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Settlement reached in useof-force incident Michael Clark was awarded $7 million by the City of Idaho Springs

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

But American Indian groups say Evans’ legacy is forever disgraced by his role in enabling the Sand Creek Massacre. They are among the strongest advocates in a process that could change the mountain’s name to Mount Blue Sky. On a cold November morning in 1864, U.S. Army Col. John Chivington and elements of the Colorado Infantry Regiment of Volunteers and Regiment of Colorado Cavalry Volunteers launched an attack

The City of Idaho Springs has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with Michael Clark, an Idaho Springs resident who filed a federal lawsuit against the city and members of the Idaho Springs Police Department for events that took place on May 30, 2021.

Clark was met by officers at his apartment after a call from a neighbor regarding an altercation. Officer Nicholas Hanning fired a TASER weapon at Clark, causing him to fall and sustain a head injury.

Clark filed a suit alleging injuries from the incident, and Hanning was placed on leave and later terminated after a review process. Another officer involved in the incident was disciplined and no longer works for the city.

The settlement announced on Nov. 2 is in the amount of $7 million. The claims against individual members of ISPD were dismissed and the agreement does not represent an admission of liability from the city.

Clark’s attorney, Sarah Schielke, held a press conference on Nov. 2 where her office and Clark’s adult children gave statements about the

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Mount Evans, seen here in Dec. 2020 from Fire Tower Trail along Highway 103, was named for John Evans, Colorado’s second territorial governor. Evans is believed to have authorized the Sand Creek Massacre. FILE PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

Pain behind the name: renaming Mount Evans Why the name Mount Evans is hurtful to generations of Native Americans

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When members of the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes look west from Denver to the distant peak of Mount

Evans, they see a horrific reminder of the past.

“Anytime you have to hear of or speak of an individual who wanted to decimate your family or your tribe, it’s really hard,” said Gov. Reggie Wassana of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes.

Since 1895, the mountain has been named for Colorado territorial Gov. John Evans. Settlers lobbied the legislature to honor his legacy, which it did through a measure that dubbed the more than 14,000-foot-high peak Mount Evans.

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Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado Week of 31 October 2022, and Month of October 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 gustfor atGeorgetown, GeorgetownColorado Lake” is the Weather Observations velocity in miles per hour and the time of the maximum wind gust that Week of 31 October 2022, and Month of October 2022 occurred during the 24 hours preceding the observation time. Historic A local National Weather Service volunteer observer makes temperature and precipitation observations each day at about 8 a.m. the Georgetown Weather Station. Wind observations are made at Georgetown Lake. “Max” and “Min” temperatures are from dataatdigital are based on the period of record for which statistical data have 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 beenduring compiled (about 53 years within the period 1893-2021). Any weather 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 records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the 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. historical data set.

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Coloradan organizing national Christmas ornament drive for Marshall Fire victims

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Two years ago, Carolyn Nicolaysen rallied friends and family members to collect and donate homemade Christmas ornaments to families impacted by wildfires in Oregon, where her daughter lives.

Since then, Nicolaysen founded the Facebook group Operation Christmas Ornaments From Near and Far, and this year is collecting ornaments from folks across the country to donate to victims of the Marshall Fire.

The group accepts handmade ornaments from across the country and beyond — they received one donation from Japan this year — and organizes them into dozen-each sets before working with local organizations to distribute the ornaments to affected families.

Carol Burton, a Colorado resident, is heading up the local charge to get ornaments to Marshall Fire victims this year, and said that she and Nicolaysen found that the sentimental value of Christmas ornaments makes losing them in a natural disaster especially painful.

“From with talking to people, one of the things people really missed after a disaster were their Christmas

Handmade ornaments made by a member of Operation Christmas Ornaments Near COURTESY PHOTO and Far.

ornaments and all of the memories tied up in those,” Burton said.

The group – which now contains over 700 members — had a goal to collect 6,000 ornaments for 500 families impacted by the Marshall Fires.

On Oct. 27, Nicolaysen posted to say that reached their goal for the year, but are still accepting donations of ornaments for Marshall Fire victims and victims of other tragedies, including the tornadoes that damaged parts of Kentucky last year.

Folks interested in donating or receiving Christmas ornaments can join the group by searching ‘Operation Christmas Ornaments from Near and Far’ on Facebook.

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settlement.

Schielke said the settlement is the largest in state history for a civil rights case that does not involve wrongful death. She went on to describe the event with ISPD as part of a “cultural phenomenon with police in this area.”

Clark could not be present at the press conference due to medical concerns, but Schielke read a statement on his behalf where he said he hoped the settlement would be able to spur change to help other victims, and lamented the loss of his previous life.

“In the end, I will never get back what they took,” Clark’s statement said.

The road to accountability has been a winding one, exacerbated by other counts of police violence within Clear Creek County.

Clark’s daughter, Cynthia Flageolle, felt mixed emotions for her family at the settlement with the city.

“Most people would expect us to say we are happy and excited about this,” she said. “We would be most happy if he could have his old life back.”

Flageolle said the settlement has provided relief in that the family will be able to take care of Clark’s medical needs, and the stress of the case can be off her father’s mind.

The settlement can’t, however,

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bring back the quality of life Clark had before the incident, Flageolle said. Flageolle said her father now requires 24-hour supervision and care, uses a wheelchair and doctors say he has reached maximum

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on Arapaho and Cheyenne civilians where they camped about 180 miles southeast of Denver.

Over the course of eight hours, the troops slaughtered some 230 people, many of them women, children and elderly. The following day, many soldiers wandered the area, committing atrocities on the dead, according to the National Park Service, which maintains a national historic site in the area where the events occurred.

“It’s hard and it’s tragic because those generations would have lived and would have grown,” Wassana said.

The first meeting of the body considering the name change, the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board, took place on Oct. 11. More than 100 people attended, including Wassana and other native representatives.

“Mount Blue Sky” is a name the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes like.

“It was something that fit both tribes perfectly,” Wassana said “It fit the mountain as well.”

Others have suggested a name in the language of the Cheyennes or Arapahos, but Wassana said those advocates could disrupt the unity the tribes are working to advance.

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“Since we’re Cheyenne and Arapaho, we have two languages,” he said. “We wanted everyone to agree.”

Since 2020, the tribes have formally petitioned for Mount Blue Sky, an effort joined by The Wilderness Society, a nonprofit conservation group.

There are others who have lobbied to keep the name Mount Evans, but with a twist, naming it for descendants of Evans’ family. Others have suggested Mount Rosalie, an unofficial name of the mountain before it bore Evans’ name.

Both names are steeped in settler culture.

