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VOLUME 126 | ISSUE 42

From news writer to novelist Tabatha Deans Stewart, former Elbert County News writer, publishes first book

BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Singing Hills Elementary School.

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Elizabeth Education Foundation announces grant recipients Outdoor education is a priority for several elementary teachers

BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

The Elizabeth Education Foundation has announced their 2021 Educator Grants recipients. Seventeen Elizabeth School District teachers across all five schools received grants up to $500 to help better their classrooms.

Of the grant awardees, several teachers won grants to enhance their outdoor classroom spaces.

Lisa Bosco (fourth grade) and Crystal Conner (fifth grade) from Running Creek Elementary

received grants to place outdoor seating around the school’s campus. Lisa Pergeau (preschool) of Singing Hills Elementary received a grant to enhance the outdoor classroom space with specialized learning tools.

Each of three teachers shared their plans for the grants: “We will be able to buy five large (6 ft.) tables for everyone on campus to use. I can’t wait to take my students out, to gather for lunch or snack, and to practice math and reading without having to slump over in the grass,” said Bosco. “Something we look forward to adding in the future (funds permitting), would be an outdoor microphone system, or portable microphone system.”

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Lisa Pergeau, preschool teacher at Singing Hills Elementary School. Pergeau received a $350 Elizabeth Education Foundation grant for outdoor classroom learning tools.

Tabatha Deans Stewart, former lead writer for the Elbert County News, published her first book on Nov 5. “The Enchanted Scribe: Book One — The Gate and the Girl” was published with Connecticut-based Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Co., LLC. The book is the result of nearly a decade of work and stems from Littleton resident Stewart’s lifelong passion for writing.

“The Gate and the Girl” is about Samantha Biggers, a 13-year-old girl who, with the stroke of her pen, can change the direction of the future.

But there are two big problems with Samantha’s incredible powers.

First, she has no idea she possesses them. The daughter of drug addicts, Sam is the laughingstock of her small community. Her days are filled with abuse and ridicule from teachers and students at her junior high school.

She spends her days writing stories, wishing she would be whisked away, and also daydreams of being someone else.

The second problem is more dangerous. An ancient Eraser is sent to kill Samantha before she realizes her powers exist.

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Panel pushes solutions to youth mental health crisis Children’s Hospital Colorado, partners unveil playbook

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Not letting up on federal and state lawmakers, Children’s Hospital Colorado held another roundtable discussion to push the message that action needs to be taken immediately to address growing mental health crisis for young patients.

In June, Children’s held similar discussions, officially declaring a state of emergency due to a rise in youth suicide attempts and emergency rooms filling up with young psychiatric patients awaiting proper treatment.

The most recent roundtable, held virtually Nov. 16, continued discussions about the growing crisis, and this time, the Aurora-based hospital system — with campuses in Highlands Ranch and Broomfield and facilities across metro Denver — came equipped with solutions, as it unveiled its “Children and Youth Mental Health Playbook.”

In creating the playbook, Children’s collaborated with Healthier Colorado, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Colorado Education Association, Partners for Children’s Mental Health and Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care.

Jake Williams, executive director

Children’s Hospital Colorado has multiple hospitals and clinics across the Front Range.

of Healthier Colorado, said suicide should not be the leading cause of death for children.

Healthier Colorado is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that says it is dedicated to raising the voices of Coloradans in the public policy process to improve the health of the state’s residents.

Williams, along with a panel of speakers at the Nov. 16 forum, said local, state and federal lawmakers have to step up to address the growing mental health crisis that has only been exacerbated by the pandemic.

According to the playbook, like many states, Colorado has a severe shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologist,

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leading to access-to-care gaps for children and youth. The playbook estimates that only 22% of youth who have mental illness with severe impairments are receiving care.

Jim Weigand, a Jefferson County father of seven, participated in the discussions, sharing a story about his adopted daughter who has struggled with mental health.

Wiegand said that to get the right care for his daughter, his family had to look outside of Colorado, placing her at a facility in Georgia.

Wiegand said the Georgia facility helped his daughter over 15 months, putting a strain on the family to travel to see her with the added obstacles created by the pandemic.

Wiegand said his daughter is home now and doing well but stressed how frustrating it has been to get help in Colorado. Weigand said he is lucky that his family has the means to take the steps they did, noting that he has friends in similar situations where their children are not getting proper assistance.

Dr. Sophie Meharena, of Every Child Pediatrics, a chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said the system is getting overwhelmed. Meharena described one Friday afternoon where four of her 16 patients told her they were having suicidal thoughts.

Meharena said parents are overwhelmed in not knowing what to do and the industry is overwhelmed because it does not have the facilities, resources or workforce to address the continually growing number of patients in need of mental health intervention.

“Without coordinated and consistent resources and access for all, we cannot have a sustainable system,” Meharena said. “Getting the mechanics right is key to a sustainable system to address the needs in Colorado. Investing in children’s mental health is investing in this country’s future.”

In presenting solutions to the problem, the playbook points to local policy changes that should include more federal funding with a local impact and more local infrastructure for sustainable funding.

The panel pointed to the funds coming from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 where millions have been earmarked for states to use for mental health. Panel members are asking Colorado lawmakers to designate one third, or $150 million, of all the funds to youth mental

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health. The state got $450 million from the American Rescue Plan.

Williams said this is a fair amount to ask for given that Colorado youth and young adults under the age of 24 make up 31% of the state’s population.

Zach Zaslow, director of government affairs at Children’s, said funding cannot stop with the American Rescue Plan. For actual changes in Colorado, Zaslow said lawmakers at the state and federal levels must commit to fixing the crisis by creating sustainable programs and funding beyond 2021.

By creating the sustainable programs, Zaslow said children and youth will be able to get the care they need before a crisis.

Meharena said part of the problem is the system is designed to be reactive rather than proactive.

As part of the solution, the multiagency playbook calls for state policies to prioritize children and youth mental health through continued federal funding investments and to make sure the new Behavioral Health Administration is child focused.

Other solutions addressed by the panel include pushing lawmakers to change how the health care system separates physical and mental health. Currently, CHC Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Brumbaugh said the way insurance companies manage mental health makes it hard for families to afford proper care.

Creating more virtual options for rural communities is also a solution, Zaslow said.

Rebecca Doughty -- program director of Four Corners Youth Clinics, a member of the Colorado Association of School-Based Health Clinics — said a shortage of trained psychologists and staff is a major problem in rural communities.

Zaslow said having the ability to speak to qualified professionals without having to drive to Aurora would help get help to the young people struggling beyond the Front Range.

Dr. Jenna Glover, a Children’s clinical psychologist, said the playbook the panel is introducing offers tangible information that will show lawmakers how they can begin to repair a broken system.

Glover and members of the panel are urging the public to push lawmakers at all levels to start making mental health care for youth a priority.

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A COVID head-scratcher: Why lice lurk despite distancing Head lice are ‘definitely back,’ says a professional delouser

BY RAE ELLEN BICHELL KAISER HEALTH NEWS

The Marker family of Parker opened their door on a recent evening to a woman dressed in purple, with a military attitude to cleanliness.

