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As students walk back into classrooms in the fourth school year amid the coronavirus pandemic, parents may ﬁnd themselves wondering: When can we stop worrying about COVID-19? “As we go into our third fall living with COVID, this has been an extraordinary experience for society, for public health departments, for folks that have been most impacted,” said Dr. John Douglas, head of Tri-County Health Department. “It’s been a hugely tragic circumstance. We’ve lost over a million people in the U.S. I think we’ll be learning from this as we go.”

Amidst the crowd of people was Vidhya Sampath, a Centennial resident who came with her husband and 8-year-old daughter.

While experts say the pandemic looks much different than it did last year, predictions about what the return of school means in this era of fast-changing variants can be a mixed bag. “My guess is bringing kids back to school will probably increase (COVID) transmission among kids, but it will probably have a limited impact on the community. Part of the reason I say that is we have so much built-up immunity,” Douglas said, referring to people who have been vaccinated and the unvaccinated who have been infected. But each COVID variant can

Hosted by Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office and Back the Blue K-9 Force on Aug. 6 at Dove Valley Regional Park, the event featured a range of activities and attractions, including a 5K run and walk, demonstrations by K-9 officers, food trucks, inflatable bounce houses, auctions and a variety of vendors.

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The family of four was among thousands who came to the park for the 16th Centennial Under the Stars event, featuring live musical performances, hula hoop competitions, face painting, food trucks and vendors, law enforcement and — new this year — a Ninja Warrior-style obstacle course. “I love it,” Josie Faucheux said about the event. It was the Faucheux family’s ﬁrst time attending, as they had just moved to Centennial from Louisiana. After learning about the event online, they decided to come and get to know the community and their new neighbors, Alex Faucheux said. People of all ages could be seen at the event, as young kids chased one another throughout the amphitheater ﬁeld, often with glow sticks in hand and light-up glasses on, while others danced, laughed, ate and enjoyed the evening.

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The Arapahoe County Sheri ’s O ce did a bite demonstration at the “RexRun for PAWSitivity” event, held Aug. 6 at Dove Valley Regional Park. Sheri Tyler Brown was the one receiving the bite.

As the sun set and bright glow sticks began to illuminate the sky at Centennial Center Park on Aug. 13, 5-year-old Josie Faucheux danced with her mom, Ann Faucheux, as her 3-year-old sister, Jade Faucheux, excitedly waved her glow stick in front of their dad, Alex Faucheux.

“You can tell from this crowd why this is one of our favorite events of the year,” Mayor Stephanie Piko said to the audience. “Thank you all for being here and joining us.”

“We come here every year. So this is so much fun listening to local bands and absolutely enjoying time with the family and looking at everyone, and just having a great

Centennial caps o summer with annual event 3,000 attend Under the Stars

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More than $33,000 was raised for the nonproﬁt Back the Blue K-9 Force at the “RexRun for PAWSitivity” event, which brought together community members, law enforcement and four-legged companions to raise funds and awareness about school therapy dogs and K-9 units, also referred to as police dog units.

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Arapahoe County adds 24-hour ballot drop box at county fairgrounds To better serve voters in developing areas of the County, the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder’s Ofﬁce announced it will install a 24-hour ballot drop box at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds, 25690 E Quincy Ave, Aurora, CO 80016. The drop box is being moved to the new location from the parking lot of the Aurora Motor Vehicle branch ofﬁce at City Center Market on Chambers Rd. and 6th Ave. Voters in that area have two other drop box options less than a mile away from thatCentrePointlocation: Plaza: 14980 E. Alameda Dr.; and Aurora Municipal Center (Library Circle): 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy. Clerk and Recorder Joan Lopez said the move conserves resources while making voting more accessible in growing areas of the County. “We’re expanding access to an area that’s growing rapidly, while keeping the same convenience for voters in central Aurora,” Lopez said. “The best part is that we’re using existing resources and saving taxpayer dollars.”Arapahoe County will manage 35 drop boxes for the General Election in November, all of which are open 24 hours and video monitored. Drop boxes will open the same day ballots begin mailing to voters, Oct. 17.

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“I think we’ll know more about endemic stage in the rearview mirror,” Douglas said. He envisions a time when public health ofﬁcials can look back and notice that the situation hasn’t been changing much — when variants arise but don’t behave much differently from each other.

At the individual level, though, it’s important to realize that a lot of COVID is still circulating, so it’s a good time for people to make sure they and their families are vaccinated, Carlton

“What we do know is masks are a highly effective tool for slowing the spread of (COVID) from one person to another, particularly if you wear a high-quality mask and both people are wearing a high-quality mask,” Carlton said. A KN95 or N95 mask would count as high quality, she said. Is it endemic yet? With some luck, COVID could be moving toward an endemic phase — where the disease is a more regular occurrence.Douglas,the head of Tri-County Health, broke down the terminology like this: an epidemic is an occurrence of a health problem that exceeds what is expected. A pandemic is when that happens on a global “Endemic is when things are happening — it could be a high level, could be a low level — but it’s what you expect,” Douglas said. He added: “I think we are getting to a point where we expect to be living through waves caused by new variants. We expect to (respond) to it with newNewvaccines.”variants could be more contagious and may be either less severe or more severe than earlier versions of the virus, Douglas said.

Just as the school season arrived, COVID protocols continued to loosen at the federal level, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer suggesting people stay home after a virus exposure to see whether they catch COVID. The federal agency is now “recommending that instead of quarantining if you were exposed to COVID-19, you wear a high-quality mask for 10 days and get tested on day 5,” an Aug. 11 news release announced.

“I don’t think next spring is an unlikely time frame for us to look back and say, ‘This is probably how COVID’s going to behave,’ ” Douglas gave as an estimate.

“In a typical year pre-COVID, inﬂuenza killed 12,000 to 52,000 people per year in the U.S. … so far in 2022, we’ve had about 187,000 COVID deaths in the U.S.,” said Carlton, who works in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health. Strict COVID rules long gone For this school year, the state public health department signaled it will continue the more hands-off approach to COVID it began a year ago and has since loosened further. In July 2021, Colorado removed mask requirements for schools and repealed the mandate for school protocols regarding outbreaks and other instances of COVID-19 cases. That meant that schools no longer needed to adhere to the broad quarantine and isolation requirements in the state’s earlier public health orders. (The state still put forth nonessential guidance for schools.) And state and local public health ofﬁcials still had “statutory authority to institute quarantine and isolation as needed to stop the spread of disease,” the state public health department said at the time.

And while Colorado’s hospitalizations have come back down after a long plateau — the number was 236 in mid-August — it’s anyone’s guess as to when the next wave will arrive, particularly as school gets underway.

Colorado still sees ups and downs Despite the many months of living without broad public health mandates in metro Denver counties, Colorado is seeing much fewer COVID hospitalizations than at the same time last year. Back in the spring, Colorado hit a milestone: The state saw the lowest number of Coloradans hospitalized with COVID since the start of the pandemic — 77 statewide — on April 12, according to a report from the arrived even amid the highly contagious Omicron subvariants, and that’s partly because they seem to be less severe than the Delta variant was, Carlton said. Another factor was the rollout of Paxlovid, an antiviral drug that Carlton called “a game changer” for people who are at risk for COVID hospitalization — even though the drug isn’t yet as widely available as she would like. But like clockwork, hospitalizations came roaring back, reaching 324 in mid-July, according to the state’s COVID website. (Not all patients who are counted are hospitalized “due to” the virus. For some, COVID is a less important or “incidental” ﬁnding, such as for patients who are admitted for other reasons but test positive for “for COVID” and about 31% hospitalized “with COVID” in early August.)

In Carlton’s view, “what sometimes gets lost in the messaging” is that the CDC still recommends masking after an exposure — and to stay home for ﬁve days if a test comes back positive.

In January, the state’s quarantine guidance updated to align with a change in CDC guidance, outlining that students and staff generally don’t need to quarantine if they were up to date on COVID vaccination. For those not up to date, the guidance shortened the recommended quarantine to ﬁve days, with ﬁve additional days of masking — down from the earlier suggestion of 10 days of quarantine.Asof August, quarantine in K-12 settings after “routine classroom exposures” is no longer recommended unless it’s part of a strategy put in place at the discretion of the school, district, or local public health agency when COVID cases are increasing, outbreaks are detected or community COVID levels are escalating, according to the state health department. (Colorado’s August guidance echoes the state’s recommendations back in February, which suggested moving toward focusing less on quarantining of staff and students after exposures to COVID in school, according to a news release.)

And while researchers likely won’t develop a new vaccine for every variant, there could be a new COVID vaccine every year, similar to the ﬂu, Douglas said. Right now, COVID is much less dangerous than it was, but it’s still affecting society in ways ranging from interrupting kids’ education to driving up the death toll, Carlton noted.

