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Centennial business ‘bringing joy’ through herbalism

Centennial could see effects from an Aurora camping ban Bans push homeless from place to place amid housing crisis, advocates say

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

ence or a class,” said Molloy, who also wants to raise awareness about climate change.

With training in teaching high school biology, she worked at a since-closed school called La Academia in Denver, where she found her talents for tea and aromatherapy had an impact on students in a low-income area.

“I started making tea and my students were like, ‘Oh, what’s that?’”

Molloy said. They told her it made

As a pattern of increasing homelessness in the Denver metro area appears to continue, Centennial’s ban on homeless camping hasn’t made the city immune from frequent cases of camping.

And with Aurora appearing ready to roll out a camping ban policy of its own, more people experiencing homelessness could be pushed into nearby cities.

Meanwhile, as the metro area’s housing crisis continues, more people are finding Denver to be more unaffordable — a trend that may push more people into Aurora, said Cathy Alderman, spokesperson for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

When advocates with the coalition worked with people experiencing homelessness in the past, they used to be able to find affordable housing in Aurora,

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Bridget Molloy, a Centennial resident, is the founder and owner of Bridget’s Botanicals. COURTESY PHOTO

Resident’s business engages people in person and from afar

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After studying molecular biology, ecology, and botanical medicine and earning a master’s degree in teaching, Bridget Molloy wanted to save the world.

“I love the rainforest, I love the ocean, and it’s just so deep in my heart, the Earth,” said Molloy, a 35-year-old west Centennial resident.

Wondering how she could help people experience what she feels, Molloy found inspiration to start Bridget’s Botanicals, a local business that offers herbal and plant products and classes focused on health and well-being.

She had a calling for “bringing joy to them through ecosystems in a tea tin or a bottle or through an experi-

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O’Toole’s Garden Center was ‘lifeblood’ for many Plans to close longtime business in Littleton send shockwaves for patrons, partners

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There is much that patrons and community members love about O’Toole’s Garden Center in Littleton beyond just the rows of eyepopping, verdant vegetation.

There’s Pickles the cat, the store’s unofficial mascot, who can be seen lounging in plastic growing trays atop wooden, soil-dusted shelves.

There’s the fact that it’s a familyowned business with more than 30 years of stories and legacy. But maybe most importantly, it’s a place where people gather, where you’re treated as a friend and where community thrives.

It’s why when store owner Adele O’Toole announced March 22 that the business would be closing Aug. 31 after selling its property to a developer, shockwaves could be felt throughout the Littleton community and beyond.

North Carolina-based developer Lennar Multifamily Communities, which bought the property from O’Toole, had been eyeing the neighboring site at Columbine Square for a new mixed-use development for years.

O’Toole said the store had been on “borrowed time.”

“That will leave a hole,” said Rick Townsend, who helped found the Columbine Memorial in Clement Park following the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School.

“I believe those are the places that become kind of the lifeblood of the community,” Townsend said.

“O’Toole’s has really been invaluable to us … we always knew they were there to help us when something came up.”

A legacy of community Much of the store’s character is embodied by manager Chris Ibsen, who for years has helped spearhead various community involvement efforts.

Townsend lost his daughter, Lau-

O’Toole’s Garden Center general manager Chris Ibsen in May 2020. The center had just reopened following the first wave of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdowns.

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ren, more than 20 years ago in the attack on Columbine High School that ended with 15 dead. Ibsen’s daughter Tara, also a student at Columbine at the time, survived.

“O’Toole’s has been very generous to us over the years,” Townsend said, recalling that Ibsen would donate flowers whenever the roses around the memorial were looking thin or when the annual remembrance ceremony was held, which called for columbine flowers.

Todd McPherson, who helps run a longstanding food bank through the nonprofit Integrated Family Community Services(IFCS), said O’Toole’s and its manager Ibsen have been champions for the organization.

“They’ve been just amazing, just greater than anyone could ever expect,” McPherson said. “We feel like we’re ingrained in the O’Toole family … our philosophy intertwines, so we’re overjoyed to partner with them.”

McPherson said the store has

“had their back day to day” and regularly helped with food drives, turning its space into a drop-off where community members can leave food to be taken to the nonprofit. Ibsen has led several fundraising initiatives for IFCS, such as the “buck a basket” campaign that gives IFCS a portion of sales made from gardening supplies as well as barbecues and other community events.

And the store itself has served as a canopy under which IFCS can connect with local residents who share a common goal of getting fresher, healthier food to those who are struggling.

McPherson said the nonprofit will talk with O’Toole patrons who may be looking to donate an excess of home-grown fruits and vegetables or reserve a row of their plot for growing food just for IFCS. During the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, when hunger soared and IFCS fed 5,000 to 6,000 people per month, up from about

400 to 500 before COVID, McPherson said O’Toole’s stepped up even more.

The staff’s commitment spoke volumes to McPherson, especially given that the store was facing economic hardship due to shutdowns and social distancing requirements.

“They just weathered that and said ‘it doesn’t make a difference, you guys need us,’” McPherson said. “It’s less usual in this environment to have businesses like O’Toole’s that made people feel like family.”

Littleton resident Betty Harris, who founded and leads the Littleton Garden Gang, said Ibsen and O’Toole’s were bastions of knowledge. Whenever Harris had a gardening question she couldn’t answer, the next person to ask was Ibsen.

“O’Toole’s was kind of like an anchor there for us,” she said. “It’s just been such a big part of our life.”

The garden center was also one of Harris’ first introductions to gardening in Colorado after she moved from Virginia in 1993. It was at the store where she bought her first plant in the state, a Christmas cactus.

For Ibsen, it was these relationships that made his work at O’Toole’s more than just a job.

“If you don’t have the community spirit, you don’t have a store, I don’t care how much stuff you have in the store,” Ibsen said. “This place gave people a sense that they were part of the community, and I think that’s important to people.”

The garden center is also where Ibsen, who has served as its first and only store manager, met his wife and credits it with helping him start his family.

“O’Toole’s has impacted a lot of lives,” he said, adding that the work he does for others is a reflection of the strength of those communities. “It’s not me, it’s everybody else around me.”

Future plans uncertain The store has finally met the inevitable, said its owner, Adele O’Toole, the widow of founder Jim O’Toole.

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Regional assistance provided On March 27, firefighters from Castle Rock Fire And Rescue Department, Franktown Fire Protection District, Sable Altura Fire Rescue, and South Metro assembled at SMFR Headquarters in Centennial and deployed together

as a wildland task force to the NCAR Fire in Boulder.

This is a 12-hour mutual aid assignment and the crews will receive their tasks once they arrive.

The task force from South Metro that deployed yesterday afternoon returned home safely.

Gift card scam alert The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Department is warning residents to be aware when purchasing gift cards in the area.

According to the department, gift cards with fake barcodes were found at a King Soopers in Centennial. A woman purchased a $500 Visa gift card only to find there were no funds on it.