Linda Holmes, who has worked as a technician with LiceDoctors for five years, came straight from her day job at a hospital after she got the call from a dispatcher that the Marker family needed her ASAP. According to those in the world of professional nitpicking, Pediculus humanus capitis, the much-scorned head louse, has returned.

“It’s definitely back,” said Kelli Boswell, owner of Lice & Easy, an Arvada boutique where people in the Denver area can get deloused, a process that can range from minutes to hours depending on the method and the infestation.

“It’s a sign that things are

coming back to normal.”

Colds and more serious bugs like respiratory syncytial virus, better known by the shorthand RSV, are also back. That may leave some to wonder: With all the covid prevention measures in place, how are kids sharing these things?

Like the coronavirus, all these bugs depend on human sociability. Unfortunately, the measures that many reopened schools have taken to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 — masks, hand-washing, vaccination — do little to deter the spread of the head louse.

However, physical distancing, such as spacing desks 3 feet apart, should be helping, if it’s actually happening.

Lice are, in theory, harder to spread than the SARSCoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 because proximity alone isn’t enough: They usually need head-to-head contact. If a kid gets lice, odds are it means that kid spent some quality time close enough to another kid for the parasite to make its move. (Researchers tend to agree that transmission via inanimate objects like combs and hats is minimal.)

h d i Professional delouser Linda Holmes combs through the hair of 8-year-old Huntley Marker on a weekh night in late October in the girl’s home in Parker. Business is back up for Holmes and other nitpickers PHOTO BY RAE ELLEN BICHELL/KAISER HEALTH NEWS e after a lull during the height of the pandemic. h thing going for the head Their eggs can’t hatch The head louse is not A louse is its highly special- t without the warmth of a known for its fortitude or human head, and will die athletic prowess. It’s basiized claws, evolved to graspa within about a week if not cally the couch potato of human hair. in those cozy conditions. pests. Adults can’t survive Unlike the body louse, thef The bugs can’t jump or more than a day or two s fly — only crawl. The one without snacking on blood. b SEE LICE, P5 o l r

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Professional delouser Linda Holmes’ tools of choice for nitpicking her customers’ heads are extra-virgin olive oil and a set of fine-toothed combs. Other methods involve tools that run the gamut from special gels to devices that heat the head at a PHOTO BY RAE ELLEN BICHELL/KAISER HEALTH NEWS temperature thought to kill louse eggs.

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head louse isn’t known to spread disease. An infestation doesn’t indicate anything about a person’s hygiene. (In fact, the lore of delousers says that the bugs prefer clean hair because it’s more grabbable.)

And despite common misconceptions, they can colonize people of all ages, races and ethnicities.

COVID lockdowns were not great from a louse-world-domination standpoint. But the critters have been bonding with us for tens of thousands of years. A little lockdown wasn’t going to end the romance.

Federico Galassi, a researcher with Argentina’s Pest and Insecticide Research Center, found that strict early covid lockdowns did, indeed, lead to a decline in head lice among kids in Buenos Aires, but the bugs came nowhere close to being eliminated. His study found prevalence dropped from about 70% to about 44%.

And one thing is clear: When people shut their doors and hunkered down in early lockdowns, the lice were right there hunkered down with us.

When SaLeah Snelling reopened the doors of her Lice Clinics of America salon in Boise, Idaho, in May, she said, “the cases of head lice were heavier than we’ve ever seen.” And it wasn’t just one or two people in the household with lice, but the entire household.

Now, Galassi and American louse workers say, infestation rates are back to pre-lockdown norms, despite school covid protections.

Nix, a brand of anti-louse products, publishes a map that claims lice are bad right now in Houston, most of Alabama and New Mexico, plus Tulsa, Oklahoma. The map directs people to locations that carry its products since many parents use a DIY approach once they spy the critter on a child’s head.

Richard Pollack, chief scientific officer with pro-bono pestidentification service IdentifyUS, said most claims about louse prevalence are “marketing nonsense” from a largely unregulated industry focused on apparent infestations that often turn out to

be just dandruff, glitter, hair spray, grass-dwelling springtail insects, innocuous fungus or even cookie crumbs.

It’s possible that the recent increase in business for professional nitpickery suggests that people are now comfortable seeking help outside the home rather than its being a sign of a surge in the bugs.

While little research exists to confirm whether there is a rise in lice, Boswell, Pollack and even the National Association of School Nurses agree: The bugs aren’t likely spreading in the classroom because in-school louse transmission is considered rare.

Instead, Boswell said, it’s more likely that as other activities resumed — sleepovers, play dates, summer camp, family gatherings — the bugs prospered once more.

Pollack once wrote in a presentation slide, “Head lice indicate that the child has friends.” Preschoolers tend to get the infestations the most “because they’re more cuddly,” said Julia Wilson, co-owner of Rocky Mountain Lice Removal in Lafayette. But she has also noticed a rise among teenagers, which she ascribes to taking selfies with pals.

“You say to them, ‘Have you touched heads?’ and the teenager’s like, ‘No, never,’” said Wilson. “And then all of a sudden, they’re literally taking a selfie photo with their friends.”

The Marker family isn’t sure where third grader Huntley’s lice originated. Perhaps a close friend or her dance team? The Markers spent more than $200 to get the four-person household checked — eyebrows and Dad’s beard included. Her dad and her preschool-aged brother were free of nits. But Holmes did find a couple of nits on Huntley’s mom, Paris.

“You can just burn my whole head right now,” said Paris.

After combing each head carefully, Holmes ended the session by hugging her customers goodbye, proof that she trusts her work.

This story is from Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit news service covering health issues. It is an editorially independent program of Kaiser Family Foundation, which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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Colo. cracks down on schools with weak reading curriculum Cherry Creek, Douglas County districts among those notified

BY ANN SCHIMKE CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Colorado officials have ordered 15% of the state’s school districts to replace low-quality elementary reading programs, a major step toward enforcing a 2019 law that requires schools to use reading curriculum backed by science in kindergarten through third grade.

The state education department sent out dozens of letters in late October notifying districts that one or more of their schools use unacceptable reading curriculum and that district officials must submit plans by Jan. 17 for complying with the law.

Among the districts receiving the letters are Adams 12, Cherry Creek, Denver, Douglas County, Englewood, Jeffco and Weld RE-4.

State officials said they likely will send more letters after clarifying what curriculum some districts are using.

Given Colorado’s local-control ethos and the wide latitude schools have long enjoyed in choosing curriculum, the state’s oversight effort is unprecedented and already appears to have prompted some of Colorado’s largest districts to adopt new reading programs.

But some literacy advocates worry that there are signs of state backpedaling after a recent decision by education department leaders to allow at least 14 districts to continue using a state-rejected reading program called ReadyGEN. Even so, the state’s crackdown on K-3 reading curriculum seems to be working.

Melissa Colsman, associate commissioner of student learning at the Colorado Department of Education, said only 41% of Colorado’s 178 school districts last spring met rules on K-3 reading curriculum.

This fall, that proportion has risen to 63%.

