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’Who Are We?’

New curriculum educates people on Colorado’s female trailblazers

BY BRUCE GOLDBERG SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Social studies teacher Kelly

Cvancier was determined to create a comprehensive curriculum that paid tribute to the dozens of women enshrined in the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.

Cvancier teaches AP government, politics and civics for ninth graders

Legislature asks voters to approve 10year property tax relief plan

BY JESSE PAUL AND ELLIOTT WENZLER THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to approve a 10-year plan to rein in skyrocketing property taxes, as well as whether the state should distribute about $2 billion in Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds checks next year in equal amounts rather than linking their size to people’s income level, with more money being sent to higher earners.

at Bear Creek High School in Lakewood. She is also a cultural partner of National History Day Colorado, something she’s been involved with since 1995. National History Day is a nonpro t education organization that exists to improve the teaching and learning of history.

“I think holistically, our students need to be challenged by something more than a sit-and-learn experience,” Cvancier said. “We need to make education personal as well as make it relevant.”

e result of her determination is a well-researched, highly informative curriculum that the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, in partner-

ship with the University of ColoradoDenver and the Colorado Student Leaders Institute, unveiled in March.

Called “Who Are We?,” the curriculum serves to educate people about what makes Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame inductees worthy of entering the hall, and to explain who they are. It is meant to grab the attention of, and serve as a resource for, students, teachers and anyone with an interest in Colorado history.

“It is our hope that ‘Who Are We?’ will inspire future generations to recognize the important role of women in shaping history and encourage

e questions were placed on the November ballot on May 8 by Democrats in the Colorado legislature as the General Assembly wrapped up its 120-day lawmaking term. e legislature worked until about 10 p.m., just before its 11:59 p.m. deadline, to complete its work, when the Capitol carriage turns back into a pumpkin.

e last few hours of the session were chaotic, with Republicans walking out of the House chamber in protest, Democrats in the House lambasting each other and the Senate limiting debate to stop a GOP libuster.

e property tax plan, pushed for by Gov. Jared Polis, will appear

Barb Beckner, chair of Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, left, and Celeste Archer, executive director of National History Day in Colorado, stand with a life-size version of the ‘Who Are We?’ curriculum cover.

PHOTO BY JAY WEISE

on the ballot as Proposition HH and would work by tamping down the effect of rising residential and commercial property values on the tax burden for homeowners and businesses.

Here’s how it would work for residential property:

• e residential assessment rate would be reduced to 6.7% from 6.765% in 2023, for taxes owed in 2024, and to 6.7% from 6.976% for taxes owed in 2025. e 6.7% rate would remain unchanged through the 2032 tax year, for taxes owed in 2033.

• In addition to the assessment rate cuts, residential property owners would get to exempt the rst $50,000 of their home’s value from taxation for the 2023 tax year, a $10,000 increase made through an amendment adopted Monday. Residential property owners would then get to exempt $40,000 of their homes’ values from taxation for the 2024 tax year. e break would persist until the 2032 tax year, except for people’s second or subsequent single-family homes, like rental or vacation properties, which would stop being subject to that bene t in the 2025 tax year.

Here’s how it work for commercial property:

27.85% through 2026, down from 29%.

e state would be required to evaluate economic conditions to determine if the rate reduction should continue. If the rate reductions persist, the commercial assessment rate would be reduced to 27.65% in 2027, 26.9% in 2029 and 25.9% starting in 2031.

• For agricultural properties and properties used for renewable energy, the assessment rate would be reduced to 26.4% from 29% through the 2032 tax year. For properties that fall under both classi cations, such as those used for agrivoltaics, the rate would be cut to 21.9%.

Property taxes in Colorado are calculated by multiplying the statewide assessment rate by the value of a property — sometimes referred to as a market value — as determined by a

(A mill is a $1 payment on every $1,000 of assessed value. So in order to gure out what your tax bill is you should multiply your mill levy rate by 0.001 and then multiply that number by the product of multiplying your property’s value by the statewide assessment rate. at’s how much you owe.)

So, someone who owns a home valued at $600,000 and assessed at a 6.765% statewide residential assessment rate in a place where the mill levy rate is 75 would owe $3,044.25 in taxes each year. e formula to get to that number looks like this: $600,000 x 0.06765 x (75 x 0.001) = $3,044.25.

e proposal would also prevent many local taxing districts from collecting an increase in property taxes above the rate of in ation, though school districts would be exempt and local governments could override the cap after giving notice to property owners.

Utah has a similar system, and that’s what the provision in the Colorado proposal is modeled after.

To account for the cuts, the legislature is planning to spend $200 million to repay local governments, including schools, for the revenue they would have collected. Additionally, the plan calls for using about $250 million of the $2.7 billion Colorado is projected to collect in the current scal year, which ends June 30, above Taxpayer’s Bill or Rights cap on government growth and spending, to further account for local districts’ revenue reduction.

Additionally, voters would be asked in November to increase the TABOR cap, which is calculated by annual growth in population and in ation, by an extra 1%. (Any money collected over the cap has to be refunded.)

e change would reduce the amount of money available for refunds in years in which the cap is exceeded.

Finally, Proposition HH would set aside about $20 million each year to go toward a state renter relief program — a late addition to the measure aimed at acknowledging the proposal mostly bene ts property owners.

Proposition HH was placed on the ballot through the passage of Senate Bill 303, which was introduced a week ago. It passed the House on Monday by a 39-7 vote with 19 absent.

All 19 Republicans in the chamber were marked absent after they walked out of the chamber in protest as the vote was being taken and after Democrats shut down debate on the

measure. Republicans are in a super minority in the House, so Democrats still had a quorum in their absence.

“Our citizens are really smart,” said Rep. Lisa Frizell, R-Castle Rock. “ ey understand that this proposal, this bill is a grand e ort to get rid of TABOR and their TABOR refunds.”

Rep. Mike Weissman, an Aurora Democrat and a lead sponsor of Senate Bill 303, said Colorado voters would ultimately decide whether they like the proposal.

“We don’t make the nal call,” he said. “ e voters do.”

When the bill moved to the Senate for nal approval, Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, R-Brighton, libustered the measure for an hour before the Democratic majority cut her o at about 9:15 p.m. by voting to limit debate.

e measure passed on a 23-12, party-line vote and now awaits the governor’s signature after Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen, RMonument, asked the governor to call a special session to take another stab at property tax relief in a way that doesn’t a ect TABOR refunds.

Separately, the legislature Monday passed House Bill 1311, which would distribute more than $2 billion in TABOR refunds next year to Coloradans through at-rate checks of roughly $650 or $1,300, depending on whether someone is a single or joint tax ler.

e change would mean the lowest income Coloradans receive nearly $200 more than they were projected to get under the default system, while the state’s highest earners would get hundreds — if not more than 1,500 — dollars less.

e measure was introduced on Saturday — the last possible day it could have been introduced in order to have the three calendar days needed to pass. It cleared the Senate on Monday on a 23-12 vote and was sent to Polis to be signed into law.

e measure only goes into e ect, however, if Proposition HH passes. If Proposition HH fails, the money will be distributed through the default six-tier sales tax mechanism, adopted by a Republican legislature in 1999.

e six-tier system refunds TABOR excess to Coloradans depending on which of six income tiers they fall into, with higher earners getting larger refunds and lower earners receiving less. Republicans, who are in the Capitol minority, fought Senate Bill 303 and House Bill 1311 and complained that they didn’t have enough time to vet the legislation because of how late in the lawmaking term the measures were introduced.

However, the GOP was unable to stop or force big changes to either measure because of their large political disadvantage in the House and Senate. e 2024 legislative session begins in early January 2024.

