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Colorado takes gold at the Western US High School Alpine Championships

CCHS senior Parker Scott made the team for the second year in a row

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

One Clear Creek High School senior made the Western National Colorado Ski Team and helped Colorado bring home the gold at the Western US High School Alpine Championships.

Parker Scott is a member of the ski team at CCHS, but his ski journey hardly began long before high

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BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“And I don’t remember screaming, but I remember hearing my voice screaming. It’s kind of weird,” Randy Wheelock remembered.

Now a Clear Creek county commissioner, Wheelock worked as a laborer on the Eisenhower Tunnel ve decades ago when he rst moved to Colorado.

e Eisenhower tunnel turned 50 on March 8 and was celebrated by the Colorado Department of Transportation and local o cials. According to CODOT, at the time of its construction, the tunnel project was the largest single federal-aid highway project in US history.

“I was working on this crew of laborers over there with pick and shovel and working really hard, doing really hard, dirty work,” Wheelock said.

at was the early ‘70s. Wheelock left his home state of Oklahoma in

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Parker Scott competes at the Western US High School Alpine Championships.

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY PARKER SCOTT

The Western National Colorado Ski Team poses after the big win.

A personal account of the hard labor that went into the Eisenhower Tunnel Tunnel turned 50 this month

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

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Mountain Rendezvous Chapter awards scholarship to Clear Creek High School student

e 2023 Daughters of the American Revolution Mountain Rendezvous Chapter’s Good Citizen scholarship was awarded to Millicent Gothmanof Clear Creek High School. Her school counselor is Alyson Loitz.  e DAR scholarship encourages and rewards the qualities of patriotism, leadership, dependability and service. e award is open to any high school senior who exhibits these four qualities to an outstanding degree.Part of the application process involves writing a 550 word, timed essay on a surprise American History topic.

Millicent served as class president the last three years and was elected student body president. She participates in Young Life, TREK Teen Council and is a member of the National Honor Society. She took advanced placement classes in Calculus, Statistics, Biology, US History, Studio Art and English.  She is currently ranked 2nd in her graduating class of 53 seniors.

Athletically Millicent is on the soccer, track, cross country, cheer and ski teams, all while maintaining a weighted 4.3 GPA in her academic classes.

After school, Millicent is employed at e Clear Creek Recreation Center as a lifeguard and at Exit 240 Ski and Ride as a ski technician. She also is a hostess at the restaurant Westbound and Down in Idaho Springs. She has accumulated the most volunteer hours in her classby working at Loaves and Fishes food pantry and

left Millicent

ship Program Chair.

with student government projects. Millicent plans to attend college to become a nurse and work with the Red Cross in underdeveloped countries.

DAR is a lineage-based membership organization for women who are directly descended from an ancestorwho supported America’sRevolutionary War independence from Britain. A nonpro t group, DAR promotes historic preservation, education and patriotism. DAR was created by an Act of Congress in 1896.

e DAR has over 185,000 members. Members included rst ladies Caroline Harrison (wife of president Benjamin Harrison), Bess Truman (wife of president Harry Truman), Eleanor Roosevelt (wife of Franklin Roosevelt), Rosalynn Carter, Laura Bush, as well as Elizabeth Dole, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Grace Hopper, Margaret Rhea Seddon and Janet Reno.

Week of March 13, 2023

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Week of March 13, 2023

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 54 years within the period 1893-2022). Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set.

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 54 years within the period 1893-2022). Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set.

Day and date of observation (2023)

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Sincerely,

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• RBD changed from age 72, to age 73 between 2023 and 2032, and age 75 in 2033;

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• Reduction on the Excise tax for a failed RMD penalty to 25% (down from 50%);

• Clarification on who qualifies as an Eligible Designated Beneficiary;

• Which Eligible Designated Beneficiaries are still subject to the 10 year withdraw rule;

• Changes to ROTH IRA contributions;

• Clearer definitions to Disabled and Chronically Ill beneficiaries

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Gothman, Clear Creek High School, Sarah Lovett, Gilpin High School, Hannah Hogsett, Platte Canyon High School, Mary McGhee, DAR Scholar-

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school.

“I actually have been skiing since I was one-and-a-half, and I’ve been racing since I was 7 years old, so I’ve been in the ski environment basically my whole life,” he said.

Scott was chosen as one of 12 boys and 12 girls from all over the state for the Western National Colorado Ski Team. He was the only one chosen from Clear Creek this year — last year he was chosen along with his sister.

e high school senior said that he was happy to make the team again, but couldn’t help but remember this would be his last race.

“I felt awesome that I was able to make such a limited team, but it was just a little bittersweet,” Scott said. “ at was my last race forever.”

But, skiing won’t end for Scott. He’ll just get to take a break from the competitiveness.

“Skiing will not end for me by any means, it will just be a little easier,” he said. “I’ve had quite a lot of injuries this season, actually.”

Scott is what many coaches would consider a well-rounded athlete, participating in competitive skiing, swimming and cross-country. He said this season he trained six days a week during ski season.

His senior year season, Scott was able to enjoy his time on the team with coaches and teammates.

“ is season I got to meet a ton of new friends and people and coaches,” he said.

Parker Scott holds awards after the competition.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY PARKER SCOTT

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pursuit of adventure and freedom in Colorado as a 23-year-old. When he got to the Centennial state with what was left of the $125 he set out with, he realized his car wouldn’t make it up the mountains, so he stopped in Idaho Springs.

Soon, he was working on what would be one of the most historic highway projects in the country. But to a young Wheelock, it was just the start of his Colorado life.

“I came up wanting to get that raw Colorado-high-mountains experience. And within a week and a half, I was running a jackhammer at 10 degrees below zero at 11,000 feet, jackhammering through frozen ground and rock,” he said.

Working at the tunnel wasn’t an easy job. It was grueling, physically demanding work that was dangerous.

“ ere was ice forming on my boots. And then I was working so hard that I was pouring o so much heat that my T-shirt was wet from sweat and I was steaming, there was steam coming o of me,” he remembered.

Wheelock worked many roles in his time at the tunnels. On an early assignment, one of his supervisors didn’t like that many of the guys had long hair, and accused them of being lazy. Wheelock decided to work twice as hard to prove him wrong.

“I just noticed that this guy came and started threatening us and telling us we weren’t working hard now. But I thought, that’s funny, I’m work-

ing so hard I feel like I’m gonna die,” Wheelock remembered.

Later that day, as Wheelock worked at double pace to prove he was a hard worker, the crew ran into trouble while loading up boulders to be hauled out of the tunnel.

