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Telling the stories of overlooked subjects

Art Students League of Denver welcomes Natalia Roberts as second BIPOC resident artist

BY BRUCE GOLDBERG SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

e multitalented Natalia Roberts is about halfway through her Visiting Artist of Color Residency conducted by the Art Students League of Denver.

Roberts brought a wealth of talent to the position: performer, choreographer, lmmaker, photographer and teacher. And she also studied architecture.

rough her work, Roberts “aims to tell the stories of those who are often overlooked, and let these overlooked subjects know that their

Denver East students walk out to rally against gun violence

BY MATT BLOOM AND JOHN DALEY, DENVERITE

At least a thousand Denver high school students walked out of class in the morning of March 3 in response to the death of a 16-yearold classmate at East High.

e protesters made their way to the state capitol, where they were invited to come inside and speak with Democratic lawmakers, as part of a lobby day to advocate for stricter gun laws.

Students wore red and white —

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Capitol history is on eBay State wants it back

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Sage Naumann, a former sta er at the Colorado legislature, was conducting his occasional nerd search of state relics on eBay when a pricey item caught his eye: “ORIGINAL BRONZE WALL SCONCE FROM THE COLORADO STATE CAPITOL BLDG. IN DENVER COLO.” e list price of the enormous artifact? Available from a Littleton seller for the cool price of $8,995, or $431.82 a month over 24 months with PayPal credit. Local pickup only.

“Own a piece of Colorado history,” the listing says.

East High’s school colors — with shirts reading “Angels against gun violence,” and signs saying “End the silence, stop gun violence.”

Once inside the capitol they lled the gallery around the state Senate, looking down on lawmakers doing their work.

Protesters remember East High student killed by a shooting

Luis Garcia died due to a gunshot-related injury he sustained shortly after leaving school Feb. 13.

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Two teenagers were arrested, but as of March 3, no charges had been led in the case.

e March 3rd demonstrators included Garcia’s teammates on the East High soccer team. Junior Grant Elliot said his message to lawmakers is simple: “ is can’t keep happening.

“ is was so hard for everyone around us and I can’t imagine going through this again,” said Elliot.

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Naumann posted about his discovery on social media earlier this year, prompting a short blurb on a political news website. at tipped o the legislature’s Capitol Building Advisory Committee, responsible for maintaining the historic integrity of all things Colorado Capitol. e panel quickly determined it wants the sconce — a decorative light xture — back. Like, yesterday.

“ is is clearly state property and it is the responsibility of the Capitol Building Advisory Committee to

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Photographer Natalia Roberts, the Art Students League of Denver’s current BIPOC resident artist, captures dancer Dani Coleman in January 2020. PHOTO BY NATALIA ROBERTS

keep state property in the Capitol,” Jeanette Chapman, a nonpartisan sta er for the committee, said during a hearing last week.

e panel is debating how to retrieve the xture. Ideas on the table include purchasing the sconce (it’s unclear where the money would come from), sending the Colorado State Patrol to seize the item (that’s been done with other Capitol relics), or asking the seller to donate the large and expensive light xture back to the state, perhaps as a tax writeo .

e panel also is trying to determine if the sconce was stolen or procured legally.

“It’s really hard to ascertain what’s stolen property and what’s not,” said Kurt Morrison, who sits on the committee and works as a lobbyist for Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. “For all we know, in the 1940s the legislature could have upgraded all their lighting and they put those up for sale and someone legally bought that.”

Morrison said if the sconce was illegally acquired, the eBay listing is likely to be pulled down by the seller quickly, never to be found again, once they learn the state wants it back. One committee member halfjokingly suggested the panel reach out to eBay’s lobbyist for help.

Rep. William Lindstedt, a Broomeld Democrat who sits on the committee, reminded the panel that

items posted for sale on eBay are sometimes o ered for only a limited time. “It could just disappear tomorrow,” he said. “Just something to consider.”

e eBay listing has prompted a larger discussion about how to get missing Capitol relics back when they are discovered. e Capitol Building Advisory Committee openly debated last week pursuing legislation that would make it easier to reclaim historic items. is isn’t, after all, the rst time that a valuable object from the

Capitol, which opened in 1894, has turned up for sale.

In 2004, a door knob from the Capitol was listed on eBay. e knobs are valuable and tough to replace, so the Colorado State Patrol was sent to retrieve it.

(A similar knob was sold on eBay earlier this month by a seller in Brule, Nebraska, who claimed: “I am told this was acquired directly from the Colorado state Capitol when it was remodeled around 1952 to 1953.”)

State o cials may have some legal

authority to retrieve Capitol history, but Nicole Myers, a lawyer with the O ce of Legislative Legal Services, said the power isn’t absolute.

“We’ve looked into whether the General Assembly would have any recourse,” she told the advisory committee. “I don’t have a de nitive answer.”

Senate Majority Leader Dominick Moreno, a Commerce City Democrat who sits on the Capitol Building Advisory Committee, believes the state’s legal footing depends on when the sconce was installed.

“ e provision of statute that I think is most applicable here is around whether this sconce is original,” he said during last week’s committee hearing. “ e statute is pretty clear that furniture original to the state Capitol building shall remain in the state Capitol at all times.”

Legislative sta ers believe the gasand-electric sconce, which has glass shades etched with the state seal, was once displayed in the governor’s o ce. Former state Sen. Lois Court, a Denver Democrat who chairs the building advisory committee, said that “heightens the conversation” around its importance.

e seller wrote on their eBay listing that they believe the sconce was removed during Capitol restoration in the 1950s. “Some of the original ttings were removed and discarded,” the listing says. “ is is one of those original xtures.”

e seller posted that the sconce has “shu ed around for about the last 70 years or so.” ey estimate the

to turn it around.

A sconce at the Colorado Capitol on Feb. 28, 2023. An eBay seller from Littleton listed an original bronze wall sconce for sale from the state Capitol, dating to the 1890s. The relic is listed at nearly $9,000. Colorado’s Capitol Building Advisory Committee is trying to determine if the sconce was stolen or procured legally.

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beauty, physicality and potential are seen,” states a news release.

e ASLD opened in 1987, with artists teaching 100 students that rst year and pushing them to reach their potential. Today, the league operates from the Sherman School at 200 Grant St. in the Speer/West Washington Park area. More than 14,000 students attend its classes, workshops, teen studios and summer camps.

ASLD’s Visiting Artist Series got started in 2003. e BIPOC focus was added in 2021 with Kevin Snipes, a ceramicist who wants to combat the inequity of opportunities for artists of color and thereby enrich the Denver arts scene.

“We started this residency as an acknowledgement geared to BIPOC, starting with the idea that the art world is harder to access because of racism,” said Tessa Crisman, communications manager at ASLD. “So we wanted to make this program to provide resources to artists who might be given those resources, and to connect our community and di erent voices than those that teach every day.”

Roberts is the second person to ll the position. She is originally from Detroit and was living in San Francisco when she learned about the Denver residency, which includes housing and nancial support.

“I was a little hesitant because I didn’t know anything about Denver or the Denver art scene,” she said. But “I was particularly attracted to this organization because I had been working as a professional dancer in New York City.”

An injury halted her dancing for about eight months. She found a New York organization that was similar to ASLD and took classes in photography subjects such as how to shoot and edit.

ASLD’s selection process includes a panel of community members who assess applicants on the quality of their work, how their work ts in with media currently o ered at ASLD, and the clarity of their plans for both community engagement and personal growth as an artist throughout the residency, Crisman said.

“Natalia was chosen for her mastery of dance and photography, as well as her excitement around building artistic community as a new Denverite,” Crisman added.

Roberts moved to Denver in early 2022. She divides her time several ways, including having open studio events, teen and adult photographing workshops, and preparing an exhibition scheduled for this summer. It is slated to open mid-June and run through the end of July, when the residency ends.

roughout her work, Roberts tells the stories of people often overlooked, and lets “these overlooked subjects know that their beauty, physicality and potential are seen,” ASLD said in a news release.

e teen workshop Roberts instructed including her teaching the students the basics of photography, such as lighting and how to direct models during photo shoots.

It showed Roberts that “there’s a learning curve for me in teaching teenagers photography,” she said.

“By the end of the last couple of classes, I let them make choices for themselves. ey did some really amazing things.”

e residency is twofold, giving Roberts her own studio space where she can photograph models for projects.

Roberts also has a duty to promote community engagement.

“She’s been o ering tours of the studio to her audience,” Crisman said. “ ey can ask about her creative process.”

Roberts will conduct a master class in photography for adults titled “Photography Abstraction, Surrealism and Storytelling with the Human Form.” It’s scheduled for March 11-12.

Roberts said the best thing about the residency is getting her own, dedicated workspace.

“It’s all pretty amazing,” she said.

“In photography, you are constantly having to rent space and manipulate it, or set up a space in your kitchen, or bathroom or backyard. It’s always a hurried situation. ere’s a lot of negotiating with other people.”

She cited another bene t: “You don’t have to worry about breaking it down and setting it up for the next shoot. You have more energy to spend on the craft of photography.”

is experience has given Roberts the freedom to work on and develop her own style more deeply, she said.