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

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Riding for love

BY ALEX K.W. SCHULTZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

When Sam Van Why makes the 2,136-foot ascent up to the Horsetooth Reservoir overlook on his 22-speed Cannondale bicycle in a few weeks, it will be the perfect metaphor for what the Castle Rock resident’s life has been.

e ride won’t be easy. In fact, Van Why may feel like he’s “just surviving” at times as he pumps his legs over and over and slowly climbs County Road 23 in Fort Collins.

But the retired college professor, you can be sure, will keep pushing. He won’t for a moment think about stopping, even if his 74-year-old legs and body are pleading with him to do so. He’ll summit the mountain and ride on until he crosses the nish line. at’s what Donna would have wanted.

On Dec. 8, 2022, Van Why lost the love of his life, his wife of nearly 30 years, to Alzheimer’s disease.

On June 11, he will ride for her.

e Alzheimer’s Association Ride to End ALZ Colorado will start and end at Colorado State University’s Canvas Stadium. e route Van Why has chosen will take him south from Fort Collins, along the foothills of Horsetooth Reservoir, through Laporte and Bellvue, up to the reservoir overlook and back to where he started.

When he reaches the nish line right outside the stadium, he will have ridden 45 miles.

“Oh yeah,” he said when asked if he’s looking forward to the ride. “Just surviving 45 miles and going up Horsetooth.”

Van Why isn’t a stranger to the Ride to End ALZ — this will be his third one.

He’s also not a stranger to the kinds of trials and tribulations most people can’t even bear to imagine.

In 1992, his rst wife, Carol, died of kidney cancer. e couple had been married for 21 years and had three daughters together.

Less than a decade later, Van Why’s mother, Lucille, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She passed away in 2008.

Seven years later, in 2015, his beloved sister-in-law, Bev, succumbed to frontotemporal dementia. A mere six months after Bev died, her husband and Van Why’s brother, Duane, died of Alzheimer’s. en, only a few months after Duane passed away, Van Why received the diagnosis he suspected was coming but still didn’t want to hear or believe — Don-

na had Alzheimer’s.

at was in 2017. She died ve years later.

“Duane was an expressive driver, too. I can see him making his way to the front gates of heaven when Donna was on her way out so he could welcome her and show her around,” Van Why said, his eyes watering over.

Van Why and Donna met in the early 1990s through work. She was a patient lady. She was kind. She was generous. She always went out of her way to help people. ose are just a few of the reasons why Van Why loved her so much.

And he loved her to the very end, caring for her in their Castle Rock home from the time she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s until her death.

“Any time she saw somebody who needed something, she wanted to jump in and help,” Van Why said. “I don’t know how many times we saw somebody on the corner with a dog, and she would have me go to the nearest grocery store to get dog food and take it back to them. She was very caring.”

Van Why said he bikes because exercise has been shown to stave o or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s in people who are predisposed to it, because it’s a great social activity, and because it helps him takes his mind o the pangs of life, if only for the briefest of moments.

As of May 10, Van Why had raised more than $10,000 for his Ride to End ALZ contribution. All the money will go toward Alzheimer’s research projects.

So, why does the septuagenarian keep ghting when so much has already been thrown at him?

“My three daughters are still healthy. One’s in Colorado Springs, one’s in Pueblo and one’s in Las Cruces, New Mexico,” he said. “I have eight grandchildren, and they’re all really sweet.”

On June 11, he will ride for them.

And, of course, for Donna.

Sam Van Why of Castle Rock will bike in the Ride to End ALZ Colorado on June 11 in memory of his deceased wife, Donna, who died of Alzheimer’s disease on Dec. 8, 2022. It will be Van Why’s third time participating in the Ride to End ALZ.

PHOTO BY ALEX K.W. SCHULTZ

Rocky Mountain National Park entry fees to go cashless

Starts this summer

BY MATT BLOOM COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Make sure to pack your credit or debit card along with your hiking boots if you’re visiting Rocky Mountain National Park this summer. e park will stop accepting cash payments for entrance and permit fees starting June 1.

e change will allow one of the country’s busiest national parks to cut back on time rangers spend handling cash at crowded entry gates, according to a release from the National Park Service. It will also help streamline fee management behind the scenes.

You can still purchase a number of entry passes at one of the park’s main gates with cards or mobile payment options. But, if you want to speed up your entry, NPS o cials recommend buying one online before your visit along with a separate timed-entry permit, which is required from May 26 through Oct. 22.

Visitors can still buy park entrance passes with cash at a few locations outside of the park, according to NPS. ey include the Rocky Mountain Conservancy Nature Store at Beaver Meadows and the Fall River or Kawuneeche Visitor Centers.

Here’s what to know before heading to the park:

What type of passes are available?

e NPS o ers over a dozen di erent types of passes to get into Rocky.

One-day vehicle passes cost $30 and cover non-commercial vehicles with less than 16 passengers. You can also buy one-day passes for entry by bike or foot. Seven-day passes are also an option.

If you’re planning to visit multiple national parks this year, you can buy an annual pass that covers admission to all parks in the system for $80. You can buy those online or in-person.

Seniors, veterans and students can

also get special passes for free or reduced rates.

What about camping?

e NPS says it’s also going completely cashless for payments and fees associated with campgrounds inside of Rocky starting June 1.

Overnight visitors must make reservations online ahead of time for most campsites. Timed-entry permits are included with all camping reservations.

Are stores inside the park also going cashless?

e cashless switch only applies to entry and permit fees, according to the NPS.

Rocky has a small, conveniencelike store and a co ee shop, which will both still accept cash.

How do I get a timed-entry permit?

Rocky is implementing another iteration of its timed-entry program this summer to help manage crowds, which means you’ll need to snag a free permit prior to your visit. A timed-entry permit is required for everyone entering the park between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. between late May and October.

ere are two di erent types of timed-entry permits.

A regular Park Access permit gets you access to most areas of the park outside of the popular Bear Lake Road Corridor.

A Park Access+ entry permit includes access to Bear Lake Road, as well as other areas of Rocky. Are other Colorado national parks going cashless?

Yes, Mesa Verde National Park and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument will go cashless this summer, according to the NPS. Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site in southeast Colorado will also go cashless.

is story is from CPR News, a nonpro t news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr.org.

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Food justrice programs struggle to survive post pandemic

BY MONTE WHALEY THE COLORADO SUN

A handful of volunteers stooped over a gray patch of soil at FrontLine Farming in Arvada, grooming the stubborn dirt with rakes to prepare for spring planting. Potatoes, onions, greens and root vegetables will be put in the ground later this spring to feed lowincome families in the metro area.

Nearby, a small group of chickens clucked against the harsh winds rattling their pen. Bees will soon populate vacant hives and start producing honey, adding to FrontLine Farming’s stockpile of fresh food the 2-acre organic farm provides to struggling households at the edge of the economic abyss.

Frontline Farming is more than just a name, executive director and cofounder Fatuma Emmad said. Many families see FrontLine as the rst and last resort for sustaining their families.

“We are the stewards of the soil and part of that is to provide food for people who are struggling now with food security,” Emmad said. “In ation is causing people to come to us and say, ‘Oh my God, it is just getting harder and harder.’

“And we will be there for them,” she said.

FrontLine Farming produced 120 di erent crops in 2022, including varieties grown from organic, heirloom and climate-adjusted seeds. In all, the farm served 15,000 pounds of food to 195 families or 563 people, Kasey Neiss, the farm’s data activist and systems manager, said in an email.

e farm’s 16-week Community Supported Agriculture initiative o ered vegetables and owers from its three farm sites, as well as meats from Wild Boyd Farm in Matheson and mushrooms from Sugar Moon Mushrooms in Bennett.

