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Denver’s Wellness Winnie program adding vehicles, services

Seeking solace in Colorado

Families with transgender kids state a welcoming place

BY ALISON BERG AND ELLE NAEF ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Brianna went to bed Aug. 22 with a knot in her stomach. at night, a Texas school board near her home passed a “Don’t Say Trans” policy barring employees from discussing what the district de ned as “gender uidity.” e school board’s new policy was the latest entry in growing, rightwing political playbook that targets transgender youth and the adults who support them.

BY NATALIE KERR SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

e demand for behavioral health services is massively outpacing supply, to the tune of more than 40% of Denver residents not being able to receive care, despite attempting to obtain it, according to a 2023 report from the Denver O ce for Public Health and Environment.

It’s a situation caused by myriad factors — overworked sta , nan-

cial barriers for patients and complicated, time-consuming processes that block people from ultimately receiving treatment.

“ ere’s just not enough behavioral health services for folks to access,” said Kalyn Horst, administrator for DPHE Substance Use and Prevention. “And of those that exist, they may not be o ered in a way that feels culturally competent, and approachable and appropriate for people that are wanting those services.”

e city’s bright purple eet of RV buses and vans is on a mission to change these statistics for the better, by bringing straightforward, e ective care directly to the people who need it.

e Wellnesss Winnie program is adding two Mini Winnies and a larger Super Winnie medical RV to its eet this fall. ey will be stationed around the city at least once per week. e Winnies will also have expanded services provided by an advanced practitioner and registered nurse who can provide clinical services like wound care and medically assisted treatment to those who need it.

e Mini Winnies will also be available upon request for community events and gatherings where organizers believe the services could be bene cial. e vans are highly mobile, so they can go where

Months before the school board’s decision, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, ordered the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to conduct child abuse investigations into parents whose children received gender-a rming care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy. Abbott’s decision was in line with the heavily conservative state legislature, which had introduced more anti-transgender bills than any other state.

In 2020, Brianna’s son, Rylee, came out as a transgender boy. He was 12 years old at the time.

Brianna and her family moved to Texas — which has one of the largest transgender communities in the country — in 2015 to be closer to their extended family. Brianna knew the small town they called home was far from progressive, but she expected to largely be left alone as she and her family kept their heads down and raised LGBTQ+ children.

But the state’s policies seemed to get crueler over time. Brianna knew her family wasn’t safe.

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The Denver O ce for Public Health and Environment is expanding its fleet of Wellness Winnies. This fall, the city will be adding two Mini Winnies, pictured in front, and a Super Winnie medical RV to the original Wellness Winnie vehicle, pictured in the back. COURTESY OF THE DENVER OFFICE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

Neighborhoods that need it most will have more access to medical care

Colorado seeks to stifle air pollution record access

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

The Environmental Protection Agency says Colorado agencies and citizen watchdogs cannot possibly enforce the Clean Air Act against polluters unless everyone has open public access to the polluters’ records of what they spew into the air.

Until state regulators make it easier to find those records, the EPA says, the federal agency won’t fully approve Colorado’s required plan on how it will attack ozone and other air pollution problems.

Colorado had a swift response to the demand for open government.

The state sued the EPA to fight more open records.

“The current public access, which is zero public access, is great for the polluters,” said Robert Ukeiley, a Colorado attorney on air pollution issues for the Center for Biological Diversity.

“The attorney general’s office is spending hundreds of times more taxpayer money on suing the EPA than it would cost to agree with the EPA that more transparency from polluters is a good thing and give the public access,” Ukeiley said.

Given the failures of more than a decade of state clean air plans to reverse Colorado’s growing ozone pollution problem, with a recent string of high ozone days as the latest examples, Ukeiley said, “Excuse us if we don’t trust

that the state has it under control.”

The EPA agreed with portions of the environmental groups’ protest against the state’s air pollution improvement plan.

The EPA has “repeatedly” held that for state pollution-fighting plans to be practically enforceable, people “must have reasonable access to the records allowing enforcement,” according to the agency’s official response to public comments on the plan.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said state health officials believe there is adequate public access to all permits and company reports, and that making access easier would divert state money and staff time from actually fighting pollution.

“We have a system in place that provides effective and reasonable access to any records for anyone who wants them,” Weiser said, in an interview. “The EPA is asking us to do this, when they’ve never asked us to do it before. They’re not asking other states to do it now. And we don’t really see a basis in law or logic for doing it.”

The current system requires the companies holding an air pollution permit to keep the records and make them available to the state “upon request,” according to the EPA’s decision published in the Federal Register. But states might not do that, the EPA said. “This undermines citizens’ ability to participate in the enforcement” of clean air rules, the agency said.

The EPA’s new demand that the

state be the “aggregator or collector, just in case anyone wants it,” Weiser said, “adds what is an unnecessary cost and burdensome step, that will divert valuable state resources to an area that’s just not worth it,” he said.

The EPA said Tuesday it cannot comment on pending litigation. The Colorado attorney general’s lawsuit against the EPA decision was filed directly to the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, as required by the Clean Air Act.

The Center for Biological Diversity, which made the detailed comments in late 2022 that caused the EPA to hold up approval of the state plan, scoffed at the idea a records clearinghouse would cut into pollution control efforts.

“All they have to do is set up an email address to get these documents, and then the polluters just email it to the state,” Ukeiley said. Various divisions of the state health department already have publicly accessible online “drawers” of documents searchable by permit number or location, collecting mandatory reports, enforcement actions and other correspondence. “So the resource burden on the state is pretty darn minimal,” he said.

Environmental attorneys are also critiquing Colorado’s contention to the EPA that the public access to records issue was raised unfairly, at the last second in response to a protest comment.

The EPA was ready to approve the state’s usual handling of pollution

records up until that moment, the attorney general’s petition says.

“That’s a pretty weak argument,” Ukeiley said. “The courts have consistently said that whenever EPA proposes to approve something, there’s always the possibility that they will change their mind based on comments. It’s like a ‘Scooby-Doo’ episode. ‘I would have gotten away with it, but for you meddling kids.’”

As for next steps on the final approval of the state’s implementation plan for meeting 2008 EPA air pollution standards, Weiser said he hopes the EPA will remove its demand for more open records. That way, he said, Colorado won’t have to continue its appeals court lawsuit against the agency.

The environmental groups, meanwhile, want the EPA to “vigorously” oppose Colorado’s administrative petition on the open records question, and then continue to fight it in the appeals court.

The EPA does that “100% of the time when we sue them to reduce pollution,” Ukeiley said, “so it would be heartbreaking if when they actually make a decision to reduce pollution, they cave.”

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

State student performance lags amid disparities

BY LUCAS BRADY WOODS KUNC

Colorado elementary, middle and high school students’ academic performance improved over the last year, but it’s still lagging behind pre-pandemic levels. On top of that, there are alarming disparities between students, according to the latest student assessment data released this week by the Colorado Department of Education.

“We certainly are seeing those persistent and troubling gaps,” Colorado’s Education Commissioner Susana Córdova said. “We need to

double down on addressing the historic gaps between di erent groups of students. is has been a priority for a long time, but we really need to focus our support and resources on students who need it the most. We certainly are seeing those persistent and troubling gaps.”

e data tracked students at fteen schools across Colorado over the 2022-2023 academic year. It was the rst year schools saw more typical schedules since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“ is is probably our new normal,” Chief Assessment O cer Joyce Zurkowski said. “So we’re hoping to

nd some consistency. Districts and schools are still making instructional adjustments to address the missed learning opportunities that occurred during those pandemic days.”

e largest performance gaps over the 2022-2023 academic year were among Black and Latino students, students with nancial barriers, those with disabilities and multilingual students. Black and Latino students as well as students who speak English as a second language saw some of the widest performance gaps, with scores around 35% lower than their peers.

Students who quali ed for free or

reduced school lunches and those on individualized education plans to accommodate disabilities scored around 30% lower than their peers.

e data also highlighted a disparity in performance between female and male students. Boys in Colorado have, on average, surpassed prepandemic performance levels, but girls have not. eir overall performance scores over the last year were several percentage points lower than boys.

“It’s very good news that we’re seeing the rebound for boys,” Córdova

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Mountains almost guaranteed an El Niño winter

season remains to be seen, though one factor is nearly certain: atmospheric patterns are set to change this winter.

“We are going into what looks to be a strong El Niño season,” said National Weather Service

translate to heavier, wetter snow in the southwest, particularly for the San Juan Mountains, as well as the central mountains. In the state’s northern areas, such as Steamboat Springs, weather may be warmer while snow is dryer,

ary 2024 winter season across the United States.  e prediction comes after the past three winters saw a La Niña pattern (the inverse of

The early morning sun strikes the clouds hanging above Breckenridge Ski Resort on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Summit County saw above-average snowfall in January 2023.

PHOTO BY ANDREW MACIEJEWSKI / SUMMIT DAILY NEWS

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El Niño), according to an Aug. 14 report by meteorologist Alan Smith on OpenSnow.

La Niña occurs when the same ocean temperatures fall below average and is de ned by wet, cold weather in the north and dryer, warmer weather in the south. According to Smith, the succession of La Niña patterns over the past three years has only happened three times since 1950 — a “rare occurrence.”

“Con dence is increasing that we could see a strong El Niño this year,” Smith wrote in his report,

adding the last strong El Niño pattern was in 2015-16.

However, neither pattern guarantees an outcome for winter conditions, especially at the local level.

“It’s one of the few things that we have any shred of ability to forecast six months in advance,” said OpenSnow founder Joel Gratz. “Just because there’s a correlation, it doesn’t mean that every year is guaranteed to be that way.”

Last winter’s La Niña pattern should have been characterized by heavy snowfall in the north and less in the south, but that wasn’t completely the case in Colorado.  While snowfall continuously blanketed the state’s northwest, making 2022-23 the second snowiest season on record for Steamboat

Resort, storms also favored southern mountains, with Purgatory Resort reporting one of its best snow seasons on record.

