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Grand jury to investigate Christian Glass case

5th Judicial DA presents o cer-involved shooting case to a grand jury

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sen. Cory Booker joins democratic candidates in Idaho Springs

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fifth Judicial District Attorney Heidi McCollum announced on Oct. 26 that she will be presenting the officer-involved shooting of Christian Glass to the Fifth Judicial Grand Jury.

DA’s office has been investigating the death of Boulder man Christian Glass that took place on June 10, 2022 in Silver Plume. The DA’s investigation has been in collaboration with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and other state, local and federal agencies.

“After a comprehensive investigation, I now intend to bring this matter to the grand jury which, at my request, is scheduled to convene multiple times during the month of November,” said McCollum in a press release from the DA’s office.

McCollum continued that events like these must be properly investigated in order to seek justice.

The shooting has spurred public outcry in Clear Creek County, as

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Sen. Booker gives a rousing speech to the crowd.

PHOTOS BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE

Gov. Polis shakes hands with local constituents.

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special guest Sen. Cory Booker from New Jersey.

Sen. Michael Bennet, Congressman Joe Neguse, Gov. Jared Polis, Secretary of State Jena Griswold and others were welcomed to the pickup truck-turned-stage in front of Tommyknocker Brewery.

Clear Creek commissioner Randy

Wheelock opened the event with one of his crowd-rousing speeches, and then remarks were heard from nearly all the politicians present.

“It’s an honor to have people of this caliber come visit Idaho Springs,” said Idaho Springs Mayor Chuck Harmon.

Commissioner Wheelock was grateful for the involvement of the senators and governor in recent Clear Creek projects like the Health and Wellness Center and the Floyd Hill Project.

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Week of October 24, 2022

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 24 hours preceding the observation time. 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.

“(They’ve) been instrumental in bringing home funding for Floyd Hill,” Wheelock said.

and ended up in the senate together years later.

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Sen. Booker was on the Colorado tour to support his longtime friend, Sen. Bennet.

Week of October 24, 2022

“He’s been my friend, may not want to admit it, but (for) about 20 years,” Booker said. “I would walk through fire for him.”

The two met when Bennet was superintendent of Denver Public Schools and Booker was a city councilperson. They stayed in touch

“When you meet someone that’s so authentic, they fulfill that idea of what it means to be a senator,” Booker said of Bennet.

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”

Nov. 1 is the last day to mail in your ballot in Clear Creek County, and Nov. 8 is election day. More election information can be found on the county website’s notice for the general election.

Sen. Bennet delivers his speech to an anticipating crowd.

Congressman Neguse takes the stage on the pickup truck trailer on Miner Street.

Miner Street Mall fills up with a crowd ready for the politicians.

PHOTOS BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE

The “moving Colorado forward” bus had trouble moving through Idaho Springs due to its large size.

Sally Glass,center, mother of

Christian Glass who was shot by police after

his sisters Katie, left,

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Vail Mountain Co ee and Tea

phon and more.

Holiday Open House Friday

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For classic espresso lovers tired of all the crazy milk concoctions and sugary drinks at chain shops, Vail Mountain Coffee and Tea aims to bring the focus back to “coffee first.”

Chris Chantler and his business partner Craig Arseneau opened their first shop in Vail in 1989 called the Daily Grind, which quickly became a community hub. The pair opened a few more shops but then pivoted toward roasting operations.

After being in the wholesale world for a few years, the duo decided they wanted to return to what made their original idea work.

“We wanted to bring community back to our business,” Chantler said.

The shop, now named Vail Mountain Coffee and Tea, has multiple locations around the mountains in Minturn, Avon and Downieville.

The shop prides itself on having a coffee-based menu, featuring many ways to have your drink prepared including Chemex, pour over, Si-

“You can really have a true coffee experience,” Chantler said.

The shop also bakes treats on-site including croissants, cookies, empanadas and more.

“We not only have freshly roasted, sustainable coffee, we have a fantastic array of baked goods,” Chantler said.

Vail Mountain Coffee and Tea also works to maintain a strong relationship in the coffee community. The business participates in enrichment programs throughout communities and works to support women-owned coffee farms in Colombia.

Beyond making great drinks, the business prides itself in “having purpose and being sustainable on many levels,” Chantler said.

In any of the locations, Vail Mountain Coffee and Tea offers a selection of 20 coffees, including single origins, dark roasts, light roasts and more.

The Downieville location in Clear Creek is open from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. 7 days a week. You can find it off I-70 exit 234 at 999 County Road #30 Downieville, CO.

And a note for the milk concoction and sweet drink lovers: Vail Mountain Coffee and Tea does offer a few flavored syrups and will make your drink however you like.

One of the baristas prepares a mocha.

PHOTOS BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE

The co ee shop o ers a variety of beans in shop.

The shop is a friendly stop along I-70 up to the mountains.

Clear Creek County Housing Department is inviting county residents to a class on mobile home

Colorado, a multiracial, grassroots non-profit that uses public education and more to achieve economic justice, as well as the Five Star

communities face is the risk of corporate buyouts. While residents may own their homes, they might not own the land underneath, and

new ownership could change living

gonna have a home in the long run,”

dents about organizing, leadership, outreach and more, Brooks hopes to empower residents and keep them

“The people in these parks make this county function, and without them we would be seeing issues that would require a lot of changes from the state,” Brooks said.

Vote to Support Local Business

paid for by Small Business owners of Clear Creek County

Clear Creek residents can learn how to organize, advocate and maintain community in mobile home parks at an upcoming class.

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Survey shows veteran homelessness decreased 31%

BY TATIANA FLOWERS THE COLORADO SUN

number of veterans who are homeless in metro Denver decreased more than 30% from 2020 to 2022, despite an overall increase in the region’s homeless population, according to new survey data released Oct. 20 by The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative.

Veterans have historically been overrepresented in homelessness in metro Denver, Colorado, and across the country. However, federal and local governments have been working together to increase housing resources specifically for the population.

“The government has stepped up their investment in resolving veteran homelessness. We’ve been seeing steady declines as those investments have kicked up,” said Cathy Alderman, chief communications and public policy officer for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

The Obama administration made it a top priority to dramatically increase awareness about veterans’ high risk of becoming homeless, and in 2013, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs announced almost $70 million in grants to assist in addressing the issue across the country through rental assistance, case management and clinical services provided by the VA.

In mid-September, the VA an-

nounced it had awarded another $137 million in grants to help house veterans and their families who were homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless.

Many states, including Colorado, are also targeting veterans who are homeless and working with an organization, Community Solutions, which runs a campaign, Built for Zero, that works to end homelessness among subgroups, including veterans.

“It’s a subset of the population of people experiencing homelessness that really can be targeted and evaluated,” Alderman said. “And so we’ve seen this trend over the last few years: When you increase investment in resolving veterans homelessness, veterans homelessness goes down. When you target resources to better track, evaluate and connect veteran services together, we see better outcomes in veteran homelessness. If we took that same model and did it for families experiencing homelessness, or youth experiencing homelessness, or people who were experiencing chronic homelessness, we would see the same results.”

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has several programs focused on serving veterans, including a housing development it opened during the pandemic called The Veterans Renaissance Apartments at Fitzsimons in Aurora, and through its Fort Lyon supportive program in southeastern Colorado for people who are homeless and

have a substance use disorder.

“If we can do it for veterans, we can do it for families, for individuals, for youth, if we’re prepared and we have the political will to make these investments,” Alderman said.

The data released Thursday is from the annual point-in-time count, conducted Jan. 24, and included people staying in shelters and outdoors in the seven-county metro Denver area. It showed an overall increase of 784 people experiencing homelessness compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2020,

the last time the region completed a comprehensive count.

The count is only a snapshot of homelessness. Many variables could result in an undercount, Metro Denver Homeless Initiative leaders said. On the night of the count, trained volunteers and staff cruise around local streets interviewing people and families who are homeless using a standardized survey before the results are released months later.

People living on the streets, in

Homeless residents camp in a Lakewood park.

PHOTO BY ANDREW FRAIELI

shelters and in transitional housing programs were counted. People at risk of becoming homeless, such as those living with friends and family or in a motel, are not included in the count.

In January 2020, about six weeks before the beginning of the pandemic and the last time a comprehensive survey was conducted, there were 6,104 people counted who were homeless. The region did not count people staying outdoors in 2021 because of safety concerns related to COVID-19.

This year, 6,884 people were counted, a 12.8% increase. According to the results, 4,806 people stayed in emergency shelters, transitional housing or safe haven programs, and 2,078 people slept on the streets or in places not meant for human habitation. The number of people staying in shelters remained fairly consistent while the number of people living on the streets significantly increased.

One in three people were homeless for the first time. An overwhelming majority of people surveyed, 5,317, were single adults, age 25 or older with no children. Surveyors also identified 1,207 families, defined as an adult age 25 or older with at least one child with them, and 360 people age 18-24, who were unaccompanied or parenting.

Of those counted, 37% reported a mental health condition, 30% reported a chronic health condition and 16% reported experiencing

domestic violence.

Black people, Native Americans/ Alaska Natives, multiracial people and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders are significantly overrepresented in the region’s homeless population, according to the survey.

“The overrepresentation of people of color, specifically Black and Native Americans, among those experiencing homelessness is critical to the response,” said Jamie Rife, executive director of The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, the regional system that coordinates services and housing for people experiencing homelessness. “Homelessness is an issue of race and must be approached through this lens.”

While the count can help human service leaders understand homelessness on a single night, a comprehensive system disseminating real-time data regionally is the ultimate goal, Rife said.

The region has made strides in decreasing its reliance on the one-night count. Instead, providers and municipal leaders are working together to improve participation with the region’s Homeless Management Information System to make data about those experiencing homelessness accessible each day.

Boulder recently became the first community in the region to reach a new milestone: The county can now track every adult experiencing homelessness by name in real time. Only a small number of communities across the country have reached the same milestone, according to Thursday’s news release.

