Canyon Courier February 15, 2024

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The nine EHS athletes honored during the Feb. 7 National Signing Day include, from left: Kileigh Ackerman, Aspen Fisher, Finley PHOTO BY JANE REUTER Anderson, Theo Beckley, Wes Sailor, Jace Evans, Ryan Cook, Hailey Cain, Brook Gimbel.

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Evergreen Fire/Rescue approves master plan Document will guide agency’s growth for the next decade

fire department, with 65 volunteers, provides staffing for the district’s fire suppression services and receives donations from the public.

“Based on input from staff members from both organizations, there are issues between the two groups

BY JANE REUTER that include a feeling of mistrust, a JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM lack of coordination, and command and control,” the report reads. “It is The Evergreen Fire/Rescue board time for both organizations to merge recently approved the agency’s mas- into a single organization to become ter plan, a guiding document for the Evergreen Fire/Rescue.” next decade.

The plan also recommends comIt will next set up work sessions bining station 1 — which it described to decide which of the plan’s rec- as “functionally obsolete — and 4 — ommendations to pursue and set a which it said will “require significant timeline for reaching those goals. investments to remain viable” — EFR provides protection for nearly into a single facility. That would al26,000 residents over 120 square low “cross-staffing, improved workmiles, operating out of eight stations. ing conditions” and the opportunity EFR provides protection for nearly 26,000 residents over 120 square miles, operating Among the new plan’s recommen- to expand services, it said.

FLLE PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST out of eight stations. dations: It also recommends mergStation 1 is located at 4751 Highing the two organizations within way 73 in downtown Evergreen. Sta- staff for emergency medical services Next steps EFR: the Evergreen Fire Protection tion 4 is at 5411 Highway 73 south of and volunteers for fire suppression California-based Matrix ConsultDistrict and Evergreen Volunteer Evergreen. and rescue services. The report rec- ing, which specializes in developing Fire Department. The district is the Finally, the plan recommends EFR ommends adding more paid staff to master plans for fire and EMS agengoverning body responsible for tax move toward a combination of paid the fire/rescue team. cies, created the document for a fee collection and delivering emergency staff and volunteer firefighters.

Weege said EFR will consider all of $58,500. services. The nonprofit volunteer Currently, EFR system uses paid the recommendations.

With the document in hand, the board will hold a series of meetings Changes in volunteering to figure out next steps.

Finding volunteers has become in“Now it’s up to us to do a deep dive creasingly difficult, he said. into that and determine the direc“It’s a national problem that’s been tion we need to go,” said Chief Mike going on for decades now,” he said. Weege. “We’ll start building out a “Volunteerism has really dropped new strategic plan for the next three off because of the requirements nec- to five years, based on some of those essary to do the job. It’s not like it recommendations.” was 30, 40 years ago.

The master plan is a guiding docu“Our demographics are also ment, but its recommendations are changing,” he continued. “We’ve got not commands. an older community.”

“We’ve had master plans in the Call volumes have also increased, past,” Weege said. “Some things putting greater demand on volun- in them got accomplished, some teers, and the level of risk and com- didn’t. Things don’t always work out plexity of those calls has grown. the way you want them to.”

“Evergreen is a complex comThe 2001 master plan, for instance, munity,” he said. “We have big box included a recommendation to restores. We have a stretch of highway place Station 1. Those plans are only that has high potential for hazmat now taking shape. and multi-vehicle accidents. We In 2019, EFR purchased the former have two major high schools. And Evergreen Mountain Market propDK8971 ‘09 Volvo L90F NP9325 ‘12 Ditch Witch OD9193 ‘20 K-tec 1233 the wildland threat.” erty on Highway 73 as the future site wheel loader RT115 trencher scraper Nevertheless, the agency will for a new station. The space is leased maintain some volunteer staff into to a liquor store until late 2025 when INVENTORY INCLUDES: soil stabilizer/reclaimer, directional boring units, trencher, the future.

EFR plans to demolish the building excavators, dozers, track loaders, mini excavator, cable plows, wheel loaders, motor “You don’t just drop the volun- and begin construction. It expects graders, vibratory drum rollers, bucket truck, service truck, dump trucks, ready mix trucks teers and go fully paid,” Weege said. that building to be operational by and more. All items are sold “AS IS.” 10% buyers premium applies. 866.608.9283 “A combination of paid staff in the 2027. station but volunteers covering the district and doing neighborhood Learn more about the EFR masresponses is a very popular format. ter plan at evergreenfirerescue.com/ We’ll still be mostly volunteer if we about_us/evergreen_fire_rescue_ choose to go down that route.” master_plan/index.php

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Elk Creek Fire hosts another emotional meeting Board member Chuck Newby makes unsuccessful request for board to rescind his earlier censure

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Hard feelings lingering from the failed November 2023 consolidation effort continue to dominate Elk Creek Fire board meetings.

During the most recent meeting on Jan. 25, board member Chuck Newby, who campaigned against Elk Creek consolidating with InterCanyon and North Fork fire departments, moved that the board rescind their December 2023 censure of him. He also requested the action be expunged from Elk Creek Fire’s records.

Newby’s motion died for lack of a second.

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The Elk Creek Fire board voted 4-1 Dec. 14 to censure Newby for conduct related to the failed consolidation effort, stating his acFILE PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST tion violated three sections of the bylaws.

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Other district residents also spoke up during the Jan. 25 meeting, some to criticize Newby, and others to plead for peace.

“The only thing I can liken it to is two divorced parents who happen not to be able to stand each other, but who must now work together for the common good of their kids,” said Barbara Moss Murphy. “Please remember that the purpose of these meetings is to work together to serve our community. As firefighters and those who represent us, you are our community leaders; you set the tone.

“I am asking for your help that all future meetings be hosted with a level of civility to respect our community, the firefighters and our directors,” she continued.

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February 15, 2024Fe Dominique Devaney said they also want to move forward. But Newby first requested his censure be voided, outlining in detail his response to each point the board had made against him.

The Elk Creek Fire board voted 4-1 Dec. 14 to censure Newby for conduct related to the failed consolidation effort, stating his action violated three sections of the bylaws. Among other things, their resolution stated Newby’s campaign against consolidation was “contrary to the previous majority votes of the board, put the district at risk of allegations of campaign finance violation and were against the best interests of the district.”

Newby said on Jan. 25 that the censure resolution consisted “entirely of false allegations of improper conduct.”

Furthermore, he said the resolution “was planned, written and its passage predetermined in secret meetings among four Elk Creek FPD board members in the absence of any due process whatsoever.”

Newby said that constituted its own violation of district bylaws because the move was not in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order.

That, he said, made the censure il-

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legitimate.

“Independent of whatever differences we may have and the false accusations made against me, the kind of uncivil and at times vitriolic behavior directed at me must cease for us to work together to best serve the community,” he said. “I am asking my fellow board members to bury the hatchet. Let’s cooperate for the good of the people we represent.”

Devaney agreed.

“We have business that is specific to the Elk Creek Fire Protection District and not personal, so personally and professionally, I am more than willing to bury the hatchet,” she said.

“But that goes both ways.”

Melissa Winefeldt, a resident and wife of an Elk Creek firefighter, said she feels the same, but believes there is unfinished business.

“You want to bury the hatchet and move forward?” she said. “Then director Newby owes our firefighters an apology. We cannot move forward with the tension that remains, with our firefighters feeling disrespected.”

Devaney also addressed concerns surrounding the anti-consolidation group’s use of Elk Creek Fire’s logo on signs and campaign materials.

While Newby called it “fair use,”

the fire department asked Save Elk Creek to stop using the logo. While some said that use of a district resource could be a campaign finance violation, Devaney said in January no further action will be taken.

“A discussion was held between legal, members of the board and the chief,” she said. “It was decided that it is in the best interest of the fire department as a whole, and it is responsible fiduciary behavior, to not pursue legal action.

“At the end of the day, the use of the logo happened,” she continued.

“The money that would go into any sort of legal claim would do harm all around. It would perpetuate a division on the board … and in the community, and it would not result in anything positive.”

Newby, through a group called Save Elk Creek Fire, campaigned against the consolidation. He said it would dilute Elk Creek’s emergency response to its constituents, was financially irresponsible and said most of the consolidation decisions had been done in secret.

The consolidation issue was hotly contested in the Elk Creek Fire District and ultimately defeated by a narrow margin. It was approved by voters in the other two fire districts.

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Evidence Mounts That the Off-Site (aka Modular) Construction Industry Is Maturing

Every day I receive email newsletters about real estate, and one of my favorite is Construct Utopia, published by Pro Builder magazine. This week is not the first time I have written a column based on or inspired by an article in that newsletter.

A common subject these days is modular or “off-site” construction. The latest Construct Utopia newsletter has an article about Cuby Technologies, a startup which devised a solution for customizable mass-produced prefab homes — mobile micro factories. Instead of constructing big factories that ship new home modules, Cuby produces micro factories that are set up near the construction site, such as in a field or on a rented parking lot.

Modular construction is typically off site, but bringing the factory to or near the worksite is an interesting twist — perhaps call it “on-site (or close-by) offsite construction.” But the factory could also serve other build sites, functioning as a traditional off-site modular factory but one that is much closer.

The micro-factory is shipped in about 10 containers, and it is set up inside an inflatable tent that covers 30,000 to 40,000 square feet of interior space for creating the modules to be assembled on a nearby construction site.

The idea is to eliminate one of the major costs of modular construction, which is shipping the modules great distances to the work site.

I’ve been a fan of the idea of modular construction ever since I purchased what I thought was a stick-built home in the Mesa Meadows subdivision in north Golden. I bought the home in 1997. After moving in, a neighbor told me he had watched my home go up in one day, delivered from Ft. Morgan on flatbed trailers for installation on a prepared foundation. The interior work was then completed by Pat Foss, a local builder.

The advantages of building the home in a factory, I was told at the time, was better quality control, including better insulation. The exterior walls were all built with 2x6 instead of 2x4 studs, to better survive flatbed transportation from Ft. Morgan.

At right is an artist’s rendering of one of Cuby’s micro factories. It reminds me of how Elon Musk built a tent for assembling the Model 3 next to the Fremont factory rather than wait for a brick-and-mortar building to be permitted and built.

Neighbors of construction sites would probably appreciate having the construction of a new building or subdivision taking place largely indoors, even if it is just a tent, reducing the noise and dust of on-site construction.

Construction in a tent has other advantages including protection from the elements, whether it be rain or snow or simply cold weather. Productivity would be greatly enhanced. Workers will appreciate working a predictable number of days and hours as well as being warm during the winter months. Making working conditions better could also address one of the biggest problems facing the home construction industry: attracting and hiring enough workers.

By completing the major structural panels indoors, the subsequent on-site finishing work can be made more attractive thanks to being able to “weather in” the building quickly. This too improves working conditions and recruitment.

“Inside the dome,” according to the company, “machines and conveyor belts produce and prep all the elements of the home—windows, wall panels, plumbing pipes, drywall, HVAC systems, and so on—then package them into kits.”

The enclosed environment also contributes to less waste and better waste management and recycling.

This Column Is 20 Years Old — See What You Missed

Have you enjoyed reading this column? I have been writing this column for nearly two decades, but only started paying for it to appear in this newspaper last April. At www.JimSmithColumns.com you can find links to more than a decade of “Real Estate Today” columns that you may find applicable to your own real estate journey. At right is a glimpse of what that catalog of previous columns looks like, showing just a few of the columns that predated my contract with this newspaper.

Cuby is a startup that began in Belarus. Cofounder Aleksandr Gampel says the first micro factory is being delivered to Detroit shortly.

Within the next decade he expects to produce 275 micro factories that will build 200,000 homes and create 300,000 jobs, removing approximately 750,000 tons of waste from the construction process.

Although Cuby promotes its micro factories for home building, it’s not a home builder. It sells the micro factories for $10 –15 million. Their customers are typically developers, builders, general contractors and private equity groups, whose customers might be midsize home builders.