Even the central mountains, which are typically forecasted to see less snow under La Niña conditions, received above-average snowfall and several surprise powder days.

“It kind of broke the rule of what you’d expect last year,” Meier said of the La Niña pattern.

By late last winter, however, the La Niña pattern had begun to phase out, with ocean temperatures beginning to rise in March, Meier said.

“We’ve almost met the conditions for El Niño already and should carry on into winter and

next spring,” he added.

ough a stronger La Niña or El Niño pattern can mean average or above-average snowfall, in some areas there isn’t a strong correlation between snow and atmospheric patterns, such as around Colorado’s Continental Divide.

And a 90-day forecast from NOAA shows equal chances for above, below or normal temperature and precipitation, making it anyone’s guess for how the beginning of ski season will kick-o in the Colorado High Country.

“I’m curious to see how this is going to play out,” Meier said. is Summit Daily News story via e Associated Press’ Storyshare, of which Colorado Community Media is a member.

“I went to bed knowing what was happening and woke up the next day thinking, ‘we have to leave,’” Brianna recalled. “‘We have to get out of Texas. is is not going to get better; it is just going to get worse.’”

She spent the following day researching states that were more welcoming to transgender people.

e Paci c Northwest was too rainy, California was too expensive, Minnesota was too cold. She booked a 24-hour trip to Colorado — which received high marks from places like the Movement Advancement Project — to vet the state, making sure to ask folks she encountered about its safety for LGBTQ+ kids.

As she drove around Denver and saw rainbow ags plastered in business windows and hanging outside homes, Brianna knew where to move.

“It was so overwhelmingly positive and welcoming,” she said of Colorado. “In Texas, you couldn’t even talk about this stu .”

e family voted in the Nov. 8 Texas election, feeling they owed their votes to friends in similar situations who couldn’t leave the state.

ree days later, they packed their bags and started their journey to Aurora.

Lucas and Sara had deep roots in Texas. Lucas worked at a nonpro t supporting kids in the foster care system; Sara taught music at a private school. e two had family and deep friendships in the state.

But fear overwhelmed them in February 2022 after Abbott declared gender-a rming care for children a form of child abuse. e couple’s son, Alec, came out as transgender years earlier and began transitioning soon after.

Bullying and harassment were common for Alec in his small Texas town, but when laws began to threaten his safety, his parents knew something needed to change.

“ ere was a moment where I just imagined Alec being taken from our family,” Sara said. “Just having to process that was extremely scary and upsetting.”

Lucas and Sara became more outspoken in their LGBTQ+ allyship

by helping plan Pride festivals and volunteering with Equality Texas.

Alec did his best to t in at school. He wore baggy, unassuming clothes and tried to keep his head down.

“ ere were so many times where I was like ‘if I just de-transitioned and lived, I could live easier here,’ but the dysphoria makes things so hard,” said Alec, who is now 15 years old. “It wouldn’t have been a happy life for me.”

Other parents began complaining that Sara was using her position as a teacher to “push an agenda.” Sara maintains she never discussed politics in class.

“It was very clear that we were being targeted because this was a relatively small town and we had been outspoken,” Lucas said. “I knew this was really scary and we worried about what could happen to our family.”

Brianna and Rylee also remember living in fear.

“How exhausting it was, not knowing day-to-day what laws were going to be passed that would hurt my child and not understanding why it’s something that people care about,” Brianna said. “I don’t understand the vitriol towards these kids who just want to exist and the parents who just want their kids to survive.”

Brianna tried to educate those around her and give them the bene t of the doubt. But many people didn’t seem interested in learning.

“It’s extremely frustrating and there’s no amount of education I could do,” Brianna said. “You think you can educate people away from bad beliefs, but they’re not interested in the truth. ey’re interested in their narrative and that’s it.”

Lucas and Sara remember having conversations with Alec where they reminded him not to stand out too much, which was a painful message to send for two parents who wanted nothing more than to a rm their child.

“We did a lot of apologizing to the kids and saying, ‘I’m sorry you can’t wear what you’d like to wear because we need to be careful right now,’’ Sara recalled. “I remember saying that a lot. ‘We need to be careful right now.’”

e family also helped plan a kidfriendly Pride celebration in their town, hoping to show marginalized

children that adults were on their side. However, several other adults, including an anti-LGBTQ+ Instagram “in uencer,” showed up and chanted “groomer” at those participating in the festival.

“It was really weird because I grew up there and that place just turned on me,” Alec said.

e family had lived in their town for 14 years and felt it was important to stay and ght for other LGBTQ+ people. But as anti-transgender bills stacked up and hateful rhetoric grew louder, Lucas and Sara saw that their family’s safety was in jeopardy.

“It was a constant state of anxiety and fear,” Lucas said. “All it would take was one person in our town who didn’t like us and report us and

we would’ve had a CPS case that we would be dealing with.”

In 2023, the family said goodbye to their longtime church, colleagues and friends and moved to Denver, where they felt safer in their new home.

e contrast between living in fear and living in a state with codi ed LGBTQ+ rights has been immense, the families told Rocky Mountain PBS.

“I’ve met some really sweet people here,” Alec said. “It de nitely feels like a whole reset.”

ough they know things are safer in Colorado, Alec, Sara and Lucas said it has been a struggle to shake the feeling of fear, as they lived in

Sara, a mother and LGBTQ+ advocate, recently moved to Colorado from Texas in an e ort to keep her transgender son safe. COURTESY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

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The dirty details on Colorado’s strange mushroom season this year

BY SHELBY REARDON SUMMIT DAILY NEWS

Fungi are already perplexing. ey’re not animal, nor plant, but provide crucial support to both, while serving as one of the planet’s main decomposers.

But the fruiting bodies of fungi, widely known as mushrooms, are acting especially strange this year in Colorado.

A wet spring was expected to create a moist haven for mushrooms across the state this summer, but the organisms are just starting to appear.

“It’s a very strange season because we’re late,” said Jon Sommer, the president of the Colorado Mycological Society. “We’re … late, behind on everything. We had all that rain earlier, we were expecting lots of mushrooms, but they didn’t grow because it was cool.”

Despite a heat wave hitting much of the state in July, soil temperatures remained cool from excess moisture acquired through the spring. So, the summer

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ght-or- ight mode for so long.

“We’ve only been in Colorado for a few months and I feel like I’m still letting go of some of those anxieties and fear and worries,” Lucas said.

Some of the anxiety and fear dissipated after the family connected with other LGBTQ+ Coloradans.

During their rst week in town, they attended a drag brunch in which the performer a rmed the transgender kids in attendance.

“It was really emotional for me, because we had left a bad situation so recently,” Alec said. “It was really heartwarming to hear that.”

As Alec navigates his transition, he said many of his peers treat him “like Google.” ey ask him invasive questions, he said, which can sometimes make him feel like a political prop.

“I become their search engine and it’s so strange,” he added.

When he is not advocating for his rights, Alec enjoys watercolor painting. His family has a collection of chickens he painted on their walls.

Sara tries to encourage Alec to simply be a kid.

mushrooms, which typically make themselves known when the soil reaches 60 degrees Fahrenheit, remained hidden.

But, they are starting to appear now.

“We’re de nitely expecting abundance,” Sommer

“Having to speak to other adults about what it’s like to be trans, that’s a lot of responsibility,” Sara said. “I know it’s important but it’s very heavy and it’s not a normal childhood.”

As state legislatures introduced a record number of anti-transgender laws targeting children, many adults have stepped up to try and ease burdens on young adults.

“We try to just make sure we’re doing the things that help them in life and society,” said Sandra Zapata, director of youth services at the Center on Colfax, an LGBTQ+ community center in Denver. “A lot of it is just making sure they know they have a space to come, and once they nd us, it’s a good place to make connections so folks will create those personal relationships with each other.”

Zapata leads the Rainbow Alley, a youth program at the Center on Colfax Avenue. Both Rylee and Alec attend Rainbow Alley and said they’ve made many friends and connections there.

“It’s about giving them that space where there’s no rules, there’s no expectations of how you’re supposed to dress and what colors you’re supposed to like, and what kind of careers you’re supposed to

said. “We haven’t seen it yet, but we’re expecting it.” Typically, mushroom season begins toward the end of June and can last through September, usually cutting o when conditions get too dry or too cold.  e last two years have

have,” Zapata said. “So, then you’re left with this blank canvas.”

Zapata said many of the children they meet come from states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws. ough moving can bring newfound safety, the process is often isolating, Zapata said.

“ ere’s a lot of sadness, maybe you lived in one place your whole life and now you’re having to move, not because you want to but because ultimately you know it’s going to be safer,” Zapata said. “It’s still hard to leave your friends and family and whoever you’re leaving behind.”

Zapata said housing is often the biggest barrier for those looking to move to safer states. Colorado’s housing prices skyrocketed in recent years, making a move to the state out of reach for many families.

ough many people see Colorado as a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people, especially compared to its neighboring states, the state is far from perfect. e United States Supreme Court, to use a recent example, recently sided with a Denver website designer who argued that designing websites for same-sex couples violated her First Amendment rights. Moreover, several school districts have attempted to pass their own “don’t say

Mushrooms have been increasing in abundance and so have those searching for them. e popularity in mycology and foraging in general has bloomed over recent years, which has been re ected in the membership of the Denverbased Colorado Mycological Society.

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been especially good for mushrooms despite varying amounts of moisture, so it’s hard to forecast how a mushroom season will turn out.

“2021 was probably one of the best years in 30 or 40 years,” Sommer said.

gay,” bills as well.

Nevertheless, more families with LGBTQ+ children are deciding to move to places like Colorado.