While the region was able to locate and count 6,884 people on a

single night, the number of people who are homeless in the region is likely closer to 31,000 throughout the course of the year, Rife said.

“This data highlights the dynamic nature of homelessness and the importance of real-time data to allow the region to coordinate effectively and allocate resources efficiently,” she said.

The organization releases annually the State of Homelessness report with more data about regional

homelessness. Infographic reports by county and an interactive dashboard are available at The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative website.

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. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

Seen from across the South Platte River, a man dismantles a canopy during a sweep of a homeless camp in 2020.

FILE PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT

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The Clear Creek County Library District empowers our community through literacy, human connection, and equal access to resources. Connect with a librarian today to learn more.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Pumpkin Smash Pumpkin SMASH is family-friendly, earth-friendly fun! Don’t trash your Halloween jack-o’-lanterns — smash them! Visit the CCCLD tent while you’re there to pick up a special treat and learn about library resources. Learn more about Pumpkin SMASH at www.clearcreekrecreation.com.

Idaho Springs Sports & Events Complex

101 East Idaho Springs Road 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Nov. 5

Bighorn puppet workshop

Create a bighorn puppet at this craft workshop for kids! Bring your creativity; we’ll provide the supplies. We are proud to offer this workshop as part of the Bighorn Sheep Festival. Learn more about the Festival at https://visitclearcreek.com/ bighorn-sheep-festival/

John Tomay Memorial Library

10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Nov. 12

Storytimes

Share stories, play games and get creative with us!

Idaho Springs Public Library

11: 15 a.m. Tuesdays

John Tomay Memorial Library

11:15 a.m. Thursdays

FREE COMPASS FRIDAYS AT THE LIBRARIES

Let your compass guide you to fun!

Calling Clear Creek kids: join us for FREE fun on Fridays! We’ll offer scheduled afternoon activities at Idaho Springs Public Library and John Tomay Memorial Library, plus a range of activities kids can independently pursue at their own pace throughout the day (puzzles, games, computer time, quiet reading, etc).

Please visit our website at www. cccld.org for a detailed calendar.

Children under the age of eight will need adult supervision. While the Libraries provide programs for young patrons, please note that we are not a childcare provider and are not responsible for supervising children visiting our branches.

12:30 p.m.: Snack

1 p.m.: Guided activity

2:30 p.m.: Snack

3 p.m.: Independent activity

Library branches close at 5 p.m. on Fridays. Please pick up your children by 4:30 p.m.

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COMPASS FRIDAY VIRTUAL REALITY SESSIONS

Explore new worlds at our virtual reality sessions for tweens and teens (ages 12 years and older). Registration is required. Please email heather@cccld.org to learn more and save your spot.

Idaho Springs Public Library

3-4:30 p.m. Nov. 4 @ 3

John Tomay Memorial Library

3-4:30 p.m. Nov. 18

BOOK GROUPS

Connect with other Clear Creek County readers at our book groups. Email libby@cccld.org for information.

Idaho Springs Book Group

4 p.m. Nov. 14

“The Hospital” by Brian Alexander

John Tomay Memorial Library Book Group

3 p.m. Nov. 17

“The Silent Patient”by Alexander Michaelides

ADULT CRAFTS

Craft a holiday gift-in-ajar!Supplies will be provided, but space is limited. To reserve your spot, please email chris@cccld.org

Idaho Springs Public Library 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15

John Tomay Memorial Library 5:30 p.m. Nov.17

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

OMEGA (Open Minds Encouraging General Acceptance)

A collaboration between Resilience 1220 and Clear Creek County Library District.

Join us for games, fun, and snacks the second Saturday of each month! While everyone aged 12 - 20 years is welcome, this program is designed to be a safe space for LGBTQ+ youth. Please email joe@cccld.org for more information.

Idaho Springs Public Library

Noon – 2 p.m. Nov.12

NOVEMBER STAFF BOOK PICK

TEAM MEMBER: Miss Honeybun

RECOMMENDATION: “Porcupine’s Pie” by Laura Renauld

GENRE: picture book

MISS HONEYBUN SAYS: This picture book about forest animals collaborating to prepare for the big Fall Feast has all the ingredients for a sweet children’s story! Charming illustrations, gentle themes of sharing and friendship, and an autumnal banquet evoke the pleasures of Thanksgiving traditions. Read this with your children to set the tone for your own celebrations. Five out of five carrots!

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LIBRARY SERVICES

COVID Supplies

FREE masks and take-home COVID tests are available for pickup at your Clear Creek County Library branches.

Collection

Check out books, movies, laptops, hotspots, tablets, and more. Our Library of Things includes nontraditional items like cookware, kids’ science kits, a therapy lamp, and even an Oculus Quest!

Explore our book and movie collection at www.cccld.org View our Library of Things at https://cccld. org/library-of-things/ Or, call your Clear Creek County library to learn more and request items.

Do you have the Libby App? Download the Libby App by Overdrive to your smart device to access thousands of e-books and audiobooks, available for checkout with your library card. Visit https://cccld.org/ library-resources/ and click on the Overdrive/Libby icon to get started.

VISITING AND CURBSIDE PICKUP HOURS

All Clear Creek County Libraries will be closed: Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day Nove. 24 and Nov. 25 in observance of Thanksgiving

Idaho Springs Public Library Hours

Monday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday: CLOSED

John Tomay Memorial Library Hours

Monday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday: CLOSED

Local History Archives (in the Georgetown Heritage Center) — visitors are welcome with appointment.

Curbside pickup services are available by appointment; please contact your library branch to schedule your pickup.

HOME DELIVERY

Do you need library materials, but are unable to leave your home? Let us bring the library to you! Call us for details.

Idaho Springs Public Library: 303567-2020

John Tomay Memorial Library: 303-569-2620

Local History Archives: 303-569-

TECH ACCESS & STUDY SPACES

Enjoy access to computers, WiFi, and study spaces at your Clear Creek County Library.

Book our conference room at Idaho Springs Public Library for a quiet space to meet or work. Please call 303-567-2020 to make your reservation.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Did you know that you can book a librarian for technical assistance? Our library staff can assist you with a variety of tasks –– using a tablet or smartphone, navigating the internet, setting up an email account, posting a resume online, accessing information, and more. Contact your Clear Creek County Library branch or email heather@cccld.org for more information.

PRINTS, COPIES, FAXES

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NOTARY SERVICES

Notary services are FREE! Please contact your Clear Creek County Library branch to book your appointment.

LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES

Help yourself to free, gently-loved books from our Little Free Libraries at these Clear Creek County locations:

Idaho Springs

Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District

Clear Creek Health and Wellness Center

Edelweiss Pastry Shop

Georgetown Georgetown Market Georgetown Visitors Center St. Mary’s Glacier Alice Schoolhouse

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Change Makers helps older adults explore what’s next

Most people think of col lege as a place to go at the beginning of your career. The University of Colora do-Denver is reimagining higher education as a place for people at the end of their primary working years as well.

A new CU-Denver program called Change Makers, launching in January, will bring experienced professionals who are approach ing or already in retirement back to college for a semester to explore possibilities, retool and renew their purpose.

Midlife is filled with transitions, not all of them easy. The good news is that at this stage of life, people’s experience, skills and wisdom have never been greater — or more needed in the world.

New options for a new life stage

Longer lifespans due to health advances in the last century have led sociologists to define a whole new life stage — an average extra 30 years after the family-raising, pro fession-building years. Yet careers are often still expected to end when people are in their 60s, with ripple effects on those in their 50s.

Choices at this stage have tra ditionally been full-time work or full-time leisure. But many people are now looking at retirement differ ently than previous generations did. They want something in between.

Some need to continue earning a salary to support longer lifespans. Others are interested in staying engaged, and in giving back to their communities. Surveys indicate a strong desire among people over 50 for continued meaningful engage ment. This represents a huge un tapped resource for our community.

Here is where higher education is beginning to step in. The CU-Denver Change Makers program is based on the success of similar programs in other states. Unlike traditional programs for older adults that focus on learning new work skills or dabbling in a topic of intellectual interest, these programs are focused specifically on helping older adults transition well from one life stage to a new one that includes purpose and impact.

First class starts in January

Change Makers’ inaugural class will begin in January and continue through April. The four-month program will be held in a hybrid in-person/online format, meeting twice each week. The instructor, who has decades of experience leading programs for older adults in transition, will lead discussions on navigating transition and thinking differently about the next stage. In a tailored seminar series, participants will hear from experts on issues relating to aging and retirement. And with opportunities to audit CU-Denver classes and an optional applied internship in a nonprofit or social enterprise, fellows will explore areas of interest and growth and develop a plan for using their wisdom in a new, fulling context.

The goal of Change Makers is to make change — in the participants themselves and in their communi ties.

Universities do this with younger students all the time. Why not later in life as well?

Michelle Marks is the chancellor of the University of Colorado-Den ver. Find more information on the Change Makers program at ucdenver. edu/change-makers.

Twelve years ago, my life changed after reading a book by Kim Bar nouin. Tears streamed down my cheeks after reading behind-thescenes reports from undercover journalists revealing the horrifying treatment of animals on factory farms. I am certain that I had just eaten a chicken sandwich for dinner prior to my nightly reading. But that night, I decided to go vegan cold turkey.

I didn’t know what being vegan would be like, but that information upset me so deeply, I wanted to do everything I could to not contribute to the mistreatment of animals anymore.

And so my vegan journey began.

At first, I didn’t know a thing about cooking because everything I ate came from a box, bag or from the freezer. Without meat as a main, what would I eat? I had to un-learn everything I’d known about food. At the time, I lived in Cleveland with family, including a self-proclaimed “carnivore” uncle who ate the typi

cal midwestern diet of steak and potatoes. Family poked fun at my sensitive nature, which made holi days especially uncomfortable, but my conviction remained unwavered.