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“Sports start again, parents start going back in the ofﬁce — there’s all this mixing that changes as schools reopen. And that remixing of populations can facilitate” COVID spread, Carlton said. She added: “But we think that immunity is high enough that we shouldn’t see a dramatic spike in cases and hospitalizations.”

August 25, 20224 Centennial Citizen behave differently, leaving open the possibility that the virus’s impact across age groups could change, DouglasMeanwhile,said. the state public health department has continued its loosened approach to addressing COVID risk in schools. And looking ahead, state ofﬁcials aren’t currently considering adding COVID vaccination to the list of required vaccines for K-12 students for the 2023-24 school year, a statement from the department said. As many Coloradans continue to return to life as normal, Elizabeth Carlton, an associate professor at the Colorado School of Public Health, emphasized the need to take the virus seriously.“Ithink what is challenging is communicating the severity of COVID risk, and it’s not uniform across the population,” Carlton said. She added: “It’s different for different people.”

The garden store currently has two other locations in Lakewood and Westminster. But the Littleton shop, located at West Belleview Avenue and South Federal Boulevard, is its longest standing, operating for more than 30 years. O’Toole said she had fended off buyers in the past, but with Lennar’s plans to use much of the parking area that had been used by the garden center, O’Toole said she did not see a viable path to keeping the store, noting that a May weekend could feature 9,000 customers. As the store readies for its curtain call, shelves are becoming thinner and the shop has marked down all of its products by 50%.

Pauly said she’s been going to O’Toole’s for at least 20 years and said the store had an unmatched “homey” feel to it. “Not like you’re being rushed at the big stores,” Pauly said, adding that she’s hopeful O’Toole’s will ﬁnd a new location to reopen.

I’m devastated,” said Jody Pauly, who lives off West Berry Avenue, a roughly 10-minute walk from the store.

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Though those dark clouds seemed to bear the weight of the center’s ﬁnal event, it did little to keep residents“Takeaway.alook at all these people, coming out on a rainy day,” Ibsen said. “This is where people see their neighbors that they haven’t seen in a while, or friends, old friends. It’s important for the community to have something like this.”

A pickup truck showcased in the O’Toole’s parking lot.

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Mullin, who is also a Littleton resident and frequent patron at O’Toole’s, said the closure “is going to be a big loss” for the city. “You come in here to shop and you can ask any of their employees questions and they’re so good about giving you advice,” he said. “It really is a neighborhood center and that’s how they treat you.”

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Chris Ibsen, the store’s longtime manager, said he was feeling “very grateful” that so many community members decided to come to the ﬁnal car show, which occurred following several hours of rain.

“(O’Toole’s) is by far my favorite,” Mullin said. “This is a pretty small local deal. They do a great job here.”

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O’Toole’s Garden Center in Littleton welcomed residents and local patrons to its ﬁnal car show Aug. 16, just weeks before the longstanding store is set to close at the end of the month.Theevent, part of Littleton’s Western Welcome Week celebration, drew more than two dozen vintage cars — some nearly a century old — as well as a host of community members who both lamented the O’Toole’s closure and cherished its memories as a beacon of community.Store owner Adele O’Toole announced in late March that she was selling the site to Lennar Multifamily Communities — a North Carolina-based developer — which plans to build 359 apartment homes along with new commercial space in the“I’marea.devastated.

Dan Mullin, who displayed his 1949 Ford during the event, said he’s featured the car at several metroarea shows over the past ﬁve years.

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The Colorado Secretary of State’s office last week shared the latest quarterly update on how small businesses in the state are doing. It’s mixed, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said. Job growth remains strong, but the number of businesses that are delinquent in filing regular reports or repaying a debt rose. “And while many new entities are filing with our office, the report also notes an uptick in delinquencies and dissolutions as well as signs of pessimism from the business community due to inflation, supply-chain disruption, worker shortages and interest rates among other factors that continued to place pressure on small business owners,” Griswold said during a news conference. According to data provided by the Leeds School of Business at University of Colorado, the number of new business filings was slightly negative from a year ago, at -0.2% in the second quarter, which was the first annual decline since the start of the pandemic.Andthenumber of companies showing signs of failure grew at double-digit rates — delinquent filings were up 9.8% while companies that dissolved their business grew 27%.

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“Our view is that this is not, we’re not in a recession,” Wobbekind said. “Despite the slowdown in the first half, expectations are that the 2022 overall GDP will be positive. Right now, the forward-looking forecast for the third quarter is running at about one-and-half percent for GDP growth. But this is still obviously a much more moderate growth economy than we had in 2021.”Speaking of business filings, Colorado’s Business Fee Relief Act went into effect July 1. That dropped the cost of registering a new business from $50 to $1. In the first month, the state attracted 13,000 new business registrations and 4,200 trade names, which the Secretary of State’s office estimated a $750,000 savings for small business owners. 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.

“The last few updates to school guidance sought to reduce the burden of quarantine on school-agers and to prioritize in-person learning as tools to prevent severe disease became widely available in Colorado and is aligned with CDC’s recent guidance,” said a statement from the Colorado State Joint Information Center, which takes questions for the health department.School districts and local public health agencies can make their own decisions as to whether to impose outbreak, quarantine or mask requirements that go beyond what the state mandates.Butinan era where broad mask mandates for the general public are a thing of the past in Colorado — state health ofﬁcials say they are not aware of any mask mandates implemented at the municipal or county level — local health and school ofﬁcials are unlikely to take restrictive measures.

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Asked whether Tri-County Health Department — the agency that oversees public health for Adams and Arapahoe counties and provides some services in Douglas County — has any school COVID protocols above the state’s protocols, Douglas, said: “We don’t at this point.”

If new variants or bigger outbreaks arise, Tri-County Health could become more active in ﬁghting COVID, Douglas said. But if that happens, the agency would likely take an “educational” stance, he added. It’s “very unlikely to be anything like mask mandates,” Douglas said.

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Brian Lewandowski, executive director of Leeds’ Business Research Division, speculated that more businesses would have dissolved earlier if it hadn’t been for federal stimulus packages that provided financial aid to small businesses, like the popular Paycheck Protection Programs.“Perhaps the rise in dissolutions and delinquencies are a sign of some of that strain on businesses now that the stimulus has gone away,” he said. “With a slowing national economy, can we expect to see the rise in business failures over the coming quarters?”Hiscolleague Richard Wobbekind thinks so. Even though bankruptcy filings fell in the pandemic, recent data lags. “I think there’s a fair amount of concern that we’re going to see bankruptcy and those kinds of things uptick over the next two quarters,” Wobbekind said. “Some of the funding that was out there has run out. We’re hearing this from the banking community and elsewhere.” The nation’s gross domestic product slowed in the first half of the year, which can indicate an economy in recession. Nevertheless, strong job numbers and a growth in the number of businesses in good standing are evidence that Colorado’s economy is holding steady.

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Matt Sturgeon, the Centennial city manager, said on Aug. 15 during the city council meeting that an estimated 3,000 people attended the event. He also said there will be future conversations about the laser show and the difficulties that weather can pose, as the wind presented some challenges with this year’s laser light show.

August 25, 20228 Centennial Citizen time,” Sampath said. She said her family has been attending the event for at least five“We’veyears.been here since before the park was built, so yeah, it’s amazing to just see how much it’s evolved and how it’s grown,” she said. “It’s only gotten better.”

The five-hour event featured live musical performances by: The Man Cubs, a band that performs Disney songs in an alternative rock and pop-punk style; Jenny Shawhan, a musician with a style similar to that of Dolly Parton and Bonnie Raitt; and Paizley Park, a Prince tribute band.Paizley Park’s energetic performance included a vibrant laser show. As the band concluded its setlist with a performance of “Purple Rain,” a light drizzle of rain fell on the audience as bright purple lasers shot out from the stage and decorated the sky.

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Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office in the attorney’s office, attended the event with her her children and dog, walking the 5K together, which was her favorite part of the day. “It’s impressive to see so much support here,” Johnson said, adding her kids were excited to meet the dogs and horses in the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office Mounted Patrol Unit. “I think it’s great.” Back the Blue K-9 Force, created in 2016, helps fund school therapy dogs and law enforcement K-9 units throughout Colorado, including for the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.“They’ve been working with Arapahoe County for years. And they not only provide all of our equipment to our canines — all of our canines — but they also provide our dogs,” said School Resource Officer Deputy John Gray. “The partnership is huge.” Gray is the handler of Rex, Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office first therapy dog, who was the inspiration for the “RexRun” event.

Lewis said the nonprofit has purchased about 12 dogs for Colorado law enforcement agencies, and it aims to continue offering funding for K-9 units and raise awareness about the value of therapy dogs like Rex andToZeke.help raise funds, a live auction was held at the event. Rhonda Rooney, a Lone Tree resident, was the top bidder of the auction, offering to pay $3,000 for a private foursome at Sanctuary Golf Course, located in Sedalia. She said she plans to give it to her Rooneyparents.found out about the event while searching for 5K races to participate in, as she set a goal earlier this year to participate in five races. Her favorite part of the day was seeing where the money goes towards by meeting the animals and officers at the event.