Here’s how it works: Scammers are printing out their own barcodes and placing them over the actual gift card barcode at local retailers. When the card is activated, the money is

added to the scammer’s card instead of the card being purchased.

What can you do to protect yourself?

• Examine the back of the gift card before you buy it and check for signs of tampering, like barcode stickers.

• Make sure the gift card’s barcode number, visible through the window on the back of the gift card’s packaging, matches the number on the packaging itself • Pick a gift card from the middle or back of the rack since they are less likely to have been tampered with.

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We want to hear from you Arapahoe County is examining how best to serve the public health needs of residents and businesses. To make that happen, the County is seeking resident input that will help us prioritize the services offered by the health department. Look for weekly surveys—available each Friday—and provide your input.

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Sheriff meets with advisory group Every few months, Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown meets with the Centennial Public Safety Advisory Group to update them on what the agency is doing. According to the March 23 social media post, Brown started the group two years ago to get feedback and recom-

mendations on how to improve public safety services in the City of Centennial Government. The discussion includes everything from the crime rate to conditions at the jail to mental health issues and so much more. The open and honest communication is a winwin for the community and our agency.

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New bill would stiffen state’s penalties for fentanyl dealers But leave misdemeanor possession law in place

BY SHANNON NAJMABADI AND JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute the powerful opioid would become a more serious felony crime in Colorado under a bill set to be introduced by Democrats and Republicans in the legislature this week.

But having less than 4 grams of the drug for personal use would remain a low-level, misdemeanor offense.

The measure, which includes millions of dollars in spending, is state lawmakers’ response to skyrocketing overdose deaths from fentanyl in Colorado. Five people died from a suspected fentanyl overdose in Commerce City in February. Authorities believe the people thought they were ingesting cocaine.

As fentanyl cases are going up in the state, lawmakers will consider revising a bill SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE passed in 2019 that made possession a misdemeanor.

better detection and prevention.”

The Democrat said the new fentanyl bill is part of his broader package of legislation to address rising crime across Colorado.

Additionally, the new bill would make it a Class 1 drug felony to distribute fentanyl if it leads to someone’s death, though there is a The bill would: carveout for people possessing less • Make possessing 0-4 grams of a than 4 grams of the drug who try to fentanyl compound or mixture with assist someone who overdoses. the intent to distribute it a Class 3 The measure includes a $20 million drug felony, punishable by two to six allocation to the Colorado Departyears in prison ment of Public Health and Environ• Make possessing 4-50 grams of a ment to fund distribution of the opifentanyl compound or mixture with oid overdose reversal drug Narcan. the intent to distribute it a Class 2 Money would also be set aside for the drug felony, which carries a penalty purchase of fentanyl test strips. of four to 16 years in prison The bill, however, leaves in place a • Make possessing more than 50 much-criticized 2019 law that made grams of a fentanyl compound or possession of up to 4 grams of almost all illicit drugs for personal use a misdemeanor.

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The one tweak to the misdemeanor possession law under the new bill would be that offenders would have to go through mandatory substancemixture with the intent to distribute it a Class 1 drug felony. That comes with a prison term of up to 32 years.

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Rep. Leslie Herod, a Denver Democrat who sponsored the 2019 legislation and is working on this year’s measure, too, said the new bill combines stiff penalties for high-level drug dealers with a “public-health approach.”

“It’s a tough issue. People are dying from fentanyl overdoses,” Herod said.

But “incarceration is not going to get us out of this.”

Rep. Mike Lynch, a Wellington Republican who has been working on the fentanyl overdose issue, will be one of the prime sponsors of the new bill.

Lynch said he has reservations about the bill’s price tag, which he said is $29 million, but that “it’s worth the experiment” given how lethal fentanyl is.

If it were up to him, Lynch said he would repeal the 2019 misdemeanor drug-possession law, but he recognizes that’s not “politically feasible.”

More than 800 people died from fentanyl across Colorado in 2021, up from 540 the year before, according to state health department data. That includes 19 people in Boulder County who died of fentanyl or a combination of drugs including fentanyl since February 2021.

Earlier this month, federal prosecutors announced they had filed charges against a woman accused of selling fentanyl pills to two Colorado Springs high school students. A friend of one of the students snorted a pill and died at her desk at school.

While fatal fentanyl overdoses have skyrocketed, there have been only a few dealers charged with causing those deaths.

Prosecutors say dealers who distribute fatal doses of fentanyl are difficult to prosecute given the way the drug is distributed. That’s because prosecutors must show a person knew they were dealing fentanyl and consciously disregarded the risk it could result in death — a high bar, said Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein, a Republican.

He expects convictions would increase under the new bill. “This bill really gives us a much-needed tool to respond,” he said.

Rubinstein said not all of the state’s district attorneys are OK with fentanyl possession of personal use of 4 grams or less remaining a misdemeanor. “It’s something that I think we could modify some,” he said.

“There’s questions about how much changing that number is really going to benefit us.”

But Rubinstein said the focus on treatment in the new bill is a good start.

“We’ll see if that works,” he said.

“And as this problem evolves, and as our responses evolve, we can obviously go through legislation next year, in future years to address that.”

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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thorities say “you can’t stay here” whether an area is private property, state property or another kind of public property.

“So what do you want me to do — float?” Todalen said.

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but that’s getting harder and harder, Alderman said.

She pointed to “the unproductiveness of having competing camping bans between cities,” arguing that camping bans will push people back and forth across city and county lines.

“It’s very unproductive because instead, the cities could be working together to invest in housing resources for people,” Alderman said.

Although Centennial sits far away from most major resources for unhoused people in the metro area, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office has made about 245 contacts with people based on Centennial’s camping ban since June 2020, according to the sheriff’s office.

Finn Todalen, one of several people who camped near the AuroraCentennial border in late March, wanted local governments to focus on more aid for the unhoused.

“We’re tired of being run off and being treated as less than human,” Todalen said.

Finn Todalen, left, and Danielle Schneider sit with a dog in late March at an encampment near the Aurora-Centennial border. Several tents and other encampment materiPHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD als lie in the area.

Different hurdles Eric Gene, a 43-year-old who had set up camp in the same area, said other homeless individuals he’s met say they have been homeless for a few months to a couple years.

On a typical day, five or six unhoused people stay in Gene’s area, he said. He’s met many people

abusing alcohol in the time he’s been homeless, and he said health care issues contribute to people’s homelessness.

He’s been homeless for about two years and said it’s difficult to get a job without an address to receive mail. His last home was in Salida in the mountains, but rising lot

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He partly grew up in Aurora.

So, too, did Danielle Schneider, a 22-year-old who was camping near Gene.

“My mental health issues make it hard for me to function as an adult” and make it difficult to maintain a job, said Schneider, who said she has borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and an eating disorder, among other mental health challenges.

She hoped local governments don’t see unhoused people as “villains.”

