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New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings CELEBRATING CINO DE MAYO Workin’ 9-5? There’s a better life, workers say
Weld Re-8 school district students performed a traditional Mexican folks dance, part of the Ballet Folklorico performance at the Fort Lupton Library on April 29. The showcase was part of the library’s early Cinco de Mayo celebration. See story on page 5. BELEN WARD
Professor sees three cultural perspectives behind people leaving jobs post-COVID
BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Employees have more power than their employers in the current labor market, says Dr. Steve DelCastillo. That’s due to the Great Resignation.
Anythink Libraries hosted Delcastillo, a University of Colorado-Denver professor of political science and Director of the Center for New Directions in Politics and Public Policy, for a talk on the Great Resignation at their Wright Farms location on April 28.
He said 47 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in 2021 and that compromised 30.7% of the total labor force. That’s an unprecedented amount, and scholars are penning it as the Great Resignation.
That number climbed in February — almost another 5 million people left their jobs. Women and lower-income individuals have left at the highest rates.
Now, there are more
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Colorado taxpayers will receive $400 this summer
Thornton, Reunion get new schools in 27J District
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. e state’s COVID-19 dial, which has been in e ect since September, is the set of di erent levels of restrictions that each
county is required to follow based on the A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing site at severity of a county’s local virus spread. Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent weeks due to high demand. Adams County’s 14-day test positivity rate BY ALISON BERG ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS e dial grew out of the state’s safer-athome order — the policy that came a er was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, according to Tri-County Health Department. the statewide stay-at-home order this Brighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates were both higher than Menah Elsarrag can pay off spring and allowed numerous types of 13 percent. Forty- ve people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have died from COVID-19 related health issues. To limit the spread of COVID-19, a small portion of her student loans. Diane Hopkins can drive to Southern Colorado to businesses to reopen. e state recently switched to color at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions that prohibits indoor and visit her family and explore identi ers — levels blue, yellow and personal gatherings. the outdoors. Anne Tincaid can put more money toward a orange rather than numbered levels — to avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red vacation in Mexico, where she hopes to go snorkeling. These are just a few of the ways Coloradans plan to use Photo by Belen Ward meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level red — “severe risk” — is the secondthe $400 coming their way this SEE TAXPAYERS, P9 Please see RESTRICTIONS, PageSEE 27J, P4 2
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Gov. Jared Polis announced April 25 that Colorado taxpayers will be receiving a cashback rebate later this year. Individuals will receive $400 while joint fi lers will get $800. The money will be sent out between late August and early September, Polis said.
“We know that this last year has been diffi cult with rising prices,” Polis said in a news conference announcing the action.
The money comes from a clause in the Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights, which gives the state legislature power to determine how to
Here’s how some plan refund excess tax revenue to those who pay it. to spend it “This is Coloradans’ money, and we’re making sure that we make government effi cient in getting those dollars back to them as soon as possible,” House Speaker Alec Garnett, a Democrat, said in the news conference. “These checks will help people immediately.” The money would have come to Colorado taxpayers in April 2023, but Garnett, Polis and Senate Majority Leader Dominick Moreno emphasized that the money is Reunion elementary expected this fall,
Thornton magnet school due 2023 Growth in the 27J School District means more schools – two, as a matter of fact.
One is in the Willow Bend section of Thornton, near East 146th Avenue and Holly Street. 27J spokesperson Janelle Asmus said originally, the school was going to be a charter school.
The new principal is Sheri Collier, the interim principal at Brantner Elementary School. Asmus said the administration is considering the school’s organization will look like as a proposed magnet school.
“As a magnet school, that school would not have traditional boundaries like neighborhood schools,” she said. “It would draw from throughout the district.
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MUHLHAUSER James Paladon Muhlhauser
1958 - 2022
James (Jim) was born in Bismarck, North Dakota on September 19, 1958 to Henry and Rosella (Heck) Muhlhauser. He would spend the rst nine years in Bismarck, until moving to Mandan, where he would “tear up the town” as young boys do. He would remain there until his graduation in 1976 from Mandan Senior High. Extremely patriotic, Jim chose to serve his country and joined the Navy working on nuclear submarines. He would travel all over the world while stationed in West Virginia, Hawaii and Washington as a Missile and Missile Checkout Technician. During his time in the Navy, Jim would serve on the USS George Washington, USS Nevada and USS Ohio. Shore duties had him working as an instructor and supporting a high-ranking o cer. After nearly twenty years in the Navy, achieving the rank of Senior Chief, he decided to hang up his sea legs and honorably retire. A new career awaited him. e next chapter for Jim would nd him spending just shy of twenty- ve years with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF). His career with BNSF began in Wyoming but would eventually bring him to Colorado where he worked in the Signal department, rst as a signal maintainer then retiring as a signal inspector. During his tenure with the BNSF James would take on additional service as the Local President and Local Chairman for the BNSF Union. He was very proud of defending his fellow union brethren and extremely good at “wearing out” management. During these years Jim would enjoy sports, travel, family and friends. He enjoyed college basketball (Duke) and professional football, rst the Redskins then the Broncos. He enjoyed telling stories and laughing while regaling folks with tales of his childhood, his time in military and with the railroad. Every year he would travel to North Dakota over the 4th of July to enjoy time with family, especially with his mother whom he was very close. Jim was truly a family man. He loved his children tremendously, spending as much time as possibility with them going to school activities, Waterworld, Elitches, Art in the Park and the 4th of July parades. While with his children, he especially valued the laughter generated during the various water actives and the morning games of Uno. Having lived together for many years, Jim and Wade, his close friend and brother, would spend many hours enjoying life and solving the world’s problems. Later in life he would nd the love of his life, Dawn. ey had so much in common and
lived a lot of life in the time they had. It was a cherished love full of all the things they enjoyed which including a hot air balloon ride, snow mobilling, water skiing, white water rafting, concerts/ festivals, sporting events and travel. He especially enjoyed trips to Mexico and time spent swimming in the cenote (underground water pools). As many know, Jim was a strong and determined man. He brought that strength to his battle with brain cancer. Upon nding out he had Glioblastoma he immediately choose to do whatever it took to beat it down. His strength (determination) would continue for almost twenty-three months (beating the prognosis of two weeks to two months if he did nothing) until his battle would nally end. He was surrounded by family as he passed on, taking his nal earthly journey knowing his mother, father and sister were already there waiting for him. James is survived by his loving wife, Dawn Muhlhauser, Brighton CO; children: James Muhlhauser, Havana FL; Kimberly Muhlhauser, Parker CO; Emily Muhlhauser, Parker CO; and step son John Je ers Brighton CO; siblings: Gloria Moore, Everett, WA (children: Will Johner & Aimee Blake; Penny & Je Hitt, children Vincent and Tristan); Glenna and Neil Clark, Mesa AZ (sons: Aaron Clark and Adam Clark); Wade Muhlhauser, Brighton CO (children: Alicia Muhlhauser and Wade Muhlhauser); Donna and Mike Kraft, Mandan ND (children: Jeremy & Mandy Kraft, their daughters: Mazy & Cersei Kraft; Jenny (Justin Scheidt), their children: Kyler Kraft & Keira Scheidt; Breanna & Tyler Leingang, their son Emmett Leingang; and Alexandra & Mike Volk); Doreen and Scott Parker, Bremerton WA (children: Nicole & Zachary White, daughter: Hailey Graham; and Taylor Aberle). Jim was preceded in death and has been reunited with his parents Henry August Muhlhauser (2012) and Rosella Marie (Heck) White (2021), his sister Gwen Muhlhauser (2013), along with uncles and cousins. VISITATION Wednesday, May 4, 2022 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Tabor-Rice Funeral Home 75 South 13th Avenue Brighton, CO 80601 FUNERAL SERVICE ursday, May 5, 2022 11:00 AM Summit of Peace Lutheran Church 4661 E 136th Ave ornton, CO 80602 TRUJILLO Aurora Silva Trujillo
October 3, 1930 - April 20, 2022 Aurora Silva Trujillo, 91, of Brighton, CO passed away April 20, 2022. She was born October 3, 1930 to Francisco Silva and Eucelia Esquibel Silva in Penasco Blanco, NM. Aurora attended school in Rociada, NM and graduated high school in Las Vegas, NM. She married Pete R. Trujillo on October 17, 1951 and moved to Brighton, CO to make their home. ey raised six children and were Brighton residents for 63 years. Aurora is preceded in death by her husband Pete, daughter Sally Solano, sister Lucinda (Mariano) Romero, brother Guadalupe (Connie) Silva, loving nieces, nephews and godchildren Josie Marez, Roseann Flores, Diana Chavez, Ted Romero, Ruben Silva, Charlie Silva and Eloy Robinson. Aurora is survived by her children: Gloria Dominguez (Westminster, CO), MaryJo C’deBaca (Rio Rancho, NM), Gerald Trujillo (Brighton, CO), James Trujillo ( ornton, CO), George (Terry) Trujillo (Brighton, CO), 12 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Aurora was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church and member of the Holy Family Society. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, scrapbooking, working with crafts, cooking (Aurora was a fantastic cook!), baking and having her family together for meals. She and her husband Pete also loved traveling the Southwest camping and shing.
STUDENKA Barbara K. (Engelter) Studenka
September 8, 1938 - April 26, 2022
Mom obituary: Barbara K. Engelter Studenka 1938-2022 – Lakewood Colorado
Since 2000, Barbara was an artist in ber and watercolor painting creating works of art to be displayed. From 1961-2000 she was an English teacher in Je erson County Colorado and several other counties in the state. Barbara was born in Memphis, Tennessee and was raised in Nebraska, and North Dakota. She is survived by her daughter, Breanna Erin, her granddaughter Josephine Barbara Dorsch, and her grandson Bridger Edward Dorsch. Barbara did not want a service. She will be cremated. Her family will have a celebration of life in June in her favorite place in the world, her backyard!