Tink Tinker, a professor emeritus at Denver’s Iliff School of Theology, is a member of the Osage tribe. He has dedicated much of his career to teaching the cultures, history and religious traditions of American Indians.

Settlers, Tinker said, were colonizers in American Indian homelands. When they came, they renamed everything.

“It’s not unusual for the colonizer to name things after themselves,” he said. “The impetus was to name things so they belonged to the colonizer.”

The Arapaho, Cheyenne and Wilderness Society petition to change the name includes a statement signed by Evans in 1864: “I, John Evans, governor of Colorado Territory, do issue this

my proclamation, authorizing all citizens of Colorado, either individually or in such parties as they may organize, to go in pursuit of all hostile Indians on the plains… to kill and destroy, as enemies of the country, wherever they may be found, all such hostile Indians.”

Historians say that statement helped set the tone for the events that eventually led up to the massacre.

Andrew Masich is the president and CEO of the Senator John Heinz History Center, a Smithsonian Institute affiliate in Pennsylvania. He said the massacre began when many men from the tribe were out hunting. This left the most vulnerable at risk of being attacked by Chivington’s troops near a bend in Big Sandy Creek on Colorado’s plains.

“The women and children began to run up the dry creek bed,” Masich said.

Many tried to dig themselves holes into the sand to escape the violence.

“It was a slaughter, probably one of the most horrific massacres in the history of the United States,” Masich said.

Afterward, Congress’ Joint Committee on the Conduct of War wrote this of Chivington’s conduct toward the peaceful tribes: “Having full knowledge of their friendly character, having himself been instrumental to some

extent in placing them in their position of fancied security, he took advantage of their inapprehension and defenseless condition to gratify the worst passions that ever cursed the heart of man.”

The committee in Washington also rebuked Evans for his “prevarication and shuffling” in his testimony of Sand Creek events and his failure to acknowledge that what transpired was a massacre. Secretary of State William Seward subsequently forced Evans to resign as governor.

But when Evans returned to Colorado, residents cheered his arrival, according to History Colorado.

“Throughout the rest of his life,” the organization writes, Evans “never chastised Chivington or the soldiers involved in the massacre, and he continued to maintain that it had been necessary for the development of Colorado and the west.”

The organization quotes Evans’ words in an interview that came 20 years after the massacre.

“The benefit to Colorado of that massacre, as they call it, was very great for it ridded the plains of the Indians,” Evans said.

The naming board next meets on Nov. 17 over Zoom and the conversation about the name change will continue. The link to the meeting can be found on the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board’s website.

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Idaho Springs Health and Wellness Center celebrates with Halloversary event

Clear Creek’s Public Information Officer Megan Hiler hands out candy to eventgoers.

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Clear Creek County’s Health and Wellness Center celebrated 1 year since completion

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Health and Wellness Center in Idaho Springs celebrated its one year anniversary of being open on Oct. 31 with a “Halloversary” party.

The center, which has now been a staple for the community for over a year, provides services including

STD/STI testing, vaccines, lead testing, wellness exams and more. The center also has a food bank on site where people can take what they need to eat.

Members of the Clear Creek community as well as public officials were present at the anniversary event to celebrate one year of services at the center.

Clear Creek County Commissioner Randy Wheelock explained that the center provides healthcare, both public and private, in a stigma-free way to a rural community.

“We have a holistic way of bringing health to the community at large,” Wheelock said According to county officials,

Costumed residents of all ages stop by the center for some candy on Oct. 31.

before the center was completed, the county was without any primary care physicians since 2011.

Commissioner George Marlin said that a center like this one provides healthcare to a community that was previously lacking.

“This community got a little easier to live in,” he said about the opening of the center.

The Halloversary event on Oct. 31 was complete with trunk-or-treating and booths from Loaves and Fishes food bank, the Office of Emergency Management and more.

Melissa Lewis, the emergency management coordinator, was excited to meet residents at the event and help them with emergency

preparedness.

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Her booth featured guides on preparedness, as well as necessary survival gear like thermal blankets, whistles, masks — and candy, of course.

Sen. John Hickenlooper visited the Health and Wellness Center back in August. He was instrumental in helping to secure partial funding for the center through a grant from Community Project Funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration.

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Putting his talents to use in the Army Evergreen veteran Jim Gorman was part of Camp Hale’s second chapter

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Jim Gorman was an avid skier and rock climber in his youth.

Those talents came in handy when he served in the Army from 1952-1955, teaching soldiers to ski and climb rocks, and about coldweather survival skills in the Korean War and beyond.

He was stationed at Fort Carson in the summers where he taught rock climbing in the canyons behind the Broadmoor Hotel and at Camp Hale near Leadville in the winters where he taught skiing and cold-weather survival skills.

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Italy. He is proud that he was part of the Mountain & Cold Weather Training Command.

“We taught survival and how to save lives,” Gorman explained.

“Every six weeks, we taught soldiers mountain climbing, transporting materials with mules, how to survive in the mountains, how to ski. We had to teach how to survive in Korea and in the future.”

For Gorman, his time serving the country is special.

“I would do it all over again,” Gorman said. “It was the greatest period of my life, and I grew up a lot. I was exposed to so many people from so many different places.”

Early life Originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Gorman’s family traveled to Estes Park often in the summers.

Young people who didn’t play traditional sports such as basketball and football became rock climbers, he said. After high school, he moved to Estes Park, working in restaurants, tending bars and driving sightseeing buses.

One day, Gorman stopped to pick up his mail and put it in his backpack before going climbing with a friend. When they stopped for lunch, he checked his mail, finding his draft notice. He told his friend he considered jumping from the cliff rather than being drafted, and his friend suggested he untie the rope that attached the two first, Gorman said, laughing at the memory.

Instead of waiting for his draft date, he enlisted, so he could better control his military destiny, and he was assigned to the Mountain & Cold Weather Training Command — where he belonged.

Life in the Army Gorman said he was blown up, broke his back and was in a plane crash during his Army stint, and he lived to tell others the tales. He was firing mortar rounds at Camp Hale, when one exploded early, putting eight pieces of shrapnel into his lower body. At Fort Carson, one of the teams he was teaching on a rope bridge played a trick on him that backfired, breaking his back. And finally, he flew a plane – six takeoffs and five landings as he puts it — thanks to wind sheer, and while he was virtually uninjured, he was discharged three months early.

He noted that sometimes the weather at Camp Hale was miser-

able, and soldiers learned to make snow caves and sled trenches.

Some of the greatest skiers in the United States served in the Mountain & Cold Weather Training Command, Gorman said, including some of the U.S. Olympic ski team and some from college ski teams across the country.

His roommate was James Whittaker, the first American to climb Mount Everest.

