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Transportation o cials get stricter about express lane penalties

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Colorado Department of Transportation is getting serious about enforcing penalties for Interstate 70 mountain express lanes, and Idaho Springs is the early focus.

Enforcement will focus on the interstate’s Mountain Express Lanes between Idaho Springs and U.S. 40. Soon, though, serious penalties will be a reality everywhere, according to state o cials.

A look ahead for the Clear Creek School District as superintendent exits

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Snow pile outside has vomit under it. Do not touch.”

is was a sign taped to an outside door at Carlson Elementary in Idaho Springs.

It’s not often an outgoing school district superintendent points to a

sign like this with pride. Especially, during an interview about the end of her tenure as the head of a

“Starting Friday, July 21, motorists who drive unsafely in the Express Lanes on the I-70 Mountain Corridor will be issued nes known as civil assessment penalties,” a press release stated.

For the past month, drivers have received mailed warnings for violations such as using the Express Lanes when they’re closed, weaving across the solid yellow lines and driving in lanes with oversized vehicles.

As of July 21, the warnings will cease, and drivers will be mailed nes starting at $75 and increasing to $150 if not paid within 20 days of issuance, the statement said.

More than 5,000 warnings have already been issued to drivers, according to CDOT.

Superintendent Karen Quanbeck sits outside Carlson Elementary.

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Clear Creek commissioners approve

Sheri Albers’ retirement

Following a brief closed-door session, the Clear Creek County commissioners on July 18 unanimously approved Sheri Rick Albers’ retirement.

Albers will end his 43year career with the department on Aug. 3, and he announced his retirement to the commissioners in a one-sentence email. e board has not determined how to ll the sheri ’s position. e county will conduct an election in November 2024 for a new sheri , and the person the commissioners select to ll the interim position may run for the position.

Albers was rst elected sheri in 2014 and most recently ran unopposed for election in November 2022. Albers has been embattled over the death of Christian Glass, the 22-yearold who was killed by sheri ’s deputies in June 2022. Agencies involved in the incident will play the Glass family. $19 million, with Clear Creek County paying $10 million of it.

As part of the settlement with the Glass family, the county is starting a mental health crisis co-responder program with a pilot program this summer.

Conrad’s Hot Dogs opens Conrad’s Hot Dog Co. is open in Idaho Springs.

After nearly a year of work, Jennifer and Shaun Conrad are serving traditional Chicago-style hot dogs and sandwiches at its location at 2745 Colorado Blvd.  e restaurant serves Vienna Beef Co. hot dogs and sausages, plus plant-based hot dogs are available. Italian beef sandwiches also are on the menu.

e Conrads say when they drove by the location in east Idaho Springs, they “could see a 30-foot hot dog painted on the side.”

Now it’s a reality. For more information about the restaurant and the menu, visit conradsdogs.com.

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Week of July 20, 2023

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Week of July 20, 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)

SUPERINTENDENT

district in one of its most tumultuous times

However, if you don’t understand why, you don’t understand outgoing Clear Creek County Schools Superintendent Karen Quanbeck.

“It was on one of the doors going out to the playground a few days after Valentine’s Day. I am speculating it was because one of our littlest learners perhaps had too much candy?”

“Ms. Q,” as she likes to be known, had the unusual opportunity to work in an o ce alongside students inside Carlson Elementary School. It allowed her to interact with students and see “signs” of what she likes to call “the daily life of our kids.”

In a stressful job, it made her laugh.

“It just reminds you why you do this,” she said.

Quanbeck will leave as superintendent of the Clear Creek School

District this fall.

In its search for a new superintendent, the Clear Creek County school board will follow recommendations from Norman Ridder with McPherson & Jacobson, the consulting rm it hired to guide the search. e same rm helped the district hire Quanbeck four years ago.

Continuing momentum, Quanbeck said, will be crucial for the district and its next superintendent.

“Direction is de ned, but we’re not there yet,” she said, pointing to several partnerships the district has formed aimed at expeditionary learning.

e Mountain Youth Network is one example.

“Kids must be academically strong but it has to be interesting,” she said. It’s community partners, she added, that can contribute so much more to the learning process than a classroom can.

Quanbeck points to the rst full year of the four-day school week as a success for several reasons.

According to the district, COMPASS Day is Clear Creek’s fth day of

school, with engaging activities that ignite student interests and enhance learning.

Clear Creek has a four-day school week providing low to no-cost enrichment/recreation experiences on COMPASS Day (Fridays).

Quanbeck said the four-day week can keep kids more engaged with the learning process without the additional time in the classroom. It also helps with the serious issue of recruitment and retention of teachers and sta .

“It’s an attractive incentive for current and future employees,” she said. e struggle to nd and maintain quali ed sta will be an ongoing issue for the next superintendent, she added.

Changes are coming for the district Capital and bond construction will continue throughout the district with one notable change on the way.

Opened in 1939, Carlson Elementary will close its doors to students next year. Students will spend one more school year at the current location then classrooms will be

transferred to what the district refers to as Building 103. e former Clear Creek middle school is located up Highway 103.

It is unclear what will happen to the existing building after its planned sale, according to the district.

An early childhood learning program and performing arts center will also be located in Building 103. e future name will be determined by community members and stakeholders.

Quanbeck will become the vice president of statewide partnerships for the Colorado Education Initiative, an organization the district has been working with as it has transformed its education model for students at all grade levels.

It’s been a di cult decision, Quanbeck said, but ultimately she hopes to use her experience and innovation from the Clear Creek school district to in uence schools across the State of Colorado.

People with hypoxia brave high elevations

BY DAN ENGLAND THE COLORADO SUN

Chantelle Shoaee will have a question for you if you decide to visit her:

“What kind of car do you drive?” Unless you’re one of her buds, perhaps one of her Hypoxic Hikers, the reason she’s asking may shock you. Rough mountain roads, the kind that ummox those who don’t drive Subarus — and yes, there are a few — lead to the little base camp where she lives and runs Always Choose

Adventures.

Shoaee lives at 10,000 feet in a rural spot above Idaho Springs. She also has hypoxia, a condition de ned by low levels of oxygen in the body.

Doctors tell hypoxic patients to move out of Colorado. At Denver’s elevation, around 5,280 feet, there’s

20% less oxygen than at sea level. Whenever she’s walking around, Shoaee receives oxygen through a tube in her nose, called a cannula. She punctuates her sentences with pu s from her tank that sound like a gasp.

