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Cherry Creek wins 5A State Championship

‘Perceived’ Creek bomb threat based on Facebook interaction Conversation with parent led to investigation; police found no credible threat

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cherry Creek won its second straight Class 5A girls swim championship on Feb. 16 at the VMAC in Thornton. It was the 28th PHOTO BY JIM BENTON state title that the Bruins have won in the past 48 seasons. See page 24 for more.

Colorado again loosens school COVID guidance State makes changes to help ‘transition to routine public health response’

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Citing a continued decline in the recent coronavirus surge, the state public health department updated its school COVID-19 guidance, laying out an option for K-12 schools to start treating the virus more like other infectious diseases in schools.

The new recommended COVID response focuses more on respond-

ing to “case clusters, outbreaks, and evidence of ongoing transmission in schools” — and less on quarantining of staff and students after exposures to COVID in school, according to a state health department news release.

“As COVID-19 case rates, (test) percent positivity, and hospitalization rates continue to decrease and stabilize, it is appropriate for schools to choose a more typical routine disease control model,” Dr. Rachel Herlihy, state epidemiologist, said in the release.

She added: “This approach will help schools, parents, and teachers continue in-person learning with fewer disruptions, but schools should consider transitioning to

this option cautiously, as moving too soon could result in an increase in transmission.”

The announcement cautioned that school administrators should be prepared for the emergence of new coronavirus variants or “substantial waning immunity” and the need to switch back to a focus on individual COVID cases.

Moving away from quarantine Strategies that would not be continued in a more-routine COVID response model — unless a cluster or outbreak is detected — include: • Individual case investigation and contact tracing. Contact SEE GUIDANCE, P26

A Cherry Creek parent’s Facebook interaction with a man who lives outside the school district led to an investigation of a “perceived bomb threat” that pushed the district to move the Feb. 15 school board meeting to a “location under secured perimeter,” according to the district and a police report.

In a Facebook messenger conversation, Donald Laconte, a 55-year-old Denver man, asked Molly Lamar, 47, about the location of West Middle School, where a Feb. 14 Cherry Creek school board meeting was set to take place in Greenwood Village.

“When Don asks where the school is he replies with a thumb’s up emoji, a ‘bomb’ emoji, and the ‘bang’ emoji. Molly then gives Don the address and time of the meeting,” according to a Greenwood Village police report provided to Colorado Community Media.

Authorities on the night of Feb. 11 became aware of interaction between Laconte and Lamar through Safe2Tell, an anonymous reporting tip line and online platform commonly used in school communities, according to Greenwood Village police.

“Don responds to all of Molly’s angry posts with comments like … ‘Maam it’s getting closer to ignition I’m right beside all the way Happy Vday,’” police cite the SEE THREAT, P8

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February 24, 2022

Tired of mowing your lawn?

Colorado could pay you $2 a square foot to rip it out

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

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Colorado would expand grass turf buyouts statewide and double existing city rip-and-replace programs in a bill aimed at solving misuse of precious water during the state’s long-term drought.

The bipartisan bill would create a $2 million to $4 million annual pool from general fund money to pay homeowners, businesses or any other landlords willing to replace thirsty bluegrass on lawns, road medians, highway ditches and other places the decorative greens are draining state reservoirs.

Most current turf buyout programs in Colorado pay $1 per square foot to replace grass with drought-friendly alternatives, and they only cover about 25% of the population. The turf buyout bill would match local spending to increase the buyouts to $2 a square foot, and bring $1 a foot buyouts to the other 75% of the state living without a buyout option, sponsors and environmental backers said.

“No one has a picnic on the strip of grass in the median at a shopping mall,” cosponsor Sen. Jeff Bridges, D-Greenwood Village, said. With the Colorado River Basin draining in a decades-long drought, and neighboring downriver states threatening legal action to get their water rights from

Colorado, Bridges said, “we need to do more to make sure we’re getting the most possible use, the most benefit, from what we have here in the state.”

Conservation groups, who have long argued it’s time to trim nonnative grass watering that Colorado State University experts estimate makes up most of the 55% of Front Range urban water used on the outdoors, hail the statewide buyout idea as a great first step that they hope will expand.

“This is all part of a strategy to make Colorado landscapes more water efficient. And so we think a statewide turf buyback program is one great way to do that,” said John Berggren, a water analyst with the nonprofit Western Resource Advocates.

“There’s a growing recognition that we have to reduce the amount of irrigated turf we have, and a growing recognition that while some turf is definitely beneficial – parks, sports fields, parts of people’s yards – we all know there’s a lot of turf that doesn’t get used,” Berggren said.

House Bill 1151 is sponsored by Bridges, Sen. Cleave Simpson, R-Alamosa; Rep. Marc Catlin, R-Montrose; and Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Avon.

Bill sponsors and conservation supporters estimate all the buyout programs in the state currently spend about $1.3 million a year, and they want to at least double that amount.

Legislators are still negotiating on the general fund amount they will ask for.

Some southwestern cities have more aggressive buyout programs. Las

A Colorado program aims to conserve water by providing incentives to take grass out SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE of yards.

Vegas offers $3 a square foot to help tear out grass and design low-water gardens and landscaping.

A $2 million to $4 million budget would be tiny in the big picture – Denver Water revenues in 2021 from water sales were projected at $311 million.

But advocates see public acceptance of buyouts as an important initial goal as climate change and shorter-term drought shrink the amount of water available in Colorado.

Environmental groups also believe city water departments need to participate more in conservation efforts – 80% to 85% of Colorado’s water goes to agricultural use, but conservation advocates say they want rural and urban areas to cooperate on long-term water demand issues. Front Range cities rely heavily on river water

diverted from the Western Slope.

Sponsors also emphasize Colorado won’t be dictating that every town have a buyback program, or how they run their payouts.

Grass lawns are not getting outlawed, Bridges noted.

“We’re creating a fund to say if you agree with us, which we hope you do,” he said, “here’s a way to make it less expensive for you to make the fix that we all know you need to make.”

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Douglas County School Board approves superintendent search plan Process expected to go quickly BYELLIOTTWENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The job posting for the next Douglas County School District superintendent will be displayed online beginning Feb. 17 and ending Feb. 25. The district’s board of directors approved the preliminary timeline for the position in a special meeting Feb. 16.

The board plans to fully approve a schedule for hiring the position — which would set March 3 as the date finalists will be identified — during a Feb. 22 meeting.

During the special meeting, the board sparred over whether this timeline was too brief.

“We really need to get stability back, and I’m concerned that if we are leaving the superintendent seat vacant without a long-term solution, this sort of division is going to continue,” Director Christy Williams said in support of the shortened timeline.

Directors Susan Meek and David Ray spoke against the timeline.

“Why is this timeline so compressed that it prevents true, authentic public engagement in the hiring?” Meek asked.

The original timeline proposed by Board President Mike Peterson suggested the board vote on finalists by Feb. 24.

The superintendent position became open after the Feb. 4 firing of former Superintendant Corey Wise in a 4-3 vote. The previous superintendent search, which resulted in the selection of Wise, took about four months.

Wise was selected as superintendent in April of last year from a pool of more than 100 applicants. There were four finalists — two from within the district and two from other states. The district hired an outside search firm, Frederick Andrews, to lead the process.

The newly elected board members — Peterson, Williams, Becky Myers and Kaylee Winegar — voted to oust Wise, saying he had mismanaged masking requirements and they felt he undermined the new board members, among other complaints.

Directors Ray, Meek and Elizabeth Hanson voted against terminating Wise.

The seven-hour Feb. 16 meeting included a one-hour executive session and more than two hours of public comment, with many attending the fully virtual meeting to comment on Wise being fired.

John Lederman, co-president of the Student Advisory Group, lambasted the board majority for the firing Wise.

“We are losing our most exceptional teachers because of your malicious intentions,” he said.

Lederman asked the board to allow students to be part of the superintendent interview process.

A commenter who identified herself as a non-union, 29-year teacher called the decision a “grave mistake.”

Some speakers voiced support for the decision and the majority board members, with one participant saying she was “appalled and disgusted” with the minority members of the board.

“The union and the minority board members continue to cause divisiveness, pitting teachers against parents and kids,” she said.

External search During public comment, several speakers predicted Erin Kane, an executive director of a charter school in the district and a former district superintendent, is the majority board members’ predetermined choice for the position.

Kane recently joined multiple charter schools in requesting waivers from the district’s common communicable disease policy and requested a waiver from the district’s equity policy.

In past months, she has advocated for giving charters autonomy over COVID-19 protocols, including giving them the choice to decide masking requirements on their own if schools are not required to by local, state or federal mandates.

While Peterson initially said he was interested in only having an internal search, he later said he wanted it to be open to external candidates after learning from the director of human resources that in order for the position to be open to charter school applicants, it would need to be available both internally and externally. The board ultimately decided to open the search to both internal and external candidates.

When asked directly by Meek if the majority board members already had a candidate in mind, Peterson said he called Kane a few weeks ago to see if she would be interested in the superintendent’s position. She said “yes,” he said.

“I think she would be a good candidate, but I am also open to looking at other folks,” Peterson said.

Myers and Winegar said they did not already have a candidate already in mind. Williams said she hoped Kane would apply.

In response to interview requests with Kane, a spokeswoman for American Academy provided a letter that Kane sent to the charter school community on Feb. 17.

Kane said she was honored when Peterson asked about her interest in applying for the superintendency. She called her experience as interim superintendent during a divided time in the district one of the most difficult and rewarding parts of her career.

Speculation about her succeeding Wise is premature with the search process just starting, she said, but promised to be transparent with her schools as the search gets underway.

“I am committed to helping us move forward to a brighter future, whether leading American Academy or our district, if given the opportunity,” she said.

After a discussion ranging from grammar and semantics to background requirements for the superintendent’s position, the directors unanimously approved a job description.

Ray suggested they only consider candidates with direct experience teaching and with education, but the majority board members said they would prefer more general language.

