including “Imagine” by John Lennon, “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye and “Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. O cials from other Rotary clubs and the Rotary District 5450 also participated.

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Preparing homes for wildfire

EFR hosts forum on hardening structures

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Homeowners need to prepare their homes in case of wild re, and that means using some common sense.

According to Jess Moore, Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s wildland project coordinator, homes are the least likely to catch re from direct ames in the event of a wild re. ey are more likely to catch re from embers ying ahead of the re or from radiant heat, which is why hardening the home and creating defensible space around the home is important. Moore presented home-hardening tips at a packed informational meeting on June 3 at the Evergreen Fire/ Rescue Administration Building. “How do we build out our home environment to withstand the onslaught (of wild re)?” she asked.

“It’s our responsibility to protect our

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A stone to honor the construction of the Rotary of Conifer Peace Park quotes lyrics to John Lennon’s song “Imagine.” “Imagine all the people living life in peace.”

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Jess Moore, Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s wildland project coordinator, talks about things to look for to prepare your home in case of wildfire.

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and residents shouldn’t get overwhelmed by all that can be done to harden a home to wild re. Instead, start small because every little bit helps, she advised.

“None of what I tell you will guarantee that your home will survive, but these are things you can do that

can move the needle to increase your protection,” Moore said. “Little things can make or break you.”

Embers

Embers can move miles ahead of a re, Moore explained, and the re department doesn’t have the resources to chase all of those hot spots when they’re ghting a large re. at is why homeowners need to prepare their homes and the area within ve feet around structures, the rst line of defense.

Pine needles that gather close to structures are prime places for embers to fall and start a re that can move to the structure, Moore said. ink of where the wind blows snow akes in the winter. at’s where pine needles will collect, and embers likely will blow in the wind, she said.

Zone 3 is from 30 to 100 feet from structures and should include a mixture of vegetation with defensible space in mind.

Moore said clear-cutting trees and other vegetation didn’t make sense. Instead, it was important to make wise decisions to help try to save homes in case of a wild re.

Other tips

• Vents should have 1/8-inch screening on them, so it is more di cult for embers to get inside the home.

• Make sure there is a good seal on the garage door, especially since embers that get into garages can potentially get to gasoline cans for power equipment.

• Close car windows, so embers can’t get inside and burn the car from the inside out.

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Roofs need to be free and clear of pine needles, and it’s best if roofs are Class A structures, which means the shingles and the layers underneath will not melt or catch re.

Skylights also can be problematic if they are plastic because they can melt, so it’s important to make sure there’s good ashing and no pine needles around them, Moore said.

Zones 2 and 3

Moore said that Zone 2, which is ve to 30 feet from a structure, is what she calls lean, clean and green to reduce the potential for radiant heat to impact the house.

She said residents should remove dead or dying trees, and not allow tree branches in that area to touch, so re can’t move from tree crown to tree crown. It’s helpful to use re-resistant landscaping around homes. Use plants that store water in the leaves and stems, maintain high moisture content with limited watering and are drought tolerant.

• Keep plastic trash cans away from the structure because they will melt under high heat, and could start the house on re.

• Keep wood lawn furniture away from the house.

• Wicker lawn furniture is like kindling to start a structure on re.

• Remove juniper bushes especially, with Moore calling them “little green gas cans.”

• If wood siding goes to the ground, add six inches of ashing, so embers can’t collect and ignite.

• Windows should be double-pane and tempered glass. Single-pane windows are susceptive to breaking, so embers can get inside and could burn the house from the inside out.

• If you have a fence that goes to the house, consider replacing the ve feet of fence near the house with a metal fence. If not and a wild re is headed toward your house, open the gate so it is not touching the house.

A slide shows the three areas of defensible space around structures.

O cer-involved shooting near Richmond Hill area of Conifer

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Je co sheri ’s deputies shot and killed a man in the Richmond Hill area of Conifer. e Sheri ’s O ce claims the man pointed a shotgun at deputies and red.

Deputies were dispatched at about 10 a.m. June 7 to the 13000 block

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of Pine Country Lane on a welfare check, the Sheri ’s O ce said. A person had told dispatchers an adult male was despondent and threatening suicide.

Deputies heard a single shot and began searching for the shooter.

ey found a man with a shotgun threatening to kill himself, the Sheri ’s O ce said. For nearly two

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hours, deputies worked to negotiate a surrender of his weapon. SWAT negotiators were deployed to assist.

At one point, the man placed the shotgun on the ground, at which time deputies red less-than-lethal shots, hitting him twice, in an e ort to resolve the stando , the Sheri ’s O ce said, but the man picked up the shotgun, pointed it at deputies

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Two deputies returned re, striking and killing the man. e Sheri ’s O ce has not released the man’s name pending noti cation of next of kin. e deputies were not injured.

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peace, they think about the opposite of con icts,” Buchi Anikpezie, Rotary District 5450 governor, said. “However, for us in Rotary, we do not think about it that way. We think about it more in terms of creation. Not resolving con icts, but providing an atmosphere instead that enables peace.”

Helen Patz-Perrone, a Puerto Rican Taino Native American, talked about how there was so much going on in the world.

“ is is a place of stillness,” PatzPerrone, said. “Anybody can come over here and stop the world, even if it’s just for ve or 10 minutes, and look at their feet on the ground and stand in that present moment. I think we need more places like this on the planet.”

Patz-Perrone performed a traditional Lakota peace song during the ceremony, paying homage to the indigenous tribes who rst used the land. e peace park is rich with indigenous symbolism, including benches oriented to the East and West.

“You’re sitting right in the path of where the sun moves, so you’re in that spirit of being connected to our source of energy and life force,” park

designer Dennis Swiftdeer Paige said. “ ere’s a certain kind of power to that.”

e center of the park is marked by a rock surrounded by bushes, intended to represent the way life stems from the heart. Additionally, four “peace poles” with phrases in 24 di erent languages represent the importance of peace on a global scale.

Paige was inspired to create this park by other peace parks in Colorado. He views the space as a way to take positive action in a world where international wars and political tension leave many feeling powerless.

“People can come here on their own time, and they can re ect and meditate and come to some kind of understanding about where they are in their lives,” Paige said.

e park was funded by private donations and through Rotary funds. In the future, the Rotary hopes to use the space to host peacebuilding activities with local schools and other organizations.

“I feel that, when I went to school, we learned a lot about war, what causes war, how wars ended,” Stanley Harsha, Conifer Rotary president-elect and co-founder of the Peace Committee. “But there’s been very little education about how to build peace, and that’s what we want to do.”

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Park designer Dennis Swiftdeer Paige plays a drum during a performance of “Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Destination Imagination allows 285 corridor teams to soar

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Some students along the 285 Corridor are using their imaginations in a big way.

ey are part of Destination

Imagination teams at Elk Creek Elementary and West Je erson Middle School — eight at Elk Creek and two at West Je — who spent the school year creating solutions to problems posed by the organization.

e program known as DI allows teams worldwide from kindergarten through college to nd solutions to challenges in STEAM subjects — science, technology, engineering, art and math — by using the creative process, according to the DI website.

Elk Creek’s Warrior Eagles fthgrade team and Blue Eagles thirdgrade team attended the global competition in Kansas City, Missouri, competing against teams from around the country and the world. West Je Middle School’s two teams quali ed for the global competition but decided not to compete because both teams went to globals last year.

While the Warrior Eagles and Blue Eagles were trading pins at globals — similar to the Olympics tradition

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From West Je erson Middle Mountain Eagles, eighth grade

Sky Eagles, sixth grade

From Elk Creek Elementary Warrior Eagles, fifth grade

Golden Eagles, fifth grade

Space Eagles, fourth grade

Blue Eagles, third grade

Creative Eagles, third grade

Imagination Eagle Power, second grade

Soaring Eagles, first grade

Shiny Musical Eagles, kindergarten

— DI coordinator Laurie Woulfe said the amount of work the DI teams put into nding solutions to challenges is phenomenal, and they do the work themselves.

“ ere’s a big thing in DI called interference,” Woulfe said. “You cannot give the kids any ideas nor can you help them create anything as part of their solutions. Kids have to come up with everything themselves. If they say, ‘We need to sew a costume, and we don’t know how,’ you can give a sewing lesson, but then they have to do it themselves.”

DI competitions include both long-term problems that the teams have been working on all school year as well as instant challenges that require quick thinking, Woulfe explained. Challenges are in several categories, and the teams with usually ve to seven members choose the category: ne arts, engineering, technology, service learning, scienti c and more. Challenges have

a presentation component, so the teams write scripts and practice public speaking.