I remember my first Thanksgiv ing as a vegan. We gathered at my grandmother’s home and I offered to bring a dish to share, but she would not allow it. So, I came prepared with my own hummus and veggies and sat proudly with my unique, but simple plate of animal-friendly foods. I laugh now, thinking back on that holiday as I was so new to veganism and still learning my way around the kitchen. My cooking skills have grown significantly, and I have made many vegan Thanks giving meals since, mostly from scratch.

A vegan-friendly Thanksgiving isn’t all that hard to accomplish if you’re willing to have a bit of patience and do a little research. As interest in veganism has increased,

A new chapter: Coming to terms with a gruesome legacy

BY ALEXIS KIKOEN, JEREMY MOORE, MARK HARDEN ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

A book once revered by white people and put on proud display at a Denver seminary later became an object of such shame and bitterness that it has taken its custodians decades to come to terms with it.

The book is a history of Christianity in Latin, published in 1752. At some point, the volume acquired a grotesque cover — the flayed, tanned skin of a murdered Native American.

For 129 years, the book has been kept at the Iliff School of Theology, affiliated with the United Methodist Church, a school that describes itself as being “recognized nationally and internationally for its emphasis on peace, justice, and ethics.” Its alumni include ministers, chaplains, scholars and political leaders across the country.

In 1893, a Methodist minister presented the book as a gift to the then-new school on the University of Denver campus. For decades, the book was displayed in a glass case at the entrance to Iliff’s library.

“It’s deeply ironic that they would cover that book of Christian history with human skin taken from a murder victim, … an Indian,” George “Tink” Tinker, professor emeritus of American Indian cultures at Iliff and a citizen of the Osage Nation (Wazhazhe), told Rocky Mountain PBS.

Tinker has written extensively about the book, its origins and its

significance. He said it was long regarded as “a trophy, as a sacred relic of triumph over Indians.”

Nearly 50 years ago, facing pressure from students and finally seeing the book as an embarrassment rather than a treasure, Iliff officials had the cover of human skin removed and took the book off display. School leaders at the time wanted to silence the controversy, and swore to secrecy those with knowledge of the situation.

Decades later, Iliff began to see things differently. “It was time for

us to tell the truth about this book,” said Thomas Wolfe, the current school president and CEO.

Now the book and its gruesome history have spawned a gathering of cultures to share perspectives and search for a path forward. It’s a journey that participants hope will lead to accountability and understanding.

Across the country, other colleges as well as museums and federal agencies are coming to terms with Native American remains and cultural artifacts they have long

possessed, recently including Yale University, the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Kansas.

A 1990 law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), lays out a process for the return of Native American remains and objects taken from tribal lands. The National Park Service estimates that the remains of at least 108,000 native people are in the hands of non-tribal institutions, including colleges and museums.

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science, which has a large collection of Native American artifacts in its anthropology collections, says it “has returned numerous cultural items through NAGPRA. … The museum has consulted on all known Native American human remains in its collections and only curates human remains for which informed consent has been given by the individual or her/his family, kin, or community.”

A murder and a defiled body

Different stories about the Iliff book cover’s origins have been told over the centuries. According to Tinker and Loring Abeyta, an Iliff adjunct lecturer who is Tinker’s wife, the cover came from the defiled body of a member of the Lenape people, original inhabitants of parts of what is now the northeast United States.

In 1779, they wrote recently, a

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George “Tink” Tinker, professor emeritus of American Indian cultures at Ili School of Theology, has written extensively about a book once put on proud display at the Denver seminary that later became an object of such shame and bitterness that it has taken its custodians decades to come to terms with it.

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Denver pauses e-bike rebate program for rest of 2022

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

It’s official: E-bike hungry Denver residents burned through three years and $9 million of subsidies in just six months, and now we need to pause and think about what we’ve done.

Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency announced this week it will stop releasing new e-bike purchase vouchers for the rest of 2022. The planned $9 million bike program, paid for with the 2020 climate sales tax, has “put 4,401 e-bikes on the streets and trails of Denver,” according to city officials, and cut the price of the average bike in half.

After overwhelming demand for the rebates when the program first launched earlier this year, Denver had hoped to stretch out spending and provide more frequent opportunities by putting out monthly batches of vouchers. More releases were scheduled for early November and December.

Instead, the rebates are coming to a halt while city officials decide how much additional money to bring into the e-bike program for a 2023 relaunch. E-bike rebates were meant to be only one part of an initial $9 million in spending that also included rebates on home electrification, including solar panels and heat pumps. All the programs are paid

for by the 0.25% sales tax for climate programs passed by voters in 2020 and meant to raise about $40 million a year.

Income-qualified buyers can receive up to $1,200 vouchers to buy e-bikes from an approved list of Denver bike shops. The rebates start at $400 for those who do not qualify by income, though some local bike shops add in other discounts. An extra $500 rebate is available for more expensive cargo bikes used to haul kids, groceries or tools.

“We’re honored to be a part of transforming the way Denver wants to move around,” said climate office director Grace Rink, in a release. “We’re eager to bring back an expanded program that will serve more Denverites.”

Those running climate programs hope e-bike trips — fueled more and more by clean electricity as the grid transforms with renewable generating sources — will replace fossil fuel-driven car trips for work, school or errands. Denver, though, has still not announced a plan to formally measure actual car trip reductions. E-bikes can be pedaled like a traditional bike, but the rechargeable battery pack provides pedal assist to ease the work, or in some models, a hand-twisted throttle to accelerate much like a motorcycle.

“Denver’s success with their ebike rebate program offers a great national model for how to help shift trips in cities to address air quality and climate issues, and solve for people’s transportation needs,”

said Piep Van Heuven, director of government relations for Bicycle Colorado. “The majority of trips in cities are a distance of 6 miles or less, the perfect distance for an e-bike trip.”

Denver has tweaked the program to try to ensure lower-income residents in need of new transportation will benefit from e-bikes, which can run into the thousands of dollars. Just under half the rebates have been used by income-qualified residents, the climate office said.

Colorado officials are preparing details on their own $12 million

e-bike rebate program, which will allow vouchers for those outside Denver city limits. State officials have said they will consider allowing purchases through online retailers or big box stores to increase access for rural buyers. That program won’t begin until early 2023.

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Invasive zebra mussels have “infested” the water at Colorado’s Highline Lake — a reservoir north of Loma, near Utah — despite a 15-year effort by Colorado Parks and Wildlife to keep the state free of the harmful species, the agency said this week.

CPW staff have discovered at least 10 zebra mussels in Highline Lake.

After the first adult zebra mussel was found in the reservoir Sept. 14, Parks and Wildlife staff found almost a dozen more of the mussels in the same body of water on Oct. 21 and 22. Soon after, the department changed the status of the lake from “suspect” to “infested,” according to a news release sent Oct. 25.

The new infestation could lead to millions of dollars in damage to water-based infrastructure, and threatens to impact water quality and limit recreational opportunity.

A single mussel can produce up to 1 million babies in a single year, officials said, making it challenging to contain the species, and nearly impossible to eradicate them once they’re introduced.

The aquatic nuisances attach to

solid or semi-solid surfaces and clog up boat engines or distribution pipes at water treatment facilities.

If knocked off, the mussels can drop into and infest a body of water.

The mussels can live outside of water for 27 days under the right conditions, and can pass almost a liter of water through their shells each day, consuming nutrients needed by other fish and plants in the ecosystem.

Their high levels of filter feeding can also alter food sources in lakes and reservoirs. And when mussels defecate or dry out on shorelines, they can cause a rancid smell, making it less desirable for people to recreate in these areas, said Robert Walters, CPW’s invasive species program manager.

Now, the agency will have increased sampling and monitoring efforts at Highline Lake to help

contain the infestation. They also have implemented a special program where they will inspect and decontaminate every boat that leaves the lake to stop the species from spreading to other bodies of water, he said.

“This is incredibly concerning,” Walters said Wednesday. CPW’s invasive species leaders are evaluat-

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Nurse-midwife student pushes back against stereotypes

BY DANA KNOWLES, LINDSEY FORD ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

According to the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB), of the more than 13,000 AMCBcertified nurse-midwives across the United States, 85% of them are white and only 39 (0.3%) are men.

Alvarez hopes to change that. He said that as the population of pregnant people becomes more diverse, so should those who provide their health care.

“I have had and seen [pregnant] patients who did not identify as women. They are non-binary, or they identify as men,” Alvarez added, saying that nurse-midwives are part of the community, not outsiders telling patients what to do. “Nurse midwives do more than just see you at the time of your visit. They know you outside the hospital and inside the home. They are concerned about your health and, do you have child care? Do you have access to healthy food and transportation? It’s knowing more than just what you are in that moment.”

One of the main reasons Alvarez chose this profession is its history.

“In the antebellum South, many of the enslaved women were the primary caretakers of the women in their communities. They were the ones delivering the babies, even those of their enslavers. But then the white male physician comes along and says, ‘That Black woman is uneducated, she is dirty and you

should not get care from her.’ OBGYNs [obstetrician gynecologists] have been delivering babies for 100 to 200 years; midwives have been doing it for millennia,” he explained.

Alvarez also pointed out that he sees dads getting more involved in caregiving for their newborn babies after watching him help their partners.

“They’re like, ‘Wait, this guy is supporting my wife? Let me go in there and let me do something, or maybe I can change my baby’s diaper too!’” Alvarez said. “They don’t feel the need to be on the opposite side of the curtain while their wife is having a baby.”

Alvarez told Rocky Mountain PBS that sometimes, his patients are so over the moon to have someone who looks or speaks like them.

“I’ve had patients who were so excited because, ‘Oh my god, my nurse is Black! How amazing is that?’ Or when I speak Spanish to my Spanish-speaking patients they are just like, ‘Thank goodness.’”

Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancyrelated cause than white women. Alvarez ultimately hopes to change that and care for people, which is at the core of his motivations.

“At the end of the day, I came into this profession knowing that I want to help women and help my sisters of color,” he said. “I want to do some good and do right by people.”