“So much of art-making now, you have to make it quick, (and) you have to make it cheap in order to make a living,” Roberts said. “Perhaps more than anything else, it enables us to play and make bad art, (and) learn how to make it good art. Without getting to experiment, you can’t grow.”

Natalia Roberts is a performer, choreographer, filmmaker, photographer and teacher. She is the Art Students League of Denver’s second BIPOC resident artist since the organization expanded its Visiting Artist Series in 2021.

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How area governments are spending Broncos sale funds

BY TATIANA FLOWERS THE COLORADO SUN

e Denver metro governments that received checks — for hundreds of dollars or millions — after paying into a tax fund to help build Mile High Stadium are formalizing plans to spend the money on youth activities within their communities.

e city of Aurora’s housing and community services department announced last week the “Dream Big for Aurora Youth Campaign,” which encourages youths, people who work with kids and caregivers, including parents or guardians, to suggest how the city should spend its one-time $3.8 million award on youth-related activities and programs. e campaign webpage, which includes an idea board and short survey, will be open until March 31.

“We are looking to generate ideas around meaningful youth activities in Aurora,” said Jessica Prosser, director of the city’s housing and community services department. “We really want to make sure the youth voice is heard through this process.”

Funding for the e ort comes from the $4.65 billion sale of the Denver Broncos to the Walton-Penner Group in 2022, which resulted in a $41 million refund to the seven

counties and 40 municipalities in the Metro Stadium District that helped fund the stadium for more than a decade. e checks range from $12.5 million for Denver to $112 for Castle Pines.

e money comes from a provision of a 1998 lease and management agreement between the district, PDB Sports and Stadium Management Company that required 2% of the net proceeds of the sale of the team to

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be paid to the district to be used for youth activity programs. Communities can interpret how they want to use the money for young people. Matt Sugar, director of Stadium A airs for the Metropolitan Football Stadium District, has said he hopes community leaders will invest in after-school programs, mentoring, music and art programs, sports, and mental health resources.

ough Sugar said there is not a

timeline for when the money should be spent, when community leaders received their checks, they also got a letter advising them that he would ask for an accounting of how the funds were spent. He plans to ask community leaders for those accounting statements in September, a year after checks were cut.

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ant surprise for community leaders, especially those that received the largest sums of money.

e district cut checks proportional to the amount each county and municipality collected in the one-tenth of 1 percent sales tax that helped fund the stadium, which is owned by the district and now called Empower Field at Mile High. Taxpayers funded 75% of stadium construction through the tax, in e ect from 2001 to 2011.

e purchase of the Broncos team by the investor group led by Walmart heir Rob Walton, his daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, and her husband, Greg Penner, was approved by the NFL team owners group in August. With the new funds in hand, the city of Aurora’s community engage-

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the xture, which is 3 feet tall and extends 2 feet from the wall, is 125 years old.

“THE CONDITION OF THIS SCONCE IS ACTUALLY SUPERB!”

the listing says.

ere’s reason to believe the seller, who has sold 242 items on eBay and has 100% positive feedback, knows what they’re talking about. ey

ment division will be conducting outreach by partnering with school districts and youth-serving organizations, hosting focus groups and offering tabling events on local streets to encourage community members to give their opinions on how the funds should be spent.

e online survey will be the main way Aurora people can engage.

Printed surveys in di erent languages will also be available at city libraries starting March 1.

People who take the survey are asked if the money should be spent on art, mentorship, STEM, reading or youth violence programs — or on facilities such as skate park, courts and inclusive parks, library improvements or sports programming.

Rachel Whipple, a community engagement coordinator who will be encouraging involvement from Aurora people at events this week, said once her team collects input from residents, the decision on what

have other lighting items posted for sale, though the Capitol sconce is by far the most expensive.

e seller also doesn’t seem afraid to reveal their identity, as several of the eBay listing images feature a man who appears to be holding up the sconce so it can be properly photographed.

An eBay message from e Colorado Sun to the seller was not returned. e Capitol Building Advisory Committee was also planning to reach out through eBay to the person or people who posted the

youth programs to fund sits with the city council.

“I de nitely think it’s a great opportunity for our youth,” she said. “Our youth are de nitely a very important part of our community, so it’s a very exciting opportunity, one way or the other, to be able to have some funding for them.”

She started looking at survey results as they came in Wednesday morning, less than a day after the platform launched.

“We’re hoping to get quite a bit of community feedback,” she said. “We think that there’s going to be some creative ideas, or ideas we’ve never thought of before as a city, and so we’re excited to get out there and meet people and just hear what they have to say.”

Douglas County leaders said they’re also asking their constituents to decide how to spend the more than $939,000 it received for youth programs, said Wendy

sconce.

Naumann, the Capitol history bu , originally found the sconce listing on eBay in early January. He said it’s unclear when the item was rst offered for sale.

“Look, most of these items were discarded by the state during renovations decades ago,” Naumann said. “ e only reason we rediscover them is when an entrepreneurial individual like this eBay seller decides to list it online. We shouldn’t make that a crime. If the state wants the sconce back, it should make an

Holmes, the county’s director of communications and public a airs.

e county intends to host a live communitywide town hall early in the second quarter of this year to engage stakeholders to discuss ideas. e event will include a live polling portion to help tally opinions, and will be accessible in-person, by phone and online, she said.

“We’ve been talking about it now for the last couple of months,” Holmes said. “It will probably be in April but there is no date yet set. We will market it heavily, and welcome all, and all ideas.”

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o er.”

Besides, he said, most people with a passion for antiques and history would likely love to help return items like the sconce back to the Capitol.

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Bill would protect educators

Focus is on rights in the workplace

BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

A year after Colorado lawmakers denied employees of school districts and public universities the right to unionize and negotiate contracts, legislators are considering a bill that would provide some protections for them and other public sector employees.

Senate Bill 111 would extend rights for public employees who openly express views about the workplace, start the process of forming a union, or participate in organizing. Public workers would also be protected from retaliation, discrimination, and intimidation from employers. Private sector employees already have these rights under federal law. e bill doesn’t require public employers to recognize unions or grant workers the ability to strike. But the legislation, which a Senate committee advanced Tuesday, could represent a notable step forward for K-12 and higher education workers who want stronger labor protections for what they say are crucial workplace rights.

Critics who united to exclude education sta from a law expanding collective bargaining rights last year say this year’s legislation is unnecessary, unfair to employers, and would

hurt schools.

Jade Kelly, CWA Local 7799 president, said the bill extends some rights granted to private employees

through the National Labor Relations Act, a 1935 law to ensure workers can advocate for better conditions and form labor unions without

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His teammate Mateo Tullar said he hasn’t really been involved in gun control advocacy before, but Garcia’s death made the issue painfully personal.

“We’re here, really, just to make sure our voices are heard,” said Tullar, a junior. “A bunch of teenagers in a room are not gonna really do anything. ey don’t want to listen to us. But we’ll be loud. We’re gonna make sure that they know why we’re here.”

e protest coincided with the annual lobby day for gun regulation advocates at the Capitol and was organized by the group Everytown for Gun Safety and its Colorado a liates.

e students gathered on the West steps of the state Capitol building around 9 a.m. and demanded that lawmakers take action.

They said they should feel safe while at school.

“We don’t think it’s fair that people lose their lives for no reason, when they’re innocent, when they’re trying to get their education… it’s not fair,” said Leah Reyes, a student at Denver School for International Studies at Baker. “It just scares us. Like, if it were to happen to us.”

One high school senior said she had attended and spoken at least three other similar events centered around ending gun violence.

Democratic lawmakers have introduced some of their most sweeping gun regulations in years, including bills to raise the purchase age for

retaliation. Her union represents higher education workers, library workers, and public defenders, among others.

She said public employees do have certain rights under federal statutes. But Kelly said that employers often violate those laws because a federal complaint must be led by workers when there are issues. It’s a di cult process that creates hostile work environments where public employees feel they can’t speak out, she said. Kelly said ling a complaint is expensive and takes up a lot of time and “employers know that.”

By extending the federal rights for private workers to public workers statewide, the bill would ensure the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment enforces these rights and step in when violations happen, mediate any issues, and take action.

Democrats in the state legislature have been pushing for more rights for public sector workers. e legislation lawmakers passed last year grants county employees the right to organize and bargain collectively over pay and working conditions. at law also prohibits strikes, work stoppages, and work slowdowns. But facing sti opposition from school district administrators, school boards, higher education o cials, and Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, education workers were excluded from last year’s bill.

Senate Bill 111 is sponsored by

all rearms to 21 years old and to require a three-day waiting period for gun buyers. A bill to ban certain types of rearms and accessories deemed particularly dangerous could also be introduced.

A few lawmakers stepped out of the Capitol to listen to students’ demands. Parents and school sta members also joined, along with students from nearby North eld and other schools around the city.

Outside of East High’s front door, people left owers to honor Garcia. Before the walkout began, students read a poem written by Garcia talking about gun violence and wanting to have a safe school.

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At least a thousand Denver high school students walked out of class on Friday morning in response to the death of a 16-year-old classmate at East High.

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Art teacher Elisabeth Marcus shows students how to modify their paintings in the same style as professional artist Janet Skates.

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Summer Camps & Programs 2023

COUNTY AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Arapahoe County Libraries

Locations: Multiple locations in Arapahoe County

Website: arapahoelibraries.org

Details: Each year, Arapahoe libraries hosts a variety of reading events and gatherings to help fill the summer hours.