At least 13 families last season paid for their CSA share with federal SNAP — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — bene ts and received

discounted prices through the Double Up Food Bucks program, Neiss said. Sixty families received their CSA share at no cost through the federal Women, Infants and Children produce incentive program.

Neiss said 20% of the farm’s produce was given to food pantries, food shares and food-insecure communities.

FrontLine Farming workers also helped le 298 SNAP applications in Denver, Je erson, Adams and Arapahoe counties, she said.

Advocates say SNAP and the Double Up Food Bucks program, which allows SNAP participants to get up to $20 a day more to buy Colorado-grown fruits and vegetables, helped keep families a oat during the pandemic.

But in 2023, both programs that helped keep families fed while they grappled with cutbacks caused by the pandemic are now diminished or in danger of being halted altogether due to shrinking funds.

In March, emergency SNAP bene ts were cut to pre-pandemic levels meaning that an estimated 540,000 low-income families in Colorado collected on average $90 less per month than in the previous two years, advocates say. For a family of four, that amounts to about $360 a month less they can spend on

food, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a ornton Democrat.

Citing statistics from the Colorado Department of Human Services, Caraveo’s o ce said roughly 77% of SNAP enrollees in the state are working families, people with disabilities or older people with xed incomes. More than half of Colorado’s SNAP households include children.

Meanwhile, a $5 million, ve-year federal grant used to o er incentives to farmers and retailers to continue the Double Up program through the summer is drying up.

Caraveo in April introduced a bill to extend the SNAP bene ts passed in the early COVID-19 relief package.

e “Keeping Families Fed Act” has no co-sponsors in Congress, but is earning support from food advocates, who say after the March cuto more hungry families are looking to food banks and other resources for help.

e enhanced SNAP bene ts allowed families to buy healthier foods and to feed their families in di cult times, Hunger Free Colorado CEO Marc Jacobson said in the Caraveo news release. “Our community members report they are now skipping meals, no longer able to purchase

healthy foods and having to make tough choices between food and other necessities,” he said.

Wendy Peters Moschetti, executive director of Nourish Colorado, a group seeking to increase food access across the state, said the nonpro t is applying to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for another $5 million grant that may arrive in October.

Nourish is meanwhile asking donors to raise $500,000 for the Double Up program to keep it running through the summer. “ ese grants are intended to be received several times — one after the other — so we feel good about our chances, but we just need to get through the summer,” Moschetti said via email.

In an email to prospective donors, Moschetti said the additional $500,000 will help keep Nourish from pausing the Double Up program. “ ese funds will cover incentives for 2023 to help us sustain Double Up without interruptions or cancellations — which we have unfortunately already seen happen in other states.”

High in ation is one of the factors driving up the cost of the program but the most pressing issue is the loss of the pandemic-era emergency SNAP bene ts, she said in another email. ”Double Up will not be halted — but if we cannot meet the demand, the program may need to be limited or paused for a certain amount of time at some partner locations.”

Michigan — where the Double Up program began nearly 15 years ago — has had to pause the program at some partner sites, Moschetti said, “as in limit how much could be spent at their sites and/or limit the months they could o er Double Up.”

Colorado’s Double Up Food Bucks program is modeled after the Fair Food Network in Michigan, which began at ve farmers markets in Detroit in 2009

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SNAP monthly allotments decreased in March.

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Blame drought, California for higher utility bills

BY MARK JAFFE THE COLORADO SUN

One explanation for this past winter’s soaring utility bills was the disruption in global natural gas supplies caused by the war in Ukraine, but it turns out the source of many Colorado households’ woes was closer to home: California.

Drought cut California hydropower production to half of normal levels in 2022, and to ll the gap the state’s utilities went on a natural gas buying spree that drove up the cost of delivered gas to Colorado utilities by almost 100% over the course of the year.

“California bid up natural gas in December and January in basins Xcel buys gas in,” said John Harpole, president of Mercator Energy, a Littletonbased gas brokerage rm. “As a result of California, Colorado ratepayers paid more for natural gas.”

e California scramble pushed up prices across the West, with the cost of natural gas delivered to Colorado utilities, the so-called Citygate rate, rising to $9.83 for a thousand cubic feet in January 2023 from $4.97 in December 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

e drought-related gas prices didn’t only a ect home heating bills, but electricity costs as well, with the EIA estimating it could have added 5%

to prices in Western electricity markets.

e California price shock is both a cautionary tale and one that is likely to be repeated as natural gas markets become more volatile and other forces from climate change to the need to backup growing renewable electricity generation play a role in the demand for gas.

“Consumers have to be aware that natural gas which used to be far more stable isn’t anymore,” said Albert Lin, executive director of Pearl Street Sta-

tion Finance Lab, a clean energy think tank.

In Colorado, this falls most heavily on Minnesota-based Xcel Energy, the state’s largest natural gas and electricity provider. e company has 1.5 million natural gas customers and depends upon natural gas for 29% of its electricity.

“We are keenly aware of the nancial challenges some of our customers experienced this winter,” Bob Frenzel, Xcel Energy’s CEO, told nancial analysts in January. “We are always

empathetic of customers who are feeling an increase at the grocery store, in rent.”

Still, when the price of natural gas soars so do customer bills, with some households seeing their utility bills double or triple last December.

In the wake of the high winter utility bills, the legislature passed Senate Bill 291, in an e ort to deal with the volatile natural gas market and the future use of natural gas in the state, as well as an e ort to improve the way utility rates are set.

“ e bill provides ratepayers some relief for volatile prices in the short term and in the long term it gets a handle on our investments in the gas system,” said Meera Fickling, a senior climate policy analyst with the environmental group Western Resources Advocates.

Natural gas is sold and bought by utilities in an unregulated market and the cost of the gas is directly passed on to customers — rising when prices are high and falling when they are low. e utilities neither make money nor lose money on the price of gas. Whether the utilities buy at low prices or high prices, whether they manage their gas supplies well or poorly, they face no risk or losses.

In February 2021 Winter Storm Uri

Glen Canyon Dam at Page, Arizona, holds back the massive Lake Powell on March 25, 2022. Drought conditions in the West have led levels of water in the lake to drop near where the dam will no longer be able to generate electricity. COURESTY OF THE COLORADO SUN

Farm fresh eats

DENVER FARMERS MARKETS OPEN FOR THE SEASON

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Farmers market season is upon us. Denver has plenty to choose from this year, each possessing a unique vibe with other attractions, like live music, food trucks and chef demos. Most markets have announced their vendor lineups for the season, which begins in May. Visit the websites below to learn more about each market.

2023 Denver farmers markets

Central Park Farmers Market

Located at Founders Green at Central Park, 7601 29th Ave.

Sundays, June 25 – Oct. 8 (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) centralparkfarmersmarket.com

City Park Farmers Market

Located at East High School Esplanade, 1600 City Park Esplanade

Saturdays, May 13 – Oct. 28 (8 a.m. to 1 p.m.) cityparkfarmersmarket.com

Colorado Fresh Markets - Cherry Creek

Located at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, First Avenue and University Boulevard

Saturdays, May 6 – Nov. 4 (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Wednesdays, June 14 – Aug. 16 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

coloradofreshmarkets.com

Highlands Square Farmers Market

Located at 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard

Sundays, May 21 – Oct. 15 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) highlandssquarefarmersmarket.com

South Pearl Street Farmers Market

Located on the 1400 and 1500 blocks of South Pearl Street, between Iowa and Arkansas avenues

Sundays, May 7 – Nov. 12 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) southpearlstreet.com/farmers-market

Union Station Farmers Market

Located at Union Station in Denver, near 1701 Wynkoop St.

Saturdays, June 3 – Sept. 16 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) unionstationfarmersmarket.com

University Hills Farmers Market

Located at University Hills Plaza, 2500 S. Colorado Blvd.