Cuby claims that it can lower the cost of new construction from $150 per square foot to $100 per square foot.

This & That: Smaller Topics Not Worth Full Articles Renewable Energy Is Being Banned in More and More U.S. Counties

This is according to a Feb. 4 article on USA Today’s website. Here’s an excerpt: “In the past decade, about 180 counties got their first commercial wind-power projects. But in the same period, more than twice as many blocked wind development.

And while solar power has found more broad acceptance, 2023 was the first year to see almost as many individual counties block new solar projects as the ones adding their first projects.

“The result: Some of the areas with the nation's best sources of wind and solar power have now been boxed out.”

I have a link to the full USA Today article at http://RealEstateToday.Substack.com.

Beware of Scammers Pretending to Be Alerting You to a Scam

Fox 31 reported last week about a Golden couple that was scammed out of more than $137,000. The scam began with a phone call from the “Chase fraud department.” It is so important to question every phone call, text message or email you receive. If that Golden resident had thanked the caller, but hung up

and then called Chase’s customer service number to see if there was a fraud alert on his account, he could have avoided being the victim of that scam. I have posted a link to that story on my Substack blog.

NAR Is Criticized by Its Own Members for Donating to Anti-LBGTQ+ Candidates

The political action committee of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is one of the biggest donors to political candidates and incumbents who are considered, based on Realtor interviews, to be “prohousing.”

A collection of diverse NAR members calling themselves the Real Estate Alliance is now challenging donations by local and national Realtor associations to candidates who push laws which violate Fair Housing.

For example, the Florida association donated $200,000 to Gov. Ron DeSantis, despite his well-known anti-LGBTQ+ policies such as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Here in Colorado, the Realtor association has donated to three candidates who sponsored an anti-trans bill.

On my Substack blog, you can learn more about the Real Estate Alliance’s program.

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Mountain Area Spelling Bee draws 15 students Wilmot’s Lucian Leblanc wins first place in tense contest

BY STAFF REPORT

Evergreen Middle School hosted the Feb. 7 Mountain Area Spelling Bee, drawing 15 students from Bergen Valley Intermediate School, Wilmot Elementary School and Evergreen Middle School.

The top-ranked spellers included Wilmot fourth grader Lucian Leblanc in first place, Wilmot fourth grader Evelyn Anderson in second place and EMS sixth grader Cullen Dick in third place.

EMS teacher and spelling bee judge Mary Noto said the contest has some tense moments.

“There was an extended spell-off for the third place spot between Connor Hutchen and Cullen Dick that lasted five rounds, but Connor got out on the word ‘contemptible,’” she said. “To vie for first and second place spots, Evelyn and Lucian went for an additional five rounds. Evelyn earned second place with her misspelling of ‘insolent’ and Lucian secured first place with correctly spelling ‘paralysis.’”

Other judges included Wilmot Principal Stephany Fritz and Wilmot STEM tutor Trisha Mihalik.

To make it to the Mountain Area Spelling Bee, participating students had to first advance through classroom-level and school-level spelling bees.

Winners in the Feb. 7 Mountain Area Spelling Bee included, from left, Cullen Dick in third place, Evelyn AnderPHOTO BY MARY NOTO son in second and Lucian Leblanc in first.

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Evergreen and Conifer high schools merge talents for spring musical EHS to host “The Addams Family” March 7-9

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Evergreen High School senior Jack Griffiths has been doing theater since the fourth grade, but he still gets nervous before every show. Griffiths plays patriarch Gomez Addams in the upcoming EHS musical “The Addams Family.”

“It’s more nerve-wracking before I go onstage,” Griffiths said. “Once I get out there, they all go away because I become the character … I’m no longer myself.”

Griffiths is among about 75 Evergreen and Conifer high school students who make up the cast, crew and orchestra for “The Addams Family.” The musical comedy will be performed at 7 p.m. March 7, 8 and 9, with an additional 2 p.m. March 9 matinee performance at Evergreen High School.

In this musical comedy version of “The Addams Family,” a grown daughter Wednesday Addams falls in love with a young man from a respectable family, and the two families finally meet. The story is a celebration of every family’s weirdness and also sends a message of acceptance.

“It’s about being who you are, being true to yourself and the thing you care about,” said Jessica Scott, a music teacher at Evergreen High School and middle school who’s co-directing the production. “It’s also about trying to understand other people.”

Scott said the school chose “The Addams Family” for its message, as well as its large cast and humor.

“I like the variety it has,” she said.

“There are a lot of different things happening in the music so you get to explore a lot of different styles. There’s also a lot of variety in the characters, so the students get to be super different people. It’s a flexible cast that a lot of people can be a part of, and it has several female roles that are significant.”

The cast includes an ensemble of family ancestors, who make up the musical’s chorus. Each ancestor has

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Evergreen High School students Emma Roberts and Jack Griffiths, who play Morticia and Gomez Addams, rehearse a scene from “The Addams Family” at EHS Feb. 5. PHOTO BY JANE REUTER

its own personality, which allows each member of the chorus to develop their own character.

In all, the musical includes 25 pieces, five of which are played by the orchestra alone and the remaining 20 with members of the cast. It’s a lot to memorize and rehearse.

“I think a little stress is a good thing to keep us going and on track,” Scott said. “We have really talented kids here that work really hard, and they have so much fun together. They’re so dedicated to their craft and having a production they’re proud of.”

Griffiths agreed.

“I’m having fun,” he said. “I love putting on a good show. It gives me a sense of community.

“With this show, the songs are fun and I have a lot of lines,” he continued.“It’s a great way to celebrate my senior musical.”

It’s also the final show for co-director Scott Ogle, who has taught performing arts at both Conifer and Evergreen high schools. He and Scott advocated for combining the talents of both schools for “The Addams Family.”

“We’re always trying to creatively think about how we can give more kids opportunity to be involved, and this seemed like a good way,” he said.

“It’s not important what you’re into but that there’s a place for everybody to be involved. Kids who are involved in extracurriculars have better attendance, better grades and are happier.”

That may be especially true for students helping bring to life a bizarre comedy like “The Addams Family,” which Ogle described as “sort of like Halloween in March.”

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VOICES A privileged life

rom climbing trees to heights to hitchhiking, risk-taking was part of my growing years.

By the standards of my immigrant grandparents though, my derring-dos were hardly perilous.

Nevertheless, I inherited that gene from them. Like they did, I migrated from the place of my birth in search of a better life. I found it in Colorado despite there being no guarantees I would. I had a vague dream, a gut feeling and an itch that needed to be scratched.

Living with risk was a regular part of daily life for my grandparents from the day they launched themselves from nineteenth-century Eastern Europe. Believing in the promise of America, they flocked to America in search of opportunities denied them in their native lands.

Instead of amber waves of grain however, the men found themselves eking out a subsistent existence as they burrowed into coal mines or baked in the steel mills of Western Pennsylvania. The women valiantly toiled 24/7 in the squalor, scrubbing, cooking, sewing and raising the children.

My family’s story is one of thousands differentiated only by the particulars, one that is being reenacted today by others coming in search of better lives for themselves

and their families.

I remain in awe of their courage, forsaking all they’ve known and risking their lives so to get the blessings of liberty the Preamble speaks of for themselves and their children.

It is through that Columnist grandson-of-immigrants perspective I view much of what is unfolding today. It is through the lens of a child of a blue collar, skilled craftsman and a mother who, like her mother had, clawed out a borderline existence for her children after her husband and the family’s breadwinner — my father — died tragically while she was carrying her thirteenth child.

It is why I find substantive literary characters, real ones like Joe Rantz in “The Boys in the Boat” and fictional like Sethe in “Beloved” and Tom Joad in “The Grapes of Wrath,” heroic and dismissive of shallow, well-to-do characters, like Daisy and Tom Buchanan in “The Great Gatsby,” who don’t know what hard work is, have never sweated, baked or froze trying to make a living, have never had their hands coars-

ened with blisters and calluses, and haven’t experienced hunger, wondering if they could make rent, pay for their utilities, and buy groceries to feed their children, yet flaunt their wealth so to win the affectations of the masses in an attempt to give substance and meaning to their vacuous lives.

It is through the remembrance of brothers who fought for their country in Vietnam and carried scars from the war the rest of their lives, one of them eaten up by cancer I’m convinced was initiated by Agent Orange.

And it is from learning at an early age the physical, psychological, and emotional value of hard work and how to have fun sometimes with little more than a can to kick. It’s the reason I feel sad for youth encumbered in ways I wasn’t that prevent them from escaping and rising above their plight, for children who don’t frolic in snow, splash barefoot through mud puddles, or get dirty and bruised while playing in carefree, outdoor disorganized activities, and for the myopic ones who cope with their boredom by scrolling through phone apps, checking out social media, and obsessively playing video games.

Those and other life experiences are among the reasons I offer grati-

tude for the privileged life I’ve have had.

In “America,” Neil Diamond belts out a tribute to all those who have and continue to do what my — and possibly your — ancestors did.

The music pulses with an energy that conveys a sense for me what it might’ve felt like for my grandfather, Ignac, when at age twenty-one he first saw the shores of America from the rails of a ship and stepped ashore knowing he made it but not knowing that fourteen years later he would die by having his skull crushed in a grimy factory, leaving behind a wife and six children.

Thanks to my intrepid immigrant grandparents and my steely, imperturbable parents, I was given a head start in life. And once I struck out on my own, I didn’t — couldn’t have — done it alone. Like everyone else, I had guides, mentors, and plenty of helping hands along the way.

I haven’t lived a privileged life in the highbrow socio-economic sense. Far from it. But I have led one in a more meaningful way. It’s merely a matter of perspective.

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it to JCSO, not because he wanted to press charges, but because he’d just decided to take Flossie off of his regular clientele list and he thought she’d take the news more calmly if it came from a sheriff ’s deputy.

Fact is, Dr. Colgate informed officers, Flossie spends a lot of every visit trying to get prescription pain medications out of the staff, and they were all getting tired of turning her down. Contacted at home, Flossie immediately assured the officers that the hygienist “hit a sensitive spot” and the unfortunate back-hand was purely involuntary.

Officers assured Flossie that they weren’t bringing assault charges, but rather word of her banishment.

Flossie was “not happy” for the sec-

ond time that day, but promised to find somebody else to chisel her choppers.

Hand to mouth

SOUTH JEFFCO – In generous spirit, the dental office offered its regular clientele a whole day of free dentistry. Predictably, the place was packed about two minutes after the doors opened. Nor was anybody surprised when a particularly assertive client named Flossie showed up at the opening bell, intent on getting her share of complimentary services. Even so, Dr. Colgate was taken completely by surprise when Flossie announced that she wanted “a root canal.” So sorry, Dr. Colgate explained, gently, but there’s no way there’ll be time to bite into that job. Still, she

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

Septic distress

SOUTH JEFFCO – Lily and Lulu live in adjacent units. Lily called JCSO to report that Lulu was harassing her. Lily said Lulu was mad because the sewer line serving both units had become clogged by discarded feminine products. After clearing the line, Lulu had knocked on Lily’s door, berated her for flushing the absorbent nuisances down the toilet, and demanded she pick every one of them up from the leach field where they lay scattered SEE SHERIFF’S CALLS, P9

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about like an army of dead laboratory rats. Lily said she didn’t flush any such things down the toilet and wanted officers to make Lulu back off. Deputies next spoke to Lulu, who said it was the second time the plumbing had been backed up by carelessly disposed sanitary items, and, since she hadn’t flushed them herself it could have only been Lily.

Lulu further said that when she told Lily to go pick up the mess, Lily refused, saying “It’s not my problem.

It’s a landlord issue.” As it happened, the landlord was Lulu’s dad, Lalo, who was summoned to the scene.

