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Former Golddigger seeks Olympic gold Idaho Springs native Haleigh Washington to play on U.S. women’s volleyball team in Tokyo

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Idaho Springs officer arrested for assault against elderly resident

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When Haleigh Washington steps onto Tokyo’s volleyball court and serves, blocks and spikes under the Olympic lights, it will be the highlight of a journey that started in a Clear Creek gymnasium.

Washington, who grew up in Idaho Springs and played sports at Clear Creek Middle School/High School, is scheduled to start on the U.S. women’s volleyball team in this summer’s Olympic Games.

As she seeks her first Olympic gold medal, Washington said the Clear Creek community not only helped jumpstart her volleyball career, but gave her a sense of what it meant to be passionate about something.

“When you find a passion, people support you and want you to pursue it,” she said of growing up in Idaho Springs. “ … There was a level of pride in pursuing something in that town.”

Washington thanked everyone in Clear Creek who supported her, especially CCMS/HS staff, and hoped her journey would show local children that they too can go to the Olympics one day.

Angie Thoennes, a CCHS volleyball coach who worked with

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An Idaho Springs police officer was arrested last week on suspicion of assault after a May 30 incident left a local 75-year-old man hospitalized.

Nicholas Hanning, who has been on administrative leave from ISPD, turned himself in on July 7 after an arrest warrant was issued for third-degree Hanning assault of an atrisk adult, a class 6 felony, according to a press release from the Fifth Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

No other charges have been filed at this time.

Bond was set at $2,000 cash or surety, which Hanning met. Formal charges were expected by 4 p.m.

July 12, and his next appearance was scheduled for July 13.

ISPD was scheduled to decide this week whether to continue Hanning’s employment. He’s been with ISPD for three years, Chief Nate Buseck confirmed.

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Trout Unlimited improving water quality, habitat at local mine sites

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Trout Unlimited is working to make locals’ drinking water less metallic and acidic by addressing mine tailings at the Waldorf Mine, along with similar projects in Clear Creek and Gilpin counties.

Lauren Duncan, the nonprofit’s abandoned mine restoration project manager, said her organization and its partners will be monitoring Leavenworth Creek’s water quality this summer after finishing a multi-year project at Waldorf Mine last fall.

Leavenworth Creek flows into South Clear Creek above Georgetown.

Trout Unlimited has used grant dollars to work in the basin surrounding Waldorf Mine since 2013, taking water quality samples and addressing the dispersed tailings below the site, Duncan said at a July 6 county commissioners meeting.

In 2019, the nonprofit commissioned an archaeological review of the site with a detailed survey of all the artifacts there.

Through last summer and fall, Trout Unlimited, the U.S. Forest Service, federal and state health officials, and others worked to address the mine tailings. Duncan said the tailings posed a major problem for Leavenworth Creek’s water quality, so Trout Unlimited and its partners improved the drainage system below the mine site and revegetated the area.

They also sprayed with an environmentally friendly vinyl spray to

Workers apply an environmentally friendly vinyl spray, called Soil Sement, onto the tailings pile at Waldorf Mine in fall 2020. Trout Unlimited and its partners have been working to improve the Leavenworth Creek area’s water quality and vegetation since 2013.

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help the mine tailings pile stay in place, Duncan described. While it will have to be reapplied about every five years, she said it’s relatively affordable and can be administered with a backpack sprayer.

She showed the commissioners before and after photos of the vegetation, explaining how the acidic conditions around the mine site had prevented vegetation from growing in certain areas.

“The work helped to … allow the vegetation to thrive once again,” she said. “It’s a very sharp contrast between before and after.”

Duncan added that Trout Unlimited volunteers will be visiting on

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In summer and fall 2020, the nonprofit Trout Unlimited and its partners worked to improve the water quality and vegetation at the Waldorf Mine site southwest of Georgetown. Workers built several drainage ponds belong the tailings pile and revegetated areas where plants didn’t grow because of acidic water conditions. Trout Unlimited will be visiting the site this summer to check on the new vegetation and COURTESY OF LAUREN DUNCAN other modifications.

the site this summer to check on the new vegetation, which she said was sourced from nearby.

Additionally, the nonprofit and its partners will be monitoring whether Leavenworth Creek’s copper, zinc, cadmium, iron and lead levels are lower this summer, because of last year’s work. Duncan didn’t have data yet, but she was expecting to see a decrease in the water’s acidity as well.

“Another thing we’re going to look at is a sustainable recreation use of the site,” she continued. “We want to see people using the site.”

Other projects Along with the Waldorf Mine, Duncan said her team is also working on other projects in Clear Creek and Gilpin counties.

Among those in Clear Creek, Duncan listed restoration work at Lion Creek above Empire and Grizzly Gulch, which is about halfway up Stevens Gulch Road.

Lion Creek, which drains into Clear Creek, will require restoration work on a smaller scale than the Waldorf Mine, Duncan said. The focus will be tracing how water is moving from the Minnesota Mine into Lion Creek and restoring the nearby stream banks.

The goal will be the same: improve habitat and water quality by reducing the creek’s metal content. Duncan said the project is in the planning stages with work scheduled for 2022-23.

The Grizzly Gulch project will likely start next summer also, she continued, with a focus on physically and environmentally cleaning up the area. Surveyors will be catalogu-

ing the area’s artifacts this August before work begins next year.

Not only is there a lot of debris on the site, but there’s a lot of waste rock, which is contributing to Grizzly Gulch’s copper levels, Duncan explained. So, Trout Unlimited and its partners plan to remove the waste rock from the stream banks, revegetate the area and put up educational materials about the site’s history.

“We want to make the site safe for people to visit,” she said.

Overall, Duncan said Trout Unlimited will continue to focus on those projects that impact water quality and recreation, especially now that Clear Creek County is “seeing more people in areas where they weren’t before,” she said.

“There’s still good work to do and plenty of opportunities to do it,” Duncan continued.

Commissioner Sean Wood thanked Duncan and her colleagues for the great work they’ve done in the area, and Commissioner George Marlin said it was important to make solid environmental decisions now so future generations weren’t paying the price.

Commissioner Randy Wheelock said that he appreciated the balance in preserving the sites from an archaeological perspective while simultaneously improving their environmental impact.

Duncan hoped that Trout Unlimited would continue to be a resource for Clear Creek County and engage with the community to have better projects and a better environment for all.

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HOW TO WATCH The 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games is July 23 to Aug. 8.

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Washington, said the Idaho Springs community will be hosting watch parties for the Opening Ceremony and the U.S. volleyball games. As of Monday, details were still being finalized.

“They’ll say she’s from Colorado Springs,” Thoennes said, referring to the Olympics program materials, “but we all think of her as from here.”

The U.S. team tips off against Argentina on July 24, and Washington hoped to make Clear Creek County proud.

“I am where I am because of where I started,” she said.

Getting her start Washington, who plays professional volleyball in Italy for part of the year, still visits Idaho Springs occasionally to see family.

Washington grew up along Virginia Street and attended Carlson Elementary and CCMS/HS when it was still along Highway 103. She recalled learning to play volleyball in that gym and taking her first ice baths in Clear Creek after two-a-day practices.

Professional volleyball player Haleigh Washington, who grew up in Idaho Springs and attended Clear Creek Middle School/High CONTRIBUTED School, is scheduled to start on the U.S. women’s team in the Tokyo Olympics later this month.

Her seventh grade volleyball team was especially memorable, because of the phenomenal season and how close all the players were, she SEE WASHINGTON, P9

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Idaho Springs sees starbursts

Fireworks illuminate the sky above Idaho Springs’ Water Wheel Park on July 4.

PHOTO BY AMANDA MELDRUM

Deliciousness in Silver Plume Idaho Springs’ Fourth of July fireworks display is visible from a resident’s porch.

PHOTO BY JANE BITTNER

Silver Plume Mayor Sam McCloskey, center, surveys the town’s July 4 ice cream social at Dinger Park.

PHOTOS BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

Fireworks illuminate the sky above Idaho Springs’ Water Wheel Park on July 4.

PHOTO BY AMANDA MELDRUM

A group of children play on the Dinger Park tire swing during Silver Plume’s July 4 ice cream social, which is an annual fundraiser for The People for Silver Plume.

Silver Plume’s Susan Ballard prepares desserts for distribution during the July 4 ice cream social at Dinger Park. The annual event is a fundraiser for The People for Silver Plume, of which Ballard is a member.

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Georgetown celebrates in red, white and blue PHOTOS BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

While the fireworks might have been canceled, that didn’t keep Georgetown residents and visitors from celebrating the Fourth of July in style. The good times included a parade along Sixth Street followed by a barbecue in the park and live music performances.

Georgetown’s Malakai, 3, and Kevin McLaughlin accept a police sticker from Georgetown Reserve Officer Roy Cherry during the annual Fourth of July parade.

Georgetown’s Suzie McConnell holds an American flag while waiting in line at Georgetown’s annual Fourth of July barbecue.

Dean Cummings of Watkins, playing Nitro of the Park County Regulators, walks along Sixth Street during Georgetown’s annual Fourth of July parade.

Georgetown’s Susan Marshall, center, holds her 22-month-old son, Desmond, so he can see the front of Georgetown’s Fourth of July parade as it turns the corner onto Sixth Street.

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Lessons yet to be learned on fire anniversary We live in paradise.

Everywhere you turn, life in the mountains delights. Whether it is catching sight of the local elk herd, marveling at a glorious Colorado sunset over the stunning mountains or just appreciating the open space and cleaner air we enjoy compared to the denizens of much of the Denver metro area, it is undeniable that living where we do is a privilege.

But with just one tiny spark, life here on the edge where civilization and the wildlands commingle, can become a lot less like paradise, and a lot more like Paradise, California.

In November 2018, that mountain community surrounded by pine forest was practically wiped off the face of the map by the swift-moving Camp Fire. The fire roared through the town at an estimated 300 feet per minute and left little in its wake.

85 people died. Billions in property

damage. A year later, more than 90% of the residents had not returned.

There was nothing to return to.

We could easily be next.

Insurance analysis ranks the Evergreen/Conifer are as the most in danger of a catastrophic wildfire in the state. In fact, the potential for loss of life ranks in the top 10 for the nation.

Of course those in harm’s way also includes swaths of Clear Creek County residents in places like Old Squaw Pass and Brooke Forest.

Clear Creek’s own county analysis shows nearly every residential area outside of Idaho Springs, Empire and Georgetown as being at high or extreme risk of wildfire.

Fire experts are very clear in their warnings. It isn’t a matter of if there will be other close-by fires, but a matter of when.

This week we mark the anniversa-

ry of the Elephant Butte Fire. It was kept small. No one died. No buildings burned. But it was so close, so visible from all over Evergreen, that for many it served as a wake-up call to do more in terms of wildfire mitigation and emergency planning.

We have heartfelt gratitude for the work of our area firefighting agencies who helped contain the Elephant Butte Fire, and are ever-preparing for the next blaze too. But we know that Mother Nature can be fickle, and that with just a slight change in the weather, that next spark might not be so easy to extinguish.

We applaud those who have heeded the wake-up call. Folks like Rotary Wildfire Ready, who have done so much to educate the public about the dangers of wildfire and how to mitigate and prepare for the next conflagration. Folks like Jefferson County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper

and the rest of the Jefferson County Wildfire Risk Reduction Task Force, who have identified the biggest barriers and opportunities to keep catastrophe at bay.