Saturdays, May 13 to Oct. 28 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) farmersmarketscolorado.com

A display of fresh vegetables from Croft Family Farm during a previous year’s City Park Farmers Market. COURTESY OF CITY PARK FARMERS MARKET

Jeremy Bermudez with Gardening with Chuck examines fresh carrots at a previous year’s City Park Farmers Market.

Tostadas Food Truck serves a customer during a previous year’s City Park Farmers Market. PHOTOS COURTESY OF CITY PARK FARMERS MARKET

Thu 5/25

Gii Astorga @ 5pm Jacks on Pearl, 1475 S Pearl St, Denver

Mon 5/29

Tara Rose and The Real Deal @ 7pm The Woodcellar Bar & Grill, 1552 Bergen Pkwy #101, Evergreen

South For Winter @ 9pm Number Thirty Eight, 3560 Chestnut Pl, Denver

Fri 5/26

Korey Foss: Rock Candy @ 8pm Green�elds Pool & Sports Bar, 3355 S Yarrow St E101, Lakewood

Sun 5/28

Keith Hicks @ 10:30am Ophelia's Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St, Denver

R&B Rooftop Brunch w/ Kid Astronaut @ 11am Denver Community Media, 2101 Arapahoe St Unit 1, Denver

Live Music on TapJeremy Marshall @ 2pm / Free Colorado Tap House, 14982 West 69th Av‐enue, Arvada. info@coloradotap house.com, 720-826-8326

Neil Z @ 12pm

SOL Mexican Cocina | Cherry Creek, 200 Columbine St #110, Denver

LCD Soundsystem @ 7pm Red Rocks Amphithe‐atre, 18300 W Alameda Pkwy, Morri‐son

Tue 5/30

CupcakKe @ 7pm The Roxy Theater, 2549 Walton St, Den‐ver

Soundularity @ 7pm

GaiaSphere Event Center, 833 W South Boulder Rd, Louisville

Native Space @ 8pm Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St, Denver

Little Trips @ 8pm Hi-Dive, 7 S Broadway, Denver

Jesus Christ Taxi Driver @ 8pm Hi-Dive, 7 S Broadway, Denver

Lies or Lullabies: The music of Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp and Bob Seger @ 7pm Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Ave, Golden

Eric Golden @ 1pm Morrison Holiday Bar, 403 Bear Creek Ave, Morrison Gozu @ 7pm The Crypt, 1618 E 17th Ave, Denver

J.S. Ondara @ 8pm Bluebird Theatre, 3317 E. Colfax Av‐enue, Denver

Wed 5/31

Annie Booth @ 7pm Dazzle Denver, 1512 Curtis St, Denver

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You see, they did not talk about a love for Colorado or Denver in terms of living day-to-day. ey love the parks, trails, mountains and wildlife. However, they are not happy with the direction this state is headed.

One family is changing. A couple is getting married. She has a daughter, and he has a young teenage daughter. e upcoming family of four will not be staying in Denver as their new life begins. Instead, they they cannot a ord to come together and live here.

He is a teacher. He said the salaries for teachers in Colorado are some of the worst in the nation. at means he is looking elsewhere.

e couple, once married, will be moving to Texas where teachers are paid a lot better.

Let that sink in. Texas, which makes the news regularly for politics in schools and other controversies, is about to gain a lovely family to improve their economy and communities.

Besides not being able to make it work on a professional level — the couple also said they cannot a ord to nd a home to come together as a new family. Costs are too high. Property taxes are high because of valuations — believe me, I have read mine. at means Texas will get a new-home purchasing family.

To stress, this is a family that contributes to our economy, attends our schools and has a truly positive impact on our local communities. is is a

uring a recent vacation, I was able to meet and talk with several people who are from the Denver area. What I found interesting is what they told me their plans for the future hold.family we are about to lose.

Given current living conditions — they cannot stay here.

The losses will mount FROM THE EDITOR

Moving on to another gentleman that I had a lovely conversation with while waiting for a boat to leave for deep-sea shing: He talked about working in the Denver metro area and along the Front Range, and said his wife, in law enforcement, works in another state.

He said given the current nature of politics in not just Colorado, but all over the U.S., he and his wife will likely be living in another country in the next few years.

Again, a well-established couple who works hard and contributes positively to our country — does not want to be here anymore.

Look at our own legislature in Colorado. With the 2023 session ending on May 8, the day this column was written, the Democratic majority waited until the very last minute to even consider addressing the property tax issue. Let’s face it — it was not exactly a secret. So – focusing on left-leaning priorities and ghting with the Republicans the majority of the session did nothing to help local families want to stay here. In fact, in my neighborhood I’ve had plenty of discussions with moms who say when school is out — so are they.

Good families are leaving our state for another state. Young couples are saying they do not even want to be in our country anymore.

While these are quiet conversations I have had on a trip or in picking my kids up from school — the sentiments are loud and I am willing to bet a lot of families and residents are getting fed up.

And, as they move away, so will the sensible voters lawmakers might need in the next big election.

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

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Receiving and giving light and love

o you have people that you get to see often, maybe daily, weekly, or monthly, and whenever you do have the opportunity to meet with them, they always seem joyful bringing light and love to the atmosphere? Some of us are truly blessed to have a few of these bright and cheerful people in our lives, making us feel better whenever we are together.show up, call, or send me a really funny text message, bringing some muchneeded light and love to my day, or even in the moment.

As I have traveled quite a bit in my career, one of my favorite pastimes is people watching. Is that something you enjoy as well? And I love it when perfect strangers become the light and the love for me. Watching a group of people or a family laughing out loud as they share jokes and stories. I was watching this one family as I waited to board my ight and they were traveling with their grandfather. I couldn’t hear what was said, but they all started laughing hysterically, and the grandfather was laughing so hard with huge belly laughs and tears streaming down his face, I started laughing just watching him laugh so hard and I didn’t even know

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Some of the folks who bring me such great joy whenever we meet, speak, or even text seem to know exactly when to reach out as there are times I am facing a challenge, a tight deadline, or just trying to keep up with the pace of the race. eir intuition is uncanny, as they either just

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Author brings attention to changes taking place in environment

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Colorado naturalist/zoologist Mary Taylor Young has just published her latest book, “Bluebird Seasons: Witnessing Climate Change in My Piece of the Wild,” which is a beautifully written call to readers to please pay attention to the environmental changes occurring just outside our front doors — or in the nearby surroundings ...

I have relied on this writer’s “Guide to Colorado Birds” for many years, as the “go-to” way to gure out what I’m seeing in that tree or on that rock over there — as well as her helpful discussions about where/when one might see a Western bluebird and/or how to distinguish it from a mountain bluebird!.

She also has published a really ne book about Rocky Mountain National Park’s 100th anniversary and 20 other titles.

“Bluebird Seasons” tells about the piece of land she and her husband, Rick, bought in southern Colorado — and the numerous living creatures and plants that shared it with the Youngs over the years. Rick contributed a group of lovely illustrations and their young daughter Olivia is a frequent companion as they explore

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what I was laughing about.

When it comes to people watching, I have several other scenarios that always bring a smile to my face and warm my heart; watching parents being really attentive to their children instead of being buried in their phone, couples holding hands as they sit or walk together, strangers stepping up to help another traveler should they have dropped something or needed help in some other way, my fellow travelers greeting each other, the airline sta and ight crew with the courtesy they deserve, and so many other acts of being the light, love and kindness in this world.

Being on the receiving end of someone showing up for me as the light and love in my life feels so awesome. It doesn’t matter if it’s a family member, friend, co-worker, or perfect stranger, all that matters is that I am open to seeing it, hearing it, or experiencing it, and allowing that light and love to move inside of me. Receiving the light and love is one thing, but do we recognize our obligation to be the

their special “piece of the wild.”