Teams of third graders and older solve the competition problems, while younger teams solve a noncompetitive problem.

Teams meet weekly with volunteer team managers, who spend an ex-

Members of the Warrior Eagles and the Blue Eagles Destination Imagination teams from Elk Creek Elementary School attend the global competition.

Ending the school year on an outdoor note

families and sta of the elementary schools celebrated with outdoor activities.

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

While Georgetown Community School hosted a schoolwide Field Day on June 7, King-Murphy Elementary School hosted its second annual carnival on its playground. Everyone from students to sta

to start planning play dates and sleepovers that their children have been requesting.

Yollie Garner,

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she said, PTA was already planning back-to-school night on Aug. 15.

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PTA member Jamie Martin hands a popsicle to Valerie Olde, 5, at the King-Murphy Elementary School end-of-year carnival. Valerie will start kindergarten in the fall. PTA President Yollie Garner stands in the background.

Almira Okumus, 7, and her dad Enis Okumus had fun at the King-Murphy end-of-year carnival. Almira had her face painted, and then she painted her dad’s face.

Construction on I-70 Floyd Hill project starts this month

Rock-blasting tra c holds slated for August through February

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After a few years’ reprieve, Clear Creek residents and commuters to the mountains are bracing for another multi-year stretch of Interstate 70 construction.

e Colorado Department of Transportation and its contractor are kicking o major construction on the $700 million Floyd Hill project later this month, with work scheduled to last through the end of 2028.

However, CDOT o cials said there should be minimal tra c impacts during construction, while the payo s will be tremendous.

e project will improve travel times and safety between County Road 65 and Idaho Springs, as crews add a westbound express lane and atten curves through the canyon, CDOT o cials said during a June 7 telephone town hall.

It won’t create any new tunnels, but it will require cutting into rock faces along the canyon to straighten out the route, they said.

Work in the eastern section will start this month and last through summer 2026; then the western section will start this fall and last through fall 2027; and nally, the central section will be underway next spring and last through the end of 2028.

Overall, CDOT o cials said they’re “going to leave the area better than it is today.”

Local tra c impacts

During the four-and-a-half years of construction, crews will keep all

lanes and ramps open during peak tra c hours. Lane closures will only take place overnight, and on- and o -ramps will have temporary closures during non-peak times.

Project Director Kurt Kionka and other CDOT o cials said the biggest travel impact will be occasional rock-blasting tra c holds. Crews will rock-blast in the eastern section from August through February. ese will be during non-peak daytime hours, with 20-minute holds that could create 45-minute delays. e blasts will be no more than twice a week, and not on the same day.

Kionka and his colleagues said these rock-blasting holds and all other tra c impacts will be communicated in advance, and they encouraged people to sign up for text and/or email alerts.

During the June 7 telephone town hall, locals asked about whether this Floyd Hill project would impact emergency services and the seasonal sun-glare closures.

CDOT o cials con rmed the project won’t change the highway’s alignment enough to impact the sun-glare closures, so those will still take place seasonally.

e agency and contractor Kraemer North America are partnering with Clear Creek’s emergency services to ensure their vehicles have quick access through the construction zone and any related tra c, Kraemer’s Area Manager Matt Hogan stated.

Another Floyd Hill resident asked about the ongoing roundabout construction along U.S. 40 adjacent to I-70, with CDOT o cials con rming that both roundabouts should be done by early 2024.

Kionka and Hogan also assured locals that they will have an emergency egress in case of a wild re.

Construction on the eight-mile Interstate 70 Floyd Hill project kicks o in late June. The project will take more than four years and $700 million to complete.

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Attention: Modern technology has gained control

May I please have your attention? It’s yours to give, after all. To a point. Very often, it is taken from you — like I just have. As a writer, I face the challenge of keeping your attention before you decide to take it back and redirect it or before it is taken by another attention-seeking agent, human or otherwise.

I nd myself getting worn down and out by the incessant barrage of stimuli thrown at me. Some of it is benign, like the signal telling me the water I heat to brew a cup of tea is boiling. But a lot of attention grabbers are not so nice. Like spam calls, online ads and system failures interrupting my internet connection. Modern technological devices and systems have gained control, and while they facilitate communication, they also own us.

It began with the ringing telephone. Like Pavlov’s dogs, we learned to respond to the ding-aling and even salivate at its chiming. It became like church bells tolling the onset of services. Who might be calling? Someone was demanding our attention, and we needed to give it to them.

In those ancient times, it was almost always a personal call. But then Madison Avenue, expanding from print ads to telemarketing calls, went to work on invading that space. Today, unwanted calls are on steroids. We have coined terms for them: spam and robocalls. ey

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have become hideously unnerving, the occasional one even threatening, loaded with shrill screaming that the IRS is about to come after you.

Attention-grabbing has a deleterious e ect on our mental health. Wonder why you nd yourself grouchy at times? Perhaps you need to look no further than your cell phone with its alerts. Do you have a compulsion bordering on addiction to scroll through your phone or computer for the latest social media contacts and updates? at might also contribute to grouchiness.

ese attention grabbers clutter and pollute our minds with extraneous, demanding, trivial or useless energy-sucking information, and we don’t allow space for our brains to detach and rest. ink back to the many times you checked your cell phone for IMs, scrolled Facebook or watched a video in lieu of doing something unfettered and free. Time spent unfettered and free was kid time when I was growing up. It included romping, frolicking and carefree abandonment of reality. Outdoor games. Climbing a tree. Swinging on a bull rope. Sledding down a hill. Rolling down a hill. Wearing out trouser knees. Getting

a cut or bruise and coping with it. Dealing with a bully. Breaking some rules. Raiding a neighbor’s garden or fruit trees and absconding with delicious, healthy bounty. Or just lazing, lying on the grass and dreamily imagining what shapes the cumulus clouds formed themselves into.

How often do you see kids playing outdoors without adult supervision? Playtime has now become guided, organized and disciplined. It’s no longer about play. Instead, it’s become the complete opposite of Calvinball. at is true for both kids and adults.

e strictures we impose on ourselves directly short-circuit the creative aspect of the psyche. Not only does the brain need a time-out from the seriousness of life, so does the spirit. It needs time to imagine and create.

We bemoan the frightful intrusion of unwanted interruptions in our lives, but the truth is, we invite them in and create the environment in which they can thrive. e food we eat that overstimulates us, our poor sleep habits, and the lack of true playtime all aid and abet the decline of our spirit and attitude. No wonder so many people are pissed o at so many others.

In large part, we are to blame for our unhappiness. Just as Julius Caesar told Brutus that the fault lies in ourselves and not the stars, our unhappiness often lies in our willingness to allow other people

and nonhuman agents to control our lives by seizing our attention.

Every teacher has likely told their students to pay attention or pointedly asked them, “Are you paying attention?”

One great answer a distracted, bored, disinterested student could give is, “No, I wasn’t, but I am, at least for the moment, now that you’ve taken it.”

Rather than unload on the truthful student, a wise teacher could respond, “I hear you. I’m that way when I’m bored to tears at faculty meetings.”

In days of yore, there was no need to make “me time.” It was generally the rule, especially in rural areas. For rural folks, cabin fever could be a serious malady. One antidote or elixir for it was a trek into town to connect and socialize with others.

Today the opposite has become the case. Urban and suburban dwellers now seek the cabin to escape the barrage of attention grabbers that incessantly yank and tug at them. Unfortunately, many people self-sabotage their e orts by toting along the instruments that keep them wired to the chaos from which they ostensibly crave to separate. For those folks, it ironically explains the old maxim that there is no rest for the weary.

Jerry Fabyanic is the author of “Sisyphus Wins” and “Food for ought: Essays on Mind and Spirit.” He lives in Georgetown.

Rushing water closes a highway in Western Colorado

The small towns of Paonia and Hotchkiss in western Colorado are seeing fewer tourists this spring. Exceptionally high runo blew out a culvert on State Highway 133 about seven miles northeast of Paonia, which then allowed rushing water to carve a gully into the roadbed.

Back in August 2020, the Colorado Department of Transportation evaluated the culvert, found it vulnerable, and put it in a queue for repair, said CDOT spokesperson Elise atcher. But Region 3, encom-

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passing northern Colorado, had 100 culverts needing work. e one near Paonia apparently landed too far down on the list.

no entry or exit. ey occur when subsurface material caves in, usually during a drought.

water gouged an ever-deeper streambed through the road.