A fellow worker moved a machine into place to receive a boulder, when suddenly it malfunctioned.

“And as he did, he lost control of the machine and the machine hit the boulder and the boulder hit me and the boulder slammed my leg up against one of the steel girders and everything stopped,” Wheelock said.

“And I don’t remember screaming but I remember hearing my voice screaming. It’s kind of weird.”

Wheelock’s leg was ne at the moment, but his crewmates said they shouldn’t move the machine in case it malfunctioned again, as it could

crush him.

“And I said get it o me,” Wheelock said.

e workers all warned that the machine wasn’t operating correctly, and could very likely kill him. All Wheelock could think about was his supervisor seeing the time they were wasting.

“All I could think about was, I’m gonna get red, we’re gonna get red. Get it o me,” he said.

e machine did reverse and Wheelock and his coworkers were able to get back to work unscathed. But that didn’t stop the supervisor from ring everyone on the crew with long hair at the end of their shift.

As all the other laborers hung their heads and walked out of the tunnel, Wheelock gave the supervisor a piece of his mind.

“I really felt like if there was a moment, you know, there’s a moment in my life where I just decided that I didn’t care who anybody else was,” he said.

He left the tunnel and was able to get his job back with help from the union, but that experience shaped him.

“ at was the night I grew up,” he said.

Wheelock worked in the tunnels for about four to ve months, then went on to work for a friend doing house framing. He decided to return to the nal stages of the tunnels’ construction when they needed union carpenters.

“And two days after I showed up on the job, they went on strike,” he remembered.

e strike lasted two weeks, and Wheelock was back working. He worked quicker than most, to the dismay of his new supervisor.

“And then he took me aside one day, and he said: look, this job’s not gonna last forever. And we don’t need to nish it that fast,” Wheelock said.

is comment was surprising and demoralizing to Wheelock, who didn’t stay at the tunnels much longer than three months this time. He then went on to do construction contracting work.

“And to think that I ended up still being here 50 years later, and now I’m a county commissioner,” Wheelock re ected.

e tunnels are over a mile and a half long each. e westbound Eisenhower bore, which was completed rst, took ve years to complete, and the eastbound Johnson bore took four years.

There were many di erent jobs to work in the construction of the tunnels.

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Let’s tell the truth about those big, bad wolves

The return of wolves to the West has always been contentious, and the deaths last fall of more than 40 cattle really in western Colorado alarmed ranchers. But here’s the true story: Wolves did not kill those cattle found dead near Meeker.

After months of investigation, the state agency, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, found no evidence of wolves in the area at all.

Yet when the news of the cattle deaths went public last October, the agency issued a press release stating it was “investigating a report of dead domestic cow calves on White River National Forest lands near Meeker that show damage consistent with wolf depredation.”

A month later, the agency’s Northwest regional manager testi ed before the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission that though some of the cattle had injuries that appeared to come from wolves, he added: “It’s perplexing; it’s confusing; it’s frustrating, trying to gure out exactly what occurred in this incident.” e story of wolves as the culprits, however, made national headlines.

Wolves are coming back to the state naturally and because in 2020, the public passed Prop 114, mandating restoration of wolves by the end of this year. rough a Colorado Open

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Records Act request, the Humane Society of the United States obtained documents and photos about the livestock deaths, and shared them with Carter Niemeyer, an expert on wolf-livestock con ict. He is also a member of the state’s Technical Working Group on wolf restoration.

more than 80% of the packs have no con ict with livestock in an average year.

Overall, the threat of wolves to the livestock industry is negligible. For the few livestock producers who are impacted by wolves, it is, of course, economically painful and time consuming.

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In his Feb. 14 report, Niemeyer found that “the evidence at Meeker is inconsistent with wolf attacks.” Niemeyer and veterinarians concluded that the cattle more likely died from “brisket disease,” which commonly a icts cattle living at high altitudes.  Misunderstandings like this one, which lasted weeks, aren’t helpful. Do wolves ever come into con ict with livestock? Yes, but it is relatively rare. In the Northern Rockies where wolves are established, they account for less than 1% of cattle losses. Disease, birthing problems, weather and theft take nine times as many cattle than all predators combined, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In Washington state, which is home to at least 33 wolf packs after nearly 15 years of wolf recovery,

But options exist for ranchers to safeguard their livestock. Oldfashioned riding the range to drive o wolf packs, cleaning up carcasses so they don’t attract wolves, penning up livestock at night, installing scare devices, and using guard dogs are all deterrents that can work.

Unfortunately, data from the United States Department of Agriculture suggest that few livestock owners use these e ective, non-lethal mitigation measures.

But many livestock producers across the west — in southern Alberta, the Big Wood River Drainage of Idaho, the Tom Miner Basin and Blackfoot Valley of Montana and elsewhere — do use a variety of these deterrents, which make it possible for their herds to live alongside both wolves and grizzly bears.

To its credit, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has produced a resource guide for livestock producers. To do an even better job as wolves integrate into western Colorado, the state

must improve the way it investigates livestock deaths.

ese investigations must be timely and transparent — as in other Western states such as Washington — and withoutscapegoating.

e Colorado legislature could do its part, too, by providing funding for a trained, rapid-response team that would immediately investigate livestock injuries and deaths.

According to Niemeyer, authorities must respond as if they were investigating a crime scene — checking out dead livestock within 24 hours to prevent losing evidence from tissue decomposition or scavengers.

Only when a cause is determined, based on evidence, should information be made public. If wolf recovery is going to be successful for both wolves and people, everyone involved — livestock producers, wolf advocates, agencies — must work together. What happened in Meeker has been a valuable lesson in what not to do.

Story Warren is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonpro t dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. She is a program manager in wildlife protection for the Humane Society of the United States.

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West Je Elementary’s Night of the Arts combines student, professional art

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Students got to see their art on display with professional art at West Je erson Elementary School’s Night of the Arts.

Families roamed around the school March 10 as they looked at the work of professional artists and students in every grade thanks to a $10,000 Science and Cultural Facilities District Collaborative Grant the school received. Classes at each grade also performed a musical number to round out the evening. e grant has paid for students to take eld trips to a variety of places to get inspiration about art such as the Denver Zoo and the Butter y Pavilion. It also paid for the Cherry Arts Mobile Art Gallery to install a professional art show throughout the school, which will be on display until March 27.

“ is is an awesome event,” said principal Wendy Woodland as she prepared to watch the rst graders perform a song. “It’s really meant to merge professional and student art.” She said Night of the Arts was a staple at West Je Elementary several years ago, but sta changes and the pandemic put the event on a hiatus until this year.