Officials from the 90,000-student Denver district announced Nov. 11 at a public literacy event organized

by Chalkbeat that they’re piloting a

A file photo of students reading.

state-approved reading program — Core Knowledge Language Arts — in some schools this year, with plans for a wider adoption in the coming year.

The curriculum is among a dozen core reading programs that the state has approved for use in kindergarten through third grade.

Officials in the Jeffco, Dougco, and Cherry Creek districts are also piloting or selecting state-approved reading programs this year. Some schools in the three districts have been using a state-rejected reading program commonly called Lucy Calkins, which experts have criticized for encouraging students to guess at words instead of sounding them out.

School districts often adopt new curriculum every six or seven years.

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Such purchases can be expensive, but the influx of federal COVID relief money means schools now have extra cash that can cover such one-time expenses.

Experts say well-trained teachers are critical to teaching reading well, but that high-quality curriculum can make that job easier.

Among the districts that received state letters in October warning that they used unacceptable K-3 reading curriculum were those using ReadyGEN in some grades or schools, including St. Vrain Valley, Boulder Valley, 27J, and Thompson on the Front Range and Roaring Fork and Salida in western Colorado. Soon after, the state withdrew its demands for those districts to switch.

Along with several other commonly used reading programs, Rea-

dyGEN was reviewed and rejected by state evaluators in spring 2020.

Schools using programs that failed the state’s review would have to replace them, state officials said then, and several times since.

But now, the message is changing.

Education department officials say even though state reviewers rejected ReadyGEN, schools can keep using it because it passed the part of the state review focused on whether it was scientifically or evidence-based — the criteria specified in the 2019 law — despite having other flaws.

“We did hear from districts that said, ‘Your own review process found this to be meeting scientifically or evidence-based standards,’” Colsman said.

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Sky’s the limit for Sky Ridge robots Hospital’s high-tech surgery program expanding

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Already serving as one of the state’s leaders in robot-assisted surgery, Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree is making a major investment in the future by building a special robotics unit.

Construction in the Lone Tree hospital’s Evergreen building is currently underway for an outpatient robotic surgery center covering more than 26,000 square feet, slated to open in 2022.

Sky Ridge CEO Kirk McCarty said robot-assisted surgery allows doctors to perform a variety of procedures with more precision, flexibility and control than is possible with conventional techniques.

Robotic surgery is usually associated with minimally invasive surgery, which can be performed through tiny incisions.

In a robot-assisted procedure, surgeons operate on patients using a camera arm and mechanical arms that have surgical instruments attached to them. The surgeon controls the arms while seated at a computer console near the operating table. Through the technology, the surgeon has a view through a high definition, magnified, 3D lens.

Sky Ridge Vice President of Operation Will Bertram said the

$20 million expansion will have four operating rooms, eight pre-op rooms and six recovery rooms.

In the new department, surgeons will focus on specialty procedures in gynecology, bariatrics and urology.

Bertram said the new department is being built directly next to the gynecology department because of the number of procedures being done for women. Robotic technology has emerged in the last decade to treat issues with the female reproductive system, Bertram said. The robots are able to more precisely remove tumors and address issues with less complications, he said.

Jeff James, a gynecological oncologist at Sky Ridge, said robotics in surgery has continually evolved over the last decade, noting that the ease of use, decrease of set-up time and patient success are all good reasons for the hospital to expand the program.

“Currently, one of the problems is availability,” James said. “With the equipment we have now, we have to schedule surgeons and patients and make sure the robots are available. That is because they create the ability for far more efficiency and better-quality services for the patient.”

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Sky Ridge Medical Center continues to be a state leader in robotic surgeries. PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES

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at Sky Ridge and the future expansion, surgery prep takes around 10 minutes.

In gynecological procedures, James said the advanced robots allow easier access for specialized procedures and with the smart technology on the computer, the robot can correct a surgeon’s hand movements quickly, rotating from left to right or right to left as needed, James said.

McCarty said in looking at where healthcare is headed, it makes sense to expand an area where technology allows surgeons to be more precise, cuts down on recovery time, allows patients to be sent home sooner and has less risk of complications.

“It allows us to take on a special niche to drive the positive outcome for patients,” McCarty said. “Sky Ridge is quickly becoming one of the busiest hospitals for robotic procedures in Colorado. We want to become a regional service center offering these procedures. This expansion will allow us to have the largest fleet of robots in the Rocky Mountain region.”

The need for robot-assisted procedures has steadily increased at Sky Ridge, Bertram said. After using one robot for several years, he said, the hospital invested in six more machines in 2015.

As information about robotics has become more readily available, Bertram said people are seeking out facilities that offer the

Sky Ridge Medical Center Vice President of Operations Will Berton and Linda Watson Kolstad, the hospital’s vice president of marketing and public relations, discuss the equipment and technology required to build a new robotics surgery center.

PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES

technologically advanced services. Sky Ridge has not only treated patients from across the entire Front Range, but also statewide and from neighboring states, he said.

When robot-assisted surgeries started in 2013, Bertram said, Sky

Ridge surgeons performed 250 procedures. In 2021, Sky Ridge will do 1,300 robot-assisted procedures, he said.

McCarty said Sky Ridge administrators would never have started discussing the expansion concepts and designs of the new center in

2018 if it were not for the “exceptional” surgeons working at the hospital.

“All the robots and pretty space would mean nothing without the great surgeons we have here,” he said. “We have a rock star staff taking care of our patients.”

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being the 2018 version of Benchmark Advance and Benchmark Adelante, the program’s Spanish version.

Meredith Stolte, the district’s director of humanities, said during Thursday’s literacy event that she’s seen a big difference in reading instruction in the pilot classrooms.

“When children engage in the explicit and systematic way of learning to read, the light in them is completely different because ... they can understand and it’s not a guessing game,” she said, “which, to be honest, is some of what exists in older curriculum like Benchmark.”

Parent Priscila Ramirez, who also spoke at the literacy event, described the frustration she felt about the reading instruction her son, now a fourthgrader, received in Denver.

“Unfortunately, after many years and different schools we saw that he wasn’t learning,” she said. “He wasn’t learning because the learning system or the curriculum that is followed in most schools is not functional for children with dyslexia.”

If districts don’t submit a plan to switch from subpar reading curriculum by the state’s Jan. 17 deadline, Colsman said the department will send reminders. If that doesn’t work, the department could lower districts’ accreditation rating.

“We want to avoid that as as much as possible because ... it’s a blunt instrument,” she said.

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Lindsay Drakos, a co-chair of the statewide dyslexia advocacy group COKID, said by email that the state’s shifting stance on ReadyGEN dilutes the state’s reading law and could open the door for schools to use other rejected programs.

“If a curriculum is reviewed and rejected, then I believe that is that — it shouldn’t be used in schools in Colorado,” she said.

Colsman said the state’s reversal on ReadyGEN points to “the realities of policy implementation because as we got into actually reviewing what districts were using, you realize that not everything fits into a neat bucket.”

Reviewers of ReadyGEN said the program met key standards for science-based reading instruction, but they noted it doesn’t thoroughly cover all foundational skills. They recommended teachers compensate for these shortcomings by using the company’s intervention lessons, a supplement designed for struggling readers, for all students.