“I don’t think people realize how hard it is mentally on somebody” to live with mental health struggles, Schneider said. She added: “You never know what someone goes through.”

Todalen, a man in his mid-20s, set out to “travel around” when he was younger, but he lost stability as a personal relationship broke down, he said.

With “the majority of people I’ve come into contact with, it hasn’t been as voluntary” for them to be homeless, said Todalen, who said he has been unhoused for seven years.

He’s been told drug abuse and abuse and neglect from parents have been causes of people’s homelessness.

People trying to exit homelessness often struggle with lacking identification cards, Todalen said.

“You can’t do anything without an ID. I know one person out here, her birth certificate and her ID were destroyed in a house fire,” Todalen said, noting that people may need some documents to get an ID. He added: “There’s a lot of people out here who feel like they need to resort to stealing from each other.”

Todalen has struggled with being told to move from place to place, he said, noting that au-

Visible problem The vast majority of contacts law enforcement officers make at encampments in Centennial don’t result in tickets, according to data from Deputy John Bartmann, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office.

“There have been two tickets and one warning issued,” Bartmann said. “This information comes from our records from when Centennial enacted the camping ban.”

Centennial City Council approved the city’s urban camping ban unanimously in 2019.

Asked whether deputies always recommend resources to homeless individuals when making contact under Centennial’s camping ban, Bartmann said the sheriff’s office doesn’t track that in its data.

“They will generally ask the individuals if they need help, and if they say yes,” then deputies will provide information about services, Bartmann said. “We have several brochures we give.”

Recently, numbers have painted a picture of increasing homelessness in the Denver metro area — a trend that predates the pandemic but was likely worsened by it.

Year over year, the metro region saw a 99% increase in the number of people new to experiencing homelessness, according to one count in the most recent annual report by the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative. That’s an increase the report calls “a direct result of the pandemic,” though the Denver area’s housing affordability crisis has long contributed to financial instability that can lead to homelessness for families and individuals alike.

Asked whether Centennial has seen an increase in homeless encampments since July 2019, Bartmann said: “Yes, we have seen an increase in homelessness.”

In Aurora, encampments and people who appear to be experiencing homelessness are common along the Interstate 225 corridor.

“For 2021, there were 79 camp abatements on public property,” said Michael Brannen, a spokesperson for the City of Aurora. “We do not have a record of abatements preceding that year.”

Each year, typically in January, volunteers and staff from sources such as nonprofits team up in communities across the Denver metro area, and areas around the nation, to conduct the point-in-time count of their region’s homeless population.

But “due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city has not had an accurate point-in-time count of people who sleep rough in the community since 2020,” Brannen said. “Therefore, we do not have the data to show if homeless encampments are more or less common today than in previous years.”

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Eric Eddy, Centennial’s assistant city manager.

Asked whether the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office anticipates that more homeless encampments will pop up in Centennial as a result of Aurora passing a camping ban, Bartmann said: “At this time, we are not sure that we will see the number go up or down.”

People pushed out But Alderman, spokesperson for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, “absolutely” expects an Aurora camping ban to push unhoused people into other suburban cities or even back into Denver.

“And I think that’s the intent of it in many ways,” said Alderman, whose organization provides housing, health care and other supportive services.

Denver in 2012 banned staying in an outdoor place with a tent, sleeping bag or other shelter, a policy that advocates for the homeless have said may be pushing more homeless individuals into the suburbs. In a 2013 survey of 512 homeless people in central Denver by the advocacy group Denver Homeless Out Loud, 20% of respondents said that after the ban they more often sleep in outlying neighborhoods or surrounding cities.

Colorado Springs and Boulder also prohibit camping on public property, according to a Centen-

Tents and other materials sit in an open field March 1 near the Aurora-Centennial borPHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD der.

nial city staff report. Parker approved a camping ban in June 2018.

Working toward solutions Untangling and addressing the problem of metro Denver’s lack of affordable housing is a difficult task, but one short-term action cities can take to help lessen homelessness is to work with motels to provide temporary housing.

Contracting with motels has

proven effective during the response to COVID-19, Alderman said. Government bodies have worked with motels to reduce the density in shelters amid the coronavirus’ spread.

“That gives people the opportunity to move from the streets and from shelter to their own space, and they can stabilize in that space because they have their belongings with them, they have their documents with them,” and

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it makes it easier for homeless-service providers to help them find housing, Alderman said.

In the long term, Centennial is “well aware that homelessness is a regional problem that will require a regional solution,” Eddy said.

The city has been an “active participant” on an Arapahoe County committee that aims to address homelessness, Eddy added.

“The purpose of the committee is to share information and gain a baseline understanding of homelessness issues, existing resources, city and county activities to date, and potential opportunities for improvement, eventually creating an action plan by the end of 2022 or early 2023,” Eddy said.

“The committee will be comprised of a broad range of organizations that are impacted by (or are) working with people experiencing homelessness.”

There are currently no shortterm, emergency, overnight shelters in Arapahoe County, according to a county spokesperson. But Aurora may build a new shelter and may expand an existing resource in the near term, according to Brannen.

“The city is seeking to build an additional overnight shelter. The location has not been decided yet,” Brannen said. “If the city was to open the Aurora Day Resource Center for service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it would be considered a short-term option to help provide additional shelter beds to the community until the new shelter would be ready for occupancy.”

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March 31, 2022

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Director for television news and sports grew up in what became Centennial South metro old days I was born in Denver in 1957. My family relocated to the Broadway Estates area in 1959 from University Hills so my father, Wayne Calhoun, would be closer to work. He was employed at the Ohio Oil Company research facility at the corner of Broadway and Dry Creek Road. The name was changed to Marathon Oil Company in 1962. My grandmother claimed we were moving way out in the sticks.

I had three sisters, and my mother, Sonja Calhoun, worked in the personnel department of Littleton Public Schools for over 30 years.

‘Free range’ kids We always said we lived in Littleton, but it was indeed unincorporated Arapahoe County, later to become Centennial. I remember a great childhood where kids roamed freely.

We would play games and baseball in the neighborhood during summer nights. We were “free range” kids and would ride bikes south along the High Line Canal to the Highlands Ranch. This was 20 years before all the houses were built, and it was a large working ranch. It spread across the hills south of Littleton, and one of the north entrances was where Broadway ended at County Line Road.

I attended Highland Elementary and Euclid Junior High. I was part of the second class to graduate at Heritage High in 1975. My youngest sister — Pam, class of 1976 — was on the naming committee for the new high school. My two older sisters attended Arapahoe High School — Cindy, 1970, and Susan, 1973.

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Two of my highlights were covering my alma mater in the (1991) Orange Bowl where they beat Notre Dame and were national champions. I was also fortunate to be at the Denver Broncos’ first Super Bowl win in San Diego. I currently work in post production at Starz.

Coming back south I had been living in Denver and Lakewood for a couple of decades. In 2002, I moved back to Littleton when I met and wed the love of my life, Sue Romano of Romano’s Italian Restaurant. Sue had three daughters, so I again found myself surrounded by women. We welcomed a fourth daughter when I was 50. It has been rewarding — and trying at times — to help raise four daughters, celebrating their success and offering support if they stumble.

Some of the warmest memories were of coaching their soccer and baseball teams. Nothing brings warmer feelings than the excited screams of young athletes. It completes the circle as my dad was a coach of my little league and soccer teams.

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BOTANICALS FROM PAGE 1

them “feel so calm.”

At one point, she rented out a space at what was called the Nourished Health Center, educating people about herbalism on Wednesday nights.

“I kept getting a lot of questions about, ‘Where do I buy that?’”

Molloy said. Feeling that many products on the market were not high quality, she thought: “Well, I could offer that,” she said.

In 2014, she founded Bridget’s Botanicals, a business that has formulated and manufactured more than 40 products and developed 30 “community classes,” according to its website.

The health products are formulated based on “current scientific research combined with traditional global healing practices” and are manufactured in small batches in Colorado, the website says.

Molloy taught classes until

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to build 359 apartments and new commercial spaces in the Columbine Square area would have eaten up the vast majority of the parking area that the garden center relied on, since much of the parking was not on O’Toole’s property. With just 30 parking spaces owned by her company, O’Toole said the plans would have made business nonviable.

“I did not go looking to sell,” O’Toole said. “It was out of my hands.”

According to Mike Sutherland, community development deputy director for the City of Littleton, the area that includes O’Toole’s property is currently zoned for commercial use. But under a new land-use code approved by city council in October, developers are able to apply for zoning changes to certain commercial sites to allow for new housing, as is the case with the Columbine Square area.

COVID-19 arrived, and then she shifted to holding virtual classes.

Her business developed amid talk in the business world about a shift in American consumerism toward people preferring experiences rather than products or things, a change that seemed to show in her business around late 2019. That’s when she started getting a lot more requests and filling classes, Molloy said.

“And now, especially, being out again in front of people, in the last year, I’d say it’s really picked up quite a bit,” Molloy said.

Molloy was among the businesspeople who have participated in a City of Centennial program to help local businesses adapt to changing consumer tastes. The Spark Centennial Experience Accelerator program, which started in 2021, provides mentorship and funding to assist business owners in offering experiences.

For Molloy, the Spark program helped her design an “interactive experience for customers and just the general public,” she said.

Molloy used her Spark Centen-

nial funding to develop a mobile cart that allowed her to bring products and educational classes to public events to reach new audiences.

It encouraged “connecting with plants through health and eventually using our products,” Molloy said. “So that’s kind of the newer philosophy that blossomed out of Spark.”

Her business already offered classes before her time in Spark Centennial, but another change that came with the Spark program was deciding to start shipping out “botanical boxes” that offer interactive materials, Molloy said.

It’s about “how do you interact with this plant, instead of just reading or learning about it,” Molloy said.

Some of that interaction is based on smell; with some of the materials, people can make a tea.

“One of them is a syrup, so how you can make an elixir,” Molloy laughed. “Honey, water and whatever kind of plant you want to do.

It’s an easy thing to do with kids or adults.”

Asked what advice she would give other businesses on how to stay afloat with people who prefer experiences rather than just products themselves, Molloy said: “I would say ‘community’ is our winner of a word.

“If someone has a brick and mortar (store), how can you bring people into it (through) an event there?” Molloy said. She continued: “How can we collaborate with our community and other fellow business owners to create an experience in our spaces? And how can we expand into schools and other businesses? I just think there’s so much opportunity to do that and exchange ideas.”

Bridget’s Botanicals doesn’t have a set physical location for customers to visit, but Molloy is considering potentially opening a storefront for the business, she said.

“Centennial is just such a fantastic place for small businesses, I think, and engaging different people,” Molloy said. “I just feel like there’s such a driving space and there’s so much room to grow.”

Sutherland said the city has yet to receive a formal application for the plans, although it recently met with Lennar on Jan. 13 for a preapplication study.

The current plans from Lennar do not include the O’Toole’s property and Sutherland said he is not aware of how that site will factor into the proposal.

“It’s always concerning to see a good corporate citizen like O’Toole’s close their doors,” Sutherland said. “But it does open up some possibilities for the future of both those sites.”

As of press time, Lennar senior development manager Pete Dikeou and development associate Peyton Oldenburg have not responded to requests for comment about the plans.

The news led to dozens of comments on social media from patrons who called Littleton’s O’Toole’s their “go-to nursery” and who asked, “where would people go to get their garden materials?”

But O’Toole said she is hopeful the store will be able to reopen at some point in the future, though it

may not be in Littleton. O’Toole’s two other stores, located in Westminster and Lakewood, will remain fully up and running, O’Toole said.

Some of the Littleton store’s roughly 25 full-time employees could transfer to either of the two other locations, O’Toole said, who added that all will be compensated with a severance bonus when the store closes.

But for some longtime partners,

hope remains.

“It’s sad to know that there’s a chapter that ends,” McPherson said. “But there’s maybe a new chapter that opens up.”

And Ibsen knows the sun will always rise.

“This world that we’re in, there’s a lot of good, and a lot of dark,” he said. “This is a place where everybody could come in and get a little bit of sunshine.”

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March 31, 2022

VOICES

Mental health dilemma

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ince the start of the pandemic, there appears to be a lot more emphasis on doing something about the mental health crisis in this country. The problem is the help is coming at a pretty late date.

In talking to a clinician at the UCHealth hospital in Highlands Ranch, she was adamant that this crisis did not grow from the pandemic. Instead, she compared the situation to a pot, filled to the rim, and FROM THE once the COVID-19 crisis hit the world, EDITOR the pot boiled over out of control.

If we could point at something good coming from that pot boiling over — it is that we as a society can no longer just ignore or place small Band-Aids on a catastrophic problem. The state, cities, counties and hospitals and doctors are now turning their focus to the crisis and doing a lot more to address it.

Recently, through a Kaiser Permanente grant, Englewood Public Schools Thelma Grimes put $300,000 towards addressing mental health needs for students. This is a great start here. It is great that Kaiser made the project possible.

In Douglas County they are ahead of the curve. Good thinking many years ago has led to a great program there aimed at helping adults and children struggling with mental health. They continue to focus on getting people help rather than throwing them in jail cells.

They focus on going directly into homes and showing that someone cares through the Community Response Teams.

The county initiative is also inside the schools, making sure students who need help are getting it.

At the college level, a recent discussion with a school official said young adults are taking on more today than ever before. They are trying to pass full class loads while working 40 hours a week just to be able to pay rent and get by.

As this official said, all of these students are one flat tire away from having full-blown meltdowns. To some, a flat tire should be seen as no big deal, but to the student juggling everything and barely holding it together, the flat tire is the last straw.

The pandemic has shown that while we often say our young children are resilient and will be fine — evidence shows the opposite. We should be applauding what Children’s Hospital Colorado had the foresight to do in 2021. That foresight was essentially speaking out.

CHC said hospital beds are not being filled with physically sick children. Instead, they are being filled with children and teens causing self-harm.

CHC called out the state government for not doing enough to address the issue. That has led to more discussions, more effort to help our children.

The problem, however, is the pot is boiling over and the concern now is did we wait too long to really start taking the crisis seriously? Can we stabilize an out-ofcontrol situation?

I know there are a lot of local programs and community leaders who are taking on the crisis head on. As citizens, hopefully we too can jump in and help where we can.

Thelma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media

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Learning through serving

ears ago, I had the opportunity to caddie several times for a good friend of mine Chris. He was an awesome amateur golfer playing in the state’s mid-amateur tournaments. I refer to this as an opportunity to volunteer to serve Chris as his caddie because it gave me the opportunity to spend a few days watching and learning from the other great amateur golfers like Chris.

As I watched, I became more familiar with the rules of the game. I observed the way that fantastic golfers approach different shots and how they managed the course. I was happy to carry Chris’ bag for free because he and the other golfers were helping me to learn the game and improve my own score. During one of those seasons, I was carrying his bag for the weekend, and he won the state mid-am championship. That meant that we were paired up with some really terrific golfers, so I had the best of the best amateurs to learn from along that journey.

In my earlier career I was also given the opportunity to be an observer in board of directors meetings. This meant giving up evenings and sometimes weekends, but the knowledge and experience I gained was worth every hour that I invested in being amongst some brilliant minds for a few

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During those meetings I managed to make myself S useful by serving coffee, making sure there was r water in the room, and most c importantly taking notes. I t also took notice of the way a these leaders asked quesa tions, including their line a of questioning, it was truly t Michael Norton impressive. I paid attention to what they wrote down as important, and how they navigated difficult decisions to come to an agreement amongst nine members of the board. I was truly learning by serving.

A young man that I coach and mentor, and who lives and works with a servant’s heart, aspires to be a keynote speaker himself one day. I had an opportunity where I was delivering a keynote speech in Chicago, so I invited him to join me. I covered his travel costs, but he invested two days of his time to come and experience how corporate events like this work. He also made himself useful by handing out books and materials and collecting business cards from people

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New options in end-of-life care

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olorado now has more options available for care at end of life than ever before.

The vast array of options allow for more personal choice during the final days of life, as well as for funeral and body disposition. Every option available may not be right for you personally, but knowing and understanding your options will help you make the best choices for you and your loved ones.

The need for end-of-life doulas Many people are familiar with hospice care for the terminally ill. Although hospice services are immensely helpful, there is a gap between what hospice can provide and what the dying person needs to successfully navigate the end of life. This is where end-oflife doulas, or death doulas, come in.

End-of-life doulas are nonmedical support for the dying.

They are not a replacement for hospice, but are in addition to hospice to help fill the gap. One of the major gaps in hospice care today is the limited time hospice workers are allowed to spend with patients. End-of-life doulas are able to provide the time for additional care, such as offering emotional and spiritual support and companionship, serving as a liaison for the care team, completing a life review, creating leg-

acy projects, developing a vigil plan, providing respite care and sitting vigil, just to name a few. Some doulas also serve as home funeral guides to help families and communities who wish to care for their own deCindy J. Kaufman ceased at home, as was both custom and tradition years ago.

Each end-of-life doula brings their own unique skills, experience, and talents to their work.

Thus, no two doulas are alike.

In searching for an end-of-life doula, it is recommended that one interviews several doulas to find the one that best fits.

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Additional autonomy options at end of life Choice in care is one way to exercise autonomy at end of life.

Another is in making personal decisions about when and how one’s suffering will end. Colorado’s End of Life Options Act went into effect in early 2017, allowing the terminally ill access to medication to end their suffering peacefully and on their own terms. Since then, hundreds of terminally ill patients have been prescribed the aid-in-dying medication, even though barri-

ers to access remain problematic for many people across Colorado.

The need for education still exists around this option to help those who want access.

Another available option is called Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking, or VSED. This process falls under the terminally ill person’s legal right to refuse medical care, which includes nutrition and hydration.

For both the Medical Aid in Dying and VSED options, it is best if one has an experienced support system of hospice workers and/or end-of-life doulas to safely carry them out.

Choices for body disposition Colorado is at the forefront in terms of options available for body disposition. No longer are embalming with interment or fire cremation the only two options. The desire for more environmentally friendly ways of final disposition have given way to more sustainable methods. Colorado now has alkaline hydrolysis (aka water crema-

tion or aqua-cremation), natural organic reduction (aka human composting), and a dedicated green burial preserve.

The most important thing to realize is that you have choices available and knowing your options will help you make the decisions that honor your own personal wants, needs and desires at end of life, as well as knowing you can make your last act on earth a kind one.

Cindy J. Kaufman, MEd, EdS is president and co-founder of Colorado End-of-Life Collaborative. To learn more contact 720-989-1929, cindy@coeolcollaborative.org or visit coeolcollaborative.org.

This column is hosted by the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County. Please join us for our next virtual online presentation May 5 at 10 a.m. Cindy J. Kaufman will be our presenter and provide an overview on end-of-life care. For more information, please visit www.MyDougCoSeniorLife.com, email DCSeniorLife@douglas. co.us or call 303-663-7681.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

SB 22-153 is a bad idea Senate Bill 22-153 is scary. It removes the autonomy of county commissioners to purchase election systems for their counties, and the authority of county clerks and recorders to run elections and keep records in their counties. It gives the secretary of state

chokehold control of every county election, establishing dictatorial power over the election process.

This enables covering up fraudulent elections. It is very likely unconstitutional. It should be an embarrassment to those who are sponsoring it.

John Foley, Centennial

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what I get out of the opportunity is incredible and gives me insights into how the younger generations are thinking these days.

By giving of my time and serving, in return I was receiving tremendously valuable information that would help in understanding the different age groups and how they learn, what motivates them, and how they see the future.

There are so many great benefits when it comes to volunteering our time and serving other. How about you? Is there something that gets you excited about serving others? Do you live and work with a servant’s heart? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we realize that we can learn while we serve, it really will be a better than good year.

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he thought that I might want to meet one day. When the event was over he shared how much he had learned, and that he was grateful for the opportunity.

Two of my favorite places to serve are through my church and in my community. We are a part of a small church in our town.

My wife and I both have volunteer positions within the church.

Again, giving up a few hours each month is absolutely worth the investment of time as we work with others in our church, engaging and learning as they manage each of their different ministries.

In the small town that we live in, there are plenty of opportunities to learn and serve. I have coached a few young people for free, putting in the time and energy to help them improve their skills, make a hard decision, or find the right career path. Again,

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

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Some Front Range mental health workers are using nature as a ‘co-therapist’

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ots of Coloradans spend their free time hiking through the forest, climbing mountains and backpacking through the wilderness, but some of these adventurers are simultaneously working on improving their mental health.