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Attendees at the Aug. 6 “RexRun” event visit with Love Bug, a miniature therapy horse with McNicholas Miniatures. Love Bug is an honorary deputy in Arapahoe County Sheri ’s O ce Mounted Patrol Unit.

The nonprofit has also helped the agency purchase equipment for the dogs, including bulletproof vests as well as medical kits in case a dog is injured and needs immediate treatment, Gray said. “They now have the proper medical equipment to be able to service any type of injury that they’ll have happen in the field. They can almost do a full operating room procedure right there in the field, so it’s life saving for these dogs,” said Brian Johnson, a volunteer for the nonprofit who said he used to be an Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputy and is a U.S. Army veteran.“It’sabout — not just about supplying the K-9, but also keeping the K-9 alive so they can actually have a long career,” Johnson said.

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information officer for Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, in an email Aug.Back16.the Blue K-9 Force announced Aug. 18 on its Facebook account that “RexRun for PAWSitivity” will return next year on Aug. 5 at Centennial Center Park. Overall, Gray said he hopes people who attended the event gained an understanding of the importance of the nonprofit as well as Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office therapy dog program and what it aims to do. “January of 2021, this was just a concept,” Gray said about the school therapy dog program. “And as of January 2023, there’s a likelihood that we’ll have three dogs, which is awesome.”

Rex, who lives with Gray and works with him in Littleton Public Schools, helps offer a two-part safety approach, Gray said. The ﬁrst is mental health support, connecting with kids in school who are less social or may be struggling. The second is being able to smell guns, since Rex is certiﬁed in gun detection.

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“I think the coolest thing is that there’s lots of therapy dogs in schools, but there’s not a lot that wear a badge,” Gray said, explaining that Rex helps him connect with students.Graysaid he thinks there are kids who probably wouldn’t have talked to him if he didn’t have Rex by his side, and there are times where he’ll have 20-minute conversations with students without them realizing it as they pet Rex. “To bridge the gap from law enforcement and the community is huge, especially in a time where people are unsure, you know. People are a little bit leery,” Gray said. “The whole purpose of this event was to bring, kind of, awareness of what we were doing, and it’s obviously a charity event so that we can hopefully raise money to get more of these dogs.”InApril, Rex’s younger brother, Zeke, became the agency’s second therapy dog. Diane Lewis, one of the founders of Back the Blue K-9 Force, said the nonprofit purchased Zeke for the“Iagency.wouldsay Back the Blue has helped us add five dogs and a training field in the last year,” Gray said. “None of that would have been possible without them.”

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Seeking federal approval Colorado has not yet identiﬁed which drugs it will seek to import. Some — biologics, like insulin, for instance — are off the table due to federal regulations. For others, it depends on how negotiations with manufacturers go, Reveley said. But the state is expected to ﬁnalize its list in the coming months because it’s a requirement for winning federal approval for the program.Bimestefer said the state plans to submit its application to the federal Food and Drug Administration this

How it will work Bimestefer’s department administers Medicaid in Colorado. But the drug-importation program is not aimed at reducing the state government’s prescription drug spending — which is around $1 billion a year, Bimestefer said. The explanation for that is contained in a report released by the department last year that found, due to rebates and federal regulations, the prices Medicaid pays for drugs are already comparable to the prices of drugs in Canada. Bimestefer said Medicaid’s drug spending has been ﬂat in recent years, while it has continued to climb for people on private insurance.Asa result, the state has set up the importation program with the goal of helping those privately insured folks, with the imported drugs ultimately ending up in local pharmacies.LaurenReveley, who is leading HCPF’s drug importation program, said AdiraMedica will work with the state to negotiate to purchase drugs from manufacturers in Canada. AdiraMedica will then buy the drugs and sell them to Premier Pharmaceuticals. Premier will contract with a laboratory to test the drugs and make sure they are what they claim to be, then will repackage and relabel the drugs and distribute them to participating Colorado pharmacies, which will sell them to PoisonMeanwhile,consumers.RockyMountainandDrugSafetywillset up a program to monitor for adverse events and other safety concerns, so the state can spot problems in the supply chain.

Colorado continues to work towards providing residents with lower cost prescriptions.

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Colorado has taken another step toward importing lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, after signing contracts with companies on both sides of the border that will handle the transaction.

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The state hopes that bringing in regular, everyday prescription drugs from Canada, where they are sold at a lower price than in the United States, will help lower drug costs for people here. On Aug. 18, the state announced that it has signed deals with three companies: AdiraMedica, a wholesaler with a subsidiary in Canada that will act as the exporter; Premier Pharmaceuticals, an Idaho-based wholesaler that will act as the importer and distributor; and Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety, which will run a program to collect reports on the drugs’ safety.

“We have hit a major milestone on importation, and that is, if you will, setting up the pathway and the partner contracts in order to enable the importation.” said Kim Bimestefer, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which is overseeing the importation program.

Reveley said the system is designed to be market-driven, meaning the state will facilitate it but not need to ﬁnance it with taxpayer dollars. So far, Colorado has spent about $1.5 million to get the program up and running, Reveley said.

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“We have committed to monitor and to not import drugs in a way that would impede any of their supplies,” Bimestefer said, speaking of a need to “be a very good partner to our friends to the north.”“Ibelieve they came down in a way that allows us to do this.”

A Polis priority Colorado’s drug importation program is a major piece of Gov. Jared Polis’ health care agenda, one that has taken on even greater signiﬁcance in an election year as Polis touts his efforts to save people money.Inastatement, Polis called the Aug. 18 announcement of the program’s contractors “a major piece in place to make drugs more affordable.”“Iamproud to see the progress of the program and the steps forward in making lower health care costs a reality across Colorado and look forward to delivering real results and savings,” Polis said. In her own statement, Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, a four-time cancer survivor, referenced her personal experiences trying to pay for life-saving medications and said the administration is “committed to creating new innovative ways to ensure all Coloradans have access to high quality and affordable health care.”

“We are poised to be able to do what is right and poised to be able to take on those who would impede us in bringing savings to Coloradans,” she said. “We are going to ﬁnd manufacturers who are willing to negotiate. If we didn’t think we would be able to ﬁnd manufacturers who are willing to negotiate, we wouldn’t be pursuing this.”

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Beating industry opposition If Canada goes along, that leaves only one obstacle remaining: the pharmaceutical industry, which has staunchly opposed the effort.In2020, the industry filed a lawsuit seeking to stop implementation of the federal rules for state importation programs. That lawsuit is still ongoing — Florida earlier this year filed an amicus brief in support of the federal rules; Colorado has not done the same, according to federal court records.Theindustry also opposed a bill in Congress that would write the federal rules on state importation programs into law.

Navigating Canadian concerns Even if the program receives federal approval, it still faces signiﬁcant hurdles. Among the biggest: Will Canada actually go along?

“Drugs that enter the United States through drug importation schemes would circumvent FDA’s review and approval of our medicine supply,” Priscilla VanderVeer, the vice president of public policy at the pharmaceutical industry group PhRMA, said in a statement following a committee hearing on the federal bill. Advocates for importation, including Bimestefer, said the programs will have numerous safeguards, including a requirement that drugs be purchased directly from manufacturers. But those requirements also make the pharmaceutical industry’s opposition more consequential — essentially giving the industry veto power over the programs. Still, Bimestefer said she is optimistic that some manufacturers will want to work with Colorado to export Canadian drugs.

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For years, ofﬁcials and advocacy groups in Canada have raised concerns about what large-scale export of drugs to the U.S. would do to the price and supply of medicines in Canada. This resulted, in late-2020, in a rule blocking the export of medications that are in short supply.“Our health care system is a symbol of our national identity and we are committed to defending it,” Canada’s health minister said at the time. But, to Bimestefer and other Colorado ofﬁcials, this is not exactly a Bimesteferno. said she has held meetings with the Canadian consulate to better understand Canada’s position, and she believes Colorado can construct its program in a way that does not hurt Canada’s pharmaceutical supply. The state, she said, will only look to import drugs that are not in shortage — and most of the most commonly used medications are not.

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Parents did the best with the hands they were dealt during that time. I, for one, spent 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day serving as a schoolteacher to a teenager and two elementary school kids. I did not want them to fall behind academically. I was blessed with the ability to commit to that daily routine.However, my now 8-year-old would say regularly that while “Mom Academy” had some good points — he missed his friends, he missed social interaction and he missed his teachers.Academically and mentally — It is going to take a long time to overcome the damage to our children. For some, there may never be a true return to “normal.”