Hard choices lie ahead for mountain communities in places like western Jefferson County and Clear Creek County. We continue to develop in this Wildland Urban Interface even as water grows scarce and our narrow roads grow busier. Meanwhile the cost of fuel mitigation and firefighting only climbs.

For all of us, it will take significant work, both in our backyards but also in our local politics, to do the hard work to make those tough choices about growth, resource allocation, water conservation, taxes and prescribed burns.

Otherwise, we are headed for a paradise lost.

Why vaccination will protect you and the community From state-wide lockdowns to mandatory health and safety measures, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we work, live and play, and unfortunately, has resulted in severe illness and death for many.

Since January of 2020, there have been more than 33 million reported cases of COVID-19 and about 600,000 total deaths from the virus in the United States. Specific populations of people are at higher risk of getting severely ill or dying from the virus. Among these are adults 65 or older, people with underlying health conditions and people with disabilities. In addition, people in vulnerable populations and some racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by COVID-19.

Fortunately, scientists and public health experts around the world worked tirelessly to develop vaccines to help prevent people from getting sick from COVID-19, several of which have been authorized for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. These vaccines have been evaluated in clinical trials that have involved tens of thousands of participants and have met the FDA’s rigorous scientific standards for safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality.

COVID-19 vaccines are a key step in slowing the spread of disease and ultimately stopping the pandemic.

However, despite their proven safety and efficacy, there may still

be hesitancy and concern around receiving the vaccines. Some of the most common reasons people avoid getting the vaccine are misinformation about their ingredients, the science behind them and fear about adverse effects.

I highly encourage everyone eligible to get a vaccine to stay healthy and protect the people around you. Do it for yourself, your family, friends and community. Getting vaccinated is the quickest way to get back to the things you did before the pandemic. To address potential points of hesitancy, here are a few key things to know: The vaccines currently approved for use in the United States are effective at preventing COVID-19.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, several large-scale clinical trials and subsequent real-world experience shows that the COVID-19 vaccines prevent most people from getting COVID-19.

Based on data from clinical studies, COVID-19 vaccines also help keep you from getting seriously ill, even if you do get infected. People are considered fully protected two weeks after their second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, or two weeks after the single-dose Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.

The COVID-19 vaccines available are safe.

To date, over 174 million Americans have been fully vaccinated with the number increasing every day. The U.S. vaccine system has an extensive testing process to ensure the vaccines are as safe as possible and made with safe ingredients. The vaccines cannot give you COVID-19 as they do not contain the live virus that causes it. Most reported side effects have been mild and moderate; minor side effects are not uncommon. These side effects are part of the vaccine working, and usually go away in a couple of days.

There have been some serious vaccine side effects but they are rare.

More serious allergic reactions have been reported with the mRNA vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) but they are rare. These allergic reactions occur in less than one case per 200,000 vaccinations.

The use of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine was put on hold but has resumed. Medical and scientific teams with the FDA and CDC did a thorough review that found the vaccine is safe and effective in preventing COVID-19. As of June 7, 2021, out of more than 11 million doses administered, the FDA and CDC found a total of 35 cases post EUA authorization of severe blood clot in people after receiving Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine. Experts estimate that for every 1 million persons vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine over 2,000 deaths from

COVID-19 will be prevented and over 6,000 hospitalizations from COVID-19 will be prevented. In contrast, for every 1 million persons vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine an estimated 3 persons will develop the severe thrombosis (clot) with low platelets.

Vaccinations help us build population immunity, which will help end the pandemic.

Although we are still learning how many people must be vaccinated against COVID-19 before society can be considered protected, it is promising to see upward movement and collaborative efforts across the world to ensure everyone gets vaccinated. Everyone getting the vaccine who can, as it becomes available to them, will help end the pandemic and get us back to doing the things we love – and seeing the people we love.

Take the next step: Get Vaccinated If you have concerns about getting vaccinated, get informed with accurate information. Talk with your doctor or visit the CDC’s vaccine fact page for more information. Go get vaccinated so we can get back to doing the things we did before the pandemic.

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Lucky ducks win annual competition About this time each year since 1934 wildlife enthusiast, bird watchers, hunters, stamp collectors, among other conservation-minded people make a modest stamp purchase that has grown in value and interest.

The “Federal Duck Stamp” and in more recent decades, the “Junior Duck Stamp” have generated nationwide interest for wetlands conservation. The two duck stamp programs support public education and funding for the purpose of acquiring and preserving valuable habitat for a variety of waterfowl.

The stamp programs aid thousands of non-waterfowl bird species as well. The waterfowl stamps were initially designed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to enhance funding for existing wetlands and habitat preservation but has grown to include habitat land purchases as well.

Virtually all species of birds and waterfowl migrate from southern regions of our North American continent to northern breeding and

nesting wetlands and habitats. The stamp income and the attention it generates, contributes to a near total continental support among the United States and provisions of Canada.

“The Federal Duck Stamp has raised Ron Hellbusch more than $1.1B to protect over 6 million acres of wetlands in addition to the 67 national wildlife refuges nationwide,” Martha Williams, Service Principal Deputy reported.

The Service is proud pf the fact that for every $1 spent by a purchaser of a Duck Stamp $.98 goes directly toward acquiring and protecting waterfowl habitat. The Federal Duck Stamp fee is $25.00 and Junior duck stamp $5.00.

Duck stamp financial proceeds have supplemented federal and local funds and public-private habitat contributions to acquire

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recalled. Volleyball camps with her Clear Creek teammates were also especially fun.

By her freshman year, Washington was the first Golddigger in the serving rotation because she was one of the more consistent servers on the team.

Around the same time, CCHS athletic staff started hearing from colleges who were interested in recruiting Washington, Thoennes and former athletic director David Schuessler recalled.

“She had a choice on where she wanted to go (to college) even at a very young age,” Schuessler said.

Washington was also quite the basketball player, but volleyball was her true passion. As a sophomore, Washington was named to the 3A AllState volleyball team, but she didn’t receive much recognition because, as Schuessler explained, “The team wasn’t very good.”

Before her junior year, Washington’s mom — a teacher in Evergreen — had a job offer in the Colorado Springs area. So, the family moved, and Washington graduated from Doherty High School in 2014 and went on to play volleyball at Penn State.

In 2018, she joined the U.S. team as a middle blocker; and last month, the team placed first in the Volleyball Nations League in Italy.

“We hadn’t played as a full team for more than a year because of COVID,” she said. “So, it was our first time back in jerseys.”

The team is scheduled to leave for Tokyo on July 17, with a week of onsite training before games start on July

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24. Washington said she wanted to fine-tune her blocks, serves and attack techniques.

But, moreover, she wanted to 1st place team figure out how world ranking to maintain a 6-3 in height mental com3 times named first posure on the team All-American court.

48 kills in one match, “Half the setting a Colorado battle of playhigh school record ing at a high Source: level is not USA Volleyball getting caught off-guard by little things,” she said. “I want to be mentally locked in and always have that switch on.”

Washington has always been a strong volleyball player and natural athlete; and as a person, she has an energetic, outgoing and quirky personality, Thoennes and Schuessler described.

Both stated they were incredibly proud to see a former Golddigger on her way to Tokyo. Schuessler said Washington may be the first person from Clear Creek to compete at the Olympics, adding, “What an honor for her. She worked really hard to get there.”

Before Washington and her teammates head to Tokyo, Thoennes and her colleagues sent Washington a CCHS shirt as a reminder “to dig for the gold,” she described.

“I’m happy I was able to be a part of her world for the few years that I was,” Thoennes said. “She will always be my player. I’m excited that volleyball has taken her where it has.”

and preserve additional acreages of wetland habitat. Considerable energy and success can be attributed to the successful and supportive Ducks Unlimited (DU) waterfowl organization. DU was formed in 1937 by interested conservationist and waterfowl hunters. The membership has grown from within both the United States and from Canada, where much of the North American continent waterfowl nesting occurs each spring.

The Junior Duck Stamp program was established in 1993 and organized by the Service and public interests around a yearlong national art competition approach for youth.

It has produced over $1.M income in this 28 years period. Even more significantly, the program has successfully spread the story of waterfowl and bird habitat needs through the school classroom and through youth outdoors and nature organizations.

Judging objectives are focused on both how much youth contenders have learned about waterfowl species and importance of natural habi-

tat, but also the quality of a competition youth’s “visual term paper” product, which is the competing sketch or drawing of the waterfowl specie that will adorn the Junior Duck Stamp.

The colorful 20-21 Federal Duck Stamp is a lesser scaup drake, the result of skillful sketch work by Richard Clifton 0f Milton, Delaware. The Junior Duck Stamp 20-21 depicts colorful hooded mergansers, the successful artwork of Margaret McMullan of Kansas.

Both stamps are on sale at many Front Range sporting goods outlets, U.S. Post Offices, our local Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center. Competition for the coming 2022-2023 Federal Duck Stamp and the youth Junior Duck Stamp takes place September 24 and 25. Interested readers can gather more history on the Stamp programs at www.fws.gov/ birds/get-involved/duck-stamp.php.

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Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Week of June 28, and Month of June 2021

Week of July 5, 2021

A local National Weather Service volunteer observer makes temperature and precipitation observations each day at about 8 a.m. at the Georgetown Weather Station. Wind observations are made at Georgetown Lake. “Max” “Min” temperatures are from digital displays of a “MMTS” (“Maximum/ Minimum Temperature System”); “Mean daily” temperature is the average of the max and min. “Total Precipitation” is inches of rainfall plus melted snow. “Snowfall” is inches of snow that accumulated during WEATHER OBSERVATIONS FOR GEORGETOWN, COLORADO the preceding 24 hours. T = Trace of precipitation. NR = Not Reported.

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Summary

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Week

Monday, 6/28 Tuesday, 6/29 Wednesday, 6/30 Thursday, 7/1 Friday, 7/2 Saturday, 7/3 Sunday, 7/4

Week’s avg max, min, mean daily T; sum of TP. SF Historic week’s avg max, min, mean daily T; avg sum of TP, SF [June] 2021 : T: Avg max/high max, avg min/low min, avg mean daily.

P: Sum of TP, SF

Temperature (T) (degrees F) Max Min Mean daily

Precipitation (P) (inches) Total Snowfall (TP) (SF)

During the 24 hours prior to 8 a.m.

63 41 52.0 0.35 0.0 60* 40 50.0 T 0.0 67 42 54.5 0.06 0.0 69 47 58.0 0.02 0.0 68 46 57.0 0.36 0.0 74 46 60.0 0.64# 0.0 78 48 63.0 T 0.0 68.4 44.3 56.4 1.43 0.0 77.9

47.1

62.5

0.27

0.0

74.8

46.3

60.6

1.05

0.0

88

33

Historic [June]: T: Avg max/high max, avg min/low min, avg mean daily.

P: Avg sum of TP, SF

72.4

42.4

92

24.0

57.4

1.40

0.9

Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake Velocity Time (mph) (24 hr) During the previous calendar day 26 1510 24 1300 27 1230 23 1320 26 1220 24 1540 62 1530

*new historic low max, old record was 65 in 1995. #new max precip., old record was 0.25” in 2006.