Lalo said the plumbing had worked flawlessly until Lily moved in, that she’d been warned repeatedly about flushing problematic articles down her toilet, and that he now feared

she’d done thousands of dollars in damage to the septic system. He also said Lily wasn’t a tenant, strictly speaking, because she’d lived in the unit for two months and had yet to pay a single dime in rent. Hoping to salvage some small fragment of resolution from the unhappy situation, deputies encouraged Lily to admit her carelessness and pick up her litter. “It’s not my problem,” Lily shrugged. Officers found no grounds for a harassment charge, and regretfully informed Lalo that the conflict was a civil one that he’d have to resolve through civil means.

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

OBITUARIES DENBOW

Alice Aleene Styron/Denbow November 2, 1937 - January 31, 2024

The family of Alice Aleene Styron/Denbow are grieved to announce her passing from this life into eternity on Jan 31st at the Life Care Center of Evergreen, after battling many health issues.

Alice was born on November 2nd 1937 in Denver & raised in Morrison in a family with 9 children.

She married her gradeschool crush Jim Denbow in 1954, they would have celebrated 70 years this May. He passed before her on October 26th 2023.

elementary for many years as a teachers aide. She also worked several years at the Canyon Courier, & even delivered mail here in Evergreen.

She was a long standing member & president of The Little Britches rodeo association. She was a cowgirl to the core & had a lifelong passion for watching rodeo, that started in the 70s when her boys were riding.

Her sweet, say it like it is with a great sense of humor personality will be missed by all of us!

They moved to Evergreen in 1960 where they raised 4 sons, whom she is survived by, Jimmer, Rich, Scott & Steve along with their “See ya when we see ya. “ Sweet mom, wives, her 9 grandchildren, 1 passing before grandma & friend, Alice. her. She also had and cherished 13 great Please join us at Aspen Ridge Church on grandchildren!

Tuesday Feb 20th at 1:30. 27154 North Alice enjoyed working at Wilmot Turkey Creek Road, Evergreen, CO 80439

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Emil Gerald Gadeken

March 5, 1932 - January 21, 2024

Emil Gadeken, born March 5, 1932, died January 21, 2024.

Services will be held February 17 at the Evergreen Episcopal Church at noon.

He was active in the church, the greater community and the Lions Club.

Their home gardens inspired the Buffalo Park community garden. He was a past Patrol director of Loveland Ski Patrol and former member of Indian Hills Fire among BARON

other clubs. He helped keep the 1976 Olympics out of Indian Hills and Colorado in general.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years Sara Gadeken, brother Len Gadeken of Phoenix, three daughters: Jennifer Warnken, Evergreen; Elizabeth Copeland of Ransomville, New York, and Katherine Kaegi of Lubbock, Texas, one son Charles Gadeken of San Francisco, seven granddaughters, three great grandchildren and one pending.

Corey Baron

November 28, 1995 - February 2, 2024

Corey Baron, 28, of Seattle, Washington, passed away on February 2, 2024, succumbing to injuries sustained after being randomly shot while driving through Seattle the previous Sunday night.

Corey was born on November 28, 1995, to Ben Baron and Christine Lenick in Reston, Virginia. In 1999, the family moved to Evergreen, Colorado. Corey grew up loving the outdoors and mountains, and the world of books, games, and ideas. An academic star from a young age, Corey graduated from the IB Program at Lakewood, High School in 2013, whereupon he was awarded Colorado’s highly prestigious Boettcher Scholarship.

Two of Corey’s most noteworthy activities at Lakewood were Mock Trial and Ultimate Frisbee. Corey excelled at both, earning accolades and making friends, but most importantly to him, having fun.

Corey next attended Colorado College, where he majored in Philosophy and minored in Spanish. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa but was equally proud of his non-academic endeavors, notably as a member of CC’s Honor Council, helping other students while working at the Writing Center, and continuing to play Ultimate Frisbee. A particular highlight was their team qualifying for Nationals during two of Corey’s four college years. Other meaningful activities included a semester in Peru and a summer in Paonia working on an organic farm.

After graduating college in 2017, Corey enjoyed a two-year position as a fellow at the El Pomar Foundation in Colorado Springs. During this period Corey honed his skills in and commitment to non-profit management. It was during this period that Corey began dating Natasha, the love of his life. Corey’s next stop was the Yale School

of Management, where he earned his MBA. Despite the challenge of attending school during the pandemic, Corey graduated with honors.

Following graduation from Yale in 2021, Corey and Natasha moved to Seattle. They were engaged this past October.

Corey accepted a position with Joule Growth Partners, which provides financial leadership and consulting for social sector organizations, helping them maximize their impact. Corey was employed by Joule at the time of his death.

Corey was steadfastly values-driven while simultaneously gentle and non-judgmental of others. He could deeply listen to what people had to say and pinpoint the perfect comedic timing to make a call-back that lightened heavy moments. He had a sharp intellect and the emotional awareness to express the intricacies of his inner world. He was dedicated to his professional work (no stranger to signing in on a Sunday) and a lover of long walks and games of all kinds (whether board games or competing to toss crumpled napkins into a glass). Corey was smart, kind, thoughtful, intentional, curious, playful, silly, joyful, and wise beyond his years. His life should not be measured in years but rather in the number of lives he impacted. In that regard, Corey lived a very full life, indeed.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you donate to the following organizations in Corey’s memory. Each of these organizations aligns deeply with Corey’s priorities, and he confirmed his wishes in his final days: • Inside Out Youth Services (supporting LGBTQ youth in Colorado Springs) • New Roots Institute (empowering youth advocacy to end factory farming) • Team Read (reading and workforce development in Seattle)

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n the back of your mind, you might recall fond memories of your parents taking you to the park — or school programs busing you to faraway nature scenes.

And in the bustle of adulthood, getting outdoors may have become less of a priority in your daily schedule.

But the benefits of viewing and spending time in nature go deeper than the proverbial “getting some air.”

In fact, it can lower blood pressure and is linked with lowering levels of stress, depression and anxiety, according to the National Park Service.

One easy way to capture those benefits is hiking, a word that conjures images of mountains and rugged dirt trails. And in Colorado, chances are you’ve met someone with a “hiker” persona:

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lots of gear, often heading out on weekends, probably driving a Subaru.

But hiking doesn’t have to be so extreme. It doesn’t even have to involve big hills.

In the purest sense, it’s just a long walk for pleasure or exercise. And if you live in any of the counties around Denver, the good news is you’re never far from a hiking spot.

That includes places with breathtaking views in Douglas County.

“Most Douglas County staffers will tell you that the open space that they like best is the last one they got to hike,” said Dan Dertz, director of Douglas County’s open space office.

From Georgetown in the mountains to the plains of Elbert County, here’s a look at hiking spots for beginners and seasoned veterans alike — and some tips if you’re new to the activity.

Douglas County

If you’re just starting out, one of the easiest

hiking trails in Douglas County is Bluffs Regional Park, Dertz says.

Just a few miles from Park Meadows mall, Bluffs Regional Park offers sweeping views of the mountains and the Denver metro area. It’s a short drive south of Yosemite Street and Lincoln Avenue near Lone Tree.

If you’re seeking high elevation and more of a challenge, try Spruce Mountain Open Space Trail. That’s off Spruce Mountain Road south of Noe Road, west of Interstate 25.

There are no costs for parking or access at those hiking spots.

Jefferson County

For an easy and flat hike not far from downtown Denver, try Crown Hill Park off 26th Avenue in the Wheat Ridge area. Its trailways offer lakeside views.

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One of the higher-elevation spots in Jefferson County for a hike is Elk Meadow Park in the Evergreen area. There, you can brave a 2,100-foot elevation gain from the Stagecoach Boulevard trailhead to the 9,708-foot Bergen Peak, according to Jefferson County Open Space.

All Jeffco Open Space parks are free to access and open to the public one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset, according to the county.

For information on park closures, see the county’s alerts and closures webpage.

Clear Creek County

Asked about lesser-known spots for hiking in Clear Creek County, Jon Butcher, a county staffer, said: “The Silver Creek Trail is probably the coolest but hard to get to.”

“It is a wagon road built in the mid-to-late 1800s that is flat once you get there,” said Butcher, the county’s recreation facilities manager.

For easiest access, park at Georgetown Lake and take the part of Tom Benhoff trail on the south side of the lake, then head uphill on Purdy or Dunbar- A trail meanders through Columbine Open Space in Douglas County.

COURTESY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY ton trails to get to Silver Creek Trail. Once there, head east for about 4 miles one way or 8 miles out fields, and trail access is at the northwest corner of Chris Barker, a county spokesperson. “Visitors and back. the parking area. that provide information on wildlife interactions In a mountain county, trails are better suited to All trails in Elbert County mentioned above are play a critical role as stewards and partners in experienced hikers. open to pedestrians, bikes and horses and closed managing wildlife.”

“As far as ‘easy trails’ lacking too much elevation to motorized vehicles, according to the district.

All reports are anonymous. You can report wildchange, I would suggest Alvarado, Georgetown Free parking is available near all trail access life sightings, encounters or incidents at jeffco.

Lake, Meadow Loop at Floyd Hill or any of the points. us/3620/Human-Wildlife-Interactions.

Greenway Trails,” Butcher said.

The trails are accessible for free.

Staying safe Navigating snowy season For beginners, here are some tips for hiking For hiking amid snow this winter and early Elbert County from Jefferson County Open Space, especially for spring, here are some tips from Jefferson and In the plains of Elbert County — east of Douglas challenging routes: Clear Creek counties for staying safe in challengCounty and southeast of Aurora — wide-open ru• Pick up a physical map near a trail parking ing environments: ral views are the norm. area, or use a mapping app like COTREX. (You • Bring traction devices for your shoes or boots, But for a trail maintained for the public, look to can download offline maps to navigate trails for or trekking poles, for snow-packed or icy trails. the Elizabeth area. when you don’t have cellular service.)

• If heading to parks alone, let someone know One trail runs for 1.3 miles with access at Run• Bring a compass if you know how to use one. where you’re going and your anticipated return ning Creek Elementary School on the south and • Dress in layers or have extra layers for warmth time just in case.

Evans Park on the north, said Eric Larson, an El- or rain protection.

• Check online for park or trail closures in case bert County staffer.

• Use sunscreen, hats and long sleeves for sun snowy conditions begin to thaw and create mud(Flooding last summer washed out the trail at protection. dy trails that are closed.

Colorado Highway 86. Repairs are slated for this • Bring extra food and plenty of water for your• Know what layers to bring: Synthetic fabric or summer, intended to return the path to its full self and your pets. wool are best as they tend to provide some insulalength and useability.)

• Have a flashlight in case you get caught out af- tion even when wet. Avoid cotton.

Once in Evans Park, the town trail connects with ter dark.

• Bring a map. Remember: Many trails in lessa small trail that loops through a wooded section • Bring a first-aid kit. populated regions go outside phone coverage arof the park.

• Bring matches in case of an emergency. (Gen- eas. Have a full phone battery and keep it warm.

“The most significant, and perhaps only other erally, Jeffco Open Space does not allow fire or • Bring a flashlight or headlamp with spare batpublicly accessible, trail in the county is located open flame in its parks.) teries. in Casey Jones Park at 4189 Highway 86” in the • Have emergency shelter, such as a tent or tarp.

• The snow off trails can be deep. If going off Elizabeth area, said Michael Barney, director of Be on the lookout for wildlife. Jeffco Open Space trail, bring gaiters and skis or snow shoes.

Elizabeth Park and Recreation District. That park tracks human-wildlife interactions in parks and • Do not enter avalanche terrain unless you is next to Evans Park. surrounding neighborhoods. have the needed training and equipment.

The trail is roughly 1.4 miles and passes through “We strive to balance the protection and preser“Know the limits of your fitness and clothing,” the northern wooded section of the 103-acre park. vation of wildlife and their habitat while promot- Butcher said. “Turn around if either of them are It’s best reached by parking north of the baseball ing a safe and positive visitor experience,” said failing to keep you comfortable.”

Left: A group stands as the sun goes down at Bluffs Regional Park in the Lone Tree area of Douglas County. COURTESY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY

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‘You Got Older’ tackles grief, forgiveness

rief is an especially difficult emotion to deal with.