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

Eric Alvarez is one of the few men at University of Colorado College of Nursing pursuing a career in nurse-midwifery.

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‘The nation’s report card’ shows big declines in math in Colorado

BY JASON GONZALES

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Colorado students posted the lowest scores in more than a decade on the test known as “the nation’s report card,” with the steepest declines in middle school math and with Hispanic students losing the most ground. And while Colorado students posted better reading scores than did students in 27 other states, that was largely because other states lost even more ground.

The learning loss from 2019 to 2022 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as NAEP, points to the devastating impact the pandemic has had on the education of children in almost every pocket of Colorado and the nation.

While research has already shown that academic progress reversed, NAEP results released Monday provide the most detailed and authoritative accounting yet, with data coming from a representative set of students nationwide and allowing for comparisons across states and some cities.

“The results are appalling and unacceptable,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said. “This is a moment of truth. How we respond will determine our standing in the world.”

This year’s results reaffirm what

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The state’s standardized tests are being used as a measure to see how students are recovering from the pandemic.

Colorado education leaders and teachers already knew thanks to statewide assessments: Students fell behind.

But parents, teachers, and students are working hard to rebound, said Joyce Zurkowski, Colorado Department of Education chief assessment officer.

are some indications that things are on the way back up,” she said. “But there’s work to do.”

What is NAEP?

Mandated by Congress, the national assessment tests math and reading skills in fourth and eighth grades roughly every two years among a random sampling of students — about 450,000 students in 10,000 schools in 2022. The administrators break down scores by state and for select cities that vary with each test.

Denver was one of 26 urban districts that NAEP sampled last winter. Outside of those cities, NAEP does not issue district scores.

Unlike state exams, the NAEP tests are low stakes for students, teachers, and schools. But the NAEP test offers a valuable look at the progress of the nation.

“We knew results would reflect historic disruptions to schools,” said Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, which organizes the test. “NAEP results should give us all pause. They also remind us how essential schools are for our children and families.”

Colorado dip in math skills

The Colorado Measure of Academic Success, or CMAS, standardized tests show students recovering ground from 2021 but still below pre-pandemic levels in most cases. Similar to NAEP, the state’s test scores show particularly concerning drops in middle school math scores and draw attention to the impacts on students who transitioned to more complex material in a highly disrupted environment.

NAEP shows fourth grade Colorado math scores declined steeply. Proficiency dropped by one-quarter, from about 44% of students in 2019 to 36% of students this year. Eighth grade math proficiency fell by about the same proportion, from 37% of students in 2019 to 28% this year.

Colorado reading skills did not decline as much. On the fourthgrade test, 38% of students tested proficient, down from 40% in 2019. In eighth grade, 34% of students tested proficient, compared with 38% in 2019.

In Denver, reading scores declined similarly. Fourth-grade proficiency scores fell from 32% to 29%, and eighth-grade scores fell from 29% to 28% — which may not be statistically significant — from 2019.

Denver fourth-grade math proficiency dipped from 35% of students in 2019 to 28% this year.

Eighth grade proficiency also fell, from 29% in 2019 to 22% of stu-

dents this year.

In both Colorado and Denver, Hispanic students experienced greater declines in most grades and subjects than did other student groups. The pandemic pummeled Colorado’s Hispanic families, who have suffered higher death rates and more job losses. An estimated two-thirds of Colorado children without internet access are Hispanic, and many of them had parents working essential jobs and who could not stay home with them.

Zurkowski said learning gaps among Hispanics remain an area of “significant concern.” The state has some of the largest gaps in the nation between Hispanic and white students.

Students faced many challenges during COVID

The pandemic imposed hardships and barriers to student learning: switches between remote and hybrid classes, quarantines and other disruptions, spotty internet access, and general instability. Students also experienced major stressors, like parents losing jobs and caregivers falling ill and dying.

Melissa Snyder, a Cherry Creek School District fourth grade teacher, said student absenteeism has soared since the start of the pandemic.

“There’s a lot of pieces to the puzzle,” said Snyder, who teaches at Pine Ridge Elementary. “Everything with COVID is so much more complex.”

Lorelei Jackson, a Denver Language School eighth grade math teacher, said teachers had to choose which lessons to teach and students are missing skills they would normally have learned.

“We wanted to make sure that we were focusing on what was going to be the most impactful for students,” she said. And now, “we’re seeing those gaps.”

A Chalkbeat analysis found mixed evidence on the link between remote learning and changes in state test scores, with some correlation in math and fourthgrade reading but none in eighthgrade reading. More granular research has shown that students who experienced more virtual learning tended to fall further behind.

The Colorado education department didn’t require districts to report changes in learning mode, which sometimes varied weekly, but its staff did try to track who was in-person, remote, or hybrid using district websites and Facebook pages. Using state data, the COVID-19 School Data Hub estimates that Colorado students on average spent 28% of their time learning in person during the 202021 school year.

Melanie Asmar, Matt Barnum, and Erica Meltzer contributed to this report.

Jason Gonzales is a reporter covering higher education and the Colorado legislature. Chalkbeat Colorado partners with Open Campus on higher education coverage.

Contact Jason at jgonzales@chalkbeat.org.

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Daiya makes a good packaged vegan and gluten free macaroni and cheese, but I recommend this recipe: The Best Vegan Mac and Cheese (Classic, Baked) found on Loving It Vegan. (lovingitvegan.com/bakedvegan-mac-and-cheese)

Most homemade dinner rolls are “accidentally vegan,” but here’s a tried and true recipe: Vegan Dinner Rolls found on Nora Cooks. (noracooks.com/vegan-dinner-rolls)

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the dairy for vegan options. I like unsweetened soy or almond milk — I would avoid coconut milk as it can add a hint of sweetness. As for butter, the number of plant-based butters has grown significantly since I became vegan. I have tried most of them and Miyoko’s brand has the closest flavor notes as dairy butter, but is often the most expensive.

My favorite Thanksgiving dish is stuffing, and this is my go-to recipe: Vegan Cornbread Stuffing (GF) found on Jessica in the Kitchen. (jessicainthekitchen.com/gluten-freecornbread-stuffing-recipe-vegan)

For dessert, if you want to buy packaged pies, many of Marie Callender’s pies are “accidentally vegan,” including the Dutch Apple Pie, Lattice Apple and Peach Pies. Whole Foods typically sells vegan pumpkin pies. Top your pie with dairy-free ice creams, truwhip or cocowhip. I would avoid the spray cans as my experience has not been so positive in the past.

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Elicia Hesselgrave is a vegan, animal-lover and contributor for Colorado Community Media.

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Don’t be surprised when children driven by the lively music at an Inside the Story performance form a conga line and show the adults how it’s done.

“We have had very lively kids jump up on the stage with the teaching artists,” said Shelby Mattingly, executive director of Inside the Orchestra.

Inside the Orchestra is a nonprofit organization that brings orchestra music to children in the Denver area to cultivate music appreciation and strengthen their education. Inside the Story performances fall under the nonprofit’s umbrella.

Performances can combine music, dancing, acting and live storytelling, and the organization calls the show “immersive” because of its unique setup. The orchestra surrounds the children and other attendees, and the conductor faces the audience. The hope is that the kids will be so inspired by the music and the performers that they’ll develop musical interests of their own.

Getting kids into music

Inside the Orchestra allows children to interact with musical instruments and ask questions to the musicians.

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the Orchestra o ers opportunities for children to be involved,

It seems to be working. The kids examine the instruments up close after the performance and ask ques tions of the musicians and other artists as their curiosity takes over.

The organization recently re newed its fall Tiny Tots in-person series — designed for children 7 and younger and their families — after a three-year hiatus. It began with two 45-minute performances of “A Surprise for Rabbit” on Oct. 22.

Each child at the performance was given a bilingual — English and Spanish — copy of “A Surprise for Rabbit,” which is a storybook writ ten by Denise Vega.

Inside the Orchestra lined up a lot of talent to help with the show. The Lighthouse Writers Workshop and

To learn more about Inside the Orchestra, visit insidetheorchestra.org.

the Art Students League of Denver were partners for the program. Illustrations were provided by Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand and Leah Stephenson. Charles Denler, an Emmy Award-winning composer, created the orchestral score. The Hannah Kahn Dance Company choreographed the dancers. Local character actor Brian Kusic played the character of the rabbit. Story teller Iliana Lucero Barron from the Denver Center for the Performing Arts was also involved.

“The cool thing about Inside the Story programs is it’s part of an original work we did with other or ganizations,” Mattingly said. “So the

concerts will be focused on reading this storybook while the musicians play an original symphony written for the book.”

Also planned are holiday concerts set for Dec. 10, 17 and 18, with two performances of Christmas music each day. Teaching artists will nar rate the programs thanks to a part nership with DCPA. Circus Foundry will supply break dancers during a song from “The Nutcracker.”

Inside the Orchestra was founded in 1958 and raised grant money for music education programs. The organization’s leaders later saw a need for more active versions for children, leading to its first season in 1985. Today, the organization presents programming all over the Denver area for in-person events and also offers online programming.

Cassandra Tompkin has brought her 2-year-old daughter Emery to several performances and looks

forward to when her 1-year-old son Gavin can join them at these events.

“The four that we’ve taken her (Emery) to, she’s really had fun at every one,” Tompkin said. “We stayed after and have been some of the last people to leave because she’s standing there and watching the clarinet, oboe and harp.”

Tompkin said she would love for her daughter to play an instrument someday.

“If she’s not interested, that’s fine — I won’t push her. But I do want her to have an appreciation for music, for her to understand music outside of current popular music,” Tompkin said. “Overall, I really love Inside the Orchestra, and they do a lot more with schools and com munity groups beyond what I have experienced.”

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white farmer who was occupying Lenape land in western Virginia killed two native men “for the crime of walking across what he consid ered his own property.” They refute early accounts that described the killing as the result of a heroic fight with a “warrior.”