Chantelle Shoaee, director of Always Choose Adventures, right, walks with fellow hypoxic hikers Audra Lilly, center, of Littleton, and Mike Goldblatt, of Evergreen, June 29, 2023, outside Idaho Springs. The hikers are hypoxic requiring supplemental oxygen every day due to medical issues.

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HYPOXIA

Oxygen is as much of a treasure to her as the gold from the long-closed mine on her land. And yet, she lives at twice the elevation of Denver, a space so devoid of O2 that most atlanders have trouble sleeping.

It seems like a mismatch, like a penguin wobbling through a desert. And yet, Shoaee climbs 14ers at speeds that would smoke a weekend peakbagger.

She wears a backpack comfortably and even helped design a pack being developed by Osprey, a Cortezbased gear company that specializes in hydration bladder vests and packs for bikers, hikers and ultrarunners.

Shoaee’s pack ts oxygen tanks.

e innovation could be a boon for hikers tethered to a cannula: Most of them are anchored to heavy oxygen tanks or concentrators.

Shoaee loves the mountains, elevation be damned, and her strong body, balanced by a pair of powerful thighs, shakes with good-natured laughter when someone asks why the hell she lives so high.

“Look around,” she answers.

She doesn’t care that she lives in a small trailer, or that the property needs a lot of work, or that the roads that lead to it could overturn a Jeep. She’s immensely proud of where she lives, even though she knows, one day, she will have to leave.

Until then, Shoaee wants to run her organization, Always Choose Adventures, which helps people of all ages, backgrounds and, most importantly, physical abilities, experience the outdoors. She and her Hypoxic Homies, a group of hikers like her, all acknowledge their limitations the condition puts on them, but they don’t want to be limited by any kind of assumptions about their ability, or medical insurance, or misdiagnoses.

ere are more than you might think: Shoaee puts severe limits on the money she makes so she can stay on Medicaid, which pays for her portable oxygen. Her place was a ordable because it was in poor condition, and because she sold her townhome, buoyed by the skyrocketing market. Quite frankly, it looks like a bargain, even if the land around it looks priceless.

“I live in poverty,” she says, “so I can breathe.”

On doctor’s orders, Shoaee’s parents kept her inside when she was a kid. She was born with tracheoesophageal stula, an abnormal connection between the esophagus and the trachea, and low-functioning lungs.

She felt a void that wasn’t lled until she founded Always Choose Adventures and sought treatment with National Jewish Hospital, where doctors told her her birth defects were never addressed properly: Her trachea collapses up to 90% of the time. ey put her on oxygen to

use while adventuring and it’s made all the di erence.

She’s still hypoxic, but she believes many other Coloradans are, too, and don’t realize it. We all need oxygen, and without enough of it, we get confused, restless and anxious, and have bluish skin, a rapid heart rate and di culty breathing.

Breathing problems can cause hypoxia, but it isn’t limited to them.

Shoaee tells story after story of visitors who come from sea level and don’t feel right. Colorado’s thin air isn’t kind to those who are accustomed to drawing in gluttonous gulps of oxygen with every breath. Just the other day, she checked the oxygen levels of a visitor by using a nger sensor.

“She was hypoxic as f---,” Shoaee said, using one of her favorite phrases.

Many others with asthma struggle here, Shoaee said, and even those seemingly in good health may wonder why they’re anxious all the time and don’t sleep well. ey’re probably hypoxic, Shoaee said. Colorado is a hard place to live.  e condition is more common now after the pandemic. One of Shoaee’s best friends, one of her Hypoxic Homies, is Audra Lilly, who works as a pediatric nurse practitioner. She was diagnosed with lupus in 2015 when she was living in Dallas. Exercise helped lube her joints: e more she did it, the better she felt. She moved to Littleton to be in a place where she could do outdoor activities all the time. She took up trail running and felt better than she had in years.

“I needed a place where I could be outdoors all the time and live a healthy lifestyle,” Lilly said. “Dallas wasn’t that.”

But her job left her susceptible to the pandemic, and sure enough, she got COVID-19 in November 2020. It ravaged her body, forcing her into the hospital for weeks. At one point, doctors asked her if life support was OK. She refused, preferring to battle it on her own, as she did with lupus. Lupus can be as mean as COVID: Her joints sti ened in her hospital bed, so she dragged her huge oxygen tank behind her and walked around her room.

She now uses oxygen to hike and run, though not as much as she used to. She met Shoaee in a hypoxia support group on Facebook.

“When I asked for advice on hiking and running, people would tell me not to do it, especially doctors,” Lilly, 41, said, “but Chantelle was like, ‘I’ll go with you!’”

Yes, Lilly sees the irony in moving to a state because of health problems and now may need to leave it one day because of health problems. But she is determined to stay as long as she can.

“Honestly, when I put my oxygen in, it goes away,” Lilly said. “I’m getting back to where I was before this happened.”

Doctors at rst diagnosed Lilly

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with anxiety. It’s a common misdiagnosis among those with hypoxia, and an understandable one, given that the two are connected: Not being able to breathe causes anxiety. Anxiety can also cause breathing problems such as hyperventilation.  at’s a problem because doctors have to write a prescription for oxygen, said Mike Goldblatt, 67, of Evergreen. Goldblatt is hypoxic and doctors don’t know why. He was an arborist and guided y- shing trips and hikes. He also coaches and chases around his grandkids and plays golf and music in a band. Evergreen is at 7,400 feet and Goldblatt has no desire to move. Oxygen, which he uses when he’s active, makes his life far more normal than it would be otherwise.

“It feels a lot better,” Goldblatt said.  But it irks him that oxygen is only available with a prescription. Patients also generally must choose between the portable tanks they use to hike and the large tanks that anchor many patients to their homes,

Goldblatt said.

“We are staying active,” Goldblatt said, referring to the hypoxic hiking group, “but 90% or more pulling oxygen aren’t. ey don’t realize they can get out.”

Insurance, he said, tends to restrict patients from portable tanks or limit them to a few per month, unless they ght. Medicaid doesn’t do this, at least for Shoaee, which is why she restricts her lifestyle to stay on it.

“Safety is what they call it,” Goldblatt said, “but it comes down to money.”

ese are things that won’t be solved soon. But there are issues Shoaee believes she can address now. Carrying oxygen is a problem. A couple years ago she began talking to Osprey about designing a backpack speci cally for oxygen carriers.