Gorman and others went heliskiing near Vail, and they created sleeping bags that were much warmer than those the Army had and mittens with openings for a soldier’s trigger finger.

“One of our jobs was to create newer, better equipment,” he noted.

Gorman doesn’t have any photos or memorabilia of his time in the Army or of rock climbing, skiing or flying.

“I just never took any pictures,” he said.

Life after the military After serving in the Army, Gorman moved to Estes Park, where he saved up enough money to buy a two-bedroom kit house that he assembled – “my pride and joy” — that he sold years later. He began college at the University of Colorado, finishing a business degree at the University of Denver in 1959. He had a long career working in sales.

He met Helen, an interior designer for the Denver Dry stores, while on a sales call, and she didn’t buy the merchandise he was selling.

“You turned me down on those (items), would you turn me down for a date, too?” he said he asked Helen. They went on a date and married in 1968.

Gorman has been a mainstay at veterans events in the foothills, and he helped Evergreen Memorial Park in Marshdale create a veterans cemetery. Now he is hoping to get donations to put pine trees around the veterans area.

Gorman says he and some of his friends who served in the Mountain & Cold Weather Training Command feel they have been overshadowed by the 10th Mountain Division’s notoriety, and he has fought to make sure the command’s contributions haven’t been overlooked.

Camp Hale was deactivated in 1965, and on Oct. 12, 2022, President Biden designated the Camp Hale Continental Divide National Monument. The monument consists of 53,804 acres, which are managed by the White River National Forest unit of the U.S. Forest Service.

Gorman says he’s lived a full life, and he hasn’t skied or climbed rocks in years. He is known for sitting in a chair along Highway 73 on Veterans Day, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July waving an American flag to remind others of patriotism, love of country and remembering those who have served.

Mountain climbing is a metaphor for how he’s lived life for 91 years.

“Summiting mountains wasn’t important,” he said. “It was facing the challenge of the climb.”

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November 10, 2022

Are actions louder than words?

here is no doubt that almost universally we have all heard the statement, “Our actions speak louder than our words.”

It’s almost as if it is a given, a truth that cannot be debated. The supporting statementis , “What we do speaks so loudly that others can’t hear what we are saying.” Again, for the past many centuries, it would be hard to dispute this as something other than fact.

If we were to take a contrarian view in the world we live in today, I would suggest that maybe the enormity of words has finally usurped the actions of the people. What do I mean by this? In today’s world it is so much easier to hide behind our words when we can simply post, tweet, text or email, and although we may be challenged or trolled, we are not really held accountable. We can go on the attack, and then we can pretty much hide.

Standing up for our beliefs is an action, but it doesn’t have to be a violent or argumentative act. Instead, sometimes we find ourselves getting into a verbal arm-wrestling match through back-andforth rhetoric that only fans the flame of discord. Even with all the information shared with families, through the news and through social media, we still have more verbal bullying taking place, written and spoken, that unfortunately can lead to tragic consequences.

What if we truly got back to where our actions really did our speaking? What if

more of us stood up to the bullies where others find themselves defenseless or unable to? What if our actions spoke so loudly that the goodness in our hearts triumphed over the pervasive evil that seems to be growing in our communities? An evil that doesn’t have to exist.

An evil driven by polarization of belief systems whether they be social, political or theological.

We are facing crisis and words coming at us from every angle. Yet instead of finding the solution by coming together, we become further separated because we would rather fight and fight dirty than listen and try to understand, working toward a solution. We have a border crisis, fentanyl crisis, inflation crisis, violent crime crisis, education crisis, police crisis, teacher crisis, nursing crisis, physician crisis, first responder crisis, recession crisis, energy crisis, society crisis, divisive crisis, faith crisis, employment crisis, and yet instead of us all stepping up to try and take action to bring us closer, the words we choose and socialize with only drive us further apart.

So, which is speaking louder today, our actions or our words? Those words we hide behind via texts, posts and emails?

Those words we hide behind that deface public property? Or is it our action or inaction to do what is right, even in the face of conflict and adversity?

Look, I have family and friends who are on all sides of the spectrum around these problems. Some are on very

extreme sides and others are centrists.

And for me, I may even be accused of having my words speaking louder than my actions as I write this column each week. Yet, my action is actually writing this column with the intent of urging us all to find common ground and a middle that makes us better together. There will be no victory where one side completely convinces the other side that their way is right, this will never happen. However, we can get closer and simply agree to disagree more often. What can happen is that our actions of love, kindness, justice, mercy, gentleness, generosity, understanding, cooperation, unity and togetherness prove that we are still the United States of America, and that we stand better together than we do when we stand apart.

How about you? Are your words or actions speaking louder these days? Knowing that this column will absolutely rub some the wrong way, at least initially, my hope is that my intended actions and my words lead us all to a better place. I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when our actions and words speak so loudly that they call us all together, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

Dahlia mania

BY JENNIFER MILLER DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS

It is time to warm up your smartphone thumbs, dahlia growers.

Dahlia tuber season is upon us.

Now through April, dahlia farmers from Washington to New Zealand hold online tuber sales that some observers compare to an extreme sport.

In order to land the best varieties and newest cultivars, customers must know the fastest route to check out and do it in record time.

“We are in the midst of a dahlia mania largely stimulated by the flower farmer movement,” New Zealand dahlia breeder Dr. Keith Hammett posted in May on Instagram.

In the last 20 years, artisan flower farms have popped up in many communities to provide seasonal, sustainable alternatives to imported florals — and almost all grow dahlias.

The newest varieties of dahlias are the most expensive, but once you own one, you can divide the tubers at the end of the season and multiply your plants. Pictured is 2021 introduction dahlia, Bloomquist PHOTO BY JENNIFER MILLER Awestruck.

The farms found that they could sell not only the cut flower, but also the tubers, which are fleshy swollen roots that enable a dahlia to grow.

Many had accumulated the best vari-

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eties to share, including some they’d hybridized themselves.

And just like that, a craze was born. Gardeners today flock to online sales and sometimes in such high numbers that sale websites crash. This has led to comparisons with Dahlia Mania of the 1920s, when a giant pink dahlia named ‘Jersey’s Beauty’ shook up the gardening world.

“Everyone wanted a tuber of this variety and there were not enough to go around,” dahlia expert Brion Sprinsock posted on Instagram. “As a result, the price for a single tuber was $25 in 1923, the equivalent of $406 today.”

Today’s tubers usually top out at $25 — a deal in comparison to back then — but there never seems to be enough of prized varieties to meet demand. The most expensive varieties — the stellar new hybrids — routinely sell out within minutes of sales opening.