One of the Lenape men “had his skin flayed so that it could be some sort of a trophy or a treasure,” Abeyta told Rocky Mountain PBS. “And then … there was some deci sion made that it was a great idea to bind the book in the skin of this Lenape victim.”

Held by the farmer’s family, the book “evidently was enough of a treasure that it was … shown around and bragged about,” she said.

Eventually the book wound up in the hands of a Methodist minister, R.M. Barns, who had moved to Colo rado. Barns donated the book to Iliff in 1893, then in its second year.

For the next eight decades, Iliff had the book on display in a glass case. A 1934 article about the book in the Rocky Mountain News de scribed its cover as “finer than the finest vellum” and praised the skin’s “smoothness and texture equal [to] the finest parchment.” The article called the volume “one of the most treasured relics in the library of the Iliff School of Theology” and a “priceless vestment for the teach ings of brotherly love.”

In 1974, the book drew another kind of attention from some Iliff students, who protested the dis play. They also reached out to local American Indian Movement repre sentatives.

Jerry Campbell, then an assistant librarian at Iliff and later president of Claremont School of Theology and Claremont-Lincoln University, said he was given the task of sever ing the cover from the book with a blade so the skin could be turned over to the American Indian Move ment (AIM) for burial on native land.

“I remember thinking, ‘Good grief, this is the skin of a human being,’” Campbell told United Methodist News in an October 2020 article. “I just remember thinking this is a ter rible thing to have here and be kind

of celebrating it.”

At the time, Iliff leaders decided to maintain silence about the book and its cover, asking AIM and others with knowledge of the situation to sign a non-disclosure agreement “in order to protect Iliff in terms of its fundraising potential,” Tinker said.

“That’s immoral and unethical,” Tinker said of the secrecy. “… Chris tians have two words for it that we don’t have in any Indian language. It was evil, and it was sinful.”

The school has stored the cover less book out of public view ever since.

‘Nobody will talk to you about this’

Tinker said he learned of the book in 1986, shortly after joining the Iliff faculty.

“One of my colleagues pulled me aside, and said, ‘Nobody will talk to you about this, but you need to know that this happened at Iliff’,” he said.

Tinker said he “almost left” Iliff after hearing about the book, “because it is so disturbing to an American Indian.”

Instead of leaving, he said, “I wait ed until everybody was in church on Sunday, ... and I went back in the building, and I smudged every nook and cranny I could.”

The school’s policy of secrecy about the book and its sordid past changed after Wolfe, a United Meth odist pastor and elder, arrived as Iliff president in 2013.

Wolfe said he had learned about the book years before coming to Iliff, hearing talk about it at a 1996 United Methodist conference in Denver.

“Just the idea of a book covered with the skin of a Native American person was profoundly disturbing,” Wolfe told Rocky Mountain PBS. “You don’t have to be affiliated with the school to feel that. It’s part of a long history of violation of native peoples in this country.”

He said the book represents “not just one institution’s lack of un derstanding but [also] the whole nature of Christian domination that misplaced and murdered millions of native people.”

The cover may be gone, Tinker said, but that “doesn’t remove entirely the spirit of that Lenape murder victim from the book itself. Something needs to happen to that book. But Iliff shouldn’t do any thing without talking to Lenape people.”

Tinker also advocated that Iliff

look beyond the disposition of the book itself. “I really wanted to change the behavior of my white relatives,” he said.

‘Making things right for our an cestor’

And so Tinker and Wolfe asked Lenape elders to come to Denver and offer guidance. That led to two days of meetings in April that Rocky Mountain PBS was invited to observe. The elders also examined the book.

“Our big question is, what do we do with the book?” Wolfe said, “and the understanding was, we are pre paring ourselves to be guided.”

Among those on hand for the meetings was Curtis Zunigha, cofounder of the Lenape Center, an arts and culture organization, and cultural director and a former chief of the Delaware Tribe. (Delaware is another name for the Lenape people.)

“It’s important that the Iliff School at least listen to us and try to take steps in a new and better direc tion,” Zunigha told Rocky Mountain PBS. He said Iliff must recognize that by accepting the book in 1893 and knowing its origins, “they became complicit in the colonial domination and the racism” against natives.

Zunigha said that the spiritual force of the murdered Lenape man whose skin covered Iliff’s book re mains centuries after his death.

“The Lenape way of life was one of understanding that not only do we as humans have a living spirit, but that all of creation has a living spirit,” Zunigha said. “… The spirit endures beyond just the physical life.”

Another elder at the meetings was Patricia Noah, who said she reacted with “disgust and sadness and heartache” when Zunigha told her about the Iliff book.

“I think that [murdered] man’s spirit got caught between this physical world and the spiritual world,” she said. “He couldn’t get to the spiritual world because part of [him] was put on that book. Part of his spirit stayed there and was stuck there.”

Out of their Denver meetings, the Lenape delegation presented a “statement of guidance and direc tion” calling on Iliff to take a num ber of steps. Those steps include creating a display or memorial about the book, establishing “an In

terpretive Center to educate Indians and non-Indians [on] the truths of American history as it pertains to the Indigenous nations,” funding an endowed professorship “filled by an American Indian activist scholar,” and enhancing curriculum.

“At such time as it is requested by the Lenape, the Elders will take pos session of the book,” the statement says.

Iliff leaders formally accepted the Lenape delegation’s recom mendations and offered their own document outlining “active steps” the school will take to meet them. Another in-person meeting with the Lenape elders is scheduled for April 2023 to review progress on the recommendations.

“The Board of Trustees and the leadership of Iliff School of Theol ogy and their successors support and commit to a permanent rela tionship with the Lenape Elders and their successors toward building a new history and relationship in full recognition of Iliff’s history of pos session of the book of Christian his tory covered in the skin of a Lenape man,” the Iliff document says.

For now, the book will stay at Iliff. Said Zunigha: “The sense of response and commitment from Iliff will … inform and frame our attitude about taking possession of this book and making things right by that ancestor.”

Until the book is turned over, it “will remain in a secure and re spectful place within the President’s Office,” the Iliff response document said.

It’s clear that the process dis cussed in the talks will not be concluded overnight, and will need to be carried forward by future Iliff administrations.

“This is going to be a commitment that this generation is making for this institution going forward in time,” Wolfe said.

F“Changing a worldview … hap pens over a lifetime, but it doesn’t happen until people start thinking a different way,” Tinker said. “That’s what I want, for Iliff and for all of my Euro-Christian relatives.”

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

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standard. There are a few states that are close behind — Washington, Oregon. It’s always the Western states.

son. There are always at least two and usually a group of bipartisan people. The number of safeguards is pretty extraordinary.

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For 102 years, the League Of Women Voters has helped Americans understand how they can cast their vote in elections.

The nonpartisan organization has never endorsed a political party or candidate, providing a valuable resource for voters of all political persuasions.

The Colorado News Collaborative is speaking with nonpartisan experts to help voters understand more about the integrity of the vote as unfounded claims of voter fraud continue to run rampant ahead of November’s midterm election.

Beth Hendrix is executive director of the League of Women Voters of Colorado, which educates voters about the security and efficacy of Colorado’s election system. The group recently published a whitepaper breaking down the components of the state’s voting system to explain why it often is regarded as leading the nation. It also produced a nonpartisan guide to the 11 state issues on Colorado’s ballot this year in English and Spanish.

This Q&A has been edited for clarity and length.

Some have said Colorado’s election system is better than those in all other states. Is that true?

Absolutely. We say [it’s the] gold

Why? Aren’t there aspects to Colorado’s election system that need improvements?

Here in Colorado, we’re doing pretty well. That said, we have people in our legislature that want to get rid of mail-in ballots and want to go back to voting only on Election Day because they feel that’s the only way it can be secure. I disagree. The League disagrees.

Other states are purging voter rolls, making it more difficult to vote, and that’s not happening in Colorado, yet. We’re going to do everything we can to not allow it to happen.

We’re not resting on our laurels [in Colorado], but we’re good. We have a safe and secure and innovative system that’s ahead of any place else in the nation.

How hard would it be to defraud the vote in Colorado?

I think it would be pretty darn hard [to defraud the vote in Colorado].

I suppose that someone could take their spouse’s ballot and forge a signature, and then hope their spouse didn’t complain. But I don’t think it happens.

How can we trust that every vote gets counted in Colorado?

Counties have a small bit of variation, autonomy in how they do it. But generally speaking, a ballot is never alone with only one per-

The complaint I hear most is that voter registration rolls aren’t up to date and that dead people still get ballots and things like that. I’m sure that does happen. But overall, Colorado keeps its voter registration rolls pretty well up-to-date — partnering with the Postal Service for change of address, social security death index, the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) to make sure people aren’t voting in other states.

Then there’s the ballot tracing. You can sign up very easily for ballot tracing. And you get a text when your ballot is opened, when it’s counted. So the process is very transparent, while maintaining security.

What are common misconceptions about Colorado’s election security?

The process is sometimes seen as more partisan than it is — that political parties have a say in the counting. And while the political parties have election judges there, it is bi-, tri- multi-partisan.

People [also] think that the process of counting ballots is up to just a small handful of people, it’s very secretive and nobody knows what’s going on. It’s just not true.

People don’t understand how easy it is to get involved in poll watching, if they so choose. A lot of people think that it’s a secretive, closed, non-transparent process, and that is not the case.

So, in addition to poll-watching, how can someone who is skeptical of the process better understand it?

Call your county clerk and ask for a tour, but it’s kind of a bad time of year to make that request. They’re getting threatened and harassed like never before. We just had to pass a law to protect election workers.

Are there other concerns you have about our democracy in Colorado?

People not being able to recognize opinion versus fact — looking at Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow as newscasters as opposed to opinion-casters. We’ve been trying to also put out information about news literacy.