The approved annual salary for the position ranges from $220,000 to a maximum of $330,000.

(Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with statements from Erin Kane.)

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Creek union president ‘saddened’ for Douglas County teachers Amid Douglas schools fallout, unclear whether some teachers will come to Cherry Creek BYELLISARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Cherry Creek School District teachers’ union president, Kasey Ellis, feels for teachers in Douglas County as controversy continues in the wake of the Douglas school board’s decision to fire its superintendent.

“I’m saddened for the educators in Douglas County because what is happening there speaks to what that board believes about the educators in Douglas County, from my perspective,” Ellis said.

The teachers’ union, the Douglas County Federation, knows of at least two teachers who were leaving or retiring from Douglas County School District because of recent events, Colorado Community Media reported on Feb. 11.

A Douglas County district spokeswoman said 16 teachers have resigned since Feb. 4. There are more than 3,500 teachers in the district.

It is unclear whether some teachers may come to the neighboring Cherry Creek School District amid the fallout.

Asked whether any Douglas County district teachers or staff who recently

resigned or retired from that district have applied for positions in Cherry Creek in the past few weeks, Ellis said she would not be aware of that because any applicants would be interacting with Cherry Creek district’s human resources department.

Cherry Creek declined CCM’s request for an interview with the district’s human resources department for this story.

The Cherry Creek district held a job fair on Feb. 12 for teachers and other staff, an event that was announced in a district newsletter on Jan. 21, a couple weeks before the Douglas County School Board voted to fire its superintendent without cause in a 4-3 decision.

Ellis said she had a table at Cherry Creek’s job fair and that she spoke to a few teachers.

“But none that indicated where they were from or whether they were from Douglas County,” Ellis added.

Asked whether any current or recently resigned Douglas County district teachers or staff applied for positions in Cherry Creek in the past few weeks, the Cherry Creek district did not say.

“We do not give out information about applicants,” Abbe Smith, Cherry Creek district spokesperson, said on Feb. 18, while noting the district doesn’t release information about potential job applicants.

As the Douglas County school district developments continue to unfold, the situation could recall the backlash in

Cherry Creek Schools held virtual meetings in mid-February after a bomb threat.

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that district from several years ago.

Many teachers and parents blamed former Douglas Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen, who was hired in 2010 by a school board majority of reformminded members, for policies that led to an exodus of teachers and administrators over several years, CCM reported in 2018. During her tenure, the school board severed ties with the teachers’ union. Fagen left the district in July 2016.

Asked whether Cherry Creek received many applications from former Douglas school district teachers and other staff in the years leading up to 2016 and in 2016, Ellis said: “I don’t know how many applications they received, but I do know we have teachers that were former Douglas County teachers.”

But she doesn’t know what motivated them to come to Cherry Creek, she noted.

Ellis said she “can’t say with certainty

one way or the other” whether Cherry Creek is likely to see many applications from former Douglas County district teachers and other staff in the coming weeks or months.

“I think teachers are going to go someplace where they feel valued by their community and by the board of education,” Ellis said.

WHAT DOES THE TEACHERS’ UNION DO? The Cherry Creek Education Association is the union that represents teachers, nurses, mental health staff, counselors and other education professionals in negotiations with Cherry Creek School District. The union works to influence district policy, including decisions about salaries, resources for educators and students, and working conditions.

Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, fresh off arrest, says she will run for Colorado’s top election official post Republican announced her planned candidacy on a show by Steve Bannon

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Embattled Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who was briefly jailed two weeks ago on charges of obstructing a peace officer and obstructing govern-

ment operations, said she is running to become Colorado’s top election official.

Peters, a Republican, announced her candidacy to become Colorado secretary of state on Feb. 14 on a show run and hosted by Steve Bannon, the controversial former adviser to former President Donald Trump. Bannon was indicted in recent months on suspicion of being in contempt of Congress.

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Peters is under grand jury investigation for a security breach of her county’s election system after she allegedly allowed an unauthorized person to attend a sensitive Dominion Voting Systems software update and facilitate the digital copying of her election system.

Peters, who has spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election being stolen, has not formally filed to run to be Colorado secretary of state. She was initially running for reelection to a second four-year term as Mesa County’s

clerk and recorder.

She cannot simultaneously run for both positions.

There are a few other Republicans running this year to be Colorado’s secretary of state, including Pam Anderson, Jefferson County’s former clerk and recorder and the former leader of the Colorado County Clerks Association. Anderson has been critical of Peters and has rejected baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Anderson and Peters are running to unseat Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat.

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Peters was barred from having an oversight role in the 2021 election because of the ongoing local, state and federal criminal investigations into her conduct. Griswold is seeking to bar her from having an oversight role in the 2022 election.

Griswold on Feb. 14 called Peters “unfit” to be secretary of state and “a danger to Colorado elections.”

“Peters compromised voting equipment to try to prove conspiracies, costing Mesa County taxpayers nearly $1 million dollars,” Griswold said. “She works with election deniers, spreads lies about elections, was removed from overseeing the 2021 Mesa County election, and is under criminal investigation by a grand jury. Colorado needs a secretary of state who will uphold the will

of the people; not one who embraces conspiracies and risks Coloradans’ right to vote.”

Griswold has already been invoking Peters in fundraising emails for her 2022 election, pointing to Peters as the reason why voters should elect to her another term as Colorado’s top election official.

Peters’ arrest two weeks ago came as she was being investigated for allegedly filming a court hearing for her deputy, Belinda Knisley, who is facing felony and misdemeanor charges. The Associated Press reports Peters is accused of resisting police efforts to seize the iPad she allegedly used to record the hearing.

Peters allegedly tried to kick an officer who was trying to arrest her, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

David Winney, a Colorado Springs man who also has questioned the results of the 2020 presidential election, and Mike O’Donnell, a nonprofit

Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters speaks during the Truth and Justice Rally at the old Mesa County Courthouse on December 1, 2021, in Grand Junction. PHOTO BY HUGH CAREY

executive who lives in Kirk, are also running for the GOP secretary of state nomination. O’Donnell objects to Election Day voter registration and claims that many registered voters aren’t citizens.

Colorado’s primary will be held June 28.

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Colleges help support businesses with work training grants ACC is part of longstanding program offering $1,400 per employee to hone skills

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For over three decades, Colorado’s community colleges have worked with the state government to offer a grant-based jobs training program for businesses.

At Arapahoe Community College (ACC), based in Littleton with campuses in Parker and Castle Rock, businesses can apply to be reimbursed $1,400 per employee for training programs that are tailored to their needs.

Funded through the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the program, Skill Advance Colorado, is administered by 18 community college campuses across Colorado that, combined, can support $4.5 million in grants per year.

The goal, according to ACC Workforce Business and Development Coordinator Emily Martini, is to “ensure that Colorado has a robust workforce so that business that is here, or considering locating here, has opportunity.”

“If we have a business here whose growth is stifled because they do not have training for those employees they need,

Arapahoe Community College is one of 18 community colleges across Colorado that FILE PHOTO offers reimbursement grants to businesses looking to train employees.

more than a year, it also allows businesses to train for new employees, something that Martini said can be crucial for retention.

“I have heard from many employers that I’ve talked with that hiring for that right fit is imperative right now,” Martini said.

Oftentimes, the training helps bridge the gap between what a person learns in the classroom

they’re going to be going somewhere else,” Martini said.

Amid a volatile job market, where businesses are seeing fewer and fewer applications and more resignations, Martini said the college’s program is an essential way to keep businesses stable. While the program offers money for training for existing employees who’ve worked for

and the skills they need for a given job. And training differs depending on the employers’ needs.

One grantee of Martini’s that she is currently working with is an auto repair shop that is looking to train its five employees in upholstery, an often undertaught and incredibly specialized skill. Another in the past has been a credit union looking to improve its critical thinking practices among staff.

Sometimes the college will provide money for the company to train from within, while other times it may outsource to a third party for training. In other cases, it may even tap some trainees from its own college-run programs, according to Martini.

Last year the college awarded grants to 10 employers. This year, it has so far awarded nine, according to Martini. While the college can award grants to any business in Colorado, as well as businesses looking to locate in Colorado, Martini urged local Littleton-based employers to take advantage of the program.

“I would love to see more small businesses applying to the program,” she said. “We really are here to serve that community.”

If you’re an employer who is interested in applying, you can do so by going to tinyurl.com/ skilladvance or by calling 303797-5722.

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22 years of drought in Colorado

Blue Mesa Reservoir in Gunnison County shows the effect of a water draw down on October 29, 2021. The reservoir was lowered because water was being released downstream to increase the volume of water available to downstream users that rely on the Colorado River. Blue Mesa is fed by the Gunnison River, one of the Colorado River’s largest tribuPHOTO BY DEAN KRAKEL taries.

Study says climate change made the current mega-drought worse BYCHRISOUTCALT THECOLORADOSUN

The hot and dry conditions that have gripped the southwestern United States since 2000 account for the driest 22-year period on record stretching back 1,200 years, according to a study published Feb. 14 in the journal Nature Climate Change.

What’s more, this new research finds that although there would have been a drought anyway, climate change made it considerably worse.

Previous research indicated the current drought was the driest stretch since the 1500s. The new study, however, incorporated data from 2021, a particularly dry year, which led the current 22-year period to exceed the intense drought in the 1500s, researchers who studied tree ring data found.

The hotter and drier climate noted by researchers has fueled wildfires, caused problems for farmers and ranchers whose livelihood depends on water for irrigation, and resulted in lower flows on the Colorado River — as well as other rivers and streams — which provides drinking water to more than 36 million people.

“What’s super intriguing is the headline finding that this is the driest 22-year period since at least 800,” Brad Udall, a senior water and climate research scientist at Colorado State University’s Colorado Water Institute, said. “That’s stunning.”