When thinking about taming our lions, it comes down to our willingness and decision to make the necessary changes and then take the required action steps to keep those lions tamed. A lion is a very beautiful yet dangerous beast. The lion can either dominate us with fear, or we can learn how to keep those lions in our life in check. Here are some, and you probably have a few of your own. Anger, impatience, bad habits, instant gratification, urge to always be right, talking more than listening, being a know-it-all, not prioritizing faith, family, and friends, indulgences, obsessions, not saying “no” enough, lack of forgiveness. And any one of these lions when not tamed or controlled can absolutely wreak havoc in our life and destroy relationships. At times we all must accept our role as a lion tamer. The dragon is a fire-breathing, flying beast that is terrifying. The dragon looks to kill and destroy. The dragon is recognized as evil. Although there have been some lighthearted movies about dragons, in this illustration let’s stick with the evil ones, because they are the ones that do the most damage. That leads us to the dragon slayer. We see the dragon slayer as brave, shield and sword in hand, and most times in a shining suit of armor riding on a big and beautiful horse as they courageously seek the battle with the dragon. Their mission is not to control or tame, their mission is to slay the dragon. We become dragon slayers when we identify those things and people in our life that we just need to remove. The metaphorical dragons in our life are many times either found within our hearts or in between our ears. Or they are found in such a bad habit, a habit that cannot be tamed or moderated, Lion tamers and dragon slayers

What about the lion tamers, what comes to mind when we think of them? Someone controlling the lion with a whip and a stool. Again, maybe we have seen live shows where the lion tamer commands the great beasts and controls them as we watch from the arena or from our TV. In a sense we are all lion tamers as we try and control our own metaphorical lions. What are those lions in our life that may need controlling, and if not controlled can lead us down dark and desperate roads, or certainly lead us astray from our journey toward success? The lions are those things we can control, whether it’s controlling ourselves and how we react or respond to things and the habits we have. If the habits are bad, we still have the power to control them. If they are good habits, we may still have room to improve or simply not backslide.

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L ast week the Colorado Department of Education released 2022 results for the state’s standardized tests that were administered in the spring. While the state touted increases in both English and math for 2022, they have to admit the damage is still not repaired. That damage being canceling school amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. I am never going to come around to how politicized COVID became and how much we as a society lost because of it. One of the main areas for me that will also have a twinge of resentment and anger is forcing our children to stay home for 18 months.Thetest scores are just another layer of evidence in a growing list of proof that extensive damage was done to our schoolage and college-age kids. The test scores may be somewhat better — but they still are not back to 2019 levels. According to a Colorado Sun story regarding the standardized test, during a virtual press conference state ofﬁcials prefaced the release of the latest results with a reminder that, although many Colorado students resumed a greater sense of normalcy throughout the school year, others still experienced interruptions and setbacks.Thinkabout that — We are more than two years past the March 2020 doomsday for schools, yet we are still dealing with it. Some schools are not back to full capacity. Some schools still struggle with student enrollment. We cannot gain what we lost in academics when we do not even have the teachers and assistants we need to get through a normal week. Students falling behind in reading are likely not getting the extra assistance because teachers are stretched thin and support staff is not automatic at a lot of our Multipleschools.school districts have started the new school year with teacher and staff shortages across all spectrums. Bringing academic levels up is not likely if we do not have the staff to do it. Teachers have stressed that kids, following the at-home school experiment that failed horribly, have not returned to normal in many ways. Not wearing a mask and going to school every day is not the normal I refer to. I refer to normal in terms of behavior, learning capabilities and focus. Teachers across the metro area have continually said that after the school shutdowns our children came back with more behavioral issues, fell behind in academics and are struggling with anger and outbursts. This is further evidence that you cannot remove children abruptly from structured lives. You cannot halt learning and convince yourselves that online learning is the same.

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W hen we think about lions, we might think about a ﬁerce beast, the king of the jungle, roaming the Sahara in their majestic form. Or maybe the only time we have seen a lion is at the zoo or in a movie. Either way, there is no mistaking their roar and their incredible strength.

Thelma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.

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• Are all the drugs you take covered by your current plan? Will they be covered by your current plan next year? You can check your plan’s website or call your plan to ﬁ nd out.

Gretchen Lopez is the chair of the Douglas County Seniors’ Council. This column is hosted by the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County. For more information please oremailwww.MyDougCoSeniorLife.com,visitDCSeniorLIfe@douglas.co.uscall303-663-7681.

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Hopefully we can work together to assist a woman who finds herself with an unwanted pregnancy and bring that pregnancy to full term allowing a couple the opportunity to adopt her baby.

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name or will a generic work as well for you? Is there a new medication your doctor recommends? After you update your list (especially if not all of your medications are ﬁ lled at the same pharmacy), talk to your pharmacist about possible duplications (more than one drug for the same purpose unintentionally being used together) or potentially harmful interactions between medications.

Thank you, Linda Newell Thanks to Linda Newell for her columns concerning the Dobbs decision. The fact that the negative responses she received in response to her column were almost all from men reveals the impulse some men have to exert control over women’s bodies. Whether you are a woman or man, you are entitled to your opinion about abortion, and entitled to express it. But the underlying gender power politics involved in many anti-abortionists’ views will not stop with Dobbs. Better stock up on those birthcontrol pills ladies!

Medicare’s annual open enrollment period is designed to provide an opportunity for you to learn about these changes.Medicare’s 2022 open enrollment period begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7. However, well before then, you’ll be receiving mail from your current plan with its upcoming changes, advertisements from other companies sharing their beneﬁ ts and cost information for your consideration, a 2023 Medicare & You handbook from the federal government and probably advertisements for Medicare seminars in your area sponsored by insurance company representatives. Try not to be overwhelmed!

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Pro-life movement cares In response to Linda Newell’s “Since you asked …” column on Aug. 11: Not only a woman (the only gender with a uterus), but a man too can understand the dignity of God’s most precious creation, an unborn child. It’s not just Christians but scientists too who understand that life begins at the moment of conception.Notonlydoes the pro-life movement care about the defenseless baby but we also care about the mother. As such we support resources that care for women and families.Pleasesee LoveLine as one such organization. We never want a woman or other affected family member to suffer the after-effects of an abortion. This too is trauma.The recent decision on Roe brought the abortion debate back to the individual states, where it should have been all along.

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• Determine if your current plan’s beneﬁ ts are meeting your needs.•Reading your mail this time of year is very important, especially if it comes from your plan or a government agency (state or federal). Any changes to your coverage or assistance with the cost of your coverage will be sent to you in the mail. Plan on setting aside some time to at least read the highlights of the 2023 Medicare & You handbook. The new changes to Medicare are generally contained in the ﬁ rst few pages. A copy of this informative publication should reach you by mid-October. Remember you don’t have to go through this decision-making process alone. In order to assist you in sorting through all of your choices and selecting the best plan, the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County is hosting a Medicare Open Enrollment presentation by Desiree Boelte, SHIP Program Manager, on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. at the Parker Library, 20105 East Mainstreet in Parker. Desiree will share information about the 2023 changes to Medicare, the plans available in Douglas County and answer any questions you may have about your upcoming choices. Please join us!

Session coming on Medicare open enrollment period but a bad habit that needs to be slayed. Then there are those people in our lives, they are our family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, and others who are close to us. Some are fellow dragon slayers, who will go into battle with us to help us overcome challenging times or hardships. Some need a dragon slayer because they may not be up for the ﬁght themselves. And then there are those other people-dragons who cause us stress through their negative attitude, condescending remarks, and toxic inﬂuence or input in our lives. How about you? Are there lions in your life that need to be tamed? Are there dragons in your life that need to be slayed? Do you need a fellow dragon slayer to help you in the battle? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail. com, and when we can be a lion tamer or a dragon slayer as needed, it really will be a better than good life.

he time is fast approaching when you can determine if the Medicare plan you are on this year is the best choice for you next year. Medicare plans can change beneﬁ ts, their lists of covered drugs and, in the case of managed care plans, their provider networks.

Coming to the rescue is the Colorado State Health Insurance Assistance Program, also referred to as SHIP. It is funded by Medicare to provide accurate and unbiased plan

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For anyone just starting out, Lubow highly recommends going on a mycological society-led foray to learn the basics of hunting and identification, which is key for gathering to eat. He also recommends beginner foragers invest in a regional book on mushroom and fungi“Therespecies.area number of local mycological societies,” he said. “Go join one, because you’ll be around people with the same interest and with more experience, so you’ll learn relatively quickly. The No. 1 rule for eating is if in doubt, throw it Beyondout.” the culinary foragers, Lubow said he’s also seen more interest from hikers and outdoor enthusiasts who like finding more ways to connect with nature and learning about their surrounding environment.Fungiarean integral part of forest health, breaking down nutrients into the soil for plants and trees to “Whatuse.you discover fairly quickly is that if you go out there thinking you’re going to find morels, except for a rare lucky day, you’re not going to succeed, so you start realizing that you’re passing lots of mushrooms,” Lubow said. “For me, it turned into, even the ones I can’t eat are kind of interesting.” Luckily for foragers, there’s no shortage of wild mushrooms in Colorado. From the southern San Juans to the Flat Tops in Steamboat Springs, there’s bound to be a bounty.However, public lands have different requirements for foragers for mushrooms. National and state parks do not allow foraging, while national forests typically require a permit. Depending on the ranger district, some permits are free and others can cost around $20 per year. Even urban parks in the Front Range are home to fungi finds, though it’s less likely to find anything worth eating. Some mushrooms in urban areas can be interesting because they’re not local, but accidentally brought in, Lubow said. Lubow cautioned that it’s always on the foragers to know what lands they are on and the rules of the land.Prime mushroom season in Colorado runs from mid-July to late September, though certain species thrive outside of those months as well. Altitude also plays a role in determining what species foragers are likely to find. “For Colorado, the key thing is moisture,” Lubow said of ideal mushroom conditions.