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e rusty culvert on Highway 133 crumpled on April 29, allowing the usually meek Bear Creek to start excavating the roadway. CDOT was alerted and began monitoring the situation. Meanwhile, drivers continued to use the road until the early morning of May 3, when high water pushed the culvert down the hillside. After that, a 10-foot-wide section of highway collapsed.

Over the next three weeks, high

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Other road damage in the area was discovered May 24 when fast runo washed out the seasonal Kebler Pass Road. e Forest Service said that a paved section near the resort town of Crested Butte was gone.

According to Gunnison County Sheri Adam Murdie, “Kebler is a bigger washout than Bear Creek and took the whole road out.”

e good news is that Gunnison

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Colorado natives: flowers and function in the home landscape

As a gardener in the urban Front Range, each season brings new challenges, or the same challenges just in a di erent order. Rabbits, salt, cold temperatures, hot temperatures, drought, foot tra c — sometimes the list seems never-ending. However, an almost foolproof way to ensure the success in the home garden is to look to our native plants for inspiration.

I spoke with some of my colleagues at Denver Botanic Gardens and we came up with three of our favorites to tackle tough conditions while delivering on ower power. ese plants are all native to Colorado and provide signi cant ecological bene t to our pollinators. ey are all adaptable to our urban soils and should only require supplemental water during the rst year of establishment.

Chocolate ower (Berlandiera lyrata)

is extra cold-hardy member of the daisy family is a garden powerhouse. e bright yellow owers oat atop gray-green mounding foliage, and last from early spring to frost. e golden pinwheels surround dark red centers that are full

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County Road and Bridge acted quickly to begin repairs, with June 9 as the expected date of completion, said Sheri Murdie.

CDOT put the road-rebuilding job near Paonia out for an emergency bid in early May, and Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction, with an o ce in Frederick, Colorado, was awarded the contract May 16. at’s when the company began engineering work on what will be a temporary bridge, said CDOT’s atcher.

Physical construction began Tuesday, May 30, almost a full month after the roadway collapsed. atcher said work should be completed well before the end of June.

Judging from comments on social media, many local residents think the state moved far too slowly to x and reopen the highway.

“ ey could have dropped in a new culvert and back lled the roadway with gravel,” said Somerset Water Superintendent John Mlakar. As the Colorado Transportation Department will tell you, however, they have to proceed in a deliberate way.

Townsfolks are saying no one has seen road damage like this since the massive East Muddy Slide of 1986.

e mile-wide slide was threepronged and closed Highway 133 between Paonia and the town of Carbondale for four months.

Repairs progressed slowly as the landslides — which attracted geologists from all over the world — owed downhill, initially at one foot

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of nectar — attracting both butter ies and occasional hummingbirds. As an added bonus, the foliage is said to have the aroma of chocolate. As things wind down in the fall, leave the last crop of ower stalks to enjoy the intricate cup-shaped seed heads, which are both beautiful and a functional food source for birds.

Ten-petal blazing star (Mentzelia decapetala)

A native, night-blooming, fragrant, drought-tolerant, pollinator magnet? Say no more! Ten-petal blazing star is a sta favorite around here — and for good reason. Although it is a biennial or short-lived perennial, once this plant is established in the garden, it will persist from seed for years to come. Sow seed directly into the garden and keep moist. It also germinates readily in pots, but transplant it into the garden early as it does develop a taproot.Mentzelia will quickly become a favorite as the striking white owers open each night, smelling sweetly of honey, only to close again before morning.

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per hour, then slowing before grinding to a stop 216 days later.

e highway’s temporary repair — as the slide area is still considered active — involved lifting the road up 40 feet and dumping the sliding material into Muddy Creek. at xed the problem but reduced the capacity of Paonia Reservoir, which sits downstream of the slide. It was meant to hold 20,950 acre-feet, but the reservoir today holds roughly 16,000 acre-feet.

Meanwhile, Paonia, with a population of about 1,500, lacks bustle from visitors to wineries, restaurants, organic farms and shops. Julie Bennett, owner of Root and Vine Market and Qutori Wines on Highway 133, said visitors are down 50%.

A problem for nearby Somerset, population 100, has been sparse but fast-moving tra c. Mlakar said that vans transporting coal miners around the washout to the West Elk Mine were ignoring his town’s 25-mile-per-hour limit, tearing by at 50 mph.

Local law enforcement is problematic, due to the resignation of a Gunnison County deputy. Until a replacement arrives, Delta and Pitkin County sheri ’s departments are helping out.

With road damage blocking two roads in Gunnison County and personnel changes to boot, Sheri Murdie admitted, “It’s been a heckuva time.”

Dave Marston is the publisher of Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonpro t dedicated to spurring conversation about the West. He lives in Durango, Colorado.

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We love this little groundcover. Best suited for well-drained sites with little to no irrigation, sulphur ower buckwheat is incredibly durable, long-lived and great for weed suppression. In early spring, the lush mat of green foliage is topped with chartreuse pom poms that mature to deep orange. Flower stalks can be sheared after ower for a tidier appearance, or left through winter and sheared in March. In fall, the foliage ages to a deep burgundy and persists

through the winter season.   Not sure how to add these to the landscape? Try pairing them with some of our native grasses like blue gramma (Bouteloua gracilis) and little bluestem (Schizachryum scoparium). Using groundcovers and grasses reduces the need for maintenance like weeding and mulching each season.

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Paul David “Dave” Blumenstein, Jr.

On April 8, 2023 , Paul David “Dave” Blumenstein, Jr. died at home of a heart attack at the age of 73. A resident of Conifer for 48 years, he and his wife, Janet, were very involved in various school, church and community activities in both Evergreen and Conifer. e Celebration of Life service and reception will be July 1, 2023 at 11:00 am at Evergreen Lutheran Church, 5980 Hwy 73. Full obituary can be found at horancares.com.

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David Edward Noyes

May 21, 1931 - June 1, 2023

Long-time Evergreen resident David Edward Noyes, 92, passed away on June 1, 2023, at his home. Services were held June 6, 2023, at Christ the King Catholic Church in Evergreen, CO.

David is preceded in death by his eldest son, Timothy, his brothers Daniel and Randall, and his parents Harold and Edwina. David is survived by his wife, Mary and their four surviving children: Julie and husband George Matern of Berthoud, CO; Jennifer and husband Franc Fennessy of Madison, WI; Jon of Evergreen, CO; and Amy of

Highlands Ranch, CO, as well as six grandchildren; ve greatgrandchildren; and his brother Harold and wife Ann Noyes, along with their children and grandchildren.

David lived life to the fullest, with many interesting experiences, and was generous in the love he shared with everyone he encountered.

For David’s full obituary or to send condolences to the family, please visit the Evergreen Memorial Park website: www.EvergreenMemorialPark.com.

Laura Swain is a horticulturist with the Denver Botanic Gardens

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Chocolate flower (Berlandiera lyrata) COURTESY OF DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS

SCHOOL EVENTS

Almira Okumus, 7, and her dad, Enis, were ready for summer to begin. Enis said the best part of the school year was seeing Almira learning all year.

Several parents said they liked the inaugural four-day school week, noting that the free Fridays allowed for more family time and that Clear Creek Middle/High School students appeared more awake since they had longer downtime each week.

“I would not want to go back (to a ve-day school week),” Garner said.

King-Murphy kindergartner Jonah

Riley, busy putting condiments on a hamburger, said his favorite subject in school was physical education calsses.

Mom Kaylan Riley said the family loved the school year, and they are planning to travel a lot this summer, especially camping.

Dads Tyler Toth and Frank Martin worked at the grill, cooking hot dogs

and hamburgers for all to enjoy. ey said their wives were very involved in organizing PTA activities, and their job was to help out wherever needed.

“ is school is the best,” Martin said. “We have a great community, great kids, great families and sta .”

Georgetown Community School students prepare to participate in relay races during the school’s Field Day on June 7.

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Ava Henson, a second grader at Georgetown Community School, picks a dandelion at the school’s Field Day.

Beckett Walsh, a third grader at Georgetown Community School, stacks cups during Field Day.

Trekker Maine, a third grader at Georgetown Community School, throws a wet sponge at physical education teacher Ryan Redfield.

Kathy Stipe, whose granddaughter attends King-Murphy, creates henna art on a student.