Udall was part of the peer-review team for the current study, which used a bank of tree ring data to reconstruct soil moisture conditions for June, July, and August during the past 1,200 years. The database, maintained by NOAA, contains information about both dead and live trees. There’s a good correlation, Udall said, between tree ring widths and soil moisture; wider rings indicate years that received more precipitation.

“This is one of the first papers that ties soil moisture to the impacts of this drought,” Udall said.

Although snowpack on April 1 was either at or slightly below 100 percent of average in each of the past two years, Udall said, the spring runoff was significantly lower than expected. “Increasingly, these really warm June, July, August periods have been draining soil moisture,” Udall said. “This explains how serious the current conditions are and why we’ve been getting such

terrible runoff out of reasonably good snowpack.”

Spring runoff is critical to irrigated agriculture, domestic water supplies, and the recreation industry in Colorado and across the West. Flows in the Colorado River basin, an area that includes the Colorado River and all the rivers and streams that feed into it, have been hard hit. In 2000, the reservoir system in the basin was 95% full; as of fall 2021, the reservoirs were at 39% capacity, the lowest levels on record, according to the Department of Interior.

“It makes it a little easier to believe that we’ve got a real problem with soil moisture here,” Udall said. “And it’s likely we’re going to continue to see these crummy years of runoff even if we have OK snowpack.”

“The dramatic trend of hotter and drier conditions across the southwest means we have to work harder and faster on solutions that meet the moment,” said Bart Miller, healthy rivers program director at the nonprofit Western Resource Advocates. “It’s urgent that we ramp up conservation and more flexible water management to protect our rivers and our communities.”

The new study estimated that climate change driven by human causes increased the severity of the drought conditions from 2000 to 2021 by 42%.

In fact, without the impacts of climate change, according to the study, “20002021 would not even be classified as a single extended drought event.” The drought is also likely to continue, according to the study. When factoring in climate change, the current drought lasted through a 30th year in 75% of the soil moisture simulations the researchers conducted.

Udall said drought might not be the right term anymore.

“We’ve been calling it a drought,” he said, “but a number of scientists have been saying this is something else.”

Udall has pitched aridification as a new way to categorize the hot and dry conditions impacting the Colorado River basin and rest of the southwest.

“What it really means is the long-term warming and drying of the American West. Not every year is warmer and drier but the overall trend is in that direction,” Udall said. “My sense is that this drought is here to stay; it seems very clear to me we’re on that path.”

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Safe2Tell report as saying.

It did not appear that Laconte made a “direct threat,” but based on the emoji and the use of the word “ignition,” an officer believed the situation should be reviewed by police and Cherry Creek School District security, the police report says.

‘Never actually attended’ a meeting Lamar made a post about the Cherry Creek district, and Laconte commented on the post and included a “bomb, explosion, and thumbs up emoji,” another part of the police report says. It’s unclear in the report whether officers were referring to two separate interactions by mentioning a post and a conversation.

Another officer called Lamar to discuss the post and concern surrounding it, according to the report.

Lamar, who lives in the Greenwood Village area, told the officer that she is a “vocal parent who often stands up for what she believes in,” the report says.

“As of recent she has been vocal about the CCSD teachers union and this has caused some people to not like her,” the report says. “During the last (Cherry Creek) school board election she supported a candidate by the name of Jen Gibbons.”

During the Gibbons campaign, Lamar would often comment on posts Gibbons made, and Laconte would also comment on the posts, according to the report.

Incumbent Kelly Bates won the race over Gibbons in the election that ended Nov. 2.

Laconte also started commenting on things “she posted on her own page,” the report says, appear to refer to Lamar.

At some point, Lamar accepted a Facebook friend request from Laconte but did not realize it until now, the report cites Lamar as saying.

“Don often commented on her post with emojis and often they were the same bomb, explosion, and thumbs up emojis,” the report says.

Lamar had “never thought

The front of West Middle School in Greenwood Village, pictured on Feb. 20. The school is where a Feb. 14 Cherry Creek school board PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD meeting was set to take place.

much of it” based on speaking to Laconte online, the report adds. Lamar has never met Laconte in person, she told police.

“Molly was very receptive to my call and understood where there the emojis could be alarming,” the second officer wrote in the report.

By phone, Laconte told police he understood why what he wrote could be concerning and that he “certainly never meant it to taken that way,” the report says.

Laconte told police he recently took an interest in Cherry Creek School District.

He “has never actually attended a CCSD board meeting,” the report says.

“He would never harm anyone on the board or at the district and has no intentions of bombing anyone,” the report cites Laconte as saying. “He uses those emojis because he thinks Molly is a firecracker and appreciates her standing up for what he believes in.”

Laconte thought about attending the Feb. 14 board meeting but “did not have a good way to get there and now thought that it might be a bad idea given the concerns,” the report says. “He was very apologetic and thanked me for talking with him.”

‘Documented criminal history’ The perceived threat originated from “an individual with a documented criminal history,” a post on the school board meeting webpage said.

Laconte has a lengthy court history, online court records show. In part, that includes pleading guilty to an assault charge in 2014, pleading guilty to criminal mischief in 2019, pleading guilty to menacing in 2019 and pleading guilty to “felony menacing-real/simulated weapon” in 2010, according to the records.

Concerns come amid recent threats in area The Cherry Creek school board held its Feb. 14 regular meeting at a “location under secured perimeter” due to what the district called a perceived bomb threat that targeted the school board meeting, according to a post on the school board meeting webpage.

Greenwood Village police investigated the situation and didn’t find any credible threats, so the police department was not taking further action, according to police Cmdr. Joe Gutgsell.

No schools or other district buildings were put on lockdown or secure perimeter related to the perceived threat, Abbe Smith, district spokesperson, said on Feb. 14.

Some schools were on secure perimeter status in Aurora for reasons unrelated to the per-

ceived threat, but they were taken off that status, Smith said on Feb. 14.

The concerns of a threat in Cherry Creek came against the backdrop of threats sent to Littleton Public Schools Superintendent Brian Ewert and the Littleton school board — including death threats — following controversy over a district-hosted COVID vaccine clinic.

Those threats began shortly after two videos surfaced showing a 15-year-old Littleton High School student and a 16-year-old homeschooled student lying to clinic staff at Heritage High School on Jan. 21 about age and parental consent as part of a deliberate attempt to shut down the clinic.

The perceived threat to the Cherry Creek school board did not appear to be connected to the threats that the Littleton school district recently received, Smith said.

A Jefferson County school board study session on Feb. 9 was abruptly closed to the public, and the Jefferson County Education Center was secured due to a direct threat made against Superintendent Tracy Dorland and district leadership. In the notice about that incident sent to families of district students, no further information was given.

Cherry Creek Superintendent Christopher Smith was “disturbed and saddened” that the Cherry Creek board couldn’t hold its meeting as planned, but given recent threats made against nearby school districts, Cherry Creek needed to take the potential threat seriously, he said during the Feb. 14 meeting.

“We’re making sure we’re keeping not only ourselves but our community safe,” Superintendent Smith said.

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Youth playwriting Arapahoe High volunteer coach being investigated winners Allegations center on inappropriate announced STAFF REPORT

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) has announced the winners of its annual Middle School & High School Playwriting Competition.

The DCPA’s Education & Community Engagement Department started the playwriting program and competition in 2013 for Colorado high school and middle school students. The program offers free playwriting workshops and high schoolers have the opportunity to submit original plays for professional review.

Ten high school finalists, which submit one-act plays, and three middle school spotlighted 10-minute plays, are awarded top honors in the competition.

This year, the DCPA received 135 submissions. The winners of the 2022 Middle School & High School Playwriting Competition are: High school playwriting winners “Insectivore,” by Jocelyn McMullen, a senior at Pueblo County High School.

“They Stole the Moon,” by Ricardo D’Urso, a senior at Cherry Creek High School.

“Whispers Through the Kitchen Door,” by Aaditya Bahl, a junior at ThunderRidge High School.

High school playwriting finalists “Boys on the Bus,” by Conrad Branch, a junior at Denver East High School.

“Forgotten Gold,” by Rosemaree (Patton) Coughlin, a freshman at Pueblo County High School.

“Growing With the Stars,” by Jesse Sigler, a senior at Pueblo County High School.

“How You’re Hardwired,” by Amelia Fiore, a senior at Chatfield High School.

“Leftovers are in the Fridge,” by Juniette Rose Miller, a Junior at Valor Christian High School.

“Of Yarn and Stars,” by Kavery Kallichanda, a senior at Cherry Creek High School.

“Taking Candy,” by Jacob Wood, a junior, and Juan Alvarado, a senior, at Kennedy High School, Middle school playwriting winners “A Like, How Far Would You Go?”

by Raegan Avery, seventh grader at Denver School for the Arts.

“Aluminum’s Identity Crisis,” by Wilson Walker, sixth grader at North Routt Community Charter School.

“Hope is a Thing with Feathers,”

by Abby Heider, sixth grader at Merrill Middle School.

A public staged reading of the three winning high school plays will take place at 9 a.m. on March 5 as part of the 2022 Colorado New Play Summit. To learn more about the event, visit denvercenter.org/ticketsevents/colorado-new-play-summit.

For more information on the DCPA’s in-school programs, visit denvercenter.org/education/foreducators

messages to student BYELLISARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

School resource officers at Arapahoe High School in January received information that a volunteer coach of a club sport was having inappropriate conversations on social media and

over other electronic platforms with a female student, according to a news release from the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies found evidence of conversations between the two, and many of the conversations were sexual in nature, according to the news release.

Arapahoe High School sits in west Centennial at Dry Creek Road and University Boulevard.

Authorities determined that there was probable cause for the charge of unlawful electronic sexual communication by a person in a position of trust, a

class 6 felony, the news release said.

Sheriff’s investigators arrested Virgilio San Andres, 22, on Feb. 18, according to the news release. He was booked into the Arapahoe County jail and held without bond.

San Andres was a volunteer coach at Arapahoe High School, according to Deputy John Bartmann, spokesperson for the sheriff’s office.