Education department officials said the intervention lessons must be purchased separately and that while the state can encourage schools to buy and use those lessons, they can’t require it. ReadyGEN also fell short on the state’s review in the “usability” category because reviewers said it was hard to navigate.

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Lone Tree panel offers socialization, advocacy for seniors Third Thursday events to provide face-to-face interaction

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Five women sat around a table at The Lone Tree Hub snacking on popcorn, sipping coffee and chatting away. They talked about reading books their grandchildren had recommended during COVID, taking courses at the rec center, getting vaccines and who had the mumps or chicken pox growing up.

“We’re hangin’,” said organizer Joyce Lew, co-chair of the Living Well and Aging Committee.

The Nov. 18 meetup was part of the committee’s Third Thursday event series — just one of several activities it puts on to provide aging citizens with socialization. That along with physical activity and a healthy diet are three of the most important things for seniors, Lew said.

The Living Well and Aging Ad Hoc Committee has served seniors in the community since 2012. Its mission listed on the cityoflonetree.com site is to identify and advocate for issues in the aging community, support educational opportunities for them and offer social activities.

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The Third Thursday at The Hub event is hosted by the Living Well and Aging committee in Lone Tree, a nonprofit that serves area PHOTO BY JESSICA GIBBS seniors.

third Thursday of the month. The program relaunched in June after taking a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. People from throughout the area are welcome to come — it’s not exclusive to Lone Tree residents — and the agenda is simple. Attendees can play games, talk and get faceto-face interaction.

Julie Simmons learned about Third Thursdays through the South Suburban Parks and Recreation catalog and says the events are fun.

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what activities people do when there, she said.

For Louise Barnard, the events are a way to get out of the house. She no longer drives, so her daughter drops her off. During COVID, she stopped attending activities at the recreation center, but she’s able to keep up with Third Thursday.

“It’s just a place for me to socialize,” she said.

Barnard has also enjoyed other Living Well and Aging events. The committee traditionally offers lun-

cheons twice a month at the golf club and potlucks twice a year. Both typically draw 30 to 40 people and feature live entertainment or speakers, Lew said.

Between two and 10 people have attended Third Thursdays. Amid lower turnout, the committee isn’t sure how long the event will keep going, she said, but the committee is grateful to be back to holding in-person events.

“We try to fill the need for socialization,” she said.

School district drops suit against Dougco health department Case now moot with change to COVID order, district says

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County School District says it has accomplished what it set out to do when it filed a federal lawsuit against the Douglas County Health Department, and recommended the case be dismissed.

Online court records show the court dismissed the lawsuit on Nov. 19 and vacated a status hearing

scheduled for Nov. 22.

The health department passed a public health order on Oct. 8 that allowed anyone to opt out of masking mandates in the county, including in Douglas County Schools, which was requiring universal masking. The health order also limited quarantines for COVID-19 exposures not associated with an outbreak.

The district joined several families of students with disabilities in filing a federal lawsuit on Oct. 20. The suit alleged the health order violated civil rights by diminishing safe access to education for students at-risk of COVID-19.

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On Nov. 12, the health department amended its order so that the school district would be exempt. The health order as amended still applies to private businesses, including childcare centers and private schools.

Douglas County Schools issued a statement on Nov. 19 saying it agrees that amendment makes the case moot. The district, individual plaintiffs and the county board of health jointly filed a motion requesting the case be dismissed, according to the district’s release.

“With the school district now exempt from enforcement of the October 8 PHO, plaintiffs have succeeded and have fulfilled the purpose of the lawsuit they brought and there is no need to further litigate the matter,” the release said.

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In the spirit of the season of giving and receiving

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ere we are in another season of giving and receiving.

The truth is that we are always in a season of giving and receiving, this time of year WINNING just amplifies the WORDS spirit of both.

And we have all heard that it is far better to give than it is to receive.

This may be true, but there are times when it is equally awesome to receive.

Michael Norton Giving comes in many ways.

We can give in the form of money, resources and time. We can give gifts and presents. We can give back to a cause or community, or maybe we can give back to a person or family who had helped us out when we needed it. We can give through charities and organizations. Many

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companies, houses of worship, and other organizations have “Giving Trees” where we can choose to help people and families in need. And we can do all our giving, no matter what it may be, silently and anonymously.

What’s it like to be on the receiving end of gifting? For many of us, no matter where we find ourselves today, we have been in a position of need. We may have had a difficult season of life. We may have endured a tragedy or hardship. There may have been a time when unexpectedly we found ourselves out of work.

Or we may have had an illness or injury that left us unable to care for ourselves or a loved one. Many of us who can relate to any of these situations, when someone stepped up to help, know just how humbling receiving can feel.

Think of the greatest gift that we have ever received. Maybe it’s the nicest and most expensive, but something tells me it’s not.

More than likely, if we give it some deeper thought, we will remember the time our in-laws loaned us a few dollars to cover our mortgage.

Or our neighbors stepped up and purchased our groceries. Maybe it was a time when each friend cooked a meal for us as we balanced being with our spouse in the hospital and taking care of our children. The gift could have been an introduction to an executive who had a job opening at a time when we needed work. The gift could have simply been a hug, a night out with a close friend, some overdue laughs over coffee or a beer.

Being on the receiving end of a gift is humbling. Sometimes, if we let it, it could be embarrassing. This is where I hope to change our thinking about that as there is no shame in accepting any form of help. You see, in the last paragraph where I listed the types of gifts we could receive, each one of those is an example of a gift I have received in my own life. A gift that came at just the

right time. Some came from family, some came from friends, and some came from strangers. And all were received with humble gratitude.

This holiday season, I encourage us to give the gift of giving and receiving. There are so many opportunities right in front of us to give of our money, resources, time and talents. And should we find ourselves in the need of a hand up, or a little or a lot of help, let us receive it gratefully and humbly, without reservation or shame. Let’s receive it all in the spirit of love in which it is being given.

As a way of giving back, each year I offer free keynote speeches on the topics I cover in this column throughout the year; Winning Words; Hope and Encouragement; Motivation and Inspiration. If your organization or company would benefit from such a talk, please let me know. And if you would like to SEE NORTON, P13

This GOP candidate has a shot at statewide office

ecently I received an unexpected call from Pam Anderson, an announced candidate for Colorado secretary of state. As friends GUEST for more than 15 COLUMN years, it was good to catch up. It was even better to thank her for running.

Anderson is exactly the kind of secretary of state Colorado needs and deserves.

Mario Nicolais Previously a municipal clerk, a Jefferson County clerk and recorder and a former executive director for the Colorado County Clerks Association, Anderson has an unparalleled depth of experience and expertise. For more than a decade she has led the charge to provide safe, accessible ballots to Coloradans.

She is also likely the best hope for Republicans searching for a shred of relevance in state government.

At the top of the ticket, party regulars understand their gubernatorial front-runner, Heidi Ganahl, has little chance to topple Gov. Jared Polis next November.

Anderson is also well inoculated from some of the most effective attacks favored by Democrats.