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So how do you score the dahlia of your dreams? It certainly helps if you are fast on your thumbs. But even if you’re not, these tips could give you the edge: Get on lists. Join email lists to be notified of sales. This is key as farms often give followers early access to sales or exclusive sales.

Be Prepared. Dahlia farms close shop pages the night before sales to update inventory. Get there the day before, jot down varieties you want and note where they appear on the pages.

Often you can create an account in advance with your address and credit card information and this can save valuable minutes. If not, consider putting payment information on autofill.

Some farms let you set up a favorites list. Never pass up this opportunity. It allows you to bypass the main

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Explore a new planet at Wings Over the Rockies

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he idea of traveling to another planet seems closer than ever in recent years — no longer is it an idea solely left to the science fiction writers among us. And the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is embracing this fact with the unveiling of the new Planet Pioneers Exhibition.

“We’re always trying to bring in something new. Sometimes we do it ourselves and sometimes we get traveling exhibits like this one,” said Stewart Bailey, collections manager at the museum. “This exhibit focuses on space flight and what it’s like to travel to another planet and set up a colony there.”

Created by Scitech in Perth, Australia, and produced by Imagine Exhibitions, Planet Pioneers runs at Wings Over the Rockies Lowry, 7711 East Academy Blvd. in Denver, through Sunday, Jan. 8. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

According to provided information, the exhibit is made up of 17 interactive, immersive exhibits that offer potential explorers of all ages the chance to prepare for the journey to and then explore a distant planet.

“Some of the beginning exhibits allow visitors to establish who the crew members will be, what equipment to take and things like that,” Bailey said. “You have to make the proper choices when considering things like what to take with you as part of space travel.”

Visitors can also get a taste of what it’s like to prepare for time spent on a new planet with activities like driving a 4-D Surface Exploration Vehicle, flying a virtual drone and experiencing the G-Force in a spinning capsule. And once the travelers arrive on the planet, they need to tackle the all-important tasks of finding water and oxygen and growing food.

“Some exhibits are very hands-on, some are more cerebral and this one hits people on all different levels.

It’s a really well-designed exhibit,” Bailey said. “It’s particularly timely with all the renewed interest in space exploration.”

The exhibit’s arrival at Wings

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page during a sale and immediately add varieties to your shopping cart.

Be on time. A minute before the online store opens, hit the refresh button until a live page appears. Yes, this does sometimes cause websites to crash if everyone is doing it, but if you do not do it, you lose valuable time.

Use your fastest device. Though some say smartphones are faster than PCs, it depends on the device.

Whichever of yours is fastest — and easiest to use — choose that.

Use the buddy system. Ask a friend or spouse to get on their

Over the Rockies couldn’t be more perfectly timed and will be a great way to spend a day during the holidays. And while it will undoubtedly entertain all visitors, the hope is it also inspires the next generation of Clarke Reader travelers.

“We want people to understand that space exploration is open to everybody and that everyone has something to contribute to the future of space flight,” Bailey said. “It’s exciting, because the generation coming through the exhibit today are the ones who may be going to places like Mars.”

Tickets and more information are available at wingsmuseum.org.

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Peace at all costs in Wheat Ridge’s ‘Lysistrata’ Do you ever just stop and think how astounding it is that many of the works we have from ancient Greek times still hold meaning millennia after they were originally written? Those universal truths are just what will be explored in Mellisa Taylor’s production of Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata.”

The classic play runs at the Wheat Ridge Theatre Company Playhouse, 5455 W. 38th. Ave., through Sunday, Nov. 20. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

For those unfamiliar, the show focuses on the Greek women’s efforts to stop their husbands constantly going off to fight in some war by refusing to sleep with them until peace talks are held.

Visit https://wheatridgetheatre. com/ for information and tickets.

A new perspective on creative mapmaking PlatteForum — an arts, youth development, and artist-in-residence program — is hosting a new fall exhibit by Jennifer Maravillas-Bell, who has been in residence at the gallery’s ArtLab since early September.

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device at the same time and whoever gets to the payment page first, orders.

Limit your purchase. This may sound odd, but it is better to select just one dahlia variety and check out than add a full wish list to your shopping cart. If you add too many and one sells out, the website may force you to redo your entire shopping list.

Some farms allow customers to combine orders under one shipping charge. This is becoming rarer, but it is worth looking for under terms of service. Combining orders allows you to buy a coveted tuber, check out, then go back in and buy another without paying more postage.

Jennifer Miller is a horticulture coordinator with the Denver Botanic Gardens

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known for bringing life to everyone around him. He is survived by his parents, Anne Bradford-Burkey and Tymothy Burkey, his younger siblings Douglas, Carl, Andrew and Margaret; Grandparents, Wm. Terry and Vilet Sommer Burkey and special friend, Sadie Schultz. He is survived by numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. He is preceded in death by grandparents, Carl Henry Jr. and Patricia Ann Bradford A Celebration of Life will be held December 1, at 5 pm at Idaho Springs Elks Club #607. A private family burial will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Rochester, OH. Contributions may be made to LoavesandFishesco.net. Arrangements are handled by Greenwood Myers Mortuary in Boulder, CO.

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Celebrating Native American Indian Heritage Month in November is a pathway to honoring Indigenous people year-round

BY ELICIA HESSELGRAVE SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

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he Denver area today is a hub for Native Americans.

It was approximately between 1945 and 1965 when Native Americans found Denver to be a desirable place to find work, said Cheryl Crazy Bull, president of the Denver-based American Indian College Fund.

This time period is known as the Relocation and Termination period, when Native Americans were removed from reservations and relocated to urban areas, Crazy Bull said.

Awareness of the plight of Native American communities rose in the 1960s and `70s, and this included concern for the lack of representation and visibility of tribal members in every corner of American life, Crazy Bull said.

“We saw a desire in Native American communities to create pathways for more people in public to see us,” Crazy Bull said. “Native American Heritage Month and Indigenous Peoples’ Day emerged out of a desire for that kind of visibility.”

In 1990, President George H. W. Bush established Native American Indian Heritage Month, which is celebrated every November.

“Native American Indian Heritage Month is a focused educational time,” Crazy Bull said.

‘Our own way of knowing the world’ Crazy Bull grew up in South Dakota and takes pride in being a citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation, part of the Seven Council Fires. Each of the Council Fires is made up of individual tribal bands, based on kinship, dialect and geographic proximity.

“Indigenous people have our own way of knowing the world and our own knowledge system focusing on kinship and relationships,” Crazy Bull said. “We believe in generosity and industriousness, and being responsible in our actions and the gifts that people bring to us in their talent.”

How to celebrate Native American Heritage Month The American Indian College Fund offers a number of ways to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. It begins with IndigeBration, an exclusive virtual concert. The celebration continues with a month-long Facebook challenge that includes a Walk and Learn event, an instructional SEE HERE, P11

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social dance video, book clubs, watch parties and panels. Crazy Bull will cap the celebration month with a live discussion.

Recognizing Native Americans during Thanksgiving “A lot of people have come to learn that the history behind Thanksgiving dinner (and) the stories we learned in school, are not exactly correct,” said NancyJo Houk, chief marketing and development officer for the American Indian College Fund. “I think it’s wonderful that people are starting to hear and understand that the truth behind the story of Thanksgiving isn’t what we all thought that it was.”

Houk said there are ways to celebrate the holiday while also honoring Native Americans. She suggests reciting a land recognition or incorporating a traditional native dish to the meal. The college fund also provides resources of accurate history to share and discuss during the meal.

Beyond Native American Heritage Month The idea is that Indigenous people will be honored beyond the month of November. That starts with research and self-education,

Crazy Bull said. Her suggestions include taking advantage of opportunities to meet people of different cultures at social gatherings, work or club meetings. She said to also pay close attention to how Native American people are represented in schools, and take note of historical references in coursework to ensure there is representation of Indigenous peoples, Crazy Bull said.

Additionally, the Front Range boasts many nonprofits that serve Indigenous communities across the U.S. that people can learn more about. For example, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society on the University of Colorado-Denver campus and the American Indian Academy of Denver. And, there’s the Native American Rights Fund based in Boulder and Longmont’s First Nations Development Institute.

There’s also the American Indian Academy of Denver, a free charter school focused on student-driven STEAM curriculum that was established to support Native American and Latinx students.

It provides a “learning in an environment where children get a lot of opportunity to honor their Indigenious community,” Crazy Bull said.

Also in Denver, the city and county’s Commission of Indian Affairs “strives to support visibility of Native people in Denver,

and also legislation,” Crazy Bull said, adding that “Colorado itself has passed some laws that were really important, like banning mascots, (and) legislation supporting tuition support of members of tribes.”

For the arts, Crazy Bull points to the North American Indian Cultures exhibition hall at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Denver Art Museum’s Indigenous Arts of North America gallery. Both offer opportunities to experience Native American culture any time of the year.

Another resource is the NativeLands app, which helps people discover what lands were the traditional homes of specific Indengous peoples.

Other suggestions to celebrate and honor Native Americans include learning how to cook traditional native foods and supporting Native American-owned businesses, such as Denver’s own Tocabe, an American Indian eatery. There are also volunteer opportunities with organizations such as the Denver Indian Resource Center, the Denver Indian Center or Spirit of the Sun. “In the U.S., there’s this practice of trying to celebrate diversity in framed ways, so Native American Heritage Month is an example of that social practice of drawing attention to groups of people by setting aside time for them to be recognized,” Crazy Bull said.

Cheryl Crazy Bull is a citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation and serves as the president and CEO of the American COURTESY PHOTO Indian College Fund.

“But we are here everyday. And we view Native American Heritage Month as just an opportunity to showcase the different accomplishments and different challenges Native Americans face.”

To learn more about the American Indian College Fund, visit collegefund.org.

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raphy, Belonging, Place and Identity will be on display at the PlatteForum Annex Gallery, 3575 Ringsby Court, Unit 103 in Denver, through Saturday, Nov. 26.

According to provided information, Collected Perspectives explores map-making through a

social justice lens. Maravillas-Bell is from Brooklyn, New York, but is now based in Denver and as part of the work’s creative process has been walking the streets in the area, collecting debris and putting it into concrete shapes that match each block.

Information on the exhibit and gallery can be found at https:// platteforum.org/.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Son

Little at the Bluebird Theater One of the many great things about R&B music is how eclectic the genre is — there’s an approach to soul music that will appeal to practically any listener. Take the music made by Philadelphia’s Son Little, who since 2014 has been releasing music that owes as much to classic Motown sounds as it does to electronica. It’s easy to see why he has recorded with artists ranging from Mavis Staples and RJD2.

In support of his latest album, this year’s “Like Neptune,” Son Little will be performing at the Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12. He’ll be joined by openers Moorea Masa & The Mood.

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Online enrollment grows in Colorado Accountability may be needed

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When the pandemic first sent Colorado students home from school, Rachael Sheetz worried about the chaos of remote learning, but as the caretaker for her elderly grandmother, she also worried about COVID. In her search for options for her two teenagers, she landed on Colorado Connections Academy, an online school. She figured they’d been doing online learning for a while and would be better prepared than traditional schools had been.

Today, 2 1/2 years later, her son has returned to brick-and-mortar schooling at a popular local charter with high vaccination rates.

But her daughter has stayed online, where she’s getting lots of teacher support and doing work that to Sheetz seems several grade levels ahead.

“I found that kids excel better when they can achieve academics at a pace that is comfortable for them,” Sheetz said. “My daughter has always been a decent student, but giving her more flexibility has helped her excel even more.”

Enrollment in online schools in Colorado grew steadily before the pandemic, then surged as schools shut down in spring 2020, despite overall enrollment in public schools dropping.

In fall 2021, the most recent complete data available, Colorado enrolled 30,803 students in online schools, 50% more than the 20,603 enrolled in fall 2018. Online students now represent about 3.5% of public school enrollment.

Although online enrollment declined slightly from 2020-21 to 202122, officials expect more steady growth over time.

School districts, aware of families’ interest, are opening their own new online schools to meet the demand.

Yet much remains unknown

about how online schools perform and how they’re managed.

One small district, Byers 32J, has increased its enrollment tenfold in the last decade by opening online charters. It now runs eight of them. That has increased its budget because the district keeps a portion of the state’s per student funds. Some of Byers’ schools posted the state’s biggest surges in enrollment and are the least transparent in data.

Statewide, seven in 10 online schools did not have enough data for the state to issue them a 2022 performance rating.

“It absolutely should be a concern,” said Van Schoales, senior policy director for the Keystone Policy Center. “The unfortunate irony is that online schools claim to be more connected to folks and yet a measure of connectedness is test participation and so it would suggest and reinforce a lot of the national research that online schools aren’t living up to advertising around personalizing instruction for kids.”

Schools meeting the demand This fall, online school leaders say preliminary enrollment figures seem to show a slight dip again, but numbers still will be well above pre-pandemic levels.

Jeffco set up an online program last school year for families who weren’t ready to return to in-person classrooms, creating flexibility so that students could switch back and forth between remote learning during the year. This year, that program has converted into its own online school, here to stay.

Unlike the district’s Jeffco Virtual Academy, which has long existed, the new Jeffco Remote Learning Program school serves elementary age students too, and requires students to log in to receive live, real-time instruction from about 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

At its peak last school year, the remote school had more than 1,300 students. This year, Principal Kala Munguia expects to have around 700 students. She said last year approximately 60% of students

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“Our students tend to need or want that collaboration amongst other students,” Munguia said. She thinks more families will be interested in the model, once they learn it’s an option.

Adams 12 also set up a districtwide online program during the pandemic that now has turned into a new school, Five Star Online Academy.

Principal Adria Moersen said that the school was started in real time, or what’s called synchronous, but has since shifted to have more flexibility. Students can choose to be fully synchronous just for the mornings, or for certain days of the week, and now have more inperson opportunities for tutoring and other activities.

The school has about 520 students in grades 2 to 12, down from about 700 last year.

“This year these are students who are choosing online because it

works for them,” Moersen said.

The district’s other online option is through Pathways, an alternative education school for older students off track to graduate. Before the pandemic, Pathways was a blended learning program that required most students to attend a few hours in person.

During the pandemic, the school tried allowing all students to be fully online, but found that it didn’t work for most students.

“Ours are students who really need that extra support,” said Principal Matt Schmidt. Still, this year, about 15% of students have been allowed to choose to stay fully online. The school’s model of sixweek courses allows the students to opt to be online or in person for each six-week period.

District staff tout that flexibility as they try to reengage students who have left school. Moersen and Schmidt said that for some of their students, having to work or take care of family members means the online options work best.

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school for her kids, she wasn’t sure it was going to work, but being a stay-at-home mom, she knew she’d be around to help them.

Sheetz was thrilled at the flexibility of being able to let her kids wake up later or take a break in the middle of the day to spend time together or run an errand. Still, she encouraged them to participate in some live classes at least once a week.

These are some of the same reasons families for years have chosen online learning. Bernie Zercher’s daughter’s social anxiety made it hard for her to participate in even the limited in-person programming that her siblings used as part of their home-schooling course. The biggest draw from GOAL Academy was more flexibility for her to participate live only as much as she wanted to, and that counselors and other available services could help her through her anxiety.

In four years in high school at GOAL, she’s become more comfortable with in-person activities and interactions, and now takes concurrent college classes in person, has an internship at the school’s multimedia department, and participates in a school music group.

“The GOAL setting was just so much more accommodating for her,” Zercher said. “I

don’t know that that’s typical of online schools. I think it’s kind of unique to GOAL. They really were meant as a safety net for a lot of kids that had experienced childhood traumas or other issues.”

Growth makes accountability more important National data shows that online schools in general have lower student outcomes, including test scores and graduation rates, than do traditional in-person models. Studies of online learning during the pandemic also show students falling behind when they were learning virtually.

Of Colorado schools that tested enough students to report composite SAT scores publicly this year, online schools tested on average 25 points lower than brick-and-mortar schools, out of a 1,600-point maximum.

Of schools that tested enough students to report state CMAS scores publicly this year, online schools tested on average 5 points lower than brick-and-mortar schools on English and 21 points lower on mathematics, out of a 850-point maximum.

Advocates for online schools say that many students who seek an online education weren’t doing well in traditional settings, and may already be starting behind or facing other challenges.

But there also have been questions about the quality of education and how engaged online students are. Back in 2016, an Education Week investigation of GOAL Academy, which at

the time was the largest online school in the state, cited internal school data that nearly half of students didn’t log in at all during a typical week.

Zercher isn’t just a parent. As a local business owner, he was tapped to serve on the board of GOAL as the school made muchneeded reforms. He agrees with the need for more oversight.

“The whole charter school world is the wild, Wild West of education,” Zercher said. “I have seen some crazy stuff, and crazy disregard for regulations.”

Renee Martinez, supervisor for the state Education Department’s office of online and blended learning, says the state does its best to provide oversight, but has been limited by multiple changes in the law. Some issues are just relayed back to authorizers.

As it does for all schools, the Education Department audits student course loads and credits to ensure districts receive the right amount of money for students, and to ensure that students aren’t being counted as enrolled in more than one school.

There’s never been reason to believe that any school is falsely inflating their enrollment counts, she said.

But, “of course we operate on best intentions, thinking they wouldn’t do that,” she said.

Martinez said her department was also disappointed in how little data on performance there was for online schools this year.

This year, online schools were more likely than brick-and-mortar schools to have insufficient

data to earn a state performance rating — a growing problem among online schools.

Zercher agrees schools can do something about this and should be held accountable for it.

For example, he thinks that test participation reflects on the relationship of the school with its students.

In his daughter’s case, he said, she was willing to be at the state fairgrounds at 7:30 a.m. for testing because of the relationship with her counselor.

“She loves her counselor and doesn’t want to disappoint them,” Zercher said.

The elementary school affiliated with Colorado Preparatory Academy, an online school run by K12, a for-profit national provider, this year fell to the state’s lowest rating, known as turnaround status. Before the pandemic it had received the highest rating.

But the principal cautioned that this year’s rating was based on 18% of students testing.

“This was the lowest participation I’ve seen,” said Nicole Tiley, executive director for Colorado Preparatory Academy.

She surveyed families who opted out and found the main reason families cited for not testing was concern about health and safety.

“We are very proactively thinking about how to improve that,” she said.

This story is from Chalkbeat Colorado, a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools. Used by permission. For more, and to support Chalkbeat, visit co.chalkbeat.org.

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Ben Mann doesn’t fit the typical mold of a Protestant pastor.

Mann, who is non-binary ad uses they/them pronouns, wears highheeled shoes and makeup. Their altar sits beneath a transgender Pride flag and they’re surrounded by rainbows.

For many, being both non-binary and a pastor could conflict. But for

Mann, the two identities complete each other.

“As queer people, I think we have a unique view of the world and the ability to question and wonder and hold strength within ourselves when we offer that power to one another,” Mann said. “I think that makes us an interesting element to society.”

Mann is the associate pastor at Mayflower Congregational Church in Englewood and a chaplain at

UCHealth on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Their role at the church is typical for a pastor — deliver sermons from the Bible with context for modern life. At the hospital, Mann works with patients of various faiths to bring comfort to them during what are often traumatic circumstances.

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We instantly start poking and prodding them and that can be a really inhumane experience.”

“I find, as a chaplain, I get to inject a lot of humanity into a person and a family’s experience,” Mann added.

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Original Grantor(s) DONOVAN SCOTT ELKINS Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN PACIFIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of Trust May 14, 2018 County of Recording Clear 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 ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMENDED DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OF CLEAR CREEK CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON OCTOBER25, 1977, IN BOOK 371 AT PAGE71, AND THE CONDOMINIUM 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, GEORGETOWN, CO 80444.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED 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 provided 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, Georgetown, 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 10/27/2022 Last Publication 11/24/2022 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 ENTITLED 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

recorded in the County of Clear Creek records.

