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On Sept. 16, community members will be able to walk into the Clear Creek County Health and Wellness Center in Idaho Springs and walk out with information about their status of HIV, Hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections. This will be the first monthly wellness clinic resulting from a new partnership between the Boulder County AIDS Project and Clear Creek County Public Health to provide free rapid HIV, Hepatitis C and other STI testing to the community. After the September clinic, the next testing date will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 12. Following the first two clinics, future dates will be scheduled monthly based on community turnout. “HIV and Hepatitis C testing is frequently not available for free, and I think it’s especially harder to find for free in non-metropolitan areas,” said Mariah Frank, prevention director at BCAP. “And so I think that was the start of [the idea for this partnership].”Thepartnership arrives at Clear Creek in the wake of rising STI rates in Colorado in recent years.

On Aug. 3, the Idaho Springs Planning Commission discussed a draft ordinance and speciﬁc requirements for hotels and motels to obtain these licenses such as kitchen access, room size, proper lighting and ventilation, and inspections of rooms. Previously, the Commission raised concerns that local hotels and motels were being used for more than short-term housing, and it wasn’t Idaho

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Every year since Bryan Lauersdorf moved to Idaho Springs six years ago, he’s come to the Rapidgrass Bluegrass Festival. And every year he looks forward to one band speciﬁcally, the festival’s namesake: Rapidgrass.Startedby Idaho Springs locals Mark and Sarah Morris, the festival brings in acts from all around, with Mark’s band Rapidgrass head-lining. The smells of the food trucks from Boujo’s and Adventure Basecamp wafted over the ﬁeld, kids bounced out their energy in the bounce house and stalls from Tommyknocker Brewery and Clear Creek Cidery supplied the beer and cider.Itmay be a bluegrass festival, but the genres of the bands aren’t so

Clear Creek County Public Health Department and Boulder County AIDS Project establish new program to bring testing to the community

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The Burney Sisters perform at the 2022 RapidGrass Bluegrass Festival in Idaho Springs.

License requirements for regulating extended stays at hotels or motels in Idaho Springs are becoming more ﬂeshed out.

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August 25, 20222 Clear Creek Courant OBITUARIES

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Constance Hediger died peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Connie is survived by her three children, Pat (Stephanie) Behring, Laurie Ayala, Ranee (Mike) WeldyDuBrava, her grandchildren, Jen, Nick, Jen, Aaron, Jess, Andy, Bregan, Brista, Courtney, & Rae; brother Spencer, sisters Sharon and Karen and 10 great-grandchildren. She was remembered by many friends near and far. Proceeded in death by her son Mike and parents, Ralph and Marion Schaller. A Celebration of Life will be held on September 24, 2022 @ 1:00 pm at the Idaho Springs Elk Lodge. Constance Faye “Connie” Hediger (Schaller) August 18, 1947 - July 19, 2022

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Cain added that the city would have to work extensively with the hotel providers because there will be a lot of Committeechanges.Chair Cindy Olson said similarly that property owners should be involved in the process, worried that requirements for the license would be too burdening, and the hotels or motels would simply stop doing extended stays instead of brunting the cost to be compli ant, losing workforce housing at the sameSometime.ofthe planned requirements included rooms being speciﬁcally put aside for extended stays, a cook ing appliance such as a stove and a kitchen sink — Commission mem bers were still debating whether this should become a communal kitchen outside the room instead — and some form of minimum size depending on occupancy. What these sizes should be also was still being debated.Outside the room itself, a few more concrete requirements were some form of 24-hour staff accessible by residents, twice annual inspections of extended stay rooms — involving police for at least one — and a small business center with computer ac cess.Whether workforce housing should be exempted from the licens ing requirements was debated as well, ultimately leaning to the opin ion that they would face the same safety issues and should be includ ed, if not in some modiﬁed way. With all the concerns brought up towards businesses being included, and the possibility of them not en gaging with extended stays because of the extra requirements, Kent Slaymaker, an alternate for the Com mittee, cautioned to not lose sight of the people’s needs as well.

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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” and “Min” temperatures are from digital displays of a “MMTS” (“Maximum/Minimum Temperature System”); “Mean daily” temperature is the calculated average of the max and min. “Total Precipitation” is inches of rainfall plus melted snow. “Snowfall” is inches of snow that accumulated during the preceding 24 hours. T = Trace of precipitation. NR = Not Reported. “Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake” is the velocity in miles per hour and the time of the maximum wind gust that occurred during the calendar day preceding the date of observation. Historic data are based on the period of record for which statistical data have been compiled (about 53 years within the period 1893-2021). Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set.

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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” and “Min” temperatures are from digital displays of a “MMTS” (“Maximum/Minimum Temperature System”); “Mean daily” temperature is the calculated average of the max and min. “Total Precipitation” is inches of rainfall plus melted snow. “Snowfall” is inches of snow that accumulated during the preceding 24 hours. T = Trace of precipitation. NR = Not Reported. “Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake” is the velocity in miles per hour and the time of the maximum wind gust that occurred during the calendar day preceding the date of observation. Historic data are based on the period of record for which statistical data have been compiled (about 53 years within the period 1893 2021). Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set. Day and date observationof(2022) (degrees F) (inches) Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake 24 prior to

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8 a.m. During the calendarpreviousday Monday, 8/15 83 50 67 0.24 0.0 12 1330 Tuesday, 8/16 73 51 62 0.27 0.0 14 1355 Wednesday, 8/17 57 41 49 0.36 0.0 12 1220 Thursday, 8/18 72 42 57 0.00 0.0 11 1630 Friday, 8/19 75 46 61 0.00 0.0 12 1815 Saturday, 8/20 73 45 59 0.09 0.0 12 1415 Sunday, 8/21 66 47 57 0.03 0.0 12 1515 Summary Week’s avg max, min, mean daily T; sum of TP, SF 71.3 46.0 58.6 0.99 0.0 Historic week’s avg max, min, mean daily T; avg sum of TP, SF 75.0 46.3 60.6 0.57 0.0 * Wind observed nearby 6th Street in Georgetown until the lake weather station is back in operation.

