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DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 120 | ISSUE 39
State halts work with Douglas County health contractor County will continue contract with Jogan Health BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A Douglas County health contractor, hastily hired during the county’s divorce from Tri-County Health in 2021, has been cut off from new work by the state, recently settled a lawsuit with a former business partner and is under investigation
by the state’s labor department. The county health department stands by its decision to hire Jogan Health and says it sees no reason to end their multimillion-dollar contract prematurely. Jogan Health was hired by Douglas County in November 2021 after the county board of health approved an order disallowing local mask requirements, resulting in TriCounty halting its COVID services in Douglas County. At the time, the state and TriCounty had been working with
Jogan on vaccine clinics and both mentioned the company to the new county health department, said county spokesperson Wendy Holmes. In January, however, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment told Jogan the department was “seriously worried” about the company continuing work in the state, according to public records obtained by Colorado Community Media. “The complaints are just piling up,” wrote Daniel Rockwell, a super-
visor with the state health department, in a Jan. 25 email to Jogan Health. He later told Jogan CEO Dan Dietrich that the department would no longer give the company new work. In June, Jogan’s final project ended. That same month, Douglas County extended its contract with Jogan until the end of 2022 with a maximum payout of $3.5 million. Michael Hill, the public health director for Douglas County, said he
Couple builds community through trading cards BY HENRY HARGAVE SOCIALMEDIA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Sitting at the corner of Wilcox and Sixth Street in the heart of historic downtown Castle Rock with the namesake of the town looking over it, lies a small blue wooden 160-plusyear-old building. Inside, Christian Aznar and Amber Tyrell have created the House of Cards Sports and TCG. Though from the outside it may look more like a modest one-story home, inside thousands of Pokémon, baseball, football and other sports trading cards line the shelves. Ready for collectors and card enthusiasts to come to buy and trade from the couple’s ever-growing stash. But owning his own trading card shop was never the plan for Aznar, 46, who opened House of Cards in April 2021. “I grew up collecting cards from the mid-’80s to about the mid-’90s,” Aznar said. “Then other things in life took over, and I stepped away from cards for many years.” Throughout his professional life, SEE CARDS, P6
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Man charged with murder, attempted robbery Motive still not clear in Castle Rock attack BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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Though it may not look like much from the outside, a trading card emporium awaits COURTESY PHOTO guests once they step inside House of Cards.
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Formal charges for a man arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing in Castle Rock included multiple counts of attempted aggravated robbery. Police arrested Jason Menton, 22, at the scene of a fatal stabbing on July 17 and continue to investigate the death. The Douglas County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Joshua Schnell, 37. On July 21, the DA’s office formally charged Menton with murder in the first degree, murder
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