“ ere’s a migration happening,” said Bob McCranie, owner of Texas Pride Realty Group, a realty group in Texas that focuses on selling homes to LGBTQ+ Texans. “ is is a national state of emergency for LGBTQ people.”

McCranie also connects LGBTQ+ Texans looking to leave the state with a rming realtors in other states, something he said is necessary as dozens of states cut rights for queer people.

Eventually, McCranie said, LGBTQ+ people across the country could lose rights regardless of the state they live in. McCranie said he asks clients if they’ve considered moving abroad, should conservative politicians and Supreme Court justices continue to roll back long-held rights.

“If some of these cases get overturned and the court says you can’t have gay marriage in any state, the blue states won’t be safe either,” McCranie said. “Do you have a plan for when and if that happens?”

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Polis orders rework of housing initiatives

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis’ has issued an executive order directing his administration to promote and streamline a ordable, environment-minded housing development in Colorado that’s focused around transit.

It’s a decree he admits will have limited e ect but that is intended to send a strong message to local governments and state lawmakers that they should follow suit.

“It’s very important for the state to have the moral high ground,” Polis told e Colorado Sun in an interview. “If we’re going to be asking local governments to turn around (building) approvals quicker and allow more housing to be built — get government out of the way and streamline their processes — it’s very important that the state leads by doing that rst.”

e governor’s ability to try to make a lasting impact on housing policy on his own is constrained. He needs the legislature’s assistance to change state law and to direct any new state spending.

“No executive order alone will solve our housing crisis,” he conceded at a news conference where the order was unveiled.

But the six-page directive, which comes after Senate Bill 213, Polis’ signature measure aimed at boosting a ordable housing, failed in the legislature this year, keeps a ordable housing in the headlines and as part of the statewide conversation.

e order attempts to incorporate some aspects of Senate Bill 213 on a smaller scale by setting “strategic growth goals.”

It calls on several state agencies to “inventory all policies, plans, procedures and rules for programs that provide support to local governments … for housing develop-

ment, transportation, economic development, water infrastructure and conservation, and other growth-related programs.” e governor wants to make sure the programs promote e cient development that aligns with his climate goals — including by reducing transit and sprawl — and that the development creates housing “for every budget.”

One tangible goal the governor hopes his order will accomplish is reducing the turnaround time for the Colorado Department of Local A airs to approve funding for affordable housing projects. e process takes about 240 days now and

he wants it to be 90 days by July 2024. Eventually, Polis wants the process to take as few as 10 days.

e governor said “with housing, time is money,” so the state needs to have a “laser-like focus” in quickly turning around money and applications.

“Now, of course, that’s only for a percentage of the total projects that are built in the state,” he said. “It’s really just the state doing the piece that we can do. It’s not insigni cant. It absolutely will help facilitate and accelerate housing on the a ordable front.”

e agencies a ected by the order are the Colorado Energy O ce, the O ce of Economic Development and International Trade, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Local A airs, the Department of Public Health and Environment, and the Department of Personnel and Administration.

e agencies have until Dec. 15 to submit a report to the governor’s o ce on what they nd.

e order doesn’t come with additional funding for a ordable housing initiatives. It would take legislative action to do that.

“What this does is it focuses the expenditures we have,” Polis said, including new funding generated by the passage last year of Proposition 123, which sets aside up to $290 million annually in existing tax revenue for a ordable housing projects.

e governor said the order has been in the works for “a while” and that he consulted with developers, local o cials and housing advocates in putting it together.

e governor believes promoting more housing development, mainly through density, will help Coloradans struggling to nd an a ordable place to live. But he’s

clashed with fellow Democrats over his proposals.

Polis pushed the legislature this year to pass Senate Bill 213, which started out as a mandate that cities and towns zone for greater residential housing density. But the measure faced erce resistance from local governments and was pared back in the Senate to a task force.

e legislation was then partially resurrected in the House to increase the number of multifamily homes around bus and train stops in Colorado’s large cities. But the Senate was unwilling to accept those changes and the bill died on the calendar in the nal hours of the 2023 lawmaking term, a major defeat for Polis.

Both the Colorado House and Senate are controlled by Democrats.

ere are signs aspects of the bill will be pursued again in 2024, and Polis said Monday that “the e orts around land-use reform are continuing.”

“We are con dent that the governor and the legislature will continue to keep the issue of housing top of mind as we move toward 2024,” Brian Rossbert, executive director of Housing Colorado, a nonpro t, said in a written statement as part of a news release issued by the governor. “ e actions taken today will help inform further legislative action that will help move the needle on our housing crisis.”

e 2024 legislative session begins in January.

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Gov. Jared Polis signs a housing executive order on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, in his o ce at the Colorado Capitol.

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Feel the burn: Looking beyond Colorado’s cool-ish 2023

This summer’s coolish, wettish weather along Colorado’s northern Front Range, home to two-thirds of Colorado’s nearly 6 million residents, has been delightful. Denver’s temperature didn’t crack 90 until well into July and hasn’t broached 100 as of midAugust.

I’m uneasy. is is not normal. Weather varies, but our climates have been warming briskly. July was the hottest ever for planet Earth. When will it be our turn to be part of the bon re?

Phoenix has been burning. is summer’s 31-consecutive days with temperatures surpassing 110 degrees broke the old record of 18 days.

I’ve been in 103 degree heat. It was unpleasant. I cannot imagine Phoenix’s all-time high of 122 degrees.

Don’t trip. In such heat, merely falling down onto the pavement can produce burns, as if you had stuck your hand in a camp re. During that streak, CNN reported that half the patients in the Arizona Burn Center’s ICU had been burned because of falling to the ground.

Overnight lows may be more important than daytime highs. By late July, Phoenix had 17 consecutive days of 90-plus minimums. One overnight low was 96 degrees.

Climate Central’s Andrew Pershing says these rising nighttime temperatures can be more directly tied to global climate change than daytime temperatures. “ e low temperatures we are seeing overnight in the Southwest this summer are shockingly high, and that is very much an impact of climate change,” he said recently on a SciLine webinar.

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“ is is not normal,” said Pershing, an oceanographer by training.

“But it is not surprising. is is what we predicted 20 to 30 years ago. It’s a new world, and we are going to see change until we get our emissions of greenhouse gases under control.”

Where in the United States would be least a ected by climate change?

e Northern Great Plains and Midwest have been spared major impacts, he said. So far, that is.

“ at’s an area where it would be easy to say that it seems safe now, but it’s probably not as safe as it appears,” Pershing added.

e 2021 Western North American heat wave was extraordinary. In British Columbia, the village of Lytton in June 2021 had three days of extreme heat, including a Canadian record of 121 degrees. Green leaves fell from trees. Hours later re erupted. Most of the hamlet vanished within minutes. In Oregon and elsewhere, people without air conditioning literally baked to death. e death toll exceeded 1,400 people. Scientists concluded that the warming climate makes such heat domes 150 times more likely.

Je Goodell, in his new book, “ e Heat Will Kill You First,” examines the human physiology. We can tolerate heat, but just to a point. Heat actually kills more people than oods or hurricanes. It hits those without air conditioning or who must work outdoors

the hardest. Prepubescent children and those who are older and with pre-existing conditions are more susceptible. ere’s ample, tragic evidence even younger, virile people can die of heat stroke.

Could next year bring something resembling the 2021 heat dome to Colorado?

“I don’t know of any speci c predictions about heat waves in Colorado,” says Pershing. “However, I think it’s pretty clear after the last few summers that no place is safe from unusual and dangerous heat.”

In Fort Collins, the Colorado state climatologist is more cautious. “ e Paci c Northwest heat dome in 2021 fell so far outside of what had been observed historically that those kinds of events are likely to remain extremely rare, even in a warming climate,” says Russ Schumacher. “But even if we don’t see something that extreme in Colorado, the frequency and intensity of summer heat is almost certain to increase in the future.”

Indeed, parts of southern and southwestern Colorado had their warmest July ever. Because of heat and drought, maps of Colorado River Basin altogether —including Western Colorado — show a welt of purple.

An updated Climate Change in Colorado report, now being revised after peer review, will show projections of a very large increase in heat waves across Colorado as the climate continues to warm, says Schumacher. “At the same time, cold waves in the winter are projected to decrease in frequency, but not by nearly as much as the heat waves will increase. So it is a very asymmetric change, where we will

still see extreme cold at a pretty regular pace, but extreme heat will increase by a lot.”

Scientists that Goodell talked with nd it plausible that all-time temperature records could be shattered by 5 to 10 degrees. Grand Junction’s 107 degrees this summer tied its alltime record. How would it do at 115 degrees? How would the San Luis Valley potato harvest fare if Alamosa had 105 degrees? Colorado had 1.34 million acres planted in corn in 2022. “Of all the commercial food crops, corn may be the most vulnerable to heat,” says Goodell. Planning for rising heat is underway. Pavement and concrete in cities create a well-known heat island e ect. Trees bu er this e ect. Can metro Denver retain its tree cover even while using less water? Can the electrical grid handle the surge in demand caused by air conditioning?

Real estate developers seem to expect higher temperatures. New housing in Winter Park, elevation 9,100 feet, now has air conditioning. When I worked there 40 years ago, most of us would have thought that preposterous.

Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Miami/Dade County all have heat departments, to coordinate responses. Seems crazy now, but will Denver someday have a heat o ce, too? Given what the science tells us about rising temperatures, I suggest it might make sense. Crazy would be thinking that this year’s coolness is the norm.

Allen Best publishes Big Pivots, which covers climate change and the energy and water transitions in Colorado and beyond. Meet him at bigpivots.com.

Whose footsteps are we following in?

Sometimes we lead, and other times we follow. Even leaders sometimes must become followers as we don’t always know everything or have all the answers. So, we follow the wise council of our trusted advisors. And the journey to becoming a leader meant that there were those that went ahead of us whose footsteps we chose to follow in.