That’s because of a variety of outdoor mental health programs along the Front Range that are using nature as a “cotherapist.”

Whether it’s the guided meditations

Climbers working with Aleya Littleton in adventure therapy make their way up the rocks.

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A group of climbers that work with Aleya Littleton in adventure therapy show off their COURTESY PHOTO muscles at the crag.

of forest bathing, the extended alone time of wilderness therapy or the activitybased programs of adventure therapy, there are multiple options for people who want to improve their mental health but aren’t interested in sitting in an office or a clinical setting.

Adventure therapy Aleya Littleton, an adventure therapist based in Golden, uses a variety of experiences in nature as the backdrop for her therapy work.

“It’s using nature as your office and your co-therapist,” she said. “Nature herself creates a neutral and regulating space for us to be in while we’re feeling and talking about difficult things.”

Littleton’s work includes hikes at North Table Mountain, climbing at a nearby crag or even camping and backpacking. While her clients are pulling on their climbing harnesses or stopping to take in mountain views, they’re also talking about and addressing specific mental health concerns.

Littleton, who is a trained rock climbing guide, also takes out new and experienced climbers to work on things like fear and body autonomy.

“What happens when you climb is you have to refine and renegotiate your relationship with your body, with the rock and with other people,” she said.

“You get to learn about yourself with a constant, neutral backdrop.”

One of her priorities during these excursions is to allow the climbers to make their own decisions about whether they want to push forward or come down.

“We celebrate choice and people who are learning to listen to their body,” she said. “It’s not about the actual climbing, it’s about you being good to you and making wise decisions for you.”

Littleton points out that from the research she’s seen, adventure therapy is equally as effective as traditional forms of therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, but for some people it’s just a better fit.

“What makes the difference is that relationship with the therapist,” she said. “And your belief that it’s going to work.”

Forest bathing When Sandy Troyano tells new clients about her work in forest bathing, they often picture something involving a swimsuit.

The reality of the practice is far from that, however.

Instead of diving into a body of water, when Troyano, an Evergreen resident, meets with a client or group of clients, she walks them through a series of sensory-opening exercises followed by a long, slow walk through the forest.

“There’s a saying that the guide opens the door, but the forest actually does the work,” Troyano said.

The practice comes from a Japanese concept called shinrin-yoku, which literally translates to “forest bathing.” The sessions have an approach that’s similar to meditation, with exercises intended on opening up clients’ senses through slow, deliberate walks in nature and a focus on the present moment.

Troyano begins her sessions — which can be one-on-one, groups or couples — with a type of sensory-focused, guided meditation that includes feeling the textures of the earth, noticing smells in the air and deeply listening to sounds both near and far away.

“The next step is take a small walk, a slow walk and notice everything that’s moving around you,” she said.

Then, she invites the forest bathers to find places to sit still for about 15 minutes each, observing the world around them. The process takes about two and a half hours.

“It’s really about putting yourself into the present moment,” she said.

Troyano has worked with clients who are grieving or dealing with mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety. But she believes everyone can benefit from the practice, she said.

Troyano, who is a certified nature and forest therapy guide, said the mindfulness practice also helps clients become more in tune to the nature around them even when they’re not in the forest.

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‘1776’ on stage through April 3

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Colorado Gallery of the Arts Arapahoe Community College’s Colorado Gallery of the Arts is holding an online exhibit for Littleton Student work through April 8.

My understanding is that exhibits this year are online only. See arapahoe.edu/littleton-public-schooldistrict-art-show-2022.

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senses, you start noticing more,” she said. “More comes into you.”

Wilderness therapy When Anthony Riske was first introduced to wilderness therapy, the programs were typically nomadic backpacking trips accompanied by clinical support. The clients were often teens or young adults with substance abuse problems or lifestyle issues.

Genealogy group Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society meets at 1 p.m. in-person and on Zoom. Meeting April 12 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial. Presenter: Jonathan Fairchild, historian for the National Park Service, at 1 p.m. speaking about Homestead Laws (Homestead Act of 1862) and techniques for researching homestead records and the effect the act had on the United States. On April 19 at 1 p.m., via Zoom, Susie Wickman will present “Mapping Your Family History.” columbinegenealogy.com.

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This traveling show includes 130 small prints from across the country. All are no larger than eight by 10 inches and are about the theme of communication. Some area galleries already have exhibits of

Now, his work includes more consultations for those interested in trying out “solos,” where they spend extended time alone in the outdoors as a way to treat mental health concerns.

“We spend so much time with machines that we think that we are machines now,” he said. “But really, we are a part of nature.”

Riske, who is a therapist originally based in Arvada but currently living in Costa Rica, meets virtually with clients to help them set up their own wilderness therapy experience.

Often, his clients will search for an isolated area and camp there for up

to 72 hours.

He recommends journaling prompts, symbolic ceremonies and books for them to engage with during their time alone.

“If you get bored, look closer,” he said he advises people. “Find the trail of ants, the different kinds of soil.”

Riske usually advises clients to slowly work their way up to spending more time alone outside and ensures that the client is comfortable with safety precautions.

Often, clients will report that during the first 24 hours alone, they

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remained busy with their assigned activities along with setting up camp and eating. After 48 hours, some say they feel good but somewhat exhausted from their thoughts, he said. Many of those who remain for 72 hours, though, say they reach a blissful, relaxing state.

In the past, he’s also led group backpacking trips with therapy intertwined and solo therapy meetings in the outdoors.

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A brisk wind was challenging several guests who visited Littleton’s Depot Art Gallery on March 22.

Appropriate introduction to the new exhibit, “Weathered,” which runs through April! The wind pushed us in through that front door.

Well-known Denver painter and collage artist Sandra Kaplan was the juror for this new collection, which covers the subject in many ways — from an approaching storm to a composition of weathered wood scraps to a wrinkled old man’s face. (“Rugged Years,” watercolor by Sharon Wink.)

It’s always fun to see what imaginative artists do with a stated theme. “Reclaimed Fences,” by Tippy McIntosh, was named Best of Theme and features pieces of an old, weathered barn, mounted on a slab of Camphor veneer. This artist’s husband is a homebuilder and she likes to incorporate building materials like this veneer in her artwork.

Paintings range from Richard Simpson’s “Parry and Eva,” a detailed small landscape/mountain painting named second place by Kaplan, to Lorraine Herrera-Bonilla’s strong statement, “Stalwart” (third place), and Mary Clarke’s glowing, circling gold and orange feline trio, “Keeping Warm on a Winter’s Night,” one of several honorable mention award-winners.

Others named by Kaplan for honorable mention were photographer Peggy Dietz’s “International,” an aerial view, Talia Johns’ “Keeper of the Souls” and Bobbi Shupe’s small, detailed painting, “History.”