Jefferson County Library

Locations: Events in Lakewood, Arvada, Golden, Evergreen, Edgewater, Wheat Ridge and more

Website: https://jeffcolibrary.org/

Details: With summer coming, the Jefferson County Library system is already holding information sessions and planning events, such as the Cosmic Conversations: Telescope Highlights of the Midnight Sky in June.

Douglas County Libraries

Locations: See website

Website: www.dcl.org/camp-dcl/

Details: Choose from weeklong half-day camps at six DCL locations or full-day camps at select locations from June 5 through Aug. 4. Camps are facilitated by subject matter experts and supported by trained staff and volunteers. Camp themes include science, robotics, creative arts, LEGOs, cooking and baking, with each camp geared to a specific age range.

Englewood – 2023 KidConnections

Summer Camp

Locations: See website

Website: https://bit.ly/3YRWCcC

Details: The program is a fully licensed day care by the State of Colorado, Department of Human Services for children 5 years old (and completed kindergarten) through 14 years old. There is a registration fee of $10 per child.

City of Golden

Locations: See website

Website: https://bit.ly/3Sm6Y1X

Details: Summer camp registration opens Feb. 28 for residents and March 2 for nonresidents. Golden addresses are not all within city limits; some are actually part of unincorporated Jefferson County. Check if your Golden address is within city limits at addresslookup.jeffco.us.

Evergreen Park & Recreation District

Locations: Variety of locations

Website: www.evergreenrecreation. com/201/Camps

Details: The annual programs provide options for kids starting at 3 years old.

City of Thornton – 2023 summer camps

Locations: Varies by camp

Website: www.thorntonco.gov/recreation/ Pages/registration-information.aspx

Details: The annual summer program is already underway with registration for residents beginning on Feb. 1. Nonresidents joined on Feb. 2. From physical activities and sports camps to arts and more — the annual program will continue to register participants.

City of Northglenn summer programs

Locations: See website

Website: www.northglenn.org/rec_and_ events/childrens_programs.php

Details: Participants will enjoy their time at the Northglenn Recreation Center swimming two times a week, playing games/ activities in the beautiful gym, going on fi eld trips, having in-house experiences, riding pedal boats at Webster Lake, playing daily at E.B Rains Jr. Memorial Park, plus much more.

Wheat Ridge Parks & Recreation

Location: 4355 Field St., Wheat Ridge

Website: www.rootedinfun.com/191

/Sun-Camp

Details: Wheat Ridge Sun Camp is a state-licensed day camp for children ages 6 to 13; offered during Jefferson County Public Schools’ spring, summer and winter breaks.

Arvada summer camps program

Location: 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada

Website: https://arvadacenter.org/education/summer-camps

Details: This summer, the Arvada center is offering a variety of half day camps and full-day camps — including prescheduled Awesome Art Packs. Awesome Art Packs are combinations of our most popular summer camps that provide full day activities for students. These camp packages are a creative and convenient way to give your child a multi-disciplinary arts experience this summer.

Highlands Ranch Community Association

Locations: Recreation centers throughout the community Website: https://hrcaonline.org/classescamps-activities/camps

Details: Every year, the Highlands Ranch Community Association works to provide something for everyone in its summer camp program. For children into sports, there are plenty of athletic camps available. For those looking to improve in art, arts and education programs are plentiful.

Town of Castle Rock Summer Camp Program

Locations: Vary based on camp

Website: https://www.crgov.com/3270/

Summer-Camps

Details: From sports camps to jedi training and science and arts — the Town of Castle Rock prevents a full slate of summer camp programs in 2023. Visit the town’s website to learn more about ages, prices and details.

Commerce City Parks & Recreation

Locations: Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Drive, Commerce City

Website: https://recreation.c3gov.com/ classes-programs/camps

Details: Youth Camp Venture is a traditional camp for children ages 6 to 10 and offers arts and crafts, STEM, active play, swimming and field trips. Camp takes place primarily outside at Eagle Pointe Rec Center. Adventure Trek is an outdoor adventure program that provides a new experience every day. Those ages 11 to 15 travel offsite for hiking, survival skills training, water activities and nature-based programming.

Town of Parker/Parker Fieldhouse

Location: 18700 Plaza Drive, Parker

Website:  https://parkerrec.com/2029/ Summer-Day-Camp

Details: Ages 5 to 13 can join this camp for themed games, activities, crafts and a ton of fun at the Parker Fieldhouse. Campers will be separated into age groups 5 to 6 years, 7 to 9 years, and 10 to 13 years. Expect swimming days and field trips too.

Foothills Parks & Recreation District

Location: 6612 S. Ward St., Littleton Website: www.ifoothills.org/school-carecamps/#camps

Details: Details will be posted online for the 2023 summer program in March.

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THE GREAT OUTDOORS

The Giggling Life Care Farm

Location: 14583 Cherry St., Thornton

Website: www.thegigglinglife.com/summer-farm-fun

Details: If your kids love animals you need to check out The Giggling Life Care Farm in Thornton for summer activities. The Giggling Life Care Farm is special for a lot of reasons, but the most important one is Kristi — the owner. She has a BS in psychology and a master’s in education, has studied life coaching for the last eight years, and is certified in Equine Assisted Coaching and Pet Therapy.

Highlands Ranch — Camp Backcountry

Location:  6005 Ron King Trail, Littleton

Website: hrcaonline.org/classes-campsactivities/camps/camp-backcountry

Details: Nestled into 8,200 acres of wildlife conservation property just south of C-470 on Santa Fe Drive, Camp Backcountry is the spot for a build-a-fort, hikejust-to-explore, and don’t-forget-yourbinoculars kind of summer for your kids. The Backcountry believes that children learn, grow, and thrive best when outdoors and immersed in nature. Our week-long, full-day outdoor camps support the needs of children by using a whole-child, experiential learning approach. From minicamps to leaders-in-training programs,

the camps are for ages 5-17.

Great Outdoors Summer Camp

Location: Miller Activity Complex — 1375 W. Plum Creek Pkwy, Castle Rock

Website: www.crgov.com/3270/SummerCamps

Details: This regional park includes the Miller Activity Complex (MAC), Millhouse, Amphitheater, Challenge Hill, ziplines, Adventure Tower, Sky Trek, and adventure playground area as well as over ten miles of hiking and biking trails.  For ages 10-15.

Chatfield Stables Horse Camps

Location: 11500 N. Roxborough Park Road, Littleton

Website: www.chatfieldstables.com/ horse-camps.html

Details: Chatfield Stables is the longestrunning horse camp in the area. Every child has their own horse for the entire week. Kids get to lead, feed, water and work with their horses every day. Campers learn horse care, including grooming and bridling. They water and feed their horses, learn to groom them, and take care of them at the end of the day. We ride daily, whether in the arena or on the trail.

Community Sailing of Colorado

Locations: 4800 S. Dayton St., Greenwood

Village

Website: www.communitysailing.org

Details: Community Sailing of Colorado provides premier sailing programs (summer camps, adult classes, adaptive sailing,

and community partnership events) at Cherry Creek and Boulder reservoirs. The weeklong summer camps range from beginner through advanced sailing for youth ages 5-17. It’s a perfect fit for any adventurous spirit who loves the outdoors.

YMCA SUMMER PROGRAMS

At the YMCA of Metro Denver, our youth development philosophy is grounded in 150 years of lifting up kids and helping them reach their full potential. It’s a philosophy centered on two critical factors: creating a unique sense of belonging and always incorporating the pure fun and joy of childhood.

Camps include adventure camps, sports programs, art that focuses on ceramics, painting, drawing, digital media and more. To find camps in local communities, visit the website at https://bit.ly/3Kg6GYM. Summer camp programs are available in the following Denver metro cities:

• Arvada

• Aurora

• Broomfield

• Centennial

• Commerce City

• Denver

• Golden

• Lakewood

• Littleton

• Thornton

• Wheat Ridge

MAD SCIENTISTS

Kookalooz Space Playground: STEM

Summer Camp

Locations: 6805 W. 88th Ave., Westminster

Website: www.kookalooz.com/westminster-co/summer-camps/

Details: 5 different camps from the basics of space to engineering. Each camp is one week long. For ages 5-10.

Colorado Adventure Point

Location: 10455 W. 6th Ave., Suite 150, Lakewood

Website: https://coloradoadventurepoint. org/

Details: CAP’s STEM Camp isn’t your typical science camp. Our campers get to experiment with chemistry, physics and engineering through a variety of materials, experiments and challenges to meet their curiosities and skill level in our challenge by choice model. In addition to building engineering models and friendships, the campers get to enjoy our climbing wall, archery range and more — and learn the science behind these fun activities. Camps are available for ages 6-12.

Butterfly Pavilion

Location: 6252 W. 104th Ave., Westminster

Website: https://butterflies.org/

Details: Starting June 5 and running through Aug. 11, the Butterfly Pavilion hosts all the creepy crawlies and your children at camp. There are five themes, which repeat once and include spider week, junior zookeeper and survival stories, where kids can learn about how insects adapt to survive.

