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New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indooradining, personal gatherings Saying goodbye to a teacher, a friend, colleague, a family man PVHS community pays respects to Nate Howard BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The crowd in attendance at Prairie View High School’s football field Oct. 8 remembered a man who had an infectious smile, a wicked sense of humor and one who was a father to the fatherless. And a brother to his two sisters. “He tried karate on anyone who was willing to stand up to the challenge,” said Traci Latson. “He did the things only big brothers can do .. like throwing his sisters’ Barbies on the roof.” The object of the testimonials was Nate Howard, a former Prairie View coach and teacher, who died last month just short of his 59th birthday. “Dr. Howard had a gift to be able to talk to anybody,” said PVHS softball and baseball coach Mark Gonzales. The two shared an office at the school. “If you were thinking about leaving somebody, about to do something, he had the perfect words to say. Not many can do that and be so genuine.”
Prairie View High School softball and baseball coach Mark Gonzales remembers his friend and mentor, Nate Thomas, during a celebration of life at PVHS Oct. 8. Howard died late last month.
Several of Howard’s former students, both during a stint as a coach, teacher and administrator at Manual High School and during his time at PVHS, were in attendance. “He was a mentor to me,” Gonzales said. “He had an impact on everyone he met in the hall and with that characteristic smile.” Latson recapped some of Howard’s accomplishments before he
Nate Howard’s children, Natalie Crump, left, and Nicole Jones speak about their father during a celebration of life service Oct. 8 at Prairie View High School.
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Parents, staff frustrated as Adams 14 leaders try to resolve accreditation crisis to approve a joint agreement with the district’s external manager that is expected to restore A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing its siteaccreditaat tion status. But many issues still News this week that Adams 14 Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent remain to be worked out, and it’s lost its accreditation -- even if just weeks due to-- high demand. Adams County’s 14-day test positivity and rate not clear if the disruptions temporarily hit hard for many will continue. parents, staff, andascommunity was 15.9 percent, of Nov. 17, accordingchaos to Tri-County Health Department. So far thiswere school year, teachmembers. Brighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates both higher than ers and administrators describe “I looked at my kids and cried. I 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have cried that I wasn’t able to do more,” disorganization in various spheres diedLuz fromE.COVID-19 To limit 14 theand spread COVID-19, as Adams MGTofleaders have said Molina, arelated parenthealth of twoissues. been at odds recent months. high-school students in theto district. at least 15 counties moved tighter restrictions thatinprohibits indoor and Principals and assistant principals “They voted without us. They’re personal gatherings. still have not signed their annual making decisions without us” contracts for the current school she said about the state board of year. education, which announced Oct. Teachers placedby on quarantine 4 the district’s accreditation was Photo Belen Ward are using their personal leave time suspended. while they await clarification from With am Oct. 7 deadline looming, Adams 14’s local school board voted the district about whether they BY YESENIA ROBLES CHALKBEAT
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would be paid while on forced leave. When safety occur — By incidents Ellis Arnold starting with the first day of school Colorado Community Mediawhen a at Adams City High School bomb threat kept students standing As Denver metro counties continue outside for four hours before theyto inch closer to local stay-at-home orders were allowed to go home — parents say they get little communication under Colorado’s system of coronavirusand district staff say there’s been related restrictions, the state announced confusion about who is responsible a new level ofthose rules that prohibits indoor for writing letters to parents. dining and personal gatherings — a “It’s just mass chaos,” one emchange that applies the majority the ployee with moretothan 10 yearsofin the district said. “Every day is a Denver metro area and many counties in scramble lately.” other regions. In 2018, state officials voted to The state’s COVID-19 dial, whichofhas hand over daily management been in effect since September, is the set Adams 14 to an outside company, of different levels of restrictions each MGT, in an attempt to raisethat student achievement that had been lag-
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ging for years. This summer, as the district a new superintendent county ishired required to follow based on the and as she and MGT leaders had severity of a county’s local virus spread. to work out how they would share The dial grewthe outnew of the state’spointed safer-atauthority, leader home order —with the policy thatwork came and after to problems MGT’s the statewide order this pushed themstay-at-home out of the schools. Now backnumerous — with the springthey’re and allowed typesdisof trict under orders from the state businesses to reopen. board of education — but issues The state recently switched to color remain. identifiers levels blue, yellow and Angela — Alba, a 15-year-old student orange rather than numbered levels — to at Adams City High School, said she has noticed that she couldn’t avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red get help when she needed it. Two meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level weeks ago, another student threatred — “severe risk” — is the secondened to fight her at school, so Angela decided to stay home.
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Denice Buck (Verda Denice Buck) December 14, 1935 - September 20, 2021
Denice Buck, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away Monday, September 20, 2021. She was 85. Denice will be remembered by her family and friends for her independent, active, participative spirit. Denice grew up among the rolling hills of Adair County, Iowa. Born in 1935 to Wayne and Grace Rochholz, she learned the importance of family and hard work on the family farm. While in high school at Oaks Park Academy, Denice met her future husband Harold Buck and the sweethearts married in 1954. The couple moved to Colorado when Harold began his career in healthcare at Denver’s Porter Hospital and then moved to Brighton in 1978 when Mr. Buck began his 17-year service as the President & CEO of Platte Valley Medical Center. Over her lifetime, Denice contributed to numerous communities in the Denver and Brighton area. In her thirties, and as a mother of three children, she worked as an administrative assistant for the School of Nursing at Porter Hospital, and after moving to Brighton served many years as administrative assistant at Brighton’s Zion Lutheran Church. She and her husband Harold were active members of the Brighton Seventh-Day Adventist Church and in their retirement contributed countless hours serving on church committees, facilitating social functions, and supporting teachers THADEN
and students at Brighton Adventist Academy. Denice treasured her family and friends. When her children were young, the family regularly spent time together in the Rockies at their small mountain home near Fairplay snowmobiling, four-wheeling, and enjoying the golden glow of aspen trees in the fall. In the second half of her life, Denice was a proud grandmother who cherished being in the presence of her four grandchildren. Denice also deeply valued her circle of friends, many of whom she’d know for decades and who frequently lunched together. Denice loved the natural world. She delighted in birds and birdsong, growing peas in her garden, and the beauty of roses which grew in her backyard. She savored warm Colorado sunshine and sunsets and the pleasure of eating and talking on her back porch. Denice is survived by her children Craig Buck, Mike Buck, and Cheri Buck-Perry, and her grandchildren Ashley Buck, Ross Buck, Annie Buck, and Nikolai Perepelitza. A memorial to celebrate Denice’s life will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 3:00 pm in the Brighton Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Tabor Funeral Home, Brighton, CO is handling arrangements.
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Millie met Fred (Harley) Thaden at a café in Brighton during a snowstorm. They were married on May 4, 1947 at Zion Lutheran Church. This union was blessed with four sons, Gary, John, David, and Doug. Millie held various jobs including waitress, secretary at a bank, and grocery clerk at Friedman’s Market. But the job she enjoyed the most was preparing income taxes for H&R Block. She held this job for 65 years! She had just retired from H&R Block at the end of tax season 2020 at the age of 92. Family was extremely important to Millie. She was there for all her family in times of need, caring for ill family members, including her grandmother, mother, and husband. She loved her family and enjoyed all the teasing times with her sons and grandchildren. She loved the multitude of friends she made all through her life. She truly enjoyed baking German bread and
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Zachary Scott Canaday was born on August 27, 1999 in Denver, Colorado. He grew up in Brighton, Colorado, and attended Zion Lutheran School from preschool through 8th grade. He attended Holy Family High School in Broomfield, Colorado and graduated in 2017. At Holy Family, he was on the golf team and was a member of the National Honor Society. As a senior at Holy Family, Zach was voted by the student body as the Homecoming King. After high school, Zach attended the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado, and graduated in 2021 with high honors with a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology and a minor in Geography. While at UNC, Zach was a member of and secretary for the Geology Club and was a member of Challenge UNC, a Christian ministry. To complete his degree, Zach interned with the wonderful staff at High Plains Engineering in Hudson, Colorado. Zach was an avid coin collector, a Star Wars aficionado, and a Lego lover – he always said his dream job was to be a Lego engineer. He grew up enjoying golfing and snowboarding and continued enjoying that even while undergoing cancer treatment. He volunteered his time for several organizations that aimed to raise funds to help find cures for children’s cancer – he shaved his head for St. Baldrick’s ten years in a row and was knighted into the Round Table. In 2014, Zach and his family were introduced to the Jessie Rees Foundation, an organization with the mission to encourage kids fighting cancer to Never Ever Give Up (NEGU); Zach and
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his family enjoyed volunteering by stuffing Joy Jars on every trip they took to California. As one of Zach’s past teachers stated, “If you wanted to meet the power of grace in the midst of great suffering, all you had to do was be around Zach for a few minutes. His faith in God, his kindness, strength, and smile were more powerful than any cancer. He taught me more than I ever was able to teach him and I know that he will continue to do as much good from Heaven as he did on earth.” Zach was originally diagnosed with medulloblastoma cancer in 2008 and after several relapses and trials, passed away on September 25, 2021. Zach is survived by his parents and sister, Tim, Catherine, and Olivia Canaday; grandparents, Frank and Jane Canaday, Mickey and Lora Finnerty, Nick Giancamilli and Anne Sullivan; aunts and uncles, Tracey and Kristy Canaday and Michelle Giancamilli and Gendo Sebben; and other extended family members. Funeral services will be on Saturday, October 16, 2021, at 11 a.m. at Harvest Fellowship, 11401 East 160th Avenue, Brighton Colorado, 80602. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Zach’s name to either Make-AWish Colorado (wish.org), the Jessie Rees Foundation (negu.org), or the Morgan Adams Foundation (morganadamsfoundation.org). Tabor Funeral Home, Brighton, CO is handling arrangements.
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Software speeds work to get homeless into shelters BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
An effort to quickly pair homeless people with open rooms in Adams County during cold weather will get a boost from a trio of software developers and a national software effort. Adams County relies on a Severe Weather Action Plan (SWAP) to help people that are homeless and living in severe weather conditions from getting hypothermia and freezing to death. That program relied on a manual and paper-based process. Code for America Community Fellows Fiona Tang, Ben Poon, and Brandon Johnson began working on an app to streamline that process a year ago. Code of America is a technology company that helps governments streamline manual processes. SWAP is funded and operated by Adams County. Several municipalities and agencies also participate in the program, including Brighton’s Almost Home. The SWAP program provides vouchers to the homeless to get them into hotels during cold winter conditions. SWAP works with a network of hotels that provide rooms for the homeless and then sends that information to agencies like Almost Home, including room availability at different locations. Adams County also works with street outreach teams that go out on foot to find and meet homeless people, conducting mobile shower and laundry events. They also post flyers with locations of shelters and soup kitchens, urging them to go to the Brighton and Thornton Anythink libraries to receive the hotel vouchers. Community Fellow Fiona Tang said members of the team joined those outreach efforts to find out what homeless individuals needed and how those services could help them. “It was a much more informed perspective on what it means to, for example, live on food stamps, or being homeless,” Tang said. But the fellows saw how slow the manual process could be, she said. “Almost Home, a communitybased organization was performing intake with people experiencing homelessness to get them into hotel rooms,” Tang said. “During one of our outreach visits, we observed clients fill out forms manually and we observed caseworkers painstakingly copy these intake responses into a spreadsheet, only to later manually enter them into the Homelessness Management Information System. We thought that this was a ripe opportunity to streamline a process that didn’t need to be so time-intensive and cumbersome.” The result is the team’s SWAP app or SWAPP. Community Fellow Ben Poon said it also helps agencies prepare. “Another addition that was in place before we came along, we added and created a no-reply text line where messages are broadcasted out to people who are subscribers,” Poon added. Since SWAP started Poon said the program issued 1,754 vouchers during the 2020-2021 cold weather season to 931 individu-
als experiencing homelessness. That amounted to roughly 8,300 nights of unsheltered homelessness, a fifteenfold increase from the previous year, Poon said. “The Swap-app enables other human service agencies in the county to participate in distributing vouchers. We helped equip caseworkers and street outreach teams from multiple municipalities including Brighton, Thornton, and Westminster. The city of Bennett had also expressed interest in coming on to the platform” said Poon. Streamlining the process with SWAPP Before the new app, the process to locate hotels for people took an average of 11-12 minutes. After SWAPP, that process was reduced to two minutes. “I’m especially proud of this because it represents a significant improvement on client and caseworkers’ experience when interacting with the SWAP program. Instead of transferring intake information from paper forms to a spreadsheet to the Homelessness Management Information System, our app helped to eliminate the data entry step to the spreadsheet, while also increasing data accuracy and reducing caseworker frustration,” said Poon. Almost Home’s manual process of paperwork, invoicing and reimbursement was eliminated with the new app. “For example, before SWAPP, hotels sometimes got away with charging Almost Home for nights
un-stayed, but with the accurate data provided through the app, Almost Home could dispute invalid charges,” said Poon. Data Accuracy A side benefit for Almost Home upgrading to the app is the accuracy of the data, Poon said. “SWAPP became the most reliable and comprehensive source of data for chronic homelessness in all of Adams County, especially given the cancellation of the 2021 point-in-time (PIT) count due to Covid-19,” he said. It’s also been useful in other areas, Poon said. “Our stakeholders had so much confidence in our app that they relied on it for non-SWAP-related service delivery,” he said. “The county & Almost Home used our SWAP data to identify ‘off the grid’ clients in otherwise unknown jurisdictions, identify veteran clients eligible for VA-housing benefits, and run an adhoc Covid-19 vaccination clinic “It feels great to know when working on software, you are working on digital so there is no tangible thing to touch, but what is cool because it is a digital product that is getting people into a safe housing that need it. It’s extremely gratifying,” he said. “It feels like the tech exists and we just need folks to bridge the gap between technology that does exist and can help people and like these issues that are on the ground. It feels really good to bridge the gap,” said Tang.
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Two tax questions make Commerce City’s ballot STAFF REPORT
Commerce City voters will vote on two tax questions on the Tuesday, Nov. 2, ballot. Both concern the city’s Northern General Improvement District. One, Question 6A, asks for
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When she and her mom went to the school, the next day, Angela said administrators told them they were busy with lunch duties and asked them instead to call later. It took two days to reach an administrator who agreed to talk to Angela’s mom in person the following day. On her daughter’s fourth day of missed school, Angela’s mom went back to campus to ask for help. But Angela said that the administrator brushed off her mom’s concerns, demanding proof, calling her mom a “bandit” and using her past criminal record against her. “How is that making anything better?” Angela asked. “At that point I was very disappointed. My hopes were gone.” While trying to provide screenshots of her conversation with the girl who threatened her, Angela said she was passed around to
a $10 million increase in district taxes to construct and improve public safety, improve and widen streets, improve and expand water mains, water pipes and valves and to expand storm drain detention facilities. If approved, the question would
also repair, replace and expand parks and recreation facilities, open space and trails. The second question, 6B, asks for an increase of $295 million in district taxes (with a repayment of up to $709 million at a cap of $27.6 million annually) to pay debt
service on all outstanding debt, including voter-approved debt from Question 6A. The Adams County booklet of analysis of these and other county questions said there were no comments on either ballot question by the constitutional deadline.
three administrators before one suggested the two girls sign a contract agreeing not to fight. Still feeling unsafe, Angela asked if her schedule could be changed to avoid the other girl. When that request was denied, she ended up walking out of school in tears, again. In total, she’s missed eight days, and she said no one from the school reached out to her to ask why. Angela can’t help but remember when she went to a school in the Cherry Creek district while she was being cared for by foster parents. There, she said teachers or counselors would reach out to her as soon as she missed just one class period. Now she and her mom are seeking to change schools. Angela will be going to Lester Arnold, Adams 14’s alternative high school, but she won’t start until Oct. 18. “I just feel hurt,” Angela said. “I know it could be better.” Jason Malmberg, a teacher at the district’s high school and president of the teachers union,
said that he believes problems in Adams 14 are more complicated than people — even education experts from other parts of the state — realize. He points out the facility issues, air quality problems, immigration policies that keep parents away, overworked staff, and understaffed schools. “We’ve polluted this corner of the metro area for generations. People come in and they just assume everybody has clean air to breathe and clean water to drink so, hey, it must be the teachers’ fault,” Malmberg said. “We didn’t, as a state or a county, surround this community in need with resources.” Some district staff say they miss the support they were getting from MGT and its subcontractors. But it seems that it varies by school, department, and for teachers, by what they teach. Some teachers said they haven’t felt the absence of MGT and its partners. Some administrators who anonymously sent a letter to the state board of education this week say they are concerned about the upheaval. “Teaching is already a hard job, teaching in a turnaround district is even more challenging, and teaching in a turnaround district without consistent leadership is almost impossible,” the letter states. “The stress of this turmoil is most definitely impacting staff, which in turn, impacts students.” Malmberg says that coaching may have been helpful for some but wonders if the millions spent on MGT’s contract could have made more of an impact instead by reducing class sizes, increasing pay for paras or addressing mold and facility issues in schools
— problems which have at times forced school buildings to close. “I don’t think we’re going to coach our way out of this,” he added. Molina also thinks a lot about the environmental challenges for students in Commerce City. Many children, including her own she said, are sick often and miss school either because of their own health problems or because they are helping take care of their sick family members. “I feel like we’re being punished,” she said. Margarita Cardoza, a mom of two students, only one whoi is in Adams 14, said she believes the state board has failed to act and expects that this loss of accreditation won’t mean much either. “It’s like they don’t care about us, I don’t know what they think,” Cardoza said. “A lot of students have lost out on a quality education. The state has had multiple chances, and they haven’t done anything.” Some parents have also said they worry the work that has been happening for the past two years under MGT didn’t take into account the more than half of district students who are learning English as a second language. “We have kids that speak two languages. They’re smart,” Molina said. “I see that as a wealth. But they take away our biliteracy programs, they bring different programs every year. They’re just taking our resources. “These laws are not working for us,” Molina said, referring to the accountability laws that put Adams 14 on the state’s radar in the first place for low achievement. “These laws are not designed for people like us. They were not made with my children in mind.”
Rocky Mountain Arsenal Five-Year Review Report Final and Available to the Public The U.S. Army recently completed its latest Five-Year Review (FYR) report for the Rocky Mountain Arsenal (RMA), which covers the period of 2015-2020. The FYR process includes a statutory and policy review of the RMA’s 1995 and 1996 On-Post and Off-Post Records of Decision (RODs). The RODs provide detailed descriptions of the environmental cleanup approach selected for the site. The U.S. Army established the RMA in 1942 to produce chemical weapons as a deterrent in World War II. Shell Oil Co. later leased some of those facilities to manufacture agricultural products. Common disposal practices of the time resulted in contamination of the site's soils, structures and groundwater. Contaminants included solvents, metals, pesticides and miscellaneous industrial chemicals. The purpose of the FYR is to determine whether the RMA's cleanup remains protective of human health and the environment. A critical part of the FYR is to update any changes to environmental standards and to determine if the remedy outlined in the RODs and subsequent Decision Documents remains protective in light of those new standards. Based on a review of documentation, site inspections and interviews for this FYR cycle, the U.S. Army has determined that the cleanup remains protective of human health and the environment. The EPA concurs with the U.S. Army’s findings. Six issues and recommended actions have been identified to be addressed over the next five-year period to ensure the long-term protectiveness of the environmental cleanup. FYRs at the RMA will be required for the foreseeable future, since the cleanup approach included landfills and consolidation areas which hold contaminated waste from the RMA's cleanup. The next FYR is scheduled to begin in 2025 and be finalized in 2026. The 2020 FYR final report, along with the protectiveness determinations of the U.S. Army and EPA, is now posted on the RMA’s website at www.rma.army.mil. The document is also available for public review by appointment at: RMA Joint Administrative Records and Document Facility, Rocky Mountain Arsenal, 6550 Gateway Road, Commerce City, CO 80022. For more information, please contact Ms. Patty Lee, RMA, at 303.289.0300, or Patty.l.lee6.civ@mail.mil.
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arrived at Prairie View. She said the on-field accomplishments were one thing .. but not the only thing that mattered. “His focus was on the successful young men he coached,” she said. “He joined Lincoln Hills Cares Foundation to provide opportunities for diversity and inclusion for environmental occupations.” Howard earned a master’s degree in plant ecology and botany from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 1996. Latson also talked about his brother’s ability to form relationships. “It wouldn’t be Dr. Howard unless he was talking to somebody about something, and he did it with love,” Latson said. “He created unique relationships with people, and he always expected their best. He never said ‘no’ to making people around him better. “He brought his love of the outdoors to inner-city youth,” Latson added. “His legacy is one of education mentorship and love. Everything he did was with the intent of
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planting a seed that will continue to grow for generations to come.” Gonzales and Howard coached the ThunderHawks girls basketball team. But, Gonzales noted,
Howard’s sense of humor ruled. If you wanted to join, Gonzales added, your humor had to be on Howard’s equal. “His impact on me, his family,
Prairie View High School will never be forgotten,” Gonzales said. “He wanted nothing more than for you to believe in yourself more than he believed in you.”
SCHOLARSHIP FUND The Dr. Nathaniel Howard III Scholarship Fund, through Evaluation Athletic Performance Foundation Inc., a Colorado nonprofit, is accepting donations through Citywide Banks, 12075 E. 45th Ave., Suite B, Denver 80239. The account niumber is 007513.
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Traci Latson, left, and Jodi Latson reminisce about their brother, Nate Howard, during his celebration of life service at Prairie View High School.
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Mountain Range’s Anthony Vieth avoids the tackle of Adams City’s Dillon Hernandez in Commerce City Oct. 7. PHOTOS BY STEVE SMITH
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S P O R T S SCORECARD Adams City High School Softball Rangeview downed Adams City 13-3 in Aurora Oct. 5. No stats were available for either team. The Eagles closed out their season with a 19-6, six-inning win against Overland Oct. 6 in Commerce City. Sherea Ortiz and Leyla Jaquez had three hits and two RBIs. Maria Saenz added three hits and three RBIs. Tatiana Lee had four hits and drove in a run. ACHS finished with a record of 4-18. Volleyball Adams City downed Gateway 25-7, 25-13, 15-18 in Commerce City Oct. 5. No stats were available. Soccer Jose Rascon and Diego Flores accounted for Adams City’s goals in a 2-1 win at Westminster Oct. 7. Goalkeeper Adrian Arriaga had six saves and recorded the win. No stats were available for the Wolves.
Bond in 75th place. Bond birdied the 16th hole during the second round. Teammate Payton Crawford fired an 89-86 -- 175 to finish in 83rd place. Crawford’s only first-round birdie came on the par-5, 547-yard 15th hole. His birdies in the second round came on the 14th and 15th holes. Softball Brighton beat Prairie View 21-6 on the ThunderHawks’ field Oct. 4. BHS scored 15 unanswered runs over the last three innings. Gabby Rodriguez had two hits and drove in six of Brighton’s runs. Brylyn Haddick had two hits and four RBIs for the Bulldogs. Kasey Dean pounded out four hits and drove in a run. Ava Araujo had two hits and three RBIs. No stats were available for the ThunderHawks. Volleyball Prairie View blanked Rangeview in straight sets Oct. 5. No stats were available for either team. Vista Peak beat PVHS 22-25, 25-23, 2520, 25-22 in Brighton Oct. 6. Joy Aburto had 20 kills for the Bison. No stats were available for the ThunderHawks. Soccer PVHS shut out Vista Peak 1-0 in Brighton Oct. 6. No stats were available for either team.
Prairie View High School State 5A golf COLORADO SPRINGS -- Prairie View’s Keagan Bond fired an 83 in the second round of the state 5A golf tournament at Colorado Springs Country Club Oct. 5. That, coupled with an 88 in the opening round put
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Legals Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF MAIL BALLOT ELECTION FOR BUCKLEY CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District (“District”) of Adams County, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election for the District shall be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as an independent mail ballot election. The ballots will be mailed to the eligible electors of the District no earlier than 22 days prior to the election (October 11, 2021) and no later than 15 days prior to the election (October 18, 2021). The drop off location for the delivery of mail ballots and receipt of replacement ballots shall be located at the office of the Designated Election Official, 3900 E. Mexico Avenue, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado, and shall be open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. beginning at least 22 days prior to the election day and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on election day. The purposes of the election are for the electors of the District to vote for or against Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue A, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue B, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue C, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue D, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue E, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue F, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue G, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue H, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue I, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue J, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue K, and Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District Ballot Issue L. BUCKLEY CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By:/s/ Mandi Kirk, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. CCX328 First Publication: October 12, 2021 Last Publication: October 12, 2021 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
BUCKLEY CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 By:/s/ Mandi Kirk, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. CCX329 First Publication: October 12, 2021 Last Publication: October 12, 2021 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE is hereby given that the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District (“District”) of Adams County, Colorado, will make final payment at its offices at 6595 E. 70th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado, 80022, on Friday, October 29, 2021, at the hour of 3:00 p.m. to All Phase Landscape Construction, 16080 Smith Road, Aurora, CO 80011, for all work done by said Contractor(s) in construction work performed for the District. Project Contractor: All Phase Landscape Construction Project Name: EWSF Landscaping Project Project Location: 7400 Quebec St., Commerce City, CO 80022 Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by any contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to the District at the above address, Attn: Dawn Fredette, District Clerk, on or before the date and time hereinabove shown. A verified statement shall not be deemed filed until in the actual possession of Ms. Fredette or in Ms. Fredette’s email Inbox (not spam folder) and viewable on her computer work-station. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release the District, its Board of Directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim. All of the above is pursuant to §38-26-107, C.R.S. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Public Notice NOTICE OF MAIL BALLOT ELECTION FOR PROPOSED BUCKLEY CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the proposed Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 (“District”) of the City of Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Court ordered organizational election for the District shall be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as an independent mail ballot election. The ballots will be mailed to the eligible electors of the District no earlier than 22 days prior to the election (October 11, 2021) and no later than 15 days prior to the election (October 18, 2021). The drop off location for the delivery of mail ballots and receipt of replacement ballots shall be located at the office of the Designated Election Official, 3900 E. Mexico Avenue, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado, and shall be open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. beginning at least 22 days prior to the election day and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on election day. The purposes of the election are for the electors of the proposed District to consider the organization of the District, to vote for Directors to serve on the first Board of Directors of the proposed District, if organized (the candidates are Steven Young, Ryan Carlson, Scott Carlson, Kent Carlson and Clay Carlson), and vote for or against Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Ballot Issue A, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Ballot Issue B, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Ballot Issue C, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Ballot Issue D, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Ballot Issue E, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Ballot Issue F, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Ballot Issue G, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Ballot Issue H, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Ballot Issue I, Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Ballot Issue J, and Buckley Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 Ballot Issue K. The estimated operating mill levy for the first year following organization (2022) is 10 mills and the estimated debt service mill levy for the first year following organization (2021) is 50 mills. The estimated fiscal year spending for the first year following organization (2022) is up to $1,000,000 for operations. The initial boundaries of the proposed District are generally described as follows: The District contains approximately 200 a c r e s and is located North of 112th Avenue and South of 120th Avenue, between Buckley Road and Tower Road, and bordering on E-470, in the City of Commerce City
SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT acting through its SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE By: /s/ Vicki Ennis, Secretary Legal Notice No. CCX331 First Publication: October 12, 2021 Last Publication: October 19, 2021 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AMENDED 2021 BUDGET AND PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed 2022 budget has been submitted to the RIVER OAKS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, for the fiscal year 2022. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, in Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a regular meeting and public hearing of the River Oaks Metropolitan District to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 21, 2021. If necessary, an amended 2021 budget will be filed in the office of the accountant and open for public inspection for consideration at the regular meeting and public hearing of the Board. The meeting and public hearing will be held at the Belle Creek Family Center, 10693 Belle Creek Boulevard, Henderson, Colorado. Any interested elector of the River Oaks Metropolitan District may inspect the amended and proposed budgets and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the proposed 2022 budget and 2021 amended budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: RIVER OAKS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ SETER & VANDER WALL, P.C. Attorneys for the District Legal Notice No. CCX287 First Publication: October 12, 2021 Last Publication: October 12, 2021 Publisher: Commerce City Express
Public Notice VELOCITY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 Porteos – Pond GG1 & Gopher Gulch Channel The Velocity Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “Owner”) is accepting sealed bids for the Porteos – Pond GG1 & Gopher Gulch Channel (“Project”). Sealed Bids for the Porteos – Pond GG1 & Gopher Gulch Channel will be received by the District Engineer (Merrick & Company), at 5970 Greenwood Plaza
Boulevard, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, until 10:00 a.m. local time on November 12, 2021. Bids shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to Velocity Metropolitan District No. 1 endorsed with the name of the Bidder and the Title “Porteos – Pond GG1 & Gopher Gulch Channel”. The Project will include: • Approximately 3,800 L.F. of Channel Infrastructure including pond improvements, sanitary sewer, storm, and regional trail within the City of Aurora. Bidding documents can be requested beginning October 12, 2021 at 9:00 A.M. There will be no charge for the bid documents. Contact Barney Fix at barney.fix@merrick.com to receive the PDF documents electronically. Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the Bid date and time. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any errors or irregularities, and to require statements or evidence of Bidders’ qualifications including financial statements. The Owner also reserves the right to extend the Bidding period by Addendum if it appears in its interest to do so. For further information, please contact Barney Fix at Merrick & Company at 303-751-0741. Legal Notice No. CCX327 First Publication: October 12, 2021 Last Publication: October 26, 2021 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-consecutive publications
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS NOS. 1-3 By: /s/ CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Manager/Accountants for the District Legal Notice No. CCX320 First Publication: October 12, 2021 Last Publication: October 12, 2021 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Public Notice NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET OF NORTH RANGE VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of North Range Village Metropolitan District for the ensuing year of 2022; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Wolfersberger, LLC, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G, Suite 3700, Denver, Colorado 80238, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Monday October 11, 2021 6:00 p.m. held at Bison Ridge Recreation Center (13905 E 112th Ave, Commerce City, CO 80022).Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto. NORTH RANGE VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
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Legal Notice No. CCX325 First Publication: October 12, 2021 Last Publication: October 12, 2021 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Public Notice
Public Notice NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT OF PAINTED PRAIRIE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY NOTICE is hereby given to all interested parties (1) that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority (the “Authority”) for the ensuing year of 2022; (2) the possible necessity has arisen to amend the Authority’s 2021 Budget; (3) that copies of such proposed 2022 Budget and 2021 Amended Budget, have been filed in the office of Authority’s accountant at 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, Colorado, where the same are open for public inspection and (4) that approval of a Resolution to Adopt Budget, Appropriate Funds and Set Mill Levy for 2022 and approval of a Resolution to Amend the 2021 Budget, if necessary, will be considered at public hearings of the Board to be held at 11:15 a.m. on October 21, 2021. Due to public health restrictions, this meeting will be held virtually via Zoom teleconference: https://zoom.us/j/92191059903?pwd=bXdjaVpCd VUxNjN4bXkrWTdBM0IyQT09; Meeting ID: 921 9105 9903; Passcode: 153754; (720) 707-2699. Any interested elector within the Authority may, at any time prior to the final the approval of the Resolution to Adopt Budget for 2022 and approval of the Resolution to Amend the 2021 Budget, if necessary, inspect the budgets and file or register any objections thereto. PAINTED PRAIRIE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY By:
/s/ Chris Fellows
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Legal Notice No: CCX 330 First Publication: October 12, 2021 Last Publication: October 12, 2021 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND HEARING THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS NOS. 1-3 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS NOS. 1-3 for the ensuing year of 2022. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the special meeting of the Third Creek Metropolitan Districts Nos. 1-3 to be held at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday October 28, 2021. The meeting will be held via online meeting at https://teams.microsoft.com/l/ meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NGFlN2FkZTUtNT BiYy00M2U1LTg0ZDYtYzEwMjc5Yjg2NDJh%4 0thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22 4aaa468e-93ba-4ee3-ab9f-6a247aa3ade0%22 %2c%22Oid%22%3a%225b9f6fa2-e9dd-42ccbfd8-f7dd2ed196a6%22%7d and via telephone at 720-547-5281, Conference ID: 846 985 790#. Any interested elector within the Third Creek Metropolitan Districts Nos. 1-3 may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget.
NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED 2022 BUDGETS OF FRONTERRA VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of Fronterra Village Metropolitan District for the ensuing year of 2022; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Wolfersberger, LLC, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G, Suite 3700, Denver, Colorado 80238, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Online video conference site is as follows: https:// www.gotomeet.me/Wolfersberger Members of the public may also participate via phone using the dial-in number (571) 317-3112 and access code #937-865-597. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto. FRONTERRA VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: Charles Wolfersberger District Manager Legal Notice No. CCX324 First Publication: October 12, 2021 Last Publication: October 12, 2021 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Public Notice BNC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 NOTICE CONCERNING 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the BNC Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “District”) 2021 Budget and that a proposed 2022 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the District; and that copies of the proposed Amended 2021 Budget and 2022 Budget have been filed at the District’s offices, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that adoption of Resolutions Amending the 2021 Budget and Adopting the 2022 Budget will be considered at a public meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Due to concerns regarding the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the benefits to the control of the spread of the virus by limiting in-person contact, this District Board meeting will be held by Zoom Meeting and can be joined through the directions below: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84291755718?pwd=U XgzbGZ5TldDZW8vRG5QZStGK2VJQT09 Phone: 1 (253) 215-8782 or 1 (346) 248-7799 Meeting ID: 842 9175 5718 Password: 450959 Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Resolutions to Amend the 2021 Budget and Adopt the 2022 Budget, inspect and file or register any objections thereto. BNC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 By /s/ Ann E. Finn Secretary Legal Notice No. CCX 326 First Publication: October 12, 2021
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Public Notice NOTICE AS TO AMENDED 2021 BUDGET AND HEARING THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS NOS. 1-3
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an amended budget will be submitted to the THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS NOS 1-3 for the year of 2021. A copy of such amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such amended budget will be considered at a hearing at the special meeting of the Third Creek Metropolitan Districts Nos. 1-3 to be held at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday October 28, 2021. The meeting will be held via online meeting at https://teams.microsoft.com/l/ meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NGFlN2FkZTUtNT BiYy00M2U1LTg0ZDYtYzEwMjc5Yjg2NDJh%4 0thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22 4aaa468e-93ba-4ee3-ab9f-6a247aa3ade0%22 %2c%22Oid%22%3a%225b9f6fa2-e9dd-42ccbfd8-f7dd2ed196a6%22%7d and via telephone at 720-547-5281, Conference ID: 846 985 790#. Any interested elector within Third Creek Metropolitan Districts Nos. 1-3 may inspect the proposed amended budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2021 budget.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS NOS. 1-3 By: /s/ CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Managers/Accountants for the District Legal Notice No. CCX319 First Publication: October 12, 2021 Last Publication: October 12, 2021 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
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October 12, 2021
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is hiring! We’re looking for compassionate health care professionals to join our amazing care team serving the mountain communities of Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park Counties.
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12 Commerce City Sentinel Express
October 12, 2021 Paid Advertisement
The News in Adams 14 Dear Commerce City Residents, Adams 14 School District and MGT have reached an agreement. Here’s what it means: 1.
MGT has control over all district management, subject only to the local school board’s authority;
2.
The Superintendent’s responsibilities are redirected to MGT’s designation and delegation; and
3.
MGT can engage directly with the school board, without intermediation by the Superintendent.
Also, the external management contract remains in full force. We are very glad to reach this agreement. All of our focus should be on supporting students and families. We will continue to keep in touch. If you would like to reach us, email adams14@mgtconsulting.com. Sincerely, MGT (Adams 14 Schools Succeed)
Las noticias en Adams 14 Estimados residentes de Commerce City: El Distrito Escolar Adams 14 y MGT han llegado a un acuerdo. Esto es lo que significa: 1. MGT tiene control sobre toda la administración del distrito, sujeto únicamente a la autoridad de la junta escolar local; 2.
Las responsabilidades del Superintendente se redirigen a la designación y delegación de MGT; y
3.
MGT puede interactuar directamente con la junta escolar local, sin la intermediación del Superintendente.
Además, el contrato de gestión externa permanece en plena vigencia. Estamos muy contentos de llegar a este acuerdo. Todo nuestro enfoque debe estar en apoyar a los estudiantes y sus familias. Seguiremos en contacto. Si desea comunicarse con nosotros, envíe un correo electrónico a adams14@mgtconsulting. com. Atentamente, MGT (Adams 14 Schools Succeed)