Temperature (T) (degrees F) Max Min Mean daily

Day and date of observation (2021)

Precipitation (P) (inches) Total Snowfall (TP) (SF)

During the 24 hours prior to 8 a.m.

Monday, 7/05 Tuesday, 7/06 Wednesday, 7/07 Thursday, 7/08 Friday, 7/09 Saturday, 7/10 Sunday, 7/11 Week’s avg max, min, mean daily T; sum of TP, SF Historic week’s avg max, min, mean daily T; avg sum of TP, SF

79 76 75 78 84 85 79

Summary

Day and date of observation (2021)

49 50 45 51 52 48 43

64.0 63.0 60.0 64.5 68.0 66.5 61.0

0.06 0.47* 0.09 T 0 0.08 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

79.4

48.3

63.9

0.70

0.0

77.4

48.3

62.9

0.45

0.0

Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake Velocity Time (mph) (24 hr) During the previous calendar day 30 1340 27 1450 25 1730 23 1440 37 1620 28 1250 33 1200 * new precip.record, was 0.43” in 1968

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July 14, 2021

Police Blotter:

Crime Calls from June 28-July 4 Tuesday, June 29 — During a patrol on Interstate 70, Idaho Springs officers noticed a vehicle with no front license plate and an obstructed rear plate. Officers conducted a traffic stop and also found that the driver had a suspended license plate and was driving an uninsured vehicle. The vehicle was towed and, during inventory, officers reportedly found illegal narcotics inside. The driver was cited and charges for the narcotics are expected.

Tuesday, June 29 — Georgetown police responded to a theft of a motor vehicle in the 1600 block of Argentine Street. A person of interest has been identified in the case, but the investigation is ongoing.

Wednesday, June 30 — Empire police responded to a report of lost property along East Park Avenue. A purse was left outside a business on a bench.

Thursday, July 1 — Idaho Springs officers were dispatched to the 1600 block of Miner Street for a report of harassment. One of the people involved was found to have a felony warrant out of Clear Creek County for harassment and intimidating a witness or victim.

Thursday, July 1 — Idaho Springs police received a call from dispatch about an injured driver after a dump truck rolling off Little Bear Road. ISPD officers and Sheriff’s deputies respond-

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into the incident. Summers has been with ISPD for two years.

Meanwhile, the resident, Michael Clark, is still hospitalized six weeks later. He’s experienced heart complications, a stroke and a burst appendix, and had to have surgery on his neck where he was choked, according to a press release from his attorney, Sarah Schielke.

Schielke said Clark and his family are furious that body camera footage of the incident has not been released as of July 12, and that the arrest affadavit has now been sealed by the court.

The DA’s office said it would release the footage, but it is subject to court order.

Around 10:45 p.m. on May 30, Hanning and Summers responded to a woman claiming she’d been assaulted by a fellow resident.

The officers then contacted Clark in the 3200 block of Riverside Drive. He answered the door holding a swordlike weapon with what appeared to be metal teeth along both edges, the DA’s office stated.

A physical altercation between Hanning and Clark ensued. After multiple commands from both officers, Hanning deployed his Taser. Clark was injured and taken to a local hospital.

The press release from Schielke’s office said Clark was only holding the weapon because he feared for his life when someone knocked on his door in the middle of the night and didn’t identify themselves. He put the sword down, and within 19 seconds, he was electrocuted, tackled, choked and punched by Hanning.

Schielke’s press release also said the officers gave Clark contradictory commands of “get down on the ground”

ed. ISPD blocked traffic coming down Little Bear Road while other officers rendered first aid to the injured driver, who was lying in Soda Creek. Medics arrived and transported the driver to the hospital.

Friday, July 2 — Empire police responded to an assault-in-progress call along East Clear Creek Drive.

Two roommates were fighting, but no charges were pressed as the two worked it out. Police responded to another call at the same residence later in the day for the same reason.

Sunday, July 4 — Georgetown police responded to an alcohol violation in the 1000 block of Taos Street.

A group playing volleyball reportedly had open containers. Police gave the group a warning.

Sunday, July 4 — Empire police responded to a call about fireworks along North Main Street. Police didn’t find anyone at the scene.

Sunday, July 4 — Idaho Springs officers were dispatched to the 1700 block of Water Street for reports of two dogs inside a hot vehicle that appeared to be in distress. When officers arrived, the vehicle’s index temperature was 104 degrees, and it was 106 degrees by the time the dogs were rescued. While officers waited on a lock-out kit from a local tow company, the owner arrived and was cited for animal cruelty.

-Corinne Westeman and “get out here now,” so he simply stood in his home.

Clark’s attorney also claims that Hanning has a history of excessive force complaints with previous employers, and broke the rib of an elderly citizen in 2013 while he was a Park County Sheriff’s deputy.

According to Buseck, Hanning and Summers’ supervisor was notified of the use-of-force that night, and the body camera footage was reviewed internally the next day. Buseck and his staff felt that the use-of-force warranted an outside agency’s investigation, and on June 3, ISPD contacted the DA’s office to begin a criminal investigation. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation assisted.

Meanwhile, the police department did not pursue charges against Clark for the initial assault claim after a thorough review of all the evidence, Buseck said. He added that ISPD records indicate officers have not had any previous interaction with Clark.

Buseck said the department wanted to extend its thoughts to Clark and his family members who have been impacted by the incident.

He said he hoped that the accountability measures reflected ISPD’s culture, saying, “The (use-of-force) situation was not good, but we did what was right as a department.”

Clark’s children, Jeremy and Cynthia, described how their dad hasn’t been able to sleep in his own bed since the incident and that his hospitalized state has taken away all his independence and happiness.

“The Taser wrecked his heart. He’s lost everything,” they said in the press release from Schielke’s office. “ ... This is wrong. This is just so, so wrong. We won’t wait another minute because our dad may not have another minute.

Our family deserves the truth right now.”

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July 14, 2021

Lessons learned from first Floyd Hill biking event

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Thanks to an inaugural race at Floyd Hill Open Space Park, both Team Evergreen and Clear Creek County Open Space have learned more about hosting events, as demand for events at the park increases.

In late May and early June, Team Evergreen hosted the Floyd Hill Enduro Series with the Colorado Mountain Bike Association.

The event was a three-day bike race to promote the park and the Sluice, the downhill bike-only trail that Team Evergreen and COMBA helped fund. All proceeds went toward local trailbuilding efforts, including at Floyd Hill.

This was the first biking event at the park, and Team Evergreen Executive Director Jen Barbour said her organization was delightfully surprised by how many participated.

The event, also called the Floyd Hill Session Series, was on two Wednesdays in May and Saturday, June 5. Attendance ranged from 175200 people on the weeknights and was about 250 on June 5. Most participants were young people from the Front Range, Barbour described on July 7.

“Everyone was so joyous,” she said. “ … It was a wonderful event.

It did what we wanted it to do and let people know more about the trail system there and help (Open Space) and the trail projects within it.”

Both Team Evergreen and Clear Creek County Open Space experienced several lessons learned to apply to future events.

According to Martha Tableman, Open Space coordinator, a major one was damage to the Sluice trail from riders going off-course.

Tableman said the damage was partially because the trail wasn’t marked or pinned properly at the June 5 event, adding that rider inexperience might also be a factor.

“People went where they wanted to go as fast as they could go,” she said at the July 6 county commissioners meeting. “ … Some of it could be normal wear-and-tear.”

Team Evergreen hosted the Floyd Hill Enduro, also called the Session Series, in late May and early June at Floyd Hill Open Space Park.

The event, which was among the first hosted at Floyd Hill, raised money for local trailbuilding projects, and Team Evergreen hopes to improve on and continue the session series in the future.

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After the event, Open Space had a professional company repair the damage, and was recently discussing possible reimbursement from Team Evergreen. Tableman suggested that handling damages should be revisited on both Open Space event permits and county ones.

Commissioner Sean Wood, who is also a Team Evergreen board member, said during the July 6 meeting that some trail damage was to be expected and that the Enduro was an overall success. “(The event) compressed a month’s worth of wear-and-tear into a single day,” he said. “It’s helped to put Clear Creek on the map in terms of biking destination.”

Barbour said that, at any future Enduro events, the course would be marked to ensure there’s no trail damage. Team Evergreen would likely vary the degree of course difficulty based on the event day, with Barbour saying, “If it’s not flagged or pinned, people will probably A biker catches air, descending one of the more technical sections of the trail system at Floyd Hill.

choose the easier line.”

She added that future Enduros would be on weeknights only.

Other lessons learned Tableman added that, beyond the trail damage, there were a lot of “things you wouldn’t know until people do it.” She listed managing parking and spectators, and ensuring that the speakers face uphill to mitigate sound impacts on the nearby residential area.

For Team Evergreen and its coorganizers, Barbour said logistics regarding volunteers and supplies went well, and there were medical personnel on-hand to address the few injuries that arose.

Overall, Barbour said that Team

Evergreen would love to host more events, whether the Enduro or something else, at Floyd Hill.

“Now we know how to do things a little bit differently,” she continued.

“We want to make sure that we’re great stewards of these trail systems.”

According to Tableman, demand for events at Floyd Hill is increasing, as Clear Creek High School and other local entities have requested use of the park.

Commissioner Randy Wheelock described the problems that did arise at the Enduro as “growing pains,” and said he liked the idea of the series, especially because proceeds help fund current and future trail infrastructure.

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July 14, 2021

Internet service discount available for those in need FCC offers Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A strong, reliable internet signal may be more important than ever amid the coronavirus pandemic, but internet service isn’t a sure thing for every household.

The federal agency that regulates communication by radio, television, satellite and cable is offering a program that provides a temporary discount on monthly internet bills for low-income households that qualify.

Here’s information about how to sign up for the program.

Emergency Broadband Benefit The Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, offers the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program — a discount on monthly internet bills. If your household is eligible, you can receive: • Up to a $50 per month discount on your broadband service and associated equipment rentals; • Up to a $75 per month discount if your household is on qualifying tribal lands; • A one-time discount of up to $100 for a laptop, tablet or desktop computer (with a co-payment of more than $10 but less than $50).

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count and one device discount are allowed per household, according to the website for the FCC’s program.

The program will end when the fund runs out of money, or six months after the federal Department of Health and Human Services declares an end to the COVID-19 health emergency, whichever is sooner.

The FCC anticipates that Emergency Broadband Benefit funds will be available for several months, said Paloma Perez, a spokesperson for the FCC. Who qualifies?

A household qualifies for the Emergency Broadband Benefit if it has an income at or below 135% of the federal poverty guidelines — that’s $35,775 or below for a family of four; see the chart at tinyurl.com/ FederalPovertyLevelChart — or if any member of the household: • Qualifies for Lifeline benefits through participation in SNAP (food assistance), Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, federal public housing assistance, or Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit; • Participates in one of several tribal-specific programs, including Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance, tribal Head Start (only households meeting the relevant income qualifying standard), Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF) or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations; • Experienced a substantial loss of income since Feb. 29, 2020, due

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The Hiding Place

FCC approval for its eligibility verification process.

Program rules acknowledge there may be more than one eligible household residing at the same address, the program’s website says.

Any member of your household can make the household eligible. For example, if your child or dependent participates in the free and reducedprice school lunch program, your household qualifies.