The sheriff’s office asks anyone who has further information about the case, or anyone who believes they also may be a victim, to call the investigations tip line at 720-874-8477.

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Looking at ways to live with heart failure Frightening diagnosis can be followed with effective treatments

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

About 6.2 million adults in the U.S.s are living with heart failure and there are almost 900,000 new cases diagnosed each year. The course of treatment and patient prognosis can vary greatly by individual.

With February being American Heart Month, Colorado Community Media caught up with Miriam Halazon, a nurse practitioner with The Medical Center of Aurora’s Heart Failure Clinic. Below are answers to questions involving heart failure.

Does heart failure mean my heart has stopped working or may stop working?

For many the diagnosis of heart failure is terrifying, as the word “failure” instills fear of imminent death. While heart failure is a serious chronic condition, and it does require medical management, there are therapies that improve outcomes, including longevity and quality of life.

Heart failure means the heart has become weak and is not able to pump blood the way it should. A healthy heart is a strong muscle that pumps blood continuously through the circulatory system, beating in an organized way, supplying oxygenrich blood to the body’s cells. When you have heart failure, the heart is unable to keep up with the workload.

It keeps working but can’t pump enough blood to the body to meet its needs for nutrients and oxygen.

Heart failure can worsen over time and requires watchful care and treatment.

Many people with heart failure lead normal, active lives because they take care of themselves by improving their lifestyle including eating healthy, exercising, showing up for appointments with a heart failure provider, and taking medications correctly.

Once a patient with heart failure is per-

The Heart Failure Clinic at The Medical Center of Aurora/Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates include Dr. Richard Jantz, at left, NP COURTESY PHOTO Miriam Halazon, and Nurse Alicia Chapman.

scribed medication, are they good to go?

Medication is an important cornerstone of heart failure management. Evidence-based research has provided clinical data which shows improvement in outcomes when patients are managed appropriately with medical therapy. Through the use of clinical data, standardized medical treatment guidelines have been developed and are recommended through organizations such as American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Heart Failure Society of America.

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Once heart failure improves, can a patient stop taking medications?

No, not at this time. Clinical evidence at this time suggests that we should continue effective treatments indefinitely.

One trial, the TRED-HF trial, was a randomized study in which patients who had improved heart muscle function back to normal were taken off of their medications over a 16week period. The study had a 44% drop in their heart muscle function within just eight weeks. This trial

had limitations, but clearly suggests that we should not discontinue medical treatment once heart muscle function has improved.

What are lifestyle changes that can improve quality of life and outcomes?

1. Diet - limit sodium intake and monitor fluid intake. This should be discussed with guidances provided by a physician as it can change based on heart failure symptoms and severity.

2. Exercise – Exercise helps your heart and it is recommended to get at least 30 minutes per day most days of the week. But again … talk with a health care provider before beginning to exercise to set goals.

Sometimes your provider may order cardiac rehab.

Cardiac rehab helps patients in a monitored setting with medical support to regain strength and stamina, achieve nutrition and exercise guidance, track progress, and encourages self-management and independence.

3. Weigh yourself daily – By weighing yourself daily, you can spot changes in weight, which could signal an increase in fluid and exacerbation of heart failure. Early notification to provider of weight changes can improve management.

4. Avoid alcohol – Alcohol damages cells, including heart cells, and can further weaken already weak heart muscles.

5. Stick to medication plan – Medications can’t work if you do not take them as you should. Never stop taking medication without discussing with a doctor first. Discuss all side effects with physician.

(Editor’s Note: The answers in this story were only changed for length, clarity and grammar.)

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tarting next week, we are changing our letters policy, giving readers more opportunity to express their concerns and viewpoints through more words. Instead of 250 words, which I think is just enough for our letter writers to scratch the surface, we are FROM THE increasing the letter limit to 400 words.

EDITOR While still short (we still have limited space), it will give you all more of an opportunity to express your concerns, debate and talk about the issues in our communities, counties, state and nation.

In recent weeks, as I have come full swing into the editor position, we have had some thoughtful emails sent my way expressing Thelma Grimes concerns about the letters we print.

I want to stress to all our letter writers and readers that I do not pick and choose viewpoints that only fit mine. I would rather print a wide variety of discussion in any particular topic because that is the best way to see what those in our community are thinking.

As long as the submitted letters follow our policies, we will print them. My opinion, when it comes to your letters, does not matter. I respect that you all have opinions and have just as much right as I do to get space in our community publications.

In recent weeks, I have also received a few emails wondering if I am liberal, asking if I take a stance against the right.

As I told one area reader, I have no problem sharing my political views or where I stand. However, I stressed to him it may not be as exciting as some think.

As editor, I look to you all to be honest and up front with me as we tell your stories. That means, I am fine with being honest and up front with you all.

I am currently an unaffiliated voter. Many, many years ago I changed my official political affiliation for a variety of reasons. In Arizona, when I started covering more politics, I was not comfortable being on one side or the other. I worked hard to stay in the middle.

Prior to becoming unaffiliated, I registered as a Republican when I was 18. I was raised in a small, conservative town. And, while I changed my affiliation and have changed some of my political views over the years, I am proud of where I grew up and the morals and ethics I was raised with.

However, I will say my super conservative father and myself have engaged in some lively debate over areas in which I have changed my stance over the years. I still value his opinion, but just like those days as a teenager, I do not always agree with where he is coming from when it comes to the direction of this country.

On the same token, I often have lively debate and completely disagree regularly with my more liberal father-in-law.

As a side note, we keep politics off the table when the grandfathers are together for family gatherings.

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WORDS Having been blessed to work and travel with Zig Ziglar, one of the world’s greatest motivators and encouragers, I had the opportunity to witness Zig live this philosophy. Whether it was an arena full of people or a small venue or company event, Zig Michael Norton would always say that even if we only changed one life that day, the day would be a complete success. Of course, Zig had such a positive impact on so many over the years, that it was always more than just one person.

The world is full of people who make a positive difference in the lives of others every single every day. And they are by no means authors, experts or motivational speakers. As a matter of fact, most are just everyday people who know how to lift others up, offering hope and encouragement along the way. People who go out of their way to see that others are taken care of in times of need.

A gentleman who I work with shared his life story recently. He put together a brief presentation that he shared with a couple of our customers where he shared what he called his “Moments in Time.” As brief as his story was, it was loaded with powerful examples of the people who stepped up in his life and had a positive impact on his life. These were true

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Who are those people who make up those moments in time for you? When you think about them, what do you specifically remember and appreciate? What I have found is most of us who have received a blessing from a positive difference maker in our lives is that we typically go out and try and be a difference maker for others.

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ver the years there have been many significant changes in my profession as an early childhood educator. It’s a very GUEST unique industry, as we are highly COLUMN regulated by the government since we work with children, yet don’t receive enough government financial assistance to make this business model work. For Cynthia Sumner example, when I first started, the ratio of children to teachers was very high. In 2-year-old rooms, the ratio was 12 children to one adult, making it difficult to give each child the attention they deserve.

The ratios have changed for the better, but the difficulty of the work has increased and the pay has not. Planning, cleaning, and potty training (only a small portion of the necessary work) are all part of a teacher’s day, and many are stretched very thin.

Teachers and staff who work in early childhood education are committed and passionate to seeing children thrive.

Since I was a child, I always wanted to be a teacher. Once I entered high school, I found out that they offered classes in programs designed to teach a trade, so I chose the early

childhood education program. The course offered was at college level, which I attended while also working at a pre-school in the afternoon to gain the experience necessary to complete the program. I was so inspired that I moved on to college, obtaining my degree in early childhood education.

Here I am, 47 years later, still doing what I love: teaching the littlest members of our society. I introduce them to new concepts such as math, reading, science, language and art, and watch them socialize with others while playing on the playground.

These concepts are all immeasurably important for a developing child.

Child care educators also work hard to provide a clean, well-organized room, healthy food and a safe place to be while separated from their parents. Teachers do their best to take every child’s needs into consideration when planning educational goals, regardless of the low pay. We are indeed the workforce behind the workforce that makes the American economy grow; without child care providers, parents cannot get back to work.

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child care.

The need for qualified personnel in schools is crucial and cannot be ignored, nor can the quality of tools at a teacher’s disposal. The equipment that preschools have to buy is very expensive due to regulations.

In one situation, the director of my child care decided it was time to replace all the cribs in the two infant rooms, a total of 15 cribs. In less than six months the regulations changed for the cribs, so they had to buy 15 more cribs. At that time the cribs that had to be bought were $300-$400 apiece. The fire cribs are $100 more and each room needs two for 10 children. One table is $300, the chairs are $30 each. Not to mention art easels, paints, markers, paper, blocks, oh my goodness it goes on and on.

These necessary things also need to be replaced as time goes by, which adds up in dollars spent very quickly.

Parents and teachers can no longer bear the cost of running a quality school. Parents with very young children are paying the same money as rent, and that’s for each child. So with two young children a parent could be paying $3,000 a month just

to keep the children in care, and themselves working. Many families are in a dire situation when it comes to affording child care.

As a teacher I could not afford to have both my children in my school, so I had to quit my job to care for my children. The system that is in place isn’t working. Families are being left behind, and the cost is unbearable; if we could at least subsidize just half of the tuition for every child, it would make a huge difference. Allocated money could be used for bolstering teacher salaries, improving equipment and supplies, and relieving the financial burden placed squarely on families.

The time is now to come forward and say: yes, American families need early childhood education.

The Senate must pass the Build Back Better Act with early childhood education investments to bring quality care and education to America’s children. Together, let us ensure that hundreds of thousands of children across the country have access to safe and fun places to learn and grow.

Cynthia Sumner is an early childhood education teacher from Littleton.

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LIFE and those pushed to the fringes,” Felser said.

“The reality is it’s somewhere in between … it encapsulates so many different lifestyles.”