Gear for gathering mushrooms includes a knife for cutting stalks out of the ground or off trees, a brush for cleaning dirt off and a structured container, such as a basket, cardboard box or mesh bag. Plastic is not recommended because it can speed up spoilage. Once on the trail, focus on the forest ﬂoor and tree trunks and it likely won’t be long before you notice mushrooms under brush, at the base of Aspens or on a fallen log. If foraging in a more urban or popular area, be sure to avoid gathering where there’s dog poop or pesticides or herbicides used. Beware that some of the prettiest-looking mushrooms, like the red and white-spotted amanita muscaria, can be toxic if ingested.

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“Most of the addition (of new club members) came in the last few years,” said former CMS president Ed Lubow. “The majority are there because they want to ﬁnd something they can take home and eat.”

P opping up alongside the wildﬂowers, near creek beds and scattered through meadows in Colorado’s forests are a rainbow variety of fungi, which an increasing number of foragers are taking advantage of. Whether foragers are gathering some of Colorado’s prize edible species or just exploring to identify and learn, the Colorado Mycological Society has seen a hike in the number of people signing up for guided forays and club meetings.

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There are a number of important parts of the mushroom to look at in order to identify it, according to Vera Stuckey Evenson’s “Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region.” First, observe the environment, since some species are associated with certain trees and whether it’s growing in the ground or on bark will help deﬁne it. On the actual mushroom itself, look at the cap for colors and textures; examine underneath the cap to see whether it has gills, teeth or pores; check the stem for coloring or patterns; and smell it for any distinctive odors. Also be sure to get the base of the mushroom from the ground, which can also be a helpful feature. For species that look alike, sometimes a spore print, where the cap of the mushroom is removed and placed on paper to capture falling spores, or chemical tinctures, which react with certain species, are needed for a the ranger district, some permits are free and others can cost around Beware that some of the prettired and white-spotted amanita

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Current CMS membership is over 1,000 people, Lubow said, adding that a huge draw has been the ability to gather mushrooms in the wild that would be expensive to purchase from a grocery store, such as porcini, chanterelles, morels and matsutake.

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positiveUnlikeidentiﬁcation.pickingﬂowers, gathering mushrooms doesn’t hurt the fungi since mushrooms are the fruits of the larger mycelium, or root structure.

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A common species found in Colorado forests is the Aspen bolete, which some people eat and others avoid due to gastrointestinal concerns.

Picking can also forests require a speciﬁc permit for commercial collecting. Lubow also likes to set a high standard for picking mushrooms he plans toConditionseat. like browning or are signs that a shroom is past its prime.“Ifyou wouldn’t buy a fruit in the same condition at your grocery store, don’t eat it,” Lubow said. For those lucky enough to gather choice edibles, Lubow again recommends turning to local mycological societies for recipes and cooking tips.

One of Colorado’s prize edible species of wild mushroom is the chanterelle. One of its more distinctive characteristics is its apricot odor.

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Former Colorado Mycological Society president Ed Lubow uses a loupe to examine a smaller mushroom for identiﬁcation. Lubow regularly leads forays for the mycological society and has noticed a growing number of people interested in foraging.

Some mushrooms are hard to identify based on physical appearance alone because of various doppelganger species. Lubow tells foragers that if they can’t positively identify the mushroom, they deﬁnitely shouldn’t risk eating it.

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Bravo Cello has an extensive repertoire, and the four members — Carole Whitney, Sarah Biber, Heidi Mausbach and Diane Betkowski — performed a really varied and delightful program for the music lovers who attended the ﬁnal summer musical program in Englewood’s Hampden Hall on August 13. Throughout the year, Englewood Arts Presents, led by Eric Bertoluzzi, a Colorado Symphony cellist for many years, has offered a variety of chamber music programs, presented by classically-trained musicians on Saturday afternoons, with reasonable ticket prices. We were happy to see advance notice for fall 2022!

The quartet began the program with Randall Thompson’s “Allelulia,” followed by Vivaldi’s popular “The Seasons,” four movements for summer, autumn, winter, spring. They included three arrangements for the cello literature for multiple Bravo Cello quartet is musical delight

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The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, at 1485 Delgany St., opens a new exhibit on all ﬂoors on Sept. 16 called “The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture and The Sonic Impulse.” Artworks drawn from visual imagery found in music, videos, song lyrics and cultural ephemera. Hours: Wednesday-Friday: noon to 7 p.m.; Saturday: noon to 9 p.m., Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 303298-7554, mcadenver.org. Admission charged. Public parking garage at 1900 16th St. Fairy tales plus... Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., opens “Into the Woods,” with music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, on the Main Stage Sept. 8 to Oct. 8. Directed by Lynn Collins. Musical direction by Trent Hines. Tickets: arvadacenter.org, 720-8987200. Performance Now Subscriptions to the Highlands Ranch-based Performance Now Theatre Company’s new season of four shows are available. “A Grand Night for Singing” will run Sept. 9 to 25; “Little Women” Jan. 6-22; “Carousel,” March 17 to April 2 and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” June 9 to 25. Presented at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 471 Allison Parkway. PerformanceNow. org, box ofﬁce: 303-987-7845. Dancers at the Friendship Powwow at the Denver Art Museum. COURTESY PHOTO BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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Call for artists Entries for the Littleton Museum’s 2022 Own an Original Exhibit are being accepted by the Littleton Fine Arts Board through Sept. 29 at 11:59 p.m. The theme is Labyrinth and the juror will be Molly Casey from the art consulting firm, NINE Dot Arts. Numerous interpretations are expected and happily anticipated. Applications through: callforentry.org. The opening reception and juror’s awards will be Nov. 3 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Exhibit will run through Dec. 31. Victoria water lilies Hudson Gardens and Denver Botanic Gardens anticipate Victoria water lilies to start opening their spectacular blooms. On the first night, the flower is white and female and releases a scent to attract beetles which fertilize its pollen. The flower closes and traps the beetles inside until the second night when the flower opens as a male with purplish color. The beetles fly off to the next flower and hand. One drink included with ticket and a cash bar will be available with theme-based drinks. Miss Modernism will appear. modernism-week-lic-17552427905.eventbrite.com/o/denverMCA

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BRAVO celli by Erinn Renyer, particularly noting the skill, craftmanship and beauty: “a joy for cellists and audiences around the world.” Those works were: Bizet’s famous “Habanera,” Delibes’ “Pizzacato Polka” and Joplin’s “The Entertainer” and “The Easy Winner.”

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The Art Students League of Denver is bringing its Summer Art Market back for the 29 th year, providing shoppers the chance to explore creations by about 120 vendors, plus watch art demonstrations, sample eats and drinks andThemore.market is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27 and Sunday, Aug. 28 at the West Wash Park neighborhood bordered by East 1st Avenue, Sherman Street, East 4th Avenue and Logan Street.This year’s event marks the league’s 35 th anniversary and will feature all original and locally made visual arts in a range of mediums. More information and tickets can be found at ASLD.org. Comedy legend comes to Comedy Works South I miss Craig Ferguson’s presence on late night all the time. He was always so funny and insightful and delightfully Scottish.Ifyou’re like me and missed his wry sense of humor, you’re in luck, because he’ll be stopping by Comedy Works South , 5345 Landmark Place in Greenwood Village, at 7:15 and 9:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26 and Saturday, Aug. 27 and 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28. If you’re not familiar with Ferguson, he’s a multiple Grammy nominated, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, producer, director and comedian. Get tickets at ferguson.works.com/comedians/craig-https://comedy-

Getting in an Allegro mood in Parker ATTRACTIONSCOMING Clarke Reader

A pleasing work was a Beatles medley: “Hey Jude,” “Yesterday” and “Eleanor Rigby.” And dance rhythms drive Abreau’s “Tico Tico”, Piazolla’s “Libertango, Oblivion,” Michael Kibbs’ “Mello Cellos Tango.” Hard to sit still, as it was with Delibes’ “PizzicatoDreamierPolka.” and very familiar works wound up the program: French singer Edith Piaf’s “La Vie en Rose” and the lovely “Over the Rainbow” by Arlen, which brought up images of a young Judy Garland for this ancient writer!