There’s no such thing as a right way to move through it — each person has their own journey. Even when we think we see it coming, that often doesn’t help.

Such is the case in “You Got Older,” which is making its regional premiere as the Benchmark Theatre’s first production of the 2024 season. The show delves into grief and loss in a way that is both funny and tender while remaining achingly human.

“It’s a really lovely script and very Benchmark,” said director and artistic director Neil Truglio. “Because it is so human, it delves into some really complicated corners of human intimacy.”

Written by Clare Barron, “You Got Older,” runs at the theater, 1560 Teller St. in Lakewood, from Friday, Feb. 23 through Saturday, March 16. Performances are at 8 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The show follows Mae (Courtney Esser), a young woman who has recently lost her job and boyfriend and is returning home to take care of her father (Marc Stith), as he goes through treatment for cancer.

Along the way, ideas about family, illness and the escape of fantasy all go under the microscope, as the characters attempt to find steady footing in an ever-changing world.

“It’s a very millennial story about

a millennial womCOMING an at the crossATTRACTIONS roads of her life,”

Truglio said. “She’s trying to remap where her life is going and she just happens to be doing this at the most awkward place — back home.”

There’s a resoClarke Reader nance and relatability to the show that makes it particularly powerful.

The themes of illness and anticipating grief are universal ones all people wrestle with.

“All of us are dealing with something like this on some level. We all know somebody who is sick,” Truglio said. “It’s natural to think about that loss and how it will affect us.

So, we’re grieving a bit for someone who is still alive.”

The kind of searching humanity that exudes from the story is what makes it the perfect fit for the theater and while grief may not be something most like to think about, the hope is audiences come away with a more empathetic perspective on the topic.

“We all have so little control over the emotion and we tend to not be kind to ourselves and others while we’re grieving,” Truglio said. “I hope audiences really consider the idea of grief and practice some selfforgiveness and forgiveness of others.”

For information and tickets, visit www.benchmarktheatre.com.

18th annual CEFF Returns to Golden

With each passing year, it becomes increasingly crucial to immerse ourselves in the best ways available to protect our planet. So, what better way to do so then by attending the 18th annual Colorado Environmental Film Festival, held from Thursday, Feb. 22 through Sunday, the 25th? The festival will be held at the Green Center at the Colorado School of Mines, 924 16th St. in Golden.

The festival curates world-class environmental films, including screenings of feature-length and short films from foreign, Colorado and young filmmakers, according to provided information. There will also be discussions with filmmakers, panels and an Eco-EXPO. For those unable to attend in person, there will be an on-demand online encore available from Monday, Feb. 26 through Sunday, March 3.

For information and tickets, visit https://ceff.net.

Colorado Words and Voices Take to Su Teatro

Stories on Stage and the Lighthouse Writers Workshop are two Colorado organizations that are truly, truly dedicated to celebrating the power of the written word. So, it makes a lot of sense that they would team up for “Lighthouse Presents: A Colorado Collection,” held at 2

p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 18 at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive in Denver.

According to the provided information, the event will feature stories written by local authors William Henry Lewis, Amanda Rea and Nick Arvin being performed by actors Lavour Addison, Kate Gleason and Marco Robinson. There will even be a meet and greet with the actors and authors after the show.

Visit www.storiesonstage.org for information and tickets.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Sarah Jarosz at the Gothic Theatre

Texas’ Sarah Jarosz makes the kind of Americana that effortlessly blends folk, country and pop, resulting in music that is warm and welcoming to all listeners. Over the course of her seven albums, she’s continued to enhance her writing, and she just released one of her best efforts yet, “Polaroid Lovers.”

In support of the record, Jarosz will be performing at the Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway in Englewood, at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16. She’ll be joined by openers The Ballroom Thieves for an evening of immaculately performed music.

Get tickets at www.ticketmaster. com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@ hotmail.com.

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FRIDAY

Seniors4Wellness Friday Cafe: The Friday Cafe is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at Christ the King Church, 4291 Evergreen Pkwy, Evergreen.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY

StageDoor Theatre presents “Picasso at the Lapin Agile”: This is a production of Steve Martin’s long-running Off Broadway absurdist comedy. Running at 7:30 p.m. each Friday and Saturday with 2 p.m. Sunday matinees through Feb. 25, 2024. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, educators, and students. The StageDoor Theatre is 25797 Conifer Road, Conifer.

Visit stagedoortheater.org SATURDAY

Conifer Rotary MindFest - Living Your Best Life: The Conifer Rotary will host its first annual, free mental wellness and health fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 17 at Our Lady of the Pines, 9444 Eagle Cliff Rd, Conifer.

Thirty ambassadors from various organizations and practices will be on hand, including Resilience 1220, Robbie’s Hope, and NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness), and speakers on topics such

as cyberbullying and stress management.

Keynote speaker Vincent Atatchy, president of Mental Health Colorado, will talk about the definition of a mentally well community and how to create one.

The day also includes games, activities, raffles and other light-hearted activity. For more information, visit rotary.conifer.org.

WEDNESDAY

The Evergreen Chamber hosts Breakfast & Benefits: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Feb. 21. This is a Zoom meeting; login information will be provided upon registration. To register, contact evergreenchamber.org Conifer Area Council: The community forum hosts a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at West Jefferson Middle School, 9449 S. Barnes Ave., Conifer UPCOMING

Evergreen Chamber’s Connections & Cocktails: 4:30 p.m. Feb. 22, Little Bear, 28075 CO-74, Evergreen February Freeze Pickleball Tournament: Wulf Recreation Center will host a pickleball tournament from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m . Feb. 24. The tournament is for Intermediate players and two-player teams. Prizes will be awarded to the top teams. The fee is $25 per team. Wulf Recreation Center is at 5300 S. Olive Rd., Evergreen. For more information, visit evergreenrecreation.com.

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Games: Bingo & Games are from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at Bergen Park church, 31919 Rocky Village Drive, Evergreen.

Kids Month at Shadow Mountain Gallery:Evergreen’s Shadow Mountain Gallery will host Kids Month throughout March. Come to Shadow Mountain Gallery to see some student artwork from six local elementary schools! Participating schools include Wilmont, Marshdale, King-Murphy, Bergen Meadow, Bergen Valley and Parmlee.

An open house is planned for 5-8 p.m. March 1, 5-8 pm and 2-5 p.m. March 3. Shadow Mountain Gallery is on Main Street between Beau Jo’s and Java Groove.

Chill Out: Evergreen Chamber presents a day of winter community fun on March 2. Events run all day, with most at the Evergreen Lakehouse. They include an ice fishing contest, kids ice fishing clinic, the mushies cup, split skis or board race, the Evergreen Amazing Race, EPRD teen skate and a family game night. Visit evergreenchamber.org for details.

Evergreen Ice Fishing Clinics: Evergreen Park and Recreation District is hosting an ice fishing clinic from 9-11 a.m. March 2. All equipment included. Ages 4 and up are welcome. All participants 16 and older must have a valid Colorado fishing license to participate. $20/person. Visit evergreenrecreation.com for details and registra-

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A $2 discount is available for Canyon Courier readers with the code CANYON. Tickets may be purchased at evergreenhstheatre.ticketleap.com.

Mountain Area Young Writers Conference: K-5 students and their families are invited to the Mountain Area Young Writers Conference from 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 28 at Marshdale Elementary, 26663 N. Turkey Creek Rd., Evergreen. The evening includes featured author Jennifer Goebel, sharing of children’s writing, learning workshops for parents, and a book fair. Register starting Feb. 2 at 2024 Young Writers Conference.

Evergreen’s Got Talent: Audition to be an opening act at the Evergreen Lake/Buchanan Concerts Summer 2024. Auditions from 6-9 p.m. April 13 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive in Evergreen.

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Evergreen High School musical, “The Addams Family”: EHS and Conifer High School will combine their talents in a musical production of “The Addams Family” March 7-9. Shows are at 7 p.m.

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Conifer’s Got Talent: Audition to be an opening act at the Evergreen Lake/Buchanan Concerts Summer 2024. Auditions from 6-9 p.m. April 19 at Conifer High School, 10441 County Hwy 73 in Conifer. Deadline March 15. For more information, email conifersgottalent@gmail.com

Mountain Area Democrats: Mountain Area Democrats meet the fourth Saturday of the month at 9 a.m. January thru April at the United Methodist Church of Evergreen, 3757 Ponderosa Drive, Evergreen.

No meetings in November and December 2023. For more information, e-mail MountainAreaDems@gmail. com.

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Evergreen Nature Center: The new Evergreen Nature Center is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays next to Church of the Transfiguration. Admission is free.

For more information, visit www.EvergreenAudubon.org.

Adult grief support group: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice is offering a seven-week in-person adult grief support group. The next group starts June 1 and runs every Thursday through July 20, with no session on July 6. The group will meet from 2-3 p.m. at the Mount Evans office, 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 flexible schedules are available on new construction sites as well as for exterior

February 15, 2024Fe minor home repairs. No previous construction experience needed.

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EChO needs volunteers: The 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. There 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 offering a LGBTQ+ teen book club that meets from 4-6 p.m. the fourth Monday at the Resilience1220 office next to the Buchanan Park Recreation Center. 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 selfguided tours are available at any time. Large groups are encouraged to call 720-497-7653 to make arrangements.

ESA EverGREEN Refill Station: EverGREEN Refill Station (refill your laundry detergent, lotions, soaps and more.

We have many sustainable products available). The Refill Station is open Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and the second Saturday of each month from 1-4 p.m. in the Habitat Restore in Bergen Park, 1232 Bergen Parkway.

Support After Suicide Loss: A safe place to share and learn after losing a loved one to suicide. This group meets every fourth Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:30 p.m. via zoom or in person at the Resilience1220 office. For ages 14 and up. Suggested donation for this group is $15. Register at resilience1220.org/groups.

Sensitive Collection: Resilience1220 strives to inform and support highly sensitive people to live healthy and empowered lives. It meets the third Wednesday of each month from 6-7 p.m. via Zoom. Register at resilience1220.org/groups.

Caregiver support group: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice offers 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 first Friday of the month from 1-3 p.m. at Evergreen Christian Church, 27772 Iris Drive, Evergreen. For more information, email esears@parkinsonrockies.org.

Mountain Foothills Rotary meetings: Mountain Foothills Rotary meets at 6 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 offers Beyond the Rainbow, which is two support groups that meet the second Tuesday of the month. One is a safe group for those 12-20 and the other is a group for parents and caregivers wanting support for raising an LGBTQ+ child. For group location and to RSVP, email heather@resilience1220.org.

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OF THE MONTH Chill Out, Evergreen! Saturday, March 2nd is the Second Annual Chill Out Winterfest sponsored by Caldwell Insurance, an American Family Insurance office here in Evergreen.

This is a day filled with fun for everyone in our community. Your Evergreen Chamber of Commerce will be partnering with Evergreen Parks and Recreation, Outbound Mountain Gear and many of our businesses across town to provide fun and frivolity to beat the winter blues and get us ready for Spring! Details and registration information for each event can be found at evergreenchamber.org The day begins early with check-in at 7:00am at the lake house for the first annual Ice Fishing Tournament hosted

by Evergreen Parks and Recreation.

The tournament runs from 8am – 1pm.

If your kids have asked you what people are doing out on the ice in the winter, it may be time for them to learn how to ice fish. EPRD and Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be running a clinic for kids age 4+ from 9am – 11am.

The fun continues with the Mushies Cup. What is a Mushies Cup, you ask? Think large, fun inflatables on the ice with one team member pulling the other. Mush! Mush! Family Friendly hilarious competition for all ages on the ice. Teams of 2 or 4 take to the ice to pull, like a dog sled, their teammate(s) around an obstacle course without popping their float or losing their teammate off the float! Races will run between 10am – noon.

Have you noticed that EPRD has added a course around the ice this season for cross country skiing?