“ e kinking is the most annoying part,” Lilly said. “Chantelle, can you x my tube? I’ve already been kinked up twice today.”

Kinking, of course, restricts oxygen ow, and the tubes get tangled. Lilly has a story about her tubes getting tangled while on a ski lift. She eventually had to be carried down by ski patrol because she needed the oxygen boost at the high elevation.

“I was so embarrassed,” she said. Tanks are heavy, with the mobile tanks weighing up to 15 pounds. e tanks alone make a daypack weigh more than if it were stu ed with overnight gear.

e Osprey backpack, Shoaee said, solves both issues. ere are holes in the pack where hypoxic hikers can thread, and therefore secure, their tubes, and the bottom of the pack has more padding as well as straps to hold the tank in place and distribute the weight evenly. e nal version should be out by the end of the year. e pack is an a rmation that people are paying attention.

“It will be life-changing for people on oxygen,” Shoaee said. “We aren’t saying you have to hike a 14er. You can walk around the block now. is makes it possible. ere’s so much annoying stu about this illness. A backpack shouldn’t be one of them.”

Shoaee founded Always Choose Adventures because of her experiences, but the organization tries to break down barriers for all kinds of marginalized groups in the outdoors, not just the hypoxic. Gerry Roach, the mountain master and author of many guide books, including iconic versions for the 14ers,

the Centennials, Rocky Mountain National Park and the Indian Peaks, is the board president.

But she hopes to use her talents to raise awareness about hypoxia and maybe one day solve some of the other issues oxygen carriers must face when they venture outdoors.

“Could we do a hypoxic 14ers day?” she asks her group.

First, though, she wants to go on a little hike to a lake near her property. e path is steep — at one point she protests to her friends when they leave some distance between them and her — but eventually they do reach the top. She puts her hands on her knees.

It’s hard to live so high up, but the views are spectacular, and the air is fresh.

She straightens up and breathes it in.

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Aug. 1-3 at 1969 Miner St., Idaho Springs. Get childhood and adolescent vaccinations, sports physicals and more. Call 303-670-7528 for an appointment, though walk-ins are welcome. For more information, visit www.clearcreekcounty. us/1474/Back-to-School-Days for more information.

Rapidgrass Bluegrass Festival: e Rapidgrass Bluegrass Festival will be Aug. 4-5 at the Shelly/Quinn ball elds in Idaho Springs. Friday night is free, though a limited number of tickets are available. Earlybird tickets for Saturday’s event are $25 until June 1. For more information, visit rapidgrassfestival.com.

Devil on the Divide 2023 50K and 22K will be Sept. 9, both reaching altitudes of 13,000 feet. Prior ultrarunning experience is required. For more information and to register, visit devilonthedivideultra.com/ sign-up.html.

ONGOING

Georgetown Plein Air Event: e sixth annual Georgetown Plein Air art event will be July 28-29 in downtown Georgetown. e event includes a Quick Draw in historic downtown. e exhibit and sale will run through Aug. 13. Artists can register at www.eventbrite.com/e/ plein-air-2023-artist-registrationtickets-466470875947.

Painted Ladies and Victorian Secrets Historic Home Tour: Georgetown’s historic home tour will be July 29 and includes a tour of eight private homes, historic museums and a private Victorian-style garden. Pick up tickets starting at 8 a.m. at Strousse Park, and homes open at 10 a.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/painted-ladies-andvictorian-secrets-home-tour-tickets.

e Clear Creek High School alumni reunion: e Clear Creek High School alumni reunion will be Saturday, July 29, at the Idaho Springs Elks Club. For more information, visit clearcreekhsalumni. org.

Back to School Days: Clear Creek Public Health and the Mountain Youth Network are hosting Back to School Days from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Free legal clinic: A free legal clinic will be from 2-5 p.m. ursday, Aug. 10, at both the John Tomay Library in Georgetown and the Idaho Springs Library. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions and explain the process and procedure for all civil issues, including family law, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, small claims, veterans issues, and civil protection orders. Call your local library to be added to the sign-up sheet. Idaho Springs Library 303-567-2020 or Georgetown Library 303-569-2620.

Summer Fun at the Rock House:   e Clear Creek Rock House is o ering Summer Fun at the Rock House for sixth through 12th graders from 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Dinner is provided. Some of the activities include paddle boarding, boating and use of our full activity court for badminton, basketball, volleyball and more. All activities are free. For more information, call Cheryl Holmberg at 303-519-0144.

Mountain Jams: Mountain Jams concerts start at 2 p.m. on Saturdays through Sept. 16 at Library State Park in Georgetown. is year’s acts, sponsored by Georgetown Cultural Arts and Georgetown Heritage Center, include a mix of jazz, bluegrass, rock, folk and country. Artists include local favorites and internationally recognized touring artists. For a complete lineup and additional details, visit www.eventbrite.com/ cc/eorgetown-mountain-jams.

Blue Spruce Habitat volunteers needed: Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity is looking for volunteers. A variety of opportunities and exible schedules are available on new construction sites as well as for exterior minor home repairs. No previous construction experience needed. Contact volunteer@bluesprucehabitat.org for information.

Resilience1220 counseling: Young people 12 to 20 can get free counseling through an Evergreenbased organization called Resilience1220. Comprised of licensed therapists, Resilience1220 serves individuals and groups in the foothills including Clear Creek County. ey also facilitate school and community groups to build life skills in wellness and resilience among youth. For more information or to schedule a counseling session, visit R1220.org, email Resilience1220@gmail.com or call 720-282-1164.

Dental clinics: Cleanings, X-rays, dentures, tooth extractions and more. Most insurances are accepted including Medicaid. Sliding scale/ low-cost options are also available. No appointment necessary. is is a mobile dentist that comes once a month. Call program manager Lauralee at 720-205-4449 for questions.

Clear Creek Rotary 2000 meetings: Clear Creek Rotary 2000 meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Marion’s of the Rockies. 2805 Colorado Blvd., Idaho Springs. For more information, email loe er806@comcast.net.

Support after suicide loss: Heartbeat and Resilience1220 o er Support After Suicide Loss from 5:30-7 p.m. the fourth ursday of the month for ages 14 and older. Join inperson or online. Suggest donation is $15. For location, visit R1220.org.

Storytime with Miss Honeybun: Storytime with Miss Honeybun is at 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays at the Idaho Springs Public Library and at 11:15 a.m. ursdays at the John Tomay Memorial Library in Georgetown.