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Search-and-rescue dogs embody the mail carrier motto: “Neither snow, nor rain nor gloom of night” will keep these trusty canines from their appointed rounds — searching for people or items with single-minded purpose.

For the dogs and their trainers who are part of the Colorado branch of SARDUS — Search and Rescue Dogs of the United States — training is a weekly, if not daily, endeavor to prepare dogs to certify in an area of search and rescue or to keep the dog’s skills sharp after certi cation.

“ e training continues for life,” said Cathy Bryarly, a retired Boulder sheri ’s deputy who trains search-and-rescue dogs. “ is has to be part of your life. It goes way beyond a hobby,

or it’s not going to work. It’s a calling.”

SARDUS members agree that it’s a labor a love based in their strong resolve to help others. Not only do the dogs and their handlers train multiple times a week, enlisting family and friends to hide, so the dogs have someone to search for, but handlers also attend seminars on a variety of topics and work together by laying trails for others to follow.

Trainers are always learning, so they can improve their canines’ ability to help in emergency situations.

Search-and-rescue dogs and their handlers are not paid; in fact, handlers spend a lot on the dogs, the equipment, the training and more. e goal is to be certi ed to go on missions, the term for helping law enforcement nd people, bodies or objects needed in an investigation.

Call the people trainers or handlers, but

more importantly, they’re dog lovers who want to work as a team with their pets to help others.

The humility of training

e trainers say it simply: Training their canines is humbling.

“Our dogs don’t make the mistakes,” Anjie Julseth-Crosby of Morrison said. “We do. ere’s so much to remember. e training is about me trying to understand what (the dogs) are saying. e human fails, not the dog.”

In fact, Julseth-Crosby, who started training her bloodhounds two years ago, has compiled a 19-page document called “ ings I wish I knew two years ago.”

Training involves having a dog follow a scent for several miles, helping the dog return to the SEE DOGS, P11

DOGS

scent trail if needed and rewarding the dog when it nds the person or item it is directed to follow.

Training can be messy as canines follow the scent wherever it takes them over all sorts of terrain in all kinds of weather.

food or toys. Once you gure that out, then trainers must convince the dog to do what they want the pup to do for the reward. It begins with what is called a puppy run-away, where you get the pup to run after a person, and when the pup nds the person, the pup gets a reward.

at transitions to following a scent to nd a person.

“It’s just a matter of making it harder and harder to the point where a dog is searching 120 acres for one person or that trailing dog is following a 24-hour-old scent through a subdivision,” Bryarly said.

No matter what or who the dog is nding, it must go to it, stay there, lay down and point its nose, so the handler knows the dog is saying that the item or person is there.

Dogs cannot certify to be search-and-rescue dogs until they are at least 18 months old, but it usually takes two years or more for the rst certi cation, Bryarly said.

“Search-and-rescue dogs that are out in the public have to be just perfect,” Bryarly said. “ ey have to stay focused and not get distracted by other dogs, animals or people.”

Getting involved

irty years ago, Julseth-Crosby made a pledge that she would own a bloodhound and train it to be a search-and-rescue dog. at’s because Ali Berelez, 6, who had been kidnapped and murdered in 1993, was found four days after her abduction by bloodhound Yogi.

Julseth, at that time a single parent with a 6-yearold, felt kinship with Ali’s family. However, as a full-time teacher, Julseth-Crosby decided to wait to train when she retired in 2021. True to her word, she began training her bloodhounds Bruno and Miley.

Niamh Coleman of Nederland was looking for something to do with her dogs, thinking it was a casual pastime. Now search-and-rescue dog training is closer to an obsession.

a multiple-day-a-week job.

Jayne Zmijewski, who taught outdoor skills to rangers most of her life, said search-and-rescue dogs were a natural progression. She’s had four search-and-rescue dogs in the last 30 years, most recently her chocolate Labrador Kodi.

Teresa Verplanck of Bailey is training Lilo, a border collie mix, for wilderness searches. She called the SARDUS group she trains with wonderful, and trainers and dogs have become a big family.

Jake Udel, who lives near Rustic, Colorado, is a volunteer firefighter and medic, and he trains his dog, Java the Mutt, a Czech shepherd, “for the love of dogs, helping people and the activity.”

Julseth-Crosby said the number of hours can be whatever trainers can put in, but at a minimum eight hours a week, and some weeks, she trains or prepares for training as much as 40 hours a week.

The right breed

While just about any breed of dog can become a search-and-rescue dog, bloodhounds, shepherds and retrievers are the typical dogs people think of, but other breeds — if they have the nose for the work — can be certi ed.

“It works better to start with a breed that is bred to do this,” Bryarly said. “In fact, there are some breeders who breed speci cally search-and-rescue dogs. But sometimes you nd a dog that is good at this, and it’s a breed you never would have guessed could do this work.”

e most important thing, Bryarly said, is the bond that the dog and handler have with each other.

“People have told me over the years that they are amazed at something their dog does,” she said. “People think they are the smart ones, but the dog is the smart one. We are just trying to keep up with them.”

Starting early

Training starts early — when pups are a few weeks old.

“Start with a dog who has a high drive,” Bryarly said. “A high-drive dog is always busy and always wanting something to do. If that energy is not channeled right away, the pup will tear your house apart.”

Most canines prefer one of two types of rewards:

TYPES OF SARDUS CERTIFICATIONS

Melanie Weaver of Lafayette knew her dog, Lego,

Udel figures he’s been on 75 to 100 missions since he certified his first dog in 2005.

SARDUS

SARDUS, one of several search-and-rescue dog organizations in the country, helps smaller organizations test and certify dogs. To get the trailing or air-scent certification, which is usually the first certification a dog earns, the canine must follow a 24-hour-old trail to find a person. SARDUS only works with law enforcement, so a person cannot request a search-andrescue dog.

Bryarly said about 30 dogs in Colorado are certified by SARDUS with most of them trailing dogs — the most of any organization in the country.

Membership in SARDUS is $25, and some people join who don’t own dogs, but they want to help in other ways such as creating tracking trails or hiding from dogs, Bryarly said.

Trainers must be physically fit since they follow their dogs through all sorts of terrain, plus they take classes such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s incident command courses, so they understand the structure of incidents and managing evidence.

For the SARDUS trainers, the work is definitely a passion.

a German shepherd, needed a job to have a ful lling life, and Weaver was looking for something practical. Little did she know that training Lego would be

• Trailing: Dogs who can find scents by putting their noses to the ground.

• Air scenting: Dogs who find scents by putting their noses into the air.

• Avalanche: Some dogs are good at smelling human scents through snow.

• Water: Some dogs are good at smelling human scents through water.

“If you think of it as work, you won’t do it for 20 years,” Udel explained. “You have to adopt the (search-and-rescue) lifestyle. It’s a life-anddeath commitment for some people — certainly the people we are looking for.”

• Disaster search: Dogs can smell through debris to find people.

• Human remains: Dogs can be certified to find human remains.

• Wilderness: A type of trailing in remote areas.

in cities.

• Urban and suburban: Looking for missing children or older adults

Jayne Zmijewski and her chocolate Labrador Kodi take a break from training.

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Anjie Julseth-Crosby with bloodhound Miley practice trailing at a park in Niwot.

PHOTO BY CATHY BRYARLY

Doug Cummings and German shepherd Rogan trail a scent.

PHOTO BY ANJIE JULSETH-CROSBY

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Postponed meeting on developer fees e Elk Creek Fire Board is postponing a work session to discuss how to ask developers for fees to o set the re department’s costs to provide re ghting and emergency medical services.

Fire Chief Jacob Ware said at the June 8 re board meeting that he was collecting data on what other re departments charge and how they determine fees. It’s easier to talk with other departments about residential and commercial developments; it’s more di cult to talk with re departments about bike parks.

Ware is referring to the proposed Shadow Mountain Bike Park, which has led an application for a specialuse permit with Je erson County Planning & Zoning. Since there isn’t another bike park like it in Colorado, it is more di cult to get information from other re departments, Ware noted.

At the May meeting, the re board discussed creating a matrix to determine such fees no matter whether the development is commercial, residential or on public land. is would allow the board to be proactive rather than reacting to proposed developments in the re district.

Ware said on May 11 that it was time for the department to have a policy that would t all proposed development scenarios rather than reacting to individual developments as they arise. He noted that the department also reacted to other develop-

ment in previous years because it didn’t have a policy in place.