When I was a very young boy, my father died, leaving my mom with four children. My mom’s dad, my grandfather, stepped up and, along with my grandmother, played a huge role in raising me and my siblings. I looked up to him as he was such a man of integrity, so faithful, so loving, and one of the hardestworking people I would ever know. I wanted to walk in his footsteps.

When it came time for my wedding day, my grandfather had become fairly sick and as it turned

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out, he would be unable to make the wedding. I stayed at a hotel the night before my wedding, as I was not supposed to see my bride until she walked down the aisle. On the morning of my wedding, I went to work for a little while, just to help the hours pass.

But then I decided since my grandfather couldn’t come to me, I would go to him.

I packed up my tuxedo and went to his house. We had lunch, and we talked, and he helped me make sure my tuxedo was on right and he pinned the ower to my lapel. What does this have to do with deciding whose footsteps we will choose to walk in? Well, there is a

Bruce Springsteen song, “Walk Like a Man,” that reminds me whose footsteps I chose to follow in, and the rst set of lyrics goes like this:

“I remember how rough your hand felt on mine

On my wedding day

And the tears cried on my shoulder I couldn’t turn away

Well so much has happened to me at I don’t understand

All I can think of is being ve years old following behind you at the beach

Tracing your footprints in the sand

Trying to walk like a man”

To this day, every time I hear this song or think of my grandfather, I tear up with good happy and healthy tears. To this day I still want to follow in his footprints in the sands of life. It was like Bruce

wrote this song just for me and my grandfather. In my life journey and my career journey, I have been blessed to have followed others in their footsteps, people who I knew I could learn from. People who I knew went through life’s hardships and corporate challenges and had successfully fought their way through both.

And we have to be careful too as we have all heard stories about someone who chose to follow another person who they thought was a good person to follow and maybe even idolize. Only to nd out that they weren’t really who they made themselves out to be. It turned out that they were only about themselves and self-absorbed, unwilling to share any teachings with the people who looked up to them.

Even today I look for people

Allen Best

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‘Side by Side’ show coming soon

Littleton Fine Arts Guild members were challenged to choose another artist and create a related work to exhibit in the “Side by Side” show that will run Sept. 12 to Oct. 29 at the Depot Art Center, 2069 W. Powers in Downtown Littleton. Guild members may choose an artist (alive or dead) whose work they wish to imitate. is involves stepping out of an artist’s comfort zone, according to publicist Peggy Dietz. Depot hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. For instance, guild member Kathy Triplett created “Starry Night at Sea” in relation to Vincent Van Gogh’s “ e Starry Night.” See depotartgallery.org.

This is Colorado exhibit Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College opened the is is Colorado exhibit, hosted by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, on August 29, with an awards reception on Aug. 31. It Includes paintings, drawings and mixed media works by Colorado artists and runs through Sept. 21. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday; ursday until 7 p.m. Next: e Greek Eye, Sept. 25-Oct. 27, photography and art created by Workforce and Community Travel Program students who visited Greece in June 2023. See arapahoe. edu.

Curious Theatre

Curious eatre at 1080 Acoma St., Denver, presents its 26th season with a regional premiere performance of “ e Minutes” by Tracy Letts, opening Sept. 9. Jada Susanne Dixon is now artistic director at Curious and many of the previous artistic company will appear in this much-honored new work. Curious also introduces a new bar, e Confessional, located in the Curious Orchestra. Christy Montour Larson directs “ e Minutes,” which features 15 Curious Artistic Company members. Regarding parking: the lot across the street is closed due to construction. Street parking is free. ere is a free lot on the

south side of the theater and there are paid lots at 1056 Acoma St. and 1055 Lincoln St. and the Acoma Street Parking Garage. 303-6230524, curioustheatre.org.

Denver Art Museum

Denver Art Museum will present “ e Russells in Denver,” with 18 works by Charles M. Russell, recreating his solo show at the Brown Palace Hotel in 1921, organized by his wife, Nancy. Included in general admission. Opening Oct. 1. See denverartmuseum.org.

Craft fair spaces

Some spaces remain in the Friends of the Library/Museum Craft Fair, scheduled for Oct. 7, at Ketring Park on Gallup Street in Littleton. lisa@littletoncraftfair.org.

Vintage Theatre

Vintage eatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, will present “Cabaret,” Sept. 15 to Oct. 22. with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masterho . Directed by Bernie Cardell, music director Tanner Kelly, choreography by Adrienne Hampton. Tickets: $20$38. 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre. org.

look at the business world and also life in general.

Stories on Stage

Stories on Stage opens “Random Acts of Kindness” on Sept. 17, 2 p.m., at Su Teatro, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Stories read by actors. Tickets, $26, storiesonstage.org or 303-494-0523.

Botanic Gardens

Denver Botanic Gardens York Street programs for fall: Sept. 9 — Family workshop with Museo de las Americas about Chicana artist and author Carmen Lomas Garza, known for family stories told by illustrations of family traditions and community. Workshop designed for families with children age 6 and up. Fall Plant and Bulb Sale on Sept. 2223, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, reservations required. 1007 York St.,

720-865-3500, botanicgardens.org.

Ballet Ariel

Ballet Ariel opens its 25th season with “Aurora’s Wedding” from “Sleeping Beauty.” Oct. 7, 3 p.m.: Cleo Parker Robinson eatre, 119 Park Ave. West, Denver; Oct. 15, 3 p.m.: Elaine Wolf eatre, at the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Tickets: $25, $23, $20 include performance and tea party. See balletariel.org or 303945-4388.

Evergreen theatre

“Into the Woods” opens Sept. 15 at Ovation West eatre’s fall season at Center Stage in Evergreen, 27608 Fireweed Drive. See ovationwest.org.

that I would like to follow in their footsteps for certain things. ere are so many men and women whom I admire and respect for the way they handle their approach to life. Sometimes they demonstrate behaviors that intuitively I know that I should be doing, or I already am doing them, they are just doing them di erently. And age doesn’t matter, I look at some of the brightest and best in the business world and as much they are seeking my learned wisdom, I am seeking their new paradigm regarding how they

Are there people in your life worthy of following in their steps? Even as a leader, are you vulnerable enough to still follow when it’s the right thing to do? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can choose the right footsteps to follow in, 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.

The Depot Art Gallery in Littleton will open a new exhibit, “Side by Side,” on September 12, with members of Littleton Fine Art Guild starting with an inspiration from another artist and producing their own related image.

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a need exists, reducing transportation barriers to care.

“Our response now is, people are needing help, and they’re already there,” Horst said. “By Wellness Winnie being there, it’s not that we’re bringing the people to us, we are coming to the people.”

Additionally, the Wellness Winnie program is partnering with Denver Public Schools to o er services at six community hubs connected to local elementary schools in higherneeds neighborhoods within all of Denver’s regions, Horst said. e six hubs are Place Bridge Academy in the Washington Virginia Vale neighborhood, Colfax Elementary in the West Colfax neighborhood, Smith Elementary in Northeast Park Hill, Focus Points Family Resource Center in Elyria Swansea, John H. Amesse Elementary in Montbello and Johnson Elementary in the Mar Lee neighborhood.

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said. “ at is reason to acknowledge and say something is going better for our boys. When our girls are still decreasing, something’s not going right for our girls. We need to have a better understanding of what’s happening with girls in the state and to devote more focus and support.”

Boys may have performed better than girls on average, especially in math, but girls outperformed boys in English Language Arts. e assessment report did not include data on nonbinary or LGBTQ+ students.

Because the schools are known, trusted places in the community, people will hopefully feel more comfortable approaching the Wellness Winnies, Horst said. Once they do, they will nd that they do not need to provide insurance, have U.S. documentation or speak English to successfully access care, Horst added.

“ ere continues to be disparities and a lot of stigma that certain communities within Denver really struggle with, even more than just your baseline population,” Horst said.

“So with that in mind, we’re excited to have these kinds of services where the idea is that we have the lowest barriers possible.”

DPHE partnered with community organizations like Street Fraternity, Heart and Hand Center and Struggle of Love Foundation to better understand community needs and build trust with residents, Horst said.

Struggle of Love is a nonpro t based in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood that provides underprivileged youth and families with yearround access to various services and programs, including a food pantry,

Colorado student performance also varied by academic subject and grade level, which was measured for third through eighth grade students. Language arts performance levels mostly saw some improvement from the 2021-2022 school year. Elementary school English scores are getting close to pre-pandemic levels, but upper grades are still lagging by several points. Spanish language skills saw an even greater lag. ird graders scored about 9% lower in Spanish than they did in 2019. Only about one in three students are at the level they should be in science. Students’ math performance, however, saw the most progress, with scores surpassing 2022 levels.

annual toy giveaways and sports and mentorship programs.

e Wellness Winnie parks in Struggle of Love’s parking lot every Tuesday to conduct educational programs like Narcan training, hand out hygiene bags and assist clients with their personal needs. is helps the sta at Struggle of Love easily connect clients to services without having to ask clients to travel o site or search throughout the city for resources, said Ashley Smith, director of mental health services at Struggle of Love.

People at Struggle of Love have come to know and trust the sta , and feel comfortable approaching the purple vans, Smith said.

“We walk them down personally, and we talk to them to establish those connections right there on the spot, so if they already trust Struggle of Love, then they’ll trust Wellness Winnie because we trust Wellness Winnie,” Smith said.

Each vehicle will generally provide the same services while out in the community, with the medical RV Super Winnie more focused on clinical care, and the other vehicles more

ey are still lagging behind prepandemic levels, however, especially for students in seventh and eighth grades.

Córdova said all of the data included in the assessment report will help her department and state lawmakers use resources e ectively to move Colorado’s education system in the right direction.