A naturalist keeps a journal as well as lists of sightings, is trained to observe the layers of life that happen in a meadow or wooded area and has a gift for taking a reader with her as she walks, looks and listens — during most waking hours. What do those birds eat? How soon are the babies ready to head out on their own? “Get a job, son,” Young imagines an adult bird messaging after delivering a green, juicy grasshopper to his edgling, which almost immediately is giving the “feed me” signal again. Gentle humor often ts into her observations as she records the day’s happenings. She had planned to base this book on a nature journal they had kept since buying the land near Trinidad in 1995 in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo range in the southern Rocky Mountains. “Our experiences keeping a trail of bluebird nest boxes would be the centerpiece, a way to reveal the joys and spiritual renewal we found in nature from intimately watching one piece of land over many seasons and many years.

“Over time though, my sweet and simple story grew more serious ...”

She continues in her opening comments: “ is book is the story of past bluebird seasons. e tale of future seasons waits to be written. e thing about seasons is that their ultimate dynamic is change — birth, growth, death and renewal. ere are a variety of possible endings to the story, different paths we as a global village can choose to take. We can keep the

light and love for others, even when we don’t know that we are actually doing it?

ink of the last time you were out to dinner with your spouse or friend, and you were having such a great time eating, drinking and sharing stories. You were probably smiling, laughing and having such a good time that you didn’t realize the impact you were having on others who probably wished they were sitting with you. ere could have been a di erent couple in that same pub or restaurant going through a di cult time, and just because your positive light, love and energy were so contagious, pretty soon they too forgot their woes and began a new and loving conversation.

Is it our responsibility to be the light and love for others? Maybe it depends on who we ask. My answer is yes, because I believe we are called to be both light and love in this world. e world can seem very dark right now, but just remember that there is no such thing as darkness, there is only an absence of light. So let’s bring it.

Do you enjoy being around people who make you happier just by being in their presence? Does your heart come alive when you see or experience moments of love

seasons turning past loss to renewal.

“In that lies our hope.”

And that gets us to page 12! e reader will clearly want to explore both the journaling about all that occurs on this lovely bit of land and the great variety of wildlife.

“Over the last 25 years, Rick and I began to ask each other: `When did we last see a ( ll in the blank?)’” at feeling was strengthened when they sighted a pair of Western tanagers busy in the big pines down by the old campsite. ( e Youngs camped on their land until they chose a cabin site and built it with help from friends.)

One evening, the Youngs were out for a walk, with Rick carrying a 2-year-old Olivia, when they heard a sound that was new ... a series of short whistles, “round and airy like the notes of a ut e...” e next night, they go out again ...

“I think I know now who calls,” Mary writes. “If only I’m right! We humans may be largely blind in the dark, but this night piper is not and certainly knows we are here. Slowly, setting each foot gently, we step closer. We pause, but there is no rush of wings, no sudden departure of bird from pinon.

“We ick on our ashlights, move the beams slowly to scan the pinon. Perched on a horizontal branch is a wonderful sight — a collection of gures perhaps seven inches tall, each about the size and shape of a small sack of our. e disk of feathers around each face gives their heads an oversized outline and above their

and light happening around you? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can enjoy the light and love of others and be the light and love for those who need it, it really will be a better than good life.

large eyes a smear of white gleams in the light. Saw-whet owl edglings, about to launch out on the hunt!” Like a set of sextuplets on their rst day of preschool. Taylor observes. Can’t help but smile happily at the sketch below this account.

A really appealing new book for this armchair birder.

A charming drawing lls the bottom third of the page. Delightful moment!

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.

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Pools around the metro area are gearing up to open for the summer. That is, if there are enough lifeguards.

The years-long trend where pools have cut hours or closed altogether appears to be waning, though it’s still a possibility in some places, according to aquatics managers across the Denver area, who are more optimistic than in past years, but still concerned as summer nears.

For instance, South Suburban Parks and Recreation needs 250 lifeguards for its peak summer season but has only 183 ready to go.

Karl Brehm, the recreation dis-

trict’s aquatics manager, hopes to get closer to the goal as summer approaches but wonders why applications are so slow to roll in.

“I have seen, more and more, less interest in the position,” Brehm said.

He’s been in the business for a long time. Brehm worked at Elitch Gardens for five seasons and the Highlands Ranch Community Association for 16 years. He said he’s seen a general lack of interest, generationally, from young people who want to do the job. Fewer people are becoming CPR certified as well, he added.

“I’ve often wondered why we were having those issues,” Brehm said. “Back in the day, I remember if you didn’t have

your job by spring break, you weren’t getting a summer job.”

The problem could affect South Suburban pools across the district, which serves more than 150,000 residents in Bow Mar, Columbine Valley, Littleton, Sheridan, Lone Tree and parts of Centennial and Douglas, Jefferson and Arapahoe counties.

If he can’t hire enough lifeguards, hours at pools could be cut, Brehm said. It’s not for a lack of trying, though. The district has introduced incentives, bonuses, pay bumps and more in hopes of luring in more lifeguards.

South Suburban isn’t alone.

There’s a national lifeguard shortage, which was exacerbated by the pandemic. Lifeguard shortages affected roughly a third of public pools throughout

the country.

In response last year, Gov. Jared Polis announced a “Pools Special Initiative 2022,” in which Colorado introduced incentives. Chief among them was a $1,000 payment to those who completed lifeguard training to fight pool postponements and decreasing operating hours.

Now, out of necessity, hiring lifeguards is ongoing throughout the entire summer season, Brehm said. Lifeguards for South Suburban make between $15 and $19.14 per hour, per South Suburban’s website. A head lifeguard makes $15.75 - $19.93 per hour.

But there are additional costs to South Suburban. Though life-

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guards are generally seen as rst-time, fun summer jobs, they must possess crucial knowledge regarding saving human lives. A full-course lifeguard training at South Suburban through Red Cross costs $175. Community First Aid, CPR and AED training/ blended learning costs $80. After 75 hours of work, South Suburban reimburses course fees, excluding the $40 certi cation fee.

Despite such incentives, lifeguards still make less than sports o cials at South Suburban. A youth sports o cial starts at $20.00 per hour.

North of Denver, in Federal Heights, the Hyland Hills Parks and Recreation, a youth baseball/softball umpire makes $65 per 90 minutes. A Pilates instructor for Brighton makes $1 more than a lifeguard per hour. e discrepancy is notable, especially considering most lifeguards work on a part-time basis.

Yet, the lifeguard numbers are booming for Hyland Hills. Generally, the district employs roughly 300 lifeguards per season. is season, it’s closer to 375, according to Director of Communications Joann Cortez.

e main focus in hiring and retaining their lifeguards at Hyland Hills pools and the massive Water World water park is legacy, Cortez said. Water World is in its 43rd operating season.

“We’ve been in the water park business for over 40 years, and we’re very aware of the nationwide shortage of lifeguards,” she said. “I think what has helped us is we have a legacy pool of candidates. Kids often know Water World just from coming for the experience, and if one of their older siblings takes a job with us, eventually the ones that are following can’t wait for their turn. We’re just very, very fortunate in that way.”

Cortez said Hyland Hills is committed to creating a memorable rst-job experience. It should be fun, but also taken seriously. It’s a constant balance of managing a “fun job” and literally monitoring people’s lives daily. Recruiting is big, and so are the incentives. e employees get free soft drinks, free membership, and even fun events like “prom night” during the season.

Hyland Hills has an end-of-season bonus as well, with the ability to earn an additional dollar per hour’s pay. e lifeguards’ pay ranges depending on the position, such as a guard lifeguard, a shallow-water lifeguard and a deep-water lifeguard.