Exploring the stories, realities and misconceptions of van life

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

W Van life Juanca La Ross, 33, has been living in his van, a Ram ProMaster, since July. “I have this constant journey to keep traveling,” La Ross said.

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hen he was a teacher, Matt Felser built his first van in the parking lot of Vail Mountain School, much to the chagrin of staff.

“I was a very good teacher but a very poor builder,” said Felser, who, through the help of friends and thousands of hours on YouTube, converted a used Ram ProMaster into a new home on wheels.

Van life, once a niche experience for die-hard nomads, has taken root in communities across Colorado and the U.S. as people look for ways to combine more travel with environmental sustainability and affordable living. In 2019, the first year Felser began living in his van full time, the U.S. Census Bureau counted 140,000 vans, RVs or boats as housing units, up from 102,000 in 2016.

As van life communities grow, it’s hard to paint them with a single brushstroke. While the rise of #VanLife on social media has given some a window into the world, for most people, the reality of van life differs from its portrayal on Instagram.

“The misperceptions are put into these extremes … it’s either for the ultrawealthy … or for the outcasts of society

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A business takes hold Felser, who had taught seventh- and eighth-grade Spanish and coachedhigh school lacrosse and soccer, left his job in spring 2019 after he reconnected with Dave Ramsey, an old college friend.

Ramsey had been living in an RV for three years, and Felser had begun living in his ProMaster in order to afford a down payment for a house he bought in the Vail Valley, which he was renting out. The two both saw a need in the market for more affordable vans and decided to open their own business, Dave & Matt Vans, which they run out of Gypsum.

With a team of 11 who all live in vans full time, the shop orders in “empty tin can” ProMasters that can be built out with livable amenities for a belowmarket rate. Costs for outfitted vans range from $65,000 to $90,000, according to Felser, who said his shop offers an alternative to vans, RVs and trailers that can cost between $100,000 and $200,000.

“Van life changed our lives, and we wanted to give people that ability and option,” Felser said.

Over the past three years, the shop has seen about 350 clients, Felser said. Much of their business came after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Felser said, with May 2020 seeing 10 times the amount of inquiries than the shop typically received.

Felser attributes the boom to a desire for escape felt among the millions who were forced to work from home and socially isolate. For the first time in many people’s careers, they now have the opportunity to work from wherever they want.

“That change and shift in paradigm have allowed people to pursue this lifestyle,” he said.

Along with the pandemic, Colorado’s continued affordable housing crisis has pushed many to look for alternative means of housing that won’t break the bank. Felser said he’s worked with many clients who have turned to vans

Van life changed our lives, and we wanted to give people that ability and option

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Matt Felser

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The view from Juanca La Ross’ van during his travels through Colorado.

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The inside of Austin Abelkis’ van, which he has lived in with his girlfriend Alice Fors since August.

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The Gypsum-based shop Dave & Matt Vans has had over 300 clients since it began three years ago. The COVID-19 pandemic also led to an increase in COURTESY OF DAVE AND MATT VANS demand.

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rather than renting or buying a home, which in Colorado is averaged to cost over $500,000.

While Felser now lives in his Vail townhouse, he still takes off in his van whenever he finds the free time.

“I go on week- and month-long adventures whenever I can,” he said. “The van is both my car and my vacation home.”

‘My whole life in one place’ Since August, Austin Abelkis has lived in his ProMaster, which he purchased for about $60,000, with his girlfriend Alice Fors and their two dogs. There were several reasons why Abelkis, who is 26 and grew up in Boulder County, said he was ready for the change.

He was paying $1,000 in rent each month for an apartment he barely stayed at. He loved taking advantage of Colorado’s outdoor offerings, from climbing to hiking. And he had a job with an outdoor footwear company that required him to travel around the country for events.

“I was just ready to minimize, have my whole life in one place,” Abelkis said. “It feels like a much smaller footprint you’re putting out into the environment.”

With a 20-gallon water tank that lasts the couple a week and solar panels on the van’s roof, the two feel they are making a difference in terms of conservation.

“It’s just realizing that you don’t need so much and you can live with a lot less than you think,” Abelkis said.

The couple has enjoyed various trips through the country including along the West Coast and in the Southwest. For Abelkis, the freedom to move your home to wherever you want it to be is one of the biggest rewards of van living.

“Stop off for the night, light some candles, make some dinner, wake up and you’re at the Grand Canyon or you’re at the redwoods,” he said.

But it’s not always easy.

At about 80 inches wide and 236 inches long, managing life for two in such a space can have its challenges.

“Our kitchen is next to our bed, so sometimes, tomato sauce gets in our sheets,” Abelkis said.

And when utilities go awry, such as a light that’s out or a clogged drain, there are few opportunities to call someone when on the road, forcing Austin to be his own electrician and plumber.

And having two dogs — one a pug and the other a pointer mix — only adds to the minimal space.

“It has its up and downs for sure … the small space can be very challenging for us,” Fors said.

But Abelkis and Fors said they

wouldn’t have it any other way.

“That feeling of waking up in nature is just amazing,” Fors said.

Before COVID, many people centered their lives around their work, but now, more people are realizing there are new opportunities to consider, Austin said. “(Van life) is breaking out of that cycle,” he said. “I can live my life and explore the world — life is short.”

Chasing adventure and asking for understanding For Juanca La Ross, adventure is what drives him in his van life.

“I have this constant journey to keep traveling,” La Ross said.

Born in Lima, Peru, La Ross spent his later teen years and early 20s in Florida. But after graduating from college, he yearned for a landscape of nearby mountains reminiscent of the ones he grew up in. Colorado seemed an obvious choice.

In August 2020, La Ross joined Felser’s company, working to build vans like his for others who wanted to experience the lifestyle.

“As I started building them, it became clear that I could live in one of them and would be happy living in one of them,” said La Ross, who began living in a ProMaster he purchased from work in July of last year.

Now he spends his free time rock climbing, hiking, snowboarding and exploring the country’s Southwest.

“I can continue to do the activities I love without having to sacrifice too much time commuting or too much freedom,” he said.

Josh Ness, 33, also an employee of Dave & Matt Vans, said his choice to live more nomadically gave him a “more fulfilling lifestyle.”

Ness is an avid hiker and has climbed 47 of Colorado’s 58 14,000-foot-high mountains, also known as 14ers.

“When it’s not freezing outside, you’ll find me on a mountain hiking,” he said.

Still, for all its opportunities, van life comes with a misperception many are still trying to shake off.

For Ness, he has had to deal with suspicious looks and the occasional questioning by police, even when he parks legally during appropriate hours.

“We’re normal people just like everybody else, enjoying our life, living our lives as best we can,” Ness said.

Abelkis said van life is often glorified through social media.

“The Instagram ideal of it is not even remotely what it is at all,” he said.

For Felser, van life is not a onesize-fits-all identity, but a way of living that brings together a myriad of people.

“Van life means something different to everyone — that’s the beauty of it,” he said. “To me, that’s an adventure — to go to the places I want to go and do the things I want to do.”

Austin Abelkis and Alice Fors with their two dogs. “It has its ups and downs for sure ... the small space can be very challenging for us,” Fors said. “(But) that feeling of waking up in nature is just amazing.”

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Matt Felser, who did what he could to retrofit his van while on a teacher’s salary, said he wanted to make van life more accessible and affordable through his shop.

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He has been a visiting professor at Yale University since 1981 and Sonya Ellingboe spent 14 years as first violinist of the famous Tokyo String Quartet. Ticket information: coloradosymphony.org.

Student art show Littleton High School art students, seniors and baccalaureate, will curate, hang and stage a special exhibit at the Depot Art Gallery on March 1 to 13 as part of the baccalaureate graduation requirement. A public reception is planned from 4 to 6 p.m. on March 10. The Depot Art Gallery, at 2069 W. Powers Ave. in Littleton, is close to LHS and welcomes the work by young artists as community involvement for Littleton Fine Arts Guild members, while students get a glimpse

Peter Oundjian will be the next principal conductor of the Colorado Symphony OrchesCOURTESY PHOTO tra and will take a leading role in planning the orchestra’s season.

of their future as artists.

‘Animal Farm’ Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, presents Nelson S. Bond’s adaptation of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” in rotation with “The Liar” and “Stick Fly,” through May 19, performed by the center’s talented 11-member Repertory Theatre Company. See arvadacenter.org for ticket information. (“Stick Fly” opens March 18.)

The yellow-tiled Kirkland Museum, 1201 Bannock St., Denver, begins a series of lectures about Frank Lloyd Wright, in conjunction with a Kirkland exhibit, on 6:30 p.m. March 3 in the Sharp Auditorium at the Denver Art Museum. Dr. Jack Quinan of Boulder will speak. He is a curator emeritus at the Wright-designed Martin House. Two windows from that house have been exhibited at the Kirkland and will be returned.

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‘Space to wonder’ lets imagination roam Museum gallery offers premier photo exhibit with five-decade history

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The Littleton Fine Arts Committee challenged photographers in the call for artists to the 2022 “Through the Eye of the Camera” exhibit, a show the committee has run for more than 50 years, following the initial suggestion of late member Gene Kramer, who was ad director for a large company and knew a number of skilled local photographers.

It has grown in popularity and was at one time the exhibit that drew the most guests to the opening receptions hosted by the committee back when that was possible. Area photographers enjoyed comparing notes with each other regarding cameras and other equipment, and I hope they will be able to enjoy a lively community again next year.

In the meantime, we invite them to visit singly ... the variety of ways of seeing our world is endlessly fascinating.

“There is no science to explain what causes us to admire those things that strike us as amazing! But wonder is a shared human emotion, some would say the hallmark of human experience,” said juror Rupert Jenkins. Jenkins is a freelance photography curator, who is work-

Marshal Clark’s “Muonionalusta No. 37” is a photomicrograph of a tiny piece of Muonionalusta meteorite, on display in the Littleton Museum’s “Space to Wonder” COURTESY PHOTO exhibit through March 12.

ing on a possible book of “Outside Influences: Photography in Colorado 1945-1995.”