Other re departments, he said, use one of three methods to assess fees: payment in lieu of taxes, service fees and impact fees.

Board members want to nd a consultant to help create the matrix that is legally defensible and is fair to developers and the department.

Some community members asked the board to make sure the work session to discuss options is held in person, not virtually, especially since they have had trouble hearing the last re board meeting via Zoom.

Community member Tom Seymour told the board it was “extremely crucial that we come up with an absolutely consistent approach to zoning that a ects the Elk Creek Fire Department. … is should be the board’s highest priority.”

Yellin receives FACO award Elk Creek Fire’s Wildland Capt. Ben Yellin received an award recognizing his excellence and mentorship locally in the Conifer Wildland Division and regionally by helping neighboring agencies and the county.

Steve Orr with Fire Adapted Colorado presented the award at the June 8 Elk Creek Fire board meeting.

Steve Orr with Fire Adapted Colorado, right, presents an award to Elk Creek Fire’s Wildland Capt. Ben Yellin recognizing his excellence and mentorship. COURTESY PHOTO

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FLOYD HILL

“We know there aren’t any additional routes to get out of the community in case of an emergency like a wild re,” Kionka said of the Floyd Hill residential area. “ … We need to make sure you have emergency egress at all times.”

What will I-70 look like by 2029?

Along with the U.S. 40 roundabouts, work is underway on the Genesee wildlife underpass, which should be completed by spring 2024. Additionally, the Empire wildlife overpass is still under design right now, but should be going out to bid in mid-August and then hopefully will be under construction by the end of 2023.

e roundabouts will improve safety and tra c ow along U.S. 40,

while the wildlife projects will create safer habitats for local fauna and reduce animal-related accidents.

As for the overall Floyd Hill project, traveling westbound on I-70, crews will add a third westbound lane at the top of Floyd Hill. is full-time express lane will start near Homestead Road/Exit 247 and connect to the current mountain express lane near the Veterans Memorial Tunnels.

CDOT employees explained how an express lane is the best option because a third general-use lane would simply get congested.

Traveling down Floyd Hill on westbound I-70, the current bridge over U.S. 6 will be replaced and the curve straightened out into a canyon viaduct. e on-ramps from U.S. 6 onto I-70 will also be improved and lengthened to give slower-moving vehicles more room to merge.

Underneath I-70, crews will build the missing two-mile section of

frontage road between Hidden Valley and U.S. 6. e project will also improve the current Clear Creek Greenway and install two permanent air quality monitors along the corridor.

Overall, CDOT o cials said, this project will improve motorists’ travel times, corridor safety, local recreation opportunities, wildlife connectivity and more.

Kionka emphasized how I-70 is the lifeblood of the county, along with “a critical route for moving goods and services … and a gateway to tourism and recreation.”

Clear Creek, Colorado and the country all count on this pivotal path through the mountains, he said, stressing how important these improvements are.

For more information, including how to sign up for email and text alerts about tra c impacts, visit codot.gov/projects/i70 oydhill.

REPAVING EASTBOUND I-70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO TUNNELS

Eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 from the Eisenhower-Johnson Tunnels to Georgetown will get some much-needed repaving later this summer.

The stretch from the tunnels to Bakerville has been added to the maintenance work already planned from Bakerville to Georgetown, according to Presley Fowler, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Transportation. She estimated that the paving project would start in August.

CDOT recently learned it had access to additional funding to help with road maintenance after the harsh winter. She said the eastbound lanes would only be repaved because they’re the ones in the biggest need for work.

CDOT just completed emergency bridge work over Loveland Pass to fill in potholes that appeared, again thanks to the harsh winter.

Construction on the eight-mile Interstate 70 Floyd Hill project kicks o in late June. Crews will start work in the eastern section, with work in the west and central sections starting over the next year. Work on the entire project will last through the end of 2028.

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traordinary amount of time providing materials requested by the team and providing instant team challenges to practice before competitions. Instant team challenges give team members ve minutes to solve a problem together and present the solution to a team of judges.

“(Teams) have to be able to use an incredible amount of teamwork and have consideration for each other to meld ideas or be able to say this idea will work better than another,” Woulfe said. “ is is an amazing program. If they can survive a DI challenge, they can survive a lot of things in life. ey rise to the challenge.”

Louie Wright, head coach of the Blue Eagles third-grade team, became a coach because her daughter was interested in building things such as taking cardboard boxes and creating cat condos. ey attended a state competition to nd out what DI was all about, and her daughter was hooked.

is year the challenge for the Blue Eagles was to build a puzzle with a technical contraption, so the team created a pneumatic arm with a hand grabber.

What Wright likes about her team is how they think ahead, research and imagine what they want to do next. When they get to a practice session, they know what they want to do — teaching them teamwork skills.

Parent Beth Schubert has two children on Elk Creek DI teams, daughter Ella and son Connor, noting that her family got involved because they heard about it from other parents.

“Both my kids are introverts, but now they can get up in front of a room and have this performance and come up with scripts,” Schubert said. “ ey use their creativity and present in front of a crowd. DI is a huge time commitment, but it’s de nitely worth it.”

anks to the competitions, team members meet students with similar interests from around the world, Schubert said. Teams get to see what others are doing, so that sparks even

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more creativity.

Parent Deshika Adkins, whose son Alec is on the Blue Eagles team, has been impressed with the program. “ e change I have seen in my son in two years. He is less shy, speaks up, is very creative and so excited about working with the team,” Adkins said. “He is so excited to do research and meet with the group. ey learn that everyone has strengths and weaknesses, and they learn to work together.”

She is happy that Elk Creek Elementary supports DI, so much so that principal Valerie Pollitt ew to the global competition last month to support the teams. at support also appears in the names of all 10 teams since they got their start at Elk Creek Elementary, and the school’s mascot is the eagle.

“ is is really a great way to take what they have learned in school and have a practical way to use what they’re learning whether math, science, English or social studies,” Adkins said. “We are so impressed by the program.”

MEET SMOKIE!

This is Smokie a 6yo tortie. She was originally rescued from a ditch by her owner as a kitten. The owner is having to go into assisted living and had planned to take her along until plans fell through and she had to move to an apartment and wasn’t able to take Smokie with her. Very friendly, good with other cats and kids, but she is sad and lonely.

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Maddie Woulfe, a member of the Sky Eagles team, wears a dinosaur costume for her team’s presentation. COURTESY PHOTO

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FIRE BRIEFS

Orr said Yellin was being recognized for his strong leadership in Je erson County and regionally, and his tireless work to increase wild re resistance in the Elk Creek and InterCanyon re departments.

Orr said while the award was for Yellin’s work in 2022, his e orts go way beyond one year.

Elk Creek board President Greg Pixley thanked Yellin for his work to make the re district safer.

“I can’t tell you how much we appreciate your e orts,” Pixley said.

Safety fair at Elevation Celebration

Elk Creek Fire wants to have a safety fair as part of the Elevation Celebration.

e fair would help the department engage with the community during the event July 29-30 on Sutton Road in Aspen Park.

e department has had safety fairs in the past, re board member Dominique Devaney said at the June 8 meeting, and the event in conjunction with the Elevation Celebration allows the department to reach more people. In the past, the safety fair has had fun activities for children,

plus educational outreach to adults.

Fire Chief Jacob Ware said he would form a committee to plan the safety fair.

More transparency through earlier agenda release

In an e ort to improve transparency between Elk Creek Fire board members and the community, the board will work to release re board meeting agendas well in advance of meetings.

Fire board members have been concerned in the last few months about how late some information has been provided to the board and the public before votes are

taken on important topics. In April, board member Chuck Newby was concerned that an agenda item for a pre-consolidation agreement with Inter-Canyon and North Fork re departments was added to the agenda less than 24 hours before the meeting, and the supporting documentation was sent out late.

After a lengthy discussion at the June 8 meeting, the board has asked that agendas and supporting materials be supplied to the board and the public by the Monday before the board meeting, which is the second ursday of the month. Board members said they wanted to try to have the agendas available a week before

the board meeting.

Newby originally asked for the department to strive to have agendas available 14 to 21 days before the meeting, and he still prefers that agendas are available more than seven days in advance of meetings.

According to Colorado’s open meetings law, an agenda must be made public 24 hours before the meeting begins.

Resident Chris Laubis told the board during public comment that she has a di cult time nding up-to-date meeting minutes on the re department’s website, which is important if she is unable to attend a meeting.