being done safely. Assistant City Administrator Jonathan Cain had speciﬁcally referenced an incident where three toddlers were removed from an abusive situation in a motel room that had been occupied for about a year. Part of those safety concerns is the lack of access to a kitchen for many short-term units that are being used long-term and the lack of oversight on conditions in these rooms. Within the draft ordinance Cain presented, he highlighted its stated purpose which includes those concerns, the “unhealthy and unsafe” conditions they can create, and to “ensure the health, safety and wellbeing” of “transient” popula tions and those staying long-term, without “displacing populations from available residential resources within the housing deﬁcient city.”

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“I think it’s important to remem ber that some of these requirements may seem onerous, but all of these hotel business owners have the abil ity to just do short stays and they will make plenty of money, maybe more money from that,” continued Slaymaker. “If they want to take on the responsibility of having people there long-term, it makes sense to have some minimum, non-squalor, standards.”

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Where: Clear Creek County Health and Wellness Center, 1969 Miner Street, 2nd Floor, Idaho Springs When: Friday, Sept. 16 and Wednesday, Oct. 12 from 11am-2pm. How: Walk-ins or schedule an appointment by calling Mariah Frank at (303) 444-6121 ext. 119 or email mariah@bcap. org.Clear Creek County Public Health Information: 303-670-7528 or and-Wellness-Centerwww.clearcreekcounty.us/1370/Health-https://BCAP:https://www.bcap.org/

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Frank also hopes that people will attend the wellness clinics to learn about the resources and options that exist.“I’m excited and hopeful for the community to take this additional step in doing something for themselves and for their health,” she said. “You don’t have to suffer in not knowing, or suffer in silence when you do know. There are tons of resources for people, both for prevention and (to) prepare.”

According to a 2020 report from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the state reported a 55.0% increase in gonorrhea cases and a 129.6% increase in syphilis cases since 2016. New HIV diagnoses in Colorado have been increasing since 2013, according to a 2019 CDPHE report on HIV in the state. Clear Creek has not been immune to rising rates of STIs, but its specific rates are generally lower than those in surrounding counties. For both chlamydia and gonorrhea, Clear Creek had the fifth lowest county rate in the state in 2020, according to the CDPHE report. For primary and secondary syphilis, Clear Creek had zero new cases in 2020, the report showed. According to Frank, HIV rates tend to be higher in metropolitan areas for many reasons. But although HIV, Hepatitis C and STI rates are not as high in Clear Creek as they are in other Colorado counties, she said that testing there is still meaningful.“Ithink what is important to highlight is that the prevalence [of HIV and Hepatitis C] in Clear Creek isn’t zero,” she said. “And so having this service up there, I think is still very worthwhile. In general — across the population in Colorado, in the nation, probably in the world — we’re undertested.”Aspartofits mission to provide support, advocacy and education to people living with or affected by HIV in Boulder, Broomfield, Gilpin and Clear Creek counties, BCAP offers testing for HIV and Hepatitis C in its Boulder office and at off-site locations, Frank said. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevention team at BCAP paused its regular testing clinics due to protocols in place to protect their community members, many of whom were immunocompromised, she said. After hosting an STI testing and education fair in June, the Clear Creek County Public Health Department reached out to Frank to establish a regular testing service there.

Ryan said that he hopes the private testing offered by this partnership will help combat the stigma that surrounds these ﬁve diseases, and that it will encourage people to come and get tested.

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Mariah Frank, prevention director at the Boulder County AIDS Project, administers a ﬁnger prick rapid test to measure for presence of HIV and Hepatitis C.

Clinic attendees also can opt to take a rapid HIV/STI test at home, said Dr. Timothy Ryan, director of public and environmental health for Clear Creek. But taking the test in the clinic is also anonymous and conﬁdential and it provides the additional opportunity to receive extra resources and information from the team on site. “It is completely conﬁdential,” Ryan said. “You can come in and seek these resources, and nobody needs to know.”

The Clear Creek County Health and Wellness Center will host monthly clinics for HIV, STI and Hepatitis C testing and education.

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The City of Idaho Springs has several vacancies on its City Council-appointed board and commissions. The City is seeking individuals who are interested in serving on the Planning Commission, Variance Board, and Historic Preservation Review Commission (HPRC). The Planning Commission is a recommending body to the City Council that reviews and revises the Comprehensive Plan, reviews subdivision requests, recommends annexations and ﬁnal development plans for new developments, and amends the zoning map. The Variance Board decides on requests for variances to the Zoning Code and on appeals to staff interpretations of the adopted codes. The HPRC decides on requests to conduct work on a historic structure for the purpose of determining if the proposed work is historically appropriate. Members of the HPRC are not required to live in Idaho Springs and are required to be knowledgeable in history or architecture. Members of the Planning Commission and Variance Board are required to be residents of the City. Please submit your letter of interest to Deputy City Clerk Wonder Martell by 5:00 P.M. September 16, 2022 at City Hall, 1711 Miner St., PO BOX 907, Idaho Springs, CO 80452 or via email at cityclerk@idahospringsco.com. Please call Community Development Planner Jerad Chipman with any questions at 303.567.4421 ext. 118.