Original Grantor(s) Shane Hutto Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICA’S MORTGAGE, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust January 18, 2012 County of Recording Clear 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 payments 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 ENCUMBERED 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 provided 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, Georgetown, 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 ENTITLED 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.

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 relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Clear Creek records.

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

Original Grantor(s) Mary B Moss and Michael R Moss Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Acting Solely as Nominee for Countrywide Bank N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt A B S 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

On August 5, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be

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

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.

L1013-FC 2022-006 COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2022-006

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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE LYING AND BEING 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 RECORDED 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 ENCUMBERED 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 provided 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, Georgetown, 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 ENTITLED 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, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 9536707 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 Public Notice TOWN OF GEORGETOWN PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Planning Commission for the Town of Georgetown will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022, to take public comment on concepts for regulation of Long Term Stay in Hotels/Motels in Georgetown. The hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall, 404 6th Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The meeting may also be joined virtually at: www.zoom.us Webinar ID: 849 0469 0333 and/or dial in: 1-346-248-7799 A copy of the Memorandum regarding Regulation of Long Term Hotel/Motel Stays is available for inspection at Town Hall, 404 6th Street, Georgetown, Colorado, during normal business hours.

The Memorandum can be found also at www. townofgeorgetown.us under Public Notices. Interested parties are encouraged to attend the public hearing and make their opinions known. Written comments may be submitted to the Commission at Box 426, Georgetown, CO 80444, and townclerk@ townofgeorgetown.us any time before the hearing.

For further information, call 303-569-2555 ext. 2.

Given and posted up at the Georgetown Town Hall, this 28th day of October 2022 Jennifer Yobski Town Clerk Legal Notice No. CCC480 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 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, Colorado 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 Courant Public Notice October 2022 Check Register Check Issue Date Payee Amount

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37485 10/10/2022 A T & T Mobility 316.68 37486 10/10/2022 Admin - Petty Cash 415.44 37487 10/10/2022 Alpha Graphics 252.79 37488 10/10/2022 APWA 370.00 37489 10/10/2022 Arrowhead Landscape Services 3,619.00 37490 10/10/2022 Blue to Gold, LLC 450.00 37491 10/10/2022 Browns Hill Engineering & Cont 3,240.00 37492 10/10/2022 CenturyLink 509.92 37493 10/10/2022 Chicago Creek Sanitation 153.00 37494 10/10/2022 CIRSA 35,622.40 37495 10/10/2022 City of Idaho Springs 500,000.00 37496 10/10/2022 Clear Creek County Clerk & Rec 18.00 37497 10/10/2022 Clear Creek County Transfer Stati 198.00 37498 10/10/2022 Clear Creek Fire Authority 36,125.00 37499 10/10/2022 Colorado Analytical Lab 784.80 37500 10/10/2022 Colorado Community Media 1,163.00 37501 10/10/2022 Common Knowledge Technology, 5,028.00 37502 10/10/2022 Core & Main LP 174.30 37503 10/10/2022 Dog Waste Depot 382.74 37504 10/10/2022 Doyle Disposal 453.00 37505 10/10/2022 DPC Industries Inc. 831.76 37506 10/10/2022 Grainger Inc. 158.65 37507 10/10/2022 Hoehn Architects P.C. 2,557.50 37508 10/10/2022 Honnen Equipment 1,740.30 37509 10/10/2022 IntelliPay 52.32 37510 10/10/2022 J V A I n c o r p o r a t e d 16,251.75 37511 10/10/2022 McDonald Farms 2,350.55 37512 10/10/2022 Michael Goodbee 1,600.00 37513 10/10/2022 Murray Dahl Beery & Renaud 16,303.30 37514 10/10/2022 Paul’s Enterprises 25.00 37515 10/10/2022 Peak Performance Imaging Soluti 191.60 37516 10/10/2022 Professional Management Solutio 8,523.75 37517 10/10/2022 Ramey Environmental Complianc

4,139.92 37518 10/10/2022 Law Firm Of Suzanne Rogers PC 1,545.00 37519 10/10/2022 SAFEbuilt, LLC Lockbox #88135 20, 166.58 37520 10/10/2022 Solenis 4,423.02 37521 10/10/2022 Spectrum CGeneral Contractors, I 21,137.50 37522 10/10/2022 Sprint 116.07 37523 10/10/2022 Staples Business Advantage 170.75 37524 10/10/2022 T Mobile 308.23 37525 10/10/2022 USA Blue Book 2,082.61 37526 10/10/2022 Utility Notification Center of Color 28.60 37527 10/10/2022 Admin - Petty Cash 96.91 37528 10/10/2022 City of Idaho Springs 13,497.19 37529 10/24/2022 Blackwell Oil 469.14 37530 10/24/2022 Brannan Aggregates 6,818.98 37531 10/24/2022 CCMRD 500.00 37532 10/24/2022 CenturyLink 336.71 37533 10/24/2022 CIRSA 1,000.00 37534 10/24/2022 City of Idaho Springs 665.62 37535 10/24/2022 CivicPlus LLC 225.00 37536 10/24/2022 Clear Creek County Road & Bridg 4,376.24 37537 10/24/2022 Clear Creek Radio 3,500.00 37538 10/24/2022 Clear Creek Supply 174.66 37539 10/24/2022 Colorado Analytical Lab 659.70 37540 10/24/2022 Colorado Community Media 393.94 37541 10/24/2022 Comcast 160.66 37542 10/24/2022 Core & Main LP 2,815.18 37543 10/24/2022 Direct Tint & Graphics 250.00 37544 10/24/2022 DPC Industries Inc. 1,219.00 37545 10/24/2022 Foothills Auto & Truck Parts 4.55 37546 10/24/2022 Galls 123.20 37547 10/24/2022 Grainger Inc. 221.20 37548 10/24/2022 HDR Engineering, Inc 7,718.77 37549 10/24/2022 Historical Society of I S 11,667.50 37550 10/24/2022 Home Depot Credit Services 969.68 37551 10/24/2022 McDonald Farms 1,189.05 37552 10/24/2022 Mountain Tool and Feed 29.95 37553 10/24/2022 Peak Performance Imaging Soluti 485.31 37554 10/24/2022 Ramey Environmental Complianc 63.00 37555 10/24/2022 Safeguard Business Systems 219.27 37556

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lost their faith. Lessons from Jesus Christ’s teachings are still a core part of their belief system, but Mann no longer identifies with the word “Christian,” as they do not like the rise of alt-right Christianity in recent years and the way the religion has been weaponized.