Outbound Mountain Gear is hosting Please see CHILL OUT, Page 2

Let’s Have Some Fun….

Enjoy s’mores during the glow skate

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CHILL OUT From Page 1 a Touring Ski Race. Don your split or AT Ski’s and complete the course on Evergreen Lake. The course is currently snow packed and running fast. Don’t have the equipment? Outbound Mountain Gear will get you outfitted for the race. 12:00 PM Check-in at the Lake House.

Think you know Evergreen well?

Then challenge yourself and your family or friends to one of our Amazing Race courses. This year, we will offer three courses. The Original Amazing Race will consist of teams of four, one

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of whom is your designated driver, completing challenges for points at establishments across the community followed by enjoying an adult beverage at each location before receiving your next clue. Want to try something a bit more physical? Then choose either the course in Evergreen North or the Downtown course. Both will consist of equally fun challenges, but you will be walking from one challenge to the next.

Each of these two loops will take you about two miles on foot. Both courses on foot are appropriate for families and groups of teens. Each of the Amazing Race competitions will conclude back Please see CHILL OUT, Page 7

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Ice Fishing Tournament Ice Fishing Clinic Mushies Cup Cross Country Ski Race Amazing Race Amazing Race North Amazing Race Downtown EPRD Teen Skate Family Game Night

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Price is $85 includes a copy of Christine’s new book: UNLEARNING! Leading Change Without Resistance All workshops are 10:00 – 12:30 @ 28186 Hwy 74, Suite 5 (on the Creek in downtown Evergreen!)

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Nationally Board-Certified Executive and Health & Wellness Coach Christine Kahane, of Kahane Coaching, will facilitate her workshop UNLearning: Leading Change Without Resistance (based on her book of the same name) in her downtown Evergreen office at 28186 Highway 74, Suite 5, (creek side) on Saturday, February 24 (10:00am-12:30pm), Christine’s highly affordable February workshop, which is offered at a cost of $85/per person, also includes a copy of her new book (available on amazon.com).

The book evolved from the culmination of her fifteen-year New York career in Marketing and Branding and her subsequent transition into coaching in 2002.

The session is less about doing, and more about being willing to replace familiar belief systems we use that actually no longer serve us.

“Every aspect of our lives is being impacted by soaring costs. So, for this very reason I am committed to offering people affordable self-help workshops that can help them achieve a greater

sense of balance and accomplishment in their lives,” said Christine Kahane.

Christine works with people, on a one-on-one basis or in small groups, who are looking to re-direct their lives.

She coaches you through the job-search process, career changes, and other obstacles that can block your life’s full potential to thrive.

Using various techniques that integrate your communication styles, behavior patterns, and preferences she helps you discover the best answers to your most perplexing questions so you can move forward and harness your greatest strengths for a deeply purposeful life.

Call Christine Kahane (303-589-5456) for one-on-one or group appointments.

Visit her website (www.kahanecoaching. com) for Emotional Resilience Group (ERG) chat information, or register online for February’s “UNLearning: Leading Change Without Resistance” Workshop or her March “Balance” workshop ($60/per person), in which you will explore extremes in your life and discover tools for bringing them into harmony.

Practical DIY Projects to Complete Over a Winter Weekend (StatePoint) While many home renovation projects are best tackled during the warmer months, there are specific minor repairs and tasks that are important to address in winter.

These quick projects are easy to complete in a weekend and will make for a more cozy, organized winter ho Service the Furnace. It’s easy to get behind on regular home upkeep duties during the busy holiday season. But now that the holidays are over, it’s time to take stock of your furnace. During winter months, dirt and debris buildup on the furnace air filter can keep your

home from being heated efficiently. If you haven’t already, replace the old filter and be sure to swap in a new one every three to six months to ensure proper heating and cooling.

Tend to the Woodpile. If you plan to use a fireplace this season, protect your woodpile from the harsh elements, like sleet and snow. Store the wood in an open storage area that allows the wind to pass through and cover the top of the pile with a tarp to keep the wood from getting wet. Secure the tarp with The Original Duck Tape brand Duct Tape for a long-lasting and durable hold. The

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Keep the Cold Out. Stop chilly air from seeping into your home by

checking areas where drafts are most common, such as around doors and windows. To prevent the cold air from coming in and the heat from escaping, seal the gaps around windows with weatherstrip seals, and the openings under doors with a draft seal. This simple DIY project will keep rooms warm and cozy and can even save you money on your heating bill.

Taking advantage of downtime over a winter weekend to catch up on these routine maintenance projects will ensure your home continues to run smoothly from season to season.

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Night skating is the best!

CHILL OUT From Page 2 at the lake house for a celebration.

To cap off a day of fun, EPRD will host a Teen Skate from 4-8pm. All are welcome but know in advance the event will be geared toward teens – our kids need to have some fun just for them! There will be games on the ice, fire pits for smores and music the teens will like. Inside the lake house, the Chamber will be hosting a Family Game Night from 5-8pm. Adult beverages will be available for purchase, Slifes food truck will be on hand selling burgers, brats and dogs for dinner, and the games will be appropriate for all.

So, join us, Evergreen, on Saturday, March 2nd. Chill Out and have a fun day!

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Plan protects future oil leasing on Colorado lands

BY ERIC GALATAS PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE

The Bureau of Land Management has released its final Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan, which will guide the use and management of over 658,000 acres of public lands for decades to come.

Conservation geographer Alison Gallensky with Rocky Mountain Wild said the plan does a good job of increasing protections for some 300,000 currently undeveloped acres, mostly along the Arkansas River between Salida and Canon City.

“By setting aside several hundred thousand acres,” said Gallensky, “to stay the way they are now, for wildlife, for the headwaters for the different tributaries into the Arkansas River.”

In addition to protecting areas for hiking, mountain biking, fishing, and

hunting - which bring over $54 million into local economies - Gallensky said these lands support healthy ecosystems that can help species survive in a changing climate.

Some environmental groups criticized the BLM’s plan for keeping most acres open to oil and gas leasing, but the Western Energy Alliance defended the agency for balancing development with conservation.

The plan paves the way for future oil and gas production on BLM-managed lands in northeastern Colorado, where current production has been linked to a rise in harmful ground-level ozone pollution and the state’s failure to meet Environmental Protection Agency clean air standards.

Gallensky said the plan, which has been in the works for nearly a decade, includes old analysis on the true risks of drilling.

“There’s been a lot of new information learned about the impacts of oil and gas development and how to transition to cleaner forms of energy,” said Gallensky. “And that wasn’t as well integrated into the plan as it could have been.”

The plan takes thousands of acres off the table for drilling, but those acres are considered to have very low potential for tapping oil and gas.

Advocates say they will ask the Colorado BLM to address the threats of continued fossil fuel development, the primary driver of climate change, by strengthening their Big Game Resource Management Plan Amendment, which is currently accepting public comments.

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EHS senior Ryan Cook talks with friends and family during the Jan. 7 National SignPHOTOS BY JANE REUTER ing Day ceremony.

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EHS senior Jace Evans listens as Coach Mark Stapor talks about his athletic abilities and other talents during the Feb. 7 National Signing Day Ceremony.

Theo Beckely with his sister Katherine, dad Dan and mom Liz.

The nine EHS athletes honored during the Feb. 7 National Signing Day include, from left: Kileigh Ackerman, Aspen Fisher, Finley Anderson, Theo Beckley, Wes Sailor, Jace Evans, Ryan Cook, Hailey Cain, Brook Gimbel.

Nine EHS athletes honored on National Signing Day Seniors will play sports at colleges across the country

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Nine Evergreen High School students will play their sport of choice in college next fall, and the school honored them during a Feb. 7 National Signing Day ceremony. Families and friends brought flowers and balloon bouquets to celebrate with the athletes during the before-school event.

Coaches gave short speeches about each athlete.

“It’s a big celebration for them, but we also don’t take lightly the fact that they would not be here without the support of this community and school,” said Maddy Hornecker, EHS athletic director.

National Signing Day for college sports is usually the first Wednesday of February. Student athletes who’ve applied to colleges typically first receive a verbal scholarship offer, which becomes official once they sign the National Letter of Intent.

The NLI is an agreement that binds the student-athlete to attend the university for a year.

Head diving coach Steve Schneiter

offered words of praise for Kileigh Ackerman, Finley Anderson and Aspen Fisher, three students who won swimming scholarships.

“All three of these athletes have dedicated hours and hours of hard work in a pool but on top of that, I’ve also been able to see each of them really step up as leaders both on and off the pool deck,” he said. “I’m incredibly excited to see what they do next.”

Anderson said she signed her letter with the University of California Berkeley in November, but said being honored “in front of the school means a lot to me.”

She said Berkeley, where she plans to major in business, has been her dream school since she was 10.

“Missy Franklin went there and that started it,” said Anderson, referring to the five-time Olympic gold medalist and Regis Jesuit graduate.

Head baseball coach Dan Schmidt said baseball scholarship winners Theo Beckley and Ryan Cook are both “hard workers and good people.”

“They keep their grades up and they’re leaders,” he said. “I couldn’t be happier to have them in our proSEE SIGNING, P20

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gram or more proud they’ve been recognized and are going to be moving on in a sport they love.”

Cook said he chose Texas’ Angelo State University in part because he can play baseball year-round there.

“I love the competitiveness of baseball,” said Angelo, who will major in exercise science. “It feels like I’m in control of how the game goes.”

Beckley will attend the University of Rochester in New York, where he plans to study economics. He started playing baseball at 3, and said the benefits go far beyond athletic prowess.

“I definitely think it’s given me a lot of leadership skills, a good work ethic and it’s helped me learn to communicate with people well,” he said.

Lacrosse coach Mark Stapor gave

high praise to Wesley Sailor and Jace Evans.

“You are in the top 7% of high school athletes — only 7% get the opportunity to go play in college,” he said. “I fully believe these guys are the two best LSMs (long-stick midfielders) in the state.”

Brooke Gimbe, who will play soccer at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs has been part of a very successful program, said soccer coach Phil Caldwell.

“I have really challenged her to be more physical, play faster and be more impactful,” he said. “She has a willingness to be aggressively coached. I fully expect her to bring those qualities to UCCS and contribute there as well.”

Haley Cain will play lacrosse at Tennessee’s Tusculum University.

“Haley’s one of those athletes every coach loves to have on her team,” said EHS lacrosse coach Rachel Sanford. “She has not missed a thing — not an off-season workout, not a call, not a game.”

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Evergreen Rotary hosts annual fundraiser Evening of food, music and dance draws 150-plus attendees

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The Evergreen Rotary drew more than 150 people for its first Denim & Diamonds annual fundraiser, held at Wild Game Entertainment Experience. While there’s not yet a fundraising tally, club presidentelect Mindy Hanson said the night was a success.

“In the past, we’ve held a Mardi Gras event and this year we switched it up a bit,” she said,

crediting Rotarians Bill Manning and Doug Turner for the new concept. “We won’t know how much we raised for a couple weeks, but we had a fantastic turnout. It was fun to see the community at large come out and have a good time together.”

Denver-based band Whiskey Road provided entertainment, and the Evergreen High School Poms Team performed a choreographed routine to the band’s version of “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.”

“Their passion, talent and energy were a huge addition to the event,” Hanson said.

Rotary members presented the team with a $300 check the group will use to help fund their March nationals’ trip to Orlando, Florida.

The Evergreen High School Poms Team performed a routine to “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” during the Evergreen Rotary’s Feb. 2 annual fundraiser. Shown with the team are Rotary members Bill Manning and Doug Turner, who helped coordinate the fundPHOTO BY BETH SHAUGHNESSY raiser, and team coach Jordan Hoecherl.

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DEA confiscated 2.6 million pills in Colorado

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL THE COLORADO SUN

Roughly 3.4 million fentanyl pills were seized across Colorado, Utah, Montana and Wyoming last year, federal officials said, marking a 79% increase across the region from 2022 and the highest number of fentanyl pills ever seized in a calendar year.