Tickets are now available for a Fall Chamber Season, which starts on Sept. 24 with Lara St. John, violin and Mark Kennedy, piano, including

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T here’s no such thing as a typical community hub — each hub is as unique as the community it represents. So, it’s not surprising that one of Parker’s favorite spots is Allegro Music, its only full-service music store.“Allegro has been around for 24 years and I purchased it ﬁ ve years ago because I knew we needed to keep a music store here,” said owner Rick Henson. “We’re not just a place parents come for recorders — we are a place for people to ask questions, we support our local schools and we provide a sense of community that none of the big stores or websites canAllegrooffer.”recently moved to a new location at 11475 Twenty Mile Road, Suite A, which allows the business to provide a muchexpanded range of services to customers, further cementing it as the city’s musical place to be. In addition to selling all manner of instruments, the business also sells all the necessary accessories and also provides rentals for those who only need an instrument for a ﬁ nite period of time. According to provided information, about 200 residents take lessons at Allegro and instructors (including Henson, who has taught private drum lessons for more than a decade) now have more space to do that, with nine studios for private lessons and a large room for ensemble and group learning.“Everything got bigger and better as a result of this move —we have more products and it’s so much easier to shop because of the space,” Henson said. “We also have a waiting room for parents, so they don’t have to sit in their car waiting while their student is learning. It’s just a more enjoyable experience for everyone.”

The new location is also allowing Allegro to try out new projects like an upcoming foray into preschool classes with a nationally recognized program that is speciﬁ cally designed to be fun and engaging and provide children with the opportunity to try a variety of instruments. All of these efforts are in support of building more than a business — the aim is to create a place where people want to spend their time while sharing a love of music. And it seems like it’s working.

Find out more about the store at www.allegromusicparker.com.

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“The other day two dads whose kids were having lessons might have formed a band themselves,” Henson said. “They’re both novice players and they wanted to play together. That kind of thing doesn’t happen without a physical store.”

Bach’s Partita No. 2 for solo violin and Franck’s “Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano.” Oct. 22 brings “Schubert Octet for Winds and Strings,” with violin 1 Yi Zhao; violin 2 Dmitri Pogorelov; Soﬁa Basile, viola; Seoyin Min, cello; Owen Levine, bass; Jason Shafer, clarinet; Tristan Rennie, bassoon; Young Kim, horn.November’s program will include “Music for Violin, Cello and Piano” with Yi Zhao, violin; Seoyoen Min, cello and pianist tbd. And in December, a Silver Ainomae Ensemble is forecast, with a return of the young cellist who left Denver for the Minnesota Orchestra, but still has a hand in planning Englewood’s programming. He continues to extend his acquaintance with numerous wonderful musicians in what must be a complex, but fascinating network ... For information and tickets for these 2 p.m. programs, visit englewoodarts.org or denParkway,denebertoluzzi2hotmail.com.contactHamp-Hallisat1000EnglewoodjustnorthofWestHamp-Avenue.303-806-8196.

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at Red Rocks Robert Plant was the lead singer of Led Zeppelin. The lead singer of Led Zeppelin is playing Red Rocks. I really shouldn’t have to write anything else for you to purchase tickets. On the off chance you need a little more, here we go — Plant will be joined by folk/bluegrass legend Alison Krauss in support of their second album of duets, “Raise the Roof,” which was released last year. Like their blockbuster debut, “Raising Sand,” the album ﬁnds the duo delving deep into country, folk and alt rock. I really can’t think of a better venue for the pair than Red Rocks, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway in Morrison, which they’ll be playing at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1. You should already have tickets, but if you don’t, get yours at www. ticketmaster.com.

For Lacey Nelson, the weeks leading up to the start of school are a blur of spreadsheets, meetings, and calls from principals about last-minute teacher resignations. With less than two weeks to go, Denver Public Schools’ director of talent acquisition is still looking to hire 150 teachers, 275 paraprofessionals, and up to 45 bus drivers. Priorities get reevaluated daily based on reports from the ﬁeld. A school that was “ﬁne” two days ago suddenly needs two more teachers.It’sallcompletely normal.

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Even as Colorado school districts are holding hire-on-the-spot job fairs and offering signing bonuses, many education leaders told Chalkbeat the challenges are nothing new and that vacancies and hiring are similar to those of years past.

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“In general, we are not seeing anything different this school year than past school years, and I’m not seeing anything that is majorly off,” Nelson said. “It’s a pretty calm year.”

Nikki Jost, executive director of human resources for Mesa County Valley District 51 in western Colorado, said hiring is actually going better this year. “COVID protocols are different than in years past, we had a 9.1% increase in wages for returning employees, we increased starting salaries across the board, we increased our social media presence, and we have some amazing recruiters,” she wrote in response to a Chalkbeat survey.Butnormal doesn’t mean fully staffed. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Colorado. More at chalkbeat.org.

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The percentage of 10th graders at or above the college readiness benchmark in reading and writing on the PSAT improved from 2019 while the percentage of 10th graders at or above the college readiness benchmark in math on the PSAT also improved slightly from 2019. The remainder of scores across grades were worse than outcomes from 2021 and 2019, including for ninth graders’ PSAT math results, which were 8.8 percentage points lower than 2019 results. Some achievement gaps are narrowing — but not because students are making progress

Meanwhile, achievement gaps between students who qualify for free and reduced price lunch — a federal measure of poverty — and their more afﬂuent counterparts decreased compared to results from 2019. That’s because percentages of students who met or exceeded expectations decreased at a greater rate among more afﬂuent kids than among students who qualify for subsidized school lunches.

The state’s standardized tests are being used as a measure to see how students are recovering from the pandemic.

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The latest standardized test data demonstrates that some achievement gaps among Colorado student groups are shrinking — but not in the direction that indicates progress. There were some instances of students who are part of groups that have historically scored lower on the tests improving their scores. But in many cases, achievement gaps shrunk because more students who are part of groups that have historically had better academic outcomes performed worse. In other words, the losses of high-performing student groups outweighed the gains made by their peers who have traditionally scored lower.

For example, 40.7% of third-graders met or exceeded expectations on their 2022 English language arts assessment, up from 39.1% last year but still down from 41.3% in 2019. Those academic strides weren’t shared by ﬁfthand seventh-graders who also took English language arts exams. In both grades, the percentage of students who met or exceeded expectations last spring dwindled below scores from 2021 and 2019. Math results proved more positive across the board when comparing 2022 results to those from 2021. In fourth grade, 30.7% of students met or exceeded expectations last spring, up from 28.5% in 2021 while in sixth grade, 26.3% of students met or exceeded expectations compared to 24.1% in 2021. Eighth grade results showed 32.4% of students met or exceeded expectations, up from 29.5% in 2021. Still, math scores fell short of 2019 scores in every grade level. Students who took the PSAT and SAT had a few gains and mostly losses when eyeing scores for last spring against those of recent years.

“That is not how we want to see the gap decrease,” Zurkowski said, adding that the state wants to see both groups improving their performance with lower-achieving groups increasing at a higher rate than higherachievingAchievementgroups.gaps tightened in other cases because the percentage of traditionally lower-performing

Participation on CMAS tests as well as on PSAT and SAT exams rebounded this past spring, inching closer back to participation rates recorded before the pandemic. During the 202021 school year, participation on state standardized tests plummeted. CMAS assessments saw “a signiﬁcant dip” in the number of students who completed the tests, Zurkowski said, with participation anywhere from 20 to 30 percentage points between spring 2019 and spring 2021.

CMAS participation among elementary schoolers saw “signiﬁcant recovery” this past school year, she said. Third, fourth and ﬁfth graders were also close to having 95% participation in both English language arts

Participation on standardized tests swung back toward pre-pandemic rates

Colorado Measures of Academic Success assessments are typically conducted each spring as a way to gauge how well students and schools are meeting state academic standards. The department made assessment results from spring 2022 public the same day that State Board of Education members were scheduled to review student performance and growth. Last spring’s assessments marked a return to normalcy for Colorado schools as they administered them in the same way that tests were given in spring 2019. Exams had the same content and format as they did in 2019 and were also scored in the same way as before the pandemic. Colorado paused standardized testing in spring 2020 amid the start of COVID-19 after receiving a waiver from the federal government. During spring 2021, students took modified tests through a compromise after teachers, parents, lawmakers and education advocates weighed in about how to approach the exams in what ballooned into a statewide debate. Under that compromise, students in third, fifth and seventh grades were required to take the CMAS exam in English language arts while students in fourth, sixth and eighth grades took math exams. Eighth graders took CMAS science exams while students in fifth and 11th grades were exempt from having to take CMAS exams in science. Students also did not complete social studies exams. During a virtual media conference on Aug. 15, state education officials prefaced the release of the latest results with a reminder that, although many Colorado students resumed a greater sense of normalcy throughout the school year, others still experienced interruptions and setbacks. During the past school year, “we did return to more typical school types of experiences, (but) some students still had some reduced or disrupted learning opportunities and we need to keep that in mind as we review these assessments,” said Joyce Zurkowski, chief assessment officer at the state education department. “Districts and schools were still making instructional adjustments to address for the lost opportunities to learn over the last couple of years.”