The League has used our volunteers as government watchdogs and observers since our founding 102 years ago. We’re now expanding that to allow those trained observers to bolster local news, where there are news deserts. If there’s just one little newspaper with one reporter down in Cortez, and they can’t get to the city council meetings and the county commission meetings and the meeting of the water board … our observers are going to do that and report out about what happened at that meeting, if sunshine laws are being followed, if behavioral norms are being followed, things like that.

This story is brought to you by COLab, the Colorado News Collaborative, a nonprofit coalition of more than 170 newsrooms across Colorado working together to better serve the public. Learn more at https://colabnews.co

Colorado won’t speed up air pollution fixes

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Air Quality Control Commission has declined to push for speeding up state plans to attack ozone and greenhouse gas pollution, despite another report from the Environmental Protection Agency that Colorado is falling behind on its own mandates.

Environmental groups and local officials demanded that the governor-appointed commission add new ozone and greenhouse gas regulations to get Colorado back on track. But the commission listened to updates from state agencies last week and avoided reconvening a strategy subcommittee that could recommend faster-acting policies.

“We have a process to get to a plan,” said Commissioner Elise Jones, usually the fiercest critic of the pace of state air pollution policy. “I feel much better,” Jones said, after hearing state regulators list policy votes planned for 2022 and 2023 and a promise of new models showing the pollution cuts that various rules would deliver.

The AQCC had passed a resolution in 2020 saying that if emissions results showed Colorado getting off track of the goals, it would consider new actions to close the gap. Jones said Monday that new modeling of additional policy proposals’ impacts will allow the AQCC to get tougher actions on the vote calendar for 2023, beyond those already scheduled.

A coalition that had pressed for faster action blasted what they see as the AQCC’s passive approach.

“No one from the Air Pollution Control Division, the Colorado Energy Office or elsewhere has answered the question of how they might meet 2025 emission reductions required by Colorado law,” said Chandler Green, a spokesperson for the Environmental Defense Fund and the broad coalition. The coalition wants the AQCC to consider new limits on oil and gas drilling and production, strategies for reducing miles driven by fossil fuel-powered vehicles, and an even

faster schedule for retiring fossil fuel electricity plants.

hoping a new critical report from the EPA might give their arguments momentum at the AQCC’s monthly meeting.

The EPA’s state-by-state assessment of greenhouse emissions last year shows Colorado losing ground, similar to what state regulators reported to the AQCC earlier this year.

Major industrial emitters like power plants, refineries and cement producers in Colorado produced 42 million tons of greenhouse gases in 2021, up 5% from 40 million tons in 2020, the EPA’s tracker reported.

All it took for Colorado to see that setback to its greenhouse gas reduction was for the heavily polluting Comanche Generating Station to come back online.

“The grand champion worst polluter was the Comanche Power Plant near Pueblo at nearly 8 million tons of CO2, way up from its 2020 total of about 4.5 million tons,” said Ted Zukoski, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity in Denver. “The Craig Power Plant in Moffat County was the second worst CO2 polluter at 7.8 million tons, up slightly from 2020.”

Coal-fired Comanche was offline much of the time in 2020 because of major operating problems, and ran more steadily in 2021.

the state’s own accounting of falling behind on greenhouse gas reductions by 2025 and 2030, dates with mandatory cuts put in place by state lawmakers. State law requires a drop in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 benchmark levels of 26% by 2025 and 50% by 2030.

Yet the state’s latest inventory update showed Colorado will exceed those limits by 11.4 million tons of pollution in 2025, “even under optimistic estimates of what current policies and regulations will deliver,” the environmental coalition told the AQCC. The coalition includes 13 groups, among them Western Resource Advocates, Sierra Club of Colorado, Protegete, 350 Colorado and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

By the state’s count, the electricity generation and transportation sectors of the economy each put out 8 million tons of carbon dioxide above what the state had projected for 2021, the coalition noted. They also note that carbon dioxide emissions are cumulative, with all the excess between now and 2025 adding to atmospheric totals that have already pushed up average temperatures in Colorado and the West.

A slate of local officials and activists implored the AQCC to act faster

on both ozone and greenhouse gases

ceding the monthly meeting. The commission also heard the annual ozone update from state air pollution regulators concluding that Colorado continued to violate EPA limits on the respiratory toxin and cannot meet stricter regulations by a 2024 deadline.

“While we may not know all the acronyms, we know how our lungs feel; and we know about making the decision between going to work or getting lung damage,” said state Rep. Jennifer Bacon, a Denver Democrat who said she was speaking for the House Black and Latino caucuses.

High levels of lung-attacking ozone have “become a defining feature of Colorado’s Front Range,” said Tonya Briggs of the Lafayette City Council. The state is “putting residents in harm’s way” while waiting for the EPA to force Colorado into compliance, Briggs said. “My residents can’t wait another day.”

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. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

One of the most prevalent causes of poor air quality in Colorado is ground-level ozone.

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around by recreation, at this point, Walters said.

Highline Lake, which is north west of Grand Junction and just a few miles east of the Utah border, is considered “high risk” for the spreading of mussels from boats. Many boats pass through the lake from out of state, particularly from Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border, a popular destination for Colorado boaters. Lake Powell has

been infested with invasive mussels since 2012.

Now that Highline Lake is consid ered infested, it must go five years without further detections to be listed as free of mussels.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife lead ers have been concerned for years about the possibility of zebra and quagga mussels popping up across the state. The department conducted an awareness campaign ahead of Memorial Day, when the boating sea son generally kicks off in Colorado, to encourage people to get their boats inspected each time they enter and exit Colorado’s waterways.

The department stepped up enforcement of its 15-year-old Aquatic Nuisance Species Pro gram, a statewide decontamination program, where inspectors at 73

locations decontaminate people’s boats. Since the program’s inception in 2008, almost 500,000 boats have been inspected annually. Parks and Wildlife staff deploy instruments into high risk reservoirs for the pur pose of detecting invasive species. Staff found the first zebra mussel in mid-September during this kind of water sampling.

Colorado is not free of all invasive aquatic nuisance species. Some bodies of water in Colorado contain Eurasian watermilfoil, for example, which grows quickly and blocks sunlight, and can kill off native aquatic plants that fish and other underwater species rely on for food and shelter.

Now, after the new detection, CPW staff are asking people to help stem the spread of zebra mussels by en

suring that any boating equipment that enters Highline Lake, and any other body of water in the state, is clean, drained and dried, in between each use. Mussel infestations are increasing across the nation each year, Walters said.

“As more and more people use our water resources for boating, we must continue to work tirelessly to prevent the spread of these harm ful invasive species,” said Heather Dugan, acting director for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

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. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Legals

Public Trustees

L1013-FC 2022-007

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2022-007

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 8, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relat ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Clear Creek records.

Original Grantor(s) Mary B Moss and Michael R Moss

Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Acting Solely as Nomi nee for Countrywide Bank N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt ABS LOAN TRUST VI Date of Deed of Trust March 16, 2006 County of Recording Clear Creek Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 07, 2006

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 238145 Book: 750 Page: 872

Original Principal Amount $25,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $16,084.62

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other pay ments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE LYING AND BE ING IN THE COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK AND STATE OF COLORADO TO WIT: LOTS 12 AND 13, BLOCK 16, TOWN OF EMPIRE WITH THE APPURTENANCES THERETO. WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF: 238 WEST HANCHETT ROAD, EMPIRE CO 80438

***ASSIGNMENT OF DEED OF TRUST RE CORDED ON APRIL25, 2012 AT RECEPTION NO. 264078

Also known by street and number as: 238 West Hanchett Road, Empire, CO 80438.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUM BERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as pro vided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, 12/08/2022, at The Clear Creek County Public Trustee’s Office, 405 Argentine Street, George town, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 10/13/2022

Last Publication 11/10/2022

Name of Publication The Clear Creek Courant

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES EN TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 08/08/2022

Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado

By: Carol Lee, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston, Esq. #51978

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman,

1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

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Original Grantor(s)Shane Hutto Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELEC TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICA’S MORTGAGE, LLC, ITS SUCCES SORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

Date of Deed of TrustJanuary 18, 2012 County of RecordingClear Creek Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 20, 2012

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)263085 Book: 848 Page: 199

Original Principal Amount $156,122.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $124,053.38

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other pay ments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 1 AND THE EAST ONE-HALF OF LOT 2, IN BLOCK M, CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS, TOGETHER WITH THAT PORTION OF 7TH AVENUE VACATED BY ORDINANCE NO.24, SERIES 1997, LESS AND EXCEPT THOSE PORTIONS CONVEYED FEBRUARY4, 1998 IN BOOK 560 AT PAGE403 AND BOOK 560 AT PAGE408, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO. A.P.N.: 183535454009

Also known by street and number as: 644 Virginia Street, Idaho Springs, CO 80452.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUM BERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as pro vided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00A.M. on Thursday, 12/08/2022, at The Clear Creek County Public Trustee’s Office, 405 Argentine Street, George town, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication10/13/2022

Last Publication11/10/2022

Name of Publication: The Clear Creek Courant

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES EN TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 08/05/2022

Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado Carol Lee

By: Carol Lee, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Alison L. Berry #34531

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028159

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

L1027-FC-2022-008

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

NO. 2022-008

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On August 24, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Clear Creek records.