“I find the term ‘Christian,’ to be highly problematic, only because of the brand in my country that it’s taken on,” Mann explained. “I think it’s almost an understatement to say that we see the repercussions of an Evangelical Christianity that are so pervasive, and I think that speaks to the underlying tensions where we see Christianity being used as a weapon to hurt people.”

In its purest form, Mann believes Christianity can serve the most marginalized people and bring communities together, but the faith has lost sight of its roots, they said.

“The loudest voices get to claim what they believe that term to mean,” Mann said of the word ‘Christian.’ “I think there’s a correction of the narrative. Being smart and savvy with our narrative, breaking out of traditions that no longer serve people.”

Little data exists on how many LGBTQ+ community members are represented in the clergy, but a Pew Research Center study from 2014 found more churches are accepting LGBTQ+ people and moving away from teachings about homosexuality being a sin that were once a staple of many Christian sects.

As progressive churches continue to put themselves on the map, Mann hopes LGBTQ+ people who

As the associate pastor of a church in Englewood and a chaplain at UCHealth, Ben Mann – who is non-binary – is working to make religion more accepting to the LGBTQ+ community.

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were once harmed by Christianity can find a place for the good parts of religion in their hearts.

“There’s a deep hunger in our culture to understand spirit and to understand self,” Mann said.

“There are answers, there are opportunities to grow, and I hope the trauma from their past won’t prevent them from growing.”

Mann also believes LGBTQ+

people have a unique outlook of the world due to the difficulties they often face.

“I think queer people have a wonderful opportunity to be leaders in so many different facets of culture, including inside and outside of faith communities and other places,” Mann said. “I think we have a unique view of the world and the ability to question and

wonder and hold strength within ourselves when we offer that power to one another.”

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.

Public Notices 10/24/2022 Salt Lake Wholesale Sports 1,375.26 37557 10/24/2022 SHR Car Wash Colorado LLC 202.42 37558 10/24/2022 Sprint 457.88 37559 10/24/2022 Staples Business Advantage 659.97 37560 10/24/2022 The Compliance Alliance 100.00 37561 10/24/2022 THK Associates 3,608.25 10102201 10/10/2022 Xcel Energy 381.39 10102202 10/10/2022 Xcel Energy 257.94 10102203 10/10/2022 Xcel Energy 3,464.16 10102204 10/10/2022 Xcel Energy 15.44 10102205 10/10/2022 Xcel Energy 11.67 10102206 10/10/2022 Xcel Energy 11.67 10102207 10/10/2022 Xcel Energy 4,355.49 10102208 10/10/2022 Xcel Energy 7,531.71 10102209 10/10/2022 Xcel Energy 287.32 10102210 10/10/2022 Xcel Energy 357.01 10102211 10/10/2022 Xcel Energy 53.98 10102212 10/10/2022 WEX BANK 48.67 10102213 10/10/2022 WALMART

COMMUNITY/RFCSL 121.56 10102214 10/10/2022 TK Elevator Corporation 565.96 10102215 10/10/2022 Timberline Disposal 305.60 10102216 10/10/2022 Timberline Disposal 64.10 10102217 10/10/2022 Quill Corporation 271.33 10102218 10/10/2022 Liberty Communications 575.55 10102219 10/10/2022 Comcast 255.21 10102220 10/10/2022 Comcast 2,413.34 10102221 10/10/2022 Comcast 2,413.34 10102222 10/10/2022 Colorado Water Resources & Pow 54,611.87 10102223 10/10/2022 Colorado Water Resources & Pow 54,611.87 10102224 10/10/2022 Alsco - Denver Linen 10242201 10/24/2022 Xcel Energy 14.81 10242202 10/24/2022 Xcel Energy 4,525.31 10242203 10/24/2022 VISA 82.90 10242204 10/24/2022 VISA 658.50 10242205 10/24/2022 VISA 3,736.86 10242206 10/24/2022 VISA 1,790.51 10242207 10/24/2022 Alsco - Denver Linen 10242208

10/24/2022 Deep Rock 38.92 10242209 10/24/2022 Division of Oil and Public Safety 31.00 10242210 10/24/2022 ELAVON 383.51 10242211 10/24/2022 ELAVON 723.02 10242212 10/24/2022 Pitney Bowes 208.99 10242213 10/24/2022 CO Department of Public Health a 580.00 10242214 10/24/2022 CO Department of Public Health a 92.00 10242215 10/24/2022 CO Department of Public Health a 4,538.00 Dated:

City Council:

Jennifer Yobski Town Clerk

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A copy of the complete application is available for inspection at Town Hall, 404 6th Street, Georgetown, Colorado, during normal business hours.

Interested parties are encouraged to attend the public hearing and make their opinions known.

Written comments may be submitted to the Commission at Box 426, Georgetown, CO 80444 any time before the hearing. For further information, call 303-569-2555 ext. 2.

Given and posted up at the Georgetown Town Hall, this 28th day of October 2022.

Mayor:

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Current zoning: Gateway Commercial Proposed zoning: Multi Family Applicant: Jack Arbess Property location: 1600 Argentine St. Georgetown, CO BLOCK 64: LOT 1 THROUGH 6 AND LOTS 15 THROUGH 20, EXCEPT THE SOUTH 20 FEET OF SAID LOT 6 AND THE SOUTH 20 FEET OF SAID LOT 16 BLOCK 71: LOTS 1 THROUGH 6 BLOCK 76: LOTS 13 THROUGH 16 TOGETHER WITH VACATED 16TH STREET, 17TH STREET AND CLARK STREET; EXCEPT ANY PARTS OF SAID LOTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OWNED BY THE STATE OR COUNTY FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES, GEORGETOWN, COUNTY OF CLEAR CLREEK STATE OF COLORADO Zoning: Gateway Commercial

The Planning Commission for the Town of Georgetown will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022, to consider an application filed by Jack Arbess for rezoning of real property described below. The hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 404 6th Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The meeting may also be joined virtually at: www.zoom.us Webinar ID: 849 0469 0333 and/or dial in: 1-346-248-7799

Legal Notice No. CCC481 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Legal Notice No. CCC483 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the Evergreen Fire Protection District has published on Thursday, November 3, 2022 a Request for Proposals for the 401a and 457 Retirement Plans. A copy of the Request for Proposals has been published on the District website at

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

https://www.evergreenfirerescue.com/news_detail_T11_R22.php and has been filed at 1802 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen, Colorado where the same is open for public inspection by appointment.

Evergreen Fire Protection District By: /S/ Stacey Ballinger, Secretary

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

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