Merrie Wicks’ entry is a strong watercolor of one of those sad, sagging old homes one sees in Colorado’s ghost towns. It’s called “Deer Creek Derelict” and longtime member Paul Nutting has a small, subtlyhued oil painting called “Prairie Dawn,” with mist and clouds.

Active member Pam Roth O’Mara’s work is an acrylic painting named “Winter at the Sod Home,” inspired by the sod home at the fascinating Plains Conservation Center on East Hampden Avenue in Aurora, where she volunteers time.

(Readers will want to add this spot to their “to be explored” lists for summer.)

Kathy Triplett exhibits a mosaic made from broken teacup plates and beaded cabochons on a fiddle-shaped form and another called “Ready for My Cameo.”

Near the entry door, a visitor finds a trio of handsome glass vases, with painted decoration by Chris Schranck, and member Gold Orman exhibits sculptural works in fused glass nearby.

“Reclaimed Fences” by Tippy McIntosh was named Best of Theme in the “Weathered” COURTESY PHOTO exhibit at Littleton’s Depot Art Gallery.

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Chap baseball team downs Fort Collins 13-5 March 26 victory moved Wolverines into positive territory for season

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a tough question but Chaparral senior James Harbison answered quickly.

He was asked which he liked better, playing the in the outfield or closing as a relief pitcher.

Harbison did both on March 26 as Chap downed Fort Collins, 13-5, in a baseball game played at the Wolverines’ Eaton field.

He got an unexpected start in left field and made the most of it as Chap improved its season record to 4-3.

Harbison doubled and scored in the Wolverines’ five-run second-inning outburst and was summoned to pitch in the sixth inning. He pitched 1.1 innings, faced five batters, didn’t allow a hit and struck out the side in the top of the seventh inning.

“I like outfield more but it is always fun to come in and close too,” said the left-handed Harbison. “I felt really good. My off speed was working and had a good defense behind me. I felt good at the plate too.”

Chap head coach Alan DiGiosio did not hesitate to point out Harbison’s contribution.

“James Harbison was not scheduled to start in left field but he got the last start and then came in and closed the game for us,” said DiGiosio. “He had a pretty good showing today.”

Chap had 11 hits against four Fort Collins pitchers.

Andrew Isdale and Ryan Loomer each had two hits and combined for three runs batted in.

Isdale, a senior, was the starting pitcher for the Wolverines against the Lambkins and allowed just one hit in four innings of work before being relieved by freshman Ethan Adams and Harbison.

Chap compiled a 2-3 record on an early-season trip to Arizona but

Senior Andrew Isdale (19) was the starting pitcher for Chaparral on March 26 against Fort Collins. He allowed one hit in four innings and the Wolverines went on to get a 13-5 victory to improve their PHOTO BY JIM BENTON season record to 4-3.

came home to face Pueblo South on March 25 and Fort Collins on March 26.

“We played really well down in Arizona for five games,” added DiGiosio. “Two games we had the lead in and realistically we could have come out of there 5-0. Both the last two wins were nice but in this one (Fort Collins) we did a lot more things right.”

Chap held a 5-1 lead against Pueblo South but held on for a 5-4 win on March 25. Isdale and Tanner Donner each had two hits for the Wolverines.

Senior Nathan Pitts was the start-

Chaparral shortstop Cole Jenkins (7) relays a throw to first base to complete a double play in the top of the second inning of the March 26 game against Fort Collins. The Wolverines won, 13-5. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

ing pitcher in the Pueblo South game and surrendered three hits in 5.1 innings before Nick Miszuk came in to get the save.

“We’re in a stretch of our schedule right now leading up to league where we’ve got to keep building and getting better because you know what our league (Continental) is like.

“We’ve got some young pieces and some guys that are in their second time with us. “We’ve got a lot of

arms and a lot of talent. We are just hoping we can put them in the right places and play up to our potential.”

Harbison agrees.

“We’re getting a lot better as we go along,” he said. “Those first couple games we lost, it was our first games in a while. Now that we are getting back in the groove, we’ll be pretty good the rest of the season. We got all of it and good energy on the bench. Everybody knows their role and plays it well.”

Regis upsets Douglas County in volleyball matchup

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Douglas County won the first boys state volleyball championship sanctioned by the Colorado High School Activities Association last year.

The Huskies went 18-0 in the historic season but on March 23, Douglas County suffered its first sanctioned loss.

Regis Jesuit pulled out a 3-2 win over the top-ranked Huskies in a match played in the Douglas County gym and the 10th-ranked Raiders snapped a 19-match winning streak for County, which opened this season with a win SEE UPSET, P21

Douglas County’s Dillen Coney (15) helps lead a cheer after the Huskies won a point in the March 25 match against Regis Jesuit.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON The Raiders won, 3-2.

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Douglas County junior Landon Keathley attempts a kill shot over blockers from Regis PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Jesuit during the March 25 match which Regis won, 3-2.

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“We are much younger this year,” said Douglas County Coach Jason Fitzgerald. “We know we are going to get everyone’s very best and we are looking forward to the challenge. The game against Regis was another opportunity to grow into who this year’s team will be. Chapter Two.” Douglas County, led by the play of Landon Keathley, Dillen Coney and Jensen Pascua, won the first set 25-20 but lost the next two sets.

The Huskies won three of the last four points to capture the fourth set, 26-24.

Fitzgerald’s team grabbed 5-1 and 6-3 leads in the decisive fifth set but couldn’t hold off the Raiders, losting 15-12.

Keathely and Coney, both juniors, each had 11 kills to pace the Huskies.Coney was credited with four blocks.

Zach Dubey finished with eight kills and Spencer Etchells had four blocks for the Huskies.

Pascua, another junior, had 32 assists, 18 digs and two service aces. Senior CJ Mullins was solid with 18 digs. Mullins, Pascua and Coney were the foundation of last season’s title team.

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who were concerned about any move toward forcing employers to allow their employees to use marijuana on or off the job.

Many in the business community are fiercely opposed to the measure and testified in opposition to it on March 2.

“I wasn’t surprised,” Hooton, who has brought similar legislation for several years, said of the outcome. “I got a lot of very, very valuable feedback about how we might be able to move forward in the future.”

The question of whether the use of cannabis off the clock can disqualify a person for a job

or lead to their firing has been swirling in Colorado since voters passed Amendment 64 in 2012, which legalized the sale and use of recreational cannabis. Most states that have lifted prohibitions on pot leave the question of how to handle employees’ marijuana use up to employers, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Nevada and New Jersey are two exceptions. In New Jersey, employers can prohibit employees from using cannabis while on the job or from showing up to work impaired. But they are not allowed to penalize an employee solely because of their off-theclock recreational cannabis use.

In 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court sided with Dish Network, which fired an employee, Bran-

don Coats, after he tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol – or THC – in a random drug test.

Coats had a medical marijuana card as a result of back spasms caused by his quadriplegia.

Muscle spasms are one of the seven debilitating conditions for which medical marijuana can be recommended under Colorado law.