Student test scores rise after COVID decline

students who improved in meeting or exceeding expectations was greater than the percentage of students from higher-performing groups who met or exceeded expectations, compared toAchievement2019. gaps between racial groups are also persisting. In 2021, white students met and exceeded expectations about 25 to 33 percentage points higher than Black and Hispanic students on CMAS English language arts exams. In 2022, white students met and exceeded expectations about 24 to about 30 percentage points higher than Black students and 27 to about 32 percentage points higher than Hispanic groups. In math results from 2021, white students met and exceeded expectations about 21 to 26 percentage points higher than Black and Hispanic students across grade levels. In 2022, white students met and exceeded expectations about 23 to about 29 percentage points higher than Black students and 24 to about 30 percentage points higher than Hispanic students.

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Colorado students made signiﬁcant headway in overcoming academic setbacks due to pandemic-related hiccups in learning, but their progress still hasn’t set them fully back on track, according to state standardized test data published by the Colorado Department of Education on Aug. 17.

The results spell out both good and bad news for Colorado students and schools. State education ofﬁcials were encouraged to see students in many grades who took CMAS assessments in math and English language arts outperform results from spring 2021 exams. Yet, student performance still trailed scores from 2019 exams in just about every grade level and subject.

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“When someone is experiencing homelessness, they’re not thinking about what they need to do in three years, they’re thinking about right now,” Rout said. “People need to have those basic needs met before they can attend to longer-term goals.”

While state standardized test results provide an overview of where students are academically as they continue recovering from pandemicfueled school disruptions, they’re just one metric to help parents and educators analyze how kids are doing, Zurkowski said. Parents and educators can better understand where students are in their academic recovery by looking into other measures like local district tests, she said. 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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Sleep Tight Colorado gives sleeping bags to homeless

Michael Wise, treasurer for St. Clare’s Ministries, said the group’s small goal of getting food, sleeping bags and clothing to unhoused individuals in Denver’s Baker neighborhood can’t change the whole world, but can hopefully make a small dent in a systemic problem.

Sleep Tight Colorado collects sleeping bags for unhoused people in the state in need of warm sleeping arrangements.

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Still, Rout said delivering a sleeping bag could lay an important foundation for eventually getting an unhoused person into housing.

Participation on PSAT and SAT tests lagged for Black and Hispanic students as well as for students with disabilities, students learning English and students who qualify for free and reduced price lunch, according to state data. For instance, while about 87% of all 11th grade students took the SAT last spring, about 85% of Black students and 85% of Hispanic students took the exam. Close to 73% of students with disabilities sat for the SAT while more than 78% of kids learning English and more than 82% of students eligible for free and reduced price lunch completed it.

Each time an unhoused person is forcibly removed by police, ofﬁcers also take their belongings, so Wise said the group often hands out new sleeping bags each month to the same people.Gershberg said the idea of making a small improvement in someone’s day-to-day experience, hopefully one day leading to a bigger change, is the idea behind Sleep Tight Colorado.

Because unhoused people are focused more on where they can eat and sleep for the night than a longterm plan of a job and housing, Rout said ﬁrst meeting their basic needs is crucial for later success.

“We don’t deal with ﬁnding homes and shelters for them, we don’t have the capacity to be able to do that, but we do have the capacity to feed them,” Wise said. “We can do that, and that’s what we’re concentrating on.”

“I think if you asked the average resource provider in Denver if they’re adequately resourced they would say ‘no,’ and I think if you asked the average service professor in Larimer County, they would also say ‘no,’” Rout said. “I think just in general, in the whole country and in our state and our county, the problem is larger than the resources being devoted to solving it.”

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“Think local. Think small,” Gershberg said. “Don’t think you need to save the world and get overwhelmed by that thought.”

When the 2008 recession hit, Meredith Gershberg knew she needed to make a change. Her lifestyle remained largely the same as the world seemed to crumble around her — colleagues lost jobs, friends lost homes and the unhoused population around her grew. Taking lessons from a family member in New York City, Gershberg created a goal of gathering 75 to 90 sleeping bags per year and donating them to the ever-growing unhoused population in Colorado. After raising that amount in just four months, Gershberg formed Sleep Tight Colorado, a nonprofit she runs in addition to her full-time job, with the goal of gathering sleeping bags and distributing them to the state’s unhoused community.SleepTight Colorado takes donations from the public and purchases bags on its own. Bags are then distributed to nonprofit organizations that work directly with people experiencing“Wehomelessness.aresolucky that in the wintertime when we go home if we’re cold, we tap the thermostat to go up, and in the summertime, when we’re really hot, we turn on the a/c,” Gershberg said. “So many individuals don’t have that luxury, so our main goal is to get sleeping bags to individuals who find themselves in need of a warm night’s sleep.”Though Sleep Tight Colorado is based in Denver, the organization delivers services to populations across theDavidstate.Rout, executive director of Homeward Alliance, a homelessness services nonprofit in Fort Collins, said his group serves about 2,500 unhoused people annually throughout Larimer County. The group works primarily with individuals, so Rout said the number of homeless families in the area likely exceeds what he sees each day. “It’s thousands of people on an annual basis who are experiencing homelessness in Larimer County,” RoutBecausesaid. its homeless population is the largest in the state, Rout said most state resources are allocated to Denver and its surrounding areas. Still, Rout said Denver resource centers likely feel under-resourced.

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Junior Taylor Shoﬂick scored the ﬁrst goal of the season for the Bruins and sophomore Grace Manning also tagged on a goal.

Abby Lasseter (15) of Cherry Creek smacks the ball upﬁeld during the game against Arapahoe on Aug. 18. The Bruins won, 4-0.

Launching the season opener with a victory is good, but Cherry Creek ﬁeld hockey coach Paula Petit-Molina knows things can change during the season.Creek defeated Arapahoe, 4-0, in a game played on Aug. 18 at Powell Middle School in Littleton.

Aiden Krusoe is a confident high school golfer these days. Krusoe is a senior at Highlands Ranch and took medalist honors with a 1-under-par 70 in the Continental League’s second tournament on Aug. 9 at King’s Deer Golf Club in Monument.Spencer Schlagel of Legend and Charlie Tucker of Rock Canyon tied for second with even par rounds of 71. Kruose birdied the 539-yard, par 5 tenth hole to give him the 1-under-par score.Krusoe was the low scorer for the second straight year at the Denver Public Schools Invite, which was held Aug. 8 at Wellshire, with a 2-under par 69, and Highlands Ranch won its second consecutive team title. At the third Centennial League meet on Aug. 17 at Meadow Hills golf course, Krusoe fired an even par 70 and finished behind co-medalists Connor Scheich of Mountain Vista and Regis Jesuit’s Jake Irvine, who both carded 1-underpar 69s. Highlands Ranch won the tourney with Regis the runner-up.“Rightnow I’m playing good,” said Krusoe. “I feel my putting is the best it’s ever felt. My swing feels good. I’m just playingHighlandsconfident.”Ranch head boys golf coach Jon Cushing has similar feelings. “He’s been a good player ever since he was a freshman,” added Cushing. “He’s made it to three state tournaments and he’s a leader on the team. He’s put in the Cushingwork.”saysKrusoe is long hitter like most high school boys golfers but points out he is different because he follows up his drives with a complete all-around game. Krusoe is also a basketball player for Highlands Ranch, but this season golf has reached the point that he can’t wait to tee it up for the next round.“I’mjust having fun,” he said. “In the past I put a lot more pressure on myself. Right now I’m just enjoying it and enjoying my senior season, having a fun time and the scores will follow. I just take it one shot at a time and simplify the game. “I’ve just focused on the mental side more than the swing because I know I have swing and can do anything that anybody else can do. I just see myself doing a lot of good things on the course and just try to go out and do it and try to keep a positive attitude. I just try to go hit one good shot and follow it up with the next. I try not to think too far ahead.” However, he is thinking about college. “I’d love to go to Michigan State,” Krusoe said. “I’ve already turned in my application. That’s my dream school. I just want to be a student and have“Myfun.grandpa played basketball there and my dad’s side of the family just loves that school. I grew up watching all their football and basketball games. I’m going back during fall break to watch the Michigan State-Wisconsin football game.”Highlands Ranch finished third in last season’s 5A state tournament.Arapahoe, led by seniors Grant Juergens and Max Zadvorny, is back as the defending state champions. The Warriors were the state runners-up in 2020 and 2019. Other South Metro teams to watch this season include Valor Christian, Rock Canyon, Regis Jesuit and Cherry Creek.

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Prep golfers get in the swing of things

Aiden Krusoe, a senior at Highlands Ranch, has averaged 71.1 strokes in the ﬁrst four tournaments this season and has been the medalist twice.

Creek wins ﬁeld hockey season opener

Bruins o to strong start with 4-0 victory over Arapahoe

“So the players have been playing over the summer. They are very committed and from the beginning Cherry Creek is still like a family. So in July and August and coming into the preseason, they have had three months to come together.”

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“A win is a win and I know as a coach and somebody that has played in Colorado (Kent Denver) myself that anything can change during the season. The season opener win is a good place to start and gives us a good foundation of what we need to work on for the future. I never expect anything.”

“My kids have been ready and working hard all preseason.

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PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Highlands Ranch player takes medalist honors in tourney

Emerson Helm was the leader as the sophomore tallied two goals for Creek. “Everybody did pretty well,” added Petit-Molina. “I think my seniors played well and I’m really proud of them because they have been through a lot the last couple years so for them to alternate being really strong, really positive and really encouraging. A couple of them had injuries. They are coming back strong and so they all have to come out with good energy and good leadership on the“It’sﬁeld.actually funny because I run a camp over the summer,” she said.

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Cherry Creek, ranked fifth in the latest CHSAANow.poll, will have to deal with two-time defending state champion Regis Jesuit this season. Regis has been in the past four championship games and won three ofColoradothem. Academy, which has won six state titles and been the runnerup seven times, is second ranked and Kent Denver is third. Kent Denver has won 10 state titles with the last one coming in 2016. Cherry Creek has captured two state titles and finished second five times while Arapahoe started the season ranked fifth.

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“I’m so excited to have that as the season opener,” said Petit-Molina.

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First Publication: 8/4/2022 Last Publication: 9/1/2022 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 EN TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 05/27/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

Legal Notice No. 530578-60578

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/28/2022, 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.

SYSTEMS, INC.

Owners, Terry and Anthea Stefanoudakis, propose rezoning a 2.42-acre par cel located at 1961 S Xenia Ct, Denver CO 80231 from Rural Residential B (RR-B) to Residential 1-B (R-1-B). If the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners approves this application the applicant has indicated they intend to submit a subdivision application to create one additional lot for a single-family residence. A subdivision application will require approval from the Board of County Commissioners at a later time.

caused

Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 File # CO11674

relat ing to the Deed of Trust

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.

records. Original GERALDGrantor(s)B.RYAN AND STEPHANIE A. RYAN Original Beneficiary(ies) AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE OF PRL TITLE TRUST I Date of Deed of Trust January 05, 2001 County of Recording RecordingArapahoe Date of Deed of Trust January 16, 2001 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) OriginalB1006272Principal Amount Outstanding$151,000.00 Principal Balance Pursuant$151,974.87toCRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that

Attorney

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.

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

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board

PROPOSAL: Crestone Peak Resources Midstream, LLC is proposing an amendment to Broncos Pipeline Company Gathering System – Phase I and II Use by Special Review Plan narratives, case numbers U13-001 and U14-001. The proposed amendment would allow for the inclusion of freshwater pipelines within the pipeline easements, freshwater and/or produced water pipelines greater than 14 inches in diameter and clarify the types and total number of utilities pro posed within the easements. The amendment also proposes an increase of the maximum allowable width of easements obtained from landowners, from 75 feet to 100 feet. The routes for the gather ing system generally go in a north-south direction and follow alignments situated approximately two miles apart beginning approximately one to two miles east of Watkins Road, then Manilla Road, Airport Road, and Brick Center Road, respectively. The pipeline easements are located in portions of the following Sections 1,3-5, 7-8, 10, 12, 15, 1819, 22, 26-30, 33 and 35-36 of Township 4 South, Range 64 West and Sections 7,18,19, and 30 of Township 4 South, Range 63 West and Sections 1-4,11-12,14, and 23 of Township 5 South, Range 64 West, in unincorporated Arapahoe County. Arapahoe County Board of County Commission ers held a public hearing on this case on July 12, 2022. Five members of the public spoke during this meeting. The Board of County Commission ers voted 5-0 to continue the public hearing to allow the applicant to correct a possible error in mailed notices to property owners and speak with property owners and the public to better inform them of this proposal.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Re vised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0287-2022 First Publication: 8/4/2022 Last Publication: 9/1/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent City and County Public

First Publication: August 25, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0286-2022 First Publication: 8/4/2022 Last Publication: 9/1/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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Outstanding$322,050.00

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To May 27, the undersigned Public Trustee the Notice of Election Demand described below be County of Arapahoe the of the deed by the deed of

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) rep resenting the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Alison L Berry #34531 N. April Norton #34861 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 20-024220 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.

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The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) rep resenting the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

FORECLOSURECOMBINEDPublicLegalsTrusteesPublicNoticeNOTICE-PUBLICATIONCRS§38-38-103SALENO.0286-2022

covenants

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 13, 2022 at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commission permits, the public hearing will be continued; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concern ing the above-described UASI21-003, Broncos Pipeline Company Gathering System Ph. 1 & 2 / Use By Special Review with 1041 permit. The public hearing will be held at 5334 S Prince St., East Hearing Room, Littleton CO 80120, with the option to participate remotely. 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.

Original Grantor(s) Roger Orr Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Broker Solutions, Inc. dba New American Funding, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Broker Solutions Inc. dba New American Funding Date of Deed of Trust January 25, 2018 County of Recording RecordingArapahoe Date of Deed of Trust January 26, 2018 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) Amount Principal Balance Pursuant$311,437.41toCRS §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.

CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE SEPTEMBERLICENSE1, 2022 Notice is hereby given that the Centennial Liquor Licensing Authority will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. via Virtual Meeting, to consider an application for a new FMB License (Off-Premise). The applicant is an Incorporation: Stone Forest, Inc. 20961 E. Smoky Hill Rd. Centennial, CO 80015 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 August 31, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. By order of Barbara Setterlind, City Clerk

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 EN TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 05/27/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

Amanda Ferguson #44893

0287-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 27, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relat ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) JOY SHEPARD Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC

Legal Notice No. Arap 1101 First Publication: August 25, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022

Centennial Citizen 31August 25, 2022 Centennial Legals August 25, 2022 * 1 www.ColoradoCommunityMedia.com/Notices Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 legals@coloradocommunitymedia.com PUBLIC NOTICES

Heather Deere #28597

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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. COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS FORECLOSURE§38-38-103SALENO. 0291-2022

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 if you plan to walk-in), 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

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

Legal Notice No. Arap 1098 First Publication: August 25, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen ### NOTICESPUBLIC It’s legaltheknowrightyourtowhatcityandcountygovern-mentsarechangingandproposing.~~~Seetheordinancesonthesepages.~~~Readthepublicnoticesandbeinformed!

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The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) rep resenting the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston #51978 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Randall Chin #31149 CRS FORECLOSURE§38-38-103SALENO. REGISTRATION AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN GROUP, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC Date of Deed of Trust January 26, 2017 County of Recording RecordingArapahoe Date of Deed of Trust February 07, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) OriginalD7015011Principal Amount Outstanding$678,000.00 Principal Balance Pursuant$236,176.43toCRS §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.

Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009509373 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 Re vised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0291-2022 First Publication: 8/4/2022 Last Publication: 9/1/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 27, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relat ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 49, Block 1, Roundtree Phase II-Denver Technological Center, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known by street and number as: 8713 East Roundtree Avenue, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 27, BLOCK 1, THE HIGHLANDS 460 FIFTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF AlsoCOLORADO.knownby street and number as: 3140 E PHILLIPS DRIVE, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

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CASE NO UASI21-003, BRONCOS PIPELINE COMPANY GATHERING SYSTEM PH 1 & 2 / USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW WITH 1041 PERMIT

and

Martin/Martin, Inc., on behalf of the property owner, Opus Development Company, LLC, is proposing to replat one 19.77 acre lot to create a 9.98 and 9.79 acre lot. The project site consists of an under construction project for two warehouse buildings that are currently on one lot. A replat is being proposed to split the lot into two lots, one lot for each building.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 13, 2022 at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commission permits, a public hearing will be held; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described CZ22-003, 1961 S Xenia Ct [Brockmann Estates] / Conventional Rezone. The public hearing will be held at 5334 S Prince St., East Hearing Room, Littleton CO 80120, with the option to participate remotely. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website https://arapahoe.legistar.com/Calendar.at 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 if you plan to walk-in), 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 Notice No. Arap 1099 Publication: August 25, 2022 Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 38, FOUR LAKES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4B, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 2059 E PHILLIPS LANE, LITTLETON, CO 80122.

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, 09/28/2022, 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.

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