“It really does provide the roadmap for our schools and districts, as they think about designing their uni ed improvement plan,” Córdova said. “It gives us information at a state level to determine where we need to place more focus and energy. It really is about sharing the information transparently and

focused on behavioral and mental health care and education such as overdose prevention and reversal, Horst said.

e Wellness Winnie team also o ers taxi vouchers, so that if they refer someone to seek treatment at another site, they can provide the transportation means to get there.

e Mini Winnies are a permanent expansion, and the medical services currently have a three-year funding allocation that could be renewed in the future, Horst said. e team is optimistic that the new services will make a big di erence in caring for the Denver community.

“It’s been in the works for a while, and to see some of this come to fruition is super exciting,” Horst said. “It just continues to be a very humbling, rewarding experience to be able to serve the city and county of Denver in this way with our Wellness Winnie team.”

understanding what we’re seeing in terms of trends and then how we allocate support and resources to districts.”

Córdova credited recent investments from the state for the better-than-expected performance in math. House Bill 1231 passed earlier this year and created a state grant program to support academic acceleration in mathematics. e measure also provided funding for the Department of Education to provide math training for teachers and compile a list of high quality math teaching materials. is KUNC story via e Associated Press’ Storyshare, of which Colorado Community Media is a member.

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Go whole grain for heart health

(Family Features) Eating healthy is a priority for many Americans but knowing where to start and with what foods may be a little trickier. One way to level up the nutritional value of your meals is to better understand whole grains and why they are important for a heart-healthy diet.

As a key feature of heart-healthy diets, whole grains like sorghum, oatmeal and brown rice are rich sources of dietary ber, may improve blood cholesterol levels and provide nutrients that help the body form new cells, regulate the thyroid and maintain a healthy immune system.

However, according to a survey by e Harris Poll on behalf of the American Heart Association, U.S. adults are least knowledgeable about re ned vs. whole grains compared to other foods like fruits, vegetables and proteins. Also, when asked to identify whole grains and re ned grains, most adults incorrectly believe multi-grain bread is a whole grain and only 17% believe sorghum is an example of a whole grain when it is, in fact, a nutritious whole-grain option.

If you’re looking to try more whole grains, sorghum is a primary ingredient in these heart-healthy Pancakes with Blueberry Vanilla Sauce. is avorful dish can be part of an overall healthy diet as recommended by the American Heart Association’s Healthy for Good initiative, supported by the Sorghum Checko . Find more heart-healthy meal ideas at Heart.org/ healthyforgood.

PANCAKES WITH BLUEBERRY VANILLA SAUCE

Recipe courtesy of the American Heart Association and Sorghum Checkoff

Servings: 4 (2 pancakes, 1/4 cup sauce and 2 tablespoons yogurt per serving)

Sauce:

2 teaspoons cornstarch

1/3 cup water

1 cup blueberries

1 tablespoon sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Pancakes:

1/2 cup quick-cooking rolled oats

1/2 cup whole grain sorghum flour

1 1/2 tablespoons firmly packed

light brown sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup fat-free milk

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 large egg

1 tablespoon canola or corn oil

Topping: 1/2 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt

To make sauce: Put cornstarch in medium saucepan. Add water, stirring to dissolve. Stir in blueberries and sugar. Bring to boil over medium-high heat. Boil 1-2 minutes, or until sauce thickens slightly. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Cover to keep warm. Set aside.

To make pancakes: In medium bowl, stir oats, sorghum flour,

brown sugar, baking powder and cinnamon.

In small bowl, whisk milk, applesauce, egg and oil. Stir into flour mixture until batter is just moistened and no flour is visible without overmixing. Heat nonstick griddle over medium heat. Test temperature by sprinkling drops of water on griddle. Griddle is ready when water evaporates quickly. Pour 1/4 cup batter for each pancake on griddle. Cook 2-3 minutes, or until tiny bubbles appear on surface and bottoms are golden brown. Flip pancakes. Cook 1-2 minutes, or until cooked through and golden brown on bottoms. The USDA recommends cooking egg dishes to 160 F. Transfer pancakes to plates. Spoon sauce over pancakes. Top each serving with 2 tablespoons yogurt.

AGING GRACEFULLY AT HOME 3 stylish safety and mobility products

(Family Features) While aging is inevitable, it doesn’t mean you can’t do so with grace and style. For many seniors hoping to look and feel their best, there are plenty of options, from the clothing they wear to products they use every day. Choosing more ‘stylish’ safety accessories is one way to go.

To improve quality of life and inspire confidence, Medline, a leading provider of consumer medical products, teamed up

AROUND THE HOME

e right mobility aid can help you navigate your home. One option, the Adjustable Rolling Walker, combines a chic, sporty checked pattern with renowned functional features to help you easily stand and walk safely and independently. Its smooth-rolling, all-terrain wheels make it easy to get around in or outside of your home while push-down, locking brakes are ready for a rest stop at any time. Plus, it easily folds for travel and storage, and features under-seat storage and adjustable easy-grip handles for a custom t and fashionable function.

with Martha Stewart to introduce the Martha Stewart Home Comfort Care Collection. The line of design-inspired safety and mobility products combines sophisticated design and dependability to help those who use them look and feel their best.

“We are excited to enter into this unique partnership,” said Dawn Freitag, Medline senior marketing manager. “Martha Stewart’s signature style has always set the standard

FOR THE BATHROOM

e most essential purpose of bathroom safety aids is to prevent falls on wet, slippery surfaces. Beyond securely-attached bath mats and grab bars, the Martha Stewart Euro-Style Shower Chair allows you to sit while showering for extra peace of mind. With built-in handgrips and a backrest for comfort, the rust-resistant chair also features adjustable, push-button height settings to improve stability and built-in Microban protection to resist mold and mildew.

for better, more enjoyable living and this line of mobility and bath safety products is no exception. We believe these fashionable, modern designs along with our top-rated quality and value pricing will help seniors live their happiest, healthiest lives with exceptional safety, security and style.”

Consider these supportive care products to maximize style and safety, and find the full collection by visiting athome.medline.com.

IN THE BEDROOM

ere are numerous products designed to maximize rest, relaxation and safety in and around your bed. To help you get in and out of bed, an Adjustable Bed Assist Bar slides around the side of the mattress – without oor legs that may pose a tripping hazard – to o er support. With a stylish faux woodgrain bag design and neutral color, the bar seamlessly blends in with bedding and linens to provide both function and air.

(Family Features) e same risk factors that contribute to making heart disease the leading cause of death worldwide also impact the rising global prevalence of brain disease, including stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

e global death rate from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is increasing even more than the rate of heart disease death, according to the American Heart Association’s Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2022 Update.

Globally, more than 54 million people had Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in 2020, a 37% increase since 2010 and 144% increase over the past 30 years (1990-2020). Additionally, more than 1.89 million deaths were attributed to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias worldwide in 2020, compared to nearly 9 million deaths from heart disease.

Manage heart health for stronger brain health

risk factors can make a real di erence in helping people live longer, healthier lives, free of heart disease and brain disease.”

cognitive function.

Optimal brain health includes the ability to perform tasks like movement, perception, learning and memory, communication, problem solving, judgment, decision making and emotion. Cognitive decline and dementia are often seen following stroke or cerebrovascular disease and indicate a decline in brain health. Consider these steps to live a healthier lifestyle and protect your heart and brain health:

Don’t smoke; avoid secondhand smoke. Reach and maintain a healthy weight. Be mindful of your eating habits; eat foods low in saturated fat, trans fat, sodium and added sugars.

“ e global rate of brain disease is quickly outpacing heart disease,” said Mitchell S.V. Elkind, M.D. M.S., FAHA, the past president of the American Heart Association (2020-21), a professor of neurology and epidemiology at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and attending neurologist at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

“We are learning more about how some types of dementia are related to aging, and how some types are due to poor vascular health. It’s becoming more evident that reducing vascular disease

According to the statistics update, people with midlife hypertension were ve times more likely to experience impairment on global cognition and about twice as likely to experience reduced executive function, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. e risk for dementia associated with heart failure was nearly two-fold.

Experts recommend maintaining a healthy weight, managing your blood pressure and following other heart-healthy lifestyle behaviors that can also support good brain health while studies show maintaining good vascular health is associated with healthy aging and retained

Be physically active. Start slowly and build up to at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity (such as brisk walking) each week. As an alternative, you can do 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity, or a combination of the two, to improve overall cardiovascular health.

Get your blood pressure checked regularly and work with your health care team to manage it if it’s high.

Have regular medical checkups and take your medicine as directed.

Decrease your stress level and seek emotional support when needed.

Learn more about the relationship between heart health and brain health at heart.org.

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

To celebrate her 101st birthday, many of her closest friends came together at Northridge Park in Highlands Ranch.

“She means a lot to us,” said close friend Sue Jude. “She always has the sweetest, warmest greeting.” ere was a lot of food to go around at the celebration as Gunther had a large birthday cake and guests brought other treats for a large potluck.

Wearing a purple happy birthday tiara, Gunther was joined by two of her daughters, Barbara and Susan, and her friends from her aerobics class.

Gunther goes to aerobics class three times a week where the other participants say they have to keep up with her.

“She’s very energetic,” said Barbara.

Since she can remember, Gunther has always been physically active.

While attending an all girls board-

ing school in Vancouver, Canada as a child, Gunther said there was not much to do, so she and some friends decided to stay active. In addition to walking and running around the school, she also played soccer.

One of her fondest childhood memories is the First of July events in Vancouver where there were fun activities all day long. Some of her favorites were running in races and swimming.

“I’ve always been athletic,” said Gunther. “Since I’m older now, I still try to keep some of it.”

To stay active, Gunther plays with her grandkids when they come to visit and takes her dog, Toby, on a walk everyday.

Gunther also cherished Christmas at her grandmother’s house. And now, Gunther gets to continue to experience that love every holiday and birthday with her own growing family.

With her husband and ve children, the family would adventure on many road trips across the country and up to Canada.

“I loved every minute of it,” said Susan, Gunther’s eldest child.