Georgetown to Idaho Springs

Half-Marathon: e 45th annual Georgetown to Idaho Springs HalfMarathon will be Aug. 12, hosted by the Clear Creek Booster Club that supports high school and middle school students. e race starts at 7 a.m. at Georgetown Lake and ends at the Idaho Springs ball elds. Register at www.gtishalf.com.

Devil on the Divide 2023: e

Walk-in vaccine clinics: Walkin vaccine clinics for adults and children needing u and other vaccines are available from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays at the Clear Creek Health and Wellness Center, 1969 Miner St., Idaho Springs. No appointments required for the vaccines, though you can pre-register by calling 303-670-7528.

Sensitive Collection: Resilience1220 o ers a monthly workshop for highly sensitive people to help them live healthy and empowered lives from 3:30-4:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month via Zoom. Visit R1220.org for more information.

Bringing awareness to the dedication of Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice sta

10,880. That’s the number of miles clinicians drove last year for Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice to see their patients. 310,800 miles. And Mount Evans wasn’t reimbursed for a penny of it.

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I was on the board there for 12 years but only learned about this uncompensated cost at a meeting this month for former board members like me.

ese clinicians drive from the eastern edge of the foothills to the Continental Divide. at means all of Clear Creek County, all of Gilpin County, Park County clear out to Kenosha Pass, and the mountain parts of Je co, including not just Evergreen and Conifer but also Golden and Morrison.

For the almost 60 who work in the eld — nurses and therapists, social workers, certi ed nursing assistants and chaplains — that’s a lot of driving. So let me give you that gure again: 310,800 miles. It’s important because while Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies pay a portion of the hospice and home health services that Mount Evans’s sta provide wherever patients live, they don’t compensate Mount Evans for what it takes to get there.

It’s not cheap. Like many commercial companies, Mount Evans pays the rate the IRS decrees, which for a

During a conversation with a couple of friends and colleagues in the personal and professional development industry, we found our way into the topic of how we got started in the business and who some the early heroes were who inspired and motivated us to be better.

As we thought about those legendary speakers and authors, we also talked about how their teachings have withstood the test of time.

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while was 53.5-cents per mile but last year went up to 62.5-cents. Do the math and you see what it cost in 2022: more than $192,000. All of it has to be covered by supporters’ donations. e cost wasn’t always so high, because neither the patient load nor the cost of reaching patients was always so big. When Mount Evans was founded more than 40 years ago, it helped 15 hospice patients in its rst year. I went on the Mount Evans board in 2005 and at that point, the count had risen to 628 patients a year. When I was done 12 years later, it was over 900. Now that number has skyrocketed to more than 1,200. Maybe a more telling fact is that those 1,200+ patients last year had more than 25,000 visits in their homes. For the clinicians, that meant almost 9,000 hours of just driving. Like the legendary postman, neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stops these clinicians from their appointed rounds.

One therapist, Isabelle Comina, tells the story of a Friday afternoon when saw a patient in Idaho Springs, then headed west for her nal stop

of the day, a 4 p.m. appointment with a patient in Georgetown. But suddenly, when Isabelle was only about twenty cars short of an offramp that would get her to the frontage road, the tra c stopped cold. e way she put it is, “Not able to go forward, not able to go back, not able to go to the bathroom.” She nally reached her patient at 7 p.m.

A registered nurse named Teri McLaughlin lives in Blackhawk but in the middle of one night during a snowstorm, as the nurse on call, her phone rang telling her that a hospice patient in Bailey was in the last stage of death. She got in her car at 1 a.m. and got there at 4 a.m.

Reed Brandenburg, a physical therapist, usually works the I-70 corridor and had to reach a patient on a road near St. Mary’s Glacier that even the locals said he shouldn’t even attempt to use after a snowstorm. But he had to get there, so he parked at the bottom of a hill and snowshoed in the better part of a mile with his supplies — all the paraphernalia the rest of us would see in a PT’s o ce — on his back. ese Mount Evans clinicians drive the worst roads in the four counties they serve. ey navigate the notorious Oh-My-God Road. ey climb steep twisty dirt driveways that have turned to ice. Some days they have to put on crampons

Lessons from the masters

WINNING WORDS

Although they all began their own journey many decades ago, the principles that each one built their body of work upon are all still relevant today.

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lished books, blogs and columns of today’s thought leaders.

Although we agreed on a few names, each of us had our top three or four. For me, the authors and experts who had a signi cant impact on my success included Zig Ziglar, Tom Hopkins, Denis Waitley and David Sandler.

Looking at Zig Ziglar’s career, many will refer to him as the master motivator, or remember him as the salesman’s salesman. With

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to make it up the last hundred yards. ey go where they’re needed no matter where they live, no matter where they are, no matter what time of day or night, no matter what the weather.

And they go where there’s no cell service, which mainly means the outer reaches of Gilpin and Park Counties. Because they have to be kept apprised when they’re on their way about any changes in a critical patient’s condition, and because they have to keep Mount Evans apprised if they have a mishap like sliding into a ditch, which has happened, there is an administrator on call 24/7 who they call when they know they’re about to lose cell service, and when they get it back. ey can’t do any of this if they don’t drive to where the patients are. at’s part of the reason Mount Evans fundraises: https://mtevans.org/ support-mount-evans/donate/. No one else pays for those 310,880 miles its clinicians travel. It has to pay every penny itself.

Greg Dobbs is a three-time Emmy Award winner who worked as a political and foreign correspondent for two television networks. He also wrote weekly columns for the Rocky Mountain News, then e Denver Post. Dobbs and his family have lived in Evergreen for 37 years.

more than 30 books to his name, Zig taught us all so much about life, not just sales, leadership, or business, his teachings went far beyond those topics. Zig was all about building up the person as his mission was to help as many people as possible with their personal, professional and spiritual lives so that he could have a positive impact on the world. I thank Zig for all that he taught me and for

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being an incredible role model of consistency, guiding me to being a “meaningful speci c,” instead of a “wandering generality.” If you haven’t read “See You at the Top” I highly recommend it.

As a student of Tom Hopkins and having read every book he has written and having attended dozens of his seminars, I credit Tom with helping me become a top performer throughout my career. Even in leadership roles, his teachings were so impactful. In sales, we hear the word “no” a whole lot more often than we hear “yes.” Tom Hopkin’s Champion Creed instilled in me the speci c mindset I needed to push through the losses and bad days and work towards the overwhelmingly successful days. e Champion Creed says this, “I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed. And the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep trying.” If you are in sales, Tom’s book “How to Master the Art of Selling” is a must-read.

Back in 1999 I had the opportunity to meet Denis Waitley in person. From that day on we enjoyed both a personal and professional relationship. Denis taught me so much about the attitude of winning and de ning success. He was a terri c encourager, and I would leave every conversation with him having

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ere have been so many others who have shaped my career and the careers of millions of others, and I thank them all for their impact on my personal and professional life. Who are some of your favorite authors and experts? I would love to hear all about them at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we can learn and apply the wisdom of those who are willing to teach us, it really will be a better than good life.

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How Coloradans can save water at home

Experts share tips, insight into water-saving strategies

BY SHANNON MULLANE THE COLORADO SUN

OK, Coloradans, let’s clear the shampoo out of our eyes: Your shower water is likely connected to the Colorado River water supply crisis. But can you really help by conserving water at home?

In recent years, two decades of drought and prolonged overuse have brought the Colorado River Basin’s largest storage reservoirs to the brink of collapse. e crisis is reaching Coloradans’ lives in the form of summer lawn watering restrictions, higher utility bills and even a shortage of Sriracha. Some cities have bought agricultural water rights for

more municipal water, and people with junior water rights often have their water supply cut in dry years.

Water experts say Colorado residents can help with the crisis, and they have plenty of tips to help the conservation-minded Coloradan start saving water at home. One drawback: In many cases, there’s no guarantee that in-home savings help re ll the system’s struggling reservoirs.

“It’s like, OK great, our city is now saving 10% of what it was using,” said Gregor MacGregor, a water law expert at the University of Colorado. “ e question is, what is your city going to do with that 10%? Are they going to leave it in the Colorado River Basin? Are they going to leave it in a reservoir for drought conditions? Or are they simply going to divide that savings out to build more

and then use that savings on new development?”

e average American family uses more than 300 gallons of water per

day at home, and about 70% of that use is indoors. In the arid West, states have some of the highest per capita residential water use because of landscape irrigation, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

In Colorado, water users run through 5.43 million acre-feet of water per year. One acre-foot supports two families of four to ve people for one year.

Of that, 90%, or about 4.8 million acre-feet, is used by the agriculture industry. About 380,000 acre-feet is used in cities and towns, and of that, only about 46% goes to indoor water uses like toilets, faucets, laundry machines and showers. at means that the impact of inhome water conservation is going

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When it comes to water e ciency at home, the temperature, duration and appliances in a shower can all impact water savings. PHOTO BY HUGH CAREY, THE COLORADO SUN

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to be limited in the grand scheme of water use in the Colorado River Basin, where the amount of water stored in reservoirs like Lake Powell and Lake Mead has declined dramatically.

“While the bulk of that water to help prevent Lake Powell from collapsing will come from agriculture, cities need to do their part,” said John Berggren, senior regional water policy analyst for Western Resource Advocates. “Municipalities’ water use matters. It’s small … but it matters.”

Home water use falls primarily into two categories: indoor and outdoor.

In Colorado, residents tend to use more water outdoors watering their lawns and gardens. at’s led to the rise of water-wise landscaping e orts, like those currently being showcased at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Indoors, Colorado residents use about 60 gallons per capita each day. at leaves them with plenty of opportunities for conservation — and accidental waste.

In 2016, toilets were the main culprits of water use in homes nationwide, using 24% of household water, followed by showers, 20%; faucets, 19%; and washing machines, 17%, according to the EPA.

Americans use more than 1 trillion gallons of water each year just for showering. e average shower is eight minutes, which means it uses more than 16 gallons of water at 2.1 gallons per minute.

Letting your faucet run for ve minutes while washing dishes can waste 10 gallons of water. Each year, household leaks waste nearly 900 billion gallons of water nationwide, which is enough to supply water to 11 million homes. And about 50% of the water used outside is lost because of wind, evaporation and runo from ine cient irrigation systems, according to the EPA.

“We’re now in a world where feet matter in Lake Powell. Drops of water matter because we’re on a knife’s edge. When you’re in that tight of a spot, every single water use matters. No matter how small,” Berggren said. ere are a few simple ways to cut back on water use at home, including some Colorado-speci c programs.

Yes, taking shorter showers can decrease water use and cut back on your water bill. e EPA says that, if all 300 million people in the U.S. reduced their shower time by one minute each time, the country could save 170 billion gallons each year.

Turning o the tap while brushing your teeth can save 8 gallons of water per day, and only running the dishwasher when it’s full can save the average family about 320 gallons of water per year, according to the EPA.

But Berggren says rather than changing habits — which we all know can have a hit-or-miss success rate — he’d start with making purchases, like a more e cient shower xture.

e EPA says households can boost their water e ciency by 20% when residents switch to products with WaterSense labels. And a shower that lasts for ve minutes using a low- ow showerhead uses 12 gallons of water, according to a 2014 Colorado State University water use fact sheet.

Similar savings are possible with toilets: ose made before 1993 use 3.5 to 8 gallons per ush, while high e ciency toilets made after 1993 use 1.6 gallons per ush or less. at means a family of four can save 14,000 to 25,000 gallons per year by switching to more e cient toilets. ( e date of manufacture of most toilets is on the underside of the tank lid.)

Updating your washing machine can also make a big di erence. Conventional, top-loading washing machines use 35 to 50 gallons per load. Newer front-loading machines use 18 to 20 gallons per load, according to CSU.

For those who have updated their appliances and are careful about water use around the house, there’s a way to take at-home e ciency a step further: grey water reuse.

ese systems capture grey water — the runo from showers, bathroom sinks and laundry machines —

and then use it for other purposes, like watering ornamental plants outside or ushing toilets, at the same location. is water can contain dirt, oil, greases, lint and possibly human pathogens, so don’t use it to drink or water your vegetables, experts say.

Laundry-to-landscape systems installed by homeowners, which capture washing machine water for outdoor irrigation, can cost as little as $350, said Jon Novick, the environmental administrator for the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment.

Whole house systems pipe water from showers and bathroom sinks through a treatment process and then send it to toilets to provide water for ushing. e system alone can cost $6,000 to $8,000, not including installation costs, so they’re more feasible for new houses or developments with multiple units, Novick said. ey’re often cost prohibitive for existing homes. ese systems also come with a catch: Local governments need water rights that allow for reuse, which limits the adoption of grey water programs, and new installations are only legal if the local government has o cially approved grey water reuse. People with pre-existing systems should check with their local programs to see if their system can be grandfathered in.

As of July, six local governments have approved grey water reuse,

selection. ese moments never fail to make her smile.

“It brings me just a ton of joy to see people enjoying it and enjoying the space,” Monson said. “I think it’s also enriched my kids’ love and appreciation for literature because they get so excited about nishing a book and passing it on.”

Monson built her library in 2017 and registered it with Little Free Library, a Minnesota-based nonpro t that aims to increase access to literature by providing blueprints and guides to build community libraries, as well as mapping registered libraries across the country.

Hundreds of little free libraries have popped up across the Denver metro area as their popularity proliferates. Monson said she was inspired to build her library after visiting others with her 11-year-old twins Tommy and Luci, who are avid readers.

“I really believe in the importance of building community and connection for wellness, so I thought it was a great way to build community shortly after we moved to Golden,” she said. “So it was their love of reading and my want to build community that made it happen.”

Since the library is on a bike and walking path, it’s not accessible by car, so Monson took advantage of the unique environment by adding a bench, a slide and fairy gardens around the library to make it an inviting spot for visitors.

BUILDING BOOKISH COMMUNITIES

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

One of the more recent little free libraries in the metro area is the one at Castle View High School, which was built as a memorial to student Brooke Adams, who died in April. Adams loved to read, so her school book club worked with others to build the library in her honor.

Golden resident Sam Monson poses with her little free library on the Tucker Gulch Trail. Monson said the library has brought joy to her and those who visit.

COURTESY SAM MONSON

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FREE LIBRARY

“We wanted to create a space for people to pause and enjoy the green belt that we’re on and the bike path is on,” she said. “Especially through covid, it was a way that I felt like we could put wellness out in the world with something as healthy as reading that creates a mindful, peaceful experience, but also gets them outside and active.”

Monson said the library quickly became self-sustaining once it opened and has since become a xture in the community.

“People often comment to thank us or leave notes,” she said. “It’s like an identity of our family, which we love.”

On top of being a way to build community, little free libraries improve access to literature. Unite for Literacy, a publishing company that tracks book deserts, estimates only a third of Colorado homes have more than 100 books.

Amber DeBerry, Director of Community Engagement for Douglas County Libraries, said improving access to reading materials, whether that’s books, magazines, journals or comics, is important because reading bene ts everyone.

“If you have access to books prior to the age of ve, your success rates in school drastically increase,” DeBerry said. “For people who don’t have the opportunity or ability to purchase books, libraries are an incredible community asset.”

In Dianne Shantz’s neighborhood in Adams County, she noticed there weren’t nearly as many little free libraries as more a uent areas of Denver, so Shantz built one in 2021.

Shantz used a thrifted co ee table and an old kitchen counter with a repurposed replace door to create a weatherproof library and food pantry near her community’s shared mailbox, which provides steady foot tra c.

“I’m proud to say (the library) is self-sustaining because it shows that there was a need there, and that’s true of the pantry too,” she said.

Shantz said she enjoys having opportunities to share her love of reading and tries to stock the library with books she knows her visitors will read.

“Being new to the neighborhood, it’s given me a chance to meet my neighbors,” she said. “A lot of Hispanic people live in the area, so I try to include Spanish books. One lady likes Danielle Steel, so I put those in when I can.”

For Kate Garland, a graduate of Castle View High School in Castle Rock, building a little free library was a way to memorialize her friend and fellow student Brooke Adams, who died in April.

Garland met Adams through the school book club she started and they bonded over reading.

“Brooke and I both loved the ‘ e Summer I Turned Pretty’ series by Jenny Han and somebody donated the entire set so we made sure that those were in there,” Garland said. “Some of Brooke’s other friends also picked booked they thought she would like.”

When Adams died, Garland worked with Adams’ family, school o cials, the school’s Technology Students Association and book club members to build the library and host a book drive to ll it. Materials for the library were donated by the local Ace Hardware and community members donated more than 1,000 books during the drive.

“ e community support around it and the continuing book donations have been really rewarding for me and the book club and the TSA members who helped,” she said.

As Garland heads to Arapahoe Community College, the stewardship of the library will pass on to other students in the book club.

“We wanted to make sure it would keep going, even after I’m gone,” she said.

To nd these little free libraries and more, go to littlefreelibrary.org.

At Dianne Schantz’s library in Adams County, she added a free pantry to help serve her community’s needs. Schantz said both the library and pantry are self-sustaining.

COURTESY DIANNE SCHANTZ

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e water was ying as freshly washed canines stepped from kiddie pools at the Super Sudsy Dog Wash. e pampered pooches received a thorough washing and drying on July 22, plus a bandana thanks to volunteers from TallGrass Aveda Day Spa. e dog wash, in its 12th year, is a fundraiser for the Evergreen Animal Protective League, and Ambary Gardens in Kittredge hosted the event.

e volunteer dog washers are serious about putting the pups at ease

Dippin’ dogs

while getting to work to make them immaculate.

Gail Sharp, the owner of TallGrass, said the spa had three reasons for organizing the event: rst, they love animals, especially dogs; second, they have fun; and third, they raise money for EAPL.

For EAPL, the event makes more people more aware of the organization and helps some animals nd forever homes.

“It is generous of Gail (Sharp) and her team to wash dogs and of Ambary Gardens for hosting us,” said Cathleen Timmons, an EAPL volunteer. “It is wonderful to see the dogs getting so much attention.”

EAPL was started 42 years ago by area residents who wanted to help pets that did not have homes. It has

foster homes for dogs, and cats stay at the cat room at Chow Down in Bergen Park until adopted. EAPL also nds homes for animals from other states.

Charlene Atwater, a longtime EAPL volunteer, brought Cody and Lucy for baths, saying she wants to support EAPL in a variety of ways and to have clean dogs at least for a while.

Terri Risch of Conifer brought 8-year-old Timber, a German shepherd mix, for a bath and socialization. She said Timber has been lonely since he lost his buddy, so she also was looking at the adoptable dogs to see if she could nd Timber a new companion.

Ken Morrow sat outside the Ambary Gardens building with Cyrus, a 12-year-old Shih-tsu mix that he

has been fostering for a while now. Morrow said it was good to keep socializing Cyrus and to let him meet people in hopes that he will be adopted soon.