The Rocky Mountain Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration announced the record-breaking numbers as fentanyl remains the deadliest drug threat facing the country and is now the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 and 45.

As many as 7 in 10 counterfeit pills tested last year contained a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl, or roughly the amount that fits on the tips of a pencil, national DEA laboratory testing showed. That’s an increase from 4 in 10 pills in 2021 and 6 in 10 pills in 2022, the DEA said.

In Colorado, investigators seized nearly 940 pounds of fentanyl last year, or about 2.61 million pills, the

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DEA said.

The amount seized across the four-state region in 2023 was more than a 500% increase from amounts confiscated in 2021.

The increase in fentanyl seizures across the Rocky Mountain region highlights the extent to which

cartels are bringing fentanyl into the country, David Olesky, Acting Special Agent in Charge for DEA’s Rocky Mountain Field Division said in a news release.

Most of the pills entering Colorado were manufactured in Mexico with chemicals shipped there from China.

“As we begin the new year, DEA is committed to staying laser-focused on investigating the two cartels most responsible for trafficking fentanyl into the United States, as well as bringing greater public awareness to the dangers of fentanyl,” Olesky said in the release.

While there is far more information on the dangers of fentanyl now than when the state first started seeing a spike in overdose deaths in 2017, families who have lost loved ones to the drug say there is still a lot more work to do.

Several universities and community colleges have agreed to a list of requests by parents, including joining a real-time overdose map, that would quickly alert school leaders about fentanyl deaths in their cit-

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ies and on campus, and naloxone training for students.

The push for more warnings and education comes after parents of five young adults who died from fentanyl poisoning questioned by state universities had not done more to warn students, especially when local authorities knew that a particularly deadly batch of counterfeit oxycodone or Xanax containing fentanyl was circulating.

In 2023, 948 people in Colorado died from a fentanyl overdose, up from 920 in 2022, according to preliminary state health department data. Officials expect the total fentanyl overdose deaths from last year to increase due to a roughly three-month lag in the data.

Nationally, the DEA seized more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder last year, officials said.

This story was printed through a news sharing agreement with The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonprofit based in Denver that covers the state.

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TRIVIA 1. TELEVISION: Which popular Netflix series features groups of teens nicknamed “Kooks” and “Pogues”?

2. HISTORY: When did Facebook launch?

3. MUSIC: Which pop music singer had hits with songs like “Changes” and “Let’s Dance”?

4. GEOGRAPHY: What country possesses the Isle of Wight?

5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of peacocks called?

6. AD SLOGANS: Which company’s advertising slogan is “the ultimate driving machine”?

7. LANGUAGE: What is the Latin phrase often shortened to “i.e.”?

8. MYTHOLOGY: What is the name of the maze that confined the Minotaur?

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Soap.”?

1. Who originally released “Working My Way Back to You”?

2. What kind of music did Bill Deal and the Rhondels play?

3. Who released “The Wash”?

4. Who was first to release “California Dreamin’”?

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3. Brenda and the Tabulations on their “Dry Your Eyes” album in 1967. The song was picked up in 2011 to be used in a body wash commercial.

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2. 2004.

3. David Bowie.

4. England.

5. An ostentation or a pride.

6. BMW. 7. Id est (that is).

8. The Labyrinth.

9. “Fight Club.”

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4. Although written by two members of The Mamas & the Papas, it was first released by Barry McGuire in 1966 with M&P singing background vocals.

5. “Cold, Cold Heart,” written and released by Hank Williams in 1951. Legend says that Williams wrote the song after visiting his wife Audrey in the hospital where she was extremely cold to him, blaming him for her situation. (c) 2024 King Features Syndicate

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February 15, 2024

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Jefferson County Press Listing ** Expenditures for 01/26/2024-02/01/2024 MARK ENGLISH INC MARK ENGLISH INC SPARTAN INVESTMENT GROUP LLC SPARTAN INVESTMENT GROUP LLC Escrow Custodial Fund Total

Performance Escrow Escrow Interest Refunds Performance Escrow Escrow Interest Refunds

8,101.76 1,635.42 736.45 142.17 10,615.80

STEADMAN GROUP LLC Opioid Custodial Fund Total

Consultant Services

4,612.50 4,612.50

Ashley Reanne King Autumn K Stull Charles Jones Daniel Steven Schroder Fort Collins Nissan Kia Innovative Funding Services Corp, DBA Tresl John P Robertson Kathleen J Decker Larry H Miller Ford Lincoln Provo Lisa Antill Munoz Auto Sales LLC Nathan M Shull OPUS VTR Inc Street Toyota Van Thi Hong Tran Yasin, Inc Clerk & Recorder Custodial Fund Total

Motor Vehicle Overpayments 70.03 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 36.55 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 70.03 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 1,004.11 Motor Vehicle Overpayments 262.07 Motor Vehicle Overpayments Motor Vehicle Overpayments Motor Vehicle Overpayments Motor Vehicle Overpayments Motor Vehicle Overpayments Motor Vehicle Overpayments Motor Vehicle Overpayments Motor Vehicle Overpayments Motor Vehicle Overpayments Motor Vehicle Overpayments Motor Vehicle Overpayments

127.02 29.00 17.90 816.62 50.76 34.00 53.14 248.90 125.24 70.03 227.56 3,242.96

Abel Montoya ADI/ADEMCO INC ADRIANA PRATA

Telephone Services Electronic Supplies Miscellaneous Contract Services

68.21 1,049.30

ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT, INC ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT, INC ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC ARAMARK CORRECTIONAL SERVICES LLC ARAMARK CORRECTIONAL SERVICES LLC ASGN INC DBA CREATIVE CIRCLE LLC ASHLEY LAROCQUE BCT COLORADO BOB BARKER COMPANY INC BOB BARKER COMPANY INC BRIAN D BECKER BRITTNEY ZENA RIETVELD CARIE BEHOUNEK COMMUNICATIONS LLC CENTURYLINK Christa Rock Christa Rock CHRISTOPHER JOHN CASSIDY City of Golden Public Defenders Office

Telephone Services Maintenance Agreement Consultant Services Revenue Refunds

1,032.50 335.04 36,911.16 67,959.47 300.00

Contract Services 64,274.81 Consultant Services 48.75 Board Meetings Expense 60.00 Office Supplies 335.00 Office Supplies 2,756.60 Laundry Supplies 23,257.06 Board Meetings Expense 40.00 Telephone Services 52.99 Miscellaneous Contract Services 2,000.00 Telephone Services 3,269.81 Mileage 112.56 Travel 129.50 Academic Degree Programs 1,447.10 Service of Process Fee Returns 2.50 CLIENT PAYMENT Trial Expense 2,607.30 COLO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS COUNCIL Meetings & Seminars 60.70 Colorado Assessors Association Training & Education 990.00 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA Public Notices 416.12 COLORADO INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS NETWORK Accounting & Auditing 936.86 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC Telephone Services 1,560.00 COMMUNITY LANGUAGE COOPERATIVE Consultant Services 589.76 COMPUTER SITES INC Life Safety Maintenance 7,120.00 COMPUTER SITES INC Equipment Maintenance 138.67 COMPUTER SITES INC Maintenance Agreement 630.65 CONIFER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Professional Dues & Memberships 375.00 CONSOLIDATED MUTUAL Water, Irrigation, WATER COMPANY & Sanitation Services 495.80 CORE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Heat & Power 1,775.21 COSTAR REALTY INFORMATION INC Software Maintenance Agreement 379.00 COSTAR REALTY INFORMATION INC Software as a Services (SaaS) 4,032.00 COVERTTRACK GROUP INC Investigation Expense 1,314.81 Cyndi Vosburgh Mileage 108.27 Cyndi Vosburgh Travel 129.50 CYNTHIA L RASOR Business Meals 51.75 DAVID BROUGHAM Arbitration Escrows 150.00 DAVID WILLIAM DUNCAN Board Meetings Expense 60.00 DOOLEY ENTERPRISES INC Shooting Range Supplies 30,384.62

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DOOLEY ENTERPRISES INC SORT Supplies 6,585.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF-CIVIL Litigation Support Services 35.00 DUANE DOFFING Revenue Refunds 478.12 DYLAN MONKE Telephone Services 660.00 ELIZABETH BLUMER Board Meetings Expense 140.00 ELK CREEK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Heat & Power 2,100.24 ELLIOTT AUTO SUPPLY CO INC DBA FACTORY MOTOR PARTS Vehicle & Equipment Parts 139.57 EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC True Connect Loans 2,204.87 ERNEST HAWKINS Arbitration Escrows 150.00 FACILITY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC Office Supplies 456.79 FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNICATIONS Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital 13,997.76 FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNICATIONS Equipment Maintenance 295.00 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLC Litigation Support Services 5,502.40 FOOTHILLS ANIMAL SHELTER Due to Pet Data -Animal Licenses 620.00 Francy Law Firm PC Service of Process Fee Returns 35.00 FRONT RANGE LEGAL PROCESS SERVICE LLC Litigation Support Services 105.00 GANETE SOLUTIONS INC Software as a Services DBA ARMORER LINK (SaaS) 11,000.00 GE JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC Building Maintenance 91,898.25 GRAINGER Office Supplies 42.39 GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC Telephone Services 189.38 GREG LOGSDON Arbitration Escrows 150.00 GREG ROMBERG Board Meetings Expense 120.00 GREGG JOHNSON Board Meetings Expense 120.00 GREGORY LEE Arbitration Escrows 150.00 HASELDEN CONSTRUCTION LLC Machinery & Equipment 35,323.00 HEATHER A GUTHERLESS Professional Dues & Memberships 610.00 HOT SHOT INFRARED INSPECTIONS INC Equipment Maintenance 3,150.00 HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEM Telephone Services 10.95 IAN VOEST Revenue Refunds 800.00 INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INC Software as a Services (SaaS) 52,154.26 JAIME BROWER PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES Medical Services 1,625.00 JAMES AAB Arbitration Escrows 150.00 JAY DEE CLEANING & RESTORATION INC Building Maintenance 6,771.00 JEFFCO JAC Direct Grants - Intergovernmental 176,700.72 JOB STORE INC, THE Temporary Agencies 5,492.67 JOHN MESSNER Board Meetings Expense 20.00 JOHNSON CONTROLS INC Maintenance Agreement 2,177.00 KELLY ENGLAND Academic Degree Programs 1,620.00 KELSEY N ASHTON Academic Degree Programs 2,000.00 KIPLAND KOLKMEIER Board Meetings Expense 260.00 KONE INC Equipment Maintenance 344.99 KONE INC Miscellaneous Contract Services 4,442.49 LABCORP Litigation Support Services 76.00 Lamson Dugan & Murray LLP Service of Process Fee Returns 1.00 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONALS INC Maintenance Agreement 600.00 Law Office of Zachary Von Roenn PA Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 LEGALSHIELD Employee Legal Services 1,355.48 LINGO TELECOM LLC Telephone Services 8,015.62 Litton DeJarnette Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 LO ANNE RICHARDSON ESTATE Termination Pay (Permanent) 20,814.10 LO ANNE RICHARDSON ESTATE Services & Charges 0.03 MARCELA ISABEL BILLINGSLEY Business Meals 51.75 MARISA KRUGER Revenue Refunds 1,044.50 MARK GUTKE Miscellaneous Contract Services 6,300.00 MAXWELL MILLER Revenue Refunds 359.01 Maylee Barraza Special Events Supplies 110.25 Maylee Barraza Mileage 123.95 Maylee Barraza Travel 160.50 MCKINSTRY ESSENTION LLC Software Maintenance Agreement 5,000.00 MCMASTER-CARR SUPPLY COMPANY Building Maintenance 84.41 METRO APPLIANCE SERVICE Equipment Maintenance 1,238.20 MICAEL MANZITTO Arbitration Escrows 150.00 MICHAEL TOLLEFSON Revenue Refunds 845.88 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC Public Safety Radio Equipment 238,590.80