Fifth grader Haley Boocher drew a picture of a planet that hung in a display case in the main hallway. She was excited to play the xylophone in the musical performance portion of the evening.

Parents Linda and Randy Boocher were proud that their daughter’s artwork was displayed at the school.

Fourth grader Max Best drew a

cartoon interpretation of a fox, his favorite animal.

“I really like nature,” Max explained. “I like it being green, and then you see something orange.”

His mom, Lisa Best, said she liked that the professional art show allowed students to be exposed to a variety of artwork.

Fourth grader Elise Bohn looked at the student artwork in the hallway with her mom, Melissa Bohn. Elise said the event was fun because she could see her friends and other people’s artwork.

Melissa Bohn added that she enjoyed seeing the di erent mediums and styles, calling them inspiring and great for kids.

Music teacher Samantha Shall said that while the focus of Night of the Arts was artwork, the music added another dimension. e kindergartners and rst graders sang songs, third and fth graders played barred instruments such as xylophones, and fourth graders played recorders.

Shall said the event was a chance for students to showcase the instruments they learn to play in music class.

Fifth grader Marin Loveday said she plays percussion in the school band, especially the xylophone, while dad Brendon Loveday said he loved watching the students perform.

Art teacher Kelly Munro said the grant helped the school bring arts programs to the school that it normally wouldn’t have.

“It’s been great,” she said. “To see the joy on their faces makes it worth it.”

Melissa Bohn and her daughter, fourth grader Elise Bohn, look inside a blow-up Venus flytrap that was part of the professional art show at West Je Elementary School.

PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

A flavor for every chocolate sweet tooth

Blue Spruce Chocolates in Kittredge creates handcrafted treats

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

While chocolate makes most people happy, it takes on a larger happiness dimension for Mark Joyce.

Joyce has opened Blue Spruce Chocolates in the Adobe Creek Center in Kittredge, and this isn’t your average chocolate shop. Joyce sells chocolate from bean to bar, which means he imports the cacao beans and works his magic to create the chocolate.

e results are handcrafted white, milk and dark chocolates, and Keto-friendly and vegan chocolates of a quality not found in an average grocery store.

It takes 84 hours from start to nish for one batch, and since Joyce opened his store, he’s been using every hour to make his bar-chocolate creations. Half of his building is the kitchen while the other half is the retail store.

Joyce, Blue Spruce Chocolates’ president and alchemist, is proud that his white caramel chocolate with roasted hazelnuts took gold in

the 2023 international Craft Chocolate Challenge hosted by the Chocolat Inn and Café in Kentucky. Blue Spruce Chocolates also took the overall silver in the competition with about 30 chocolatiers who make bean-to-bar chocolate. e medals hang in the retail store.

Ironically, although his life has become all about chocolate, he doesn’t eat much of it.

“I’m not a sweets guy,” Joyce said.

Mark Joyce stands in the retail area of Blue Spruce Chocolates where samples are available to customers.

PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

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“I appreciate the avors, and most of my chocolate eating is tasting.”

A path to chocolate

How does someone living in Kittredge suddenly decide to make chocolate? Joyce was exposed to the art of chocolate making on a trip to Belize.

“It was pretty impressive,” he said. “ e chocolate tasted di erent.”

So ve years ago, Joyce decided to give chocolate-making a try as a hobby, and as it became more of a passion, he began doing it professionally three years ago.

Chocolate was a new endeavor for the retiree as he has learned what it takes to maintain health-department standards for the kitchen plus the nuances of chocolate avors. Chocolate making is both a science and an art.

“I’m not trying to compete with the grocery store chains,” he said. “I’m making a quality, handcrafted product.”

Joyce’s wife, Yuri Weydling, who is the director of avor development and community relations for the business, has taste buds attune to the di erent avors of chocolate.

“She has gained an appreciation of the subtleties of chocolate,” he explained.

He said while they like dark chocolate, the white caramel chocolate has “a wonderfully unique taste.”

One of the chocolates that Joyce produces is called “Stuart’s Smile,”

named after Joyce’s neighbor and friend Stuart Collins. Collins said he’s not a big dark chocolate fan, so when Joyce created a chocolate that mixes dark and light, Collins smiled.

“His chocolates are quite avorful,” Collins said. “It started o as a very fun hobby. He’s the type of person who always needs to be busy, and this ful lls his need to always be challenging himself.”

Both Collins and Joyce envision the shop becoming a place for people to hang out with a cup of coffee or tea and a bit of chocolate. e chocolate shop is near Bear Creek, so Joyce wants to have tables outside for people to stop by in warmer weather and enjoy his creations.

“I look forward to (the shop) being another social center, where we can have a cup of co ee and a bit of

High-quality ingredients

“ e rst step is choosing the right beans,” he said.

Joyce’s cacao beans come primarily from Ecuador, with some beans from Nicaragua, Bolivia and Peru mixed in. He especially likes the beans that the indigenous peoples harvest from wild trees because they provide complex avors. e beans arrive fermented and dried.

Once in Kittredge, the beans are sorted and roasted. Joyce uses two roasters that look like toaster ovens. Once roasted, the beans are cracked, winnowed and ground. e grinding takes 72 hours and is done in something that looks like a crockpot with granite stones that create smoothness. en the chocolate is tempered and molded.

“Chocolate is critically tempera-

the Netherlands and Madagascar vanilla. e milk powder is important because it can change the taste and the chocolate’s fat content.

“I spend about half my time looking for sources for ingredients,” he said, adding that he’d like to use a more local beet-sugar company. “It’s all about mixing and matching the ingredients.”

A new profession

He said the community has been generous and supportive as he prepared to open his shop, helping him obtain the shelving and furniture. Joyce also hopes to o er chocolatemaking classes, and he’s talking with area businesses about co ee-chocolate and wine-chocolate pairing events.

“I’ve always been a foodie, but I

Mark Joyce, the president and alchemist at Blue Spruce Chocolates in Kittredge, shows the cacao beans he imports from South America to make chocolate.

PHOTOS BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

Mark Joyce with Blue Spruce Chocolates talks about making chocolate. To the left are the two roasters he uses to roast the cacao beans.

Chocolate is created after 72 hours of grinding in a machine about the size of a crockpot.

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Type in “restaurant” on Google Maps and set the lter to “open 24 hours.” You’ll be hard-pressed to nd any local restaurants serving up food to the night owls, late workers and early risers.

Unless you’re seeking around-the-clock Mexican food.