Mad Science

Locations: Multiple locations in the Denver metro area, including the Littleton area, Denver and Broomfield

Website: https://colorado.madscience.org/

Details: These camps are designed for ages 6 to 12, though sessions such as Red-Hot Robots and Advanced Robotics camps are more appropriate for ages 8 to 12. Instructors are mostly college students pursuing degrees in education or science and teachers off for the summer. Themes include chemistry, space science, forensics, engineering and more. Each camp is weeklong, though times can vary.

Air & Space Camp

Location: Wings Over the Rockies at 7711 E. Academy Blvd., Denver

Website: wingsmuseum.org/education/ camp/

Details: Ready for an aerospace adventure? At Wings Over the Rockies that’s exactly what kids ages 8 to 14 can expect in these week-long camps. The fun starts June 5 and goes on until Aug. 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

EMERGING ARTISTS

Center for the Arts: Summer in Color

Location: 31880 Rocky Village Dr., Evergreen

Website: https://evergreenarts.org/summercamp/

Details: Camps explore various media, from clay sculpting and wheel throwing, to pop art and mural painting, to the art of different cultures and the art of the masters. Several of our camps also incorporate outdoor components, including hikes, yoga, and opportunities for photography and eco-art projects. Let kids explore their creative side with imaginative and inspiring camps at CAE this summer. For ages 5-17.

Denver Art Museum

Location: 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver

Website: www.denverartmuseum.org/en/ summer-camps

Details: The camps at the Denver Art Museum get broken into three age groups: 5 to 6, 7 to 8, and 9 to 11. Overall, the themes remain the same — there are camps about art in nature, how to draw, learning about color and sculpture. Each camp runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and includes plenty of time in the museum to garner inspiration.

Craftsman & Apprentice

Location: 1335 E 22nd Ave., Denver

Website: craftsmanandapprentice.com/ pages/summer-2023

Details: Ages 5 to 11 can spend the summer creating worlds out of cardboard, paint, hot glue, ribbons, corks, buttons and more at this Denver kids’ crafting studio. Themes include toys, crafty critters, fiber arts and more.

ON THE STAGE

The Apollo Center Summer Camps

Location: 2655 Industrial Lane, Broomfield

Website: www.theapollocenter.com/ campdescriptions

Details: The Apollo Center offers a variety of skill-based camps for kids and adults alike. Aerial Performance Camps for kids

five-week sessions for ages 3–18.

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ages 5-17 years focus on learning aerial technique and choreography throughout the week which will culminate with a camp performance based on the camp theme.

Front Range Theatre Company Triple Threat Summer Camp

Locations: 15035 Performing Arts School, Parker

Website: www.frontrangetheatre.org/triplethreat-summer-camp.html

Details: Working with professional instructors with years of experience, your child will learn the three major elements of any stage performer: Voice, Dance and Acting. The camps are designed to challenge performers in the entire range of life in the theatre, including a live performance in a mainstage venue!

Audience of One Youth Theatre Camp

Location: Highlands Ranch

Website: www.AO1Theater.org

Details: Whether a student is looking to try out theater for the first time, polish skills or have fun with friends, the AO1 has one-totwo-week camps can work in the summer schedule. AO1’s summer programming includes kids’ productions for ages 5-12, workshops for ages 8-18, and a two-week intensive program for teenagers.

The Arvada Center

Location: 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada

Website: https://arvadacenter.org/

Details: If your kid is 5 to 12 and loves a bit of drama and/or art, the Arvada Center has a slew of full- and half-day camps available. The best and most economic way to sign up for camp is to do it in three- or four-week blocks, and the venue offers combinations of visual art, musical theater, drama and music.

Kent Denver Performing Arts Camps

Location: 4000 E. Quincy Ave., Englewood

Website: www.KentDenver.org

Details: Summer at Kent Denver School offers all children ages 4–18 the opportunity to experience innovative, creative, handson learning in the arts, athletics, our Tiny Farm Day Camp, academics, innovation and technology.

St. Lukes Performing Arts Camps

Location:  8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch

Website: www.StLukesPAA.org

Details: From preschool age to high school students there are a large variety of summer camp shows planned in Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock areas. Registration is now open.

Castle Rock Dance Academy

Locations: 140 S. Wilcox St. Suite A, Castle Rock

Website: http://www.castlerockdanceacademy.com/

Details: At Castle Rock Dance Academy (CRDA), best friends are made, etiquette and self-discipline are taught, and students learn skills they can carry with them through life. The program offers weekly dance classes in

Bowlero

Locations: Multiple locations in Cherry Creek, Littleton and Lone Tree

Website: www.bowlero.com

Details: Fun for all skill levels, Bowlero’s modern spin on bowling is the perfect way to spend quality time with the kids. Celebrate every strike, spare and yes, even gutter balls, with the most famous lanes in the game and a delicious menu of classic American eats.

Golden Goal Sports Complex

Location: 2650 Alkire St., Golden

Website: www.goldengoalsc.com/summersoccer-camps

Details: Golden Goal offers spring break camps and summer camps for all ages from under 5 to high school.

Camp Urbie at Urban Air Adventure Park

Location: 15400 E. Briarwood Circle, Aurora

Website: https://bit.ly/3IuCQOO

Details: Let ‘em Fly for a whole week of play, in-park activities, snacks and more. Camp Urbie’s Adventure Camp is the best way to beat the summer heat and play in the best indoor playground in town. The weeklong camp is open to kids 7 years and up.

Gold Medal Athletic Camp

Location: Castle Rock Recreation Center

Website: https://www.crgov.com

Details: Athletes will participate in small- and large-group instruction, drills and games or scrimmages. We welcome beginner athletes to learn how to use proper mechanics and fundamentals of the sport and intermediate or advanced athletes who want to continue to grow their motor skills and skill in the sport. For ages 7-12.

Tigar Gymnastics Camps

Location: 4860 Van Gordon St. Unit B, Wheat Ridge

Website: www.TigarGymnastics.com

Details: A variety of programs at a variety of ages is available at the gymnastics center, including ninja classes and programs for older ages.

RMF Soccer Camp

Location: Aurora Sports Park at 19300 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora

Website: https://rmfsoccercampsusa. com/soccer-camp-denver/

Details: From July 17 to July 21, this prorun soccer camp will come to Colorado. It’s run by experienced Spanish UEFA coaches, and goes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Kids from 6 to 16 can sign up.

Aerial Cirque Over Denver

Location: 4605 Quebec St., Denver.

Website: https://aerialcirqueoverdenver.com/

Details: If your child is thinking of joining the circus, or just wants to bend, twist and soar through the air, this is the camp for them. Dates run from May 29 through August 14, and include morning and afternoon camps (9:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3 p.m.) for ages 6 to 16.

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Maestro Music Institute

Location: 6478 Ward Road, Arvada

Website: maestromusicinstitute. com/2023-instrumental-summer-camp

Details: Instrumental Summer Camp is back this year covering a myriad of ensemble opportunities. We will be offering Rock Band, Orchestra, Choir/Theater, Piano ensemble and composition. Summer campers will have the opportunity to learn new instruments in addition to honing their skills on their primary instrument. Students will work in large and small ensemble groups and perform a variety of music at the end of the week.

Kidzrock Rock Band Camp

Location: 2842 S. Broadway, Englewood

Website: www.musicallifedenver.com/ summercamp

Cost: $319

Details: Rock Band Summer Camp teaches children ages 4 to 7 how to play in a rock band. Campers learn to play drums, electric guitar, keyboard and sing. On the final day, campers perform a short (adorable) concert for parents and family. In addition to rock band time, students get to make music-related arts and crafts, create a fantasy band identity, and play outdoor games at the park next to the school. No prior musical experience is required. No investment in gear is required.

OVERNIGHT CAMPS

Avid 4 Adventure

Locations: Various spots

Website: https://avid4.com/summercamps

Details: For two weeks kids get to bask in nature, away from their parent, at either Camp Windy Peak near Bailey, or Camp Blue Sky near Evergreen. The kids sleep in cabins and build their skill sets in nature and with outdoor sport activities.

Cheley Colorado Camps

Location: Cheley Colorado Camps at 3960 Fish Creek Road, Estes Park.

Website: https://www.cheley.com/

Details: If your kid is 9 to 17, send them off to a 27-day overnight camp in Estes Park. Full term is June 13 to August 6, or chose a half term from June 13 to July 9, or July 11 to Aug. 6. Activities include horseback riding, water sports, art and plenty of outdoor adventure.

Camp Granite Lake

Locations: 11902 Camp Eden Road, Golden

Website: https://www.campgranitelake.com/

Details: Located in the mountains about an hour from Denver, the camp covers 135 acres including a private lake. It’s a co-ed camp for grades second to ninth. Choose from two sessions, either June 19 through July 8, or July 10 through July 29. There are also minicamp options for grades 1st through 4th, covering the week of July 31 or Aug. 7.

Denver Jewish Film Festival returns for 27th year

growth of films by people in Israel and internationally, the amount of attention that is paid to Jewish films and stories,” Cowden said. “There’s a lot out there.”

Cowden mentioned a few of his favorites.

BY BRUCE GOLDBERG

SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

e annual lm festival put on by Denver’s Jewish Community Center is for everyone.

This is something that Richard Cowden wants to stress. The Denver Jewish Film Festival is open to everybody, not just Jewish people.

“We want to attract more non-Jews,” said Cowden, general manager of the Mizel Arts and Culture Center at the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center. “We’d love to have people from other cultures want to come in and see films that are by Jewish people or about a topic from Jewish history or current affairs.”

The 27th annual Denver Jewish Film Festival takes place March 11-19 at the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St. in Denver. A streaming on demand option for the festival will be available from March 20-29.

Independent films are growing. This year, the festival received more than 300 submissions and is presenting about 40 films from 14 countries, including fullfeatures, nine shorts and one TV mini-series.

“It makes you realize that the film world we see is just the tip of the iceberg relative to the amount of content that’s being presented every year,” said Cowden, who’s in his third year of working on the festival. “Ours is but a sliver of the films that are made.”

Films go through a rigorous screening process, watched by a pre-screening committee, then a film selection committee. And they watch a ton of films before choosing the festival lineup, with submissions from all over the world.

“It’s surprising, the

“Farewell Mr. Haffmann,” opens the festival at 8 p.m. on March 11. The film is set in Paris in 1941 under German occupation. An employer, Mr. Haffmann, and his employee Francois “are forced to strike a deal which, over the following months, will upend the fate of all concerned,” states the printed program.

“Haffmann has been winning rave views and awards from festivals all around the world,” Cowden said.

Another is a Polish film called “The Wedding Day.” It takes place in contemporary times and involves the daughters of a meatpacking magnate. The film splits into two realities, Cowden said. Some of it is presentday, some visits the dark past of this Polish village.

“There’s a lot of going back and a lot of flash forward. Eventually, they become one,” Cowden said. “If people are looking for something day, it’s really fascinating.”

Cowden also points out “The Swimmer,” which takes place in a parallel reality, where a young Israeli competes for an Olympic spot.

“It’s very fascinating, especially in the category of gay films,” Cowden said. “It’s an interesting film because it’s not like a documentary about an Orthodox kid who realizes he’s gay. It’s got an ending that’s unforgettable.”

The 27th annual Denver Jewish Film Festival at the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St. in Denver, takes place March 11-19 in-person, and streaming on demand from March 20-29. Tickets are on sale now, and are available for individual screenings and all-access passes. For more information, visit jccdenver. org/film.

Festival includes screenings of more than 40 films from 14 countries

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Vagabon @ 7pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Englewood

Vamonos Pest/Mobro: Mobro at Brewability Lab @ 5pm Brewability Lab, 3445 S Broadway, Englewood

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We are traumatized

On Feb. 22, as calls came into local police departments that our schools were under attack, one thing became apparent — We are very traumatized in society.

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ankfully, the reports to 911 that active shooters were inside schools across Colorado were untrue and proved to be false as o cers responded. However, the trauma that goes with these calls was very apparent.

For me, as a mother and journalist, I immediately stressed out. I watched other journalists on Twitter make comments putting into words just how I was feeling. Many said as soon as the calls come in, we start worrying about what could be happening in our communities.

As more than a dozen schools were impacted throughout the day, Englewood made the list, and then Littleton High School. Littleton Police headed to the school and students were locked inside, leaving parents wondering if they were indeed OK. e thing is, while other schools were cleared and quickly, Littleton felt like it took forever. is is not judge to Littleton schools or police, it just felt like forever for me and a reporter waiting for word.

I started scanning Twitter, where the trauma we are experiencing as a society became very apparent: From students tweeting that they were still inside a classroom hunkered down without any knowledge of what is happening on the outside.

From parents saying they have elementary school children without a cell phone, and they were worried because they had no way of knowing what was happening inside.

Tweet after tweet, parents said they heard from their child but still had no clear answers of what was happening.

As the minutes continued, the Littleton Police Department would tweet that “still no injuries” had been found. While good news, it was still stressful because it wasn’t the “all clear” tweet parents and students were waiting for.

For students, this wasn’t just a drill to go through what to do if this actually happened. While found to be a hoax, for our communities, this was essentially the real thing until police ruled it wasn’t.

Earlier in the week, my own children went through a lockdown drill with their school. Afterward, my 6-year-old asked some pointed questions on why they did it. I was honest with him. In reality, we just do not live in a world right now where we can lie to our children about the evil that can be lingering outside of our schools, public arenas ands elsewhere.

A threat or call about a shooting is never discounted anymore. All calls, all threats are treated as if they are real. For those responsible, there is no excuse for the level of cruelty you imposed on teachers, students, parents, law enforcement and our communities.

While thankfully, no one was hurt, in the end, this day shows us that something has to be done to get the increasing numbers of mass shootings under control. We are past the time of bickering about which political party is right and which is wrong.

We are a traumatized society that deserves debate, compromise and true action that leads to healing and safety.

elma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.

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Know before saying ‘no’

There is an old saying, “If you don’t ask, you don’t get” or, “If you don’t ask, the answer will always be no.” Many times these are associated with salespeople who stopped short of asking their prospect for the order or fail to ask for critical information or an immediate next step. However, these sayings hold true for

For some, asking comes very naturally. We understand the consequences of not asking so we are always bold enough to speak up, knowing that fortune favors the bold. en there are others of us who have a deeply rooted fear of rejection so asking for something, anything requires us to summon our courage before breaking out into a cold sweat while meekly and nervously uttering out our question.

ere is also something else at play here when it comes to hearing the word “no,” or

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being refused a request. Some people are so tired and burnt out that the word “no” has become their rst response to everything. Even the simplest of asks or tasks is met with resistance. e smallest requests are seen as monumental hills to climb. e thinking is that the person making such a request clearly has no idea just how much work this is going to require or how difcult it will be.

Saying “no” for some folks has become an art form, they can say “no” and still have the person who asked walk away feeling good. Others may subscribe to the philosophy of saying “no” to everything as fast as possible so others will stop asking them for anything. e rst word out of their mouth is literally always “no.”

Here’s the thing, sometimes we get so conditioned to saying “no” that it really has become our rst response instead of rst taking the time to learn more, so we know what it is that we are really saying “no” to

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or refusing to do. I do believe in saying “no” to more of the things we shouldn’t be doing so that we can say “yes” to more of the things we should or could be doing. However, not at the expense of missing an opportunity to get done what needs to get done.

If you are leading a team, you probably wouldn’t want them to stop coming to you with questions. If you are a part of a team, you also wouldn’t want to be left out of opportunities to collaborate and problem solve. And any parent certainly wouldn’t want their child to stop coming to them with questions or requests, instead, just taking actions into their own hands and dealing with the consequences later.

When the “no” monster inside of us is unleashed, we invite contempt and disharmony in any relationship.

Years ago, I had a coworker named Frank. Frank would say “no” to everything at rst. But not for the reasons mentioned above or that you might be thinking. He taught me one of the greatest lessons of my life when it came to decision-making relative to both the person asking for something and the person being asked. He would say “no” if the request wasn’t supported with the “why.” Or Frank would say “no” if the person asking didn’t really understand everything involved in what they were asking for.

What Frank taught me and I hope to pass along to you is this: Before saying “no,” take the time to ask more questions and get as much detail as possible before making your decision. And before you ask for anything, know the “why” behind your request,

and what it is you are really asking the other person or team to do for you. Are you saying “no” simply out of habit? Is the “no” monster hurting your relationships at home or at work? Do you understand the concept of including your “why” behind your request? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can take the time to

This maze art features a clock in the shape of a columbine — Colorado’s state flower — to represent the spring forward daylight savings time, which will occur on March 12 this year. This maze can be solved by starting at the S at the tip of either of the lower two flower petals and mazing-out to the W for win at 12 o’clock.

know before we say “no,” it really will be a better than good life.

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

Scientists are studying the health of the South Platte’s aquatic life

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There might be plenty of sh in the sea, but in the section of the South Platte River from the Denver Metro Water facility down to Fort Lupton, they’ve all but disappeared.  rough testing, Metro Water Recovery scientists discovered that aquatic life was not present in this part of the South Platte River due to low dissolved oxygen levels. Metro Water Recovery, in an agreement with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Colorado Health Department will address the issue.

Dissolved oxygen levels mean the river is too low for aquatic life. When they did the study, the scientists found that the South Platte River from the Denver Metro Water facility down to Fort Lupton had no sh habitat.

ey started a six-phase project on the South Platte River from 88th & Colorado Boulevard to Fort Lupton in 2018 to improve aquatic life that was disappearing from low dissolved oxygen.

“Many factors cause dissolved oxygen in a river, such as runo , nutrients and how highly managed the river is and owing slowly in some locations. In addition, algae grow when the river slows down and eats up oxygen at night,” said Senior Quality Manager for Metro Water Jim Dorsch.

“A number of factors were involved and since Metro Water created the river, it made sense for us to take the lead on trying to correct it,” Dorsch said.

Scientists are working daily on the South

Platte River collecting aquatic macroinvertebrates, which are bugs. Many of these types of organisms and microhabitats live in the river, under rocks or in woody debris in the river, Dorsch said, adding that they can also live inside rocks or live in boulders.

“ e objective is to sample the macroinvertebrate that lives at the bottom of the river to assess the invertebrate which is species without a backbone to test their diversity and abundance within the river channel and determine overall aquatic life health,” said Jordan Harman, a senior water quality scientist with Metro Water.

Harman said the macroinvertebrate data is used in Colorado as the primary indicator of aquatic life health in streams and rivers. ey collect samples in the fall, and the macroinvertebrates are picked out with tweezers and placed into collection jars

lled with isopropyl alcohol for preservation.

“We then send these preserved specimen samples to a taxonomic expert and they identify and count the macroinvertebrates and send the identi cation enumeration data back to us. is is simply identi cation of preserved specimens, they are not looking at live specimens,” Harman said. e scientists could get a general sense of overall water quality based on the type of invertebrates. Certain macroinvertebrates are sensitive to pollution, such as may ies, caddis ies and more. Bugs that are relatively tolerant of pollution include aquatic worms, midge larvae and more, according to Harman and Dorsch.

“When we observe a diverse group of

These are the macroinvertebrates, the tiniest species that tell scientists about the water quality and how many are present in the river. PHOTO BY BELEN WARD

The damselfly Jordan Parman captured to be seen under the microscope. PHOTO BY METRO WATER RECOVERY

Jordan Harman gathers the macroinvertebrates from the South Platte River for testing the water qualityJordan Parman gath-

macroinvertebrates, including sensitive species, this indicates good water quality. Dissolved oxygen is just one important aspect of overall water quality,” Harman said.

Harman said these macroinvertebrates tell them what they do and a lot about water quality. If certain kinds of bugs are present, the water quality can sustain these macroinvertebrates, and they’re also an essential part of the food chain for the sh that consume these bugs.

“We amended that agreement and since then we built four di erent drop structure locations along the river to improve habitat and will select a fth spot to construct by fall. en when complete, we will go into phase six and continue ongoing monitoring of aquatic life forever at all these locations,” Dorsch said.

Dorsch said to improve the water quality, stirring it and building miniature waterfalls to put the oxygen back in the river over time, so it starts to get better. In addition, they will place large rocks that will provide protective cover for sh, create pools close to the bank of the fast-moving water—trees will be plants and shrubs for aquatic shade and creates a riparian zone, which is a vegetation area between land and river.

e Metro Water Recovery scientists will stock the river with Colorado native species, primarily minnows, they said.

“ ey are not very big, but we love our native species and want to protect them every chance we can,” Dorsch said. “We also target Johnny Darters and Iowa Darter which are the most sensitive species of minnows in the South Platte River.”

While Metro is working on the Platte River project, Dorsch said shing will still be allowed even when constructing ri es which are fast-moving sections of stream and other habitat improvements farther down the river. e scientist will continue to monitor the water quality daily and how much sediment is released during construction e orts.

“We don’t want that sediment going downstream and impacting aquatic life. My sta and I are out here every day checking on what’s going on and what’s gone wrong. If there are problems, we will correct it,” Dorsch.

e Metro Water Recovery scientists’ work didn’t go unnoticed in saving the aquatic life on the river — they received the National Environmental Achievement Award from the National Associations of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) for the South Platte River Aquatic Life Habitat Improvements Projects, according to a news release.

is fall, the honorees will be recognized at the NACWA’s winter conference in Sonoma, CA.

“We love getting awards, (but) like most biologists — we come in do our job,” Dorsch said.

“It’s nice to get the award,” Harman added. “People aren’t aware of the work we do, so it’s kind of nice to get some recognition and people realize we’re out here in the river.”

Jordan Parman measures a white sucker fish.

Photo by Metro Water Recovery

Jordan Parman returns to shore to detach a container where the macroinvertebrates are captured.

PHOTO BY BELEN WARD

Colorado is so short on workers for people with disabilities

Marketing program created

BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN

When James Wester arrives at his day program, he typically heads straight for an iPad and looks for a vacation video. Two iPads are even better — then it’s travel guide Rick Steves talking about Europe on one screen and Laurel and Hardy laughing it up on the other.

Some days, 27-year-old Wester will shake a tambourine in the music room or dance while one of the other clients at the day program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities exercises to a Richard Simmons video.

Wester looks forward to his time at Community Living Alternatives in Aurora, and so does his 70-year-old mother, Christine. It’s about the only time during the week that she gets a break to have lunch with friends or run errands.

But Wester gets to go less often now. e day program, where attendees play games or attend art and cooking classes, can take only 10 clients each day compared with 20 a couple of years ago. e center had to cut the hours for Wester and others because it doesn’t have enough sta to take care of everyone. Wester comes only three days each week, although his Medicaid insurance plan has enough funding for four.

It’s a longtime problem in Colorado: Even when people with developmental disabilities are approved for Medicaid services, there isn’t the work force to actually sign up for them.

And the workforce crisis of the past two and a half years has made it worse. While the number of day programs for people with developmental disabilities has rebounded after

a pandemic dip, families across the state say they’re struggling to nd spots. e programs are open, but they are so short-sta ed that they’ve had to cut hours for clients, keep huge waitlists and, in some cases, inform people they can’t come at all.

Community Living Alternatives has been trying to ll two positions for two and a half years. e center hired one worker in September, but she stayed just ve weeks.

e reason is that day programs, which are reimbursed for services by the state Medicaid program, can’t a ord to pay their workers more than they would make at a fastfood restaurant, said Gregg Wilson, manager of the day program at Community Living Alternatives. And the job, though rewarding, is more demanding.

“We are competing now with McDonald’s and Wendy’s,” he said. “It’s really hard to get people to show up for these interviews.”

Wilson’s program pays its employees about $17 per hour to care for up to ve people at a time. He’s down to two workers, so that means 10 cli-

ents per day — in a spacious facility that once was KinderCare Learning Center — is max capacity.

Wilson, who has worked with people with disabilities for more than two decades, said it was easier to nd workers when he rst started out. ey often were people who had grown up with a sibling or friend or neighbor who had developmental disabilities. “I can’t even nd those people anymore, who have passion for this kind of work,” Wilson said.

“And you have to have a passion for it, because nobody’s really getting rich doing that.”

Medicaid o cials seek to raise base pay to $15.45 per hour

e salaries day programs can provide are directly connected to the Medicaid rates set by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and the state budget. e base wage rose to $15 per hour two years ago, up from $12.41. is year, the department is asking lawmakers to raise it to $15.45.

e number of day programs statewide dropped dramatically in 2020, when the pandemic kept people isolated at home. At rst, the state Medicaid program continued to reimburse day-program providers even though they weren’t open, trying to ensure they could pay their sta and the rent. When the federal government cut o those “retainer payments,” Colorado o cials shifted to allow day centers to get reimbursed for virtual programs, connecting with people via computer screens.

It’s taken two years to recover from the drop in services, but the number of day programs has rebounded to 2020 levels, said Bonnie Silva, director of the O ce of Community Living at the state Medicaid division. e number of people using day services has rebounded, too, she said. But many people stuck with the virtual option or switched to oneon-one services instead of group programs, Silva said. e department does not have data to determine how many people are using

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group day programs now compared to before the pandemic, but Silva has heard from people who are struggling to nd openings.

“We are facing a workforce challenge that is unlike anything I’ve ever seen in my 20-plus career,” said Silva, who started her career as a caregiver for people with developmental disabilities.

Stay tuned for upcoming social media and radio ads that are part of a new campaign to draw people to the direct-care industry. e state Medicaid division is using federal coronavirus relief money for the marketing.

“I really believe pretty strongly that if we can get people in the door, they’re going to stay,” Silva said.

“ is is one of the coolest industries that’s out there. It’s just not well known to people.”

e department also has designed $9.5 million in grant programs for specialized, career-advancement training for direct-care workers, who often have no education beyond high school.

Colorado now has 291 “specialized habilitation,” or day programs, up

from 248 in 2020. It’s also increased “community connections,” which are programs that take people with disabilities into the community to ride the bus, grocery shop or visit a park.

Residential services — in which a person lives with a host home or in their own home with a caregiver — have also increased, now at 421 homes compared with 337 in 2020, according to data provided by Medicaid.

Wester, who has a rare genetic disorder and the intellectual ability of a preschooler, is on a Medicaid program that funds his day program. He received services through Denver Public Schools until age 21, and then his mother began searching for day programs so he could socialize with others and get out of the house.

e search was daunting, and the programs were often so far away from their home near City Park that the drive was nearly an hour each way. Christine found one she thought was right for her son — but they quit after about a year because Wester started refusing to go, running around their front yard so his mother couldn’t catch him.

ree years ago, they found Community Living Alternatives. Wester has learned skills that his mother didn’t even realize, including using his ngers to move a computer

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“It was far away from home, but I don’t care,” Christine said while picking up Wester from the day program this month. “I do 44 miles in the car on the days James is here — 22 roundtrip, twice a day. And it’s worth every mile.”

e rest of the week, Christine tries to keep her son busy. ey have memberships to the Denver Zoo, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Denver Botanic Gardens. She also pays out of pocket for a respite care provider who comes for four hours on two days per week.

But on days Wester is headed to his day program, he gets so excited that he starts goo ng o in the car, putting his sunglasses on backward.

“He’s so safe and secure here, and happy,” Christine said. “He’s showing me, you know, ‘ is is really funny. You’re gonna laugh at me because I’m happy.’ It’s like, wow, he’s excited.”