Dana McMahon of Evergreen brought Guinness, a heeler mix, to the dog wash after a hike, noting that the cool water was a great end to the hike.

“ e dog wash was perfect timing,” she added.

Julie Martin of Kittredge was matter of fact about why she brought Ladybug, a 13-year-old golden retriever, to the dog wash.

“She was dirty,” Martin said. “I also wanted to support EAPL because they do good work.”

Guinness the 14-month-old heeler mix doesn’t mind getting a bath. PHOTOS BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

Volunteers wash canines to benefit EAPL

Terri Risch of Conifer checks out the dogs available for adoption through the Evergreen Animal Protective League at the dog wash. Risch’s dog Timber had just had his bath.

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3. LITERATURE: Which novel contains the line, “Big Brother is watching you”?

4. HISTORY: Who was the second president of the United States?

5. WEATHER: What is a cloud shaped like a ying saucer called?

6. TELEVISION: Which TV comedy features a character named Opie Taylor?

7. MOVIES: What is the name of Argus Filch’s cat in the “Harry Potter” series?

8. MATH: What is the only even prime number?

9. MEDICAL: What is the common name for the ailment called dysphonia?

10. ANIMAL KINGDOM: How many stages are in a butter y’s life cycle?

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1. e Who.

2. Nepal.

3. “1984” by George Orwell.

4. John Adams.

5. A lenticular cloud.

6. “ e Andy Gri th Show.”

7. Mrs. Norris.

8. Two.

9. Hoarseness.

10. Four (egg, larva, pupa and adult).

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WHEREAS, on April 11, 2022, the Idaho Springs City Council (“City Council”) approved an application from Four Points Funding, LLC for approval of an FDP and final subdivision plat for Block 57 and parts of Blocks 45, 55, 56, 66 and S of the City of Idaho Springs, a Portion of the Nancarrow Placer M.S. No. 1345, and Portions of vacated City Rights-of-Way (Former Golddigger Field, Property West of Field and Bus Barn Property) (the “Property”) for a mixed-use residential, commercial and public park-space project (the “Project”); and

WHEREAS, as a part of such FDP and final subdivision plat approval, a portion of platted Miner Street to the north of Lots 1 and 2 of the newly-approved subdivision was approved “to be vacated by future ordinance” and incorporated into the approved final plans for the Project; and

WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 43-2-303 requires the City Council to act by ordinance to vacate any municipal street; and

WHEREAS, the City Council now therefore desires to act by ordinance to formally vacate that portion of Miner Street as indicated to be vacated by the prior FDP and subdivision approval rendered on April 11, 2022, as further set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado as follows:

Section1. The above and foregoing recitals are incorporated herein by reference as findings and determinations of the City Council.

Section2. That area of Miner Street adjacent to Lots 1 and 2 of the Block 57/Former Golddigger Field Subdivision,

Idaho Springs, Colorado, as more particular described and illustrated on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, is hereby vacated

Section3. Upon the effective date of this Ordinance, the Deputy City Clerk is directed to record a copy of this Ordinance with the Clear Creek County Clerk and Recorder’s office as required by C.R.S. § 43-1-202.7. Upon the recording of this Ordinance and Exhibit, title to the right-of-way area vacated by this Ordinance shall vest in the owners of the land abutting said vacated portion by operation of law, specifically: C.R.S. § 43-2-302(1)(b).

INTRODUCED, READ, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado on the 23rd day of May, 2022.

Chuck Harmon, Mayor

ATTESTED AND CERTIFIED:

Diane Breece, City Clerk

PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED, after publication, at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado, held on the 13th day of June, 2022.

Chuck Harmon, Mayor

ATTESTED AND CERTIFIED:

Diane Breece, City Clerk

EXHIBIT A

VACATION OF PORTIONS 11TH AVENUE, IDAHO STREET, MINER STREET, AND AN ALLEYWAY IN THE VICINITY OF BLOCKS 45, 55, 56, 57, 66 AND S CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO

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COMBINED NOTICEAMENDED - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-109(1)(b) FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. 2023-006

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 18, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Clear Creek records.

Original Grantor(s) Mary B Moss

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

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S.

Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for RCF

2 Acquisition Trust c/o U.S. Bank Trust National Association

Date of Deed of Trust February 10, 2003

County of Recording Clear Creek

Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 18, 2003

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.) 218563 Book: 664 Page: 456

Original Principal Amount $101,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$86,364.30

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), You are hereby notified that the current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described above, the original principal amount of which was $101,500.00, declares that the covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated for reasons including, but not limited to, the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby. Therefore, the current holder of the Evidence of Debt has elected to accelerate the entire indebtedness. The outstanding principal balance (exclusive of interest and any other charges properly allowable under the document(s) evidencing said debt) due and owing upon the Evidence of Debt secured by the above-described Deed of Trust being foreclosed is $86,364.30.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOTS 12 AND 13, BLOCK 16, TOWN OF EMPIRE, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO

WHICH CURRENTLY HAS THE ADDRESS OF238 WEST HANCHETT ROAD, EMPIRE COLORADO 80438

***ASSIGNMENT OF DEED OF TRUST RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER27, 2011 AT RECEPTION NO. 261842

***ASSIGNMENT OF DEED OF TRUST RECORDED ON NOVEMBER18, 2013 AT RECEPTION NO. 270711

***ASSIGNMENT OF DEED OF TRUST RECORDED ON APRIL05, 2023 AT RECEPTION NO. 309030

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, 08/31/2023, the date to which the sale has been continued pursuant to C.R.S. 38-38-109(1)(b), 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.

Amended First Publication 7/13/2023

Amended Last Publication 8/10/2023

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: 6/29/2023

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

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

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CCC661

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Notice

Notice is hereby given that an application has been submitted to AMEND an existing 1041

Permit for ‘Areas and Activities of State Interest’ to Clear Creek County pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes (CRS) 24-65.1 and Chapter 3 of the Clear Creek County Guidelines and Regulations for Matters of State Interest

Applicant: Said amendment is initiated by Clear Creek County

Proposal: To amend the current 1041 Permit in order to clarify the relocation of utilities currently within the I-70 right-of-way between mile markers 243 and 245. As a result of the highway improvement, utilities must be relocated.

Location: I-70 right-of-way between mileposts 243 and 245 between the exits for Hidden Valley and U.S. Hwy 6.

Board of County Commissioners’ Hearing Date:

TUESDAY, 9:05 a.m., 5 SEPTEMBER 2023, Commissioners’ Hearing Room, County Courthouse, 6th and Argentine Streets, Georgetown, CO.

Written testimony may be submitted to: Frederick Rollenhagen, Clear Creek County Planning Department, P.O. Box 2000, Georgetown, CO 80444 or faxed to: (303) 569-1103, ATTN: Planning Dept., or e-mailed to: frollenhagen@clearcreekcounty.us

For more information call the Planning Department at (303) 679-2360 or see the “Active Cases” webpage at https://www.clearcreekcounty.us/477/

Active-Cases

Randall Wheelock, Chairman Board of County Commissioners

Legal Notice No. CCC659

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO CONCERNING PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF ACTIVITIES AND AREAS OF STATE INTEREST ALSO KNOWN AS 1041 REGULATIONS

Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Central City, Colorado, is considering the designation of certain activities and areas of state interest pursuant to Title 24, Article 65.1, Section 401 of the Colorado Revised Statutes – in particular, designating the activity to be site selection of arterial highways and interchanges and collector highways, and designating the area to be around key interchanges.

The City Council will hold a public hearing on this matter commencing at 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at City Hall, 141 Nevada Street, Central City, CO 80427, or as soon thereafter as this matter may come before Council.

The purpose of the hearing is to receive public input before the Council possibly designates such an activity or area of state interest. All citizens and parties in interest shall have an opportunity to be heard at such hearing.

After a matter of state interest is designated pursuant to state statute, no person shall engage in development in such area, and no such activity shall be conducted until the designation and guidelines for such area or activity are finally determined pursuant to state statute.

Dated this 13th day of July, 2023.

By:Reba Bechtel, CMC, City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCC658

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Legal Notice No. CCC662

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant Ordinance #4 Bids

Clear Creek County is seeking bids from qualified professional vendors for the jail medical provider operations in the Clear Creek County jail with populations ranging from 40 to 90 inmates. There is a focus on high standards of care without incurring unnecessary costs. The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) operates a fullservice Detention Facility. The Detention Facility is comprised of six (6) pods (each capable of housing with a maximum of 20 inmates in a pod). The inmate population consists of pre-trial detainees, sentenced misdemeanor and felony inmates, a work release program and an inmate trustee program. The qualified vendor must show possession of skills necessary to maintain and improve effectiveness, enhance its quality of services, minimize down time and support costs, and ensure consistency and reliability.

The purpose of this Request-for-Bid is to obtain relevant information, credentials, qualifications, experience and a proposed Project Approach from interested Firms to inform the Board of County Commissioners for selection of a Jail Medical Provider with a licensed physician for provision of jail medical services and collaboration with jail nurses.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

Jail Medical Provider Services

•Direct patient care (2x/month)

•On-call coverage 24/7.

•Formulary support provided.

•RN support and collaboration as needed.

Be available at times for phone consultations to assist County jail staff and answer medical questions regarding care of inmates.

• Provide pharmaceutical services in accordance with all applicable laws, guidelines, policies and procedures.

• Exercise security measures in compliance with the CCSO policies and procedures. Cost estimate per year for jail medical services support.

To review the entire Request-for-Bid conditions and requirements, please visit our County website: •http://www.co.clear-creek.co.us/bids.aspx

Please deliver your questions and responses to: Isaac Lucas 303-679-2407 ilucas@clearcreeksheriff.us

Seth Marquardt 303-679-2403 smarquardt@clearcreeksheriff. us

The deadline for submitting a Response is 4:00 p.m. local time on August 2, 2022.

Legal Notice No. CCC657

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of George Bernard Rooney, IV, a/k/a George B. Rooney, IV; George B. Rooney; and George Rooney, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30019

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 November 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Williamson Lowery Fredregill

ATTN: Kelly Zorn Lowery Attorney for Personal Representative Janice B. Rooney PO Box 70 Sterling, CO 80751

Legal Notice No. CCC656

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant ###

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including the city and county of Denver, Pitkin County, Fort Collins, Grand Junction and Golden.

Those who draw water from wells will need to check their permits. Exempt well permits, for example, do not allow reuse of indoor water for outdoor irrigation.

If a grey water system saves 25 gallons per day and is installed in 500,000 homes, it could save 14,000 acre-feet per year. That’s enough water to supply 28,000 homes, Novick said.

But the counties that have approved grey water ordinances have seen little uptake. As of June, Denver had approved 30 systems; Castle Rock, 29 systems; and Pitkin County, zero, according to each county’s program manager.

Whether water efficiency measures translate into conservation in the Colorado River Basin depends on factors ranging from where a resident lives to local water management decisions.

Water pulled from the Colorado River Basin on the Western Slope never returns to the basin. Front Range residents could use less water in the hope that more water could stay on the Western Slope, but there are no incentives for Front Range water providers to give up such a valuable resource because of water savings, said MacGregor, the water law expert at CU.

“Anyone who pockets (water) savings can make a ton of money by selling those savings to another water user,” he said. “The question is, what is the mechanism for

leaving water on the Western Slope through conservation?”

Even if a water efficiency program is enormously successful, cities and towns can still choose to use their water savings toward building new developments, rather than leaving them in reservoirs.

“This is the really frustrating part of what’s happened in a lot of areas. It’s like, you look at it, and efficiency has increased per capita, use has decreased over time, but we’re still susceptible to drought,” MacGregor said. “It’s because we’re not actually banking those savings.”

If at-home water efficiency measures are adopted widely, and the unused water is conserved for the future, those savings can help storage at local reservoirs and even help meet environmental and ecological needs by keeping more water in streams. It could even be

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used by downstream water rights holders who might have their supply cut off earlier in a dry year.

But there’s no guarantee that the water will reach the Colorado River’s main storage reservoirs, like Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border. That would require complicated, interstate legal and administrative procedures — an option being explored by Colorado.

Experts are adamant: Residents should still try to use water efficiently at home.

If Colorado residents are more efficient in their water use, then cities and towns could pull less water from rivers and streams on the front end, which leaves water in the stream for others. Landscapes could be better able to withstand wet and dry years with the addition of native plants. Treatment plants spend less money on treating water before releasing it, which could

help with water bills, experts say.

“This isn’t a situation that there’s going to be one thing that’s going to solve the problem. It’s more of a case of incremental change, so every little bit helps,” Novick said. “If you’re saving a gallon of water by taking a shorter shower, or two gallons of water — if everyone were to do that … all of that would add up. We have to think of this more holistically.”

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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