“I love anything that creates efficiency,” said Andrea Uliano, public health nurse at the Clear Creek County Public Health Department. “So to me, it was a no-brainer to bring in people who want to be here who already know what they’re doing, are trained, they have good support.”Foreach wellness clinic, BCAP staff will transport HIV and Hepatitis C tests from their office in Boulder to Clear Creek. Tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis will be provided by the Clear Creek County Public Health Department, Uliano said. In a single visit, an individual can be tested for all five of these infections.

Frank said that she and her team of prevention coordinators at BCAP are trained by the state to administer HIV and Hepatitis C rapid tests. In addition, they are trained in how to run an informative session that goes along with the testing. These sessions are conducted with the knowledge of trauma-informed practices, harm reduction and “meeting people where they’re at,” she said. “I think there’s a lot to be said about the space that our test counselors are able to hold for folks,” she added. “Other than just running the test and providing a result, there’s a lot of information exchange and referrals that are made in that process asBasedwell.”on an individual’s test results, Frank’s team can provide referrals for conﬁrmatory testing and medical care as well as information about HIV prevention medication, she said. In addition, they can provide referrals for services related to mental health, substance abuse and domestic violence.

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A mountain goat kid navigates the rocks atop Mount Evans in July 2021.

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The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests lifted Stage 1 fire restrictions Aug. 16 for the first time since May, with the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office announcing on Facebook the same day that they would follow suit. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the Stage 1 fire ban is “canceled” as of Aug. 17, with the National Forest Service and Boulder and Gilpin counties doing the same. The Forest Service cited “monsoonal rains,” moisture levels and availability of firefighting resources as reasons for lifting the ban in a press“Monsoonalrelease. rains have helped drought conditions recover. Most areas of the forest are no longer in drought, and other areas are experiencing only light drought,” the releaseMoisturecontinued.levelsin vegetation and fallen trees being better than normal reduces the chances of “rapid wildfire spread” the release said, and the monsoons are expected to continue in the coming weeks.

Sheriff Rick Albers had previously pointed to the Forest Service’s continued ban as a reason for not lifting Clear Creek’s, along with showing a “united front” with the rest of the front range who are similarly only lifting their bans now. The lifting of the ban allows campﬁres and smoking in wooded areas. in

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Clear Creek is almost 80% national forest, lending to the county’s beautiful vistas and many sprawling hikes through forests and up mountains. A recent Colorado Parks and Wildlife grant will further the county’s outdoor recreation options and help keep the wilderness accessible to all.

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“We want to work together to ﬁnd ways to limit the times where people are reinventing the wheel, sharing innovation and really building alignment for things like equity and sustainability, diversity, inclusion,” Saxton said. A large part of this is resolving how to limit the use of these outdoor areas in a way that is just, she elaborated. Clear Creek forests and outdoor spaces, along with much of the foothills, is overused land according to Saxton, but limiting use usually takes the form of higher costs which is still inequitable. NoCo PLACES 2050 hopes to ﬁnd alternate solutions that can be used across the entire foothills. One concrete result of this project that Saxton gave is the Clear Creek Recreation in the Outdoors Management Plan launching this fall, a county-wide GoCo-funded recreational planning effort, which she said would not have come about without NoCo PLACES 2050.

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View of Historic Downtown Georgetown from Guanella Pass.

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The grant speciﬁcally supports NoCo PLACES 2050, which is a broad project aiming to reduce inequality in access to outdoor spaces across the front range, as well as increase diversity and sustainability, according to Amy Saxton, the strategic and community planning division director for Clear Creek County. Partners in the project include counties and organizations spanning the entire front range like the U.S. Forest Service, Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests and Rocky Mountain National Park, along with Boulder, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and Clear Creek counties.

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THE GOLD RUSH & SILVER SPLASH DUCK RACES will begin at the Old School, 809 Taos St., at 11:45 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, as merchants kick off the annual race. Watch little rubber duckies float to a feather-flurried finish on the creek just before the footbridge by the lagoon. Tickets are on sale now. Buy a flock of five ducks at tickets-295879632947.rush-and-silver-splash-duck-races[1]eventbrite.com/e/4th-annual-gold-www.

ONGOING OMEGA (OPEN MINDS ENCOURAGING GENERAL ACCEPTANCE) social group meets the second Saturday each month for LGBTQIA+ youth and allies aged 12 to 20 years. Fun, friends, snacks, games in a welcoming environment. This program is a collaboration between The Clear Creek County Library District and Resilience 1220.

AUG. 25 LEARN TO SQUARE DANCE AND LINE DANCE at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 25 outside the Project Support Senior Center, 1402 Miner St. Join in the dancing or watch. There will be a limbo contest at 5:45 p.m.

THE PROJECT SUPPORT SENIOR CENTER offers free bingo from 12:30-2 p.m. the ﬁrst and third Tuesday and a monthly birthday celebration at noon the second Tuesday of the month.

SEPT. 17 THE FOURTH ANNUAL HANS BERG ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY cleanup program in Empire will be from 8-10 a.m. starting at the Empire Visitors Center. This event is sponsored by Friends of Clear Creek.

SEPT. 8 COLORADO LEGAL SERVICES will provide free legal assistance to seniors regarding Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps and Social Security at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 8 at the Project Support Senior Center, 1402 Miner St., Idaho Springs.

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SEPT. 1 ENJOY COFFEE HOUR at 10 a.m. Sept. 1 at the Project Support Senior Center, 1402 Miner St. to learn about the pros and cons of Medicare Advantage Plans and when you can make changes in your coverage.

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. Restaurants

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WELLNESS CLINIC is Monday through Friday for free blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol screenings at the Clear Creek Health and Wellness Center, 1969 Miner St., Idaho Springs. For more information and to make an appointment, call 303-670-7528.

MOUNT EVANS HOME HEALTH CARE & HOSPICE offers two monthly groups to provide emotional support services for caregivers helping ill, disabled or elderly loved ones. An in-person support group meets every third Monday from 4-6 p.m. at 3081 Bergen Peak Road, Evergreen, and a virtual support group meets every ﬁrst Tuesday from 10 a.m.-noon via Zoom. Call 303-674-6400 to learn how to connect to the group virtual call. For more information visit org/services/emotional-support/.mtevans.

THE PROJECT SUPPORT SENIOR CENTER offers Sit ‘n’ Stretch at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday at the center, 1402 Miner St., Idaho Springs. COVID-19 TESTING is available from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays in the dirt lot by Mount Buzz near the corner of Argentine and 11th Street in Georgetown, and from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Clear Creek Health and Wellness Center, 1969 Miner St., Idaho Springs. Appointments are recommended by visiting covidcheckcolorado.org/ﬁnd-our-sites.

PROJECT SUPPORT SENIOR CENTER will host a garden tea party at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 27 for children age 2-15. Sign up by donationcenter.compsmanager@projectsupportsenior-emailingorcall303-567-2382.A$5issuggested.

PROJECT SUPPORT SENIOR CENTER will host the Dancing Dog fairy tail costume contest starting at 11 a.m. Aug. 27 at the center, 1402 Miner St.

RESILIENCE1220 has a support group called College Age Community that meets from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. For information and the Zoom link, email lior@wisetreewellness.com.

VOA TRANSPORTATION is available on Fridays to the Idaho Springs Safeway and the post ofﬁce. The van leaves at 12:30 p.m. from 1402 Miner St., Idaho Springs.

WALK-IN VACCINE CLINICS for adults and children 5-17 plus ﬂu and other vaccines are available from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays at the Clear Creek Health and Wellness Center, 1969 Miner St., Idaho Springs. No appointments required for the vaccines.

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Bryan Lauersdorf has been coming to the Rapidgrass Bluegrass Festival since he moved

The crowd watches on at the 2022 RapidGrass Bluegrass Festival in Idaho Springs. locked in. Alex and Amber Davidson have been coming from Golden for about six years, only missing a few because of their children being born. “I love bluegrass,” said Alex. “The kids love it too.” This year they brought their son Hatcher, their newborn Westley and their daughter Eliza, who was too shy to elaborate on her own passion for bluegrass. Westley, similarly, did not comment on his passion for bluegrass.Somehave come even farther to listen, but not necessarily on purpose.Liam Peterson and his sister Emma came to Idaho Springs for the weekend from Las Vegas, Nevada for a family wedding and decided to take a day and give the festival a try. “I like it,” Liam said. “It’s not my usual choice, but it’s groovy.” The festival continued with Mark & Maggie, Buffalo Commons, The Credibility Gap, Gypsy Cattle Drive, The Wrecklunds, Jake Leg, Rapidgrass themselves with Sister Sarah as a special guest, and ﬁnished with Heavy Diamond Ring.

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A bandana can be used as a muffler to keep your neck warm, a scarf to keep your head cool, a hat to keep the part in your hair from being sunburned, or two tied into a belt keeps your pants up. It can be turned into a snare to catch small animals, a fishing line, a hammock for squirrels, a filter for drinking water or a necktie for your next formal party. Bandanas can be used to tie down your hat so it won’t fly away in the wind. They can secure your bottle of milk or wine cooling in the river so it won’t get washed down into the rapids, or your hiking buddy so he can’t interfere while you ransack his pack for chocolate (which, incidentally, was tied to a tree with a bandana so it wouldn’t fall over).They may be used as an arm sling for a broken clavicle, a tourniquet in case of bleeding, padding for splints when re-setting a bone or a gag to muffle the screams as one re-sets the bone. Several bandanas can be tied together to make a tarp, a ground cloth, an air mattress to be used with extreme haste or maybe an impromptu prom dress. They can be cut into pieces and used to play checkers. They can be folded up and used to patch your jeans. They can be unraveled (or raveled) and woven into a macramé belt. They can be lined with foil and used to boilTwowater.canbe tied together and used as a bikini bottom while one’s pants dry. They can be used to hold your hair back while you hike, to hold your food while you day hike or to hold over your face while you hold up a train. If soaked with water, bandanas can be used to lower the body temperature of a heat-exhaustion victim, or twisted into a “rat tail” and used to painfully snap someone who is stashing their used facial tissue under a rock. All in all, a bandana is something no hiker should ever be without. A bandana is truth, beauty, and a little bit of Rit dye. And once you join the ranks of bandana lovers, you, too, can sing the Chiquita Bandana anthem: “bandana, bandana, bandana is good enough for me.”

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I have long been known to have pet peeves about the debris hikers drop along trails, but one piece of litter has become more annoying: the ubiquitous facial tissue. A used tissue lying boldly in the middle of the path could indicate a person who does not know better. But a tissue stashed under a rock demonstrates that somebody knows it should be carried out, and is attempting to hide the evidence. While wearily picking up the umpteenth piece of used paper along a trail recently, I had to wonder why hikers don’t use handkerchiefs, or that incredibly versatile outdoor equivalent, the bandana. Westerners know bandanas as a square of imprinted cotton material used as neckwear or a hatband; a friend says they’re also great dinner napkins because they never need Bandanasironing.areused to blow one’s nose or wipe the sweat off one’s face. Sometimes the same bandana is employed for both purposes, though for some reason that seems to freak people out. We are, after all, talking about hiking, an activity in which one can go days without a change of underwear or a bath. Also, ladies — the lowly bandana can be used as a pee rag to avoid leaving unsightly wads of toilet paper along the trail. Dangling one’s pee rag on the back of a pack allows ultraviolet light to kill the nasties.