His choice of 41 images for this exhibit, “Space to Wonder,” will be displayed through March 12 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Open during museum hours, the exhibit leads a viewer to contemplate what the artist may have been thinking as they chose/ composed each image. Titles may add to one’s ideas, but it’s fun to speculate on a given artist’s reaction to a subject as it was translated into a framed work. Photographers submitted both color and black-andwhite prints and most labels share type of camera and paper used, since the camaraderie of the reception is missing.

IF YOU GO Littleton Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with the last entry at 4:30 p.m. Admission is free.

(No food or beverage is allowed on the farm sites or in the museum.) 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton, 303-795-3950.

Jenkins’ selection for Best of Show is Marshal Clark’s “Muonionalusta No. 37,” The artist asks, “What can create more wonder than the night sky?” His winning print is described as “a photomicrograph of a tint: Photographic print of A00.044, etched and captured at 500x. The structures SEE MUSEUM, P18

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A cinematic celebration of resilience

here are many reasons to attend a festival, but most regular attendees will explain that it’s the community of attendees that keeps them returning. This year, the Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival will be able to offer that again, with the return to the Sie FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, from Thursday, March 3 through Sunday, March 6.

“Film and the arts in general are unique because they offer large platforms for people to represent their own experiences, perspectives and ideas,” wrote Ambriehl Turrentine, programming coordinator at Denver Film, in an email interview. “Those who attend the festival will leave having formed a dynamic and fruitful connection with the stories they saw on screen — a connection that fosters creativity, understanding and action.”

The 7th annual festival features more than 10 screenings, two community conversations, and three special events. We spoke with Sara Moore, Colorado Dragon Boat executive director, about the event and what keeps it vital.

Interview edited for brevity and clarity.

Tell me about planning this year’s event?

Our festival is the only all Asian and Asian American film festival in Colorado. This is a unique festival that truly thrives as an in-person event. The goal of our festival is to promote and highlight the amazing contributions and accomplishments coming out of Asia and the Asian

American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in film.

The best way to do that is by bringing people together to share their stories.

Tell me about what you were looking for in films to showcase at this year’s fesClarke Reader tival?

This year’s theme is “Celebrating our Resilience.” The meaning behind our theme has to do with the last two years of hardships and pain the AAPI community has endured and still to this day has to endure. Throughout the pandemic and the horrible atrocities against the AAPI, we as a community have stood together with strength, compassion and resilience. This festival highlights and celebrates that strength.

Why is that theme important?

I think one of the most unique aspects of our film festival is that we bring people together. Not only do we bring the AAPI community together (under that umbrella there are over 35 different cultures and ethnicities), we bring the general public together as well. We encourage everyone to come to the festival to learn from our films, our filmmakers, our audience members and more. We bring people together to share their stories and learn more about the cultures and traditions that make up Colorado. I truly believe that the best way to fight racism and AAPI hate is to come to-

gether, share your stories, and listen.

And that is what our festival does.

What do you hope people who attend the festival come away with?

I hope they go away with new stories to tell, new friendships that have been made, a mind full of inspiration and compassion and very full bellies from our delicious culinary partnerships we have throughout the festival.

See the full schedule and purchase tickets at denverfilm.org.

Gang of Youths produce dynamic examination of grief We’ve all had to become more accustomed to grief over the last two years than any of us could imagined when the pandemic first started. But grief has been a subject of art for as long as people have been able to create. On Feb. 25, Australian indie rockers Gang of Youths are releasing their third album, “angel in realtime.,” which delves into the aftermath of the death of frontman Dave Le’aupepe’s father. The result is an album that is both gutting and joyous, one that celebrates life while acknowledging the challenges presented by loss.

The album — which is available on streaming services and record stores — takes listeners through an entire grief cycle, while admitting that there’s no complete end - just learning to live with memories of life and joy. It couldn’t be more vital or timely.

A celebration and encouragement of bold women Our country is still struggling with many issues related to gender equal-

ity and the History Colorado Center is hosting Bold Women. Change History. Women’s History Symposium to discuss some of the many past achievements and what still lies ahead.

The symposium will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26 at the History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway in Denver. The event — which includes a catered lunch and refreshments — will include historians, researchers and museum professionals “for a day of learning, discussion, and connection,” according to provided information. Get tickets and information at historycolorado.org/ events-experiences.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Jazmine Sullivan at Summit Music Hall Philadelphia’s Jazmine Sullivan is one of modern R&B’s most incisive and intoxicating voices and much like her peer Frank Ocean, we don’t hear from her nearly enough. Last year she released her first new music collection in six years, “Heaux Tales.”

The EP was named album of the year at NPR, Pitchfork, Entertainment Weekly and more.

As part of her tour, she’ll be performing at the Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St. in Denver, at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 28. She’ll be joined by up-and-comer Tiana Major9. Get tickets at livenation.com.

MUSEUM found in iron meteorites are unique, forming some 4.5 billion years ago and do not form naturally on earth.”

If one Googles, they find that Clark is a metallurgical engineer, living in Palmer Lake, where the night sky is probably extra-fabulous. He became

fascinated with the structure and artistry found within iron meteorites and creating photographic prints of these structures. (His website is artofthegods.com.) “Unlike metals formed on earth, which solidify and cool within minutes or hours, meteoritic metal cooled at a rate of a few degrees per 100,000 years...”

First place went to Kasey Medlin for “The Day Before I” with a face blurred — an exploration of develop-

ing Alzheimer’s disease in a beloved grandparent — first in a series.

Farhad Vikilitabar, who specializes in double images, won second place for his “Envelope No. 7,” which verges towards abstract.

Each image in this exhibit merits a long look to absorb its various aspects. Allow time to look closely at details in each one ...

Popular Denver painter Tony Ortega won an honorable mention for his

digital photography and collage: “El Papillote de Nina,” a postcard from grandma, which tells yet another story. Entries could be black and white or color photography.

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Columbine Genealogy In-person and Zoom information for a March 12 Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society event: Janet Rupert, president, Pennsylvania Chapter, will walk members through research on acquisition of land from Pennsylvania proprietors or the commonwealth/state at 1 p.m. In person: Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial.

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DMNS “Egypt: Time of the Pharaohs” opens at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, on Feb. 25. Great museum introduction for kids, although I no longer recall where that Egypt unit falls in the curriculum. This museum does a fine job of exhibitions that work for young and older ... Pharaohs, Sacred

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Polis launches re-election campaign in a changed Colorado Campaign will look different than 2018

BY ANDREW KENNEY COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Gov. Jared Polis formally launched his re-election effort at a brewery in Pueblo on Feb. 15.

It could be a very different campaign than his 2018 bid for the office. In that “blue wave” year, Polis successfully ran on promises to change how Colorado approaches health care, education and more.

Four years later, he’s emerging from a first term that was overwhelmingly shaped by the pandemic, as well as wildfires, mass shootings, and other disasters.

And he will have to make his pitch in an election year that will likely be focused on the rising cost of living and increasing crime.

“These last three years have really taught me that leadership matters and judgment matters, and I’m very proud of the work we’ve done to save thousands of lives while keeping our schools and economy open,” Polis said in an interview this week.

Polis came in on a ‘blue wave’ in Colorado. Now, Republicans are trying to recover some of those losses.

Polis was elected governor by more than 10 points in 2018, a year that saw Democrats take

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full control of state government amid a backlash against thenpresident Donald Trump. In 2022, Republicans hope to recover some of those losses, with a platform focused on crime and inflation.

A dozen GOP candidates have filed paperwork to run in the party’s gubernatorial primary, although only half of them have raised or spent any money. Polis also faces one little-known Democratic challenger.

In the early days of his reelection campaign, Polis has tried to get ahead of his opponents by zeroing in on messages like “saving people money” and improving public safety.

“We as a state can’t address every issue you face. Some are a result of international or national issues,” he said. “But what can we do? We can reduce your costs, save you money and protect our amazing quality of life in Colorado.”

The campaign launch has included few of the kind of dramatic policy proposals that marked his first campaign. Instead, he has talked about a narrower set of cost-savings efforts, such as delaying a 2-cent-per-gallon surcharge for gas and reducing vehicle registration fees by $11.50.

“We, as government, need to tighten our belt and we need to pass the savings along to you,” he said.

What Polis is emphasizing as he launches his campaign, and how his opponents are countering.

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However, his opponents are trying to make the case that Polis is either acting too late on these issues, or that he contributed to them. For example, the gas fee that Polis has asked to delay is the result of a Democratic transportation spending package that he approved.

And while Polis argues that crime is increasing nationally as a result of complex social factors, Republicans put the blame on recent criminal justice reforms, such as laws that lowered certain drug possession penalties and reduced the use of cash bail for low-level offenses. (Both of those laws had Republican co-sponsors.)

Polis has “showed that he will never accept responsibility for the role his failed, far-left policies have played in the rise of crime in our state,” wrote challenger Heidi Ganahl.

Polis is also trying to remind voters of some of his larger priorities that were approved in his first term but are still being implemented, including free fullday kindergarten, preparations for “universal” pre-K and the drafting of the “Colorado option” health care plan.

Polis’ public health messaging during the pandemic has caught national attention.

Polis also has a hand in directing billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief money, which will go toward housing, workers, businesses and behavioral health.

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As the campaign gets underway, Polis is getting national attention for his message about COVID-19: Months before other Democratic governors, Polis relaxed state mask restrictions, declared that the emergency for state government was over and pushed for a reopening.

“We have a very powerful tool in three doses of the vaccine to prevent severe health outcomes from COVID 19. And we’ve done everything in our power to use it along with that means that we have to go about our lives,” he said in the interview.

In his efforts to re-open the state, Polis has focused more on individual responsibility and action than on public health measures.

“And we have to understand that while of course there’s an economic cost of caution, it’s also about the social emotional cost of people,” he said of the closures forced by the pandemic. “It’s about young people who weren’t able to date. It’s about people in retirement homes who weren’t able to play bridge on Fridays or have a movie night. And we’re only on this planet for so long.”

Polis planned 22 stops in cities and towns across the state following the re-election annoucement.

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Colorado deactivates crisis standards for health care system The standards provided guidance and liability protection during periods of high stress

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado on Feb. 17 deactivated so-called crisis standards of care for the health care system, another sign of the improving pandemic and the state’s move toward handling COVID as a normal part of life.

Crisis standards of care provide guidance and liability protection to health care workers when they are dealing with situations where they don’t have enough resources to treat patients at the level they normally would. The state has a number of crisis standards plans, covering everything from hospice and behavioral health care to care at hospitals.

The two plans deactivated deal with how hospitals can operate when staffing levels are strained and how emergency medical services can operate when they are receiving a high demand for their services. The plans, for instance, allowed hospitals to operate with higher staffing ratios than they normally would, and allowed EMS services to focus on being available for emergency calls over time-consuming patient transfers.

The state has never activated the most well-known plan, which covers how hospitals choose which patients receive potentially life-saving treatment when there are not enough resources to go around. Colorado now has no crisis standards of care in effect.

“The decision to deactivate these standards is based on recent modeling and steadily declining cases and hospitalizations, suggesting the immediate strain COVID-19 places on Colo-

Hospitals statewide are deactivating crisis standards and COVID numbers continue to decline.

rado should continue to decrease in the coming weeks,” Dr. Eric France, the chief medical officer at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said in a statement.

The deactivation comes amid increasing hope that the pandemic is relaxing its grip in the state. The average number of new infections being reported per day is the lowest it has been since August. So is the number of people in the hospital with confirmed cases of COVID. The average percentage of COVID tests coming back positive is approaching the state’s goal of no more than 5%.

Hospitals remain very full, with about 90% of the state’s staffed intensive care and acute care beds currently in use. But hospitals say they are starting to feel a little less pressure, though more than a third of hospitals say they are expecting to face a staffing shortage in the coming week.

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In early February, the state’s Combined Hospital Transfer Center, which helps move patients around when space is tight, moved to its lowest level of activation. When Pitkin County’s mask mandate ends on Feb. 22, there will no longer be any county-wide mask orders in effect in the state.

State health officials projected “cautious optimism” about the spread of COVID in the state, noting infections and hospitalizations were decreasing and that an estimated 90% of state residents are now immune to the highly transmissible omicron variant. Most are also protected against severe disease, state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy said.

Though the state continues to recommend that people wear

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masks indoors, lower disease rates suggest Colorado could soon return to a “more normal phase of living,” with residents able to make their own decisions about mask usage, COVID-19 Incident Commander Scott Bookman said.

“We’re moving to a spot of personal choice coming up, I think, into March,” he said. “For those who are all up to date on their vaccine in their household, I think we’re reaching a point where they are going to be able to go back to living their lives with a bit more normalcy.

For those who have vulnerable people in their home, for people who work with vulnerable populations, we may still need to see more precaution.”

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

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Mountain Vista creates space experience 9-year-old with cystic fibrosis gets wish The gymnasium at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch was transformed into a spaceship landing on Mars last week as part of an effort to make one 9-year-old’s wish come true.

Through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Mountain Vista students participated in the annual Make-A-Wish week, when they help raise funds for the national organization and do something special for children.

On Feb. 11, the Mountain Vista students went all out for Walter, a local 9-year-old with cystic fibrosis.

Sarah Grosh, the Colorado director of community development for Make-AWish, said Walter’s wish was to have a space experience.

Since they could not actually send Walter to space, Grosh said Mountain Vista students came together to do the next best thing.

With a space suit and crew, Walter boarded a homemade spaceship, gave commands and landed on Mars, where he explored the planet, encountered aliens, and making peace by giving them Reese’s Pieces.

Before leaving the planet, Walter also led the crew in posting the “be a good person,” flag. All of this was done in a gymnasium full of 2,000 screaming students cheering Walter on.

Following the trip to Mars, Walter

told the audience that space travel is important for astronomers to continue discovering life on other planets and to see what can help here on Earth.

After the simulated space trip, the surprises for Walter continued.

Walter was surprised to see real-life astronaut Ron Garan.

Garan applauded the turnout and experience the Mountain Vista students created.

“I have done amazing things and been to incredible places,” he said.

“This is one of the most impressive.

Thank you all for what you’re doing and what you will do to make life here as beautiful as it is from space.”

Garan gave Walter a patch that he flew to the International Space Station, estimating it traveled more than 65 million miles away.

In applauding Mountain Vista efforts, Grosh said this is the Make-AWish Foundation’s 10th year working with the high school.

“Every year I struggle with what to say,” she said. “What has happened here today is incredible. Wish week is an amazing program. No one does wish week like Mountain Vista. You gave the generosity of your time and talent. You care so incredibly much.”

In fundraising, Grosh said Mountain Vista students have raised more than $1 million for the foundation over the years.

As the assembly came to an end, when asked, Walter said, “It was a great experience and something very intense.”

After the space mission, Walter became the commander.

Nine-year-old Walter, who has cystic fibrosis, was treated to a space experience by students at Mountain Vista High School on Feb. 11.

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Colorado to target I-70 express lane scofflaws House bill would let cameras track drivers using toll lanes illegally

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Nearly 50,000 motorists, or an average of 2,000 per month, broke the law in 2020 when they drove in the eastbound Interstate 70 express toll lane through Clear Creek County while it was closed and supposed to be serving as the emergency shoulder.

Colorado let those I-70 scofflaws off the hook and it has likely been giving thousands more drivers a similar pass since the 13-mile lane from Empire to Idaho Springs opened in 2015.

But the state is now trying to put its foot down as it opens a westbound express lane, which it fears will become filled with just as many lawbreakers. Drivers who illegally travel in the closed express lanes may face a $250 fine as soon as August under legislation being debated at the state Capitol.

The state legislature is quickly advancing House Bill 1074, a bipartisan measure that would let the Colorado Department of Transportation use the license plate cameras used to collect tolls when the I-70 mountain express lane is open to also ticket motorists driving in the lane when it is closed.

Cars on Interstate 70 through Idaho Springs on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. A sign shows the eastbound express lane as closed.

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Andy Karsian, a legislative liaison for the Colorado Department of Transportation, said people using the express lanes when they are closed present a “major safety issue.” And there’s really no other way to enforce the lane closure than by using the license plate cameras. Offenders would be mailed a ticket just as they are when they are caught running a red-light camera in downtown Denver.

“Law enforcement can’t patrol and provide (a) presence on this stretch because that shoulder is too narrow,” he told lawmakers, referring to the express lane. “We need to have this authority in order to make sure people understand the ramifications and the penalties associated with traveling in it (illegally).”

There are now express toll lanes across Colorado, but unlike the others, the one on I-70 through Clear Creek County cannot be open all of the time. That’s because the mountain express lanes are narrower than a traditional interstate lane. (The westbound express lane opened for testing in July.)

The express lanes are narrower because CDOT opted to use the existing width of the roadway to create toll lanes instead of widening the highway, which would have been more costly and had more environmental impacts. But because the lanes are so narrow, Colorado had to make a deal with federal regulators limiting the numbers and hours each year they can be open The eastbound express lane can be open a maximum of 100 days a year for no more than 1,168 hours annually. The westbound express lane can be open for no more than 125 days a year and no more than 965 hours annually. CDOT opens

the lanes during peak traffic periods, and the toll changes based on demand.

CDOT says the eastbound express lane has been a success at reducing drive times on the busy stretch, but people illegally traveling in it, officials say, poses a big risk of a serious crash.

“If you have a flat tire and you’re in that lane, you’re not expecting somebody to come up on you at 65 or 75 miles an hour,” said state Sen. Dennis Hisey, an El Paso County Republican who is a prime sponsor of the bill. “So it’s a safety concern that people are using it as a traffic lane when it’s not intended to be a traffic lane.”

Hisey and his coprime sponsor on the measure, state Rep. July Amabile, a Boulder Democrat, said that CDOT pushed for the legislation.

“There’s no mechanism to actually close the lane off,” Amabile said in explaining why the legislation is necessary.

Some Republicans voted against House Bill 1074 when it was heard this week in the Colorado House, citing their general opposition to the use of toll lanes in the state.

The measure passed the House by a 43-22 vote on Feb. 15. It now heads to the Senate and appears to be on a glidepath to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk.

Nonpartisan legislative fiscal analysts believe deploying the cameras to ticket drivers who use the mountain express lanes when they are closed will result in about $50,000 worth of fine revenue each year.

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

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Creek’s Lady Bruins win 5A swimming title Junior Alexis Greenhawt wins individual title in 100 backstroke

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cherry Creek High School has set a standard in Colorado girls swimming and the Bruins enhanced that tradition on Feb. 16 at the Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center in Thornton.

The Bruins won their second straight state title at the Class 5A girls state swimming and diving championships. Since the sport was sanctioned in 1974, the Lady Bruins have won 28 state swimming titles in 48 years.

Cherry Creek used its depth to amass 502 points, with Fairview coming in second with 397 markers. Regis Jesuit, sparked by Emma Weber’s individual win in the 100 breaststroke, was third with 349 points.

Arapahoe led the way for other south metro schools. The Warriors were seventh. Rock Canyon finished eighth, Chaparral 14th, Valor Christian 16th, Douglas County 17th, Legend 21st, ThunderRidge 22nd and Mountain Vista 23rd.

Creek won two relay events and set a state record in the 200 freestyle relay. The Bruins also won their first individual state championship since 2012 when junior Alexis Greenhawt captured the 100 backstroke title with a winning time of 54.03. Greenhawt was also on the 200 medley relay team and was third in the 100 butterfly.

Creek had a first-year coach in Karin Olmstead Dinsdale, who was a former Bruins swimmer. She took over from Eric Craven, who retired after 30 years.

