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Flourishing through flower therapy

Brooks Floral & Co. workshops provide space to connect and process grief

BY ELICIA HESSELGRAVE SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

“We laugh, cry and share memories knowing it’s OK to not be OK.”

ese are the words of Kaitlin Christenson Austin, a Denverite who started her small oral design business to honor her older brother. Her story is one of healing through owers.

Austin started Brooks Floral & Co. in September 2021, roughly three months after her older brother, Brooks Christenson, died unexpectedly at age 36 when COVID-19 rapidly turned into pneumonia.

“I feel so connected to him through this and I know he is so proud,” Austin said.

Austin grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in a close-knit family of four children. Brooks was the oldest, followed by siblings Jon, Kaitlin and MarieClaire.

Brooks and Kaitlin were connected on a deep level, said their father, Bob Christenson of Sioux Falls.

“Of all the kids, they were the two most bonded by the spirituality of the human condition, and I think (Kaitlin) is expressing that in what she’s doing with owers,” Bob Christenson said.

He added that their bond continues to grow — even now that Brooks is gone.

“ ey had a good relationship,” Bob Christenson said. “ ey still do, because she’s doing these things that involve him.”

What the new Denver City Council looks like

Members will be will sworn in on July 17

BY REBECCA TAUBER DENVERITE

e 2023 election has come and gone. Denverites now have a sense of what the next four years will look like on Denver’s City Council. City Council will have seven returning councilmembers and welcome six newcomers. It will also have a record ve Latinas represented on Council, according to Council spokesperson Robert Austin.

e biggest news from June 6 came from the District 9 race, with Darrell Watson taking a large and early lead that incumbent Councilmember Candi CdeBaca just couldn’t make up as votes were counted through the night. District 9 was the most expensive and most watched council race.

During the election, an opposition that included developers and area business leaders developed to CdeBaca, who came to be known for her contrarian stances during her four years on Council. She often voted no and spoke out against developers.

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The late Brooks Christenson had a passion for adventure and travel. Here, he is pictured during a trip to Uganda when he travelled there with a nonprofit as a grant-writer. The trip was to do humanity work that focused on clean water and medical supplies.

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Austin expanded her business in April 2022 when she opened a studio on South Broadway in Denver’s Platt Park neighborhood. Brooks Floral & Co. specializes in weddings and pop-up events, but it’s the intimate oral design workshops that gives Austin great pride.

e workshops promote healing through “ ower therapy,” Austin said.

She begins each workshop session with her story and the inspiration for Brooks Floral & Co. en she opens the oor to attendees who would like to share a story. Austin believes designing oral arrangements is like meditation because one has to become intentional and re ective. is type of environment has been successful in allowing people to open up, she said. e workshops close with a gift — writing a mantra on a card to set an intention and a reminder for people to see the beauty in themselves.

“In the beginning, there are nerves, fear and self doubt,” Austin said, but “those shift to a place of abundance and pride.”

She added that it’s important to talk about grief, even though it is hard.

“Avoiding it doesn’t make it go away,” Austin said. “Life goes on and

we are still stuck with this void.”

e workshops aren’t speci cally for individuals experiencing loss, but are intended to provide a safe space for healing.

ey are designed for any skill level and participants don’t need to consider themselves creative or have

any background in designing oral arrangements. Attendees learn oral design tips, tricks and techniques, but Austin does not use a model bouquet.

“ at would take away the beauty of personalization,” she said. “Each design ends up uniquely di erent.”

Centennial’s Caroline Neale attended her rst oral design workshop with Austin earlier this year, in part due to a New Year’s Resolution — to focus time on her passion of oral design. She said she was attracted to Austin’s workshop style and the workshop’s focus on the whole person.

“While I thought I would get instruction, I got so much more,” Neale said. “I found a safe space to explore and connect.”

Austin has only one rule for the workshops. It is to not judge yourself.

“We tend to be really harsh critics of ourselves, but owers don’t judge us,” Austin said. “ ey just ask that we take care of them and appreciate their beauty.”

Fond memories

Bob Christenson described his mother, Jean “Jeannie Bird” Christenson, as a “ ower nut,” and he believes Austin inherited her love of owers through her grandmother.

Austin has fond memories of playing with her siblings and cousins in their grandmother Jeannie Bird’s garden. It was like a maze, Austin said, and they would spend hours exploring it together.

Austin’s late brother, Brooks, loved nature, traveling and adventure, she said. After high school, he spent a year abroad on a Rotary Exchange Program in Romania. He earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of South Dakota in 2008, and a juris

doctor from the university’s School of Law in 2012. In 2015, he graduated from the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies with a master’s degree in organizational management, global health, and political theory.

Among other professional accomplishments, Brooks served as a grant writer and advisor for nonpro ts and led e orts to combat global poverty.

He was a craft brewer and was working on collecting wild owers from each county in South Dakota to create di erent oral-inspired avors in his beer. He used cooking as a creative outlet and taught Austin, who moved to Colorado in 2014, how to cook.

Austin’s core memories of her brother are tied directly to the inspiration for her oral company. His adventurous spirit is re ected in her asymmetrical and whimsy oral designs.

“Whenever I feel imposter syndrome or feel like I’m not enough, I feel his presence guiding me, saying thank you for doing this,” Austin said. “‘You’ve got this.’”

Flourishing through floral design

During the initial period following Brooks Christenson’s death, the family home was ooded with oral arrangements and plants, transforming it into an indoor garden. ese owers brought comfort during a tragic time, and Austin realized she didn’t want the owers to go to waste.

“Once the owers were gone, it was like a piece of my brother (was, too), in a sense,” she said. “It is therapeutic to still feel connected.”

So, Austin did everything she could to keep the owers alive. She rearranged fresh bouquets to give them a longer lifespan, then dried and pressed the owers and sent them to Brooks’ friends and family who could not be present to honor her brother’s memory.

Prior to her brother’s death, Austin was a wedding planner. But owers are her true passion, she said. Floral arranging as a creative outlet has helped her process grief and stay connected to her brother’s memory. She wanted to share this with others.

“By combining my creativity, passion and love for owers with education, I’m able to create a community that allows connectedness, kindness, compassion, acceptance and self-love to ourish through oral design,” Austin said.

She knows this mission is something her brother would be proud of.

“Flowers can teach us so much about ourselves,” Austin said. “Flowers are nite and there is something really special about caring for and designing orals. Experiencing their beauty allows us to really live and re ect in the moment while asking for nothing in return.”

A family photo of the Christenson siblings during a 2011 family trip to Chicago. Pictured from left is Kaitlin Christenson Austin, Jon Christenson, Brooks Christenson and MarieClaire Christenson. COURTESY PHOTO

Some of those interests backed Watson, who got campaign support from people including Dick Monfort, owner of the Rockies, and Westside Investment Partners, the owner of Park Hill Golf Course.

In District 10, incumbent Councilmember Chris Hinds won reelection over Shannon Ho man, who ran in coalition with CdeBaca and District 8 candidate Shontel Lewis. District 8 was by far the closest council runo race. After the votes were counted, Lewis secured a 356-vote win over Brad Revare for the open council seat.

While Districts 8 and 10 did not see quite as much money as District 9, both Hinds and Revare far outraised Ho man and Lewis. And in all three races, outside groups spent much more money in opposition to CdeBaca, Lewis and Ho man than against Watson, Revare and Hinds.

Here’s a rundown of the incoming City Council Members will be will sworn in on July 17.

City Council at-large: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez and Sarah Parady

District 1: Amanda Sandoval (incumbent)

District 2: Kevin Flynn (incumbent)

District 3: Jamie Torres (incumbent)

District 4: Diana Romero Campbell

District 5: Amanda Sawyer (incumbent)

District 6: Paul Kashmann (incumbent)

District 7: Flor Alvidrez

District 8: Shontel Lewis

District 9: Darrell Watson

District 10: Chris Hinds (incumbent)

District 11: Stacie Gilmore (incumbent)

Leaving Council are at-large Councilmembers Debbie Ortega and Robin Kniech; District 4 Councilmember Kendra Black, District 7 Councilmember Jolon Clark, District 8 Councilmember Christopher Herndon and District 9 Councilmember CdeBaca. Most notably, Ortega is leaving after serving on Council for almost 28 years, and Kniech is leaving after 12 years.

While most of the Democratic Socialists-backed candidates did not win their races, the results do not necessarily mean Council will lack progressive voices.

CdeBaca, Ho man and Lewis ran as part of a slate a liated with Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) along with Parady, who won a Council at-large seat in April. Other DSA candidates who failed to make the runo included third-place mayoral candidate Lisa Calderón and Council candidates

Tony Pigford (District 4) and Ti any Caudill (District 2).

at voters in certain districts rejected most of the socialist-backed candidates, who pushed ideas like social housing and diverting police funds for other city services, presents a mixed bag of results for the city’s DSA movement.

CdeBaca said in a statement Wednesday that, though she lost her bid for another term, “the goal in this election was to bring more progressive candidates to the table,” referring to Parady and Lewis’ wins.

Some voters and political organizers may see those losses as a lack of progressivism on City Council. But Councilmember Kniech points to policies the governing body has unanimously passed in recent years — including worker protections and raising Denver’s minimum wage — as proof that Council is willing to make change happen. Kniech also pointed to decisions from Denver voters, like the variety of taxes Denver voters have levied on themselves to raise money for things like climate protection, homelessness and education.

“Did voters reject progressivism? I don’t think so,” said outgoing Councilmember Kniech. “ e City Council of Denver will remain pretty darn progressive regardless of these outcomes. ey may have rejected the furthest left brand name.”

Of course, bills passed by Council will ultimately require mayor-elect Mike Johnston’s signature. The question remains: how will Council work (or not work) with him?

Denver has a strong mayor system, so newly elected Johnston will set the budget and sign o on any bills passed through Council. But Denver’s Councilmembers have sway over city zoning, approval of mayoral appointments and the ability to pass budget amendments.

And while the mayor signs nal legislation, Councilmembers have taken the lead on major city bills in recent years, like raising the minimum wage and decriminalizing jaywalking. Council pushed outgoing Mayor Michael Hancock on certain positions-just Monday, Council voted to make Safe Outdoor Sites permanent, a city sanctioned camping program Hancock opposed until agreeing to a pilot in 2020.

For the rst time in 12 years, Denver has a new mayor, so the dynamics are likely shifting. ough we know the city’s mayoral and Council lineup for the next four years, we won’t know for a few months how the two groups will — or will not — work well together.

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End of an era: Commerce City’s 88 Drive-In Theatre is closing

Proposal would turn 88th and Rosemary site into warehouse

BY TEDDY JACOBSEN SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Commerce City’s 88 Drive-In eatre, the last remaining drive-in theater in the Denver area, is set to close this summer after more than ve decades in business.

Susan Kochevar, the owner of the theater, is stepping away from the business.

“I love that place and I love this community,” Kochevar said in a city council meeting on June 5. “But what happens to drive-ins all over the United States is what’s happening to mine.”

ere are about 300-350 drive-in theaters still operating across the United States, according to various drive-in operators and advocates. Of those, Colorado has about a half dozen. Fort Collins, Pueblo, Buena Vista are among towns across the state with operating drive-in theaters.

Kochevar said her family has owned the 88 Drive-In eatre since 1976. e theater itself has been operational since 1972. Operating the theater is no longer nancially viable and needs work, she said. For one, the screen needs to be replaced and that would cost around $100,000.

“I’m faced with writing it down and being bled dry or selling it,” Kochevar said, “and I really don’t

want to see it left empty.”

Kochevar said she put the lot up for sale in 2018 and eventually sold it in 2021 to industrial real estate company, First Industrial Realty Trust, which has asked the city to rezone the property so that it can construct warehouses.

“Kids are not going to have the same feelings or perspective with a family in a car to go and watch a movie,” Commerce City resident Guillermo Serna said at the meeting.

e site at 8780 Rosemary St., on the corner of East 88th Avenue and Rosemary Street, is in Irondale Neighborhood. e change is consistent with Irondale’s 2018 Neighborhood and Infrastructure Plan, which pushes to increase industrial uses in most of the neighborhood.

“Changing from the movie theater, I think is what’s causing pain, heart pain, for people,” Councilmember Susan Noble said at the meeting. “But I certainly understand the area. Irondale is industrial.”

At the meeting, First Industrial Realty Trust Regional Director John Strabel said the proposal for a warehouse could support three to four businesses, such as UPS delivery.

“It’s designed to be multi-tenant, smaller 10-, 20-, 30,000-square-foot units with smaller truck and UPS distribution going out of it,” Strabel said.

Construction is anticipated to start in the months ahead and the warehouse could open in spring 2025.

Strabel said the current construction plan includes keeping the 88 Drive-In sign on the property.

City Council made no nal decision and voted to continue the discussion of First Industrial Realty Trust’s proposal on July 17.

Sue Kochevar, whose family operated the 88 Drive-In Theatre in Commerce City, for years told Commerce City Councilors she’s sold the property. Councilors will consider changing the zoning on the lot in July, allowing the new owners to build a warehouse. FILE PHOTO

Polis signs bill allowing more speed cameras

BY NATHANIEL MINOR COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Automated speed-enforcement cameras could become far more common across Colorado under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis this month.

e legislation was supported by transportation safety advocates and Democratic lawmakers who argued more speed and red light enforcement cameras would lead to lower speeds and safer roads. Tra c deaths across the state hit a 40-year high in 2022 of 745 fatalities.

e bill allows local governments to use such cameras in more places, including busy — and deadly — arterial roads like Federal Boulevard in the Denver area. It also lifts a limit that required police o cers to station speed cameras while they were in use. Denver o cials have said they support the bill.

“We need help,” city tra c engineer Emily Gloeckner said in May. “We don’t have the resources to be out there with a huge level of enforcement.”

e cameras are unpopular with some motorists. But research suggests they are indeed useful tools in improving road safety.

“Speeding vehicles are one of the

most common concerns we hear in the cycling community, and it is a major factor contributing to crashes and fatalities on Colorado’s roads,” Bicycle Colorado Executive Direc-

bill to “thread the needle” of safety needs and civil liberties. For example: First-time, minor o enders of speed limits would only be issued a warning. e bill caps speeding nes at $40, though that can double for violations near schools. Signal violations would be limited to $75.

e bill also prevents a given government from “immobilizing” a vehicle if its owner doesn’t pay nes, and citations would not lead to points against a driver’s license.

Some Republicans worried the increased use of cameras would create a “surveillance state” and said local governments might use them to generate revenue.

“ ere’s a perverse incentive to do these,” state Rep. Ken DeGraaf, RColorado Springs, said during a oor debate in May.

e Senate sponsor, however, told CPR News in March that the low ne amounts were chosen to ght the perception that the cameras were merely money makers.

“ is isn’t about revenue, this is about safety,” said state Sen. Faith Winter, D-Westminster.

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Polis signs bill prohibiting growth caps

Measure repeals limits in Lakewood, Golden, Boulder

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado cities and counties will soon be prohibited from imposing population and residential growth limits under a bill signed by Gov. Jared Polis this month.

House Bill 1255 will also repeal existing growth caps enacted in Lakewood, Boulder and Golden when it takes e ect in August.

“We know we have more work to do to make sure that all our communities are part of the solution, but what this bill does is it says no community can be part of the problem any longer,” Polis said before signing the bill.

e bill was introduced as a companion measure to Senate Bill 213, which would have rewritten land-use rules across the state and was the governor’s signature e ort at the Capitol this year to encourage more a ordable housing. But Senate Bill 213 failed on the nal day of the 2023 legislative session, leaving House Bill 1255 as one of the only major housing bills approved by the General Assembly and signed into

Rep. William Lindstedt, D-Broomeld, one of the prime sponsors of House Bill 1255, said while the measure was aimed at assisting the various elements of Senate Bill 213, it still will have an impact.

“It really does point the nger at the worst kind of action that you can see from a local government to limit housing,” he said.

House Bill 1255 aims to address the availability of housing by stripping local governments’ ability to limit how much new housing can be added to their communities.

“Anti-growth laws enacted by local governments severely undermine the ability to construct the additional housing units Coloradans need,” the legislative declaration in the bill

e bill will require that local governments at least have a hearing for new developments before deciding whether to reject them, Lindstedt

“ e impact is big with (the) cities being preempted, but the larger impact is that other communities can’t get on that policy and make the problem worse,” he said.

Local governments across the state were strongly opposed to

Gov. Jared Polis signs House Bill 1255, which bans local growth caps in the state, on June 7.

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both House Bill 1155 and Senate Bill 213, calling them an overreach by the state and complaining that they would prevent communities from deciding how to address their unique needs.

House Bill 1255, however, didn’t receive nearly as much attention — or blowback — as its counterpart.

“ at one got overshadowed by the clearly more sweeping Senate Bill 213,” said Kevin Bommer, executive director of the Colorado Municipal League.

Still, the Colorado Municipal League, which represents cities and towns across the state, viewed House Bill 1255 as a similar attack on local control.

Elected o cials in Pitkin, San Miguel, Routt, Summit and Huerfano counties signed a joint letter opposing the bill in May. Mayors and council members in Aspen and Fountain signed on as well.

“ is bill responds to the policies of four Colorado municipalities, but strips away critical tools utilized by local governments across the state to actually achieve a ordable housing, reduce sprawl and incentivize the prudent planning of water, natural resources and infrastructure development,” the letter said.

e letter argued the bill could harm the state’s water supply, rural lands and agricultural areas, and that it failed to encourage any new a ordable housing.

e bill o ers temporary exemptions for local governments that need to develop their infrastructure, including water services, to accom-

Colorado is a top ranked state when it comes to caring for its most vulnerable adults, according to a new UnitedHealthcare report.

modate growth. Also excluded from the ban are areas with inclusionary housing ordinances, which require a certain amount of a ordable housing to be built each year, and local governments that have recently experienced a natural disaster and have been inundated with new construction requests, such as the town of Superior, which was hard hit by the 2021 Marshall re.

Golden’s growth cap, which limits residential development to 1% each year, was approved by voters in 1995. is year, the cap permitted only 88 new units.

Lakewood’s cap, which was approved by voters in 2019, has the same 1% restriction per year. In 2022, about 700 units were permitted.  Boulder has the same cap, which allows about 400 new units each year. It was originally enacted in the city in 1975 with a 2% limit then was reduced further to 1% in 1995.

e bill’s other sponsors are Rep. Ruby Dickson, D-Greenwood Village and Sen. Julie Gonzales, D-Denver. June 7 was the deadline for Polis to sign or veto any bills passed by the legislature during its 2023 lawmaking term, which ended May 8. House Bill 1255 was the nal measure to receive a bill signing ceremony, which Polis said was intentional because he thinks the measure is so important. Any bills the governor doesn’t veto or sign will automatically become law at midnight.

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A taste of reality

During a recent trip to Chicago, I got a heavy dose of reality vs. perception. Part of that is due to media coverage which, in my opinion, is part of why trust in the industry I love and value is at an all-time low.

Before taking the trip with my husband and son, my brother, who lives in Texas, asked if I packed my bulletproof vest.

He was referring to the constant media reports about the shootings and crime in Chicago. Given some media reports — he thought you get o a plane and take cover.

I must admit, I didn’t know what to expect in getting the rental car and hitting the streets to head downtown where my son had some big dream of touching the famous massive bean sculpture. For context, it was from a YouTube video he had watched.

We got downtown and found the huge silver bean and my son touched it. We walked around, crossed streets, and did some shopping. e parks were lovely. e area where kids were playing in a fountain and splash pad were full and vibrant.

You see — the reality is Chicago is nothing like I had imagined from ongoing media reports over the last few years. In fact, I was sad in seeing a vibrant downtown Chicago and comparing it to Denver.

On a recent brewery hopping trip with my brother — Denver’s downtown did not instill any con dence. In our day of walking all over the area, from Coors Field to a few miles away — I saw a lot of problems.

For one, here in Denver, I saw people using drugs on the wide-open sidewalk. To say I was completely unnerved to see that needle and spoon is an understatement.

As kids played in the water and ran around the park in Chicago, I thought about how there is no way I will, at this point, take my children to downtown Denver. A favorite pastime for my family used to be heading down to the 16th Street Mall and exploring the stores and walking and enjoying a nice day.

Today — with boarded-up buildings and an unsafe atmosphere — I will not take my children to my own city’s downtown.

We sit back and hear media reports and judge other cities, but really, the reality is our own backyard needs attention. Downtown Denver and the region need true solutions to our homeless, crime and drug issues.

I feel like everything I write about these days leads right back to this — If our state does not start addressing growing problems in car thefts, drugs, homelessness, and cost of living — families are going to keep leaving.

I know the reality is Chicago probably has a “bad side of town” that I didn’t get to see. However, over three days of traveling to various ice-skating rinks and touring the city — I changed my tune about the Windy City and became a lot more concerned with my own.

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It was right before the pandemic of 2020 was announced. My wife and I had the opportunity to participate in a certi cation program put on by the Zig Ziglar Corporation. It is a program called Ziglar Legacy Certi cation, or ZLC for those who have gone through it and graduated. Although I was the previous president of the company, and knew the content in depth, I wanted to share this experience with my wife and carry the o cial designation as a Ziglar Legacy Certi ed trainer and coach. e group that we joined was a ectionately known as ZLC23, as we were the 23rd group to complete the certi cation. On the very rst day we met our classmates, each came up with their own story, their business story, their personal story, and then there was their life story. We met Jessica, Shelly, Marvin, Sundiata, JillMarie, Brent, David, Amy, Jerrod, and a few others. But there was one woman who stood out amongst the rest, Jill. Jill’s smile, enthusiasm, and passion for wanting to complete the program and to begin helping others was contagious. Her energy and intentionality for being a di erence maker in the lives of others was abundantly clear. Her purpose and mission for attending were evident in how she participated in the learning through role playing, table exercise, and group discussions. I remember sitting

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One of these exercises required us to share at our table what we liked, appreciated, or loved about someone else we had gotten to know during the week. We had to write it down privately on a note, and then read it out loud before handing it to the person at our table that we were writing about. I will share with you that the person reading the note and receiving the compliments was usually in tears, happy tears. As it was Jill’s turn to be the center of attention, we all eagerly wrote our messages of love, a ection, and appreciation. And as we all read our note, the consistency was unreal; Jill was light, love, passionate, determined, a role model of success, bright, beautiful, and someone who exuded the desire to help others.

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Take time for arts and science this summer — for free

Getting out of town for a summer vacation is always fun.

But staying local also has its bene ts. Denver is a destination, too, attracting millions of visitors every year. Here, we have a bustling city that boasts an array of entertainment options, cultural institutions and restaurants.

To begin exploring all that the city o ers this summer, I recommend looking to the SCFD.

SCFD is an acronym for the Scienti c & Cultural Facilities District. It is supported by a sales tax of one penny on every $10 to support cultural organizations in the seven-county metro area — Denver, Boulder, Broom eld, Adams, Arapahoe, Je erson and Douglas. e SCFD supports more

than 100 organizations in Denver alone and about 300 throughout the district. According to its website, the “SCFD distributes more than $60 million each year” to these organizations.

To ensure that everyone has access to these fun places and experiences, the SCFD o ers Free Days.

It’s easy to nd these SCFD Free Days. Some arts and cultural institutions list them on their websites, but to nd out about them at all the venues throughout the metro area, visit scfd.

org. Hover over the ‘Find Culture’ tab to get a drop down menu and select ‘Free Days’ to browse the calendar.

A number of cultural organizations, including the Denver Art Museum and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, o er SCFD Free Days on a regularly-occurring basis throughout the year. Others, the Denver Zoo and Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, for example, o er their SCFD Free Days more sporadically, albeit still plenty throughout the year. It just takes a bit more planning in advance for those.

It’s important to note that thanks to the SCFD, some organizations — like the Broom eld Veterans Museum and the Colorado Music Hall

Travels inspire local artist

Artist Patricia Aaron has recently returned from a trip to Japan and Hawaii and feels inspired to make new paintings and prints. She will have work in “Oh, Honey,” an invitational show of encaustic art opening July 27 at PACE Center Gallery, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. in Parker. See parkerarts.org.

Animal inspiration

Abend Gallery, 1261 Delaware St., Suite 2, Denver, will host an exhibit “Wild at Art: A Four Person AnimalInspired Exhibition,” through June 27. I hope the entire show will have the tongue-in-cheek air of Claudia Griesbach-Martucci’s “Lust for Life.” Others included in this show: Morgan Cameron, Marina Dieul and Lucia He ernen. Visitors to this show will have fun making up stories about the paintings. Runs through June 27. Hours: noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays. 303-355-0950, abendgallery.com.

Contemporary art

MCA-Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, has new exhibits by Anna T. Souhlarakis, “Indigenous Absurdities,” and by Tomashi Jackson, “Across the Universe.” Rooftop party on June 30, with R&B music. 303-298-7554, mcadenver.org.

Ice cream social

Mark the calendar for the Highlands Ranch Metro District Ice Cream Social on Aug. 2 in Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd. Music provided by the Highlands Ranch Concert Band and Swing Shift. Enjoy $2 prepackaged ice cream treats, cash only, as well as a variety of food truck o erings. See highlandsranch.org.

Guild aids dance

e Denver Ballet Guild held its

annual Le Bal de Ballet on June 10, honoring high school students from Colorado and their families: 2023 Debutantes and Young Men of Distinction at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House and Sheraton Denver Hotel.

e guild honored a number of young people from our south suburbs. Members award funds to area dance companies and sponsor a young dancer’s competition during the year.

Call for entries

Call to artists: Entries are being accepted via callforentry.org for the summer Best of Colorado Show that opens Aug. 8 at the Depot Art Gallery in Littleton. Juror is Christian Dore. Open to all Colorado artists. Cash awards for winners.

Lone Tree

Lone Tree Arts Center is selling tickets for its next season now and you can pick and choose from a great variety of performances, getting a 10% discount when you pick three or four shows and 15% with ve or more. See the website for choices. Starts with Lannie Counts: the Greatest R&B Songs Ever Written on Sept. 9. Box o ce is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter. org.

Festival Park e Castle Rock Band will celebrate Independence Day with a free outdoor concert of patriotic music on July 1 in Festival Park, Castle Rock at 7 p.m. Included: Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” and the Gershwins’ “Strike Up the Band!”

Town Hall

Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center is selling tickets for the next season, 2023-2024. Included:

“All Shook Up” on Sept. 23-Oct. 22. “The Last Session,” Matilda,” Urinetown,” “raisin,” “Rd,” “Prom.”

The Annual Ovation Gala will be

of Fame at Red Rocks in Morrison — o er free admission all the time.

Other organizations are able to o er experiences and events that are free and open to the general public because of the SCFD’s support. Remember the old Elitch Gardens when it was located in northwest Denver? Today, the original location at 4550 W. 38th Ave. is home to the Historic Elitch eatre, and it is hosting free movie nights — with family-friendly (PG and PG-13) blockbuster lms — throughout the summer.

So, if you are still unsure what your summer will entail, do some exploring through the SCFD. I guarantee it will help you plan an unforgettable, fun- lled local summer.

held on June 24. 303-794-2787, townhallartscenter.org.

Greenwood Village Reminder: The International Pastel Exhibit continues until July 1 at Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village.

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Claudia Griesbach-Martucci’s “Lust for Life” will be on display in Abend Gallery’s “Wild at Art: A Four Person Animal-Inspired Exhibition” through June 27. COURTESY PHOTO

e Studio is an all-inclusive space for people young and old to feel the music and express themselves. For dancers who want to break out of the traditional dance studio format, the international company based in Denver could be a dream come

Striving to bring the magic of global movement to people in Colorado, Caitlin BroznaSmith founded the dance studio that brings a piece of global culture along with self-expression and con dence with each class.

“It was so important to include people from where these cultures are sourced,” said Brozna-Smith. “I found people from Polynesia to teach Polynesian dance… teachers from Iran. We really have this beautiful, electric group of dancers from all over the

Among a multitude of dance styles, students can learn the soft style of Hula ‘Auana, Tahitian dance, Bollywood, Belly Dancing, adult ballet and Ginga Vibe, which draws on styles from the African Diaspora including Funk, Afro-Caribe, Dance Hall, Soca, Lambada and Samba.  e studio also o ers Taiji Fit, a halfhour mind and low-impact body workout that combines traditional T’ai Chi with mindfulness and modern Western tness. Inspired by the Bollywood style of dance, BollyX Fitness is a 50-minute cardio workout and GROOV3 Hip Hop Dance Fitness.

Within the Bella Diva studio, both the

Students learn worldwide dance styles at Bella Diva World Dance Studio

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teaching sta and students are multinational. e dance teachers come from ve di erent countries and teach a range of students from 29 di erent countries.

teach countries.

To bring as much authentic culture into Denver, many teachers have gone abroad to study di erent styles of dance.

“ e people (teachers) who are not native from the cultures that we’re teaching travel and learn from the source because it’s really important that we do cultural appreciation and cultural exchange,” Brozna-Smith said.

Samba

Samba, the high energy and fast footwork style is not just a dance form, it is a lifestyle.  ose who teach Samba at Bella Diva make sure they are staying true to the culture and teach the students the history of where the dance originated.

styles (teachers) the from source appreciation exchange,” Brozna-Smith abso-

“I am very careful when I am teaching my students because I am not Brazilian, it is not my culture, but it is something that I am absolutely fascinated with and love,” said instructor Chelsi Vecchiavelli. “I spend a lot of time outside of class researching, asking experts, listening to podcasts, consulting my mentors who are Brazilian and who are my teachers.”

Born out of the slave trade when it was down in Brazil, Samba was a means of hope and joy and is a dance of resistance and raises up against oppression.

Samba schools have often been located in a favela, which is the poor neighborhoods within Rio De Janeiro. Vecchiavelli said there

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is a big connection between the people and the culture, which is something she wanted to bring back to her classes in the U.S.

Since spending time in Brazil earlier this year, Vecchiavelli has implemented a sense of community within her classes.

e class starts with a warm-up, which can di er each week, but tends to be drill focused. Students start to move their bodies by working on hip movements, endurance and strengthening the ankles.

After warming up, the class begins to stretch out every part of their body to help prevent injuries. e class then moves to work on technique, whether it is adding the ourishes of the arms during Samba no pé or gaining speed and endurance for the style.

In Brozna-Smith’s Samba class, her students warm up to the upbeat rhythm of the drums.

Just as Brozna-Smith has her students perform for one another during the class, Vecchiavelli has integrated improvisation at the end of her class. e students gather in a circle and with an energetic song playing, they dance with each other.

e end of class time is not about technique or who has the best footwork, it’s about connecting with one another as that is what the culture is about. Western dancers are often trained to perform, but this style of dance is about looking each other in the eyes, singing and embracing the joy that comes along with Samba.

“We need to recognize that we’re dancing it from a place of privilege,” said Vecchiavelli. “We’re not able to connect to it in the same way that people in Brazil can, and so I try to make sure that we at least know the context of it.”

Bella Bro World Dance

For an hour each week, men take part in a high-intensity, choreographybased workout. Led by Kyle Kastner, the group’s heart rate increases and sweat pours down as Kastner focuses on moving fast.

Having been the only consistent man who danced at Bella Diva for eight years, Kastner felt the need to bring more men into the fold, as male representation in dance in America is not as strong as in other cultures.

Kastner believes the American culture is dismissive and even undermining of male dancers.

“I actually think that it is incredibly masculine to dance, and when you look at other cultures around the world, dance is ingrained,” Kastner said. “It’s not gendered. ere may be gender norms within it, but gender is not important.”

With the goal of creating a space for men to feel free to use their bodies in a creative way, Kastner created Bella Bro World Dance. ere are about eight individuals who are regulars to the class.  Kasnter gains inspiration for his class

from Bollywood and Brazilian Samba no pé. It is not just the energy that those styles of dance bring but embracing the masculinity of the Indian culture and bridging the gap between di erent stylings that is being shown in Samba no pé.

Bella Bro World Dance recently worked on a piece inspired by a lm based on a true story. e character they are portraying was a great warrior and fought in battles. Although it appears that the dancers are not doing much, their moves are incredibly complex and take a lot of strength to complete.  roughout the class, the students started to learn how to move their bodies in new and challenging ways and discover things about themselves, Kastner said. e class also helps rede ne what masculinity is and shift the focus from a toxic idea of masculinity to a much more embracing, accepting idea of what it could be.

In his class, he helps the students learn how to use their inherent male privilege as a superpower for good.

“ at’s something I’ve de nitely been working with the men on is understanding that just because we are men, we have privilege that others don’t,” said Kasnter. “And then especially if we are white men with privilege that others don’t (have), to use that in a bene cial positive way for society and community as a whole.”

instructor of the Iranian Persian style of dance in Colorado, Delsie KhademGhaeini is honored to represent her community and to be a vessel for cultural outreach by sharing Iranian culture through dance.

In Iranian culture, there are a couple of di erent stylizations of dance as there are di erent minority groups and languages, all of the groups have their own folk dancing and style of dancing. e style Khadem-Ghaeini teaches is not a regional style of dance in Iran, it is shared across all of those cultures.

Iranian culture is deeply rooted in poetry, therefore, a lot of the music has poetry in it.

Khadem-Ghaeini said the style she teaches is more of a staged kind of style of dancing, a style that is closely related to what is seen in current pop styles of dance. She focuses on the quality of the movements. e movements are more structured and re ned compared to some of the more theatrical styles of dancing.

“Depending on what region they’re from, there might be dance movements that are associated to the kind of farming that they might have done or in the southern region, along the Persian Gulf, there may be dance movements that are related to shing,” Khadem-Ghaeini said.

Her classes focus on connecting with the music by using the uidity of the arms, hands and wrists, which can be very emotive. One form of movement that di erentiates the Iranian style of dance from other styles that also use

arms and hands is the use and curving of the spine. e combination of the arm, hand and spinal curves is subtle to the eye.

According to Khadem-Ghaeini, the aesthetics of Iranian culture has a lot of curves and a lot of geometry. Many of the shapes in the body that dancers create are very curved, even mirroring the way Persian calligraphy curves and moves are showing up in dance.

Another important piece of Iranian Persian dancing is learning the history of Iranian culture and sending messages and making statements. With the current revolutions taking place in Iran, Khadem-Ghaeini and her students performed at the University of Denver, choosing songs that relate to the woman-led revolutions.

“When I’m dancing, it’s a much deeper connection to music,” said Khadem-Ghaeini. “It’s not just about trying to hit my body a certain way that that music hits… but the poetry and the music that has like thousands of years of history, that is part of Iranian culture, to me, every time I do a performance is deeply involved for me.”

Being a student at Bella Diva World Dance

Having studied dance since she was a little girl, Elizabeth Buckius has trained in di erent kinds of studios with strict teachers in traditional ballet. She said that Bella Diva is the most welcoming, supportive and caring studio.

Students at the Denver-based studio are of all ages, all orientations and all shapes and sizes. e people bring an electric energy into the studio and by embracing the cultural aspect of the di erent styles of dance, everyone — from sta to students to the costume designer — has created a strong community within the walls of the studio, according to Buckius and sta at the studio.

“What makes us unique is also what makes us stronger,” said Brozna-Smith. “We’re able to really learn empathy by putting ourselves in somebody else’s shoes or position and life.”

Along with the positive and supportive energy in each classroom, there is a lot of curiosity as well. e studio focuses on learning about different cultures and becoming a global citizen. Buckius said it’s a great way to learn about other parts of the world.

Bella Diva also focuses on being body positive and being a healthy place for dancers. And with such multicultural sta and students at the studio, the studio has become a strong and vibrant community in Denver and internationally.

“We really want to be rooted in the actual traditions that we’re studying,” said Buckius. “So even though we’re here in Colorado, we want to make sure we’re connecting with the actual traditions at the world dance studio.”

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Bella Diva World Dance Studio teaching sta , who come from five di erent countries and 12 heritages.

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Bella Diva World Dance Studio is located at 4309 E. Mississippi Ave. Glendale, CO 80246. For more information, visit belladivadance.com.

Colorado business touts snowskates

park it is cool to break a board. You can walk to your car and leave, but if you break a board at the terrain park you have about a mile walk down. It sucked.”

BY CODY JONES SUMMIT DAILY NEWS

It was not that long ago when the only way to get down a mountain was on a pair of skis. Skiers used to dominate snowsports with no other competition and could have a ski day without having to worry about another “strange form” of getting down the slopes.

However, in the late ’80s, slopes started seeing rapid change with the rise of the snowboard. Turf wars ensued at ski areas across the country. e snowboard craze eventually leveled out at the end of the 20th century, and it is now common to see skis and snowboards in almost equal numbers on a chairlift. Nearly 40 years after snowboards emerged onto the snowsports scene, a new method of cruising down the mountain has arrived, and a Breckenridge-based company — Aloud Snowskates — is trying to make snowskates the next biggest trend on the mountain.

Much as snowboards were rst met with confusion and opposition from skiers, snowskates currently have both skiers and snowboarders not quite knowing what to think of a skateboard-type deck — with no bindings — fastened to the top of a ski.

Former professional skateboarder and Summit resident Eddie Sixberry was inspired to start Aloud Snowskates after riding several other companies’ snowskates. Sixberry, 60, enjoyed the concept of hauling down a piece of wood while only being attached by a leash fastened around his waist, but did not enjoy the feel of the

snowskates currently on the market.

“I started snowskating around 2009, like all the time,” Sixberry said. “ ere weren’t many available and there were only a handful of people doing it. I was a ski and ride instructor (at Breckenridge Ski Resort) and I was allowed to ride my skate in uniform. I didn’t like how the other skates per-

formed. I started modifying stu .”

One of the biggest problems Sixberry ran into while riding other versions of snowskates is that the wooden top deck of the board would snap when he tried to land tricks o of terrain park jumps or natural side hits.

“I was breaking the tails on the jumps,” Sixberry said. “At the skate-

As a result, Sixberry started designing a snowskate that was durable, strong, fun to ride on and could handle any terrain on the mountain.

Sixberry designed a more durable board by changing the trucks of the board and partnering with Denverbased Folsom Custom Skis to provide a smooth-gliding ski for the subdeck.

Sixberry then assembled a crew consisting of his two sons — Andrew and Matt — along with other Summit County residents who all helped him o cially launch in 2019.

Each member of the “fun-having” and hardworking crew has their own role, with Eddie Sixberry being the main mastermind and fearless leader of the company, Andrew Sixberry being in charge of screen printing merchandise and overseeing online sales, Matt Sixberry designing the trucks of the snowskate, Rich Fisher of Rocky Mountain Tattoo Emporium designing the art of merchandise and skates, and both PJ Parkinson and Jim James (Eddie Sixberry’s roommate) serving as the media, sales and events organizers.

With each member of the team helping to make Aloud Snowskates the next big name in the snowsport market, the team now has six di erent snowskates for sale to the public.

Each board o ers riders a di erent experience, with some boards being geared towards fast and owy groomers while others are ideal for terrain park riding or moguls. Another aspect that makes Aloud Snowskates unique to skis and snowboards is that they are easily interchangeable to any rider

A fleet of Aloud Snowskates on a winter day in Breckenridge. Aloud Snowskates is trying to make snowskates the next big thing on the mountain across Summit County and the world. COURTESY OF ALOUD SNOWSKATES

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with no prior tting or customization needed before barreling down the mountain.

One of the biggest obstacles Aloud is currently trying to navigate is making the public comfortable with seeing snowskates on the mountain.

“A lot of people haven’t even heard of snowskating until they see us,” Parkinson said. “ ey think we are on a snowboard because we are ying past them and going the same speed as skis and snowboards.”

Once introduced to what a snowskate even is, the Aloud crew is often then met with a fury of questions ranging from how does one ride and stay on one to how could you not injure yourself.

From the perspective of Sixberry and Parkinson — who both used to snowboard — snowskating does not di er much from its cousin, snow-

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prevalence of obesity and chronic medical conditions for Colorado seniors is also some of the lowest in the nation.”

e biggest challenges facing Colorado seniors between 2019 and 2021 include the high cost of housing, a lack of investment in community support services, and a shortage of home health care workers.

e success is not shared evenly across the state. Older Coloradans living in southeastern counties

boarding. Snowskate users may not be fastened to the board via bindings or clips, but the grip tape on the top side of the board helps to keep riders attached to the board while the design of Aloud Snowskates’ skis allows them to carve almost identically to how one would on a snowboard.

“A lot of people who are used to snowboarding can just jump right on and start making turns,” Parkinson said. “Eddie is the rst person to make a snowskate that is that much like a snowboard.”

“When I got with Mike at Folsom, my main goal was to make these ride like a snowboard,” Sixberry said. “I wanted these to excel technologically so that it is allowed on mountains. So that it is recognized.”

Although falls can still happen on a snowskate, not being clipped in allows riders to slide out on their back or run o the board instead of crashing their knees into the snow and ice like on a snowboard.

Sixberry said once people can get over the initial fears associated with

experienced the greatest rates of social isolation, based on risk factors including poverty, marriage status and di culties involved with living independently.

Dr. Rhonda Randall, chief medical o cer of Employer and Individual for United Healthcare, said there has been an alarming increase in drug deaths across the U.S., mostly due to opioid overdoses. Colorado saw a 70% rise between 2019 and 2021.

“So that same troubling trend that we’re seeing across other populations in the United States is a ecting seniors too,” Randall explained. “A lot of people don’t think that seniors may be as a ected by substance use

respond to a prayer request, jump into a conversation, or ask a meaningful question during a podcast or webinar.

Jill was a di erence maker.

a snowskate, they often nd joy with experiencing their favorite mountain all over again.

“It makes it really exciting when you are on the blues and greens again learning,” Sixberry said. “It is reissuing the challenge.”

Over the past few years, Aloud Snowskates has started to make its presence known in Summit County, with products being seen on and o the mountain and sold at snowboard shops like Breckenridge’s Underground Snowboards.

Sixberry and Aloud have also branched out to Breckenridge Ski Area, hosting clinics for ski school instructors to learn how to safely ride a snowskate.

“We have done three clinics so far with the Breckenridge Ski School,” Sixberry said. “ at kind of started because every time we rode past the ski school the whole class is looking. Now they can tell their students that I have ridden them and they are pretty cool. All we are trying to do is put the pieces of the circle together and make

disorders and opioid use disorders, but they are.”

Randall added nutrition is very important as we age, and the report’s data showed seniors saw signi cant improvements in food security during the pandemic. More people who were eligible signed up for SNAP bene ts, the program formerly known as food stamps, and other services designed to deliver food to

a bigger circle.”

Ultimately, Sixberry’s dream is to make snowskates the next common mode of transportation down the mountain, with Aloud being the go-to brand. Snowskates are currently allowed at several ski resorts in and near Summit County, but are not allowed at every ski resort in the country. Sixberry hopes to change that in the next few years.

“We are reliving it, ” Sixberry said, comparing their work with snowskates to the historic e orts to legitimize snowboarding on the slopes. “And it is really exciting to me. We are just a bunch of homies trying to pull it o .”

Aloud Snowskates has plans of growing its reach at the beginning of the 2023-24 winter season by hosting more clinics, team parties and other events.

is Summit Daily News story via e Associated Press’ Storyshare, of which Colorado Community Media is a member.

homes.

“Food insecurity decreased 6%,” Randall reported, noting fewer seniors are worried about getting access to nutritious food, more seniors got home-delivered meals, and more seniors got assistance with meals. is Public News Story via e Associated Press’ Storyshare, of which Colorado Community Media is a member.

beautiful smile to never grace this earth again, but that will bless the halls of heaven for eternity. ose of us who knew her well, knew all sides of Jill as we had three plus years to share calls, Zoom calls, webinars, texts, and emails. Some of us got to see her and be with her since we graduated ZLC23. And there wasn’t any one of us who didn’t appreciate her e orts to worry more about us and how we were doing than how she was personally doing herself.

As the news hit our ZLC23 class, we reached out to one another for comfort and understanding; it’s one of the things that happen when you become Ziglar certi ed and connect with your classmates, you graduate as di erence makers in the personal, professional, and spiritual lives of everyone you have the opportunity to meet. And Jill epitomized that mission and purpose, she changed us all. Even when she was going through life’s challenges herself, she was the rst one to

I write this column as a tribute to Jill, a true ZLC’er class of ‘23. I write this to remind us that we all have something to give to others regardless of how short or long our lives here on earth are. We can smile, be kind, show our passion, know our purpose, and simply care about the person sitting across from us in the moment, because that is who Jill was, a living example to us all.

Is there someone who you need to tell how awesome they are before they are gone? Did this tribute connect with you? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail. com, and when we can remember those who left their ngerprints of love and light on our lives, 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.

Coloradan reflects on touring with Christopher Cross, tennis coaching and Uber driving

BY JULIO SANDOVAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Inventor, musician, tennis player, coach, and most recently Uber driver are the various professions that have sustained Gene Morris’ life over the last several decades, including what he considers a robust spiritual path.

“I just love God’s creation, and I love to get out in it and explore and experiment with life. A lot of things I don’t understand, but I don’t have to understand them to enjoy them. So that’s kind of where I am in life,” he explained, while sitting outside next to his violin, which was leaning up against a park bench.

Morris says even though he is 71 years old, in his mind, he feels more like 17.

“I’ve been around for a while. I guess you could say I’m old enough to be a sage and that’s kind of dangerous because it means I have a trace of wisdom in there, and I know just enough to be dangerous, but the love of life keeps me like a teenager,” he explained with a laugh.

Morris told Rocky Mountain PBS that he plays the trumpet, piano,

harmonica, violin and viola, which, according to his Facebook page made it easy for ve-time Grammy winning singer/songwriter Chris-

topher Cross to ask Morris to be a performer in his band.

“I played with Christopher Cross, and I think that’s where I learned a lot about the industry,” he added, explaining how that was the highlight of his career. “It was more than just the music; we would socialize and eat out. I got to know him.”

Morris’ Facebook page also talks about his 30-to-40-year career as a tennis coach; he claims to have worked with a few of the greats like Andy Roddick and Martina Navratilova.

He said his transition to tennis was an easy decision after his wife

decided that going on a rock and roll tour with Christopher Cross wasn’t going to happen since they had a young son at home.

“My son was one at the time — my rst-born, Nathan — and I was talking about going on the road for a year and my wife was like, ‘drugs, sex, and rock and roll? I don’t think so darling,’” he said with a laugh.

“And she was right.”

“If I’d gone on tour, I’d probably not be alive today, so I picked up tennis as my income over the next 40 or so years and was able to raise my kids and a ord a family,” he said.

ese days Morris is an Uber driver which he says pays for patent attorney’s fees for his development of a contraption called the “wave,” that helps violins sound better during studio recordings.

“One of the things I discovered while playing violin in the studio [is that] you have this wonderful hollow wood bodied instrument right next to your ear, and when I went into the studio and played, I wasn’t hearing that. It sounded like a rubber band; very thin, it didn’t have this rich wood sounds,” Morris explained.

Overall, Morris feels his life has been a lucky one. “I’m blessed because I get to hop in a car and meet people and I always carry my ddle on the dash,” he said. “You know, with the road rage, I can look at my ddle and just chill out and realize this too shall pass.”

Story from Rocky Mountain PBS, which has a content-sharing agreement with Colorado Community Media.

Gene Morris toured with Christopher Cross and was a tennis coach. PHOTO BY ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Movement 5280 receives financial support from Life.Church

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Movement 5280, a regional program that helps struggling youth with housing and assistance, recently received a large nancial boost from Life.Church to continue expansion plans.

Life.Church donated $50,000, which includes $20,000 to help with building renovations for their new location.

With three Colorado locations, including Centennial in the Denver metro area, Life.Church, serves its surrounding communities by funding and volunteering with organizations that support the well-being of others, families, education and justice.

“Our heart is to get connected in the community and see what organizations are really impacting our city and how we can support that,” said Life.

Church South Denver Pastor Zack Harris. “ at’s really the heartbeat of our church, to know our neighbors and know those organizations.”

One of those organizations is Movement 5280.

Located in Englewood, and soon to be moving to a bigger location nearby, the nonpro t focuses on supporting at-risk young adults who have aged out of foster care or are experiencing homelessness.

In 2022, Movement 5280 served 805 individuals, 175 being youth, as reported in their 2022 Ministry Impact Report. rough donations, volunteers and fundraising - the organization provides meals, clothing, hygiene essentials, showers, mentoring, work program assistance and access to

mental health care.

Movement 5280 envisions a world where young people who have been in state custody and foster care are not only employed but living in permanent and safe housing. To help young adults achieve these milestones, Movement 5280 has three primary focuses - survive, thrive and revive.

Tami Slipher is the director of development and community relations at Movement 5280.

“Our mission statement is to become a family of support to those that are navigating life on their own,” said Slipher. “We take a holistic approach to what we do with homelessness and that’s why we have these three focus groups.”

In addition to the day center, the organization provides hot meals, clothing and showers to help individuals survive. Among the many resources to help the individuals thrive, they provide life and job skill classes, GED and education assistance and expert services for mental health, addiction recovery and housing assistance.

Revive is the organization’s faithbased component. Lost and Found Church provides a space for individuals to have a community to come back to, celebrate milestones and worship.

Many young people who attended Movement 5280 continue to avolunteer, whether it’s in the Job Readiness Program or attend the Lost and Found Church.

One individual who was one of the rst clients at the organization was

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First Publication: June 8, 2023

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Estate of Aaron Joseph Forman, a/k/a Aaron Forman, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30358

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 October 8, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara Forman and Marcus Forman, Co-Personal Representatives 1039 S. Parker Rd., #V1 Denver, CO 80231

Legal Notice No. 82262

First Publication: June 8, 2023

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sheryl Snyder Reagan, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30474

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 October 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

John Robert Reagan Personal Representative

c/o Stephen C. Cook, Esq. 8441 W. Bowles Ave., Ste. 210 Littleton, CO 80123

Legal Notice No. DHD1200

First Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Randall D. Schilz a/k/a Randall Schilz a/k/a Randy Schilz, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30652

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 October 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jamie Ward Co-Personal Representative 4331 S Utica St Denver CO 80236

Eric Blackard Co-Personal Representative 9790 W 20th Ave Lakewood CO 80215

Legal Notice No. DHD1201

First Publication: June 8, 2023

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Melinda N. Anderson, Deceased Case Number: 2023-PR-30289

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 October 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael W. Reagor, Attorney for Personal Representative 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 82255

First Publication: June 1, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

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Estate of Mary Lee Fowler, aka Mary L. Fowler, aka Mary Fowler, and ML Fowler, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30365

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 October 8, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kristi Radosevich Attorney to the Personal Representative PO Box 2708, Elizabeth, CO 80107

Legal Notice No. 82259

First Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Estate of Mary Lou Kidder, a/k/a Mary Louise Kidder, a/k/a Mary Rodman Kidder, a/k/a Mary Rodman Davis, f/k/a Mary Lou Davis, f/k/a Mary Louise Davis, f/k/a Mary Louise Rodman, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30631

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 October 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mark R. Davis, Personal Representative 860 Tabor Street, Suite 200 Lakewood, Colorado 80401

Legal Notice No. 82270

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 29, 2023

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Estate of ADELINE ELIZABETH SEGURA, a/k/a ADELINE E. SEGURA, AND ADELINE SEGURA, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30616

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 October 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Katherine Segura, Personal Representative 1545 South Lowell Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80219

Legal Notice No. 82269

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 29, 2023

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Estate of Goldie Sher, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30662

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 October 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

O. Lior Nuchi, Personal Representative Patrick R. Thiessen (40185) Frie, Arndt, Danborn & Thiessen P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., #201 Arvada, Colorado 80003 303/420-1234

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Legal Notice No. 82277

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 29, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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 October 16, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Elizabeth Yates, Personal Representative 10613 Paul Eells Dr., Apt. 16 Maumelle, AR 72113

Legal Notice No. 82272

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 29, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Estate of CINDY C. SIERRA, aka Cindy Corrinna Sierra, and Cynthia Corrine Pompeo, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30543

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 October 8, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Chantel SantoPietro, Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Legal Notice No. 82261

First Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

PROBATE COURT, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO

1437 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80202

In the Matter of the Estate of: HARVEY GOLDEN, Deceased

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

Case Number: 2023PR030518 Division: 3

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To: All Interested Persons and Attorney General

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Date: July 13, 2023 Time: 8:30 am

Courtroom or Division: 3

Address: 1437 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80202

The hearing will take approximately thirty minutes.

Legal Notice No. 82266

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 29, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Estate of Byron Leigh Payton, Deceased

Case Number: 23PR254

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 October 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Georgia Leigh Flack Personal Representative 1104 B. Street N.E. Miami, OK 74354

Legal Notice No. 82275

First Publication: June 15, 2023 Last Publication: June 29, 2023

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Estate of Floyd Alexander Findlay, a/k/a Floyd A. Findlay, a/k/a Floyd Findlay, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31139

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Legal Notice No. 82258

First Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

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Estate of Matthew Richard Hire, a/k/a Matthew R. Hire, a/k/a Matthew Hire, a/k/a Matt Hire, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30622

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to: Denver Probate Court City and County of Denver, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street, #230 Denver, CO 80202 on or before October 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gregory Hire, Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960 Denver, CO 80246

Legal Notice No. 82271

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 29, 2023

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Estate of Catherine S. Borden, Deceased Case Number: 23PR240

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Lisa B. Smith, Personal Representative 2730 Tahoe Drive Livermore, CA 94550

Legal Notice No. 82254

First Publication: June 1, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Hannah Taylor Gottlob, Deceased Case Number: 23PR275

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 October 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ricky J Marlette, Personal Representative 28837 Cedar Circle Evergreen, Co 80439

Legal Notice No. 82267

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 29, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Estate of Brian Christopher Bush, aka Brian C. Bush, aka Brian Bush, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30585

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 October 16, 2023, or the claims may

slowly drawn to the unconditional love and support that Movement 5280 provided. Now they continue to work with Movement 5280 with one of their nonpro t partners.

is individual also engages with the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative and has experience with the Homeless Management Information System database which helps track people who might not have identi cation or phones. is system is used by Movement 5280.

With some non-pro t organizations closing their doors during the pandemic, Movement 5280 started supporting smaller nonpro ts that needed a brick and mortar space to provide services.

“Due to that abundance of collaboration that we continue to do, we just started connecting the dots with a lot of resource providers,” said Slipher.

For example, on Wednesdays, the organization provides an all ages resource day where people can have a hot meal, take showers and go through the clothing bank.

As the organization has continued to grow, it became clear that a bigger space is needed to give participating nonpro ts the space they need, which would also allow them to expand.

Movement 5280 Directional Sta (L to R): Amaya Estes, Youth Outreach; Jamie Grove, Director of Community and Corey’s House Transitional Housing; Mickey Cope, Director of Marketing and Operations; Jamie Cope, Director of Mental Health and Personal Navigation; Tina Hayhurst, Executive Director and Co-Founder; Jim Hayhurst, Board member and Men’s Mentor; and Tami Slipher, Director of Development and Communications.

In regards to expanded resources, after the death of a man who was part of the bike shelter program, o cials of the program decided they needed to create transitional housing.

“We are doing it in his honor… Corey’s house,” said Slipher. “We spent a whole year working on what it would

look like to have Movement 5280 do housing alongside all the wrap-around services that we currently do.”

After having been in conversations with the owners of the once Englewood Bible Church, the Arapahoe County Commissioners awarded Movement 5280 with a $1.5 million ARPA grant to

purchase the church.

According to Slipher, the church sold a 34,000 square foot building that sits on two acres to Movement 5280 for $2.2 million and the organization mortgaged the balance.

In addition to the housing opportunity, with this larger space, the organization will be able to have a di erent room for an eye-doctor, therapists, dentists and other nonpro ts.

Movement 5280 is currently in the renovation phase, which will need about $1 million to complete, Slipher said. Renovations include putting in showers, sprinklers, new ooring as it is a historic building, new paint and a commercial kitchen.

e organization has multiple ways for those in the community to get involved.

“Having more people see and know and be involved with [Movement 5280] would truly make a di erence,” said Harris.

With a goal to house up to 32 individuals, Slipher said the organization looks to provide assistance for 18 to 24 months.

“We try to be a support to all of the other nonpro ts so that when there are people in the cracks, we can help,” said Slipher. “ at is why we felt like doing transitional housing is our next step because we created such a family system here, that young people need that in order to thrive.”

82256

First Publication: June 1, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of RYAN DERRICK MARTIN, aka Ryan Martin, Deceased

Case Number 2023PR30647

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 October 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kristine Farnsworth Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Legal Notice No. 82276

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 29, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Lucille L. McGee, AKA Lucille Linda McGee, AKA Lu McGee, AKA Lucy McGee, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30600

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 October 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard H. Sugg, Jr. Attorney to the Personal Representative

6500 S. Quebec Street, Suite 300 Centennial, CO 80111 Ph: 303-770-0025

Legal Notice No. 82264

First Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Glenda L. Ford, a/k/a Glenda Lou Ford, a/k/a Glenda Ford, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30493

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 October 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan L. Euser, Personal Representative

14621 W. 62th Ave. Arvada, CO 80004

Legal Notice No. 82252

First Publication: June 1, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of John Kirby Hinton, a/k/a John K. Hinton,

a/k/a John Hinton, and Kirby Hinton, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30353

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 October 2, 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. 82257

First Publication: June 1, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JEANETTE BERNSTEIN, a/k/a JEANETTE K. BERNSTEIN, a/k/a JEANETTE KAHAN BERNSTEIN a/k/a JAN K. BERNSTEIN, a/k/a JAN BERNSTEIN, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30592

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,