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Namely, she is effectively immune from being labeled as a de facto proponent of the Big Lie — false claims about Donald Trump winning the 2020 election — or as an opponent of voting rights.

To the contrary, last December Anderson both stated that the election results were valid and testified at the state legislature that they were free from fraud. She did not waver from that position even as she kicked off her campaign.

That is notable for a Republican seeking to oversee elections. It demonstrates character and integrity.

And it could be a big help next fall.

Beating back false narratives about election fraud requires bipartisan advocacy.

While Democrats are expected to take that position, it is uncommon in Republican circles. Consequently, it is relatively more useful and important to elect members of the GOP willing to stick their necks out.

It also is not a surprise for anyone familiar with Anderson’s career.

She has always been willing to put what is right before what is politically beneficial.

During Republican former Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s term in office, she publicly disagreed with him on multiple matters, including his assertions of rampant voter

fraud.

She became a leading advocate for universal mail ballots in 2013, helping to pass legislation that made Colorado a model for other states.

Yet she also pushed for accountability and transparency through ballot audit programs.

Anderson likely learned such independence from people like her mother-in-law, former Colorado Senate Majority Leader Norma Anderson. Hopefully she learned how to win a rough-and-tumble campaign as well.

Despite her sterling qualifications, Anderson will have an uphill battle. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold will be even more formidable than she was when she unseated former Secretary Wayne Williams four years ago.

Griswold has been the most partisan secretary in recent memory.

She has used her office to garner national cameos on liberal talk shows and advocate against issues in other states nongermane to her duties.

But that approach has helped her to gain a significant social media following, a national fundraising base and more than a million dollars in her campaign coffers.

Griswold will be hard to beat, even for an eminently qualified candidate like Anderson.

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But it is not impossible. While other candidates on the ticket may be tilting at windmills, there is a legitimate path to victory for Anderson. With Trump out of office, Griswold cannot rely on an energetic base. To the contrary, Anderson may get a boost from the midterm election.

Furthermore, Griswold has seen unprecedented turnover in her office over the past three years. That is the kind of red flag that may worry voters.

I am sure that there will be plenty of twists and turns for Anderson over the next 12 months. But if Colorado is lucky, at this time next year she will be preparing to take office rather than calling to catch up with people like me.

Mario Nicolais is an attorney and columnist who writes on law enforcement, the legal system, health care and public policy. Follow him on Twitter: @MarioNicolaiEsq

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Veteran news leader named Colorado Community Media editor Lisa Schlichtman will oversee CCM’s 8-county news operation STAFF REPORT

The next editor-in-chief of Colorado Community Media is Lisa Schlichtman, an experienced, award-winning news executive and an industry leader.

CCM Publisher Linda Shapley made the announcement Nov. 29.

“I’ve been familiar with Lisa’s award-winning leadership for a number of years, and to have someone with her passion and talent guiding our journalists at Colorado Community Media will mean great things as we look to grow our brand,” she said.

Schlichtman, until recently the editor of the Steamboat Pilot & Today newspaper, joins CCM on Jan. 3.

“I am thrilled to join Colorado Community Media and take on the new role of editor-in-chief,” Schlichtman said. “I look forward to sharing my years of experience in the newspaper industry with CCM’s talented team of reporters and editors with the goal of connecting the communities we serve through engaging, locally-focused content and impactful journalism.”

Schlichtman will lead the news teams of CCM’s two dozen Colorado newspapers and websites as well as other publications. CCM was sold earlier this year by Jerry and Ann

Healey to The Colorado News Conservancy, a partnership of The Colorado Sun and the National Trust for Local News dedicated to fostering community journalism.

CCM newspapers serve Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson and Weld counties.

“Our publications have tremendous potential and reach, and it is exciting to be part of the newly established Colorado News Conservancy,” Schlichtman said.

Schlichtman succeeds Mark Harden, who retired as CCM editor last fall but has been serving on an interim basis since July while the search was underway for a permanent editor. Harden steps down Dec. 16.

“Lisa is just the sort of dynamic, innovative, experienced news leader who can help CCM reach its greatest potential,” Harden said. “I am so pleased she has agreed to join us and I wish her great success.”

Since July 2013, Schlichtman has been editor of the Pilot & Today, a daily newspaper founded in 1885 and serving Steamboat Springs and Routt County.

Schlichtman and her staff received the Colorado Press Association’s 2020 News Leader of the Year award for a multiplatform, in-depth reporting series, “Indivisible,” which focused on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion in Routt County and efforts to bridge divides. CPA named the Pilot & Today the state’s best newspaper in its size class for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019.

And the newspaper under Schlichtman also received the 2019 Presidential Award from the Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance for its eight-week “In Our Shoes” series on sexual assault.

Schlichtman previously was an editor, co-publisher and co-owner of various publications in Missouri, including the Monnett Times, Cassville Democrat and Wheaton Journal newspapers as well as Ozarks Outdoors and Connection magazines. She began her career as a reporter and assistant editor at the Cassville newspaper.

In addition to her professional career, Schlichtman has been active in helping to support journalism and the news industry.

She is a past president of the Colorado Press Association, the statewide news-media trade group, and is a board member of the Colorado News Collaborative, or COLab, a Denver-based organization that serves as a local media resource hub. Previously she was a vice president and secretary of the Ozarks Press Association.

Schlichtman also has been engaged in community roles. She is

a graduate of the 2014 Leadership Steamboat class, a past chairperson of the Cassville Planning and Zoning Commission, and a past board member of the Cassville and Monett Area Chambers of Commerce.

A St. Louis native, Schlichtman holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She and her late husband, Mike, have two grown sons who live on the Front Range.

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Lakewood’s Camp Christmas draws lots of happy campers

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lakewood Mayor, Adam Paul, joined Camp Christmas Creator, Lonnie Hanzon and Santa Claus to kick off the start of the holiday extravaganza in the first year at its new home, Heritage Belmar Park.

“We’re celebrating community, and doing it in a unique, one-of-akind way that only Lonnie could put together,” Paul said. “We’ve been yearning for a long time — looking for a unique way to come together and I just think it’s an incredible opportunity for our city. I’m honored and thrilled we were able to make this happen here and I encourage people to come out and enjoy it.”

Standing in front of the spectacular flaming owl display, lit earlier by Paul, Hanzon said it felt wonderful to be open and to be ready to cel-

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ebrate the season.

Camp Christmas, which brought together Hanzon, the City of Lakewood and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, runs through Jan. 2. Tickets can be purchased at www. denvercenter.org. ing and receiving to enter our lives, it really will be a better than good year.

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Holiday Art Market runs through season

he Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave. in downtown Littleton, has original art in all sizes, shapes and colors, in addition to the SONYA’S expected paintings on the walls.

SAMPLER The Holiday Art Market, which runs until Jan. 3, will be open Tuesdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Also, Littleton Fine Arts Guild members have Sonya Ellingboe paintings available at Stanton Gallery in Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., with a show called “Holiday Harmony: Affordable Art under $200,” which is open during box office hours and during performances through Jan. 23. And theater tickets also make a fine gift! Pick up a schedule at the Town Hall box office or see online.