“I’m lucky to coach a lot of talent and we got better this year,” said Dinsdale. “We tried to keep the best behind us. I got very good advice from another coach and he said pressure is good. Coming in and defending the title as a new coach and just because I had to deal with my team and deal with the alumni, bringing the trophy home was something really special.

“We had a lot of fast swimmers on the top and some of them did their best. We’re lucky to have that. We had a lot of people that swam up.

I’m super proud of the tradition at Cherry Creek and this group of girls.”

The 200 medley foursome of sophomore Charlotte Wilson, junior Katie Cohen, Greenhawt and junior Lawson Ficken won the first event of the finals session in 1:40.35.

Senior Ella Turken, Ficken, freshman Ana Loverridge and senior Elizabeth Brock were on the 200 freestyle relay team, which set a state and 5A record with a time of 1:33.00. The previous record was 1:33.80, set last season by Fairview.

Ficken had one of the fastest times in school history of 22.1 in her leg of

the relay.

“It is amazing we set a state record,” said Ficken, who was also the runner-up in the 50 and 100 freestyle indivdual events. “I’m so proud of the girls. I was super nervous before the race. Honestly I didn’t even look at the time, I just tried to touch the wall.”

Wilson was another Creek swimmer who placed high as she was second in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke.

“We trained so hard, so I think we knew we could win the state championship,” added Ficken.

Sophomore Mila Nikanorov of the Douglas County/Castle View co-op team was third in the 200 freestyle and captured the 500 freestyle individual title in 4:55.86.

Nikanorov’s state title was somewhat of a surprise since her best time in the regular season of 5:12.81 was the 11th fastest among 5A swimmers. She also was third in the 200 freestyle finals to highlight performances by other south metro swimmers.

Cherry Creek’s Alexis Greenhawt (right) and Charlotte Wilson pose on the victory stand after the finals of the 100 backstroke at the Class 5A girls state swimming championships. Greenhawt won to become the Bruins’ first individual state champion since 2012. Wilson was second.

Cherry Creek junior Lawson Ficken swam a leg on the Bruins’ state record 200 freestyle relay team and was also second in the individual 50 and 100 freestyle events on Feb. 16 at the Class 5A girls state high school swimming championships.

Cherry Creek won its second straight Class 5A girls swim championship on Feb. 16 at the VMAC in Thornton. It was the 28th state PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON title that the Bruins have won in the past 48 seasons.

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February 24, 2022

Ponderosa wrestlers are 5A runners-up, again Mustangs have held same spot in championships for four straight seasons

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was the same story for the Ponderosa boys wrestling team at the Feb. 19 finals of the state wrestling championships at Ball Arena in Denver.

The Mustangs were awarded the Class 5A runner-up trophy for the fourth straight season as Pomona rallied in the wrestle-back bracket to run away with its fourth consecutive state title. Pomona racked up a record 265.5 points to outdistance the Mustangs team that finished with 239 points.

Other south metro schools had Grandview in fifth place, Chaparral 10th, Legend 14th, Regis Jesuit 15th, ThunderRidge 17th and Cherry Creek 19th.

Ponderosa sent seven wrestlers into the finals and held a 37 1/2-point lead heading into the last day of the meet.

However, Pomona regained a 20.5-point lead heading into the evening championship matches by racking up points in the consolation bracket and having six wrestlers finish third and three winding up fifth.

“It was a roller coaster ride after the quarterfinals and semifinals,” said first-year Pondo coach Jarion Beets. “We had a pretty comfortable lead when the other team had a lot on the back side with all wrestling for third. It essentially cut that lead and gave them the lead coming into the finals. We pretty much had to win every single match and they had to lose them all.

“We’ll have to keep working and getting better,” he continued. “I plan on keeping our same mindset that we are going to win everything and keep moving forward. A lot of guys will be back next year.”

Pondo had four wrestlers win individual state titles. Sophomore Jacob Myers captured the

120-pound championship, junior Jacob Bostelman took the 138-pound title, senior Murphy Menke won at 160 pounds and senior Karter Johnson at 170 pounds.

Freshman Tyler Eise was second at 145 pounds while sophomore Westin Hoffschneider and senior Haegen Hoffschneider were runners-up at 182 and 220 pounds.

“Four winners out of seven in the finals was a lot better than last year, 12 out of 13 places was a lot better than last year also,” said Beets. “It’s all about progress and I want the kids to know that. We’d like to have all the shining things but at the end of the day we got better.”

Myers donned Pokemon headgear after he notched a 7-2 title win over Cherokee Trail’s Derek Glenn.

“It feels great to be a state champion,” said Myers. “I’ve worked hard. We would have liked to have the team title but we’ll come back next year. Pomona had a lot of great kids.”

Other Pondo finishers were freshman 106-pounder DJ Wince (sixth), sophomore 113-pounder Otto Black (fourth), 126-pound junior Brandon Cannon (third), 132-pound junior Payton Harris (sixth), and 195-pound senior Blaine Kubasta (fifth).

There were three other individual state champions from south metro schools. Chaparral’s Declan Strait won at 106 pounds, teammate Geoffrey Freeman captured the 195-pound crown and Legend’s Luke Sandy won at 285 pounds. Justin Kelchen of Douglas County was second at 152 pounds Strait, a freshman, won an 8-5 decision over Eaglecrest’s Dorian Ervin to win the 106-pound title, and he was thinking about his grandfather Larry Strait who passed away last August.

“I knew I was going to win it because my grandfather who passed away was going to be watching me,” he said. “I knew he was watching me up there. It feels amazing to win. I watched this tournament while I was in middle school. I never thought I would be out there to win it.”

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Chaparral freshman Declan Strait was thinking about his late grandfather when he won the 106 pound state Class 5A state wrestling championship on Feb. 18 at Ball PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON Arena.

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tracing is a term for when public health workers notify people that may have been exposed to someone with COVID. • Quarantine of students and staff with school-associated exposures to COVID. But given the much greater risk of household exposures compared to non-household exposures, schools should continue to follow quarantine guidance for students and staff who report household exposures, according to the state health department.

Practices that would remain under a more-routine response model include: • Continuing to encourage vaccination of staff and students.

• Following isolation requirements for students and staff who are ill or have tested positive for COVID. “Isolation” refers to the steps a person should take after a confirmed infection. Quarantine, on the other hand, is when people avoid others after exposure to the virus and wait to see whether sickness occurs.

• Continuing to support regular mask use by staff and students even when not required by local public health orders. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to recommend indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status.

• Implement new cluster or outbreak detection strategies, including public health reporting of school absenteeism data and participation in wastewater surveillance. Testing can be used to show amounts of COVID in an area’s wastewater. The state health department is exploring funding mechanisms to support that work, according to the state’s COVID website.

When to relax guidance The state health department’s suggested implementation date for the transition to the looser guidance is Feb. 28, but the department cautioned that the move

should also depend on the level of COVID spread nearby.

“To avoid an increase in outbreaks and greater disruption to in-person learning, schools should ideally transition to a routine disease control model once local transmission risk falls below a high or substantial level and stabilizes,” the department said in the news release.

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staff with school-associated exposures to COVID if they remain asymptomatic and test negative twice, according to a Feb. 1 news release.

School administrators may also choose to include staff and students with non-household community exposures to COVID to participate in Test to Stay, according to the release.

Enrollment in the Test to Stay program is optional for schools, according to the state’s COVID website.

Under the program, the state health department provides schools with Abbott BinaxNOW rapid over-the-counter tests, the release said.

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People are considered up to date if they have received all the recommended vaccinations, in-

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Unvaccinated individuals who choose not to participate in Test to Stay and who are exposed to a positive case at school would

generally not be allowed to remain at school and would need to complete the normal five-day quarantine, followed by five days of wearing a well-fitting mask in school, according to the release.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0101-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 21, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) WILLIAM M DEWAR II AND MAUREEN A DEWAR Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FINANCE AMERICA, LLC, DBA FINAM, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE RELATING TO IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2005-6 Date of Deed of Trust May 09, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 17, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5070940 Original Principal Amount $246,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $261,381.51 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 1, BLOCK 3, WALNUT HILLS-FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF

COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 7811 E BRIARWOOD BLVD, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112-1308.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/20/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/24/2022 Last Publication: 3/24/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/21/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston #51978 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Randall Chin #31149 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009345950

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The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No. 0101-2021 First Publication: 2/24/2022 Last Publication: 3/24/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0095-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 7, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) CHRISTOPHER EDWARD NEFF AND CRYSTAL MARIE NEFF Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN MORTGAGE SPECIALISTS, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust November 25, 2013 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 27, 2013 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D3143385 Original Principal Amount $234,560.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $208,678.86 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 23 BLOCK 4 KASSLER ADDITION, SECOND FILING A RESUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 1 TO 4 AND 10 TO 13 KASSLER ADDITION COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO

Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 21-026066

A.P.N.: 2077-17-3-06-010

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Also known by street and number as: 3455 WEST POWERS PLACE, LITTLETON, CO 80123.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No. 0095-2021 First Publication: 2/10/2022 Last Publication: 3/10/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

City and County

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/06/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR A BEER & WINE LICENSE MARCH 10, 2022

First Publication: 2/10/2022 Last Publication: 3/10/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/07/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Alison L Berry #34531 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042

Public Notice

Notice is hereby given that the Centennial Liquor Licensing Authority will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., via Virtual Meeting, to consider an application for a new B&W License for Smith Restaurant Group, LLC dba Fajita Pete’s- Centennial, located at 7300 E. Arapahoe Rd. Suite 300, Centennial, CO 80112 The applicant is an LLC: Smith Restaurant Group, LLC 2740 Carolina Way Houston, TX 77005 Public comment will be heard at the virtual hearing or written communications regarding the issuance of this license may be submitted to the Liquor License Administrator, via email at clovelace@ centennialco.gov by no later than February 10, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.

By order of Barbara Setterlind, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530100-60100 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: February 24, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

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