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While standardized tests are not the do all and be all for measuring student achievement, they can be a helpful tool to measure trends in how students are meeting educational expectations. In both 2019 and 2022, less than half of all students who were tested in every grade (3rd through 8th) and for both English and math met or exceeded expectations. As this new school year starts with fewer COVID restrictions and a much more traditional operation of our schools than in the last two years, the results of this year’s standardized test scores is a good reminder that we owe it to our kids and to our collective future to make schools and student achievement a priority.

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W we all knew intuitively that students’ education suffered during the pandemic, it was still sobering to see the latest standardized test results across Colorado. The results document that student test scores declined since the last pre-pandemic tests were administered to all third through eighth grade students in 2019. While standardized tests are not particularly popular and while there have been bi-partisan legislative efforts to scale them back, test results do show us trends of how students are doing on a macro level. Tests were canceled in 2020 and administered to a limited group of students in 2021. As would be expected given the disruption to schools, the 2021 tests showed significant declines, but those results provided limited chances to fully evaluate the results because the tests were not administered to all grades and participation levels were much lower than usual. All regularly tested students took the 2022 tests and participation levels equaled pre-pandemic levels, so they give us a chance to examine how the chaos of the pandemic on our kids’ education affected their progression. And when we add how the pandemic affected teachers and how they both do and feel about their jobs, these test results should be another wake-up call about the need to continually prioritize the importance of public education and our societal need to prioritize it in our lives and to make sure our educational institutions have sufﬁcient resources to do their jobs.

There are federal resources related to the pandemic that we should use to address speciﬁc deﬁciencies that are a result of the disruptions in our kids’ studies so that they can catch up, but any conclusions about the impact of the pandemic on student achievement is incomplete unless it continues on to acknowledge when it came to K-12 education, we had plenty of work to do before the pandemic.

Greg Romberg had a long career in state and local government and in government relations. He represented corporate, government and trade association clients before federal, state and local governments. He lives in Evergreen with his wife, Laurie.

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A bandana is usually cotton but can also be nylon, wool, microfiber, silk or fleece. It can be red, navy blue, yellow, magenta or puce – you name it. Bandanas can boast maps of the area, cattle brands, illustrations of edible plants, flowers or cloud formations. Some people may aspire to carry a bandana sporting lavender paisley delicately embroidered onto a chartreuse background – why not?

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We must insist on respect of the property of others and obey county regulations

Etta Satter, Beaver Brook Canyon

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Over this past spring, a developer purchased land at the top of a mountain with limited, very steep access. She proceeded to cut over 250 documented, labeled trees on four of her adjacent neighbors’ property without permission. Many of these were live trees, now oozing sap, branches littering the hillside. Clear cut swaths with no possible purpose, other than to carve out a road to the property without permits or permission. She continued to cut trees despite an arrest and further warnings from the sheriff’s department.

The woman in question is a developer and an engineer. As a professional, she should know about permits and private property rights, she should know better.

The public is welcome to attend the hearing, at 9 a.m. Aug. 30 in Georgetown. Hopefully individuals will have the opportunity to ask the court to reject the plea agreement offering diversion. We must insist on respect of the property of others and obey county regulations.

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A hearing in the criminal case against her will be heard at 9 a.m. on Aug. 30 at the courthouse in Georgetown, case 22CR45. Initial charges reﬂected the severity of her actions. But now we learn the District Attorney has decided to grant a plea agreement giving her diversion, a slap on the wrist. Diversion would be a disgrace to the landowners involved and the citizens of the county; it essentially gives a green light to this kind of behavior and would set a horrible precedent.

“I’d never been to Colorado, and I’d never done anything with bikes,” he said. “I’d never seen the mountains, the Rockies.”

“My goal is always to be as fast, faster and better,” he said In 2013, after spending years being in love with the race and the state of Colorado, Whitman moved to Evergreen. He lives in town with his wife and two children. This year, for his 20th finish, Whitman finished the race in 7 hours and 26 minutes. After his historic finish, he was able to celebrate with his friends and family. He also earned his 2,000-mile 20-year buckle — the buckles are coveted prizes for high mileage and times.

So he entered. But it was a lottery system, and Whitman almost forgot about the race because he knew his chances of getting in were slim. Until months later, when he got a letter congratulating him on being in the race. Then it was time to prepare. Whitman found encouragement from strangers in chat rooms online and trained for the race. He made it slowly across the ﬁnish line that ﬁrst year, but he was hooked.

He has quite a collection of the buckles now, including the “small buckle” for a ﬁnish under 12 hours, the “big buckle” for a ﬁnish under 9 hours, the 1,000-mile buckle and of course, the 2,000-mile buckle. But Whitman can’t keep his mind from wandering to the next year’s race for long. “You always can do more, you always can learn more,” he said. Whitman is excited for next year. But for now, he’s doing some local rides he enjoys, like road biking on Mestaa’Ėhehe Pass, or mountain biking on Bergen Peak.

Evergreen man ﬁnishes 20th Leadville Trail 100 MTB race

Whitman rode the race for the 20th time on Aug. 13.

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ville Trail 100 MTB race over 20 years ago, Nate Whitman didn’t even own a bike. Now, he’s finished the race 20 times. The Leadville 100, which started in 1983, is a mountain biking race across 100 miles of the Rocky Mountains in Leadville, CO. People travel from all over the world to compete in the Backraceinthe early 2000s, Whitman was living in California and trying to find his niche after graduating from a college soccer career at Stanford University. He tried club soccer and running, but had not found “his thing.”Hisnext step was a trip to Recreational Equipment, Inc. with no plan, just hopes of finding a new hobby.Thetrip to REI was all but a bust until Whitman got to the checkout area, where he picked up a random magazine and saw a story about the Leadville 100 bike race. He then decided that was what he would set his sights on.