Consider a class for a stage-struck youngster ... 303-794-2787, townhallartscenter.org, depotartgallery. org.

Camp Christmas It’s a short drive to Lakewood’s Camp Christmas, which is now open at Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park, 8015 S. Yarrow St., where Lonnie Hanzon has created the 2021 version of his creative, dazzling holiday treat, sponsored

by Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The Heritage Center has historic Lakewood commercial and domestic buildings that were moved to the park site to create a unique collection, connected by walkways. Santa will be available on some dates, with a special additional ticket. Tickets to tour this cheery site run $8 to $25 and the family will want to bundle up for outdoors. Included: 23 “pun trees,” music, memorabilia. See denvercenter.org/CampChristmas. 303-893-4100. Also available at the Denver Center downtown: “A Christmas Carol” in the Wolf Theatre Through Dec. 26. See denvercenter.org.

Town Hall Arts Center Alternating performances of “Winter Wonderettes” and “Plaid Tidings” continue in December, with special Monday night performances on Dec. 13 and 20 to benefit the Denver Actors Fund, which has helped many Denver area theater people over the years, when illness or other misfortune strikes.

All ticket sale proceeds will go to the fund. A participation play for kids, “Fezziwig’s Ball” will be on Dec. 18. THAC is at 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton. 303-7942787, townhallartscenter.org. Also, on Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m., THAC will host the Green Theatre Initiative: “A Future We Create,” with short plays and music. Meg Hardeman hopes this will be the start of a

Denver area segment in a movement that is growing across the country. Admission is free, donations are appreciated.

‘This is Colorado’ The annual “This is Colorado” Art Show, organized by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, will hang in the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 22. A reception will be held in the gallery from 5 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 2, when juror Victoria Kwasinski will present awards. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday; noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4. A virtual exhibit will be open to the public Nov. 30-Jan. 31. heritage-guild. com.

Lights!

“Blossoms of Light” will glow at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver, from 4:30 to 9 p.m. through Jan. 2 and Trails of Light will beckon 5 to 8:30 p.m. at DBG’s Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road. Admission charged. Closed Christmas Day at both locations. See botanicgardens.org.

Benchmark Theatre A regional premiere of the new “Meteor Shower” by Steve Martin is directed by Warren Sherrill at Benchmark Theatre, 1560 Teller

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St., Lakewood, playing through Dec. 18. Tickets: $30/$25. 303-5199059, benchmarktheatre.com.

Newman Center The King’s Singers, an a capella chorus, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 9 at Gates Concert Hall at the Newman Center, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., at the University of Denver.

Tickets start at $29. 303-871-7720, newmancenterpresents.com.

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itting in the studio of Noelle Phares, a 35-year-old artist based in Lakewood, a collection of seasonal beers from the Colfax microbrewery West Fax Brewing can be seen adorning her shelves.

Phares, who studied environmental science before becoming a fulltime artist, picks up a large can of the brewery’s brut IPA, a seasonal summertime favorite, and explains the meaning behind the salmon pink sky and purple mountains depicted on its label in watercolor brushstrokes.

“This was a painting of an Alaskan landscape,” she said. “I wanted to highlight how unique the lighting is in a place that’s super snowy, especially around sunset time when you get really crazy colors and the whole landscape glows.”

It is just one of several painting

by Phares that were featured on the cans of West Fax’s Summer Artist Series in 2018.

As Denver’s beer scene continues to grow, many breweries find themselves tapping local artists like Phares to compliment their products.

“There’s been a long-standing symbiotic relationship between art and craft beer,” said Jack Buffington, a research professor at the University of Denver with more than 20 years of experience in the beer industry. “(Breweries) try to emphasize that, instead of being produced in some big factory, it’s being made by hand.”

These small-scale beer makers -usually referred to as micro or nanobreweries depending on the size of their batches and breadth of their distribution -- have found identity through local artists, helping them stand out from a sea of competition. But, more so than just boosting sales, Buffington said the art is about building community.

“There’s so many big brands that exist in the world. … Everyone likes when you support local people. I think that’s a fantastic expression of culture.”

For artists, it presents a unique opportunity for exposure.

Ken Sarafin, a Denver-based digital artist, said Colorado’s capital has always had a lively art and beer scene. But it wasn’t until smaller breweries became more abundant that Sarafin said he noticed a shift from larger design firms to local artists when it came to the art on a can.

“The breweries are offering a fantastic avenue for exposure for local artists,” he said. “That scene didn’t really exist before the craft beers.”

Sarafin partnered last year with Resolute Brewing, with locations in Centennial and Arvada, to design three cans for their new sour, lager

Noelle Phares, 35, sits in her art studio in Lakewood.

and IPA. The cans’ labels are reminiscent of famous artists, such as the spiral sky of the IPA that evokes Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night, or the Monet-style impressionism of the brewery’s lager.

“It’s really cool to be part of the culture,” he said. “(Breweries) are almost developing their own niche art scene. It’s interesting to think about the impact it could have on art history.”

And as the beer scene booms, breweries find themselves marketing to more experimental drinkers, according to Buffington.

“The marketing of beer had to be a lot more precise as opposed to a focus around (brand) loyalty,” he said, adding that compared to bigger brands, consumers see a “much more artistic presentation of the can,” from local brewers.

Stacy McMahan, who lives in downtown Denver, knows this firsthand.

McMahan, 32, began her career as a product designer at Copper Kettle Brewing Company in Aurora where she ran social media and served as a photographer for the brewery.

This led her to discover her passion for design and she went on to work for Four Noses Brewery in Broomfield where she did work on more than 50 beer cans. Most recently, McMahan designed and photographed for New Image Brewing in Arvada.

Each brewery has its own style and target audience giving artists like McMahan the chance to try something new.

“New Image was a fun project because it really forced me out of my comfort zone,” she said. “They have a different sense of branding than what I’m used to, so that was fun to flex a different muscle.”

Reward is also found in seeing an artistic design move from McMahan’s computer screen, where she creates her work digitally, to being grasped in the palm’s of people’s hands as they enjoy a beer.

“You would always see (the art) in all these different situations with all these different people from different walks of life,” McMahan said.

“Which is kind of the heart of beer in itself, to build community. It’s really cool to see that your label is now

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C ONNEC TI NG , “They work their way into all these different environments that art AND EMPOW ERI NG maybe traditionally hasn’t been in. I found it really fun to see my artwork C OMMU NI TI ES that’s of these wild places actually out in some of these places that they were inspired by, because that didn’t happen very often for me.”

As customers continue to browse the local beer section of their nearby liquor store, they’re likely to be met with a growing gallery of art.

Phares said it adds a new dimension to how they will choose their next drink.

“It’s like the new phase of judging a book by its cover,” she said.

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“After another challenging year, our hope is that Parker’s holiday activities will offer a sense of normalcy and allow our community to joyfully kick off the holiday season here in Parker,” said town spokesperson Elise Penington.

The town puts a priority on hosting low-cost events like these for residents to help them connect with the community, Penington said.

“We believe that providing community events and activities, such as our holiday offerings, play a big role in keeping Parker’s hometown feeling alive and well,” she said.