On the Water World website, lifeguards are hired at $16.15 per hour. A “lifeguard attendant” makes $16.00 per hour. Returning lifeguards make slightly more depending on experience. Cortez said the main factor in keeping employees is how they treat them.

“We’re in a very favorable position, but we’re sad there aren’t enough lifeguards to go around,” Cortez said.

Meanwhile, local pools and recreation centers around the Denver area have conducted pointed campaigns to ensure their numbers are sustainable and their pools are ready for the masses.

While it remains to be seen if that strategy will work for South Suruban, it seems to be working elsewhere. Recreation centers in the City of Brighton, for example, are fully sta ed ahead of the summer. ey were last year, too.

“It’s been tough at di erent agencies, municipalities, and neighborhood pools. ere was de nitely a lifeguard shortage the last several years, especially

last year,” said Je rey Hulett, assistant director of recreation services for Brighton. “But we were fully sta ed last year.”

ere have been a number of initiatives and incentives they’ve introduced to get ahead of the lifeguard shortage crisis, he said. It was a top-tobottom e ort in Brighton to make sure the crisis was minimized. Pay was a main focus. It wasn’t too long ago they were paying lifeguards just $13 per hour, he said. Now, it’s up to $17. And it goes up each season for returnees. Head lifeguards make roughly $1.50 more per hour.

Recreation bene ts were expanded to the sta and their families, even part-time employees. at includes complimentary membership to the recreation center and discounts on youth programs.

ere’s also an end-of-season bonus for those that work the entire summer.

e grants from the governor’s o ce gave Brighton exibility to expand e orts in hiring and retaining employees. According to Aquatics Supervisor Nicole Chapman, it can be di cult to retain lifeguards for pools and centers too big or too small. Brighton, fortunately, was right in a “sweet spot.”

“Some of the much larger municipalities are running into an issue where, physically, the sta we hire are local kids who want to work at their local pool,” Chapman explained. “And if they get hired on by a larger municipality, the expectation is to expect your sta to be willing to work at any of your city rec facilities, and that’s just not feasible for a lot of

Brighton only has two locations — the Brighton Recreation Center and Brighton Oasis Family Aquatic Park — and Chapman said, and there are options for those living on either side of the city. But it’s still a small enough area that employees can work at both locations.

Perhaps back in the day, they could wait for the applications, and they’d have more than they knew what to do with come pool season. Now, that’s simply not the case. Recruiting is essential, both in the high schools and at job fairs, as well as providing a ordable training opportunities and classes in-house — something Hulett said they’d never do before.

Brighton had 88 lifeguards in 2022, which is considered fully sta ed. ey currently have 70 lifeguards for the upcoming summer, but Chapman said she expects those numbers to ll out to 88 again considering guards in training are set to graduate from classes by the end of the month.

Meanwhile, back in South Suburban, Brehm is looking for dozens more lifeguards to fully sta pools this summer.

High school students and student athletes are encouraged to apply. ey can learn valuable skills and essential life-saving procedures they’ll carry with them forever, Brehm said. Plus, it’s an ideal time for student athletes to make money, considering many sports are inactive over the summer.

As the pandemic continues to dwindle, the lifeguard participation numbers are expected to make a leap. But the job itself, and those working it, must be valued consistently to hire and retain those numbers season after season.

younger kids that don’t have their own transportation. ey’re really there looking for a summer job around the corner.”

“We really look for not just kids, but really anyone who is going to take the job seriously and understand just how much of a vital role they play every summer in keeping the community safe,” Chapman said. “We really try to emphasize that with our sta , and there are always sta members that really take that to heart, and those are the ones we want to see come back.”

Finding a balance between making sure lifeguards understand the seriousness of the role and not taking all the fun out of the job is a ne line to walk, she said. But they have to walk it every season.

The lifeguard shortage has become a crisis nationwide. Local pools and recreation centers have worked overtime to ensure its e ects on them are minimal this season. COURTESY CITY OF BRIGHTON

simultaneously boosted demand for natural gas and shut down natural gas Texas production leading to skyrocketing prices. e PUC granted Xcel Energy permission to recover an extra $500 million in storm-related gas costs from its Colorado customers.

Four electric cooperatives that buy wholesale power from Xcel Energy led a complaint with federal regulators contending that the utility mismanaged its supplies and asked for a partial refund. Xcel Energy denies the allegation.

e cooperatives are seeking $6.3 million, but Tom Walsh, CEO of Grand Valley Power, one of four co-ops, said in Senate testimony that the cost to Xcel Energy household and small business customers could be $90 million.

“You have a terrible situation where the motivations do not line up at all with the real-world risks,” Pearl Street’s Lin said.

For the past decade Colorado natural gas customers bene ted from low and stable Citygate natural gas prices of between $2 and $5 per thousand cubic feet of gas, according to EIA gures.

Gas from Colorado, Wyoming and Utah has been a bargain, selling at a discount to national prices, because there has been limited pipeline capacity to move it to other regions.

Between 2013 and 2020, rates for the Colorado Interstate Gas Company, a major source for the state, averaged 16 cents lower for a million British thermal units than the gas on the New York Mercantile Exchange, according to Mercator Energy data. at changed with Winter Storm Uri. Since then, the Colorado Citygate price has bounced up and down, but remained above pre-Storm Uri prices. is past winter California utilities added to the price woes with the Southern California Gas Index hitting as high as $47 for a million Btus in January. e market pressure pulled up Colorado Interstate prices as well, lifting them $3.60 higher than the NYMEX price.

Brief moments of financial pain may become more common at was a short-term spur to higher prices, but industry analysts say that such spikes may be increasingly common as a result of the growth of renewable generation, if natural gas is the backup, as well as severe swings in the weather.

“Renewables can do a number on gas prices because there are periods where the weather is not cooperating,” said Clark Williams-Derry, an analyst with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, which is focused on the costs of transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy.

Gas markets could also be roiled by climate change which will bring polar freezes in the winter, summer heat waves and drought, creating demand

peaks. “ ere are complicated feedback loops now in the gas market,” Williams-Derry said.

Given the potential swings in demand, the availability of supply and whether there is adequate pipeline capacity to deliver gas will determine whether there are price spikes, Harpole said.

“It is going to happen in these high demand winter months more and more as more non-dispatchable generation is added,” Harpole said.

To deal with these swings, Senate Bill 291 requires utilities to come up with a gas management plan that includes a cap on the monthly charge to customers. When prices are above the cap utilities will be allowed to recover that money over ve years.

e plans, the bill said, could include techniques to reduce volatility such as hedging supplies, long-term contracts and storing more gas. Xcel Energy currently hedges about 20% of its needs.

e risk in these approaches is that consumers could be stuck with higher prices when the market prices fall. It is a trade-o between a potentially higher price and certainty on costs, said Robert Kenney, CEO of Xcel Energy’s Colorado subsidiary.

e Colorado Public Utilities Commission, which regulates for-pro t utilities in the state, is directed to come up with a cost-sharing plan between customers and their utility when prices are high.

“ is makes sure that they have some skin in the game on these fuel

costs,” Senate President Steven Fenberg, D-Boulder, a cosponsor of the bill, said in hearing testimony.

Part of that cost-sharing plan would be an incentive, or bonus, for a utility if they manage to keep gas costs down.

“We have an inherent incentive to purchase least cost gas, because it’s in the best interest of our customers,” Kenney said. “One could argue that you don’t need an incentive. But if there is a belief that we do need an incentive, then we want to work constructively with the commission to design it.”

Kenney said the company is already set to propose a performance incentive mechanism for natural gas this spring as part of a gas cost adjustment case before the PUC.