“ e (Elk Creek) re board is the only thing I get to vote for in unincorporated Je erson County,” Laubis said. “People should know more about what is going on, so they have a voice.”

Grant for PIO

e three re departments moving toward consolidation have received a grant to hire a full-time public information o cer for two years.

Elk Creek, Inter-Canyon and North Fork re departments are advertising nationally for candidates for the position, Elk Creek Fire Chief Jacob Ware said at the June 8 re board meeting.

e three departments’ outreach committee said they needed to do more connecting with residents. Questions on whether to consolidate and increase property taxes to allow the consolidation will be on the Nov. 7 ballot. Voters in all three re departments must vote in favor of consolidation before it can take place.

Strategic plan

Work on a strategic plan for the Elk Creek Fire Protection District is on track to being brought to the re board for review in October.

Fire Chief Jacob Ware told the board on June 8 that it’s been dicult to get speci c population information for the re district, which is an important part of the plan.

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I plan to buy a home in the Conifer/ Evergreen, or surrounding areas, to make my primary residence.

The Elk Creek Fire board

is postponing a meeting on how to fairly assess fees to developers while the department researches fees that other fire departments require.

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BRIEFLY IN MORRISON

Community meetings now required for annexation

People wanting to annex land into the town of Morrison now must go through an extra step: hosting a community meeting to explain the plans.

e Town Board of Trustees on June 6 voted 5-1 to require anyone wanting to annex land into the town to explain the proposal and give the community the opportunity to comment. If the board feels a community meeting is unwarranted, it can waive the requirement.

e community meeting will come after the town board conducts a hearing to determine whether the annexation application is complete. e meeting announcement must be posted 14 days before the meeting. e town has two more hearings later before voting on the annexation proposal.

Trustees in favor said town residents deserved a chance to hear and comment on annexation proposals, noting that when developers begin talking to the town, sometimes trustees can’t talk publicly about the proposal. Adding a community meeting builds transparency in the process.

“ is is all about public input,” Trustee Paul Sutton said. “I think the public doesn’t feel represented if we don’t give them a way to comment.”

Trustee Katie Gill added that she would like the community to hear from developers before the application moves through the town’s process.

“ is allows the community to be involved in the process early on,” Gill said. “If a major land-use change is being proposed, having one community meeting is not too much to ask for a major change.”

Trustee Sean Forey was against the proposal, saying requiring a community meeting made the annexation process that much more cumbersome.

Morrison o cials have added a community meeting requirement for annexation requests in the town.

an applicant to do business in the town of Morrison,” Forey said. “We have plenty of public meetings to hear all of the comments by residents of the town. is is a ridiculous proposal.”

A community meeting also will be required for rezoning proposals as part of the town’s revision of its planning code. e Town Board has not voted on the revisions yet.

Speed-enforcement van in Morrison

Morrison trustees have authorized starting a radar-van speed-enforcement program. e question is whether it will be a two-year contract or a one-year pilot program.

Town Manager Kara Winters will research and decide which program will be a better option for the town after a discussion at a May 16 Town Board meeting during which Trustee Katie Gill said she did not support a two-year contract with Verra Mobility. She suggested a risk-free oneyear pilot program such as one the City of Aurora implemented.

e van will be placed in di erent spots within the town to help curb speeding, an issue the town has

Board has discussed for six months how to use a speed-enforcement van in areas of town that need it the most, while still complying with state laws.

Police Chief Bill Vinelli told the board that the town’s attorney has said a van could be placed along Highway 74 and Highway 8 east to Mount Vernon and Bear Creek avenues. Streets are not considered highway when running through municipalities. Vinelli said a radarspeed van would help improve pedestrian and vehicle safety as well as provide revenue to the town. e van photographs license plates for speeders, and tickets are sent to the vehicle’s owner. e town has the option to allow the van company to collect the ticket fees or to use another agency, which the town does now.

A person must be sitting in the van while it is operating, and police ofcers must verify the tickets that will be issued, Vinellis said. Signs must be placed notifying drivers that the van is there.

Vinelli said the town would pay $5,000 per month for the van if it

purchases one from Verra Mobility, and it would be paid o in two years. In addition, the town will pay for vehicle maintenance and the vehicle attendant.

Hiring Rangers to help at Bandimere e Morrison Police Department will use the Colorado Rangers to augment the work police o cers do at Bandimere Speedway.

Morrison has memorandums of understanding with several agencies to help with policing, but they are having sta ng problems, so Morrison will work with the Colorado Rangers for the rest of Bandimere’s season.

“Using the Rangers will allow us to ful ll our commitment to the citizens of Morrison, the Red Rocks contract and Bandimere without risking the safety of anyone involved,” according to the information supplied in the Town Board packet.

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Clear Creek County to start mental health crisis co-responder program

Silver Plume on June 10-11, 2022. e case recently led to a $19-million legal settlement between the family and four agencies, the largest of its kind known in Colorado history.

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Calling the killing of Christian Glass a “reprehensible act” that should never happen again, the Clear Creek County commissioners announced a mental health crisis co-responder program. e pilot program will be implemented this summer.

In addition, the commissioners said in a statement read at their meeting on June 6 that: “ e board does not believe that the sheri has adequately accepted responsibility for his central role in this tragedy or the need to swiftly correct all of the gaps in training and protocols that existed at the time of Christian’s death.”

Glass, 22, was facing a mental health crisis when he was shot to death by a Clear Creek deputy in

Sally and Simon Glass, Christian’s parents, applauded the commissioners in a statement and expressed hope “the senseless and preventable use of force” that resulted in Christian’s death never happens again.

In addition, their statement, provided by the Rathod-Mohamedbhai law rm in Denver, called for county Sheri Rick Albers’ resignation:

“Sheri Albers’ refusal to accept any personal responsibility for this unjusti able loss of life demonstrates a lack of leadership and a disregard for the trust placed in him by the community. Sally and Simon Glass join the board in condemning Sheri Albers’ conduct and call for his resignation.”

e statement continued: “By resigning, Sheri Albers can begin to acknowledge and take responsibility for the failures that occurred under his watch. Only then can we begin to rebuild the shattered trust between law enforcement and the community they are sworn to protect.”

Independence

Alberts declined to comment to the Clear Creek Courant.

Albers has been with the department since 1980 and was rst elected sheri in 2014. He most recently ran unopposed in November 2022 and is set to serve until 2026.

Christian Glass was stranded in his car and called 911 for help, saying he was trapped. O cers asked Christian to leave his car, but he refused in what turned into a stando that ended when o cers broke the car

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window and used a Taser on Christian. en, Deputy Andrew Buen shot Christian, killing him. Buen and another o cer, Kyle Gould, were later red and are facing charges, including second-degree murder. ey are slated to be back in court on June 21.

County board’s statement “ e Clear Creek County Board of

The Clear Creek commissioners, from left, Sean Wood, Randy Wheelock and George Marlin, prepare to read a statement about the killing of Christian Glass by a sheri ’s deputy at a board meeting on June 6. PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

County board says sheri did not ‘adequately accept responsibility’ in death of Christian Glass

County Commissioners completely supports the Glass family’s e orts to ensure that events such as the killing of Christian will never be repeated,” the county board’s statement said.

“ e board has always supported law enforcement and greatly appreciates the commitment of Clear Creek County Sheri ’s O ce deputies and sta .”

e statement continues that the county board will do all it can within its authority to accomplish reforms that enable Albers to better focus on public safety and justice.

e county will pay for the mental health crisis co-responder program with grant funds. e county also is pursuing a partnership with another organization that already has extensive experience with co-responder programs, training and protocols, so law enforcement can di erentiate between mental-health crises and public-safety concerns.

“We understand that no amount of money can bring Christian back or ease his family’s pain,” the statement said.

Background

On May 24, Gov. Jared Polis apologized to Simon and Sally Glass, then declared May 24 Christian Glass Day and displayed Glass’ artwork that is being hung in the Capitol.

“What happened to Christian should not have happened,” Polis told Christian’s parents in a livestreamed statement. “We are going to do the best we can to avoid any parents going through what you have gone through.”

Polis’ announcement came a day after four involved agencies reached the multi-million-dollar settlement with the family. Under the settlement, Clear Creek County will pay $10 million; $5 million will come from Georgetown; $3 million from the state of Colorado; and $1 million from Idaho Springs. It is the largest known single payout for police violence in the state’s history.

More about Christian

Christian was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. His mother, Sally Glass, is of British decent, and his father, Simon Glass, is from New Zealand. e Glass family relocated to California when Christian was 10 and eventually moved to Boulder, Colorado.