Original Grantor(s)

DONOVAN SCOTT ELKINS

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELEC TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN PACIFIC MORT GAGE CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PEN NYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of TrustMay 14, 2018 County of RecordingClear Creek Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 15, 2018

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 287939 Book: 949 Page: 423

Original Principal Amount $135,859.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $135,679.71

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other

payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 202, BUILDING A, CLEAR CREEK CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCOR DANCE WITH THE AMENDED DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OF CLEAR CREEK CON DOMINIUMS RECORDED ON OCTOBER25, 1977, IN BOOK 371 AT PAGE71, AND THE CON DOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON JANUARY24, 1977, IN BOOK 365 AT PAGE255 OF THE CLEAR CREEK COUNTY RECORDS, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1890 ARGENTINE STREET #A202, GEORGE TOWN, CO 80444.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUM BERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as pro vided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, 12/22/2022, at The Clear Creek County Public Trustee’s Office, 405 Argentine Street, George town, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication10/27/2022

Last Publication11/24/2022

Name of Publication: The Clear Creek Courant

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES EN TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 08/24/2022

Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado Carol Lee

By: Carol Lee, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston, Esq. #51978 Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009519653

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

City and County

CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS Clear Creek County, Colorado

No.7,

2-3

Circle

City Of Idaho

Civic Plus Services $158.00

Clean It Supply Supplies $1,374.20

Clear Creek Economic Dev. Corp. Services $1,833.33

Clear Creek Supply Co Services $874.92

CML Security Services $995.00

Colorado Secretary Of State Supplies $60.00

Colorado State Treasurer Benefits $8,219.00

Columbine Paper & Maintenance Supplies $673.76

Comcast Cable Services $62.24

Conney Safety Products Supplies $106.79

CORE Electric Cooperative Services $358.71

Creative Content Tiger’s Jungle Services $4,040.00

Curtis Blue Line Supplies $3,660.58

Cynthia C. Neely Services $1,386.25

Dan Lazar PA Services $3,600.00

David L. Christiansen, Psy.D Services $450.00

DDRC Services $1,040.95

Delta Dental Plan Of Colorado Fees $1,058.49

Denver Cutlery Services $385.00

DiNatale Water Consultants Services $632.50

E-470 Public Highway Authority Services $41.83

Eldorado Artesian Springs Services $25.00

Employers Council Services $380.00

Evercom Systems Supplies $4,511.90

Evergreen National Bank 09/09 Fica $40,266.96

Evergreen National Bank 09/09 Retire $22,141.56

Evergreen National Bank 09/12 Fica $23.97

Evergreen National Bank 09/23 Fica $38,187.86

Evergreen National Bank 09/23 Retire $21,058.46

Farmer Bros Co Supplies $742.29

Fire & Safety of Denver Services $2,993.00

First Veterinary Supplies $197.52

Galls, An Aramark Company Supplies $1,468.46

George Douvas DDS Services $165.00

Georgetown Town Of Services $13,103.53

GeoWater Services $206.11

Goliath Tech Supplies $42,292.95

GovOS Services $833.33

Grainger Services $826.59

Home Depot Supplies $210.69

Idexx Distribution Supplies $267.75

IHS Pharmacy Supplies $2,557.98

International Assn Of Emer Mgr Services $199.00

iWebVisit.com Services $1,750.00

Jefferson Center For Mental Services $7,577.03

Johnny Battle INC Supplies $338.00

JP Morgan Operating Expense $53,929.50

Kaminsky, Sullenberger & Associates Services $300.00

KLJ Engineering Services $31,077.52

Kovaly Technologies Services $715.00

Kronos Incorporated Services $256.26

Language Line Services $817.17

Legal Shield Fees $599.80

LexisNexis / Accurint Supplies $57.50

Linxup Supplies $175.00

McKesson Medical-Surgical Govt Solutions Sup plies $888.96

MedPro ABS Services $15,047.88

Meredith Ann Frank Services $3,150.00

$3,659.64

$31,366.25

CORE Electric Cooperative Services $244.30

Elite Surface

Fees $3,586.01

Evergreen Metro District Services $440.40

Home Depot Supplies $73.70

Honnen Equipment Services $1,446.01

John Deere Financial Supplies $274.03

JPMorgan Operating Expense $1,360.99

Lawson Products Supplies $646.85

Mountain Auto Parts Services $159.03

Oxford Recycling Supplies $3,514.93

Peak Performance Copier Services $106.46

Power Motive Corporation Services $3,462.02

Safety Kleen Corporation Services $333.49

Sno-white Linen/uniform Supplies $213.10

Staples Business Advantage Supplies $213.19

Stephen Buss Supplies $62.54

Street Smart Capital $19,981.31

Visa Services ($620.68)

Vortex Colorado Services $434.00

Walmart Community Supplies $228.94

Waste Management of Denver Services $581.00

Wright Water Engineers Services $2,090.00

Xcel Energy Services $864.99

Total for Fund 02: $168,776.18

Fund: 04 Emergency Telephone Axiom Group Services $11,200.00

Castle Rock Microwave Services $20,901.44

Century Link Services $3,880.08

Total for Fund 04: $35,981.52

Fund: 08 Open Space

Alta Environmental Services $1,050.00

Foothills Vegetation Mgmt. Services $830.13

Ireland Stapelton Pryor & Poscoe, PC Services $148.50

JP Morgan Operating Expense $1,335.00

Xcel Energy Services $220.00

Zuni Sign Company Services $11,953.50

Total for Fund 08: $15,537.13

Fund: 16 Housing Authority

Grand County Housing Authority Services $4,683.00

Total for Fund 16: $4,683.00

Fund: 19 Capital Projects

Yeh and Associates Capital $9,592.00

Total for Fund 19: $9,592.00

Fund: 20 Social Services

AT&T Mobility Services $835.61

Blackwell Oil Company Supplies $80.00

Charleen Bell Supplies $111.88

Colo Correctional Industries State Forms Center Supplies $62.86

Kathi Brown Supplies $115.63

Kayli Walsh Supplies $293.76

Koy Dingboom Services $12,257.70

JP Morgan Services $962.44

Lauren Courtney Supplies $51.25

Lisa Schell Services $54.50

Office Depot Supplies $68.37

Peak Performance Copier Services $37.44

Redwood Toxicology Laboratory Services $27.72

Rocky Mountain Water Supplies $29.62

Texas Dept of Public Safety Services $20.00

Tracy Troia Supplies $196.00

Truth to Purpose Services $500.00

Visa Services $91.59

Total for Fund 20: $15,796.37

Fund: 21 Public Health

Andrea Uliano Supplies $38.36

City Of Idaho Springs Services $179.78

Clear Creek Metropolitan Rec Services $300.00

Employers Council Services $560.00

Hannah Jensen Services $120.00

JP Morgan Operating Expenses $2,577.08

McKesson Medical-Sergical Services $3,905.31

Office Depot Supplies $57.63

Rocky Mountain Water Supplies $29.62

Summit Cove Consultants Services $1,875.00

Visa Services $2,072.15

Xcel Energy Services $110.73

Total for Fund 21: $11,825.66

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$38,867.69

$940.00

$4,290.94

$28,668.00

$1,000.00

$449.77

$1,505.79

$1,521.81

$1,859.21

Bob Barker Company Supplies $753.14

Boulder Community Health Services $100.00

Boulder County Services $3,546.40

Bound Tree Medical Supplies $5,046.67

Brad Laughridge Supplies $195.86

California Professional Mfg. Supplies $1,668.63

CASTA Services $1,252.50

Centura Health Services $312,375.00

Century Link Services $4,880.97

ChargePoint, Inc. Capital $61,857.50

Chatsworth Gloves Supplies $634.84

Fund: 25 Debt Svc

BSC Signs Capital $6,767.93

City Of Idaho Springs Services $249.99

Mead and Hunt Services $1,226.00

Power Systems West Services $22,935.83

Xcel Energy Capital $1,485.79

Total for Fund 25: Services $32,665.54

Grand Total $1,322,421.73

Legal Notice No. CCC471

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant Public Notice

Town of Empire Notice of Proposed 2023 Budget

Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget for fiscal year 2023 was submitted to the Empire Board of Trustees, Clear Creek County, Colorado on September 27th, 2022. The proposed budget has been available for inspection by the public at EmpireColorado.US and at Empire Town Hall, 30 E Park Ave.

The proposed budget, as amended through the review process, will be considered for adoption at a public hearing on November 15th, 2022, at 6:30 pm. All Town meetings are held by zoom and in-person, please see the website for meeting information or call Town Hall.

We encourage all residents to attend the public hearing and comment on the proposed budget. Comments can be submitted by email to Clerk@ EmpireColorado.us or by mail to PO Box 100, Empire CO 80438. Any interested resident may file any objections to the proposed budget at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget by the governing body.

Public Notices

Legal Notice No. CCC475

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice

CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS

Clear Creek County, Colorado

Ordinance No. 8, Series 2022

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION 8-4(A) OF THE IDAHO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE TO EXEMPT FROM CITY SALES TAX THE SALE OF CERTAIN HYGIENE PRODUCTS

Legal Notice No. CCC468

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice

TOWN OF GEORGETOWN

NOTICE OF PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that a proposed supplemen tal appropriation in the amount of $203,582 to the budget for fiscal year 2022 has been submitted to the Georgetown Board of Selectmen, Clear Creek County, Colorado. A copy of the proposed supplemental appropriation has been filed and is available for review with the Georgetown Town Clerk at Town Hall, 404 6th Street.

The proposed supplemental appropriation will be considered by the Board of Selectmen at a public hearing on November 8, 2022. The meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall, 404 6th Street, Georgetown, CO. Please contact the Town Clerk for Zoom meeting options.

Any interested citizen is encouraged to attend these public hearings and comment on the pro posed budget supplemental appropriation. Written comments may be submitted to the Board of Se lectmen, P.O. Box 426, Georgetown, CO 80444.

Legal Notice No. CCC477

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Clear Creek Board of County Commissioners will consider adop tion of a resolution authorizing a supplemental appropriation for the Human Services Fund, Lodging Tax Fund, Emergency Telephone Fund, and Health Clinic-Debt Service Fund to the 2022 budget related to an increase in revenue and expenditures on Tues day, November 15, 2022 after 8:30 a.m. at 405 Argentine St, Georgetown, Colorado.

The proposed budget resolution and supplemental appropriation information are available for inspec tion by the public in the Finance office at 403 Argentine St, Georgetown, Colorado, and will also be available on the County’s website, at https://www.clearcreekcounty.us/agendacenter prior to November 15, 2022. Interested electors may file an objection at any time prior to the final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners.