Can Xcel meet its own goal of being zero emissions by 2050?

e bill also calls for a study to take a hard look at future natural gas infrastructure investments, does away with a subsidy for new natural gas home hookups and makes it easier to terminate gas service.

e state has a target of cutting greenhouse gas emission 90% from 2005 levels by 2050 and it is promoting the switch from home heating and appliances powered by natural gas to those run on electricity, ideally generated from zero-emission sources such as wind and solar.

e worry, Fickling said, is that as the customer base dwindles as the

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“What happens when investment outpaces sales?” she asked. “ at’s what we’ve seen in the last few years.”

Colorado planned to lease state land to Utah power company for a natural gas plant. en protests surfaced.

Senate Bill 291 calls for a study to “evaluate the risk that stranded or underutilized natural gas infrastructure investments pose.”

Xcel Energy is planning $2.5 billion in new natural gas investments in Colorado by 2027, according to an April investors’ presentation.

Xcel Energy sells electricity in eight states, but the bulk of its natural gas business is in Colorado, where 1.5 million, or 72%, of its natural gas customers live.

e company does not break out gas revenue or pro ts by state, but based on the per-customer revenue provided in its annual report, the Colorado gas

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and has grown to more than 150 sites across Michigan.

Colorado boasts 76 sites where Food Bucks can be used; most are farmers markets and farm stands, although there are a few permanent stores, Daysi Sweaney, director of healthy food incentives for Nourish, said via email.

ey include Zuma Natural Foods in Mancos, Wild Gal’s Market in Nucla, Save A Lot stores in Colorado Springs, Greeley and Pueblo, City Park Farmers Market in Denver and the Boulder County Farmers Markets.

Nourish added a few new partners this year but not as many as hoped,

business generated about $800 million in earnings in 2022.

Xcel Energy must le a “clean heat plan” with the PUC by August to show how it will reduce emissions in its natural gas business and it also must le a gas infrastructure plan with the commission laying out its investment plans.

e two plans will show how the utility can balance its gas business and emissions reductions, Kenney said, noting the company has its own 2050 zero-emission goal.

“Natural gas does remain part of that system and we believe in maintaining options for our customers on how they heat their homes and businesses,” Kenney said. “We think that it’s going to continue to be an important part of the energy mix into the future and we have an obligation and requirement to serve existing customers.”

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Sweaney said.

“We had over 100 applications for this season but could not accept them all due to the uncertainty of funding,” she said. “We want to make sure we can keep all our current partners funded for the rest of the year.”

Expansion is de nitely a priority, Sweaney said, and Nourish wants to bring the Food Bucks program to other areas of Colorado where there is a high need.

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Case Number: 2023 PR 30501

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 September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Christine M. Wiley

Personal Representative

Patrick R. Thiessen (40185)

FRIE, ARNDT, DANBORN & THIESSEN P.C.

7400 Wadsworth Blvd, Ste. 201

Arvada, CO 80003

Phone Number: 303-420-1234

Attorney for Christine M. Wiley

Legal Notice No. DHD1109

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Judith Lynn Sempson, A/K/A Judi Sempson, A/K/A Judith L. Sempson, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30424

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 September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sera Sempson

Personal Representative 2800 S. University Blvd. Unit 78 Denver, CO 80210

Legal Notice No. DHD1105

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ann Elizabeth Iford, aka Ann E. Iford, aka Ann Iford, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR65

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 September 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cosme A. Ramirez, Personal Representative 720 East 4th Avenue Denver, Colorado 80203

Legal Notice No. 82222

First Publication: May 4, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Arden Louise Rains, AKA Arden L. Rains, AKA Arden Rains, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030450

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 September 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Meryl Arden Rains

Personal Representative c/o Mollie B. Hawes, Miller and Steiert, P.C. 1901 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. 82220

First Publication: May 4, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Irwin Wagner, Deceased Case Number: 23PR30443

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 September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Bradley E. Noland

Personal Representative

5399 S Clarkson St. Greenwood Village, CO 80121

Legal Notice No. 82239

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Denver

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 September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Contemporary Fiduciary Services, LLC

Personal Representative 300 Plaza Drive, Suite 200 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

Legal Notice No. 82243

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of CHANTAL S. PAPEZ, a/k/a CHANTAL PAPEZ, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30419

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 September 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/ Anthony D. Damon Attorney for Personal Representative

The Damon Law Firm, LLC 4465 Kipling Street #101 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Legal Notice No. 82218

First Publication: May 4, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kelly K. Scott AKA Kelly Kourtney Scott, AKA K. Kourtney Scott, AKA K.K. Scott, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30397

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 September 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brie Hein, Personal Representative 9045 Bermuda Run Circle Highlands Ranch, CO 80138

Legal Notice No. 82221

First Publication: May 4, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARY F. MAJORS, aka MARY FAYE MAJORS, aka M. FAYE MAJORS, aka MARY MAJORS, aka FAYE MAJORS, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30439

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 September 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Katz, Look & Onorato, PC

Attorneys to the Personal Representative 1120 Lincoln Street. Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203

Legal Notice No. 82223

First Publication: May 4, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ELIZABETH EARSMAN, a/k/a BETTE EARSMAN, a/k/a ELIZABETH A. EARSMAN, a/k/a ELIZABETH ANN EARSMAN, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30472

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 September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

8101 E. Dartmouth Avenue, #59 Denver, CO 80231

Legal Notice No. 82231

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARGARET ELAINE JOHNSON, a/k/a M. ELAINE JOHNSON, AND ELAINE JOHNSON, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30405

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 September 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Karen E. Johnson, Personal Representative 3107 South Stuart Street Denver, CO 80236

Legal Notice No. 82227

First Publication: May 4, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of LYNETTE FAYE DOLL, also known as LYNETTE F. DOLL, LYNETTE DOLL, LYN F. DOLL AND LYN DOLL, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30213

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 September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Adam Doll Personal Representative

c/o Parker Law Group LLC 19590 E. Mainstreet, Suite 104 Parker, CO, 80138

Legal Notice No. DHD1110

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ILONA NOHRDEN, a/k/a ILONA NORHDEN, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30081

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 September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Faina Melamed, Personal Representative c/o Michael LaVigne, Esq. Glatstein & O’Brien, LLP 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222

Legal Notice No. 82238

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of CHARLES LELAND DORCHESTER, II, aka CHARLES LELAND DORCHESTER, JR. and CHARLES LELAND DORCHESTER, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30549

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 September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Douglas S. Holden, Attorney at Law 3751 West 136th Avenue, Unit B4 Broomfield, Colorado 80023

Legal Notice No. DHD1103

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ANSON MARK, A/K/A ANSEN MARK, Deceased

Case Number: 23 PR 30489

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the PROBATE COURT OF CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO, on or before September 22, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Andreas L. Mark, Personal Representative PO Box 305 Medical Lake, WA 99022

Legal Notice No. 82237

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of BONNAJENE FRANK, Deceased Case Number: 23 PR 30515

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the PROBATE COURT OF CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO, on or before September 18, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Gregory Theiss Frank, Personal Representative 7588 Pyrite Way Castle Rock, CO 80108

Legal Notice No. 82230

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Hesam Masoudi, Deceased Case No. 2023PR30440

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court, City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before September 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gerald F. Masoudi, Personal Representative 1311 Rockland Terrace McLean, VA 22101

Legal Notice No. 82229

First Publication: May 4, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ALICE MAY HAMBELTON, A/K/A, ALICE M. HAMBELTON, A/K/A, ALICE HAMBELTON, Deceased Case Number : 2023PR30369

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 September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert G. Hambelton, Personal Representative c/o Donald F. Slavin, P.C., 4704 Harlan St., Ste. 685 Denver, CO, 80212-7493

Legal Notice No. 82236

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Curtis R. Means, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30363

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 September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stephen Philip Means

Personal Representative 1025 Jasmine St., Unit 10 Denver, CO 80220

All

Pauline B. Fumagalli Personal Representative

Legal Notice No. DHD1102

WHO ARE WE

them to become leaders in their own right,” said Barb Beckner, chair of the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, in a news release.

e curriculum is available online as a free, downloadable PDF for everyone, including schools and educators in Colorado. It is aligned to the latest set of Colorado social studies standards and includes lessons, suggested readings and project-based learning assignments for grades K-12.

“I wrote it for K-12 teachers because the lessons in the curriculum are to teach about a Colorado woman at every grade level,” Cvancier said.

Celeste Archer, who serves as the executive director of National History Day Colorado, told Cvancier that many high school

students in Colorado needed to create a capstone social studies project, speci c to Colorado, in order to graduate from high school.

e curriculum can assist with such graduation capstone experiences, and can o er students of any grade level the opportunity to study an exemplar from our own state, Cvancier said.

“History makes a personal connection to each of our kids,” Cvancier said. “ ey can say, ‘oh, that person lives down the road from me. I can be like her.’ Project-based learning that is close to home is the key to engage our students.”

Additionally, through the many partnerships that National History Day has, not-for-pro t groups can have students use the relevant history of an organization to complete projects.

Wings Over the Rockies is just one of those not-for-pro t groups.

Public Notices

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of CHARLES DWIGHT SAXTON, a/k/a CHARLES D. SAXTON, a/k/a CHARLES SAXTON, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30504

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 September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeffery Saxton, Personal Representative

3007 North 45th Street Omaha, NE 68104

Legal Notice No. 82242

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Robert Martin, also known as Robert L. Martin, Robert Lee Martin, Robert Martin II, Robert L. Martin II, and Robert Lee Martin II, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30323

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 September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert Martin III

Personal Representative

1577 S. Kline Court Lakewood, Colorado 80232

Legal Notice No. DHD1108

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Dianne Jean Hinton, a/k/a Dianne J. Hinton, and Dianne Hinton, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30354

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 September 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brandon Groome, Personal Representative

c/o Poskus & Klein, P.C.

303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203

Legal Notice No. 82228

First Publication: May 4, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

“So, kids who do projects on aviators or aircraft have somewhere to go to access primary source materials,” Cvancier said.

“Who Are We” not only enables students to examine the history of women through topics of personal interest, but also provides an opportunity for any Colorado resident who does not know as much about Colorado’s roster of high-achieving women than they would like to.

“ is inspired resource shines a light on a phenomenal group of female changemakers in the state of Colorado,” Archer said in a news release, “and it provides a wonderful opportunity for Colorado students to get to know these trailblazers in the classroom, in a more meaningful way than they have ever before.”

To learn more about the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame or the “Who Are We?” curriculum, visit cogreatwomen.org.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of RUTH N. FLORES, a/k/a RUTH FLORES, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30470

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 September 4, 2023 , or the claims may be forever barred.

Tina Louise Hood, Personal Representative

c/o Leslie R. Olson, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC

1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. 82225

First Publication: May 4, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Luis Carlos Marquez Cordova, Deceased

Case Number: 2022 PR 31442

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court, City and County Building, Bannock St. Room 230, Denver, CO 80202 on or before May 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel McAuliffe, Attorney for the Personal Representative High Country Lawyers, PLCC PO Box 5091 Frisco, CO 80443

Legal Notice No. 82219

First Publication: May 4, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Rodney D. Wicklund, aka R.D. Wicklund, aka Rod Wicklund, aka Rodney Dale Wicklund, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30492

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 September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Phyllis A. Wicklund

Personal Representative

8101 E. Dartmouth Avenue #57 Denver, CO 80231

Legal Notice No. DHD1107

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jane G. Torrey, a/k/a Jane Gibbs Torrey, Deceased

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 September 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jim Greenwell Personal Representative 4989 E. Oxford Ave. Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113

Legal Notice No. DHD1106

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of John Steven Cassaday a/k/a John S. Cassaday, John Cassaday, J. Steven Cassaday, Steven Cassaday and Steve Cassaday, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30467

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 September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carolyn Moller Duncan, Atty. No. 33766 Attorney for Personal Representative Duncan Legal, PC 6436 S. Racine Circle, Suite 227 Centennial, Colorado 80111 Phone No: 303-394-2358

Legal Notice No. DHD1100

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Barbara Jean Duran, Deceased Case Number 23PR28

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 September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Elizabeth R. Fajardo

Personal Representative 8258 Balsam Way Denver, CO 80005

Legal Notice No. 82235

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Name Changes

Cover of the ‘Who Are We?’ curriculum. The curriculum is designed to explore the stories of the women who have shaped the history of Colorado and the nation through project-based and experiential learning.

has been filed with the Denver County Court. The petition requests that the name of ILIANA GARCIA be changed to PENELOPE JAE EUSTAQUIO

Case No.: 23 C 41

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. DHD1101

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Children Services

(Adoption/Guardian/Other)

Public Notice

NOTICE OF ADOPTION & HEARING

Pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §43-104.14, Heather S. Colton, Attorney at Law, 1003 H Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 (402) 476-7474, does hereby provide the following Notice of Adoption & Hearing: Timothy Wempen and John Doe, real name unknown, you have been identified as the possible biological father of twin female children who were born on April 23, 2018. The children were conceived in approximately September 2017 in Nebraska. The biological mother of said children, Tiffany Griggs, has relinquished her parental rights to the minor children and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services intends to place the children up for adoption in May 2023 in the County Court of Seward County, Nebraska.

If you are the biological father, you may (i) deny paternity; (ii) waive any parental rights you may have; (iii) relinquish and consent to the adoption of the minor children; (iv) file a Notice of Objection to Adoption and Intent to Obtain Custody, pursuant to section 43-104.02 if you are a putative father, or (v) object to the adoption in court within forty-five days after the later of receipt of notice under this section if you are an acknowledged or adjudicated father. If you wish to deny paternity, waive your parental rights, relinquish and consent to the adoption, or receive additional information to determine whether you may be the father of the children in question, you must contact Heather Colton at the above address. If you wish to object to the adoption and seek custody of the child, you must seek legal counsel from your own attorney immediately.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if you take no action in this matter, a hearing to determine your parental rights and whether your consent to this adoption is required by law pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §43-104.22 will be held in the County Court of Seward County, Nebraska located at 261 S 8th Street, Seward, NE 68434 on May 30, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the same may be heard by the court.

Legal Notice No. 82226

First Publication: May 4, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Denver, CO 80204

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF:

Petitioners: MICHAEL R. GIRON & RAQUEL GIRON

Respondent: LUPITA ANGELA GIRON FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD

Attorneys for Petitioners: Brandy Noriega, Esq., No.: 52846 J. F. Muhaisen, Esq., No.: 33875 MUHAISEN & MUHAISEN, LLC 2020 S. Parker Road, Unit L Denver, CO 80231

Phone Number: (303) 407-0453

Email: j@muhaisenlaw.com; brandy@muhaisenlaw.com

Case Number: 2022JA30012 Division: 2E

NOTICE OF ADOPTION HEARING

Please take notice that an Adoption hearing has been set in this matter for July 3, 2023, at 2:30 PM. The hearing will be held virtually, and the Parties shall appear via WebEx through the following link: https://judicial.webex.com/meet/courtroom2e. Respectfully submitted, this 9th day of May, 2023. MUHAISEN & MUHAISEN, LLC.

By: /s/ Brandy L. Noriega Brandy L. Noriega, No. 52846

Attorney for Petitioners

A duly signed original is on file at the offices of Muhaisen & Muhaisen, LLC

Legal Notice No. 82240

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

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