“Christian had an array of specialties and interests,” a statement from family attorneys said. “He was an avid tennis fan and player, a trained chef who loved to cook, and also a self-taught artist with an innate gift. Christian used many mediums to make his art, but the majority of his pieces involved oil painting and oil pencil.”

More about the settlement

e Clear Creek Sheri ’s O ce

has agreed to train and certify all its patrol o cers in crisis intervention.

e Colorado State Patrol is expected to develop a virtual reality training based on Christian’s death, with “a focus on de-escalation in a high-stress situation.”

And, Clear Creek County has agreed to dedicate a public park to Glass, which will be selected in consultation with his parents.

While Albers did not comment on the statement from county commissioners on May 23,  a statement from him  acknowledged “that his o cers failed to meet expectations in their response to Christian Glass when he called for assistance,” calling events on the night of Glass’ death “disturbing.”

“ e sheri has undertaken measures intended to prevent a future failure,” a statement in the wake of the settlement announcement read. “He has been working with partners

to establish a program of countywide crisis response. “

Albers also acknowledged that the initial press release describing events surrounding Glass’ death “did not give an accurate description of what occurred.”

“Rather, as stated in the conclusion of the investigative report subsequently issued by the Douglas County Sheri ’s O ce after an independent review requested by Sheri Albers, the deputy who killed Christian Glass used lethal force that ‘was not consistent with that of a reasonable o cer,’” the statement read. Georgetown said its o cers have been attending courses in intensive crisis intervention responses and are participating in a “countywide co-responder program that allows for the presence of a mental health professional and paramedic tandem to assist law enforcement in future settings.”

Idaho Springs Mayor Chuck Harmon has said that city “leadership remains committed to the constant self-evaluation and betterment of the (Idaho Springs Police Department) in all ways.”

Idaho Springs also “continues to work collaboratively with the Je erson Center for Mental Health, which has a licensed clinician ride with an o cer/deputy each week for community outreach.”

Idaho Springs police are also continuing to develop a mental health co-responder program within Clear Creek County.

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Bailey. Dispose of documents that contain sensitive information. e event is free, though donations to the Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity are accepted. Habitat’s delivery truck will be on site to accept select reusable/resalable furniture and housewares.

Evergreen rodeo and parade: e 57th annual Evergreen Rodeo Parade and Rodeo will be Father’s Day weekend with a theme “She’s Back in the Saddle, Again.” e rodeo parade starts at 10 a.m. June 17 in downtown Evergreen. e rodeo will be at 5 p.m. June 17 and 2 p.m. June 18 at the Evergreen Rodeo grounds. Cowboy church will be at 7:30 a.m. June 18.

Barbed wire removal: Wild Aware is sponsoring volunteer barbed wire removal days at DeDisse Park from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on June 17, July 22 and Aug. 19. For more information, visit wildaware.org.

Cars and Co ee: Cars and Coffee, a show for car enthusiasts, will be from 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays until Aug. 26 in front of Olde’s Garage on Evergreen Parkway. ere’s no registration fee. Bring your classic car or stop in to check out the vehicles. Free co ee and doughnuts. Dona-

tions bene t Mount Evans Hospice.

TUESDAY

Evergreen chamber mixer:  e Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce monthly mixer will start at 6 p.m. June 20 at Blue Quill Angler. For more information and to register, visit evergreenchamber.org.

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UPCOMING

Bailey Day: Bailey Day will be from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. June 24 in downtown Bailey. Bands, food, vendor booths, kids activities and more highlight the street festival.

Trace. Register at www.eventbrite. com/e/good-things-come-to-thosewho-hike-tickets-634920021877.

WEDNESDAY

Summer Memorial: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice will host a Summer Memorial on the evening of the Summer Solstice so people can gather in remembrance of those they have lost as leaders read their names and honor their lives. e event will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, in the Mount Evans large conference room, 3081 Bergen Peak Road, Evergreen.

Enduro Mountain Bike Event: Team Evergreen will host an Enduro Mountain Bike event on June 21 and 28, and July 5 at Floyd Hill Open Space. For more information, visit www.teamevergreen.org/

Spring Clean Recycle Day: Evergreen Sustainability Alliance’s Spring Clean Recycle Day will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. June 24 at Evergreen Lutheran Church, 5980 Highway 73. It is collecting all types of electronics and small appliances, block Styrofoam, paint, glass, batteries, old pens/markers, toothpaste tubes and toothbrushes, Christmas tins, TV dishes with cables and clothes. Recommended donation for a collection of recyclables is $20. If you have a carload, ESA would appreciate a larger donation to cover its costs. TVs are an additional $25 fee each that will be collected at time of drop-o .

Good ings Come to ose Who Hike: Merrell is hosting Good ings Come to ose Who Hike from 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at Echo Mountain in Idaho Springs. Take hikes and participate in other outdoor activities such as trail run time trials, yoga, forest bathing, outdoor painting classes, classes on packing/prep for hikes, wilderness survival and bird watching. e event will cost $10, which will go to the nonpro t sponsor Leave No

Celebration of Marilyn Rhodes: Neighbors and friends are invited to celebrate Marilyn Rhodes at 9 a.m. Sunday, June 25, at the Genesee Mountain Shelter in Genesee Mountain Park when a bird walk in the park with Sheridan Samano will begin. Eulogies and recollections will start at 11 a.m. followed by a potluck lunch at noon. A music and storytelling session at 1 p.m. is planned. Organizers ask that friends bring a main dish, salad or dessert to share plus tableware and beverages. It’s advised to bring your own picnic chair. No glass or hard liquor is allowed in the park. To reach the shelter, take Exit 254 o Interstate 70. Turn right at the south end of the bridge and follow the paved road to the end. Carpooling is advised. For more information, contact Linda at ljrock_will@msn.com.

“Spirited Flight”: Shadow Mountain Gallery in downtown Evergreen next to Java Groove will host “Spirited Flight” with ight-related art from June 25to Aug. 12. e show features birds, insects and other ying creatures. e gallery is open daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, visit www.shadowmountaingallery.com.

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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 7:30pm, Zoom options available

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.

DEER PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Pastor Joyce Snapp, Sunday Worship 10 AM

Located one mile west of Pine Junction just o Rt. 285 966 Rim Rock Road, Bailey (303) 838-6759

All are welcome to our open/inclusive congregation!

EVERGREEN LUTHERAN CHURCH

5980 Highway 73 + 303-674-4654

Rev. Terry Schjang

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!

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

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF EVERGREEN

Rev. Sarah Clark • 303.674.4810 • www.evergreenumc.org

3757 Ponderosa Dr. across Hwy 74 from Safeway in Evergreen

Join us in person every Sunday at 10:00am for worship “Open Hearts, Open Doors, Open Minds”

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Town Clerk

The Town Clerk serves the public, elected officials, the Mayor of Silver Plume, the Silver Plume Board of Trustees, and other Town Departments by providing a variety of administrative services. Day-to-day duties include record keeping, bookkeeping, and overseeing official correspondence and communication on behalf of the Town of Silver Plume. Additional responsibilities include serving as the Liquor License Authority as well as the Election Official for the Town of Silver Plume. Responsible for preparation, facilitation, and documentation of all Board Meetings. Oversees all aspects of Utility Readings and Billing.

The successful candidate must be self-motivated, responsible, courteous & require minimal supervision. They will report directly to the Town Personnel Management Committee regarding day-to-day job activities to serve the needs of the Town as directed by the Mayor & Town Board of Trustees.

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Salary $47,500 – 60,000.

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HAPPENINGS

EPRD summer concert series:  e Evergreen Park & Recreation district will host four concerts starting at 4:30 p.m. this summer: June 28: Kyle O’Brien & Friends at Evergreen Lake; July 12: Blood Brothers at the Buchanan Park elds; July 26: May Be Fern at Evergreen Lake; and Aug. 9: Cass Clayton Band at Buchanan Park elds.

Freedom Run:  e Freedom Run sponsored by Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice will host the 5K run walk starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 4, starting at Evergreen Middle School and ending at Evergreen Athletic Club. Tickets are $40 in advance or $50 on race day for adults and $20 in advance and $30 on race day for youth under 18. For more information and to register, visit freedomrunrace.org.

Free legal clinic: A free legal clinic for people with no attorney will be from 2 to 5 p.m. ursday, July 6. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help ll out forms, and explain the process and procedure for all areas of civil litigation. Preregistration for individual 15-minute appointments is available by calling 303-235-5275.