NICHOLAS D NELSON NITEL LLC PALADIN TECHNOLOGIES (USA) INC

Telephone Services 495.00 Telephone Services 7,112.04 Security System Maintenance 40,318.52 PATTIE HOUCHEN Mileage 108.54 PATTIE HOUCHEN Travel 34.75 PAUL WARBINGTON Board Meetings Expense 240.00 Peg Perl Travel 129.50 PUEBLO COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE Litigation Support Services 1,650.00 RECOVERY MONITORING SOLUTIONS CORPORATION Services & Charges 1,022.00 Regina Bernhardt Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 ROOFTECH CONSULTANTS INC Building Construction & Design 5,440.00 ROSALVA RODRIGUEZ DOMINQUEZ Miscellaneous Contract Services 2,350.00 ROSEMARY A LISSAK Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital 8.20 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Child Care 3,779.12 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Medical Insurance 16,601.25 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Spending Account - Limited Purpose 552.92 RUSSELL D CLARK Telephone Services 660.00 RYAN LESTER Board Meetings Expense 240.00 SALT LAKE WHOLESALE SPORTS Shooting Range Supplies 2,364.00 Sarah McAfee Recognition/Appreciation 1,019.84 SATCOM DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS INC Telephone Services 904.50 SCAN AIR FILTERS INC H V A C Supplies 2,258.00 SENERGY PETROLEUM LLC Fuel 16,613.44 SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS Office Supplies 4,788.74 SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS Medical Supplies/Drugs 48.80 SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS Equipment Maintenance 86.00 SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS Copier Clearing 8,139.53 SPENCER, WENDY Board Meetings Expense 20.00 STACY LILES Board Meetings Expense 60.00 STEPHANIE LYNN CORBO Telephone Services 167.40 T DREW BOLIN Board Meetings Expense 40.00 T MOBILE Telephone Services 1,125.83 THOMSON WEST Software as a Services INFORMATION CHARGES (SaaS) 3,104.99 TIMOTHY PAUL ROGERS Board Meetings Expense 60.00 TRYG GROUP LLC Equipment Maintenance 4,971.00 Tschetter Sulzer PC Service of Process Fee Returns 527.50 TWIN CITY SECURITY INC Security Services 21,617.16 UNITED SITE SERVICES OF COLORADO INC Maintenance Agreement 566.11 US DISTRIBUTING INC DENVER Vehicle & Equipment Parts 3,207.30 VERIZON WIRELESS Wireless Service 7,068.34 VULCAN FIRE LLC Building Maintenance 3,932.50 WESTERN DETENTION PRODUCTS INC Police Supplies & Equipment 507.50 WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC Janitorial Supplies 10,305.64 658.58 WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC Office Supplies WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC Hygiene Supplies 1,850.20 WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC Medical Supplies/Drugs 8,014.30 WILLIAM EUGENE DETWEILER Board Meetings Expense 160.00 XCEL ENERGY Heat & Power 55,492.01 Young Williams PC Service of Process Fee Returns 15.00 General Fund Total 1,215,977.76 DAVID B JOSLIN Travel FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNICATIONS Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital General Fund TABOR Revenue Grants Total A CUT ABOVE YARD CARE LLC IMA INC IMA INC LEGALSHIELD RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Insurance Fund Total

Insurance General Liability Insurance Premiums Crime Insurance Employee Legal Services Flex Medical Insurance

178.50 3,182.00 3,360.50 2,647.86 25,971.00 4,284.78 15.76 266.66 33,186.06

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CPR AND FIRST AID Consultant Services SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS Office Equipment TRISTAR INSURANCE GROUP Workers Compensation Self-Insured Claims Worker’s Compensation Fund Total

27,226.16 31,943.83

A SANCHEZ LANDSCAPING LLC BOWMAN CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY CINTAS CORP

720.00 327.75 1,275.18

Snow Removal Services Trails Maintenance Safety Supplies

431.40 4,286.27

COLORADO CHAPTER OF THE INTERNATONAL CODE COUNCIL D & K PRINTING INC ERO RESOURCES CORP FASTSIGNS GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC JEFFREY N PIPKIN LEGALSHIELD LINGO TELECOM LLC MARTIN/MARTIN INC MEGAN E KREUTZER REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SANDBOX SOLAR LLC SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS STONEXUS PRODUCTIONS THE KNOT WORLDWIDE INC WESTERN DISPOSAL INC Open Space Fund Total AM SIGNAL LLC BENJAMIN JOEL GINGLES Brian Lynch CORE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE DENVER WATER EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC Eric Casey FASTENAL FASTENAL COMPANY FELSBURG HOLT & ULLEVIG FELSBURG HOLT & ULLEVIG INC HKS UTILITY SERVICES LLC LAKEHURST WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT LEGALSHIELD LINGO TELECOM LLC LOEWEN ENGINEERING INC MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC OXFORD RECYCLING INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Sean DeGroat SMYRNA READY MIX CONCRETE LLC UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER OF COLO VANCE BROTHERS INC VANCE BROTHERS INC WASTE MANAGEMENT OF COLO INC WEAR PARTS AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC XCEL ENERGY Road & Bridge Fund Total

Training & Education 1,690.00 Printing Services 475.00 Consultant Services 3,360.00 Sign Maintenance Supplies 1,732.66 Telephone Services 549.55 Clothing Supplies 10.00 Employee Legal Services 157.60 Telephone Services (398.43) Consultant Services 15,082.01 Mileage 54.34 Accelerated Resource Management Services 5,000.00 Flex Child Care 150.00 Flex Medical Insurance 1,871.04 Machinery & Equipment 7,882.93 Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital 2,502.00 Professional Dues & Memberships 100.00 Advertising & Publishing 4,800.00 Trash Removal Services 189.75 47,531.38 Signal Maintenance Clothing Supplies Clothing Supplies Traffic Related Power Water, Irrigation, & Sanitation Services True Connect Loans Clothing Supplies Life Safety Supplies Life Safety Supplies Miscellaneous Contract Services Road Design Miscellaneous Contract Services Water, Irrigation, & Sanitation Services Employee Legal Services Telephone Services Miscellaneous Contract Services Sand & Gravel Pavement Mgt Materials Disposal of Construction Spoils Flex Child Care Flex Medical Insurance Flex Spending Account - Limited Purpose Clothing Supplies Pavement Management Contracts Consultant Services Tools & Shop Equipment Pavement Mgt Materials Trash Removal Services

1,160.00 94.03 73.96 138.23 60.80 170.56 120.00 355.37 42.45 6,153.29 4,322.50 4,750.00 42.93 181.24 239.55 12,122.50 1,276.78 6,010.76 810.00 208.33 1,181.16 133.33 71.99 697.25 1,523.49 942.00 87.00 782.72

Vehicle & Equipment Parts 1,052.44 Traffic Related Power 664.25 45,468.91

A&A LANGUAGES LLC

HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 793.25 ALISON L MANGOLD HS-Mileage 126.63 Amorette Back HS-Mileage 231.49 ANGEL M MEDINA HS-Mileage 84.42 Anyssa Vela HS-Mileage 222.51 Ashley Hoffman HS-Mileage 126.63 BENNIE PALKO HS-Assistance Payments CYF 423.99 BOWDITCH & CASSELL HS-Miscellaneous PUBLIC AFFAIRS Contract Services 3,000.00 Brittany Bollig HS-Mileage 35.24 CDHS BIU AND RECORDS & REPORTS HS-Federal Grant Revenue 86,314.65 CLIENT PAYMENT HS-Assistance Payments Other 5,803.82 CLIENT PAYMENT HS-Assistance Payments County Paid 400.00 Continued to Next Page. (Page 1 of 2) No. CC 1489

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Public Notice 1) For sale: 1963 Ford F600 vin# F60CR440587 impounded 1/3/24 from 29507 Buffalo Park Rd Evergreen CO 80439 AS IS $1500 720-891-8139 Legal Notice No. CC 1492 First Publication: February 15, 2024 Last Publication: February 15, 2024 Publisher: Canyon Courier

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE is hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING will be held during the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Evergreen Fire Protection District, Jefferson and Clear Creek Counties, Colorado, on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at 5:30 p.m., in Classroom A & B at 1802 Bergen Parkway. This PUBLIC HEARING will be to hear comments regarding Resolution 20240003 to Adopt the 2024 Wildland Services Fee Schedule which is before the Board of Directors for consideration.

CLIENT PAYMENT

HS-Assistance Payments Rent 25,024.85 ELAINE E GARCIA HS-Mileage 310.88 EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC True Connect Loans 1,454.49 FINANCIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE HS - Professional Dues & Memberships 2,495.00 HOPSKIPDRIVE INC HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 9,647.51 JANE HOFFMANN RN MS CS HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 2,450.00 JENNIFER C CARTER HS-Mileage 96.29 JENNIFER ERICA JEWELL HS-Mileage 87.10 JENNIFER ERICA JEWELL HS-County Travel 32.00 JENNIFER N ANDREWS HS-Mileage 292.79 JESSICA KENDELL HS-Mileage 92.75 Katy Rael HS-Mileage 144.25 KRISTA THOGERSEN HS-Mileage 44.22 Laura Olin HS-Mileage 113.30 LEGALSHIELD Employee Legal Services 362.48 LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS HS-Professional & Technical Services 100.00 LINGO TELECOM LLC HS-Telephone Services (27.95) MATTHEW R ENGEMOEN HS-Mileage 158.32 MEGAN KENNEY DORSAM HS-Mileage 310.88 METRO TRANSPORTATION HS-Miscellaneous PLANNING & SOLUTION Contract Services 473.50 NATHAN J LEVITT HS-Mileage 98.64 Paige Cloyd HS-County Travel 32.00 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Child Care 2,019.97 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Medical Insurance 7,520.77 RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Spending Account - Limited Purpose 185.83 SARAH E KIMMEL HS-Mileage 169.11 SYNTES LANGUAGE GROUP INC HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 2,837.65 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF VITAL RECORDS HS-Document Copy Supplies 24.00 WAVE NEUROFEEDBACK LLC HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 400.00 Social Services Fund Total 154,513.26

SYNTES LANGUAGE GROUP INC Workforce Development Fund Total CLIENT PAYMENT EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC JEFFERSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH LEGALSHIELD LINGO TELECOM LLC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SECURITY CENTRAL INC Head Start Fund Total ACADEMY OF COSMETOLOGY ARTS LLC ATHENA CONSULTING LLC

Legal Notice No. CC 1490 First Publication: February 15, 2024 Last Publication: February 15, 2024 Publisher: Canyon Courier

Bids and Settlements 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 5th day of March 2024 final settlement will be made by the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado to:

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.

CONCRETE EXPRESS INC. 2027 W. COLFAX AVE. DENVER, CO 80204

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

hereinafter called the “Contractor”, for and on account of the contract for the West Quincy Ave-Roadway (S Beech Way to S Swadley Court) 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 furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or any of said work,

Jefferson County Warrants

Continued From Last Page: Page 2 of 2 CC 1489

HS-Mileage Employee Legal Services HS-Job Skills Training Flex Child Care Flex Medical Insurance Flex Spending Account - Limited Purpose HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services

By:/s/ Stacey Ballinger, President

Public Notice

Public Trustees

Eva Nobles LEGALSHIELD LOCKHEED MARTIN RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC

FOR EVERGREEN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Metropolitan Districts

31.37 23.64 5,000.00 167.50 282.75 65.00 268.25 5,838.51

HS-Refund Assistance Payment-State 125,000.00 True Connect Loans 219.31 HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 5,844.80 Employee Legal Services 31.52 HS-Telephone Services 168.43 Flex Child Care 308.33 Flex Medical Insurance 266.67 HS-Services & Charges 74.12 131,913.18

HS-Job Skills Training 3,200.00 HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 6,846.54 CLIENT PAYMENT HS-Competency Assistance 36,406.00 CLIENT PAYMENT HS-Fingerprints Assistance 439.00 CLIENT PAYMENT HS-Assistance Payments Other 4,000.01 CODE BLUE COMPUTING HS-Job Skills Training 2,040.00 LOCKHEED MARTIN HS-Job Skills Training 5,000.00 WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY HS-Job Skills Training 1,000.00 Workforce Development Fund SEFA Federal Grants Total 58,931.55

BREANNA N INFANTE HS-Training & Education SECURITY CENTRAL INC HS-Services & Charges Head Start Fund SEFA Federal Grants Total

1,295.00 54.46 1,349.46

A&E TIRE CLEAR CHOICE ANTIFREEZE COLORADO KENWORTH LLC LEGALSHIELD RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SOUTHERN TIRE MART LLC SOUTHERN TIRE MART LLC Fleet Services Fund Total

Tires 14,398.58 Motor Oil 639.00 Vehicle & Equipment Parts 12,049.23 Employee Legal Services 23.64 Flex Medical Insurance 100.00 Tires 16,832.48 Equipment Maintenance 390.00 44,432.93

ACTIVE MINDS AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC

795.00 34.88

Programs Janitorial Supplies Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC Office Supplies AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC Recognition/Appreciation AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC General Supplies AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC Special Events Supplies AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC Food Supplies AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC Computer Hardware & Software AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC Equipment Maintenance ANIMAL & PEST CONTROL SPECIALISTS Lawn & Grounds Maintenance AT&T MOBILITY Telephone Services BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC Library Books & Materials-Digital BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC Library Books & Materials-VAS BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC Library Books & Materials-Print BEAR CREEK LANDSCAPE CO LLC Snow Removal Services BETH WAHLER CONSULTING LLC Travel BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING INC Library Computer Service Materials BUILDING ENVELOPE Professional CONSULTANTS LTD & Technical Services CHARGEPOINT INC Electrical Supplies CINTAS FIRST AID & SAFETY Safety Supplies COCAL LANDSCAPE SERVICES INC Snow Removal Services CREATIVE FINANCIAL STAFFING LLC Temporary Agencies DG INVESTMENT INTERMEDIATE Security System HOLDINGS 2 INC Maintenance DOUBLE A SECURITY INC Building Supplies EDGEWATER, CITY OF Heat & Power EDGEWATER, CITY OF Water, Irrigation, & Sanitation Services EDGEWATER, CITY OF Programs EMMA JIROUSEK Programs EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC True Connect Loans EPPSTEIN UHEN ARCHITECTS INC Building Construction & Design EXPRESS SERVICES INC Temporary Agencies FEDEX OFFICE Delivery Charges FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY Equipment Rental FOUR SEASONS AWNING, LLC Equipment FRUITGUYS LLC, THE Food Supplies GRAINGER Building Supplies HAYNES MECHANICAL SYSTEMS HVAC Services IE CONNECT LLC Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES Library Books & Materials -VAS INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES Library Books & Materials -Print LAKEWOOD, CITY OF Water, Irrigation, & Sanitation Services LEGALSHIELD Employee Legal Services LORITO BOOKS Library Books & Materials -Print MIDWEST TAPE Library Books & Materials -DVD MIDWEST TAPE Library Books & Materials -Audio Book MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY Library Books & Materials

306.09 467.10 830.39 323.60 1,964.40 1,887.60 95.99 98.96 810.00 2,454.18 17,218.03 5,333.84 22,598.47 1,495.00 4,200.00 1,452.00 10,500.00 121.00 88.66 10,315.50 1,505.00 4,063.80 24.00 9,173.32 270.21 60.00 350.00 170.56 16,991.50 1,761.94 119.42 3,698.02 3,388.00 385.00 154.31 743.22 1,936.87 23.39 809.98 211.21 204.88 10,067.20 855.65 1,292.69 27.95

OVERDRIVE INC

Library Books & Materials-Digital 20,658.08 Building Rent 2,851.53 Programs 400.00 Telephone Services 4,954.88 Mileage 77.99 Flex Child Care 409.17 Flex Medical Insurance 3,769.36 Flex Transportation 100.00 Flex Spending Account - Limited Purpose 60.00 Sally Austin Mileage 41.67 T MOBILE Telephone Services 1,338.75 TECHTRONICS INC Security System Maintenance 108.00 ULINE SHIPPING SUPPLY SPECIALISTS General Supplies 1,092.94 VARI SALES CORPORATION Furniture & Equipment - Non Capital 472.50 VICTORIA F SANDOVAL Mileage 244.55 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY Janitorial Supplies 668.66 XCEL ENERGY Heat & Power 33,064.96 Library Fund Total 211,991.85 R & Y HAMMOND LLLP REUBEN HOLLENBECK RINGCENTRAL INC Rocio Vasquez Flores RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC

T MOBILE

Library Computer Service Materials Library Fund TABOR Revenue Grants Total DELTA DENTAL OF COLO EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC KAISER PERMANENTE LEGALSHIELD RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC UNITED HEALTHCARE Benefit Plan Fund Total ARROWHEAD FORENSICS, A DIV OF THOMAS SCIENTIFIC ARVADA CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH BARTON INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INLINER SOLUTIONS LLC INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INC MOUNTAIN RESOURCE CENTER INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC WHEAT RIDGE POULTRY AND MEATS INC American Rescue Plan Total Aaron Fosler CODY W ERICKSON COLO DEPT OF AGRICULTURE CORMAC E MCHUGH EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC ERIC M WALLER GALLS LLC HEATHER D KIM LEGALSHIELD LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION MARIO A GONZALEZ-OCHOA RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC SHAWNA F BECHINA Patrol Fund Total COLO DEPT OF AGRICULTURE COLO DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY LANGUAGE

5,136.86 5,136.86

Delta Dental Insurance Claims 43,546.70 True Connect Loans (0.02) Kaiser Medical Premiums 1,213,684.69 Employee Legal Services (15.56) Flex Medical Insurance 133.33 UHC Medical Claims 285,673.73 1,543,022.87 General Supplies General Assistance

6,190.62 11,255.62

General Assistance Repair & Maintenance Software as a Services (SaaS) General Assistance Flex Child Care Flex Medical Insurance

9,503.37 25,607.98

General Assistance

48.10 20,760.43 200.00 633.32 16,460.44 90,659.88

Veterinarian Services 295.50 JCSO Uniforms (Goods/Inventory) 155.37 Equipment Maintenance 240.00 Clothing Supplies 400.00 True Connect Loans 131.53 JCSO Uniforms (Goods/Inventory) 119.96 Police Supplies & Equipment 1,000.00 JCSO Uniforms (Goods/Inventory) 400.00 Employee Legal Services 510.32 Laboratory Supplies - DNA 1,981.85 JCSO Uniforms (Goods/Inventory) 392.71 Flex Child Care 1,179.99 Flex Medical Insurance 2,959.89 Flex Spending Account - Limited Purpose 14.58 JCSO Uniforms (Goods/Inventory) 104.98 9,886.68 Professional & Technical Services

315.00

Intergovernmental To State 13,502.00 Professional

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. CC 1487

COOPERATIVE CRESTLINE SPECIALTIES INC EMPLOYEE LOAN SOLUTION LLC GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC GOOD TIMES JEFFREY JOHN ZAYACH LEGALSHIELD LINGO TELECOM LLC MYSIDEWALK INC NITEL LLC PINGBOARD INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Public Health Fund Total

& Technical Services Office Supplies True Connect Loans Medical Supplies/Drugs Revenue Refunds Professional & Technical Services Employee Legal Services Telephone Services Professional & Technical Services Telephone Services Software Maintenance Agreement Flex Child Care Flex Medical Insurance Flex Spending Account - Limited Purpose

CONTACT ONE CALL CENTER INC MCKESSON GENERAL MEDICAL CORP MEDICAL SYSTEMS OF DENVER INC MONTROSE AIR QUALITY SERVICES

Telephone Services Medical Supplies/Drugs Medical Supplies/Drugs Professional & Technical Services VALERIE A CARBERRY Mileage Public Health Fund SEFA Federal Grants Total ALARM DETECTION SYSTEMS INC AT&T MOBILITY BRISTOL BOTANICS INC

Miscellaneous Contract Services Telephone Services Miscellaneous Contract Services Telephone Services Airfield Equipment

220.21 1,235.80 65.90 5,902.60 1,175.22 2,012.50 102.44 164.66 11,600.00 192.29 18.93 1,124.98 2,367.16 41.67 40,041.36 335.35 30,681.60 100.53 12,735.00 393.29 44,245.77 881.52 537.75

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3,200.00 3,200.00

Road Design Road & Street Improvements MERRICK & COMPANY Road Design Southeast Sales Tax - Capital Project Fund Total

692,017.34 2,151.00 694,813.34

SOUDER MILLER & ASSOCIATES Contract Services STERICYCLE INC Contract Services XCEL ENERGY Heat & Power Solid Waste Emergency Reserve Fund Total

27,827.58 192.48 179.83 28,199.89

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GRAND TOTAL Legal Notice No. CC 1489 Last Publication: February 15, 2024

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Public Notices First Publication: February 15, 2024 Last Publication: February 22, 2024 Publisher: Canyon Courier Public Notice ADVERTISEMENT for BID IDLEDALE WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT IDLEDALE, COLORADO POTABLE WATER WELL DRILLING & DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Public Notice The Idledale Water & Sanitation District (Owner) is requesting bids from qualified well drilling contractors (Bidders) for the drilling and development of a new potable water well as described herein: Owner will accept written bids from qualified contractors to provide all required labor, materials, and equipment to drill and develop a new potable water well. In addition, the contractor will be required to perform required water quality sampling for laboratory testing and water production yield testing utilizing air lifting procedures.

All construction activities including equipment staging and storage will occur on the Owner’s property at 2144 S. Grapevine Road, Idledale Colorado. Bids are required to be submitted electronically to the District via email to Justin

Janca at justin@publicalliancellc.com. Bids will be accepted by the Owner until 3:00 PM MST on March 15, 2024. Bids received after that time may be rejected. Please contact Justin Janca at justin@publicalliancellc.com or (720) 231-1239 to receive an electronic copy of the well drilling bid documents.

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Legal Notice No. CC 1493 First Publication: February 15, 2024 Last Publication: February 15, 2024 Publisher: Canyon Courier

Defendants: CITY OF ARVADA, Colorado, a municipal corporation, the OBERON WATER COMPANY, a Colorado Corporation, and ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION Attorney for Defendant City of Arvada: CITY OF ARVADA OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY Kylie T. Justus, #49862 8101 Ralston Road Arvada, CO 80002 720-898-7180 kjustus@arvada.org Case No. 2024CV30001 DISTRICT COURT CIVIL SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION]

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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the Counterclaim filed in this action. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service of this summons is made upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the date of the last publication. A copy of the Counterclaim and Complaint may be obtained from the clerk

DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO 100 Jefferson County Pkwy Golden, CO 80401 Plaintiffs: BECKY JEAN HASSELL AND JOEL GERARD HASSELL v.

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If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Counterclaim in writing within the 35 days after the date of the last publication, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Counterclaim without further notice.

This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiff and Defendants in and to the real property situated in Jefferson County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

Exhibit A All that portion of the Northeast One-Quarter of the Southwest One-Quarter of said Section 3 lying north and west of Hubbel’s Range View subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 62, page 56, AND lying north and east of the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way, EXCEPTING therefrom any portion lying with West 68th Avenue right of way.

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Legal Notice No. CC 1488 First Publication: February 15, 2024 Last Publication: March 14, 2024 Published in the Canyon Courier

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KAREN E. KEEFOVER, a/k/a KAREN ELAINE KEEFOVER, a/k/a KAREN ELAINE SHADE, Deceased Case No.: 2024PR30101 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the co-personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before June 8, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

David Keefover, Co-Personal Representative c/o The Law Office of Jennifer S. Gormley, P.C. 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Suite 300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. CC 1481 First Publication: February 8, 2024 Last Publication: February 22, 2024 Publisher: Canyon Courier ###

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