“We’re open 24 hours, and it’s something fresh, you know?” said Govanny Alvarado, a member of the family who runs Alvarado’s Mexican Fast Food. Compared to other restaurants, “you can taste the di erence,” Alvarado said.

e new Englewood spot that opened in August adds to a small but mighty list of Mexican joints that o er all-day, all-night service in the Denver metro area — a type of restaurant that’s becoming more di cult to nd since the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

“Most people like us, you know, we’re always looking for a late-night snack,” said Alvarado, 21, adding that his family “understands the struggle” to nd restaurants that are open late.

His family members, longtime workers in the Mexican fast-food industry, gained experience at his uncle’s restaurant in Arizona. ey later started working for Taco Star and Tacos Rapidos, two chains with 24-hour locations in the metro area, Alvarado said.

“And Taco Star, the one in ornton here, that’s where my dad worked, and that’s where I started as well when I was young,” Alvarado said of the location near 84th Avenue and Washington Street.

When his family members had the chance to start their own restaurant about six years ago, they opened Tacos Los Compas — another 24-hour eatery, near downtown Denver and the Auraria Campus.

“Most of the people that I’ve known or talked to customer-wise, they’re all from Arizona or California, and they all say they miss that taste of authentic Mexican food,” Alvarado said.

Carrying on authentic recipes is part of the job as well for Tamale Kitchen, a longstanding family business with locations around the metro area.

What makes the restaurant unique is “the green chile, the New Mexico-style red chile, the tamale avors, just the avors in general of just old grandma recipe — the beans, the rice, everything’s grandma’s recipes,” said Jose Bishop, owner of the Westminster and Northglenn locations.

e restaurant grew out of an e ort to sell tamales door to door in 1980, and the rst Tamale Kitchen opened in Lakewood in 1981, according to its website.

Its Northglenn location at 104th Avenue and Huron Street stays open around the clock on the weekends, running from 5 a.m. Friday through 10 p.m. Sunday.

e business has expanded to eight locations, stretching from Adams County all the way to Highlands Ranch, and some are franchises run by people outside the family, Bishop said.

Familiar places see challenges

Alvarado noted that after the COVID-19 pandemic shook up the

LATE-NIGHT

economy, it’s di cult to nd 24hour restaurants.

Staples of late-night food in Denver permanently closed amid the pandemic, including the Denver Diner o Speer Boulevard and Colfax Avenue and, to the south, the Breakfast King at Santa Fe Drive and Mississippi Avenue. Both had been open 24/7.

Tom’s Diner, also on Colfax Avenue near downtown, shut down in March 2020 during the pandemic’s early days. It reopened in 2022 as a bar and lounge called Tom’s Starlight, no longer open 24/7.

Pete’s Kitchen, located on Colfax in central Denver, remains open 24 hours Friday and Satur-

LATENIGHT SPOTS

Looking for a late-night meal? Here are some local restaurants that o er 24-hour service on at least some days each week.

• Alvarado’s Mexican Fast Food

4901 S. Broadway in Englewood, a couple blocks north of Belleview Avenue

Open 24/7 720-664-9260

• Tamale Kitchen

1030 W. 104th Ave. in Northglenn, a short drive west of Interstate 25, at Huron Street

Open 5 a.m. Friday through 10 p.m. Sunday; 5 a.m.-10 p.m. on other days; other locations in the metro area, including in Highlands Ranch, have di erent hours 720-379-7825

• Taco Star

503 E. 84th Ave. in Thornton, a short drive east of I-25

day night, according to the diner’s webpage.

Other than that, though, 24hour options in the metro area tend to be con ned to chains that aren’t local, such as IHOP, Denny’s, McDonald’s or Wa e House.

e trend of restaurant headwinds during the pandemic applies to the entire industry, not just 24-hour restaurants, said Denise Mickelsen, a spokesperson for the Colorado Restaurant Association.

“Operations are proving increasingly di cult in the face of the ongoing labor shortage and soaring costs, causing restaurant owners and operators to make changes that include decreasing operating hours,” Mickelsen said.

‘All walks of life’

Bishop, the owner of the north-

ern Tamale Kitchen locations, has felt the challenges himself. His Westminster location used to o er some 24-hour service like the Northglenn spot, but sta ng issues led to shortened hours starting around spring 2020, he said.

ough they can be tough to operate, Bishop, 38, said 24hour restaurants serve di erent parts of a community.

“ ere’s still 11 p.m. (movie) showings, so people going home at 1 or 2. We get a lot of nightshift workers, people who are going to work at 4 in the morning, a lot of construction workers bringing burritos to their coworkers,” Bishop said.

“It’s a little mixed — people of all walks of life going out for entertainment, getting o of work late. Just a variety of di erent people out and about.”

1050 W. 104th Ave. # 8 in Northglenn, near Huron Street

1760 S. Havana St. in Aurora, a short drive north of Parker Road

Open 24/7

303-288-9228 for Thornton location

• Tacos Los Compas

1385 N. Santa Fe Drive in Denver, about a block south of Colfax Avenue

Open 24/7

720-328-0299

• Tacos Rapidos

2800 W. Evans Ave. in Denver, o Federal Boulevard

Open 24/7

Other locations nearby; hours di er 303-935-0453 for Evans location

• Pete’s Kitchen

1962 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, about 1 mile east of Broadway

Open “24 hours Friday and Saturday night,” according to the restaurant’s website 303-321-3139

A sign is lit up at Alvarado’s Mexican Fast Food, one of several Mexican restaurants open 24/7 in the Denver metro area.

The sign at the Tamale Kitchen location in Westminster. The Northglenn location stays open around the clock on the weekends.

PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD

Alvarado’s Mexican Fast Food, seen here in January, recently opened in Englewood.

Democrats unveil e ort to shield abortion, transgender patients

Prevents out-of-state consequences

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado Democrats on March 9 unveiled a trio of bills aimed at ensuring abortion and gendera rming care in Colorado isn’t subject to legal action initiated in other states, as well as reshaping health insurance regulations around the procedures and prohibiting deceptive advertising by anti-abortion pregnancy centers.

e measures, which haven’t been introduced yet, come a year after the legislature passed a bill enshrining abortion access in state law.

at happened just before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling protecting the right to an abortion without excessive government restriction.

Since Roe was overturned, conservative areas of the country have passed abortion restrictions, leading to an in ux of people coming to Colorado to terminate their pregnancies. Colorado has almost no abortion restrictions. Republican state legislatures and governors have also begun enacting laws limiting transgender care for young people.

Republicans are likely to ght the Colorado bills, but they are in the minority in the legislature and have few tools to stop the policy changes.

Here’s what the legislation would

do, according to bill fact sheets provided to e Colorado Sun and interviews with the measures’ sponsors:

Blocking out-of-state legal action

e most substantive of the three measures takes aim at abortion restrictions passed in other states in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, as well as laws passed by other states limiting gender-a rming care for transgender people.

e bill would mandate that Colorado not recognize criminal prosecutions initiated in other states for people who receive, provide or assist in access to an abortion or gendera rming care in Colorado. at would explicitly outlaw abortionrelated arrests, extraditions, search warrants and court summons or subpoenas.

e bill would also bar state employees from participating or assisting in interstate investigations into abortion and gender-a rming care, and it would prohibit wiretapping related to an investigation of abortion or gender-a rming care.

Additionally, abortion- and gender-a rming-care-related lawsuits wouldn’t be recognized or enforced by the state under the measure.

State Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Denver Democrat and a lead sponsor of the bill, said the idea behind the legislation is to prevent investigations into things that are legal in Colorado.

“Gender-a rming and reproductive health care services are lawful here in Colorado, so why would

Colorado law enforcement agencies, courts or our governor investigate activity that is legal in this state?” Gonzales said.

Gov. Jared Polis signed an execu-

tive order in July prohibiting the state from assisting in criminal or civil abortion actions initiated in

The state Capitol stands January in Denver.

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other states.

e measure would also require Colorado prisons to provide pregnant people with information on abortion access. Additionally, state medical boards would be prohibited under the measure from leveling professional consequences against people who provide or assist in abortions and gender-a rming care.

Prohibiting deceptive advertising

e second measure would prohibit “deceptive advertising,” namely around abortion pill reversal. e legislation is targeted toward anti-abortion pregnancy centers, but would apply to any organization purporting to o er pregnancy services.

It would also be considered deceptive advertising to falsely purport to o er abortion services or Plan B.

“ ese centers open up near college campuses and in communities of color in order to persuade people to make decisions without understanding their full range of medically accurate reproductive health care,” said Sen. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat and one of the bill’s lead sponsors.

Additionally, prescribing, o ering or facilitating abortion pill reversal would become “unprofessional conduct for licensed, registered or certi ed health care providers.”

Some states require abortion providers to tell their patients that they can reverse the procedure. e

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says claims about abortion-reversal treatment “are not based in science” and that reversal procedures are unproven and unethical.

Health insurance policy changes

e third and nal bill deals with health insurance policy.

Advocates say it would reduce surprise billing and remove patient cost sharing for treatment of sexually transmitted infections, as well as sterilization and abortion care.

It would also:

Create a state fund that providers may on behalf of patients receiving abortion or reproductive health services who are concerned about con dentiality

• Ensure that the exemption from step therapy and prior authorization requirements for HIV medications applies to medications prescribed by any authorized provider, not only pharmacists

• Include family planning related services in the existing state reproductive health care program

• Clarify that Medicaid’s nonemergency medical transportation service can support patient transportation to abortions

• Modernize a 1971 Courts and Court Procedures statute to specify there is no minimum age restriction for people seeking contraceptives. is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com.

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

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the EPA are updating the Clear Creek Superfund Site’s Community Involvement Plan. A community involvement plan is a site-specific strategy to determine the best way to facilitate two-way communication between the agencies and the community throughout the Superfund cleanup process.

We are inviting community members and stakeholders to take part in interviews in March 2023 to help guide the plan. You can sign up for an interview at bit.ly/40K0rC1 or by contacting Shannon Bauman at shannon.bauman@state.co.us or 303.692.3421. We are offering virtual and in-person interviews as well as Spanish interpretation upon request. Interview responses will be pooled and not attributed to individuals.

Site background:

The Clear Creek Superfund Site was listed on the National Priorities List in 1983, making it a Superfund site. The Study Area encompasses the approximately 400 square mile Clear Creek watershed. The area has been impacted by heavy metals from historic mining operations, including impacts to aquatic life and potentially human health. Cleanup to date has been focused primarily on addressing the impacts to surface water and includes: treatment of point-source discharges and contaminated water; waste pile stabilization, capping, off-site disposal and diversion of run-on water; development of a repository to consolidate and manage mine waste rock and tailings; andother activities. Cleanup activities and investigations at the site are ongoing.

Site information is available at: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/central-city-clear-creek.

Rocky Mountain Refuge helps unhoused Coloradans find peace in the face of death

BY LINDSEY FORD, DANA KNOWLES ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

As the population of unhoused people continues to grow across the country and Colorado, thousands of people die every year, often while living in the streets, in cars or tents.

Despite this, there are few organizations that o er services to help the unhoused navigate sickness and eventually death.

“ is a respite before I die,” said Daniel, somberly, while talking with Rocky Mountain PBS. He’s 63-yearsold, unhoused and dying from cancer.

“It’s comfortable in here. I don’t want to die on the streets,” he said. “I’d rather be in here and be comfortable until I’m deceased.”

Daniel is staying at Rocky Mountain Refuge, an organization in Denver that provides hospice care for those experiencing homelessness.

Rocky Mountain Refuge has created a space to make unhoused people comfortable.

“ ey do everything they can for you here. is room is also cozy,” Daniel explained, gesturing across the space which ts two hospital beds, a dresser, desk and a nightstand. e few possessions Daniel has, he keeps close. He became unhoused almost three years ago.

Rocky Mountain Refuge o ers end of life care for those experiencing homelessness regardless of race, age, gender, gender expression, age, nationality, disability or marital status. ere are three beds rented out of a room in the Denver Rescue

Mission. Certi ed nursing assistant

Timisha Buskey helps keep everything running.

“ is is personal to me because

my mother passed and watching my mother inspired me to want to take care of others who have illnesses that they will eventually die from,” Buskey explained.

e organization is planning to expand and add more beds. Sta and volunteers o er basic care, help with laundry, and cleaning, while nurses and physicians o er basic medical services. eir mission is to help those who are unhoused nd a comfortable and safe space to spend their last days before the end of life. At least 20 people a day die without a home to live in across the United States, according to Homeless Death Count, a nonpro t that tracks those numbers. In 2020, nearly 8,000

unhoused people died in the streets.

Rocky Mountain Refuge says it is the only shelter of its kind in Colorado and just one of four in the country that focuses exclusively on people experiencing homelessness.

Daniel says he’s grateful for the organization’s services.

“Some people would rather die on the streets, but I’m not one of those people,” Daniel said. “I’d just like to be comfortable until I’m deceased.” is story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonpro t 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.

Rocky Mountain Refuge has created a space to make unhoused people comfortable.

PHOTO BY ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

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5. INVENTIONS: What is Tim Berners-Lee credited with inventing?

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9. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Yaks are native to which region?

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3. Camp Crystal Lake.

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7. Carl Sandburg.

8. “ e Simpsons.”

9. Tibet, China.

10. James Monroe and his wife Elizabeth.

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Legals

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WHEREAS, the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado (the “City”), is a Colorado statutory municipality, duly organized and existing under the laws of the state of Colorado; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-25-201 et seq, the City possesses the authority to establish, maintain, and provide for the management and operation of a public library; and

WHEREAS, for over one hundred years, the City has owned and maintained the Idaho Springs Carnegie Public Library, located at 219 14th Avenue within the City (the “Library”); and

WHEREAS, with the formation of the Clear Creek County Library District, the Library became a District library, and its operation became a matter of District control and management; and

WHEREAS, at one time, the City appointed a City Library Board of Trustees to advise and be

303-566-4123

accountable to the District Board, as provided in Idaho Springs Municipal Code (“Code”) Section 6-22; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has not appointed a City Library Board of Trustees for some time and the current City Council finds that there is no longer a practical need to maintain such a Board, as the District is legally responsible for the Library’s operation; and

WHEREAS, the City Council therefore wishes to amend Code Section 6-22 to eliminate the City Library Board of Trustees and to accurately reflect the operation and management of the Library.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO, THAT:

Section 1. Section 6-22 of the Idaho Springs Municipal Code (“Code”), concerning the Library Board of Trustees, is hereby amended as follows:

Sec. 6-22. - Library Board of Trustees Operation and Management. For as long as the public library building and grounds are owned by the City and the library resources and contents are owned by the Clear Creek Library District, the District shall be responsible for the operation and management of the public library in accordance with an agreement with the City concerning the same.

(A) Established. The management and control of the public library shall be vested in a Library Board of Trustees, accountable to the Clear Creek Library District.

(B) Composition. The Library Board of Trustees shall consist of five (5) members.

(C) Appointment. The members of the Library Board of Trustees shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council.

(D) Terms. The members of the Library Board of Trustees shall be appointed for staggered terms of five (5) years.

(E) Powers and duties. The powers and duties of the Library Board of Trustees shall be as provided by state law and as designated by the Clear Creek Library District.

Section 2. Should any one or more sections or provisions of this Ordinance or of any Code provision enacted hereby be judicially determined invalid or unenforceable, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions of this Ordinance or of such Code provision, the intention being that the various sections and provisions are severable.

Section 3. Any and all Ordinances or Codes or parts thereof in conflict or inconsistent herewith are, to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency, hereby repealed; provided, however, that the repeal of any such Ordinance or Code provision or part thereof shall not revive any other section or part of any Ordinance or Code provision heretofore repealed or superseded.

INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado, held on the 13th day of March, 2023.

Chuck Harmon, Mayor

ATTESTED AND CERTIFIED:

Diane Breece, City Clerk PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado, held on the 10th day of April, 2023.

Chuck Harmon, Mayor

ATTESTED AND CERTIFIED:

Diane Breece, City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCC578

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with the notice provisions contained in §38-26107, C.R.S., the CLEAR CREEK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS has established April 18, 2023, at 9:05 a.m., at the Board of County Commissioners hearing room, located at 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, Colorado, as the date, time and place of final settlement with Concrete Express Inc., for Peaks to Plains Trail- Clear Creek Canyon Phase 2 Project. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, sustenance, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his or her subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplied laborers, rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractor, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for work contracted to be done, may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Clear Creek Board of County Commission-

ers, Clear Creek County, P.O. Box 2000, 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, Colorado 80444. Failure to file such verified statement or claim prior to final settlement will release the County and its employees and agents from any and all liability for such claim and for making final payment to said contractor.

Randall P. Wheelock, Chairman Board of County Commissioners

Legal Notice No. CCC581

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice

CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS Clear Creek County, Colorado

Ordinance No. 3, Series 2023

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 17-14 OF THE IDAHO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING HARASSMENT

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WHEREAS, the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado (the “City”), is a Colorado statutory municipality, duly organized and existing under the laws of the state of Colorado; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-15-401, the City, acting through its City Council (the “Council”), is authorized to adopt rules and regulations prohibiting certain conduct and defining general offenses that harm or pose a threat to the public health, safety or welfare; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to such authority, the Coun-

cil has previously defined and adopted certain general offenses, codified as Chapter 17 of the Idaho Springs Municipal Code (“Code”), including a prohibition of harassment, codified as Code Section 17-14; and

WHEREAS, on March 28, 2022, the Colorado Supreme Court issued its decision in People v. Moreno, 2022 CO 15 (Colo. 2022), holding that a portion of the State statutory language defining criminal harassment is unconstitutionally overbroad on its face; and

WHEREAS, Code Section 17-14 includes the same language invalidated by the Moreno decision; and

WHEREAS, the City Council therefore finds that it is necessary and prudent to amend Code Sec. 17-14 to remove the unconstitutionally overbroad language; and

WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that it is desirable to broaden the scope of defined methods through which people may send and receive harassing communications.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO, THAT:

Section 1. Section 17-14 of the Idaho Springs Municipal Code (“Code”), concerning harassment, is hereby amended as follows:

Sec. 17-14. - Harassment.

(A) It is unlawful to commit harassment. A person commits harassment if, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person, he or she:

(1) Strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise touches a person or subjects him or her to physical contact;

(2) In a public place, directs obscene language or makes an obscene gesture to or at another person;

(3) Follows a person about in a public place;

(4) Initiates communication with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, computer, computer network or computer system, text message, instant message, or any other digital or electronic medium in a manner intended to harass or threaten bodily injury or property damage, or makes any comment, request, suggestion or proposal by telephone, computer, computer network, or computer system, text message, instant message, or any other digital or electronic means which is obscene;

(5) Makes a telephone call or causes a telephone to ring repeatedly, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate conversation;

(6) Makes repeated communications at inconvenient hours that invade the privacy of another and interfere in the use and enjoyment of another’s home or private residence or other private property; or

(7) Repeatedly insults, taunts, challenges or makes communications in offensively coarse language to another in a manner likely to provoke a violent or disorderly response.

(B) As used in this Section, unless the context otherwise requires, obscene means a patently offensive description of ultimate sexual acts or solicitation to commit ultimate sexual acts, whether or not said ultimate sexual acts are normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including masturbation, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus or excretory functions.

(C) Any act prohibited by Paragraph (A)(4) hereof may be deemed to have occurred or to have been committed at the place at which the telephone call, electronic mail , message or other digital or electronic communication was either made or received.

Section 2. Should any one or more sections or provisions of this Ordinance or of any Code provision enacted hereby be judicially determined invalid or unenforceable, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions of this Ordinance or of such Code provision, the intention being that the various sections and provisions are severable.

Section 3. Any and all Ordinances or Codes or parts thereof in conflict or inconsistent herewith are, to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency, hereby repealed; provided, however, that the repeal of any such Ordinance or Code provision or part thereof shall not revive any other section or part of any Ordinance or Code provision heretofore repealed or superseded.

INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUB-

LISHED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado, held on the 13th day of March, 2023.

Chuck Harmon, Mayor

ATTESTED AND CERTIFIED:

Diane Breece, City Clerk

PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado, held on the ____ day of _________________, 2023.

Chuck Harmon, Mayor

ATTESTED AND CERTIFIED: Diane Breece, City Clerk

on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 after 8:30 a.m. at 405 Argentine St, Georgetown, Colorado

The proposed budget resolution and supplemental appropriation information are available for inspection 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 April 4, 2023. Interested electors may file an objection at any time prior to the final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners.

Legal Notice No. CCC580

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS Clear Creek County, Colorado

Ordinance No. 6, Series 2023

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5-22 AND ADOPTING A NEW SECTION 22-24 OF THE IDAHO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH A BUILDING CODE EXEMPTION REVIEW PROCESS FOR HISTORICALLY CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY

WHEREAS, the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado (the “City”), is a Colorado statutory municipality, duly organized and existing under the laws of the state of Colorado; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 23 of Title 31, C.R.S., the City, acting through its City Council (the “Council”), is authorized to adopt rules and regulations governing the planning, zoning, and use of land within its territory; and

WHEREAS , pursuant to such authority, the Council previously adopted historic preservation regulations, codified as Chapter 22 of the Idaho Springs Municipal Code (“Code”); and

WHEREAS, the redevelopment of historically contributing buildings ensures the continued existence of historic structures within the City; and

WHEREAS, the costs of retrofitting historic buildings to meet current building code requirements often presents a financial hurdle for the redevelopment, relocation, and reuse of such buildings, which over time results in the deterioration and demolition of these structures; and

WHEREAS, the Council desires to provide property owners with a process for seeking exemptions from the building codes adopted by the City to facilitate the preservation and continued use of historically contributing buildings when the same can be done without presenting certain danger to the health, safety and welfare of the users of such buildings and their immediate surroundings; and

WHEREAS, the Council finds that it is desirable to adopt a building code exemption application process to be available to property owners of historically contributing buildings, as further set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO, THAT:

Section 1. Section 5-22 of the Code concerning the authority of the Idaho Springs Historic Preservation Review Commission, is hereby amended as follows:

Sec. 5-22. - Authority.

(A) The Commission shall have the authority to review applications for building permits and demolition permits within the Historic Preservation District established in Chapter 22 or other established designated sites, and to issue certificates of appropriateness., and to grant exemptions from Chapter 19 concerning buildings and building regulations pursuant to Section 22-24 of this Code.

(B) The Commission shall have any other duties as established by the City Council and shall have all powers necessary to perform its duties.

Section 2. Chapter 22 of the Code concerning Historic Preservation, is hereby amended by the addition of a new Section 22-24, to read in its entirety as follows:

Section 22-24. - Contributing Building Exemptions.

(A)Purpose. The Commission is qualified to consider and make findings concerning the historic significance of buildings in Idaho Springs. The City wishes to develop and promulgate standards for the adaptive renovation of existing contributing buildings within the City where strict adherence to the current Chapter 19 building code standards would render such renovations prohibitively expensive or irreparably harm the historic characteristics or structural integrity of such structures. Any time a proposed development involves a contributing building within the City, a property owner may apply for a building code exemption pursuant to this Section.

(B) Contributing Building Exemption. When authorized by the Commission pursuant to this Section, work related to a contributing building that requires a building permit may be exempted from one or more specific provisions of Chapter 19 or of the building codes adopted therein by reference, when such work performed in strict compliance with such provision(s) would irreparably harm the building’s historical characteristics or structural integrity or render the permitted work prohibitively expensive, except in the case of unsafe conditions.

(C) Application and Hearing. A property owner of a contributing building seeking an exemption pursuant to this Section must file a written request therefor with the City Clerk’s office, which must include at a minimum, the specific contributing building, how such building satisfies the definition of that term, the specific Chapter 19 building code exemptions sought, and any other evidence relevant to the criteria set forth below. The Commission shall

an exemption. The burden of establishing the existence of at least one (1) of the following criteria, by a preponderance of the evidence, rests with the applicant.

The Commission shall evaluate whether the proposed work, if done in strict compliance with the building code provision(s) for which an exemption is requested, would:

(1) Irreparably harm the historic features and characteristics of the building; or

(2) Irreparably harm the structural integrity of the structure; or

(3) Render the permitted work prohibitively expensive. For purposes of this criteria, prohibitively expensive means at a cost that would make the proposed work unprofitable, unmarketable, unable to be financed or beyond the fair market budget of an applicant of reasonable means.

Upon conclusion of the hearing, the Commission shall render its decision in writing. A request shall be denied unless the Commission finds that the applicant has met its burden of establishing one or more of the above criteria and that the exception, if granted, would not result in a dangerous condition as defined in subsection (D) below. The Commission’s decision shall be sent to the applicant at the mailing address indicated on the written request and shall be effective as of the date of mailing.

The decision of the Commission represents the final decision of the City.

(D) Dangerous Conditions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an exemption shall not be granted by the Commission if the granted exemption would result in a dangerous condition. For purposes of this subsection, a dangerous condition is one that presents certain danger to the occupants or users of the contributing building or its immediate surroundings. The Commission may accept the expert opinion and testimony of the City’s Chief Building Official, or his or her designee, on this topic, as well as the testimony of any other expert they find credible on the subject of dangerous buildings and conditions, including but not limited to any such expert offered by the applicant.

(E) Exemptions granted under this section shall expire one (1) year from the date of approval if a building permit is not obtained for the work authorized by the exemption.

Section 3. Emergency Declaration. Pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-16-105, the Council finds, determines and declares that passage of this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety. There are currently at least two (2) historically significant structures located within the City that must obtain building code exemptions if they are to be preserved and maintained as usable structures (the Jacobs House and the Roberts building) and there are likely many more. The Jacobs House is in immediate need of building code exemption(s) to permit it to be relocated from its current partially-suspended state which continues to place stress on the building and potentially forever compromises its ability to be preserved. The Council finds that the value of maintaining historic structures in the City is immeasurable, as such structures uniquely contribute to the character and story of the community and to the civic pride and cultural awareness of residents and business owners. Therefore, this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption in the hopes of offering an avenue to currently endangered historic structures in the City, such as the Jacobs House, that need immediate attention and work that may not strictly comply with modern building codes, in order to survive.