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by Julianne Seifert

by Corrie ten Boom, 1971

It’s likely that many of us were asked to read The Diary of Anne Frank in school – a book which put a human face on the fear and injustice experienced by the Jewish people under German occupation in the 1940s. It also provided a child’s perspective of German rule as it unfolded in Holland, a country which can be overlooked in accounts of the Second World War. For these reasons, it’s become something of a modern classic.

A much less well-known book dealing with some of the same subject matter is The Hiding Place. It is the story of Corrie ten Boom, a woman who was living in the town of Haarlem, Holland when the German army invaded her country. After witnessing the cruelty and violence being leveled against her countrymen, particularly against Jews, Corrie and her family chose to risk everything to help protect them. Their home became a relay station for the Dutch Underground, where Jews could hide out until other safe places were found for them to go. As a result, the ten Boom family also ultimately suffered horrors and losses at the hands of the Nazis.

The ten Booms were devout Christians, and both their determination to protect their Jewish neighbors and their resilience in facing the nightmarish conditions in prisons and concentration camps were motivated by their faith. But The Hiding Place is by no means a straightforward Christian memoir. Corrie was open about the struggles and doubts that she faced throughout her life, especially in the camps, and she recounts them with vulnerability and humor. She also tells the stories of people that she met along the way, from those she worked with to those she was imprisoned with, and as she does so a more nuanced truth emerges: the courage to defy injustice can

spring from the most unlikely of places, and there were many who claimed to be people of faith who sat by and tolerated the atrocities while others rose and fought.

In the end, what stands out most about Corrie’s account of her life is the way she constantly strove to see light and love in all circumstances and to look on everyone, even the most merciless of her tormentors, with humanity and understanding. She never claims that this was easy or paints herself as a hero; she saw herself only as an ordinary person who chose to stand by her convictions, no matter the cost. As a result, she lived her life in a way that many of us aspire to, and her words are a beacon and an encouragement to those who hope to follow her example.

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July 14, 2021

NEWS Free range therapy

Loveland-based horse facility offers unique program for kids, vets and others

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Horseback riding offers a great way to get fresh air and exercise for some folks. Others love it because they love the animals themselves.

But Noah Montgomery and Simon Glasser come to Loveland’s Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center as a regular part of their therapy.

Riding horses, caregivers say, helps them physically and helps improve their quality of life.

Montgomery is 6 years old with cerebral palsy ataxia and has been riding since he was 3.

Glasser is 5, diagnosed with a disease called Duchenne muscular dystrophy, who has been riding since preschool.

Ashley Montgomery, Noah’s mom, said it’s something he looks forward to.

“He loves riding Xellie and is probably one of the highlights of his week. It’s awesome they have a program for people like Noah.”

Simon Glasser riding Fiona with help from volunteers Steva Gay, left, and Clark Bennett. The training is up to 45 minutes which PHOTO BY BELEN WARD includes the indoor arena.

Justine Mathis, who babysits for Glasser, agreed.

“This program makes him feel good and helps with some of the strain,” she said.

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Hearts & Horses is a therapeutic riding facility established in 1997.

It was founded by a group of volunteers who were working at a previous therapeutic riding center after it closed.

“A group of volunteers got together and decided there’s still a need for this and got something started. We were founded and ran by volunteers for many years, and it’s a nonprofit registered 501(c)(3),” said Summer Alameel, development and communications manager of Hearts & Horses.

Hearts & Horses helps an estimated 1,000 participants per year. With a quarter of a century of experience with special-needs riders, the center provides a special kind of therapy for people from ages 3 to 99.

“The services we provide for are for post-traumatic stress disorder, cerebral palsy, autism and dementia.

The participants are paired with horses in a structured therapeutic setting,” said Alameel.

Groundbreaking research Alameel pointed to the Man O’ War Project at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center, the first university-led research trial to establish guidelines for the application of equine-assisted therapy, or EAT, for treating veterans with PTSD and to examine the effectiveness of the new treatment for veterans.

Hearts & Horses is part of that trial and Alameel said veterans in northern Colorado can gain access to this unique treatment option at no cost by working with Hearts & Horses.

“This groundbreaking research project will provide the first clinical evidence of the effectiveness of (equine-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder) for treating veterans who suffer from PTSD,” Alameel said.

Therapy trainer Rachel Karneffel has been teaching therapeutic riding for 20 years and has been with Hearts & Horses for more than six. She is certified with the International Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship.

“Therapeutic riding or adaptive riding has been something that people have known for a very long time that works,” Karneffel said.

“We are doing autism studies here with our research at Colorado State University at the Temple Grandin Equine Center,” Karneffel said. “It proves what we already know, which is that horses are incredibly healing.”

Karneffel said the one therapeutic feature about horses is how their body moves with their rider’s body, much like walking. That steady, swaying movement of the horse comes from all angles and directions. How that movement differs between horses makes them better for certain riders and more useful for certain therapies.

“We try to match riders with a horse that has the movement closest to what they need, as well as the temperament,” she said.

Simon Glasser, the boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, has some muscle weakness. The way the horses moved hurt his legs at first, making just sitting on the horse difficult. Eventually, however, it helped him.

“The movement of the horse from side to side is moving his core to keep balanced, and moving his legs in a way that is similar to how he would be moving naturally,” said Karneffel.

‘Something incredible’ Hearts & Horses has one of the largest volunteer programs in Larimer County. Their numbers deSEE THERAPY, P15

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Noah Montgomery riding Xellie with volunteer David Erbeck, left, helping him with his therapy ride along with volunteer Jordan Pollema. The training is about 45 minutes which includes an indoor training in the arena.

Justine Mathis is putting on Simon Glasser’s helmet. He will be doing therapy training PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD along with Noah Montgomery.

Therapy horse training on the “Trail of Discovery” with Noah Montgomery in front with volunteers David Erbeck and Jordan Pollema, and in back Simon Glasser with volunteers Steva Gay and Clark Bennett.

Noah Montgomery is getting his helmet put on by his dad, Robert Montgomery, in preparation to start his therapy training with Simon Glasser.

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clined in 2020 due to COVID, but the group continued to have more than 200 active volunteers throughout the year. In any given year it could go up from 700 to 1,000 volunteers.

David Erbeck is a Hearts & Horses volunteer and a retired firefighter for nearly 30 years.

“It’s the greatest thing I’ve ever done. I got to be a part of something incredible, such as saving lives and rescues. I never cried in 30 years as a firefighter. It brings tears to my eyes — we’re saving people here and it’s amazing,” Erbeck said.

There are 26 horses and a handful of them are therapy horses in training. There is extensive training involved for therapeutic riding and an animal’s temperament is key. As a therapy program, it’s important to have a horse that does not spook easily.

There are other accommodations that must be made. Some of the riders use wheelchairs for mobility, so volunteers built a lift ramp to help riders get on and off the horse. In the outside area is a trail, called the “Trail of Discovery,” which they use for outdoor classes. It’s designed as a sensory trail for participants who have sensory issues such as autism spectrum disorder.

For Montgomery, riding has taught him the process of doing something physical while also teaching him the benefit of having patience — something necessary to ride a horse.

“If you can control 1,000-pound animals and get them to do what you want in a kind, assertive, calm, relaxed way, you can do anything in your life. The magic of our students is to take those skills and bring them outside whether it’s physical, emotional, mental, and socially,” said Karneffel.

Community support Hearts & Horses receives donations from the community and also has one large annual event, the “Lucky Hearts” annual gala in October at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, which also includes a casino night.

“We are currently looking for sponsors, corporate sponsors, family foundations and anyone who is looking to sponsor the event,” said Alameel. “It’s our primary source of funding for the year. We also have a lot of corporate support from individual donors giving $5 a month.”

An average lesson is $95. Hearts & Horses recognizes that some riders cannot afford that, so the group fundraises for every lesson, up to $60, to offset the cost. Even with a reduced fee of $35, it’s a lesson some families cannot afford. So, an additional 56% is needed in financial support for some of the riders in a form of a scholarship.

“We fundraise all of the money to make sure that we never turn a rider away because they can’t pay,” said Alameel.

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Inter-Canyon Fire visits Tiny Town

BY GRACIELA A. FISCHER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Inter-Canyon firefighters visited Tiny Town on July 10, but their call that day was ensuring fun for kids.

In the heart of Morrison lies Tiny Town, 6249 S. Turkey Creek Road.

It’s a small, literally, community park where families can enjoy the smaller things in life. Children can ride the train, go inside miniature houses and enjoy delicious cones of ice cream.

Every year, Tiny Town welcomes the Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District to join in on the fun. The fire department began coming to Tiny Town 10 years ago.

Fire Chief Skip Shirlaw sets it up with the help of fire department volunteers, who brought with them some activities that children could do to get a glimpse at what it takes to be a firefighter.

Visitors to Tiny Town that day

IF YOU GO To find more information on events in Tiny Town, call (303) 697-6829, or visit tinytownrailroad.com. had to watch out to not get sprayed with a hose. The fire department had a miniature house that children could spray with the fire hose.

Firefighters also brought two fire trucks, one modern and one a vintage, that children could climb inside and sound the siren.

For Byleigh Mcdowell, 9, and her family, it was their first time at Tiny Town. “I think it’s really cool,” Byleigh said. “The hose was super heavy.”

Firefighters enjoy community events like Tiny Town’s because it allows them to wind down and enjoy the community they protect.

“All around, it’s a good event,” Deputy Chief Matt Araki said. “It’s fun that we can help out people and

A boy tries out the hand-crank siren on the Inter-Canyon Fire Department’s antique fire engine PHOTO BY GLENN WALLACE

support the small business here. It’s a win-win.”

Currents We’d like to know about events or activities of interest to the community. Visit www.clearcreekcourant. com/calendar/ and post your event online for free. Items will appear in print on a space-available basis.

COVID-19 vaccine clinics will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 7, 14, 21 and 28 at Clear Creek Resource Center, 1531 Colorado Blvd., Idaho Springs.

For more information, call 303-6707528.

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The Clear Creek School District will host community meetings to discuss the school district’s future and the potential 2021 bond. The remaining meetings will be 6-7 p.m. on Thursday, July 15, at Carlson Elementary School, on Monday, July 19, at King-Murphy Elementary

School and on Wednesday, July 21, at Georgetown Community School.

JULY 31 The Gold Rush 5k will begin at 10 a.m. July 31 at Clear Creek High SEE CURRENTS, P17

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School. Cost to participate is $35.

A 1k fun run is also available. The event is a fundraiser for the Clear Creek cross country team.

AUG. 14 GlacierFest 2021 will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, in St. Mary’s, 9414 Fall. River Road, Idaho Springs. For more information about the ore cart races and other activities, visit www.stmaryspoa.com.

AUG. 14 The 43rd annual Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon will be Aug. 14, though registrations are sold out. The race begins in Georgetown and ends at 1130 Miner St. in Idaho Springs. The event is a fundraiser for the Clear Creek High School Boosters.

ONGOING SOAR — Supporting Others in Addiction and Recovery — meets virtually for those age 14-20 who are living with addiction in their lives in any way. The group meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. For Zoom meeting information, contact Andrea Black at 719-838-0344 or email blackmountaincounselingllc@gmail.com.

COVID-19 TESTING is available from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays at the gravel lot next to the football field in Idaho Springs. Appointments are not necessary.

EVERGREEN AUDUBON IS SELLING nest boxes, also known as bird houses, made in Evergreen.