Gunther met her husband Carlwho was a Navy O cer - on a blind date

“I would tell him I fell in love with his white uniform,” said Gunther.

Having lived in Seattle, Washington, the two had traveled to Colorado where he proposed to her in the mountains, followed by 59 years of marriage before Carl passed.

When they rst moved to Highlands Ranch, there were only a few houses on their street with an open view to watch the sunset every night.

Every year, the couple would go on an international trip, going all around the globe to places like Japan to see Mount Fujiyama as well as Portugal and England.

Gunther said the only places she hasn’t gone are Russia, India and South America.

With beautiful clear blue water, Gunther said the South Paci c was her favorite destination. She and her husband went there on their 50th anniversary.

While in China, she fell in love with the art of traditional Chinese ribbon and fan dancing.  “ at’s where I saw this Chinese dancing,” said Gunther. “I saw those fans and those beautiful ribbons.”

Gunther knew she had to learn that style of dance.

She performed the style of dance for the talent portion of beauty pageants - where she tied for for Ms. Senior Colorado one year- and performed at her 100th birthday party.

Gunther’s life so far has been lled with loving people and amazing memories from around the world and she does not want to stop.

No matter what it is, Gunther encourages others to never stop moving.

“I o er everybody the choice to do something all the time,” said Gunther. “Don’t just sit around, look at TV, you want to live life.”

ome say she’s amazing, others say she’s a wonder woman, but one thing for certain is Yvette Gunther is an energetic and caring mother, grandmother and friend.

Highlands Ranch resident Yvette Gunther celebrates her 101st birthday with friends and family at Northridge Park. Always full of energy, Gunther wears her purple happy birthday tiara as she enjoys the potluck.

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How Children’s Hospital patients hear their stories become songs

BY EDEN LANE COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Earlier this summer, young patients at Denver’s Children’s Hospital took part in an usual collaboration — they were invited to write a story about anything they wanted, with a chance to hear their ideas turned into a song.

Six-year-old Jonnie MacPhee picked something close to his heart: a beloved toy that smells like pickles. “He’s a stu ed animal dog named Old Harry that’s been with me since I was a baby,” Jonnie explained.

Jonnie’s mom, Rachael MacPhee, said the pair go way back. “We have a picture of Johnny in the ICU — his rst ICU stay — laying in the bed with this little stu y.”

at rst hospitalization, when Jonnie was only three months old, was about 10 days.

“During that time we learned that Johnny had a heart defect. From then on, we just kind of became permanent xtures at Children’s,” MacPhee explained.

In Jonnie’s story, Old Harry and Jonnie meet in a toy store and become enchilada-eating, TV-watching friends.

rough a happy encounter with a wizard, Old Harry becomes real, and immortal, the story concludes.

rough the arts nonpro t Sing Me a Story, Jonnie’s story about Old Harry was sent to Colorado musician and songwriter Brent Cowles.

“I think this type of project is exactly what music should be for,” said Cowles. “It just felt like a very natural thing, to try to use what I love doing — to create a song based on a story, written by a young person, is just, what a cool idea.”

Cowles describes his musical style as a ‘dusty, Western soulful sound’ and the song he came up with is called ‘Pickle Smelling Dog.’

“He’s been through all of Johnny’s adventures, and the story itself kind of lent itself to the sound,” Cowles said.

“Once upon a time, there was a nice funny dog his name was ol’ Harry,” Cowles sings. “He was super smart. He liked to watch TV and he liked to

eat pickles — he was a pickle-smelling dog.” is is the rst time Children’s Hospital Colorado has worked with Sing Me A Story. Executive Director Austin Atteberry, also a singer-songwriter, co-founded the organization about 12 years ago.

“Today we have about 5,000 songwriters that participate in our program. We work with a little over 200 organizations like Children’s Hospital Colorado, all over the world,” Atteberry said.

“ ese opportunities for creative engagement are so important, especially at a children’s hospital. Art really provides respite. It provides joy. It’s a space for kids to be kids,” said Children’s Hospital arts coordinator Jasmine Chu.

Chu notes that medical outcomes are often measured through scienti c study research and quanti able

results.

“But the results that I get to see, which I think really make the work worth doing, are the smiles I get to see on people’s faces, or I see some kids… just having a great time,” Chu said. “It’s really impactful and I’m just honored to provide this for our families and for patients, and for our sta too.”

Participants in the Sing Me a Story project came from two Children’s programs that work with children with complex ongoing health needs. ey and their families got to hear the songs during a private concert at the hospital. e works are also available on the Sing Me a Story website.

15-year-old Darius Ziabakhsh used the opportunity to share his experience of walking in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics, thanks to Ronald McDonald House Charities.

“I was given a chance to not only spread my story of how I grew up with

medical conditions, like everyone else experiencing this, but how I was able to live with my medical conditions and (have) it be part of my life instead of something that negatively a ected my life,” Ziabakhsh said. “It helps me (and) makes me feel good ‘cause I can help so many people.”

One of the people Ziabakhsh helped, is the musician who turned his story into a song — hip-hop artist and songwriter Saxon Kincy.

“Darius loved hip-hop. And I don’t know how many people out there, especially hip-hop artists, are jumping at this opportunity,” Kincy said.

“It was amazing. It was such a good story. It was what I needed at the time.”

Kincy said one of Ziabakshi’s lines — “I went from bitterness to thankfulness” — will stick with him forever. “I’ll never forget that. And yeah, that story was so, so helpful for me,” Kincy said.

Children’s Hospital Colorado clinical psychologist Cindy Buchanan works with the young patients and their families in support groups. Buchanan said that at their core, these patients and their loved ones are resilient and incredibly strong, and the art programs are an important tool for them.

“ ey work so hard to optimize their kids’ well-being and provide them opportunities to ourish in their world. But there’s moments of crisis, there’s moments of signi cant stressors, and I wanna arm these kids with tools that can help them when they’re in maybe the tougher spots,” said Buchanan.

“Sometimes that’s being able to go snuggle up and talk with Mom and Dad. Sometimes that’s being able to journal in their Children’s Hospital notebook, sometimes that’s creating their own music or writing their own lyrics to songs.

“And if we can give them the opportunity to explore some of these arts in the context of the hospital where many of these kids spend so much time, then we’re giving them those tools,” Buchanan said. is Colorado Public Radio story via a news sharing agreement with Colorado Community Media.

Musician Brent Cowles who performed “Pickle Smelling Dog” poses with Jonnie MacPhee, 6, who inspired the song.

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Creators across Colorado show positive impact of fairy gardens

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A tiny, magical place hides in plain sight by a residential sidewalk in Highlands Ranch, inviting guests to crouch down to get a better view.

Miniature tree trunk stumps lead the way to a small door near a sign that reads, “Fairy Garden.” Behind that door is a mystical land where fairies can gather, sit at a table, admire a pond, enter a small hut or hang out with other animals.

“I love kids, and there’s a lot of kids in our neighborhood. And I wanted something for them to just have fun with and see,” said Angie Gallagher, the creator of the fairy garden.

Fairy gardens hold magical powers beyond being a gathering place for mystical creatures — they are also a hub for people’s creativity, community and positivity.

“It gives us that hope,” Gallagher said. “It reminds us of the magic in the world, and I think we need that.”

Scattered throughout Colorado, fairy gardens come in all shapes and sizes.

An elementary school in ornton, Riverdale Elementary, had students in an after-school

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club create potted fairy gardens to be placed in the school courtyard.

In the west metro area of Golden 7-year-old Juniper Kenyon’s eyes lled with wonder as she assembled her own fairy garden in a glass container alongside her 9-year-old sister, Olive, and her mother, Kelly at the Golden Library.

“I wanted to make a house for the fairies that we could put … outside so they could live in it,” Juniper said.

to enjoy.

e family was among about 20 participants in the library’s community workshop to make fairy gardens in late July.

“We really love fairies,” Kelly said. “I just think it’s fun that we’re all together and just being creative.”

CIRCLE PHOTO: Angie Gallagher holds a small house that she plans to put in a Thaibased fairy garden she hopes to create.

PHOTOS BY TAYLER SHAW

Seeing the excitement and pride on the faces of children like Juniper and Olive as they made their fairy gardens was a highlight for Alada Ramsey, a librarian at Golden Library who helped with the event.

Making fairy gardens has been a big part of Ramsey’s family, she said.

“My kids always built fairy gardens at my house, and at … my mother’s house, and at my grandmother’s house” she said. “We’re constantly doing fairy gardens.”

When children are young, their imaginations can become enamored with the idea that fairies will come to the gardens and play, she said.

“It’s just so fun, and it also is a great opportunity to teach kindness,” Ramsey said. “Because if you can imagine that there are fairies and you can imagine what their needs and wants are, that’s all good for getting you out of yourself and into the world and opening yourself up to the natural world around you.”

Emily Due, also a librarian at Golden Library who helped lead the event, said she loved to see how intergenerational the event was, as there were young kids, parents and grandparents who participated and made their own fairy gardens.

“I wasn’t expecting the adults to get so into it,” Due said.

Putting together the fairy gardens consisted of putting pebbles, air plants, moss, seashells, stones and other decorations into a glass bowl.

Although everyone had access to the same materials, each garden ended up looking di erent, Due said, which highlights the artistic expression that is possible.

Due said she likes that so much of fairy gardens comes from folklore and mythology, which ties into the literacy elements that libraries want to promote.

“We have an opportunity to educate and maybe get them interested in stories that are already on our shelves, but then also, we’re encouraging them to play,” Due said.

In her research on fairy gardens, Due said she found out that some people believed that fairies were the rst magical creatures to inhabit British islands, arriving before humans had.

“When people came, the fairies got a little bit scared and so they went underground. And so, fairy gardens was a way for people to say, ‘Hey, come on back. Spend time with us,’” Due said.