The closely watched case highlighted Colorado’s pot paradox: Marijuana is legal but consuming it can still be grounds for termination.

Amendment 64 included the following provision: “Nothing in this (ballot measure) is intended to require an employer to permit or accommodate the use, consumption, possession, transfer, delay, transportation,

sale or growing of marijuana in the workplace to affect the ability of employers to have policies restriction the use of marijuana by employees.”

Amendment 20, the 2000 ballot initiative allowing medical marijuana sales and use in Colorado, included a provision about how it does not “require any employer to accommodate the medical use of marijuana in any workplace.”

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0006-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 11, 2022, 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) Judith A Stewart Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt The Bank of New York Mellon fka the Bank of New York, as Trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS Inc., asset-backed certificates, series 2006-21 Date of Deed of Trust September 06, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 21, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6136125 Original Principal Amount $204,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $210,890.87 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. ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 25, BLOCK 5, BEL-VUE HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7526 S Elati St, Littleton, CO 80120-4109.

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THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/11/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and

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First Publication: 3/17/2022 Last Publication: 4/14/2022 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: 01/11/2022 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: Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-21-896807-LL 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. 0006-2022 First Publication: 3/17/2022 Last Publication: 4/14/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO LE21-004, TRAIL RIDGE #03 / STANDFORD HILLS OPEN SPACE TRAIL PHASE II / LOCATION AND EXTENT PROPOSAL: Stream Landscape Architecture & Planning, on behalf of the property owner, Arapahoe Park & Recreation District, is requesting approval of a Location and Extent application to construct an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible concrete trail on an existing parcel southeast of Eaglecrest High School, near the intersection of S Picadilly St and S Riviera Way. The proposed improvements will make a connection to the larger trail system and provide a connection to Eaglecrest High School parking lot, which will replace the existing trail which is currently not ADA compliant.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 19, 2022 the Arapahoe County Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 6:30 P.M., or as soon as possible thereafter at 6954 S Lima St., Arapahoe Room, Centennial, CO 80112; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described LE21-004, Location and Extent. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe.legistar.com/Calendar. You can also listen to, or speak at, the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656. To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad.

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S Lima St., Centennial CO 80112 (please call ahead to schedule an appointment), by calling 720-874-6650, or by emailing planning@ arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Legal Notice No. 1053 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent Centennial Citizen Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-22-19 ARMED SECURITY SERVICES FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY FACILITIES Notice is hereby given that the Arapahoe County Purchasing Division will be accepting proposals from qualified companies to provide Armed Security Services at identified Arapahoe County Facilities as specified herein from a source that will give prompt and efficient service to the County.

All Arapahoe County solicitations can be obtained from the County’s website. The Request For Proposal (RFP-22-19) document can be obtained by going to the Arapahoe County website www.arapahoegov.com, then go to the Finance Department, and under the Finance Department select Purchasing then go to the Quick Link for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing website. Electronic submissions will be accepted online via Rocky

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Legal Notice No. Arap 1054 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent Centennial Citizen

NOTICE OF POLLING PLACE ELECTION SOUTH SUBURBAN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the South Suburban Park and Recreation District of Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson Counties, Colorado.

Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE ELIBIGILITY OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR ANNEXATION COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE DOVE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK/CHERRY CREEK INNOVATION CAMPUS ANNEXATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-12-108(2), that the City Council of the City of Centennial will hold a public hearing on Monday, the 18th day of April 2022 at 7:00 PM (or as soon thereafter as the meeting agenda permits) to consider whether the property generally known as the “Dove Valley Regional Park/ Cherry Creek Innovation Campus Annexation,” and more particularly described in Resolution No. 2022-R-11, dated March 7, 2022 (the “Substantial Compliance Resolution”), which property consists of a total of approximately 274.025 acres as more particularly described in a petition for annexation (the “Subject Property”), meets the applicable requirements of Section 30 of Article II of the Colorado Constitution and C.R.S § 31-12-104 and C.R.S § 31-12-105, and is eligible for annexation to the City of Centennial. Copies of the Petitions for Annexation concerning the Subject Property and the corresponding annexation map are on file at the City of Centennial City Clerk’s office, 13313 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112.

All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard. The hearing will be held in the Centennial Civic Center, 13313 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 at the above time and date. Further information concerning this matter may be obtained by calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303754-3403. A copy of the Substantial Compliance Resolution is published in full below.

A live broadcast of the meeting may be found at: https://www.centennialco.gov/Government/ Mayor-Council/City-Council-Meetings/AgendasMinutes IMPORTANT NOTICE: Though not anticipated, in the event the public hearing is required to held by a virtual meeting service such as Zoom, the date and time of the meeting shall remain the same as stated above but the City’s website shall provide immediate notice of the change in meeting format and provide a means of accessing the virtual meeting via the internet as soon as practicable. In addition, you may call the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3308 to obtain the internet link to the meeting if held by virtual format. /s/ Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk

First Publication: March 10, 2022 Second Notice: March 17, 2022 Third Notice: March 24, 2022 Fourth Notice: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 3rd day of May, 2022, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. The Board of Directors of the District has designated the following polling places: Goodson Recreation Center 6315 South University Boulevard Centennial, Colorado South Suburban Sports Complex 4810 E. County Line Road Littleton, CO 80126 At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for Three (3) Directors to serve a ThreeYear Term of office of the Board of Directors of the District: The names of persons nominated for a ThreeYear Term are as follows: John Priddy Pete Barrett Kate M. Arkin David Lawful Alexis Barrere Susan K. Pye Elizabeth Watson Michael G. Kohut Kathleen Turley NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with Jennifer King, Designated Election Official of the South Suburban Park and Recreation District at: 4810 E. County Line Road, Littleton, CO 80126, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., until the close of business (5:00 P.M.) on the Tuesday immediately preceding the regular election (April 26, 2022) Contact the DEO at (303) 483-7011 or Elections@ssprd.org for more information. Absentee ballots must be returned to the DEO by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. SOUTH SUBURBAN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT /s/ Jennifer King, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.530206-60206 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Centennial Citizen and Lone Tree Voice

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Legal Notice No. 530153-60153

Centennial Legals 3.31.22 * 1

24 Centennial Citizen

March 31, 2022

The Littleton Symphony Orchestra presents

A Night of Dances from the East with Guest Conductor Scott O’Neil and Cellist Gal Faganel

Wednesday, April 6 & Friday, April 8, 2022 7:30 pm Littleton United Methodist Church 5894 S. Datura Street

Rozsa: Festive Flourish Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.1 Kodaly: Dances of Galanta Bruch: Kol Nidrei Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt: Les Preludes

Tickets available at eventbrite.com www.littletonsymphony.org or (303)933-6824 Due to Covid-19 protocols, Littleton Symphony tickets are only available in advance online or by phone. We will not be selling tickets at the door.

Masks and proof of vaccination are required for entry.

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