Section 4. Should any one or more sections or provisions of this Ordinance or of any Code provision enacted hereby be judicially determined invalid or unenforceable, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions of this Ordinance or of such Code provision, the intention being that the various sections and provisions are severable.

Section 5. Any and all Ordinances or Codes or parts thereof in conflict or inconsistent herewith are, to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency, hereby repealed; provided, however, that the repeal of any such Ordinance or Code provision or part thereof shall not revive any other section or part of any Ordinance or Code provision heretofore repealed or superseded.

MOVED, SECONDED AND ADOPTED BY THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THREE-FOURTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THIS 13th DAY OF MARCH, 2023.

Chuck Harmon, Mayor

ATTESTED AND CERTIFIED:

Diane Breece, City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCC579

First Publication: March 23, 2023 Last Publication: March 23, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

The candidates whose nominations have been certified as of this date are as follows:

CANDIDATES FOR POLICE JUDGE (One position to be filled)

Robert Smith Lynette Kelsey

CANDIDATES FOR SELECTMAN, WARD I (One position to be filled) Rob Connell

CANDIDATES FOR SELECTMAN, WARD II (One position to be filled) Write-In Candidate

CANDIDATES FOR SELECTMAN, WARD III (Two positions to be filled)

Mary Smith Rich Barrows

For further information, contact Jennifer Yobski, Town Clerk, 303-569-2555 #2, townclerk@ townofgeorgetown.us

Given and posted this 16th day of March 2023.

Jenifer Yobski, Town Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCC583

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE ST. MARY’S GLACIER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the St. Mary’s Glacier Metropolitan District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, that at the close of business on February 28, 2023 there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected: Charles C. Longhenry

Four Year Term

Sharon Healy

Four Year Term

Tisha L. Higgins

Two Year Term

ST. MARY’S GLACIER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By:/s/ Crystal Schott

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCC575

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

ST. MARY’S GLACIER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES

Proposal(s) for engineering services related to design, bidding, and construction management for a wastewater treatment plant rehabilitation project and ongoing water and wastewater engineering services will be received by mail or email at the office of the District’s legal counsel, Seter & Vander Wall, P.C., 7400 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 and via email to Catherine T. Bright, cbright@svwpc.com, up to and including May 15, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Any Proposal(s) received after the above-specified time and date will not be considered.

The engineering contract(s) and supporting documents will be available beginning March 23, 2023, and may be obtained by written request to Catherine T. Bright, Seter & Vander Wall, P.C., at cbright@svwpc.com, prior to the Proposal due date. Candidates may schedule site visits to be held between April 3-14th by contacting the District’s manager, Michael Carrano, no later than March 31st at 970-234-9761 or via email at m.carrano@yahoo.com.

All submitted Proposals must be held firm for 60 days following the Proposal due date.

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice

Evergreen Park & Recreation District (EPRD) invites qualified companies (“Respondents”) to submit their proposals for the new copier lease project to include the removal of all existing copier machines and then the installation and training for the new copiers at the Buchanan Park Recreation Center, Wulf Recreation Center, Evergreen Lake House and the Administrative Office.

A copy of the full RFP can be found on EPRD’s website, wwwevergreenrecreation.com. An electronic or hard copy form of the complete proposal shall be provided to EPRD by Monday, April 24 no later than 10am. Submittals may be sent via mail, hand delivery, or email to EPRD: Attn: Bob Schmitz, 1521 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen, CO 80439, bschmitz@eprd.co.

Legal Notice No. CCC571

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

District Court, Clear Creek County, Colorado Court Address: 405 Argentine Street P.O. Box 367 Georgetown, CO 80444

Plaintiff: HENNESSY INTERNATIONAL INC.

v.

Defendant:

KEVIN BUCKLEY and ANTHONY BUCKLEY

Case Number: 2022CV30028

Attorneys for Plaintiff:

Thomas J. Wolf, Esq., #12577

Sarah H. Abbott, Esq., #41852 IRELAND, STAPLETON, PRYOR & PASCOE, P.C. 717 17th Street, Suite 2800, Denver, CO 80202 Phone Number: 303-623-2700 FAX Number: 303-623-2062 E-mail: twolf@irelandstapleton.com sabbott@irelandstapleton.com

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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

This is an action for Judicial Foreclosure of the real property described in the Complaint pursuant to C.R.C.P. 105.

Dated: February 21, 2023.

IRELAND, STAPLETON, PRYOR & PASCOE, P.C. /s/ Thomas J. Wolf Thomas J. Wolf, #12577 Sarah H. Abbott, #41852 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

(This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.)

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

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

Legal Notice No. CCC562

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT a Regular Municipal Election will be held in the Town of Georgetown on April 3, 2023. The purpose of the election is to elect a Police Judge, one Selectman in Ward I, one Selectmen in Ward II, and two Selectmen in Ward III. Persons who are citizens of the United States, at least 18 years of age, who have resided in the state, the Town, and Municipal Ward at least thirty (30) days prior to the election are eligible to vote in this election. The

The District reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals, to waive any informality, technicality or irregularity in any Proposal, to disregard all non-conforming, non-responsive, conditional or alternate Proposals, to negotiate contract terms with the preferred engineer, to require statements or evidence of an engineer’s qualifications, and to accept a final proposal that, in the opinion of the District, represents the best value to the District. Awarding of the contract may be based on criteria other than solely the lowest cost estimate submitted to the District.

A general statement of the work is as follows:

Design, bidding, and construction management for a wastewater treatment plant rehabilitation project and ongoing water and wastewater engineering services in the St. Mary’s Glacier/Alice community in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The District serves a community of approximately 315 residential units, located at approximately 10,000 feet in elevation. The current wastewater treatment plant requires extensive rehabilitation and the chosen engineer must coordinate with state agencies, general contractors, and District representatives for the duration of the project.

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Georgette Carlene Beck-Brandt, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30007

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 July 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lauren Cedar Brandt Personal Representative 1206 Meadow View Dr. Evergreen, Colorado, 80439

Legal Notice No. CCC567

First Publication: March 9, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023

Georgetown, CO 80444 / townclerk@ townofgeorgetown.us no later than 5:00 pm. Fri-

Location: St. Mary’s Glacier, Clear Creek County, Colorado

By: Board of Directors of St. Mary’s Glacier Water and Sanitation District Legal Notice No. CCC582

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant