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‘He wanted to learn the bagpipes’ Colorado Youth Pipe Band allows students to learn instruments, dance, life skills

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

If a youth can perform in a competition and play well in front of a judge, it’s likely they will take those skills and be able to succeed at any job interview once they become adults.

Being involved with the Colorado Youth Pipe Band “sets them up for anything they want to do in the rest of their life,” said Jamie Cuthill of Aurora, the band director for the Colorado Youth Pipe Band. “They’re learning life skills.”

The Colorado Youth Pipe Band is a nonprofit governed by a volunteer board and the band director.

Youth involved learn the traditions of Highland bagpipes, drums and dance, as well as life skills such as leadership, pride and camaraderie through performance and competition.

“They are tremendous,” said the band’s founder Neil Gillette of the youth. “I’m so proud of what they do and their continuing spirit.”

Gillette, a resident of southeast Denver, has been piping for about SEE BAGPIPES, P4

BY DANA KNOWLES ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Range memory.”

While intense heat poses a risk to anyone who is unprepared, such weather is especially dangerous

For 54 years, 911 has been the number for Americans to call for all emergencies. Starting July 16, people across the country, including Colorado, will be encouraged to call a different three-digit number for mental health emergencies — 988.

“What we’ve learned and seen over the years is that having the training and support to be able to respond to calls for emotional stress and mental health or substance abuse, you need someone with that training,” said Kelly Bowman, the director of Colorado’s new crisis response line 988.

The idea is to get people to call or text 988 instead of the police when they are experiencing emotional distress.

“What’s really great is that the suicide hotline [1-844-493-8255] has always been a suicide prevention resource. 988 is intended to be a crisis support for any source of crisis that comes in, and it’s really embracing self-defined crisis,” Bowman added.

She says self-defined crisis can be anything and everything from waking up and feeling mildly depressed or anxious to having suicidal thoughts.

“Sometimes it’s hard to take that step and say you know what? It was a rough day and I just need to connect with someone, and that

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Aiden Palmer plays the bagpipes during a Colorado Youth Pipe Band rehearsal in June.

The pipe band practices year-round at the Washington Street Community Center and PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN welcomes youth from across the Front Range.

Heat waves make unhoused people especially vulnerable

BY KYLE COOKE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Coloradans will experience some intense heat in July, with highs in the Denver area likely hitting the

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988: A new phone number for people to call during a mental health crisis

triple digits. Temperatures are expected to approach record highs for this time of year, and local meteorologists say people should “prepare for one of the hottest (and longest) stretches [of heat] in recent Front

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and life threatening to individuals in vulnerable situations, like those struggling with homelessness.

“Hot temperatures lead to dehydration, and dehydration exacerbates everything,” said Benjamin Dunning.

Dunning is the historian and one of the original co-founders for Denver Homeless Out Loud, an advocacy group for people experiencing homelessness.

“The effects [of excessive heat] typically exacerbate things that would normally be minor in a person’s life that they manage, healthwise, and would turn them into points of crisis,” Dunning said.

As PBS NewsHour recently reported, heat-related deaths in the United States hit an all-time high in 2021, and this year is expected to be worse in terms of high temperatures. Scientists recently confirmed that climate change is causing more extreme heat waves, like last year’s brutal heat wave in the Northwest that is believed to have killed hundreds of people.

In the United States, heat contributes to roughly 1,500 deaths per year, and the Associated Press reports that advocates believe about half of those individuals are unhoused. The problem is only getting worse, with exposure to extreme heat tripling over the last three decades. Just last month, a cyclist died in Grand Junction after running out of water on a

Seen from across the South Platte River, a man dismantles a canopy during a sweep of a FILE PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT homeless camp.

day where temperatures reached 102 degrees Fahrenheit.

Dunning said in the Denver area, local governments and individuals can take basic steps to help protect people experiencing homelessness during heat waves.

“How we can respond as a community — number one is water,” Dunning said. “The next thing is people’s access to shade, covered places. If it’s blazing hot outside, be okay with someone sitting in an air conditioned coffee shop for a few hours to beat the heat.”

Denverite recently reported that nearly half of the city’s water fountains are not working.

Dunning said the City and County of Denver could set up cooling stations that provide water, shade and a place to rest. In the winter, Denver opens warming stations during especially cold weather. But during extreme heat, the city encourages

unhoused people to use rec centers and libraries during business hours to cool off.

Dunning added one of the ways in which the city “abuses our homeless” is through sweeps — when city officials remove unsanctioned encampments — which Dunning said are more harmful during hightemperature days.

“The sweeps happen in the early morning hours, which are the best sleeping hours because it’s still cool [outside] for people to rest,” Dunning explained. “And by displacing them during that time of day … you wind up affecting people’s sleep cycles, which much like dehydration affects all other kinds of things.”

The City and County Denver provides the following tips for dealing with extreme heat: • Stay inside in air-conditioned buildings as much as possible. Air conditioning is the number one way

to protect yourself against heatrelated illness. If your home is not air-conditioned, visit one of Denver’s cooling stations • Drink more water than usual and don’t wait until you’re thirsty to drink • Fans will not prevent heat-related illness in extreme heat, instead take cool showers or baths to cool down • Don’t use the stove or oven to cook—it will make you and your house hotter • Don’t drink alcohol or beverages that contain caffeine • Limit your outdoor activity, especially during the middle of the day when the sun is hottest Below, you can find resources on ways to help.

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power of human connection can make all the difference in the world and 988 is really about increasing that access and making it easy to remember,” Bowman said.

Last year the state of Colorado passed legislation that would allow for a surcharge of 18 cents on cell phone bills to pay for 988, which will be overseen by the Colorado Department of Human Services. At any point during the day, there are 25-40 team members trained in everything from crisis intervention, suicide assessment and response; to substance use and crisis, grief, trauma and more.

“There’s not a one size fits all solution for someone going through struggle and so that’s what’s great about how our counselors are trained,” Bowman explained.

Children’s Hospital Colorado saw an alarming increase of emergency room visits for a mental health crisis over the past two

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to organizations, you can find many ways to help by volunteering your time. Other than the organizations listed above, you can also seek out mutual aid groups in your area.

Mutual aid is community-driven

years.

This change comes at a time when Colorado along with much of the country is facing a mental health crisis. Just among our youth, Children’s Hospital Colorado pediatric system reported last fall that emergency visits for a mental health crisis were up 73% over the same time period two years prior. Studies have also shown that Colorado has the highest rate of adult mental illness in the nation and one of the lowest rates of access to care. A collaborative investigation among Colorado news organizations showed some of the state’s 17 communitybased mental health providers have failed to provide treatment to the toughest and most expensive behavioral health cases while avoiding competition. To address this mental health crisis, this year Colorado lawmakers passed a bill to reform the delivery network for mental health care in the state.

Still legislative changes can take time to implement and this enactment of 988 has been years in the making. After the time and energy

spent of activism, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, establishing 988 was signed into law in October 2020.

Despite this incredible step forward, the system has room for improvement. For example, when someone calls 988 they’ll be connected to a counselor in the state where their phone’s area code is from; meaning that if you live in Denver but have a 310-area code attached to your phone, your call to 988 would go to California.

Bowman hopes the Federal Communications Commission will step in and fix that.

“While we work on whether or not we’ll get support from the FCC for geolocation to route calls to an in-state call center, we’re going to work to build trust in our communities and be clear about the message behind 988, which is that no one is left behind and no one feels like they can’t call,” she said.

Bowman also said regardless, people should still call 988 when it’s up and running later this month.

“It’s important now more than

ever. We’ve seen increased rates of suicides and deaths of despair with overdoses. We know our kids are struggling and so to be able to offer a resource and say, ‘It’s okay to not be okay’ and ‘I see you and I see you struggling and there’s someone here to talk to. You’re not alone.’ We don’t heal in isolation, and I think we can all come to an agreement that that’s a hard lesson we’ve learned over the last few years.”

support for those who need it, with the goal to uplift and help one another in the face of systems that are not meeting the needs of the people.

• Mutual Aid Monday (Denver) - mutualaidmonday.wixsite.com/ mutual-aid-monday • Foothills Mutual Aid Collective (Fort Collins/Northern Colorado) https://twitter.com/aidfoothills

Resources for those experiencing homelessness If you or someone you know is experiencing homelessness, here is a collection of resource lists with details on where you can get assistance.

• Denver Voice - Resource List - https://www.denvervoice.org/ resource-list • Colorado Coalition for the Homeless - Get Help - coloradocoalition.

org/gethelp • Denver Rescue Mission - Get Help - denverrescuemission.org/get-help/

Resources: If you have an immediate mental health crisis, call Colorado Crisis Services at 1-844-493-8255 or text TALK to 38255.

Or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-2738255. You can also chat with the Lifeline.

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

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50 years. He started playing the bagpipes when he was 16, despite there not being a youth pipe band at the time.

He formed the Colorado Youth Pipe Band in September 1989 with one goal: to provide a fun, nurturing place for youth.

“Most pipe bands (consist) of adults and don’t have children in them, except youth who already know how to play and already have uniforms,” Gillette said. “I wanted to provide a space for youth.”

The Highland dance section of the band got started in 1997, with the help of Shari Gillette, a dance instructor who is Neil Gillette’s wife.

The band rehearses on Mondays year-round at the Washington Street Community Center, 809 S. Washington St., in Denver’s Washington Park West neighborhood.

A bagpipe or drumming student can join the youth pipe band as young as 8, and Highland dance students can join as young as 4.

Additionally, the youth can learn to play the bagpipes or drums — tenor, snare or bass — and simultaneously learn to Highland dance.

“It’s a fantastic opportunity for them to get to learn something outside of their general education,” said Misty Delaney of Dacono, whose children have been involved with the band since about 2013 — four are currently involved,

The Colorado Youth Pipe Band gathers for a photo in a past year. The pipe band practices year-round at the Washington Street Community Center in Denver and welcomes COURTESY OF COLORADO YOUTH PIPE BAND youth from across the Front Range.

and two have aged out. “And it’s an opportunity for them to play, perform and compete with others their age.”

Eight-year-old Kavyn Jenkins of Denver’s Harvey Park neighborhood wanted to learn everything about his Scottish heritage, his mom, Holly Jenkins, said. Then one day, he told her that he wanted to learn the bagpipes.

So about a year ago, she got him involved with the Colorado Youth

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Pipe Band, and today, Kavyn is learning to play the chanter — the part of the bagpipe that creates the melody. It is a steppingstone instrument to the bagpipes, and generally, all students start out by learning to play the chanter.

Youth don’t need prior experience or a background in music to join the Colorado Youth Pipe Band.

The organization is committed to providing ongoing instruction and uniforms, which are band-owned.

Bagpipers and drummers wear the Hamilton Hunting Modern Tartan for all performances and competitions.

“You don’t want them in handme-down kilts or equipment,” Neil Gillette said. “You want them to look as sharp as the adult pipe bands.”

The Palmer family of Littleton learned of the Colorado Youth Pipe Band a number of years ago.

They attended a Denver Brass and bagpipe concert, and per the interest of the children, the concert’s emcee told them about the Colorado Youth Pipe Band.

Today, all four Palmer children — Aiden, 14; Zivah, 12; Uri, 11; and Zoey, 10 — are involved with the band.

“I like the drums because they’re fun to play,” said Zivah Palmer, who has been involved with the band since 2018. “But I also like dancing because it’s a fun form of exercise. I’m not interested in any other types of sports right now.”

Kiowa’s Evan Schrieber, 25, joined the Colorado Youth Pipe Band when he was 11 and played with the band until he aged out at 18, which is when he became a drumming instructor for the band.

“It’s like nothing else they would ever do,” Schrieber said. “It’s very intellectual, and it takes a time commitment for the skill. But it’s not just about the instruments — they gain a lot of people skills.”

The Colorado Youth Pipe Band performs and competes at Celtic festivals across the state, and in 2007 and 2013, traveled to Scotland to perform and compete.

The youth also get involved with the community in various

Cora Delaney practices a jump for a Highland dance routine.

PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN

ways, said Jackie Cuthill, Jamie Cuthill’s sister, who serves as the organization’s dance co-director along with Cristy Jones.

They perform at a variety of community events — such as Saint Patrick’s Day parades and Memorial Day events — as well as random cheer-up performances in their local communities. For example, one of the youths brought out his bagpipes and played sociallydistanced in the streets for neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home order in 2020. The Palmers recently performed for a neighbor who had returned home after a stay at the hospital because of various health conditions.

“I always wanted to make this my profession,” said Jamie Cuthill, who joined the Colorado Youth Pipe Band when he was 11.

It was 1990, and he was one of Neil Gillette’s first nine students.

Today, the Colorado Youth Pipe Band has about 25 youth involved and is always accepting new members.

Cuthill, 43, has been teaching for about 20 years, and took over as band director when Gillette retired. His goal is to make the Colorado Youth Pipe Band the best band that Colorado has ever seen, he said.

“If we want to keep the art going,” Cuthill said, “we have to get the youth involved.”

LEARN MORE The Colorado Youth Pipe Band will be performing or competing at the Elizabeth Celtic Festival July 16-17, the Colorado Scottish Festival in Edgewater Aug. 6-7 and the Longs Peak Scottish Irish Highlands Festival Sept. 9-11.

For more information about the Colorado Youth Pipe Band, visit cypb.net.

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s a child, I grew to hate road trips. My parents did not like flying anywhere, which meant any family trip was by car. I hated it.

I’m talking about trips that would make the original “National Lampoon’s Family Vacation” look functional. Three older brothers, parents and long trips to go visit our version of Cousin Eddie.

That led to me hating the thought of road trips as an adult. If I can fly, I will be willing to FROM THE go. Someone says drive — and I’m out.

EDITOR Then, we get to this summer. With the economy being what it is and being short of time because, let’s face it, parenting seems to revolve around running a kids’ taxi service, I have had to reconsider my hatred of long car rides.

Most summers we will visit an aunt in Orlando and brother in Thelma Grimes Pennsylvania and my daughter’s biological sister in Oregon. This year, flight costs being what they are, that’s just not feasible.

That led to me looking at what else we could do. My parents said they liked the idea of taking a trip with my children and me to South Dakota.

After looking at calendars and trying to figure it out, we went on a spur-of-the-moment-type trip to the Black Hills. Getting up early to pack in a family of eight — my children, my parents and a nephew and niece.

At 5:30 a.m. with everyone inside the Expedition, I fixed the rearview mirror, seeing all the faces staring up front. The memories of childhood car trips came flooding back. I dreaded putting that car in reverse and starting the trek.

Fast forward six hours of actual quiet driving and we made it to the city where the famous Mount Rushmore sits.

The trip was fantastic. My kids love farms. We went to the little farm in nearby Keystone three times, letting my kids hold baby goats, feed orphaned calves and run from the older goats wanting food.

We saw the mountain. I will tell you my 5-year-old was not overly impressed. The farm was his thing.

We saw all the sights and had a blast.

Driving home, again in a quiet car, I realized a few things. Today’s kids have tablets and phones and keep their heads down most of the trip. Separating the kids who fight the most was also good planning on my part.

The family time I got with my mom, dad, kids and brother’s children was worth every minute. In our busy lives, we tend to forget the value of taking some time to relax at something as simple as what I would call a very large petting zoo.

We forget the value of walking with your kids down a tourist town’s main street to look at a variety of items, joke, eat ice cream and have quality time together without talking about schedules, chores and all that day-to-day home stuff.

Will I go on another road trip? I won’t say I loved the gas and food prices on the trip (although still lower than plane tickets).

However, I will say six hours in a car with family is no longer going to be a phobia. I can see me doing it again, and instead of dread as I hit reverse, there will likely be a lot more optimism.

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

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Cats on Mats yoga returns to Denver Animal Shelter STAFF REPORT

Denver Animal Shelter’s Cats on Mats yoga series has returned after a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Certified yoga instructors host the classes as kittens and cats playfully prowl around the room. The cats and kittens attending the yoga class will be available for adoption.

The classes began on June 10 and are offered from 5:30-6:30 p.m. every Friday through September.

They take place in the Denver Animal Shelter’s Community Room, 1241 W. Bayaud Ave. in the Valverde neighborhood.

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Mats yoga class is offered once a month: July 8, Aug. 5, and Sept. 9.

This class is open to anyone but is designed for individuals who use wheelchairs, have balance difficulty or prefer to be seated during class. The yoga class and postures will be adapted to the class participants’ level of function.

Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased online. Proceeds benefit Denver Animal Protection.

Cats on Mats classes are limited to 20 people and participants should bring their own yoga mat.

To learn more about Cats on Mats or to purchase a ticket to a class, visit tinyurl.com/DASCatsOnMats.

The Cats on Mats yoga series has returned to the Denver Animal Shelter. Classes are COURTESY PHOTO offered weekly through September.

Pack A Backpack school supplies drive runs through July 31 STAFF REPORT

The annual Pack A Backpack school supplies drive is underway, with donations being accepted until July 31.

Donations can be dropped off at any of the nine Larry H. Miller Dealerships located across the Denver-metro area. The two dealerships in Denver are: • Larry H. Miller Chrysler Dodge Ram FIAT Denver, 2727 S. Havana St. • Larry H. Miller Nissan 104th, 2400 W. 104th Ave. In partnership with Denver7 and The Salvation Army, the school supplies drive is part of LHM Dealerships’ Driven for Good initiative.

The campaign will benefit qualifying students throughout Colorado in grades 1 through 8 who receive assistance through The Salvation Army, and designated Title I schools throughout Denver.

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God out of our families, schools, communities and businesses. Yet we

Supplies in need this year are: • Backpacks and pencil bags • Crayons, washable markers, highlighters and colored pencils • #2 pencils and big erasers • Scissors, glue and rulers • Folders, 1” binders, spiral notebooks, composition notebooks, loose leaf paper and index cards • Hand sanitizer “Larry H. Miller Dealerships knows that education sets the stage for a child’s future well-being,” said Ray Reilly, senior vice president of operations for Larry H. Miller Dealerships, in a news release. “This is the driving force behind our commitment to ensure Colorado youth have the school supplies they need on day one.”

Monetary contributions are also welcome and can be made online at https://salarmy.us/pablhm22.

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The Pack A Backpack school supply drive takes place until July 31. Donated school supplies can be dropped off at each of the nine Larry H. Miller Dealerships throughout COURTESY OF GERRI GOMEZ HOWARD the Denver-metro area.

wonder why the tragedies are happening while still asking, “Where is God in all of this?” God is right where we left him, and He is waiting for us to come back to Him. And I believe that when we do, we will start to live without fear, replace

anger with compassion, have less division and more unity, and find a way to love and respect one another.

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Colorado’s national parks saw record revenue in 2021

BY TONY GORMAN COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

National parks in Colorado had a record year in revenue last year.

In a report released by the National Park Service, 7.8 million visitors spent an estimated $560 million while visiting national parks in Colorado in 2021.

Those numbers broke the previous mark of $515 million set in 2019. The expenditures from the revenue funded 7,570 jobs in the state, according to the report.

Visitors spent the most of their money on lodging, restaurants, and gas.

Lodging brought in $188 million which accounted for 33.5 percent of revenue earned. Restaurants took in $109 mil-

lion, and $58.7 million was spent on gas.

Rocky Mountain National Park brought in the most visitors and revenue among national parks lands Colorado in 2021 with 4.4 million visitors spending $323 million. That supported 4,420 jobs.

Mesa Verde National Park on the Western Slope brought in the second highest revenue at $62 million. And in Southern Colorado, Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve brought in the most revenue in the region with $41.3 million from 603,000 visitors.

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ummer is here. July is upon us.

And perhaps nothing defines the season as well as a cold, creamy scoop or two on a cone — or in a bowl, if you prefer. What else appeals so effortlessly to all ages, putting summertime smiles on kids and kids-at-heart?

In fact, Americans consume about 23 gallons of ice cream annually, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. And in case you didn’t know, July has been celebrated as National Ice Cream Month since Ronald Reagan signed the proclamation way back in ‘80s. July is also, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, tied with August for the two most popular months to eat ice cream — a statistic that surely surprises no one.

Ask a few people who has the best ice cream in the Denver metro area, and then sit back and be amazed at the number of answers you get.

In the old days, it was easy. There was Baskin Robbins and DQ, and for a special occasion, you might get a counter seat at Dolly Madison.

Then there was Farrell’s, and later, Swensen’s, but these were both chains that came here from other places. Nothing about them was particularly connected to Colorado. And in more recent history, the opening of Magill’s in Lakewood and Bonnie Brae in south Denver signaled that a new era was at hand.

These days, the continuing trend of boutique ice cream joints using premium ingredients has ushered in what is undoubtedly the golden era of cold and creamy goodness in the metro area. When you make a list, it’s easy to see there are several formidable contenders cranking out delicious frozen delights. So, making a list is what we have done.

To be clear, this is no contest. The order of the list is not scientific or any type of ranking at all, but merely the order in which they popped into the author’s head. You may use it as a type of map, as it were, to the coolest mini road trip in the metro. Pun intended.

• Bonnie Brae Ice Cream opened in 1986 and has been cranking out the cold stuff ever since.

• Little Man Ice Cream Company started in 2008 in the Lower Highlands neighborhood and has grown to six distinct locations across the Front Range including — aside from the flagship store — The Little Man Ice Cream Factory, DANG Soft Serve, Old Town Churn, The Constellation and Sweet Cooies.

• Sweet Cow now has six locations plus a truck, the MooMobile. Their ice cream is made in small batches and crafted at each location.

• Liks Ice Cream has been a staple in Capitol Hill forever. They’re family-owned and now have a second location in Conifer.

• Nuggs, the brainchild of Chris and Nick O’Sullivan of Brother’s BBQ, has been serving cool, creamy treats to folks in Park Hill and Mayfair since 2014.

• Magill’s on the west side of Denver has had

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you covered for the last four decades. This unassuming Lakewood strip-mall shop has them lined up most evenings, no matter the weather.

The huckleberry is to die for. Plus, it’s just fun to say huckleberry.

• Sweet Action opened on Broadway in 2009 and now has four locations serving flavors as fun as you’ll find anywhere, with plenty of vegan options in the mix. You can also find them in Washington Park, Uptown and Jefferson Park.

• High Point Creamery’s Erika Thomas and Chad Stutz have been serving ice cream with elevated flavor profiles in Hilltop, RINO and Berkeley. They also have a food truck they call “Big Pinky” — it’s pink — to cater to every ice cream need.

• Em’s Ice Cream in Park Hill is getting ready to launch a second location in Wheat Ridge at 26th and Kipling.

• Scrumptious can be discovered a bit further north in Olde Town Arvada. According to its website, the business makes all of their ice cream in-house.

• Inside Scoop in Littleton, with another location on Platte Street, serves 20 flavors that are homemade daily and go perfectly with a handcrafted waffle cone, which they also make fresh.

If your favorite didn’t make the list, don’t fret. But feel free to drop us a line about what makes it great, and we’ll update the web version of this story to keep the metro area’s ice cream addicts up to date on all of the news they need to know.

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Why settle for a cone when you can get your ice cream sandwiched between delicious chocolate cookies?

A Magill’s double-decker scoop on a waffle cone is the classic taste of summer.

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A chocolate and vanilla swirl is the perfect way to beat the heat.

A triple chocolate and delicious vanilla ice cream sammie from Sweet Cow Ice Cream in the Lower Highlands.

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Local teen fights eating disorder out of state No local care options available for youth

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When the COVID-19 pandemic pushed schools to around the country to cancel in-person classes, Emma Warford was 15 years old, an active athlete, a good student and functioning well.

However, as days turned to weeks and weeks to months, Warford said she began worrying about her weight while sitting at home in quarantine.

The then-sophomore started counting calories, admitting she became obsessed with her food intake.

Even after school returned to in-class learning, Warford said she continued to latch onto her caloriecounting habit, calling it her “coping mechanism” for stress.

In 2021, Warford, who lives in both Highlands Ranch and Centennial, said she went to see her regular-care physician who took notice of her weight loss.

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pletely fallen off my growth chart,” the now 17-year-old said. “They tried to get me some therapy and a nutritionist to work with.”

When asked how much weight she lost, a choked-up Warford said more than 40 pounds.

Warford was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder characterized by an abnormally low body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of weight. According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention,

or CDC, an anorexic teen will skip meals, eat small portions, become obsessed with counting calories, or, in some cases, starve themselves.

During the pandemic, health organizations across the U.S. sounded the alarm in rising cases of youth and teens being admitted into emergency rooms with mental health issues, including eating disorders.

According to a CDC report, between 2020 and 2021, emergency room visits for teens with mental health issues increased by 24%.

The CDC reported that female teens between the ages of 12 and 17 were primarily seen in emergency rooms due to complications caused by an eating disorder.

Zach Zaslow, the Children’s Hospital Colorado director of government relations, said mental health and eating disorder cases for youth and teens were already on the rise in the United States. When the pandemic hit in 2020, it exacerbated the issues to crisis levels.

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Laws, funding a step forward in mental health fight

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Amid calls for more funding and services to help address the growing mental heath crisis in America’s youth and teenagers, officials at Children’s Hospital Colorado say progress was made in 2022.

While dealing with the crisis is going to be a marathon to develop effective change to an outdated system, Zach Zaslow, director of government relations at Children’s Hospital Colorado, said the Colorado General Assembly and lawmakers in Washington are starting to listen.

At the state level, Zaslow said, Colorado earmarked $450 million of American Rescue Plan Act funding.

“This is a big step because we have to make sure children and youth are getting their fair share,” he said. “Some of these funds will go to schools, improving the workforce, therapy and foster care.”

At the national level, Zaslow said, some laws being introduced can make a big impact on helping an overwhelmed system that only got worse after the COVID pandemic started in 2020.

A bill Zaslow said shows promise is Senate Bill 4472, the Health Care Capacity for Pediatric Mental Health Act, introduced by Sens. Bob Casey, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, and Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana.

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Between the years 2016 and 2020, emergency room visits for children’s mental health more than doubled in the U.S. Senate Bill 4472 looks to address the struggling system by including critical investments that will bolster the pediatric mental health workforce and improve the availability of a full continuum care for kids.

Zaslow said the bill will go a long way in helping improve capacity issues and mental health facilities.

In Colorado, Zaslow described a system that is at capacity in its ability to treat youth and teenagers dealing with mental illness.

For example, 17-year-old Emma Warford was diagnosed with an eating disorder in 2021. With her condition at critical levels, doctors recommended she be admitted to a clinic that specializes in treating eating disorders.

Colorado’s centers were full. Warford was sent to Washington state to get critical treatment.

Zaslow said with the health care system lagging in properly recognizing and treating mental health, youth like Warford either have to be sent out of state or never get treatment at all.

The House, HR 7236 aims to expand availability of mental, emotional and behavioral health services under the Medicaid program.

While in its early stages, Zaslow said, this bill also shows promise.

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s alleged mismanagement of campsite reservations last year cost $2.8 million in lost potential revenue, according to a state audit.

CPW is a branch of the Department of Natural Resources and is tasked with balancing conservation with the recreational needs of the state. The organization oversees more than 4,200 campsites across Colorado.

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This has led to an increase to state park entrance fees as well as in-state hunting and fishing licenses.

Other notable findings in the audit include: • 136,517 reservations were booked for sub-standard nightly fees. This led to a loss in over $835,000. A lack of documentation made it impossible for auditors to determine if the price reductions were legitimate. Regional managers are able to approve a park’s request to reduce reservation fees up to 50 percent to encourage occupancy and increase use.

• Thirty-six percent of campsites were closed for at least one day between January 1 and September 7.

These site closures could have brought in up to $1.9 million in additional revenue. Park managers said that campsites can be closed so that they can be used by CPW staff and park volunteers while they are working. Some managers said that there is a risk that closed campsites are misused to benefit friends and family of park staff.

• CPW refunded about $12,500 for canceled reservations for reasons that did not require a refund. CPW did not limit staff’s discretion when entering refunds, and a lack of documentation

meant that the legitimacy of over 850 additional refunds could not be determined.

Based on their findings, auditors made six recommendations for CPW going forward. These include better documentation for why sites have been closed, more training for staff using the reservation system and an increase in monitoring of reservation data to identify risk of fraud or abuse.

CPW agreed with all six recommendations made in the audit.

The agency declined an interview but said in an email that the organization is working to implement the recommendations made in the audit. They said site closures are an important tool for park management, but they acknowledged the organization needs better “processes and procedures to document and approve campsite closures for a clearly defined reason.”

CPW plans to start implementing changes based on the audit’s findings this December.

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Paul H. Stevens, Esq. Attorney for Personal Representative 9101 Pearl Street, Ste. 218 Thornton, Colorado 80229 Phone: (303) 280-9649 email: paulhstevensesq@yahoo.com Legal Notice No. 81739 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sharon Ann Sekerak, aka Sharon A. Sekerak, aka Sharon Sekerak, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30700 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 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rhonda Pagnotto, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No. 81719 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Henry Schonewise, aka Henry Schonewise, Deceased Case # 2022 PR 30779 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Probate Court of the City & County of Denver, Colorado or on or before October 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

John Quintin Schonewise Personal Representative 3920 Prairie Rose Street Lawrence, KS 66049 Legal Notice No.81721 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of George Sebastian Dukart, aka George S. Dukart, aka George Dukart, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30868 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 November 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Leslie J. Fiorini, Personal Representative 4938 Julian St. Denver, CO 80221 Legal Notice No. 81725 First Publication: July 7, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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Estate of Janice M. Sublett, aka Janice Marie Sublett, aka Janice Sublett, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30826

and Del Hock, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030874

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 November 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Thomas J. Sublett, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No. 81728 First Publication: July 7, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sheila Kemp, Personal Representative 11489 West 68th Way Arvada, Colorado 80004

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Luella Mary Farbes, deceased Case Number: 2021PR000436 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 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kwali Michelle Farbes and William Jamil Jennings Farbes Co-Personal Representatives 10200 E Girard Avenue, Suite C251 Denver, CO 80231

Henry E. Cooper III Personal Representative 700 s. Florence Denver, Colorado 80247

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas C. Garcia, a/k/a Thomas Charles Garcia, and Thomas Garcia, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030873 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 1437 Bannock St., #230 Denver, CO 80202

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LUPE C. VIALPANDO, a/k/a LUPE VIALPANDO, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30870

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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 November 14, 2022, 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

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of AGNES MARIE BUSH, a/k/a AGNES M. BUSH, and AGNES BUSH, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30775 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 November 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rena E. Todd, Personal Representative 2564 S. Raleigh Street Denver, Colorado 80219 Legal Notice No. 81726 First Publication: July 7, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BARBARA ANN FORD, a/k/a BARBARA A. FORD, a/k/a BARBARA FORD, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30758

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Morton M. Mower, a/k/a Morton Mower, a/k/a Dr. Morton M. Mower, a/k/a Dr. Morton Mower, a/k/a Morton M. Mower MD, a/k/a Morton Mower MD, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30792 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 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sandra Lee Giseburt, aka Sandra L. Giseburt, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030875 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 11/14/2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Anderson, Personal Representative 711 S Public Rd. Lafayette, CO 80026

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

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on or before November 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 81722 First publication: June 30, 2022 Last publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Delwin Duane Hock, aka Delwin D. Hock, aka Delwin Hock,

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 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Anastasia Fainberg Attorney to the Personal Representative 3600 S Yosemite St, Suite 670 Denver, CO 80237

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Douglas E. Hock, Personal Representative 467 Josephine Street Denver, Colorado 80206

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Judy Cooper, deceased Case Number: 22PR276

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gary Dean Erhart, a.k.a. Gary D. Erhart, a.k.a. Gary Erhart, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30761

Lowell G. Herman and Seth J. Herman Personal Representative 307 International Circle, Suite 280 Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030

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 November 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before November 20, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

E. Jane Lorimer and Gordon J. Kieft CO Personal Representatives c/o Eirich Law Firm 10233 S. Parker Road, Suite 300 Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARIA BERTHA HERRERA, aka MARIA B. HERRERA, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30928 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 November 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gabriella Nelson, Personal Representative c/o 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 81734 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Russell L. Wehner, Jr., aka Russ Wehner, Jr. and Russ L. Wehner, Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30876 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 November 21, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Margaret S. Wehner, Personal Representative 2045 Bellaire St. Denver, CO 80207 Legal Notice No. 81737 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Daniel R. Shields, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30782 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the co-Personal Representatives or to the Denver Probate Court, City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before November 14, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Lucile M. Sparks, Co-Personal Representative PO Box 1794 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Joseph D. Shields, Co-Personal Representative 7050 S. Oak Ct. Littleton, CO 80127 Joan D. Wamsley, Co-Personal Representative 11692 W. Quincy Pl. Morrison, CO 80465 Legal Notice No. 81729 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Eloy Joseph Roybal, Jr, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30690 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ulla Majken Lugg, also known as Ulla Lugg, and Ulla M. Lugg, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30613 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Denver Probate

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came worse, leading her to a visit at Children’s Hospital Colorado where her heart rate was around 29.

The normal heart rate for a teenager is between 60 and 100 beats per minute.

Children’s Hospital doctors said outpatient treatment was not going to help Warford get better, telling her mother, Christine Hendrickson, that she needed to be admitted to a facility that specializes in treating adolescents with anorexia.

An overwhelmed system Once doctors emphasized that Warford needed extensive treatment, Hendrickson said the real struggle began. With her daughter sick, Hendrickson described a medical care system that diagnosed her daughter but then left her in the wind trying to figure out what to do.

In Colorado, mental health has reached crisis levels, causing care facilities to be full and parents and families struggling to find a place to seek treatment for their youth and teens.

Hendrickson said when she was told the eating disorder clinic in Colorado was full, she started calling other states, getting on waitlists, trying to use the internet to educate herself and trying to understand a system where her daughter was not getting the help she needed.

Eventually, Hendrickson found her daughter a spot at a facility in Washington. With no other choice, Hendrickson said Warford needed immediate treatment and they had no other choice except to send her out of state.

Hendrickson said the decision was tough but had to be done. She said her employer was understanding and worked with her in taking time off.

“It was really a huge struggle to balance it all,” the mother of three

said. “You know as a parent you are making mistakes and will continue to make mistakes. There really are no resources or advocacy for families like us. You are left dealing with a system you do not know all on your own. It was hard to get clear information. You are really on your own and you are lost.”

Zaslow said Hendrickson is not alone.

“COVID turned on eating disorders, but kids and families were being told to turn off mental health,” he said. “We (as a system) have to really look at how we do things.

The challenges (Hendrickson) has had to go through with care navigation and work on her own should not happen. If we had a cohesive system to help with mental health, families wouldn’t be out there doing this alone.”

Hendrickson said it was hard to drive her teenage daughter up to a strange facility in another state and leave her, but she knew it was the right choice.

Today, now recovering, Warford said treatment was hard but knows

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there is no way she could have overcome her worst days at home with her mom.

“If my mom had made me do the things they did, it would have ruined our relationship,” Warford said. “There was nothing my family members or a therapist could do for me then. Now I am physically better, but I still have an eating disorder. Treatment was what I needed.”

Pushing for change As Warford has returned to a routine life and sticks to her treatment plan to avoid a relapse, she has teamed up with children’s hospital to do more.

Warford, who will be a senior in high school this fall, is now taking aim at state and federal lawmakers.

The teenager said her goal is to put a face to the struggles this country is facing in helping young people dealing with mental illness.

In June, Warford, along with officials from Children’s Hospital Colorado, took their cause to Washington, speaking directly with lawmakers from Colorado and all over the U.S. about what her family dealt

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with in trying to get her treatment.

Hendrickson said in speaking to the public and to lawmakers, she wants to stress that in this country, “just because someone looks good on the outside – we do not know what is going on on the inside. We need compassion and help.”

Zaslow said the courage Warford has shown in standing up and putting a face to not only eating disorder awareness, but also to show lawmakers that real people are hurt by an outdated system, is impressive.

“She is part of important, meaningful steps to create change,” he said. “(Lawmakers) want to do the right thing but get confused and bogged down in legislative text.

Having a real human being say this is the state of my world is huge.

They too have children.”

With Children’s Hospital Colorado pushing for change at the state level and the Children’s Hospital Association pushing at the federal level, Zaslow said he believes change is starting to take shape nationwide.

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Sherrel Linda Hladik, Personal Representative Personal Representative 19621 W. 96th Place Arvada, Colorado 80007 Legal Notice No. 81732 First publication: July 14, 2022 Last publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS* Estate of Beverley J. Collins, also known as Beverley Jeanne Collins,

and as Beverley Collins, and as Beverly Collins, and as Beveriey Collins, Deceased Case No. 2022PR30819 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver County Probate Court on or before November 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative: James K. Collins ℅ Flanders, Elsberg, Herber & Dunn, LLC 401 Main St., Ste. 1 Longmont, CO 80501 Legal Notice No. 81731 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022

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Children Services (Adoption/Guardian/Other) Public Notice NOTICE OF ADOPTION ANTHONY MICHAEL ROGERS Shawn Schnider, whose current and previous place of residence and whereabouts are unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, will take notice that on September 20th,

2021, Nathan Alexis Zink, stepfather, filed his Petition for Adoption of Anthony Michael Rogers, Case 21JA133, in Denver Juvenile Court, Denver County, Colorado, praying that he be permitted by order of the court, to adopt, as his own child, the child Anthony Michael Rogers, a minor born at Denver, Colorado, and that the name of the child be changed to Anthony Michael Zink.

"A final decree of adoption, if granted will relieve you of all parental rights and responsibilities, including the right to contact the minor, and except with respect to a spouse of the adoption petitioner and relatives of that spouse, terminate all legal relationships between the minor and you and the minor’s other relatives, so that the minor thereafter is a stranger to you and the minor’s former relatives for all purposes. If you wish to contest the adoption, you must file an objection to the petition.

If you wish to contest the adoption, you must also appear at the hearing. " A final decree of adoption may be entered if you fail to file an objection to the adoption petition or appear at the hearing.

The Petition will be heard for determination by the Honorable Judge David Brett Woods of Denver Juvenile Court, 520 W. Colfax Ave., Room 125, Denver, CO, 80204 on July 8th, 2022, at 10am for approximately 60 minutes.

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