Commerce City Sentinel Express 040722

Page 1

SENTINEL EXPRESS C O M M E R C E

VOLUME 34 32

C I T Y

50cI

SSUE 48 14 ISSUE

WEEK OF APRIL 7,24, 2022 TUESDAY ,N OVEMBER 2020

New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings

Training to save the planet

Student teachers are rarely paid

Colorado lawmakers, school leaders want to ensure they’re compensated BY ERICA BREUNLIN THE COLORADO SUN

Petting the Llama on Ag Day, mom Chelsea Tedford with her boys who are in the Fort Lupton Tailtwisters 4-H club the names are not COURTESY OF TAYLOR BROWN in order Traeger, Taite, Teague, Trace, and Teller.

Aims Community College Celebrated Ag Day BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Kapperman has been A Ryan long line of cars outside theworkcity of Brighton’s rapid testing site at ing with West Greeley Conservation Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent District since he was 14-years old, weeks due high demand.at Adams starting as atogroundskeeper the County’s 14-day test positivity rate Housden Gardensas location. he was 15.9 percent, of Nov. Then 17, according to Tri-County Health Department. moved upand to conservation techniBrighton Commerce City’s test positivity rates were both higher than cian and attended school at Fort 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have Lupton Aims Community College died fromsoil, COVID-19 health issues. To limit the spread of COVID-19, studying health,related and agriculture. at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions that prohibits indoor and “I chosegatherings. this degree because I personal grew up in the country and I like agriculture - it’s what I want to do,” said Kapperman. Conservation technicians are SEE PLANET, P4

CONTACT

US AT

303-659-2522

Contact us at 303-566-4100

INSIDE THIS ISSUE INSIDE THIS ISSUE

By Ellis Arnold Colorado Community Media

As Denver metro counties continue to inch closer to local stay-at-home orders under Colorado’s system of coronavirusrelated restrictions, the state announced a new level of rules that prohibits indoor dining and personal gatherings — a change that applies to the majority of the Denver metro area and many counties in other regions. The state’s COVID-19District dial, which has Kandee Nourse, District Manager with the West Greeley Conservation is educatPhoto by Belen Ward been in effect since September, is the seta ing the Weld Central High School students at the riparian zone trailer that replicates of different levels of restrictions each PHOTOthat BY BELEN WARD good vegetation habitat.

FOLLOW THE SENTINEL EXPRESS ON FACEBOOK Follow the Sentinel Express on Facebook

LOCAL SPORTS

LOCAL 3 2 •Tough loss for Prairie OBITUARIES •27J Schools moves 5 5 View lacrosse OBITUARIES LOCAL online-only Dec. 1 8 9 LEGALS LEGALS CLASSIFIED CLASSIFIEDS 11 10

• Page 5 3 • Page

BUSINESS SPORTS • Adams City seniors • Vestas to lay off 200 announce college plans employees

• Page 8

• Page 9

Near the end of last semester, Jorge Cabral’s budget was on the brink. He carefully watched how he spent each dollar, limiting his purchases to essentials like shampoo and toilet paper and cutting corners with meals by buying rice and beans to last through each week. On top of getting no pay for his full-time student teaching job at Brighton’s Vikan Middle School, Cabral had had to shell out $90 to take an exam that would secure his teacher license early last year. “That’s two weeks of groceries if you plan it out right,” he said. “And good groceries, too.” Cabral, who graduated in December from the University of Northern Colorado, found himself “budgeting to the max” to make ends meet as an unpaid student teacher — a financial county is required to followchallenge based on the most of Colorado severity a county’seducators local virusgrapple spread. with on the path to becoming a Thelicensed dial grewteacher. out of the state’s safer-athomeNow, orderas —Colorado the policy school that came after disthetricts statewide stay-at-home order this struggle to fill classrooms withand certifi ed educators, lawmakspring allowed numerous types of ers aim to relieve some of the businesses to reopen. financial burdens with a proposed The stateprogram recently switched to color stipend to provide identifiers — levels blue, yellow student teachers help withand living orange rather House than numbered levels — to expenses. Bill 1220, introduced in February, would also avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red helpastudents payorder. for expensive meant stay-at-home Now, level licensure exams and direct state reddepartments — “severe risk” — is the secondto establish another SEE PAID, P3

Please see RESTRICTIONS, Page 2

WWW.COMMERCECITYSENTINEL.COM

WWW.COMMERCECITYSENTINEL.COM


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.