Angie Gallagher, of Highlands Ranch, compared fairy gardens to bird baths and birdseed being offered in people’s yards.

“It’s to help the birds with the migration, and it’s kind of the same idea,” she said of fairy gardens.

In addition to assembling a fairy garden in the community, Gallagher has made fairy garden

starter kits that she has given out to people, which included a sheet about fairies.

e sheet explained that fairies are all over the world, such as in Mexico, ailand, Russia, and the United States, and they are ying to new places all across the globe.

“I wanted the fairies to be multicultural because I’m half ai,” she said.

Gallagher said she had wanted to create a community fairy garden for a long time, gathering inspiration from the app Pinterest and getting materials from the dollar store and Amazon.

Part of the fun is having fairy gardens in little, unexpected places, she said.

“To have little pockets of fun is just really all you need to keep the faith,” she said.

e community response to the fairy garden has been great, she said. e magical place really resonated with a few young girls in the community, who Gallagher said are obsessed with the garden.

“We see them all the time,” she said. “And they even started leaving notes, so then I would write little notes back.”

One note came after a rainstorm, and the girls expressed concern for how the storm may have impacted the fairies and their garden, wanting to make sure the fairies were OK, Gallagher recalled.

“ ey were so worried during the rainstorm about how the fairies were su ering,” she said. “So, I wrote a note back.”

Gallagher said she gave the girls ample fairy garden supplies beyond the starter kit, and the girls actually created a fairy garden not too far from Gallagher’s.

On top of the notes from young fairy admirers, Gallagher said she has gotten some notes from parents who are thankful for the time she has spent to feed their children’s creative minds.

“ at just brings smiles to our faces when we see parents or grandparents bringing the little kids,” she said. “I love hearing the kids talk about what they think fairies are about, or — they just start coming up with stories about who they think is living there.”

Gallagher does not put any gurines of fairies in her garden, wanting to reinforce people’s creativity as they imagine who the fairies are.

In the future, she plans to add to her fairy garden by creating new sections that incorporate di erent cultures, hoping to increase representation and expand people’s imagination of what a fairy may look like.

“I’m going to make a ai-based fairy garden, and then I’ll probably make one that’s a Parisian fairy garden,” she said.

She also hopes to add fairy gardens to some of the Airbnb properties her family owns.

“I think there’s always something really fun about just this idea of positive hope — that someone is looking out for you. It’s like another version of an angel,” Gallagher said of fairies. “It gives you hope to kind of move about your day with con dence.”

A small fairy door next to the sign that says “All fairies are welcome” sits within a fairy garden in Highlands Ranch. PHOTOS BY TAYLER SHAW

Juniper Kenyon prepares to add a fairy figurine into her fairy garden at a workshop at the Golden Library.

A fairy garden sign is placed near the entrance of Angie Gallagher’s community fairy garden in Highlands Ranch.

“We went from 200 members to 2,000 members in ve years,” Sommer said. “And during the pandemic it just exploded. It just mushroomed.”

Fungi are literally everywhere across the planet, on every continent. Still, when it comes to nding mushrooms, you have to know where to look. In Colorado, any forest is a great starting point.

Like wild owers, mushrooms appear at lower elevations rst and the “peak bloom” shifts up the mountains later in the year.

But there are some important things to know before you start

turning over logs.

“You must be skilled enough to identify mushrooms to species to eat it. You never want to do this by just looking on the internet or in a book. You must have hands-on experience with somebody who at least knows that particular species that you’re hunting. at’s the critical thing.”

Some of the most populous mushrooms in Colorado are Porcinis, including the Boletus rubriceps and Boletus edulis, also known as the king bolete.

“ ey’re relatively easy to identify. ey’re big. You can get them 12 inches across,” Sommer said. “ ey’re delicious edibles when you get them fresh.”

Chanterelles are found on the western side of the state more than

anywhere else in Colorado, and are frequently sought out by foragers.

Matsutake mushrooms are prized in Japan, according to Sommer, and can be found under lodgepole pines

Mushrooms can be found under trees and alongside rotting logs, but each species has its own preferences, so nding a guide or going with a friend who knows their stu is a best practice when it comes to mushroom foraging.

e biggest reason to go with someone with expertise is to avoid getting sick. Edible mushrooms can be tricky to identify and often have lookalikes that are less friendly.

“Luckily, we don’t have the deadly, toxic mushrooms in Colorado,” Sommer said. “But there are plenty around that will make you sick.”

In western Colorado, there is ample forest space to explore to nd mushrooms. White River National Forest and Routt National Forest require a permit to collect mushrooms for personal use. e permits are free.

e White River National Forest gives out about 125 permits a year, according to Dillon District Ranger Adam Bianchi. ere is no limit on how many permits the forest gives out a year.

Personal use permits are also free in the Routt National Forest, while commercial permits are $20. e forest in northwest Colorado also o ers speci c collection zones.

Mushrooms can be gathered from most Forest Service land, except for wilderness areas, research natural areas, or special interest areas.

Other Forest Service rules prevent harvesting within 100 feet of a forest road or developed area, like campgrounds and picnic areas. Raking is prohibited and matsutake

mushrooms must be cut in half at harvest time and cannot be sold.

It’s common practice to not take all the mushrooms from a certain area. Leaving some behind allows a stash to return year after year.

ankfully, nding people who love mushrooms is far easier than tracking down a morel. Finding a mycological society or club is the best place to start and safely forage while learning from others.

ere is the Colorado Mycological Society, Pikes Peak Mycological society, and the new Roaring Fork group forming out of Carbondale, said Sommer.

e nonpro t groups teach classes, have monthly forays and host lectures to educate those fascinated by fungi.

e Colorado Mycological Society is working on publishing a book about foraging mushrooms that will include information on about 70 edible species of mushrooms in the state.

U.S. Forest Service o ces also provide pamphlets and books for people seeking mushrooms.

“We de nitely always encourage people to bring mushroom guides with them in case they are not super con dent about the mushrooms they’re taking,” said Marissa Herzog with the Dillon Ranger District. anks to social media and the surge in foraging interest, there’s never been more resources to learn about mushrooms and other foraging.

Eagle’s mushroom festival, which was canceled in 2023, is normally a great educational event as well. Aspen Ideas Festival hosted is Summit Daily News story via e Associated Press’ Storyshare, of which Colorado Community Media is a member.

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Plaintiff: Andrew Larson

v. Defendant: Paul Joseph Madrid; Janice Evelyn Madrid

Case Number: 23CV443

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TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT:

Paul Joseph Madrid; Janice Evelyn Madrid

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Cle'rk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you, If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

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/s/ Andrew Larson, Signature of Plaintiff PO Box 94512

Address of Plaintiff Las Vegas, NV 89193-4512

Plaintiff's Phone Number: 424-781-7947

This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

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In re Receivership: ULTRA DESIGN CENTER, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company; FLOW WHOLESALE, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company; and MODERN HOLDINGS, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company. Case number:2021CV33551. All persons having claims against the above-named Receivership Estate are required to file or present them to the Receiver on or before the Bar Date, September 22, 2023, set or the claims may be forever barred. The Receiver Group, LLC, PO BOX 101343, Denver CO 80250 or Fairfield & Woods, PC, Jack Tanner #16233, Attorney for Receiver, 1801 California St. Ste. 2600. Denver, CO 80202.

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Defendants: H+L Development, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company and Bryant W. Long, an individual

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Case Number: 22CV30744

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BRYANT W. LONG:

Notice is hereby given that on May 9, 2022, a judgment against Bryant W. Long from the District Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, entered in favor of CENCO BUILDING SERVICES, LLC, in the original amount of $36,522.62, and that on July 19, 2023, the Clerk of the DENYER County District Court issued a Writ of Execution commanding the Sheriff of DENVER County to levy, seize and take into possession the following real estate, to wit:

LOT 22 AND SOUTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 23, BLOCK 31, MCCULLOUGHS ADDITION 3RD FILING TO DENVER, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Otherwise identified or referred to as 2127 High Street, Denver, CO 80205 (the "Property").

You have legal rights that may prevent all or part of your money or property from being taken. That part of the money or property that may not be taken is called "exempt property." Notwithstanding your right to claim the property as "exempt," no exemption other than the exemptions set forth in C.R.S. Section 13-54-104(3), may be claimed for a Writ. The purpose of this Notice of Levy is to tell you about these rights.

If the money or property which is being withheld from you includes any "exempt property," you must file within 14 days of receiving this Notice of Levy a written claim of exemption with the Clerk of the Court, describing what money or property you think is "exempt property" and the reason that it is exempt.

You must act quickly to protect your rights. Remember, you only have 14 days after receiving this Notice of Levy to file your claim of exemption with the Clerk of Court. Your failure to file a claim of exemption within 14 days is a waiver of your right to file.

Now therefore, you BRYANT W. LONG take notice that within fourteen ( 14) days from the date of service hereof, if served within the state, or if served by publication, within fourteen (14)dates after service hereof, exclusive of the day of service, you may file with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court, a written claim of exemption which you may have under the statutes of the State of Colorado; and in case of your failure to make and file such written claim of exemption with the Clerk of said Court you shall be deemed to have waived your right of exemption under the statutes of this state.

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W. Long and H+L Development, LLC, jointly and severally, Defendants, dated July 19, 2023, I did on this 24th, day of July 2023, levy upon the following real estate, to wit:

LOT 22 AND SOUTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 23, BLOCK 31, MCCULLOUGHS ADDITION 3RD FILING TO DENVER, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Otherwise identified or referred to as 2127 High Street, Denver, CO 80205 (the "Property"). Situate in the City and County of Denver, Colorado.