Boxes come with installation instructions and if you have any problems or questions, you can contact a local expert through the Audubon website. For more information and to purchase, visit www.evergreenaudubon.org YOUNG PEOPLE 12 TO 20 can get free counseling through an Evergreen-based organization called Resilience1220. Comprised of licensed therapists, Resilience1220 serves individuals and groups in the foothills including Clear Creek County. They also facilitate school and community groups to build life skills in wellness and resilience among youth. For more information or to schedule a counseling session, visit www.Resilience1220.org, email Resilience1220@gmail.com or call 720-282-1164.

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Redistricting commissions schedule public hearings Gatherings are chance to comment on proposed congressional and statehouse districts

REDISTRICTING HEARINGS Hearings on proposals to reset the boundaries of Colorado’s congressional and legislative districts are underway across the state. Here are upcoming hearings in areas served by this and other Colorado Community Media newspapers.

For updates on meeting locations and details on redistricting plans, visit redistricting.colorado.gov.

Lakewood — Tuesday, July 20, 7 p.m., Lakewood Cultural Center Community Room, 470 S. Allison Parkway Englewood — Wednesday, July 21, 7 p.m., Malley Recreation Center Grand Ballroom, 3380 S. Lincoln St. Denver — Tuesday, July 27, time and location to be announced.

Centennial — Tuesday, Aug. 3, time and location to be announced.

Golden — Wednesday, Aug. 4, 7 p.m., Golden High School Auditorium, 701 24th St. Highlands Ranch — Wednesday, Aug. 18, time and location to be announced.

Commerce City — Tuesday, Aug. 24, 7 p.m., Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, Colorado, Yampa, and Gunnison Rooms, 6060 E. Parkway Drive Brighton — Wednesday, Aug. 25, time and location to be announced.

BY THY VO AND SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN

Coloradans have a chance to have their voices heard on proposals for redrawn congressional and legislative districts at a total of 32 meetings around the state through the end of August.

The gatherings are the public’s opportunity to address both the Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission and Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission, which will convene jointly at each meeting.

The Colorado Sun examined the initial congressional and legislative maps offered by nonpartisan legislative staff and comments submitted online by the public — most of which came before the preliminary maps were issued — from different corners of the state to get an idea of what concerns the commissioners might hear.

More attention — and public comments — have been directed toward remapping the congressional districts as Colorado is slated to get a new, eighth seat in the U.S. House.

But the impact on state Senate and House seats could also be big, with control of the state Legislature — currently dominated by Democrats — at stake.

The commission will hold hearings in the Denver metro area on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and in other parts of the state on Fridays and Saturdays.

Most of the members of each 12-member commission will attend the hearings in person, though some will attend virtually. Typically, meetings will be chaired by a commission member from the congressional district in which they are held.

The venue for some meetings, especially those scheduled for August, aren’t yet finalized. View the redis-

Proposed map Colorado’s new eighth congressional district, which includes Brighton, Commerce City, Northglenn, Thornton and Westminster.

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tricting commissions’ official calendar at redistricting.colorado.gov for the most up-to-date information.

Half of the state’s eight congressional districts would encompass all or part of the Denver metro area under the proposal from nonpartisan staff. And a significant number of state House and Senate districts are also in the area.

Ten of the commissions’ public hearings will be held in Denver metro communities, all on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings through

Aug. 24.

More than 100 commenters from Lakewood already have chimed in, with most asking that Lakewood, which is in Jefferson County, be kept separate from Douglas County.

The two are drawn together in the proposed 7th Congressional District.

Meanwhile, the proposed map places the new 8th Congressional District in the area northwest and north of Denver, including the cities of Arvada, Westminster, Broomfield, Thornton, Brighton and Platteville.

The map resembles one recommended by the Colorado Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, though it doesn’t stretch as far into Weld County as that group suggested.

Legislative districts are likely to be a focus of the hearings, too.

Three proposed metro-area Senate districts and five House districts would place incumbents in the same district.

Public comments sent to the commissioners asked them to consider: • Black, Hispanic and minority communities, whose populations have shifted from central Denver to Aurora, Commerce City and other suburban Denver areas.

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Students share ideas on use of stimulus funds After stressful year, teens urge free meals, flexible schedules, more

BY ERICA BREUNLIN THE COLORADO SUN

Rowan Raetz has grand ideas for his high school, an aged building that could use a little sprucing up.

He envisions an outdoor classroom or, at the very least, a relaxation space — one filled with plants, some comfy lounge chairs and perhaps even a water feature.

“I think that would really help us mentally learn better, and I feel like … it would make us feel more at home instead of (at) school,” said Rowan, 15, who will be a sophomore this fall at Liberty High School in Colorado Springs.

The concept was one of several offered during a virtual listening session on July 8 in which a dozen kids from across Colorado chimed in on how the Colorado Department of Education could best spend about $132 million in federal stimulus dollars to help schools recover from the pandemic.

The students, who spend so many of their waking hours listening to adults, took turns talking for nearly an hour over Zoom. This time, the adults listened as the students opened up about their experiences, struggles and moments of resilience over the past 16 months.

Harrison School District in Colorado Springs last summer made videos explaining what to expect when their students returned to in-person learning.

Even in the thick of their summer break, the kids are thinking about what the next school year will bring and what lessons they learned amid the pandemic that will help them thrive in later years.

Students want to see free breakfasts and lunches continue to be available at their schools. They’re eager for more outdoor learning spaces and investment in infrastructure that will support a reliable internet connection. They want their teachers to be trained to respond to student stress and trauma. They’re asking for more programs that prioritize after-school learning, more

support when it comes to applying to college, and more flexible schedules that allow students to hold jobs and internships.

The student-driven discussion, which included students across a range of grades, was the latest in a series of community conversations organized by the Colorado Department of Education and the Keystone Policy Center.

Students deserve to have the loudest voices as the state explores how best to use federal stimulus dollars, said Berrick Abramson, senior policy director of the Keystone Policy Center, a Colorado-based nonprofit that helps leaders solve problems and policy conflicts in education and other community issues.

“I think student voices have to be the center of every conversation we ever have in education, and they were the ones most directly impacted and the ones that these funds are targeted primarily to support,” Abramson said. “So while parents and teachers can offer a perspective and offer what they experienced, there is nothing that replaces direct student voice on what they experienced, what they saw their peers experience and what would be helpful to them and their friends going forward.”

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received to support schools. Since March 2020, three rounds of federal stimulus have been distributed to school districts.

The first round of funding, granted under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund in March 2020, gave Colorado about $121 million. The package included $11.5 million in discretionary spending. The state used part of the first package of funding to make sure districts had the technology and supplies needed for remote learning, said Jennifer Okes, CDE’s chief operating officer.

CDE received about $519 million from a second round of ESSER funding in December targeted toward helping schools reopen and keep in-person learning environments safe. That included about $49 million the department could decide how to allocate. A third package of ESSER funding in March awarded the state about $1.2 billion, about $111 million of which the state has the power to spend as it wants. The third installment of funding has centered on supporting schools’ recovery efforts as they work to catch up students whose academics may have suffered during the pandemic.

The state has spent part of the $49 million in discretionary funding from the second federal package and has about $21.4 million left. That, combined with the $111 million from the third round of ESSER funding, adds up to the $132 million on the table for the state to figure out how to invest in education as schools prepare for another school year amid the pandemic.

There are federal Department of Education rules about how the $132 million must be spent. About $58.3 million must be used to address learning loss, such as programs to extend the school day or school year, as well as programs to give kids summer learning and enrichment opportunities and programs to bolster after-school learning.

Another $11.7 million must directly cover summer programming.

A separate $11.7 million must fund after-school programming. And the remaining $50.5 million can be put toward a variety of expenses related to the COVID-19 response, such as purchasing additional technology SEE FUNDING, P21

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be renewed to continue funding academic programs, staff salaries and student resources. The state has until Sept. 30, 2024, to complete the spending, Okes said.

“Any costs after that time would need to be covered with normal base funding at the district and/or state level,” she wrote to students in the Zoom chat function.

But those leading the virtual meeting didn’t want that complication to stifle students as they shared ideas for how to make the most out of the federal money in future school years.

One idea that gained the most traction during the virtual meeting revolved around the continuation of free breakfasts and lunches that students emphasized were a huge help during such a turbulent school year.

Livi Christiansen, who will be a senior at Poudre High School in Fort Collins this fall, took advantage of free breakfasts and lunches and was especially grateful to have access to meals before exams. Muffins from her school lunch ladies were a go-to for her.

“Free food is a very important resource that I think schools should invest more in,” said Livi, 16.

Students like Livi will be in luck for the next school year as the U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended universal free meals through that period.

The rising senior also hit on the need to train teachers to effectively respond to trauma in the classroom.

“I found that the most effective teachers were the most empathetic ones,” Livi said. “What we’re still going through and what we went through for the past year and a half is national trauma, international trauma.”

Recognition from teachers, both in the way they taught and in the way they distributed the workload, was “incredibly useful,” she said, recommending that CDE invest in training for teachers to learn how to respond to the lasting emotional impacts school communities have faced.

“It’s very real for teachers and students because this is something so new and just groundbreaking I

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for staff or students, investing in training or supplies, establishing more support for mental health, and improving air filtration or ventilation systems, Okes said.

Some districts have already covered those priorities with money from earlier waves of funding distributed by the state. And districts have largely decided how they will spend most of those relief dollars.

CDE must report its spending plan to the federal Department of Education by the end of August. States were originally supposed to hand over their plans in early June, but Colorado needed more time to ask communities about where stimulus dollars should flow, Okes said.

“This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in education, and we wanted to get robust stakeholder input to make sure that we’re using the funds to make the most impact,” Okes said.

The state has taken a more formal approach to collecting feedback about how to spend the $132 million in its pocket. Earlier this month, the Keystone Policy Center arranged virtual meetings with teachers, parents and community organizations.

This week, it is to consult principals and administrators about the most effective ways to use the federal dollars.

Additionally, the Keystone Policy Center helped develop an online survey available to students, parents, teachers, administrators and community leaders that is accessible in both English and Spanish. So far, the survey, which asks participants about the innovations from the pandemic that should be carried forward, touches on students’ experiences and looks at what kind of support educators need, has garnered nearly 1,000 responses, Abramson said.

Funds to be spent by 2024 Okes made clear to students that the $132 million is made up of onetime funds, meaning that they won’t

guess in not so good of ways,” Livi said.

The student said her English teacher was an empathetic person who would start most classes by checking in with students and adjusted class workloads on Jan. 6 amid the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol so that students could take time to recover and “find a way to be OK.” “Teachers being honest about how they’re feeling made it easier for them to empathize with students about how they’re feeling,” Livi said.

Internet connections, college applications Other students, including Blake Cass, found that the teachers who helped them learn most effectively during the pandemic were the ones proficient with technology.

“I thought what helped me learn the most through the pandemic were my teachers that are `techsavvy,’” Blake, an incoming seventhgrader, wrote in the Zoom chat.

“Teachers that are tech-savvy could communicate to (me) easier, in comparison to my non tech-savvy teachers. If you could spend some of your money helping teachers with technology, I think a lot of students would appreciate that.”

Technology posed a major barrier for many students who struggled with accessing a reliable internet connection while learning from home.