ONGOING

Adult grief support group: Mount

Evans Home Health Care & Hospice is o ering a seven-week in-person adult grief support group. e next group starts June 1 and runs every ursday through July 20, with no session on July 6. e group will meet from 2-3 p.m. at the Mount Evans o ce, 3081 Bergen Peak Road, Evergreen. Reservations are required. Call 303-674-6400 to sign up.

Blue Spruce Habitat volunteers needed: Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity is looking for volunteers. A variety of opportunities and exible schedules are available on new construction sites as well as for exterior minor home repairs. No previous construction experience needed. Contact  volunteer@bluesprucehabitat.org for information.

EChO needs volunteers:  e Evergreen Christian Outreach ReSale Store and food pantry need volunteers. Proceeds from the EChO ReSale Store support the food pantry and programs and services provided by EChO. ere are many volunteer options from which to choose. For more information, call Mary at 720673-4369 or email mary@evergreenchristianoutreach.org.

LGBTQ+ teen book club: Resilience1220 is o ering a LGBTQ+ teen book club that meets from 4-6 p.m. the fourth Monday at the Resilience1220 o ce next to the Buchanan Park Recreation Center. e group’s rst book is “Hell Followed

Public Notices

Legals City and County

LEGAL NOTICE

According to the Liquor Laws of Colorado Z

Golf Food & Beverage Services, LLC dba

Pines at Genesee by Wedgewood Weddings

Has requested the licensing officials of Jefferson County to grant a Lodging/Entertainment at 633 Park Point Dr., Golden, CO 80401.

Date of application: May 02, 2023. Public hearing on the application will be held by the Liquor Licensing Authority Board on JULY 06, 2023, at the hour of 9:00 A.M. Hybrid at 100 Jefferson County Parkway Hearing Room one and through a WebEx virtual meeting platform, the event information for attendees:

Citizens may receive a call back by providing a phone number when joining the event online; or calling into the public hearing by dialing 1-408418-9388 and entering meeting Access Code 2495 418 0519.

Event address for Attendees is: https://jeffco.webex.com/jeffco/j.php?MTID=m8fd 30bbd7a0b2dbd03128158fe7ea2b8

Event Password: 6HqJ3FdZHS3 (64753339 from phones and video systems)

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

The name(s) and address(es) of the Officers:

NAME / ADDRESS

ERIC MAURER: 1197 Arden Rd,

With Us.” For more information and to register, visit R1220.org.

Hiwan Museum summer hours: Hiwan Museum is open for tours from noon-4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from noon-4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Outdoor self-guided tours are available at any time. Large groups are encouraged to call 720-497-7653 to make arrangements.

ESA EverGREEN Re ll Station: EverGREEN Re ll Station (re ll your laundry detergent, lotions, soaps and more. We have many sustainable products available).  e Re ll Station is open Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and the second Saturday of each month in the Habitat Restore in Bergen Park, 1232 Bergen Parkway.

Support After Suicide Loss: Heartbeat andResilience1220 o er Support After Suicide Loss from 5:30-7 p.m. the fourth ursday of the month for ages 14 and older. Join in-person or online. Suggest donation is $15. For location, visit R1220.org.

Sensitive Collection: Resilience1220 o ers a monthly workshop for highly sensitive people to help them live healthy and empowered lives from 3:30-4:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month via Zoom. Visit R1220.org for more information.

Pasadena, CA 91106

JON ZARUKA: 325 Vista Del Mar Ave, Camarilla, CA 93101

BRETT HOLCOMB: 815 Oakwood Ave, Wilmette, IL 60091

WILLIAM ZARUKA: 41246 Crest Verde Ct, Temecula, CA 92592

By Order of Liquor Licensing Authority of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

Legal Notice No. CC 1278

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Canyon Courier Public Notice

NOTICE

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

The Clear Creek Board of County Commissioners will be reviewing property values determined by the County Assessor. Beginning July 6 through August 7, 2023 the Commissioners will sit as the County Board of Equalization (CBOE) to hear appeals from taxpayers who are dissatisfied with their property valuation.

In the first step of the appeals process, property owners filed objections to the valuations set by the Assessor with the Assessor=s Office. Only those who properly filed objections with the Assessor and were dissatisfied with the Assessor's determination may petition the CBOE for a hearing. Hearings with the County Board of Equalization may be requested by submitting a written appeal to the Board of Equalization on the form provided by the County Assessor. To preserve your right to appeal, your appeal must be postmarked or delivered to the Board of Commissioners= Office at the courthouse on or before close of business July 17, 2023 for real property. For personal property, the dates are July 10, 2023 and end at the close of business July 20, 2023.

If you disagree with the County Board of Equalization's decision, you may carry your appeal further to the State Board of Assessment Appeals (BAA), request a binding arbitration hearing, or file with

Caregiver support group: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice o ers a monthly group to provide emotional support services for caregivers helping ill, disabled or elderly loved ones. An in-person support group meets every third Monday from 4-6 p.m. at 3081 Bergen Peak Road, Evergreen. For more information, visit mtevans.org/services/ emotional-support/.

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

Mountain Foothills Rotary meetings: Mountain Foothills Rotary meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays both in person at Mount Vernon Canyon Club at 24933 Club House Circle, Genesee, and via Zoom. Join the Zoom meeting at https://us02web. zoom.us/j/81389224272, meeting ID 813 8922 4272, phone 346-248-7799.

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

the District Court. These appeals must be filed within thirty days of the date the CBOE decision is mailed to you as stated in the Certificate of Mailing enclosed with the decision.

For further information contact Beth Luther, 303-679-2312.

Randall Wheelock, Chairman Board of County Commissioners

Legal Notice No. CC1275

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Canyon Courier Public Notice

TOWN OF MORRISON, COLORADO BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ORDINANCE NO. 533

AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A PUBLIC MEETING FOR PETITIONS FOR ANNEXATION INTO THE TOWN, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY

The foregoing Ordinance was, on the 6th day of June, 2023, ordered to be published by title only and penalty provision, if any, and to be posted in full within the Town and on the Town’s website by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Morrison, Colorado. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.

The full text of this of this Ordinance is available in electronic form on the Town’s website, www. town.morrison.co.us; copies of this Ordinance are also available in printed form from the Office of the Town Clerk at 321 Colorado Highway 8, Morrison, Colorado 80465.

Ariana Neverdahl, Town Clerk

Legal Notice No. CC 1276

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Canyon Courier

LEGAL NOTICE

According to the Liquor Laws of Colorado YSC JM, LLC dba Yampa Sandwich Co. Has requested the licensing officials of Jefferson County to grant a Hotel/Restaurant at 8174 S. Kipling Parkway, Suite B130, Littleton CO 80127.

Date of application: May 11, 2023. Public hearing on the application will be held by the Liquor Licensing Authority Board on JULY 06, 2023, at the hour of 9:00 A.M. Hybrid at 100 Jefferson County Parkway Hearing Room one and through a WebEx virtual meeting platform, the event information for attendees:

Citizens may receive a call back by providing a phone number when joining the event online; or calling into the public hearing by dialing 1-408418-9388 and entering meeting Access Code 2495 418 0519.

Event address for Attendees is: https://jeffco.webex.com/jeffco/j.php?MTID=m8fd 30bbd7a0b2dbd03128158fe7ea2b8

Event Password: 6HqJ3FdZHS3 (64753339 from phones and video systems)

Additional details for accessing the public hearing will be posted at the following, https://www. jeffco.us/events. Please note that citizens who would like to comment during the liquor hearing must be in person or access the hearing through the WebEx computer platform and use the chat feature to let the host know you would like to make a public comment. The name(s) and address(es) of the Officers:

NAME / ADDRESS

DAVID MISCHELL2099 Green Oaks Dr., Greenwood Village, CO

Storage

37th Annual

MILE HIGH HOOK & LADDER

In Partnership with South Metro Fire Rescue

Saturday, June 17, 2023

PARADE: 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Littleton Blvd West through Historic Downtown Littleton

MUSTER: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Arapahoe Community College 5900 S. Santa Fe, Littleton

FREE • EDUCATIONAL • FUN!

• Firefighters & Other First Responders

• Antique & Modern Fire Rescue Apparatus

• Rescue Demonstrations

• Fire Truck Rides

• Junior Firefighter Games

• Emergency Helicopter Landing