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Denver City & County Bldg. 1437 Bannock St., Rm. 256 Denver, CO 80202-0000

Plaintiff: Cenco Building Services, LLC,

Defendants: H+L Development, LLC, et al

Case Number: 22CV30744 Div.: 280

WRIT OF EXECUTION

Original Judgment Amount: $36,522.62

Revived Judgment

Amount: $.00

Judgment Status: UNSATISFIED

Judgment Date: May 9, 2022

Judgment Date:

Additional Remarks: JUDG ENTERS IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF AND AGAINST DEF IN THE AMOUNT OF 36,522.62 WITH INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 10% PER ANNUM, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY.

Debtor(s): HAND L DEV LLC

BRYANT W LONG Creditor(s): CENCO BLDG SERV LLC

Balance of Judgment to Date: $36,522.62

To the Sheriff of Denver County, You are commanded to satisfy the above judgment plus interest and costs executing against any property legally subject to levy of the above-named judgment debtor(s) and to return this execution within 90 days from the date of issue, unless sale is pending under levy made.

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Estate of JOHN JOSEPH LAMMERTZ, also known as: John J. Lammertz, and John Lammertz, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30854

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to:

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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 December 31, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

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c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

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Estate of Jack Mills, aka Jack William Mills, aka Jack W. Mills, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30865

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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 enver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before January 2, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Last Publication: September 14, 2023

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Estate of William A. Moore, a/k/a William Arthur Moore II, a/k/a Bill Moore, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30882

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 December 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lorna G. Moore, Personal Representative 171 N. Franklin Street Denver, CO 80218

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Estate of Robert E. Laster, a/k/a Robert Earl Laster, a/k/a Robert Laster, a/k/a Bob Laster, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30801

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 January 2, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cary Laster, Personal Representative 13303 Langtry St San Antonio, TX 78248

Legal Notice No. 82406

First Publication: August 31, 2023

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Last Publication: September 14, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Estate of Margaret June Blakley; a/k/a Margaret J. Blakley; a/k/a Margaret Blakley, Case Number 2023PR30503

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 December 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Baysore & Christian Fiduciary Services, LLC Personal Representative

By: Teri Hayes, Designated Representative

7000 E. Belleview Ave., Ste 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 82388

First Publication: August 24, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Estate of RUTH WILHELM, a/k/a RUTH STECKLER WILHELM, Deceased

Case Number: 2023-PR-30792

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 December 26, 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. 82382

First Publication: August 24, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Estate of David John Weimer, a/k/a David J. Weimer, a/k/a David Weimer, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR030913

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 January 2, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Maria Ware, Personal Representative

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

Legal Notice No. 82405

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Estate of George Lee Westerberg, also known as George L. Westerberg, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30658

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 January 2, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly Ann Rike

Personal Representative

9614 S. Golden Eagle Pl. Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

Legal Notice No. 82407

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Estate of Anthony Gerald Seganti, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30803

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 December 26, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Schaffer Personal Representative

c/o Steven M. Weiser, Esq. Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP 360 S. Garfield St., 6th Floor Denver, Colorado 80209 (303) 333-9810

sweiser@fostergraham.com

Legal Notice No. 82385

First Publication: August 24, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

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Estate of Eileen E. Larsen, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR336

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 December 31, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan Lutz, Personal Representative 646 Dexter Street Denver, Colorado 80220

Legal Notice No. 82399

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

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Estate of Gilbert Ray Rivera, a/k/a Gilbert R. Rivera, a/k/a Gilbert Rivera, Deceased Case No. 2023PR30916

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 January 2, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Angelina Rose Rivera-Malpiede Personal Representative 2365 W. 32nd Avenue Denver, CO 80211

Legal Notice No. 82396

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

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Estate of PORFIRIO L. MURRIETA, aka PORFIRIO LLOYD MURRIETA, aka PORFIRIO MURRIETA, Deceased Case No. 2023PR030875

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 December 21, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Arthur Lucero, Personal Representative

8551 W. Mexico Ave. Lakewood, CO 80232

Legal Notice No. 82376

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 31, 2023

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Estate of ALLEN DONALD FRANSEN, aka ALLEN FRANSEN, aka ALLEN D. FRANSEN, aka AL FRANSEN, Deceased Case Number: 23C30861

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 December 17, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Leif Nelson

Attorney to the Personal Representative

29029 Upper Bear Creek Rd. Suite 202 Evergreen, CO 80439

Legal Notice No. 82380

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 31, 2023

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Estate of WILLIAM EMMETT KELL, a/k/a WILLIAM KELL Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR030878

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 January 2, 2034, or the claims may be forever barred.

William J. Bourke

Attorney to the Personal Representative

1099 18th Street, Suite 2600 Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 82402

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

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Estate of Rosalie P. Jaramillo, aka Rosalie Pamela Jaramillo, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30594

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 January 2, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Victor Jerome Ramshur Personal Representative 2732 South Grove St Denver, Colorado 80236

Legal Notice No. 82398

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

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Estate of William J. Cooper, Deceased

Case Number: 23 PR 30884

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 January 30, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Melissa Hart, Personal Representative 2631 US Highway 285 N Monte Vista, CO 81144

Legal Notice No. 82401

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

First-time author, Michael Lee releases children’s book

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Blending his passion for technology and art into adventure, rsttime author Michael Lee published “Drone Away From Home” to help encourage younger audiences to read and inspire readers to explore.

Lee, a military veteran, was rst inspired to tell a story of adventure after moving to Colorado in 2010 and seeing the beauty of the state. When his three children were young, he used to take them to the park where they would y kites.

Lee wrote a story called “ e Kite in the Cloud,” but was not completely satis ed with it, leaving the story to sit in his computer.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lee was looking for a creative outlet and decided to come back to the story.

“You don’t see too many people ying a kite nowadays,” said Lee. “I swapped out the kite for drones and made it much more interesting.”

“Drone Away From Home” is a story that involves friendship, overcoming obstacles and going on a worldwide adventure.

Lee’s story is about a young boy named Darius and his drone friend, Finton. One day, Finton gets lost in a storm and meets a cloud named Sophia who helps him nd his way back to Darius.

“You just hear all the stories of how you know, kids weren’t reading

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Estate of Hildegard Walker, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30628

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 December 17, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gerda Robison, Personal Representative c/o Long Reimer Winegar LLP 1800 Glenarm Place, Suite 1202 Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 82378

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 31, 2023

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Estate of Minnie Ruth Upton, a/k/a Minnie R. Upton, a/k/a Minnie Upton, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30805

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 December 26, 2023, or the claims

may be forever barred.

Sherry Ann Upton, Personal Representative

c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C.

1120 Lincoln St., #1100 Denver, CO 80203

Legal Notice No. 82392

First Publication: August 24, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Children Services (Adoption/Guardian/Other)

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DENVER PROBATE COURT STATE OF COLORADO

1437 Bannock Street, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202

Phone: 303-606-2303

In the Interest of: RRARIELLE CARLINA CHRISTINA SITTING BEAR

Attorneys for Petitioner: Terry Ehrlich, #13213

Arnold & Arnold LLP

7691 Shaffer Parkway, Suite A Littleton, Colorado 80127

Ph: 720.962.6010 / Fax: 720.962.6011

Email: terryehrlich@arnoldarnold.com

Case No. 2023PR030232

during the pandemic,” said Lee. “My goal was to help inspire kids to both

read and write about technology.”

Lee got a master’s degree in Information Technology and is now an engineer. Lee said this book and his future books are going to infuse technology, whether it’s about how technology can help people or bring people together.

“Drone Away From Home” is the start of a series. Lee plans to have another book come out next year.  e next book will be a kind of prequel as it will take kids through the process of how a drone is created in a factory and the tests drones have to go through before they can go to a store to be sold.

Lee also plans to write multiple spin-o series based on the cloud, the drone and the little boy from “Drone Away From Home” each having their own series.

For “Drone Away From Home” Lee commissioned illustrator, Nyrryl Cadiz, from the Philippines and together, they created the images for the book.

Lee’s book was published by Book Baby in June. It is available at Book Baby Bookshop, Amazon, Walmart, Barnes & Noble and Wheelers Books for $17.99.

“I look forward to releasing more creative children’s books that use technology and friendship and overcoming challenges,” said Lee. “And just helping inspire more and more readers.”

NOTICE OF GUARDIANSHIP HEARING

Please be advised that this matter has been set for a Guardianship Hearing upon the Petition of Corina Sitting Bear for the guardianship of Grissy Julianna Sitting Bear on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 300 of the Denver Probate Court located at 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230, Denver, CO 80202.

Dated this 1st day of August, 2023.

Respectfully submitted, ARNOLD & ARNOLD, LLP Attorneys at Law

By /s/ Terry Ehrlich

TERR EHRLICH, #13213

Attorney for Petitioner

Legal Notice No. 82369

First Publication: August 10, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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DENVER PROBATE COURT STATE OF COLORADO 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303-606-2303

In the Interest of:

GRISSY JULIANNA SITTING BEAR

Attorneys for Petitioner:

Terry Ehrlich, #13213

Arnold & Arnold LLP

7691 Shaffer Parkway, Suite A Littleton, Colorado 80127

Ph: 720.962.6010 / Fax: 720.962.6011

Email: terryehrlich@arnoldarnold.com Case No. 2023PR030227

NOTICE OF GUARDIANSHIP HEARING

Please be advised that this matter has been set for a Guardianship Hearing upon the Petition of Corina Sitting Bear for the guardianship of Grissy Julianna Sitting Bear on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 300 of the Denver Probate Court located at 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230, Denver, CO 80202.

Dated this 1st day of August, 2023.

Respectfully submitted, ARNOLD & ARNOLD, LLP Attorneys at Law

By /s/ Terry Ehrlich

TERR EHRLICH, #13213

Attorney for Petitioner

Legal Notice No. 82368

First Publication: August 10, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

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First-time author Michael Lee sits with his published book, “Drone Away From Home” a children’s book about overcoming obstacles, building friendships and going on adventures. COURTESY PHOTO