“I kept coming to Leadville,” he said.After he got a taste of the race, year that Lance Armstrong competed in the race and took 2nd. Since he started 20 years ago, Whitman has been in the top 10 ﬁnishers three times and has broken seven hours threeOvertimes.theyears, Whitman spent time in the pro division, competing with top racers from around the world. When he got into his 40s, he decided to step back and compete in age divisions, but it did not cap his competitiveness — he won the 40s age division one year.

Whitman received his 2000 mile buckle after the ﬁnish. COURTESY PHOTOS PROVIDED BY NATE WHITMAN Whitman was joined by friends and family for celebration after his 20th ﬁnish.

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They’re going back to school, too — but this time, they’ll be on the other side of the desk.

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First-year educators hope to make positive impacts

Likewise, Chelsea Vandurme of Carlson Elementary School in Idaho Springs worked in the mortgage industry, as a coach, and —most recently — as a stay-at-home mom. She also served as a substitute for the nearby elementary schools before getting her certiﬁcate to teach preschool this May. “I love working with kids,” she said. “I love … being a part of the community and being the foundation of the school.”

“I didn’t even know the music room was this big and awesome,” she continued.

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The Georgetown resident said substitute-teaching at Carlson gave her a chance to get to know the students and the community ﬁrst. So, once she received her early childhood teaching certiﬁcate from Red Rocks Community College, teaching at Carlson was the logical choice. Because preschool can often be intimidating or challenging for students, Vandurme said she wants to make the experience a positive one. “I want them to want to come to school,” she Meanwhile,continued.atFairmount Elementary between Golden and Arvada, Hirn and her colleagues started classes Aug. 16. Hirn will be teaching music to 450-500 students across a three-week rotation. Hirn, who lives in Arvada, was a student-teacher at a nearby elementary school, and loved the area and the district. So, in looking for jobs, she felt like Fairmount Elementary would be ideal because of its sense of community and culture.

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Hirn felt similarly, remarking how “everyone remembers a teacher who made a positive impact” on their lives. She said she wanted to be that teacher for others. Peter Ferrante, of Overland Trail Middle School in Adams County, described how he pursued other careers before becoming a teacher. In these other jobs, he always “really enjoyed helping others ﬁnd what they’re passionate about.” So, Ferrante became a teacher to do exactly that, but full-time.

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First-year teachers and their colleagues across the Denver metro area are kicking off the 2022-23 school year this month. For the past two and a half years, teachers have been on the front lines as classrooms went virtual and returned with masks. They have fought for more recognition and betterSomepay.ﬁrst-year teachers have experienced some of these challenges as substitutes or student teachers, but it hasn’t deterred them from pursuing the profession.

“You hear all these negative things that people on the outside say about teaching, but being on the inside … seeing all the students grow and making those connections is worth it,” said Laura Hirn of Jefferson County’s Fairmount Elementary. While the “hows” differ for each ﬁrst-year teacher, the “whys” are virtually the same: “I want to be the teacher I never had,” said Jennah Lacy of Prairie View High School in Adams County.

Learning the basics Being a coach is all about building on a student’s preexisting skillset, but being a preschool teacher is all about instilling the very basics, Vandurme explained. Along with colors, shapes, numbers and letters, her job is also helping them learn social-emotional skills, build conﬁdence, and become moreCarlsonindependent.Elementary kicked off the ﬁrst day of class on Aug. 22, and Vandurme expressed how excited she was to meet her students.

Laura Hirn is a ﬁrst-year music teacher at Fairmount Elementary School near Arvada. Hirn recalled how she loved school so much as a child that, each summer, she counted the days until school started again. With that appreciation for the school environment, Hirn pursued her passion of teaching music.

As a ﬁrst-year teacher, Lacy recognized there will be challenges to navigate this year and beyond. But, in those times, she planned to reﬂect on why she’s there. “We’re preparing the next generation … (and) it takes a certain kind of person to do that,” she said. “It takes a lot of hard work and patience. But it’s important to have that passion to want to be here. Because the kids can feel that.”

Hirn majored in music education at Colorado State University, and could have taught any grade level in K-12. She opted for elementary school because she loved the atmosphere.“Music just spirals,” she said, describing how what students learn in elementary school become fundamental for later musical education. Music is the universal language, Hirn said, and she’s seen the kind of connections students can make with it. She hoped to share her passion for performing, saying she wants to inspire at least one student to pursue a career in choir or music the way she has.

Peter Ferrante joins Brighton’s Overland Trail Middle School as an eighth-grade language and literature teacher. Ferrante was a teacher resident at Overland Trail last spring, and decided to return because of the faculty’s teamwork-ﬁrst culture and the student community.

Helping build a bright future On Aug. 11, both Lacy and Ferrante had their ﬁrst full day of classes. Ferrante, who teaches eighthgrade language and literature at Brighton’s Overland Trail Middle School, was a teacher-resident at the school last year. He participated in the Denver-based Public Education & Business Coalition to translate his experience in journalism into teaching language and literature.

Peter Ferrante, an eighth-grade language and literature teacher, describes “Ghost” and other books students will read in his class at Brighton’s Overland Trail Middle School.

As for why he opted for middle school, Ferrante said it’s a time when teachers can bolster students’ conﬁdence and skills before they go to high “Middleschool.school is a special time,” he said. “There’s so much positive change you can Coincidentally,have.”Lacy felt the same way about high school. She felt like the age group was a fun one to teach, saying she wanted to prepare them for life after high school.

Chelsea Vandurme, a preschool teacher at Idaho Springs’ Carlson Elementary, decorates her classroom door with caterpillars and the phrase “Let’s grow” as she prepares for the 2022-23 school year.

While Ferrante recognized that not every student will love reading and writing like he does, he wanted to emphasize analytical skills and learning how to inform oneself and argue a position.

The Aurora resident decided to return to Overland Trail because of the camaraderie among the staff and the great student population, saying, “It made me sure I wanted to stay here.”

Laura Hirn, a music teacher at Je erson County’s Fairmount Elementary, hopes to instill her students with a love of singing and music. Hirn will be teaching 450-500 students total, with class rotating through her music room every three weeks.

Lacy teaches integrated mathematics at Prairie View High School, which is near Commerce City. Like Ferrante, she understood not every student will enjoy math. But, she wanted to instill problem-solving skills and a passion for learning, so her students always remember the lessons behind the math. Lacy, who’s from Parker but now lives in Denver’s Central Park neighborhood, went through the CU Teach program through the University of Colorado-Boulder. She majored in math with a minor in education.Whiletraveling in Florida, she did a Zoom interview with Prairie View. Even through the computer screen, Lacy felt welcomed and that the school was “a great community to be a part of,” she described.

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Chelsea Vandurme is a ﬁrst-year preschool teacher at Carlson Elementary in Idaho Springs. Vandurme served as a substitute teacher and coach at Carlson Elementary and around Clear Creek County, which she said proved good experience for getting to know the students, the school and the community.

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• Moose are very protective of their territory and young, so people should always keep a safe distance. Moose react to dogs as they would a wolf — by trying to crush it with their hooves — so keep dogs leashed or at home when recreating in areas where moose frequent. Motorists should also keep an eye out for the early morning. For more tips on living safely with moose and other wildlife, visit CPW’s website.

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• Moose have black or very dark brown hair, and a dewlap of skin called a “bell” that hangs from their jaw. They typically live in forested areas close to lakes and marshes. They are very territorial and rarely leave their homes in the winter.

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• Before the 1970s, moose had wandered into Colorado occasionally. However, there wasn’t a breeding population until moose were introduced to North Park from Utah and Wyoming in 1978 and 1979. Populations have expanded from there, with more animals transplanted across the state. Individual moose may wander from the mountains and sometimes graze alongside cattle on the edge of the plains.

A Colorado moose jumps over a fence. Bull moose can grow to be 6 feet tall at the shoulder and weigh more than 1,000 pounds. COURTESY OF COLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE

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• As the largest of the deer family, a bull moose can be 9-and-a-half feet long, 6 feet tall at the shoulder, and weigh more than 1,000 pounds. Antlers of a bull in its prime can weigh more than 50 pounds.

• Moose breed in late September and early October, which is one of the few times moose form small groups. Calves are then born in late May and early June and have a reddish-brown coat that darkens as they grow. Females often have twins.

A Colorado moose walks through a forest. Antlers on a bull moose in its prime can weigh as much as 50 pounds. COURTESY OF COLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE

In honor of Colorado Parks & Wildlife’s 125th anniversary this year, the Clear Creek Courant and the Canyon Courier will have a monthly photo page celebrating the state’s amazing wildlife and parks. Each page will celebrate a different local animal or group of animals, including fun facts provided by CPW. For August, the mountain newspapers are celebrating moose.

• For their diet, willows are a source of food and shelter for moose in the wintertime. In the summer, they graze on grasses, forbs, underwater vegetation, bushes, coniferous needles and leaves. Some North Park ranchers welcomed moose as a control on willows, which invade irrigated hayﬁelds. However, in the winter, moose may compete with livestock and elk for grazing.

• Moose are excellent swimmers thanks to their buoyant hollow hair and long legs. They can swim up to 5 mph, which is faster than any human, and can dive as deep as 20 feet to forage for underwater vegetation. In Alaska and Canada, moose are sometimes attacked by orcas as they forage along the coastlines. In Colorado, moose wade into lakes and eat plants at the bottom. Their long legs are also advantageous for navigating deep snow and pawing for food in the wintertime, while their hollow hair helps keep them insulated from the cold.

A moose cools o in a stream along Shadow Mountain Drive in the Conifer area.

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A cow moose and calf wander through a Colorado mountainside. Calves are reddishbrown in color when born, but their color darkens as they grow. COURTESY OF COLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE

August Wildlife Photo Page: Moose

Starks said some issues have been addressed. One notable one was the lack of funding to promote the program. Earlier this month, the FCC launched “Your Home, Your Internet,” a one-year pilot program to provide $5 million in grants to local community organizations and

About 80% of Colorado households eligible for $30 to $75 a month to pay for internet service don’t seem to want the free beneﬁt. Or perhaps, they just don’t know aboutThat’sit.

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why Geoffrey Starks, a commissioner with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, dropped by A.B. Hirschfeld Towers in Denver on Aug. 17. He wanted to see if he could pique anyone’s interest in the federal Affordable Connectivity Program. The $14.2 billion program provides $30 for households — and $75 a month for tribal households — and also offers $100 to pay for internet devices.

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“A quote I’d like to talk about comes from William Gibson. He’s a science ﬁction writer who said, ‘The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed,’” Starks said during a news conference. “And that is absolutely true. There are households out there that we are working hard to make sure they get 5G and gigabit speeds. But there are too many millions of Americans who still don’t have fundamental basic internet.”InColorado, about 761,000 households are eligible for the program, based on folks already participating in federal programs such as free and reduced school lunch, Pell Grants, Lifeline, Medicaid and Section 8 housing assistance. As of Aug. 15, 154,703 Colorado households were enrolled, according to the Universal Service Administrative Company. That’s 20.3% of eligible households. Nationwide, the numbers are higher. About 13 million, or 27% of 48 million eligible households, have enrolled in the program, which can be done online, by mail or through a participating local internet provider. ACP is the spin-off of the pandemic’s Emergency Broadband Beneﬁt, which provided $50 a month and had meager participation in Colorado and ended on Dec. 31.

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To date, only 10% of those residents have — or about 500,000 out of 48 million households. “That number has got to change. It’s got to come up. That’s why I’m here today, letting you all know we need to increase awareness,” Starks said.Another issue was that people who are eligible are confused about whether they actually are. Starks spelled it out: If you’re on any type of federal assistance, you’re eligible. The FCC is also working specifi cally with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to streamline enrollment for Section 8 households through a data sharing and computer matching agreement. An additional $5 million in grants is dedicated to improve that 10% enrollment for residents in federal housing.Residents of Hirschfeld Towers happen to live in one of the Denver FROM PAGE 14 INTERNET SEE INTERNET, P17

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THE IDAHO CREEK 567-2057 about $10 a But a concern that resident Miguel Lopez had about ACP was what happens when the money runs out?“There are a lot who do know about it but don’t access it, it’s because they’re unfamiliar with supposedly hidden fees and hidden costs or even just the end of it,” Lopez said. “Why get used to some thing that’s going to get taken away fromStarksyou?”assured residents at the meeting that there’s enough money in the $14 billion program to “last for a number of years,” though it would take an act of Congress to extend the program and provide funding.“Youare not going to get charged the minute the $14.2 billion ends. There’s going to be a lot of notice,” Starks said. “And by the way, as soon as we understand that the number is starting to draw down, I can assure you that I’m going to be in front of Congress along with many other colleagues to make sure we get reauthorized and reappropriated. But what I don’t want people to miss here today is that today is your day to get Manyenrolled.”internet providers already offer some sort of discounted pro gram to low-income households. In May, the White House announced that 20 major companies that cover 80% of America had agreed to pro vide 100-megabit service for less than $30 a month to help make the service free with the ACP subsidy. Comcast was among them. The company, which has a $9.95 monthly internet plan offering speeds of 50 mbps, added a ‘plus’ tier to offer 100 mbps for $29.99. The cable and internet provider is working with the state on its digital navigator program, which is in tended to not just get internet access to those who need it or can’t afford it, but help them understand how to better use the internet. Comcast also is providing $1.1 million in cash and in-kind support to the state and community organizations for their digital equity initiatives.

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And Whereas, Said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Sale Certificate of Purchase therefore to SSB HOMES LLC; And Whereas, That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017; And Whereas, That said real estate was taxed in the names of ALLEN ELSIE C for said year of And2017;Whereas, That said SSB HOMES LLC on the 15 day of JULY, A.D. 2022, 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 is sued to the said SSB HOMES LLC at 11:00 o’clock A.M., on the 13 day of DECEMBER, A.D. 2022, unless the same has been redeemed. And Whereas, Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execu tion of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 03 day of AUGUST, A.D. 2022.

FOOTHILLS REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDI CAL & TRAUMA ADVISORY COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS: The County holds three posi tions with the Foothills Regional Emergency Medi cal & Trauma Advisory Council Board of Directors (FRETAC). Purpose: To create, enhance, and promote a systematic approach to the care of the critically ill or injured through quality improvement, injury prevention, disaster planning and coordina tion of partners in the healthcare continuum. Duties: The objective of the Foothills Regional Emergency Trauma Advisory Council (Foothills RETAC) will be to promote and support cooperation and regionalization of the Emergency Medical and Trauma Services in the Foothills RETAC. The council will evaluate and make recommenda tions, provide support and make applications for grants and subsidies, all to improve services in the Foothills RETAC. To operate programs mandated by state statute for regional emergency trauma councils, and to carry out such other activities, programs and duties as may be mandated by the state of Colorado and its agencies including the State Board of Health, the Department of Public Health and Environment and Department of Public Safety, for the purposes of promoting the health, safety and welfare of the residents of Colorado.

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To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occu pancy 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 ALLEN ELSIE C And Whereas, You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 09 day of NOVEMBER, A.D. 2018, the then County Treasurer of Clear Creek County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to SSB HOMES LLC the following described real estate in the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado, to wit:

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And Whereas, You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 07 day of NOVEMBER, A.D. 2008, the then County Treasurer of Clear Creek County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to WILLIAM HOLBERG the following described real estate in the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado, to wit: TAX LIEN SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE #200720070054 Property Schedule R003234 Parcel 183530200601 MINE: BERTHA MAUD – 20658 UNDIVIDED .66% 9.79 ACRES MA 30-3-73 COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO And Whereas, Said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Sale Certificate of Purchase therefore to WILLIAM HOLBERG; And Whereas, That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2007; And Whereas, That said real estate was taxed in the names of EVELYN MCCLENDON for said year of 2007; And Whereas, That said WILLIAM HOLBERG on the 15 day of AUGUST, A.D. 2022, 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 HOLBERG at 11:00 o’clock A.M., on the 03 day of JANUARY, A.D. 2023, 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.

The Commissioners are looking for one mem ber who must be a resident of Clear Creek County and have the ability and commitment to be an active board member for 2022. No. CCC410 August 18, 2022 25, 2022 Clear PUBLIC NOTICE

This Board of Directors meets the third Wednes day of the month from 3:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M. at either St. Anthony’s Hospital or Lutheran Medical Center. For the latest information on board meet ings, please contact Foothills RETAC directly at 720-485-4380.**

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