‘How it all fell apart’

Glenn Junik, a Denver father of three boys, has been searching for a day program for his 30-year-old son Elliot for months.

e day program Elliot had attended for nine years informed the family in September that it no

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longer had enough sta . Elliot, who has a genetic condition called Angelman syndrome, has a tendency to run away, which means he needs one-on-one supervision.

“He has the heart and mind of a 4- or 5-year-old,” Junik said. “He is pure joy, pure love.”

Junik, 67, who took an early retirement from the software industry to care for his son full time, has visited about eight programs since September, begging them to enroll Elliot. “I haven’t had a break since Sept. 1,” he said.

He would love to see Colorado lawmakers dramatically increase pay for caregivers, many of whom left for other jobs during the pandemic. Before COVID hit, Elliot attended the day program and had caregivers who came to their home. In-home care screeched to a stop as people isolated.

“ at’s how it all fell apart,” Junik said.

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BY MONTE WHALEY THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado nonpro ts took a beating during the COVID-19 pandemic, bleeding volunteers and employees who were either forced to stay home or were terri ed of leaving their homes for fear they would get infected by the virus.

“We had older and retired volunteers who had to stay home because they were the most vulnerable to the virus,” said Dayna Scott, executive director of Broom eld FISH, a nonpro t providing help with food and housing. “ ere were real fears about death. No one knew what was going to happen day to day.”

Local food banks that help feed and clothe low-income and homeless people were hit especially hard. Grocery store shelves emptied almost overnight and businesses and food banks, including FISH, shuttered for more than a year. Nonpro ts had to pivot, sometimes in 24 hours, to hand out groceries and other donated staples to clients driving through their parking lots.

e rapid turnaround needed to keep things running at FISH burned out many sta members, Scott said. “For some people it was the breaking point. e turnover was brutal.”

Scott said she and her remaining sta stayed clear-eyed about FISH’s mission. ey continued to help resi-

dents with rental and other nancial assistance and distributed food to families. In 2022, 12,553 people were served, up from 12,190 in 2021 and about 12,000 in 2020 a big jump from the 7,057 helped in 2018.

“We knew what we had to do,” said Scott, who shares her narrow o ce with a sleepy dog named Sami.

Scott manages a $6.6 million budget, seven paid sta ers and 30 community partnerships while bringing in corporate donors and steering clients to legal and housing help. Feeding families is a top priority for Scott and her sta , and in 2021, FISH distributed 1.5 million pounds of food to hungry people in Broom eld.

She brushes o the notion that she could earn a heftier paycheck if she used her skills for a big business. “I

was never a corporate person,” Scott said. “I like to think I do more good by keeping 100 people from starving to death at the end of the day.”

State and local nonpro t o cials say they don’t know exactly how many sta members and volunteers they lost during the worst of the COVID pandemic. Marc Cowell, executive director of Outreach United Resource Center in Longmont, said although few of his peers left during COVID, there is little doubt COVID bludgeoned the nonpro t.

“I can state that COVID-19 did take a very heavy toll on myself and most of my colleagues,” he said.

To ght burnout during and after the worst of the pandemic, the OUR Center stressed a work-life balance to allow sta ers plenty of time to get away and be with friends and family, Cowell said.

“ at goes a long way in helping retain not only executives but managers, and front-line personnel,” said Cowell, who heads OUR Center’s e orts to help people in the St. Vrain Valley get basic services like food and to help pay the rent.

Cowell typically logs more than 50 hours a week as executive director, but takes time in the spring to indulge in one of his passions: coaching baseball at Holy Family High School in Broom eld. Coaching helps restore his energy for his fulltime job. “It’s nice to be able to take multiple days o at di erent times throughout the year to recharge my batteries.”

He said the state’s nonpro t staers took COVID’s best shot and stubbornly bounced back to deliver goods and services to friends and neighbors hit hard by the virus.

“At the end of the day it is about our mission and helping the community that keeps us coming back,” Cowell said.

Jobless for a year, Broom eld resident Dave Wallace pushes a shopping cart through the narrow aisles of FISH’s 12,500-square-foot marketplace for staples like bread, butter, fresh fruit and vegetables. Almost all the items are donated by local grocery stores and businesses. Wallace is looking for work in the restaurant industry, but until he gets a steady paycheck he depends on weekly visits to FISH to keep his own kitchen stocked.

“I am glad FISH is here, thank God. What they do is incredible,” Wallace said in January. “ ey help people like me out but they don’t make me feel bad about it. I don’t know what this community would do without

them.”

Now aid groups are preparing the loss of pandemic-related support e long and uncertain days and nights fueled by fears of the pandemic are mostly over for Scott and other nonpro t leaders. But now the state’s 20,000 nonpro ts face an even taller task of bridging the gap left by vanishing pandemic-era federal and state funds for shelter and food, said Paul Lhevine, president and CEO of the Colorado Nonpro t Association.

Colorado’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which distributed more than $300 million to 36,000 households, is ending this year, nonpro t directors say. Emergency allotments of Colorado Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are also ending this month.

“ e work in the nonpro t sector is critical now more than ever,” Lhevine said. “ ere are gaps that remain to be lled.”

Broom eld FISH was started 60 years ago in a church basement by six women who wanted to provide food and clothing to the city’s poor, Scott said.

Women volunteers have always been the prime drivers behind many nonpro ts, but the tendency to pay them less is a main reason why nonpro t executives aren’t compensated as well as their for-pro t business counterparts, Lhevine said.

e overall trend toward paying men more in executive slots is also mirrored in the nonpro t world, he said. For every dollar that a male executive director makes, a female executive director makes 82 cents, according to the Colorado Nonpro t Association’s 2021 salary survey. On average, female executives collect a yearly $111,152 salary while male executives pull in $132,227, according to the survey.

Scott makes about $100,000, only a fraction of what someone is paid for comparable work in a corporation, she said.

Lhevine said compensation for nonpro t leaders was a trend set decades ago.

“Most nonpro ts were created at a place and time on the backs of volunteers and driven by women,” Lhevine said. “ is is a major issue and we have to do a better job of nding a way to pay professionals a fair wage.”

e estimated total pay for an executive director for a business in Denver is $240,568, according to the employment website Glassdoor. e median pay for a CEO in Denver is $404,153.

e association’s survey states that many nonpro ts o er employees bonuses and ex time schedules and are generous with time o to compensate for long work hours. Some provided bonuses to employees to acknowledge their work during COVID-19, the survey reported. Most were 3% or less of the employee’s salary.

Nonpro ts greatly bene t from a workforce that will not back down from a challenge, including entering the post-COVID era, Lhevine said.

“Nonpro ts are mission-driven,” he said. “ e people who work

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there are not going to back down, even now. Nonpro ts are lled with people who have a passion for their work and they have a need to address the needs of their community.”

e Colorado Family Resource Center Association — which includes nonpro ts like FISH — only lost about 20% of its member executive directors, said Scott, who has been with FISH for nearly eight years and is not surprised at the lack of turnover among nonpro t leaders. is is low turnover considering the responsibilities of running a nonpro t during a major pandemic, she said.

But Scott is not surprised that so many local directors stuck around.

“We love the mission, and now it’s a new one,” she said. “We will have to scramble to get donations and other help for our organizations now that these other programs are waning.”

Alice Sueltenfuss said her job as executive director of Hope for Longmont, which provides shelter and other aid for people who are homeless, is devoted to the constant chase for funding.

“In the nonpro t world, it’s all about grants, corporate sponsors and the amounts given by donors,” Sueltenfuss said via email. “Fundraising helps, of course, but recurring donors help nonpro ts the most.”

Terrapin, a marijuana dispensary in Longmont, is one of Hope’s most reliable donors, giving $10,000 a year to the nonpro t. Terrapin spokesman Peter Marcus said via email that Hope is one of several nonpro ts that fall into the company’s various corporate responsibility goals.

“Homelessness is one factor that can result from a cycle created through disproportionate cannabis prohibition and incarceration,” Marcus said. “Hope ts nicely with our mission to end the war on drugs and make whole those who were harmed.”

Sueltenfuss retired after 32 years of being a school administrator and was drawn into the nonpro t world knowing she would not come close to making as much as before.

“Working to help homeless indi-

viduals become self-su cient has given me rewards that are not easily compared,” she said. “Yes, I don’t make the yearly income I did even 10 years ago, but I chose this profession with a nonpro t for reasons other than nancial. You don’t become an administrator of a nonprofit for the money; it’s the cause.”

e same notion motivated Mike Lutz, who left his job as a civil engineer with the city of Louisville in 2008 to work at Broom eld FISH.

Lutz said he wanted to make some changes in his life and made the leap into the nonpro t world after seeing some men unloading a truck at the FISH headquarters.

“I asked them if they needed some help and I jumped right in,” Lutz said. “It just seemed the ideal place and time for me.”

He started as a volunteer and eventually became the organization’s food operations manager. Lutz hustles around FISH’s marketplace to make sure shelves are stocked with food donated by community and corporate groups.

Lutz also coordinates daily with grocery stores in Broom eld and Westminster to collect donations, including fresh fruits and vegetables.

e job is especially important to him since he grew up in Broom eld and sees how FISH helps his longtime friends and neighbors.

“I don’t know of another job where I can wake up and can’t wait to get to work,” Lutz said. “I know the money is not great. But here I feel like I am making a di erence.”

A school project by Sharin Oliver’s son led her to volunteer for FISH in 2009. She liked the neighborly atmosphere at FISH and stayed on to become operations manager.

Oliver had been a management consultant out of college and then a stay-at-home mom. FISH became her calling.

“FISH makes Broom eld a smaller place, and I like that,” Oliver said.

“My son once told me ‘Mom, you want to feed the world.’”

“Yeah,” she said, “I guess I do.”

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Legal Notice No. 82110

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Merrill Howe Leavitt, a/k/a Merrill H. Leavitt, a/k/a Merrill Leavitt, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030119

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Catherine A. Short Personal Representative c/o Janine A. Guillen, Esq. Guillen DeGeorge, LLP 9222 Teddy Lane Lone Tree, CO 80124

Legal Notice No. 82091

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kathy Plato, aka Kathy Cook Plato, aka Kathy Plato Cook, aka Kathy Cook, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030065

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Allen R. Cook, Personal Representative c/o Janine A. Guillen, Esq. 9222 Teddy Lane Lone Tree, CO 80124

Legal Notice No. 82090

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Corrine Louise Loseke, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 64

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jessica H. Catlin, Attorney for Personal Rep. Hurth, Sisk & Blakemore, LLP 4860 Riverbend Road 301 Boulder, CO 80301

Legal Notice No. 82100

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Joseph Francis Munson, AKA Joseph F. Munson, AKA Joseph Munson, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30202

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before July 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly Raemdonck, Esq. Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives, JoAnne Centineo Hann and Robert Carl Munson, 2485 W Main Street, Suite 200, Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. 82101

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Ainslie R. O’Neil, Deceased Case Number 2023PR30054

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

David F. Steinhoff, Esq., #9980 o/b/o Estate of Ainslie R. O’Neil 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 505 Englewood, CO 80110

Legal Notice No. 82088

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Maria Bittler, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 21545

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before July 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marlene Bittler Hewitt Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Legal Notice No. 82111

First Publication: March 9, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kathryn Louise Barker, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR523

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Barker Sarlo Personal Representative c/o Rocky Mountain Elder Law 651 Garrison Street, Suite 240 Lakewood, CO 80215

Legal Notice No. 82104

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of: JOHN C. HOFFMANN, Deceased Case Number 2023PR30079

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before July 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

James O. Simpson Attorney for Personal Representative

P.O. Box 27014 Lakewood, Colorado 80227

Legal Notice No. 82102

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

Grocery, convenience stores uncork wine sales

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER THE COLORADO SUN

As of March 1, it’s wine-o-clock.

As Coloradans browse the aisles of their local grocery and convenience stores in March, looking for the right loaf of bread or reasonably priced eggs, they will soon have a new option for soothing their in ationsqueezed shopping experience: wine.

at’s because voters in November approved a ballot initiative allowing wine to be sold in grocery and convenience stores. Proposition 125

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state Sen. Robert Rodriguez and state Rep. Steven Woodrow, both Denver Democrats. e bill passed the Senate Local Government and Housing Committee on Tuesday with a partisan 4-3 vote.

Many large Colorado school districts voluntarily recognize employee unions and have contracts that include collective bargaining rights, but there is no requirement that they do so. Union members say that leaves many teachers vulnerable.

Mountain Valley School District teacher Kevin Walek, a San Luis Valley teacher union vice president, said teachers worry if they speak out

narrowly passed with 50.6% of voters in favor.

Both grocery and convenience stores with a license to sell beer can begin selling wine March 1. at’s approximately 1,900 licensees as of this month, according to the Department of Revenue. ey’ll also be able to o er beer and wine tastings.

e Colorado Licensed Beverage Association, which represents small liquor retailers, opposed the measure and warns that its members could be crushed by the change.

“While many liquor stores will adapt and outsell grocery stores be-

that school district leadership will punish them. Many teachers like him are within their rst few years of teaching and on a probationary period.

e bill would help teachers feel like they can use their voice.

“A lot of teachers just keep their head down,” Walek said. “It’s a tough environment.”

In addition to K-12 and higher education workers, the bill would cover a large group of workers, such as county, city, re, library and public health workers.

e Colorado Education Association and other advocacy groups say the bill grants rights and protections that were skipped over in last year’s collective bargaining bill for many public employees.

Multiple groups want to amend the

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Fernando Anthony Apodaca, Deceased

Case Number 2023PR30046

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Anthony J. Apodaca

Personal Representative

5909 Boston St. Denver, CO 80238

Legal Notice No. 82092

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of RICHARD P. HOLME, also known as Richard Phillips Holme, Deceased

Case Number 2023PR030143

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara F. Holme, Personal Representative

3944 S. Depew Way Denver, CO 80235

Legal Notice No. 82082

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Joanne Glenda Klein, a/k/a Joanne G. Klein, a/k/a Joanne Klein, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30144

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brady McFarland & Lord, LLC

Attorneys to the Personal Representative 6870 W. 52nd Ave, Suite 103

Arvada, CO 80002

Legal Notice No. 82107

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

cause of their selection, we foresee approximately a third of the 1,600 independent liquor stores across the state are in danger of losing their business,” said Chris Fine, executive director of the organization.

e measure also didn’t change any other existing alcohol-sales rules, such as the prohibition of sales between midnight and 8 a.m., and no alcohol sales to anyone under 21.

Stores that plan to immediately add wine at all of their Colorado locations include Trader Joe’s, King Soopers and Safeway.

While Safeway con rmed they are

bill, including the Colorado League of Charter Schools, the Colorado Association of School Executives, and the Colorado Charter School Institute. e committee approved amendments related to unintended consequences the groups identi ed, such as those related to State Board of Education powers and to ensure management positions wouldn’t be included.

Michelle Murphy, Colorado Rural Schools Alliance executive director, said the bill would substantially disrupt schools. e organization also wants to amend the bill.

“ is bill expands employee rights while dialing back and restricting employer rights,” she said.

Opponents include many county and city organizations and governments. Kevin Bommer, Colorado

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

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Estate of Donald Beltz, AKA Donald T Beltz, AKA Donald Thomas Beltz, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30085

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly Raemdonck, Attorney for the Personal Representative of the Estate Donald Beltz AKA Donald T Beltz AKA Donald Thomas Beltz, Wesley Jay Beltz 2485 W Main Street, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. 82085

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Wilda Meketuk, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30057

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before July 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

John David Meketuk

Personal Representative 1271 Perry Street Denver, CO 80204

Legal Notice No. 82112

First Publication: March 9, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Talia Braude, Deceased Case Number 2023 PR 030086

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before July 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

19751 E Mainstreet Suite 365 Parker, CO 80138

Legal Notice No. 82094

First Publication: February 23, 2023 Last Publication: March 9, 2023

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jack Parker Watson, also known as Jack P. Watson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031583

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Estate of Jack Parker Watson Dorene G. Watson, Personal Representative c/o Branaugh Law Offices, P.C. 8700 Ralston Road Arvada, CO 80002

Legal Notice No. 82098

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Doris Lee Kelley, also known as Doris L. Kelley, also known as Doris Kelley, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30187

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kathleen M. Howell, Personal Representative 7400 South Carr Court Littleton, Colorado 80128

Legal Notice No. 82105

preparing their shelves now, grocery stores aren’t allowed to stock their stores with wine until March 1, a spokesperson said.

Two other alcohol-related ballot measures, Propositions 124 and 126, failed on the November ballot.

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.

Municipal League executive director, said employers are already required to give employees substantial protections under federal law.

Others also argued there aren’t widespread complaints about improper employer practices. And any such issues can be handled by federal law, they said.

But Kelly said the public ultimately gets hurt when unhappy workers can’t resolve issues quickly with their employers.

“Workers end up leaving or they get to the point where they hate their jobs,” Kelly said. “ at creates an adverse e ect on anyone who uses public services.”

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Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Erik Tischner, Personal Representative c/o Keith L. Davis, Esq. Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 82084

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Denver Probate Court, Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock St #230, Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: Thomas Robert Snee, aka Bob Snee, aka Thomas Snee, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30296 Division: 3

Attorney for Virginia McRoberts, Petitioner Nicholas Klimas, Esq., #48658 Gendelman Klimas, Ltd. 517 E. 16th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 720-213-0687 Nick@GendelmanKlimas.com

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

To: Attorney General and Interested Persons

Last Known Address, if any:

A non-appearance hearing on Petition for Formal

Probate of Will and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date: March 24, 2023 Time: 8:00 am

Courtroom or Division: 3

Address: 1437 Bannock St #230, Denver, CO 80202

The hearing will take approximately 1 hour. Attendance at this hearing is not required or expected.

Legal Notice No. 82093

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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TO CREDITORS Estate of David Kay Reynolds, A/K/A David K Reynolds, A/K/A David Reynolds, A/K/A Dave Kay Reynolds, A/K/A Dave K Reynolds, A/K/A Dave Reynolds Deceased Case Number: 2023PR55

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 31, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Renee K. Gray, Personal Representative 8341 Patterson AVE SE Caledonia, Michigan 49316

Legal Notice No. 82106

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gayla Holland Scheid, deceased Case Number: 2023PR30019

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may