Rowan, of Liberty High School in the Springs, said the Wi-Fi in his district, Academy School District 20, has not worked so well.

“Every time I tried to get on, it’s always like, `This website cannot be reached, this website cannot be reached,’” Rowan said. “And it often takes me a long time to get onto my most-needed, school-affiliated websites.”

If schools need students to complete work online in the future, he wants those schools to have a better internet connection, possibly with funding support from federal stimulus dollars.

Rowan said more flexible class schedules are needed. During the

most recent school year at Liberty High School, students had Wednesdays off to use as a work day, Rowan said. Extra study time helped his mental health, especially as he tried to stay on top of advanced placement and honors courses. The day off also gave teachers more time for planning.

“I think it really helped everybody by spacing the week out,” Rowan said.

Aimee Resnick, who will be a senior at Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village this fall, echoes the need for more flexible schedules.

She noted that with a hybrid schedule and a day off, many peers were able to take on an internship or job alongside their classwork.

Students used that additional time “for opportunities that they otherwise couldn’t have” pursued, said Aimee, 16.

Other students, like Gianny Venegas, who graduated from FountainFort Carson High School in Fountain this spring and who will attend the University of Colorado in the fall, hopes to see some of the federal funding go toward supporting students as they prepare for college and their careers.

Gianny said that earlier this year, as she and her classmates were virtually learning, it was stressful to apply to college.

“In a normal year, we would have our counselors come in, talk us through it and kind of guide us,” she said. “And it was so scary this year to apply to college.”

The student said she was “intimidated” to send emails seeking help.

“A bit of support in applying to college would be really helpful, especially if we’re online,” Gianny said.

“I remember how complicated it seemed and I thought I was missing things, and I guess still even to this day I wish I had like my counselor with me.”

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.

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Elephant Butte Fire a year later A move to mitigation and more

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It took 130 firefighters, numerous apparatus, 56,000 gallons of water from Evergreen Lake and a drenching downpour to put out last year’s Elephant Butte Fire.

The fire just west of downtown Evergreen, which started on July 13, 2020, forced the evacuation of 1,000 residents as firefighters spent 10 days containing the blaze that scorched 54 acres of timber and grassland in challenging, rocky terrain. Luckily, most evacuees were allowed back into their homes in a couple days.

The fire was terrifying for many as they worried about their houses, belongings, pets and livestock — and most importantly, their lives.

It was a wake-up call for some to prepare for wildfire.

“People are more aware of the need for wildfire mitigation and preparedness,” said Stacee Martin, Evergreen Fire/Rescue spokeswoman.

“It was a good wake-up call for our community. We like to think we live in this paradise, but there’s always a threat. We are super excited that people seem to be a bit more motivated to do mitigation.”

Preparing for evacuation is just as important, she added.

“Are you signed up for CodeRED (the reverse emergency-notification system) and do you know a couple ways to evacuate out of your neighborhood?” she asked. “It takes a village to keep our community safe.”

She said while this summer’s rains have been great to keep things green, it also brings lightning, which can potentially spark a fire, and once things dry out — and they will — then the dried grass becomes a fire hazard.

“Don’t use the rain as an excuse that everything’s good,” she said.

Who’s to blame Fire officials announced last September that the fire was not nature caused, ruling out lightning.

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A year later, the Elephant Butte burn scar includes many blackened lodgepole pines that still stand tall as skeletal reminders of the

the 70 acres along Upper Bear Creek Road owned by Ted and Julie Antenucci and quickly spread to Elephant Butte, which is owned

by Denver Mountain Parks. While rumors have circulated about how the fire might have started, fire officials will not comment because it is an ongoing investigation and are quick to point out that wildfires are difficult to investigate.

“It’s hard to prove an arson case,” Martin said, “and it’s even more difficult in a wildland case. It’s not like there are cameras in the woods.”

She hoped those responsible for starting the fire learned about the damage their carelessness caused and a lesson, noting that everyone needs to be smart about fire when they are outdoors.

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Amid the lower slope-portions of the Elephant Butte Fire burn area, groundcover in the form of wildflowers and grass is prevalent a year afterward.

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Chris Schauder, the environmental department manager for the Evergreen Metro District, said there have been no issues with runoff as a result of the burn scar and rain. Some debris has moved down Elephant Butte, but it never entered the creek, and EMD used silt fencing and straw wattles to ensure silt didn’t enter the water.

Within the burn scar, some of the fallen trees and branches have been repositioned in erosion channels to keep more of the silt at bay.

Bear Creek and Evergreen Lake provide drinking water for a large share of Evergreen and for some cities down the hill.

Denver Mountain Parks, which owns Elephant Butte, has done some mitigation and seeding in the burn area, Schauder said.

Grateful community

Evergreen is thankful for the quick actions of first responders with Evergreen Fire/Rescue and the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office taking the lead. The fire department tweeted at 3:18 p.m. on July 13, 2020, that it was responding to a wildland fire, and within 40 minutes, the first evacuation orders were issued. Forty-five minutes later, additional evacuations were ordered.

Martin is thankful for all of the fire departments that answered Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s call for aid, and that no one died and no buildings were lost because of the fire.

Ted Antenucci summed up how Evergreen is grateful for the herculean efforts it took to keep the fire from spreading and potentially causing a wildfire disaster.

“The fire department did an amazingly great job,” he said. “I give them a whole lot of kudos.”

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sity of Denver between two state House districts.

The Interstate 25 corridor north from Denver saw some of the state’s most explosive growth between 2010 and 2020, as subdivisions popped up on former agricultural land. That’s part of the reason the new 8th Congressional District was drawn in this area.

The first draft also would shrink the 2nd Congressional District, still including the college towns of Boulder and Fort Collins, but no longer reaching across the Continental Divide into Eagle County.

The 4th District would include the northern and eastern parts of Weld County under the proposal, before stretching out to the Eastern Plains and south.

Residents of western Boulder County are upset at potentially being moved into the 3rd Congressional District under the proposed map. The 3rd District has been a Republican stronghold and it’s currently represented by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. Some 20 people submitted nearly identical comments to the commission objecting to the

proposed change, which includes placing all of Summit and Eagle counties in the 3rd District.

Other comments received by the commissions thus far include: • Concerns about Longmont’s grouping with Weld, Douglas and Eastern Plains counties in the current congressional map, rather than with Boulder.

• Urging a congressional district be drawn along the northern I-25 corridor, including to keep Larimer and Weld counties together and separate from the Eastern Plains.

Others, however, want to keep Larimer and Weld separate from each other.

• How rapid population growth and development in Greeley has given it more in common with metro Denver than with Fort Morgan, Sterling and Yuma.

• How a significant Hispanic population in Greeley could be grouped with those in Longmont, Brighton and Commerce City.

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Are you a victim of elder abuse?

Do you suspect, or know, that somebody has been stealing from you? Maybe it’s items from your home? Or maybe it’s your money? Or perhaps you’re being pressured by someone to keep giving them cash. If so, you are not alone. It’s called elder abuse.

The biggest problem is that these thefts are often not reported, typically because the one doing the abusing is a family member. Or maybe it’s after the fact, and

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NOW HERE’S A TIP * Dill planted near tomatoes will draw caterpillars away from the fruits. And it’s delicious.

Throw a handful in the blender for a fruit slush that can’t be beat on a hot day.

* Potato salad will have more flavor if you whisk together all the dressing ingredients and add it to the potatoes when they are warm. The potatoes will absorb the ingredients better, and the flavor will develop even more during refrigeration.

* “A lot of smoke was coming off our grill, and our patio doors were wide open. Long story short: It swamped the living room with smoke. The smell was a little overwhelming. After we closed the door, my neighbor doused a kitchen towel with white vinegar, wrung it out and waved it around the room.

It cleared out the smoke smell right away, and the vinegar smell went away just as quickly.

What a miracle!” -- F.F. in South Carolina

* “I love to grill, and when it’s nice out, we grill every weekend. I always put on extra and use the leftovers through the week. Chicken in salad, a nice flank steak for fajitas, etc.

And it means less cooking for me!” -- Y.L. in Maryland * Here’s a great recipe for an icy treat: Freeze orange juice or apple juice in ice trays.

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we’re not certain. Or maybe we don’t know where we should report it.

Finances and theft aren’t the only forms of elder abuse. Others include emotional, sexual and physical abuse, neglect and exploitation. Emotional abuse, for example, can include threats, belittling and verbal attacks -- anything that causes mental distress and pain. Exploitation can be fraud, undue influence over your cash or property and being pressured to sign papers you don’t understand. Do you see

yourself in any of those categories?

The National Center on Elder Abuse website (ncea.acl.gov) is a good place to start. Notice the red banner at the bottom of the page with “Safe Exit” in white letters. If you’re looking at the site and fear that someone will come up behind you and read what you’re looking at, quickly click that red banner and it will take you to an innocent-looking webpage.

If you are being abused in some way, help is available. In all states, there are

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professionals who are required to report suspicions of maltreatment. It’s called mandatory reporting, and in some states the list of professions is very long and varied: chiropractor, occupational therapist, member of the clergy, attorney, animal control officer, bank employee and many others.

To get a referral for help, call the Eldercare Locator at ---. If you are in immediate danger, call . (c)  King Features Syndicate

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2. Gene Autry 4. The kip 5. Alaska 6. Liver 7. Red Sea 8. Blue Moon Detective Agency 9. 74 mph 10. “Timon of Athens” (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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July 14, 2021

State lifts rules for masks, quarantines, outbreaks in schools Updated public health order lasts until Aug. 1 unless extended

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In yet another major lifting of state-imposed coronavirus restrictions, Colorado released an updated public health order that removes mask requirements for schools and repeals the mandate for school protocols regarding outbreaks and other instances of COVID-19 cases.

The updated order — which took effect July 1 and expires on Aug. 1 unless extended — whittles Colorado’s state-imposed virus restrictions down to a point where they leave public settings in most Coloradans’ daily lives unaffected.

Here’s a look at what changed with the updated public health order.

Mask requirements Previously, the list of settings where masks were required for unvaccinated individuals included — among other places — preschool through grade 12 schools and child care centers and services, including camps. The requirement also applied to staff of Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles offices.

The updated order removes those rules and adds a requirement that unvaccinated staff use medicalgrade masks.

Masks are now required for unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated patients, residents and visitors — and medical-grade masks are required for unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated staff — in the following settings that serve vulnerable or at-risk populations: • Homeless shelters; • Prisons and jails; and • Emergency medical and other health care settings.

All of the settings identified in the list above are “strongly encouraged to require all of their unvaccinated and not fully vaccinated staff to participate in COVID-19 testing,” the order’s text says.

That includes daily rapid testing every day that they work in the facility or setting, or once-weekly polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, testing.

Exceptions to the mask requirements include Coloradans 11 years of age or younger and those who “cannot medically tolerate” a face covering, the order says.

See a list of other exceptions on page 3 in the order’s text at tinyurl. com/UpdatedPublicHealthOrder.

School case response rules lifted The updated order also repeals the requirement for schools to follow the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment guidance on outbreaks and other instances of COVID-19 cases.

Previously, the order said: “Schools and child care shall work with their local public health agencies as COVID-19 cases occur, and shall follow the CDPHE guidance for Cases and Outbreaks in Schools and Child Care.” The guidance is listed at covid19.colorado.gov/cases-andoutbreaks-child-care-schools.

The lifting of that requirement means people who have close contact with a person with a positive COVID-19 test or symptoms generally no longer need to quarantine.

“Schools no longer need to adhere to the broader quarantine and isolation requirements in previous (public health orders),” said a statement from the Colorado State Joint Information Center, which takes questions for the state public-health department.

“However, state and local public health officials have statutory authority to institute quarantine and isolation as needed to stop the spread of disease. These officials may continue to require isolation of ill individuals and quarantine for individuals who are suspected to have COVID-19,” the statement said.

School districts and local public health agencies could make their own decisions as to whether to impose outbreak, quarantine or mask requirements that go beyond what the state mandates.

Local limits generally lifted The state’s color-coded COVID-19 dial was the set of restrictions counties had to follow based on the local spread of the virus. The system affected capacity at restaurants, other businesses, indoor and outdoor events, and other settings. Colorado originally implemented the dial last Sept. 15.

Colorado allowed the dial to expire

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as expected in mid-April, but health agencies in the Denver metro area extended the dial system locally as a rise in virus cases and the continued spread of COVID-19 variants kept health officials worried.

Since mid-May, several metro counties are now operating in what they call “level clear,” generally with no local restrictions — and that’s likely to continue unless things take a turn for the worse.

A month and a half after Colorado let its dial expire, the state also lifted capacity restrictions on large indoor gatherings, a limit that had remained after the state dial’s end.

Colorado’s Public Health Order 20-20 remains in effect and includes requirements for nursing facilities, assisted living residences, group homes and other care facilities.

‘Snapback restrictions’ still possible A “snapback,” or return, to more state-imposed coronavirus restrictions could occur if hospitalizations rise high enough, according to a news release from the state publichealth department.

In counties whose resident hospitalizations threaten to exceed 85% of hospital or hospital system capacity, the state public-health department may require implementing additional restrictions, the public health order’s text says.

Enforcement Colorado’s COVID-19 public health

orders are generally the kind that rely on voluntary compliance.

“Local authorities are encouraged to determine the best course of action to encourage maximum compliance,” the text of the order says.

But failure to comply with the order could result in penalties, including jail time and fines, according to the order’s text.

Public transportation Nothing in Colorado’s order changes or repeals the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s order requiring the wearing of masks on public transportation, according to Colorado’s order. The CDC’s requirements are located at cdc.gov/quarantine/masks/masktravel-guidance.html.

Passengers on public conveyances — meaning airplanes, trains, subways, buses, taxis and rideshares — traveling into, within or out of the United States, as well as conveyance operators, meaning crew, drivers, conductors and other workers, regardless of their vaccination status, are required to wear a mask over their nose and mouth, according to the CDC’s website.

All people, including workers and members of the public, regardless of their vaccination status, are required to wear a mask in indoor areas of transportation hubs, meaning airports, bus or ferry terminals, and train or subway stations, in the U.S., according to the CDC’s website.

WORSHIP DIRECTORY

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF GEORGETOWN 812 Taos St., Georgetown • 303-569-2360 Serving the community since 1874.

Sunday worship 10:00 am. Reverend Whit Dempsey Please join us!

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF IDAHO SPRINGS 100 Colorado Blvd., PO Box 840, Idaho Springs, CO 80452

ALL ARE WELCOME! Come, join us for live worship on Sundays at 10:00 AM! Face Coverings Optional We livestream on Facebook at 10:00 AM on Sundays.

Recorded sermons are available on Facebook and YouTube.

THE UNITED CHURCH OF IDAHO SPRINGS AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTY 1410 Colorado Blvd., Idaho Springs (303) 567-2057 Sunday Worship Service – 10:00 AM PASTOR BILL ROBERTSON Taste and See Tuesdays - 5:30-7:00pm Good food and good conversation - Building community by bringing hope and encouragement to our town and county.

Moly Room in the Clear Creek Rec Center in Idaho Springs

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH 1921 Virginia St., Idaho Springs. Serving the Clear Creek Valleys since 1896.

Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Worship service Office hours vary.

303-567-4378. Coordinator: Pastor Bryce Fellbaum Worship led alternating weeks by Pastor Terry Schjang or Pastor David Brock www.zion-lutheran-church.com; zion.lutheran.co@gmail.com

Join Our Worship Directory!

Call Donna at 303-566-4114

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COLORADO NATURAL GAS, INC. SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF FILING AN APPLICATION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO RECOVER THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEBRUARY 2021 EXTREME WINTER WEATHER EVENT You are hereby notified that Colorado Natural Gas, Inc. (“CNG” or “Company”), 10825 E. Geddes Ave, Suite 410, Centennial, Colorado 80112, has filed with the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado (“Commission”), in accordance with the Public Utilities Law, an application to recover the costs associated with the February 2021 Extreme Winter Weather Event through a separate bill rider. The purpose of this Application is to place into effect a mechanism whereby CNG can record and recover the cost of gas purchased to meet customer demand during the February 2021 Extreme Weather Event over the next five years with carrying costs at the Company’s pre-tax return rate. CNG does not profit on the cost of natural gas and it is a pass-through expense.

The State of Colorado and the surrounding area experienced an extreme weather event on February 13-17, 2021. As a result of the extreme weather, CNG incurred extraordinary consumption of natural gas by its retail customers necessitating that the Company purchase an unprecedented amount of gas to meet demand during this brief period in the month of February. No customers lost service during the Extreme Weather Event, and through the efforts of dedicated Company personnel, the system was maintained, and service provided to customers without interruption.

The cost of acquiring the supplemental natural gas to meet customers’ needs during this event would normally be recovered through the Company’s Gas Cost Adjustment clause (“GCA”). If approved, the following shows the rates and bill impacts resulting from this application to recover extraordinary natural gas costs incurred in February 2021: Table 1: Monthly Bill Impacts Rate Area Cripple Creek Bailey/South Park Pueblo West Eastern Eastern Large Commercial

Residential Monthly Impact (Dollars) $2.47 $4.14 $3.93 $8.99

Residential Bill Increase (Percent) 2.4% 3.3% 4.4% 14.5%

Commercial Monthly Impact (Dollars) $19.96 $20.19 $22.55 $17.37 $796.50

Commercial Bill Increase (Percent) 2.6% 3.5% 4.8% 14.6% 18.6%

Copies of the Application as filed with the Commission are available for inspection, through the Commission’s electronic filing system or at the office of the Commission at 1560 Broadway, Suite 250, Denver, Colorado 80202. with questions concerning the Application may call the Customers Commission at (303) 894-2000; or, may contact CNG by telephone at 303-979-7680, or by email at customerservice@summitnaturalgas.com. This Application has been assigned Proceeding No. 21A-0188G which should be used in all correspondence or written comments provided to the Commission. In addition, the Company’s proposed and present tariffs may be viewed at https://www.coloradonaturalgas.com/rates-tariff and the applicable Colorado statutes and Commission rules may be viewed at https://puc. colorado.gov. Any person may file a written objection to the Application with the Commission at 1560 Broadway, Suite 250, Denver, Colorado, 80202 or email address Dora_PUC_website@state.co.us.

Legal Ad No.: CC444549 Legal Ad No.: CCC000137 First Publication: July 14, 2021 Last Publication: July 14, 2021 Published in Canyon Courier and Clear Creek Courant

City and County PUB L0714-TD 21-040 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to LORI LYNN JONES And Whereas, You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 03 day of NOVEMBER, A.D. 2006, the then County Treasurer of Clear Creek County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to WILLIAM W HOLBERG the following described real estate in the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado, to wit: TAX LIEN SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE #200500043 Property Schedule R002998 Parcel 183529200625 MINE: LITTLE JACK - 14761 100% 2.22 ACRES MOR BAN MA 29-3-73 SRO 530/449 COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE of COLORADO And Whereas, Said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Sale Certificate of Purchase therefore to WILLIAM W HOLBERG; And Whereas, That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2005; And Whereas, That said real estate was taxed in the names of LORI LYNN JONES for said year of 2005; And Whereas, That said WILLIAM W HOLBERG on the 30 day of JUNE, A.D. 2021, the present holder of said certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of Clear Creek County for a deed to said real estate; And Whereas, That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued to the said WILLIAM W HOLBERG at 11:00 o’clock A.M., on the 16 day of NOVEMBER, A.D. 2021, unless the same has been redeemed.

And Whereas, Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 05 day of July, A.D., 2021. /s/ Carol Lee [Seal] Carol Lee, Treasurer Clear Creek County Published 3 x in the Clear Creek Courant,

July 14, 21, 28, 2021 L0714-TD 21-040 Legal Ad No.: CCC000134

PUB L0714-TD 21-041 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to LONALD STACHOWIAK And Whereas, You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 03 day of NOVEMBER, A.D. 2006, the then County Treasurer of Clear Creek County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to WILLIAM W HOLBERG the following described real estate in the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado, to wit: TAX LIEN SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE #200500065 Property Schedule R011303 Parcel 196106100675 MINE: MABEL - 15841 3.705 ACRES TC 6-4-73 SRO LS CONF COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE of COLORADO And Whereas, Said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Sale Certificate of Purchase therefore to WILLIAM W HOLBERG; And Whereas, That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2005; And Whereas, That said real estate was taxed in the name of LONALD STACHOWIAK for said year of 2005; And Whereas, That said WILLIAM W HOLBERG on the 30 day of JUNE, A.D. 2021, the present holder of said certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of Clear Creek County for a deed to said real estate; And Whereas, That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued to the said WILLIAM W HOLBERG at 11:00 o’clock A.M., on the 16 day of NOVEMBER, A.D. 2021, unless the same has been redeemed. And Whereas, Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 05 day of July, A.D., 2021. /s/ Carol Lee [Seal] Carol Lee, Treasurer

Clear Creek County Published 3 x in the Clear Creek Courant, July 14, 21, 28, 2021 L0714-TD 21-041 Legal Ad No.: CCC000135 CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO NOTICE OF REZONING ORDINANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an ordinance to rezone certain territory hereinafter described to the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shall be considered by the Idaho Springs City Council for final adoption, on second reading, at a regular City Council meeting to be conducted on August; 9, 2021 at 7:00 P.M., at Idaho Springs City Hall, 1711 Miner Street, Idaho Springs, Colorado 80452.

Description of territory proposed for REZONING: IDAHO SPRINGS Tract: BEING GOVERNMENT LOTS 6, 7, 69, & 88 WITHIN SECTION 2, T4S, R73W, 6TH P.M. AND PORTIONS OF THE THEOBALD PLACER, M.S. NO. 16589, THE PRESLEY JONES PLACER, M.S. NO. 299 & THE J.J. ELLIOTT PLACER, M.S. NO. 2331, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO, 66.45 ACRES. Also known as the Idaho Springs Cemetery.

Located in Section 2, Township 4S, Range 73 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, in Clear Creek County, Colorado Given this 7 day of July 2021.

By: Jerad Chipman, AICP Community Development Planner Legal Ad No.: CCC000136 Publication Date: July 14, 2021 Published In: Clear Creek Courant City of Idaho Springs Checks Register 6/1/21 - 6/30/21 6/8/21 City of Idaho Springs 500,000.00 6/15/21 AT&T Mobility 140.79 6/15/21Ace Equip & Supply 707.40 6/15/21 Amerigas 558.34 6/15/21 Arrowhead Landscape 2702.00 6/15/21 Bill Martin 0.00 6/15/21 Blaster Bouncer Srvc 619.00 6/15/21 Browns Hill Engineering 3240.00 6/15/21 C&C Machine & Weld 1583.00 6/15/21 Calabrese Greenhouse 15009.33 6/15/21 Caselle Inc 1350.00 6/15/21 Centurylink 503.12 6/15/21 Chemtrac 430.00

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Legal Ad No.: CCC000133 First Publication: July 14, 2021 Last Publication: July 14, 2021 Published In: Clear Creek Courant

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 such 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, whose address is 1802 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen, CO, on or before the date and time hereinabove shown. 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.

Summons and Sheriff Sale DISTRICT COURT, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 5th & Argentine PO Box 367 Georgetown, Colorado 80444 Telephone: 303-569-3272 Case Number: 2021CV30017 Division: C Plaintiff: WILLIAM W. HOLBERG Vs. Defendants: DUNCAN DRUMMOND, CLARA EDSALL VAN HEE, EDWARD EDSALL, SHELDON

Attorney for Plaintiff Phillip A. Less HELM, LESS & WILLIAMS, L.L.P. 5400 Ward Road, III, #100 Arvada, Colorado 80002 Telephone: 303.424.4486 Telefax: 303.424.4993 Atty Reg. # 3440 SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S):

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court an Answer or other response.

You are required to file your Answer or other response within 35* days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication.

A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your Answer or other response to the Complaint, in writing, within 35* days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiff in and to the real property situate in Clear Creek County, Colorado, to wit:

THE EAGLE LODE MINING CLAIM, U.S. MINERAL SURVEY NO. 730A, AS DESCRIBED IN U.S. PATENT RECORDED MARCH 25, 1880 IN BOOK 50 AT PAGE 61, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO. Dated this 15th day of June, 2021.

Published in the Clear Creek Courant First Publication: June 23, 2021 Last Publication: July 21, 2021 Legal Ad No.: CCC000121 HELM, LESS & WILLIAMS, L.L.P. /s/ Phillip A. Less, #3440 Attorney for Plaintiff

(This Summons is issued pursuant to C.R.C.P. 4(g). This form should not be used where personal service is desired.)

(TO THE CLERK: When this Summons is issued by the Clerk of the Court, the signature block for the Clerk or Deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.)

Editor’s Note: C.R.C.P. 4 provides that: If the Summons is served by publication, the Summons shall briefly state the sum of money or other relief demanded. The Summons shall contain the name, address and registration number of the Plaintiff’s attorney, if any, and if none, the address of the Plaintiff. Except in case of service by publication under Rule 4(g) or when otherwise ordered by the Court, the Complaint shall be served with the Summons. In any case, where by special Order personal service of Summons is allowed without the Complaint, a copy of the Order shall be served with the Summons.

*C.R.C.P. 12(a) allows 35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication. However, under various statutes, a different response time is set forth; e.g. C.R.S. Sections 38-6-104 (eminent domain); 38-36-121 (Torrens registration).

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

NOTICE is hereby given that the Evergreen Fire Protection District (“District”) of Jefferson and Clear County, Colorado, will make final payment at 1802 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen, Colorado, on August 5, 2021, at the hour of 4:00 p.m. to ProCraft Mechanical of Broomfield, Colorado for all work done by said Contractor(s) in mechanical work performed within the District.

All of the above is pursuant to §38-26-107, C.R.S.

J. SOUTHWICK, SHELDON E. SOUTHWICK,

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EVERGREEN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT By: Chuck Ridings Secretary Legal Ad No.: CC444550 And Legal Ad No.: CCC000138 First Publication: July 14, 2021.

Last Publication: July 21, 2021.

Published in: Canyon Courier and Clear Creek Courant

Adoption / Guardianship Adoption & Surrogacy Choices of Colorado A Not for Profit 501 (C) (3) 2801 Youngfield Street, Suite 320 Golden, CO 80401 (303) 670-4401 NOTICE OF ANTICIPATED EXPEDITED RELINQUISHMENT OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP TO: Michael Carl Cangialosi, Birth Father of Baby Boy Burke DATE: July 16, 2021 FROM: Virginia L. Frank, Attorney for Adoption & Surrogacy Choices of Colorado YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, PURSUANT TO C.R.S. § 19-5-103.7, AS FOLLOWS:

You have been identified by Audrey Burke, as the potential birth father(s) of a child, Baby Boy Burke, who is due to be born on or around July 7, 2021.

1. Audrey Burke, plans to relinquish her parental rights to the child on an expedited basis pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-5-103.5 in order to make the child available for adoption. Audrey Burke, plans to file the relinquishment action in the Clear Creek County District Court, Georgetown, State of Colorado, four business days after the child’s birth.

Placing a child for adoption requires termination of the birth mother and alleged birth father(s)parentchild legal relationships. Termination of parental rights means that pursuant to a court order, all rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations existing between a parent and a child are permanently severed, except for inheritance rights, which will be severed at the time of the final decree of adoption. Upon termination of parental rights, a parent shall: (a) no longer have the right to custody of, or parenting time with the child; (b) no longer have the right to any information concerning the whereabouts, activities, health, or well-being of the child; and (c) have no say in any further decisions concerning said child.

2. A birth parent of a child has the right to contest the termination of parental rights.

3. Failure to declare an intent to contest the termination of parental rights may likely result in a termination of parental rights to the child. In order to contest the termination of the parent-child legal relationship, you must: * Return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated

Expedited Relinquishment” to Adoption & Surrogacy Choices of Colorado, 2801 Youngfield Street, Suite 320, Golden, CO 80401 or to the Law Office of Virginia L. Frank, at 1434 Spruce Street, Suite 100, Boulder, CO 80302 by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of service of the notice upon you or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper, if you were served by publication notice. If you received this in person, the date of notice is the date it was served upon your person. If you were served by certified mail, the date of notice is from the date that you signed the certified mail card.

OR * Return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” in person to Adoption & Surrogacy Choices of Colorado, at the address indicated above, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered either: a) the date on which this notice was delivered to you personally by an employee or representative of Adoption Choices of Colorado or a private process service/officer of the court: b) the date on the return receipt should you have received this notice by Certified Mail, whichever is applicable. You should bring photo identification with you for in-person submission.

YOU MUST ALSO: * In the case of an alleged father, you shall file a claim of paternity pursuant to Article 4 of Title 19,

Colorado Revised Statutes and notify Adoption & Surrogacy Choices of Colorado pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-4-105.5. This claim of paternity must be filed no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered either: a) the date on which this notice was delivered to you personally by an employee or representative of Adoption & Surrogacy Choices of Colorado or given to you or left at your place of residence by a process server or officer of the court, or; b) the date on the return receipt should you have received this notice by Certified Mail, whichever is applicable.

4. You may also waive your right to contest the termination of parental rights and doing so will likely result in a termination of any parental rights you may have to the child. If you do not believe that you are the father of this child, please check the appropriate box on the reply form.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT IF YOU FAIL TO PROPERLY REPLY TO THIS NOTICE IN A MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE, WHICH INCLUDES TURNING IN THE REPLY FORM AND FILING A PATERNITY ACTION IN A TIMELY MANNER AS STATED IN THIS DOCUMENT, YOU ALSO WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE RELATED TO THE ANTICIPATED EXPEDITED RELINQUISHMENT PROCEEDINGS AND YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, IF ANY, WILL LIKELY BE TERMINATED BY THE COURT. Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely, Virginia L. Frank Attorney & Counselor at Law Attorney for Adoption & Surrogacy Choices

of Colorado Legal Ad No.: CCC000139 First Publication: July 14, 2021 Last Publication: July 14, 2021 Published In: Clear Creek Courant

Notice to Creditors NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Scott Anderson, Deceased Case Number 2021PR30008 Division C Courtroom

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Clear Creek County, Colorado on or before 15 November 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Duane Weaver Personal Representative c/o: The Nettleton Law Firm, 8400 E Prentice Ave, Suite 1500, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Ad No.: CCC000128 First Publication: July 7, 2021 Last Publication: July 21, 2021 Published In: Clear Creek Courant

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As the chain he worked for began to fade after the recession, he stepped aside and created a mobile showroom that was stunning. When I remarked about the wonderful job he had done, he said he’d like me to join him. I remember driving around that day dreaming about a showroom where customers could find everything they needed in one place. It took us a while to get there, because it cost more than we anticipated, but we’re finally at a point where no other store is quite like it.

Think about the middle of the Big Box stores and you’ll be close. We don’t have framing or wiring or plumbing, but we offer just about any product that adds luster to your house, from blinds to cabinets to carpet to counters to doors to hardwood to laminates

to windows to more! So what’s the difference between The final step after ordering is installing. Who does that? You can always try to con your brother-in-law us and the Big Boxes? into it, but the truth is it’s whoever you want. Some If they stock it, they crush us in price; but they gener- stores require customers to only use their installers, ally only stock third tier, or maybe a couple of colors since they make more money, but we don’t care. In in second tier. Conversely, all we display are first and fact, even though we’ve overseen numerous renovasecond tier quality; and, interestingly, we generally tions, we believe your best value is working directly beat their prices on those products, because we don’t with a general contractor. We think customers somehave trucks and warehouses and VP’s to pay for. More times worry that it’s an all or nothing proposition, importantly, every time you visit us, the same two meaning they either use us for a turn-key remodel, or friendly experts — actually, three-plus if my wife, they’ll have to track down and schedule their own Deanna, is there with our puppy, Belle — will cheer- plumber or drywaller. Not even close! fully greet you the moment you walk in the door.

A good contractor has years in this business and Okay, that sets the scene of us having good to great crews he likes to work with; he’ll bring them in as quality products at decent prices, but what else? None needed. Better yet, there’s nothing lost in translation because he’s always at your house, so he knows what of us are hard sellers. We just aren’t remains to be done. So how do you find a good contracProjects can cost as much as a new car and will be in tor? We can help, We’re constantly hearing feedback your home for twenty years; you have to be happy from clients, so we’ve kept a list of the better installwith the choices you make, so we don’t want you to ers. Call up a few to see who you like, who’s available, rush this decision. Further, this should be a collabora- and what they charge. tive process, where our goal is to help you bring to life the dream that’s been bubbling in your brain. We’ll But the process always starts with one thing: You show you what’s available, then explain the pros and gotta come visit us first! cons of each option. Our hope is you will ultimately feel that we are both honest and knowledgeable, so Imagine walking into a store where you’ll find every you’ll decide you’d like to work with us. product for your remodeling project….and….people who actually know what they’re talking about. Now imagine You can help us get started by bringing in measure- no more! ments and photos of your room(s). We’ll turn those into 3D renderings, using the products and colors One trip to our beautiful showroom and you’ll see why you’ve found throughout the store. While the rendi- we’re unlike any other store. From cabinets to flooring, tions are not exact, they still give you an idea whether windows or more, you’ll find hundreds of samples to the polka dots you’ve always wanted complement the match your colors in one place. Even better, our prices are plank flooring. As we’re further into the process, we’ll affordable — usually less than the Big Boxes on higher visit your house to take our own measurements as a qualities — and you’ll always be greeted by the same sanity check to make what we’ve drawn will fit. friendly experts.

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