Legal Notice No. CCC478

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice

Public Hearing November 15th, 2022 at 6:30 PM Empire Town Hall 30 E. Park Ave Empire, CO 80438

Second Reading and Public Hearing of Ordinance 266: An Ordinance of The Town of Empire, Colo rado Making The 2018 Edition of The International Fire Code Effective Within the Borders of The Town of Empire as Amended.

Legal Notice No. CCC476

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 10, 2022

Publisher: Clear Creek

NOTICE

HEREBY GIVEN

CREEK

CENTRAL

in the office of the District’s

counsel, Erb Law, LLC, 3900 East Mexico Avenue, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80210 and on the District’s website at www.centralclearcreeksd.com, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a regular meeting of the Central Clear Creek Sanitation District to be held at 5:30 p.m., on Thursday, November 17, 2022. If necessary, an amended 2022 budget will be filed in the office of the District and open for public inspection for consideration at the regular meeting of the Board. The meeting will be held at Tommyknocker Brewery & Pub, 1401 Miner Street, Idaho Springs, Colorado, 80452. Any interested elector within Central Clear Creek Sanitation District may inspect the amended and proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2022 budget and proposed 2023 budget. All meetings are open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CENTRAL CLEAR CREEK SANITATION DIS TRICT

By: /s/ ERB LAW, LLC Attorneys for the District

Legal Notice No. CCC479

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2022 BUDGETS AND

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2023 BUDGETS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Boards of Directors (collectively the “Boards”) of the MIGHTY ARGO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3 (collectively the “Districts”), will hold a meeting via teleconference on November 9, 2022 at 1:15 p.m., for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Boards including a public hearing on the 2023 proposed budgets (the “Proposed Budgets”). The neces sity may also arise for an amendment to the 2022 budgets (the “Amended Budgets”). This meeting can be joined using the following teleconference information: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89466621237?pwd= MEdJMVVIUmpvMThoZ0R6eWU2NEJCUT09 Meeting ID: 894 6662 1237; Passcode: 798530; One tap mobile: 1(720)707-2699 or 1(719)359-4580

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Proposed Budgets and Amended Budgets (if applicable) have been submitted to the Districts. A copy of the Proposed Budgets and Amended Budgets are on file in the office of Marchetti & Weaver: 245 Century Circle, Suite 103, Louisville, CO 80027, where the same are open for public inspection. Any interested elector of the Districts may file any objections to the Proposed Budgets and Amended Budgets at any time prior to final adoption of the Proposed Budgets or the Amended Budgets by the Boards. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda for any meeting may be obtained by calling (303) 858-1800.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

MIGHTY ARGO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS.1-3, quasi-municipal corporations, and politi cal subdivisions of the State of Colorado /s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law

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NOTICE OF BUDGET AND BUDGET AMENDMENT HEARINGS

ST. MARY’S GLACIER

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to §29-1106, C.R.S., as amended, that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the St. Mary’s Glacier Metropolitan District, Clear Creek County, Colorado (“District”), for calendar year 2023. A copy of said proposed Budget, which includes a summary of fund balances, revenues

and expenditures of the District, is available for public inspection at 9366 Fall River Road, #402, Idaho Springs, CO 80452.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the Dis trict’s 2022 Budget; that a copy of the proposed Amended Budget is available for public inspection at 9366 Fall River Road, #402, Idaho Springs, CO 80452.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the St. Mary’s Glacier Metropolitan District will consider the adoption of its 2023 Budget, and 2022 Amended Budget after a public hearing on the proposed budgets is conducted during a special meeting of the District’s Board of Directors to be held at the Alice Schoolhouse, 271 Silver Creek Road, Idaho Springs, CO 80452, on Monday, November 14, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.

Any interested elector of the St. Mary’s Glacier Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed Budget or Budget Amendments and file or register any objections or comments thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of said Budget or Budget Amendments.

Dated this 25th day of October, 2022.

ST. MARY’S GLACIER METROPOLITAN DIS TRICT

By:/s/ Daniel Reisbeck Secretary

Legal Notice No. CCC470

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

REQUEST FOR BIDS

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY OPEN SPACE CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO

Clear Creek County (Owner) is requesting Bids for the following Project:

Cement Building Demolition Project

Bids for this Project will be accepted in the fol lowing ways:

Electronically to mtableman@clearcreekcounty.us with the follow ing exact text in the Subject line: Bid for Cement Building Demolition Project;

Via courier to the Clear Creek County Open Space Office 401 Argentine Georgetown, CO 80444 Attn: Martha Tableman, and clearly marked on the front of the envelope with: Bid for Cement Building Demolition Project; or  Via U.S.P.S. at PO Box 2000, Georgetown, CO 80444 Attn: Martha Tableman and clearly marked on the front of the envelope with: Bid for Cement Building Demolition Project.

All bids must be received no later than Thursday November 10, 2022 at 2:00 PM local time.

The Project includes the following Work:

• Demolition and removal of existing cinder block building (approximately 2,800 sf) without harming the historic radium mine located within

Remove cinder block building walls, roof, slab, backfill basement and adjacent cinder block lined pit, and grade resulting disturbed area;

• All large rocks, brush debris, structures and all other unsuitable material shall be cleared to a depth of at least twelve (12) inches below the existing foundations and graded to create a relatively level surface even with adjacent grades;

Revegetation of disturbed area in ac cordance with the Clear Creek County Best Management Practices Manual; and,

Comply with the permit requirements for erosion control and floodplain protection. (Permits will be obtained by County staff.)

Obtaining the Bidding Documents

Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated website: https://www.clearcreekcounty.us/bids.aspx

Bidding Documents may be downloaded from the website. The website will be updated periodi

cally with addenda, reports, and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official notifications, addenda, and other Bid ding Documents will be offered only through the website. Owner will not be responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the designated website.

Instructions to Bidders.

For all further requirements regarding bid submit tal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Request for Bids that is included in the Bidding Documents.

Sean Wood, Chairman Board of County Commissioners

Legal Notice No. CCC462

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO 405 Argentine Street, P.O. Box 367 Georgetown, CO 80444 Phone: (303) 569-0820

Case Number: 21 JV 13 Division: C

Attorney for the Clear Creek County Department of Human Services: Jeffrey C. Koy, Atty. Reg. # 30052

KOY | DINGBOOM | OATES, LLC P.O. Box 4191

Englewood, CO 80155

Telephone: (720) 937-0394

E-mail: jkoy@kdjuvenilelaw.com

Petitioner: PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, In the Interest of:

A Child: K.E. and concerning: Respondents: ANITA COLLINS, Mother DEPENDENCY SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

TO JOHN DOE, THE PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR OTHER RESPONDENT:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Verified Petition in Dependency and Neglect has been filed in the above-captioned Court in which it is represented that the above-named child, K.E. (5/27/20), is neglected and/or dependent for the reasons set forth in the Petition. You may obtain a copy of the Petition from the Clerk of the Court.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Court has set the Verified Petition for a hearing on November 21, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in Division C of the Clear Creek County Courthouse, 405 Argentine, Georgetown, CO 80444. You must appear before the Court at said time. If you fail to appear, the court may enter a default adjudication.

TO THE PARENTS, GUARDIAN, OR OTHER RESPONDENTS

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that your parental rights may be terminated by this action. You are required to be present at all hearings in this case, as your right to the care, custody, control, and guardianship of the child will be determined.

If the Petition alleges that the child is delinquent or in need of supervision, this summons must be served on you at least two days before the hearing. If the Petition alleges that the child is dependent or neglected, this summons must be served upon you at least five days before the hearing.

A continuance of a hearing may be granted for a reasonable period of time upon good cause shown to the Court.

You are further notified that you are entitled to such other legal rights and privileges as more fully set forth below.

NOTICE-LEGAL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES

To the child and her parents, guardian, or other respondents named in this Summons:

A Petition concerning said child has been filed in this Court,

You are notified that:

1. The allegations in the Verified Petition must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence.

2. You have the right to be represented by a lawyer or you may waive your right to a lawyer. If you wish to be represented by a lawyer, you should begin now to obtain a lawyer and notify The court of your lawyer’s name and address. If the court finds that you cannot afford a lawyer and you wish to be represented by a lawyer, the court can appoint a lawyer for you.

3. You have a right to a trial by jury.

4. At the time of the hearing regarding the Verified Petition, you have the right to question witnesses who appear at the hearing and to bring any witness and present other evidence on your behalf. If you request, the Court may order persons to be present as a witness.

5. Any admission you make to the Verified Petition must be made voluntarily.

6. The Court has dispositional alternatives available if the Petition is sustained. These are set forth in section 19-3-508, C.R.S. If the Petition is admitted, the court is not bound by any promises or representations made by anyone about dispositional alternatives selected by the court.

7. Termination of the parent-child legal relationship is a possible remedy which is available if the Verified Petition is sustained. If a motion to terminate the parent-child legal relationship is filed, the Court will set a separate hearing at which the allegations of the motion must be proven by clear and convincing evidence. Termination of the parent-child legal relationships means that the subject child would be available for adoption.

8. Any party to this case has the right to appeal any final decision made by the Court.

This summons is being initiated by the Clear Creek County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: October 25, 2022

Respectfully submitted, KOY | DINGBOOM | OATES, LLC

BY: Jeffrey C. Koy, # 30052

Attorney for the Clear Creek County Department of Human Services

Legal Notice No. CCC469

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KRISTIN A. SMITH, a/k/a KRISTIN ANNE SMITH, a/k/a KRISTIN SMITH-HEBERT, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30022

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 March 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Andrew K. Smith, Jr., Personal Representative c/o Woodson L. Herring, Esq. Woodson L. Herring, LLC 5800 S. Nevada Street. Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. CCC474

First Publication: November 3, 2022

Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on October 21, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Clear Creek County Court. The petition requests that the name of Jon Houser Sterling be changed to Jonny Sterling Case No.: 22 C 73

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCC472

First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant