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VOLUME 21 | ISSUE 31
Music therapist visits Koelbel Library to raise awareness
Corrosive soils cause water main break 23 Centennial homes were left without service BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
practice,” she said, adding that most health insurance policies do not cover music therapy services. “People don’t even know what it is, and they don’t respect it. Our governor just vetoed a bill that is title protection for music therapists in the state of Colorado.” On May 27, Governor Jared Polis vetoed the Music Therapist Title Protection bill, HB 22-1399, that would have made it a deceptive trade practice, and class 2 misdemeanor, for someone to claim they are a music therapist unless
Denver Water, Colorado’s largest water utility, concluded that corrosion led to a June 14 water main break in Centennial on a residential street near Arapahoe High School. “Corrosive soils were responsible for the break,” said Todd Hartman, a Denver Water spokesperson, in an email June 17. The June 14 break happened sometime before 6:30 a.m. in the 7600 block of South Detroit Street between East Irwin Place and East Jamison Avenue, Hartman said. Large amounts of water flowed down South Detroit Street towards East Dry Creek Road, and much of the water gathered at the southwest corner of the intersection where there are drains. Denver Water was able to isolate the break and turn off water for that area by 7:10 a.m., Hartman said. Water was turned off for 23 homes in the area while Denver Water addressed the issue. Denver Water was able to replace the pipe and temporarily fix the damage on South Detroit Street by about 4 or 5 p.m. on June 14, he said, and water was turned back on for residents at about 4 p.m. Initially, Denver Water did not know the cause of the break. A lot of factors can lead to a break, Hartman said, such as the age of the pipe, the materials the pipe is made
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Music therapist Brittany Costa visited Koelbel Library on June 14 to help raise awareness about the therapy service and how it can COURTESY PHOTO help others.
Technique helps veterans, stroke patients and others BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
When Brittany Costa began playing the clarinet about 20 years ago, she had no idea it would lead her on a path to becoming a music therapist for veterans, children struggling with their mental health, people facing grief, premature babies and countless others. “Music therapy is very much
musically involved, but therapeutically involved as well,” said Costa, who works as a music therapist at Creative Remedies and Rocky Mountain Music Therapy. “It just provides a way to achieve that optimal wellness to make you feel better, whether it’s quality of life, or soothing qualities, or working on injuries, or mental health issues — whatever it may be.” Despite the versatility of music therapy, there are still many people who don’t know about it, Costa said. “Music therapy is not very acknowledged as a mental health
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