Here’s a list of some of the holiday events in the town: • Nov. 26: Mayor’s Holiday Lighting, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at O’Brien Park The event will include a sing-along and a countdown to the lighting of the town tree and the park, according to the town. There will be walk-around entertainment such as ice sculptures, food vendors and performances from local choirs.

• Nov. 26: The Parker Ice Trail at Discovery Park opens for the season Admission for the ice trail is $6 for 10 and younger, $8 for 11 and older with $4 skate rentals. The ice trail features three nearby fire pits, hot chocolate sales and other concessions. More details are available at www.Parkerrec.com/1954.

• Nov. 27-28: Hometown Holidays experience, downtown There will be activities and music throughout the weekend, both during day and night, according to the town.

There will be a toy soldier, Santa’s elf, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and various booths and vendors. Residents can also purchase a “North Pole Pass” for $25 per child for residents and $30 for non-residents for their children ages 3 to 10 for the weekend. These passes will include a petting zoo visit, milk and cookies, an ice trail skating pass and a Santa visit. More information and tickets are available at www. parkeronline.org/2327.

• Nov. 27: Christmas in Killarney at the PACE Center (www.parkerarts.org) • Nov. 28: Swing into Christmas with the Beverly Belles at the PACE Center (www.parkerarts.org) • Dec. 3-5: A Classic Parker Holiday at the PACE Center (www.parkerarts.org) • Dec. 4: Family Discovery Series: Sounds of the Season at the PACE Center (www.parkerarts.org) • Dec. 9-18: The Nutcracker of Parker at the PACE Center (www.parkerarts. org) • Dec. 12: Milk and Cookies with Santa at 12:45 or 1:45 p.m at the Parker Fieldhouse. Cost is $15 for residents and $18 for nonresidents (register at www.ParkerRec.com/milkandcookies).

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In a Nov. 22 Q&A with the Elbert County News, Stewart shared her excitement about publishing her first novel, her writing processes, and advice for new writers.

How does it feel to have published your first book?

It feels incredible! I wrote my first book when I was 13 years old, but I didn’t actually publish my first book until I was 53. This moment is 40 years in the making and it feels great to finally get a book published.

How long have you been working on this book?

I first wrote it about 10 years ago and just recently revisited it. Things were a lot different 10 years ago. I got tired of dealing with rejection letters and the submission system.

The system is much better now. You can get quick responses. Back then you had to send physical letters and wait for a response which could take up to two months. Now with advances in technology, things get done a lot faster.

What inspired you to write this book?

Growing up I lost myself in books.

I had a really good friend who didn’t like to read though. She really struggled with reading. I wanted her to have one book to read that she re-

December 2, 2021 ally liked. She wasn’t a very strong reader back then and now her son is on the autism spectrum. I want something for kids and teens to read that is accessible and easy. I want to write a book that the average reader can read and something for people who aren’t avid readers.

At what point do you think someone can call themselves a writer?

From the moment they put something on the page. I believe everyone is a writer. Anyone who loves to create and formulate ideas. As long as those thoughts are put onto paper, a person can call themselves a writer.

What advice do you have for someone wanting to write their first book?

Just get the words out. Get them on the page by writing the most exciting scenes first. When you focus on what you are excited to write about, then the rest will come together. Also, never completely delete large gaps of text! Put it in a separate folder. You can spend years rewriting your story and you will never be done. Generally, just have fun with it.

What are the easiest and most difficult parts of your writing process?

The easiest is writing the exciting scenes that I like. The most difficult is remembering the nuance of the story, like the days of the week and time of the year. Sometimes I will set something in the late fall and then have a scene where a character is running through a field of sunflowers, later realizing that fall is not sunflower season. I also dislike the endless editing. Whenever the publisher makes a change, I have to

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go back and reread the entire thing.

Are there therapeutic benefits to modeling a character after someone you know?

Some of my characters are loosely based on people I know or have met throughout my life. One of the main characters, the helper of the protagonist, is based off a woman who I became friends with years ago who has since passed away. Sometimes when I meet new people, I like to ask: “If I were to name a character after you, what would their name be?”

What are your future writing plans?

I am going to write the second book in this series. I would also like to finish the other three half-written

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At the end of the interview, Stewart wanted to stress the definition of a writer. “Everybody is a writer.

Whether you write for pleasure, for some sort of fulfillment, and whether you make money or not,” she said. “There is a misconception that you have to be Dean Koontz or J.K. Rowling to be a writer. As long as you get it down on paper, you’re a writer.”

You can find Tabatha Deans Stewart on Instagram at instagram.com/tabathadeansstewart and learn more about her work at tabathadeans.com.

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Family doctor served Parker for 26 years I have been living in Parker since 1972. I was a mere seven years old when we arrived. My parents bought the seventh house in the Pinery, which at the time was one of the few subdivisions in Parker. Growing up in small-town Parker was fun and generally felt relaxed with a great sense of community. I left Parker for a few years for my education, but then returned in 1995 with my young family. For the last several years I have been living in Franktown.

My father started a family practice in Parker when we moved to the area. After I completed my training in 1995 I joined him in order to continue caring for the community I had grown up in.

I have loved meeting and caring for multiple families in Parker; hearing their stories and supporting them through good and bad times. It has been interesting to watch Parker change from a town of 300 to many thousands of residents. This has altered the patient type from mostly ranchers and farmers to suburban families.

Leaving the practice It was a very difficult decision to leave my current job, but I felt that a change was in order. I’m taking a bit of time off to rest after 26 years and then pursue medicine in another area, as it’s still my calling. I’ve been doing some telehealth and it’s amazing to see how much we can do with technology. It helps people who don’t have easy access to healthcare.

As a family practitioner I am able to care for the very young to the old.

I treat very complicated patients as well as simple problems. Family practice doctors can sew wounds back together and remove cancers as well as do your annual physical.

The other joy is seeing multiple generations of the same family. This enables an understanding of how family issues impact the health of others in the group, which improves treatment of that individual.

I wish people also understood that we do our best but don’t always get it right. The human body is brilliant and complex which makes my job fascinating but challenging. The hardest part of my job has been the added layers of paperwork and documentation required that has decreased the time I can spend with my patients.

Other interests I enjoy fishing and am currently working on learning to tie flies as well as embarking on helping members of 4-H complete their fishing unit. Gardening is another one of my hobbies. You have to outsmart the deer and hail, but getting something to grow is very rewarding. I also enjoy walking and biking. There are plenty of locations to do this in the local area.

My favorite moments are spent with my children as time passes too quickly. I have a son in Kiowa, a son and daughter-in-law in Chicago and a daughter in her senior year at

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Family practice doctors can sew wounds back together and remove cancers as well as do your annual physical.’

Ben Zimmerman

Ponderosa. My wife and I feel very fortunate that our children grew up in such a wonderful place. She and I look forward to traveling, spending time with friends and seeing what the next chapter brings.

‘Practice kindness’ Over my years of working in Parker I have felt that there has been a movement away from working with each other to working against one another. I would encourage everyone to realize we don’t know the other person’s story and to practice kindness before judgment. The health of ourselves, our families and our communities has been so greatly affected in these last couple of years so please try to take care of yourself and others accordingly. My work has made me realize how precious and limited our time on earth is, so please enjoy it as much as possible.

If you would like to sugest someone for My Name Is ... or if you would like to be interviewed for the segment, contact Elliott Wenzler at ewenzler@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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“We look forward to utilizing our outdoor space as a classroom, weather permitting. Having another resource for our students to use throughout the year is undoubtedly going to help them grow,” said Conner. “Our goal with this grant is to improve our students’ overall health and well-being.”

“Singing Hills Preschool is so excited to utilize the grant funds to purchase math/science concepts, art, and discovery toys,” said Pergeau. “By expanding our classroom experiences and workspaces outside, it brings a whole new dimension of development and learning to our students.”

The teachers also expressed their excitement for how outdoor spaces are beneficial in the era of COVID-19.

“With all that has been happening surrounding the pandemic and trying to keep children and staff healthy, we are excited to expand our campus to include more comfortable outdoor seating,” said Bosco. “In being able to move our classes outside comfortably, we are reducing the spread of COVID-19, improving brain health, while avoiding grass and other allergens students are exposed to when sitting in the grass.”

In a press release, the Elizabeth Education Foundation said its grant guidelines aim to enhance teaching opportunities and have the most impact within the classroom environment.

“The grant funds are generated through fundraising such as King Soopers reward cards, Safeway grocery cards, Amazon smile rewards, partnerships with local restaurants, and discounted community nights with the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, and Colorado Mammoth,” the foundation stated. “In addition, EEF receives private donations for this program from anonymous contributors, which we gracious-

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The grant recipients are:

Elizabeth High School Eric Crow, $300 — literature book sets Lori Horton, $500 — supplies to support the Alternative Education program Ashley Pollard, $400 — physics cart track Laurie Schlekeway-Burkhardt, $240 — one-year membership to Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) for teacher training Karl Zander, $500 — graphing calculators Elizabeth Middle School Melanie Barrett, $215 — white board and access to Moby Max and Great Minds curriculum Aaron Stone, $500 — one-year subscription to Avanti’s World Virtual Reality Theme Park and Curriculum Legacy Academy Elizabeth Baird, $500 — Logitech crayons Dana Henderson, $486 — cross discipline classroom supplies Andrei Teudean, $500 — Logitech crayons Running Creek Elementary Lisa Bosco, $500 — outdoor classroom seating Crystal Conner, $500 — outdoor classroom seating Singing Hills Elementary Tricia Ackerman, $480 — vinyl floor mats RaKell Adams, $450 — reading support manuals from “Really Great Reading” Tina Farr, $430 — 24-inch touch screen monitor Susan McMullen, $500 — STEM tools Lisa Pergeau, $350 — outdoor classroom learning tools To help the Elizabeth Education Foundation in their fundraising efforts, visit elizabethef.org or email elizabetheducationfoundation@ outlook.com.

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December 2, 2021

Another cut to state income tax rate makes 2022 Colo. ballot Measure would cut state revenue by $530M next year

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado voters will decide next year whether to further reduce the state’s income tax rate.

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said Nov. 18 that supporters of Initiative 31 collected enough signatures to get their question before voters in 2022. They needed at least 124,632 signatures to qualify for the ballot.

The measure is being pushed by conservatives, including Jon Caldara, who leads the Independence

Institute.

The initiative seeks to reduce the income tax rate to 4.4% from 4.55%.

Nonpartisan legislative staff estimated in April that the measure would reduce state general fund revenue by $530 million in fiscal year 2022-23 and $370 million in fiscal year 2023-24.

Separately, Colorado voters are already going to see a temporary income tax rate reduction to 4.5% for the foreseeable future because the state is projected to exceed the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights cap on government growth and spending for at least the next three fiscal years, triggering the rate reduction.

In 2020, Colorado voters approved Proposition 116, which reduced the state income tax rate to 4.55% from 4.63%.

Jon Caldara, right, poses with the 216,000 signatures he turned in to secure a spot for Initiative 31 HANDOUT PHOTO on the 2022 Colorado ballot.

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L egal Notice No. 2 4 7 4 7 First Pub lication: Decemb er 2 , 2 0 2 1 L ast Pub lication: Decemb er 2 , 2 0 2 1 Pub lisher: Elb ert County New s

Mi s c . Pr i v a t e Le g a l s Pu b l i c No t i c e NOTI C E OF PU RC H AS E OF MI NERAL RI G H TS AT TAX LI EN S ALE AND OF APPLI C ATI ON FOR I S S U ANC E OF TREAS U RER' S D EED

of Novemb er 2 0 2 1 S heryl L . Hew lett, T reasurer of Elb ert County , Colorado L egal Notice No. 2 4 7 4 4 First Pub lication: Decemb er 2 , 2 0 2 1 L ast Pub lication: Decemb er 1 6 , 2 0 2 1 Pub lisher: Elb ert County New s

T o Every Person in A ctual Possession or O ccupancy of the hereinaf ter Describ ed L and, L ot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same w as T axed or S pecially A ssessed, and to all Persons having I nterest of T itle of R ecord in or to the said Premises and T o Whom I t May Concern, and more especially to: B I JOU % B OB 13 44 H C LARK

B AS I N I NVES TMENTS LTD MOTLONG I G H G ROVE LN. S VI LLE, TN 3 7043 -219 3

ou and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1 4 th day of Novemb er 2 0 1 7 , the then County T reasurer of Elb ert County , in the S tate of Colorado, sold at pub lic tax lien sale to MCCUL L I S S O I L & G A S I NC. the f ollow ing describ ed mineral rights situate in the County of Elb ert, S tate of Colorado, to- w it: S e c t i o n : 12 To w n s h i p : 10 Ra n g e : 63 W 2S E4, S E4S W 4 ( 120 AC RES 1/ 2 I NTERES T 60 MRA) S e c t i o n : 13 To w n s h i p : 10 Ra n g e : 63 N2NW 4, S W 4NW 4 ( 120 AC RES 1/ 2 I NTERES T 60 MRA) S e c t i o n : 14 To w n s h i p : 10 Ra n g e : 63 S 2N2, S E4, W 2S W 4, NE4S W 4 ( 440 AC RES 1/ 2 I NTERES T 220 MRA) TOTAL MRA 3 40S u b d i v i s i o n : S EVERED MI NERALS Certificate

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and said County reasurer issued a certificate of purchase theref ore to MCCUL L I S S O I L & G A S I NC. .

T hat said tax lien sale w as made to satisf y the delinq uent mineral rights ( and special assessment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights f or the ye ar 2 0 1 6 ; T hat said mineral rights w as taxed or specially assessed in the name( s) of B I J O U B A S I N I NV ES T MENT S L T D f or said ye ar 2 0 1 6 ; T hat said MCCUL L I S S O I L & G A S I NC. on the 1 3 th day of O ctob er 2 0 2 1 , the present holder of said certificate ho has made request upon the T reasurer of said County f or a deed to said mineral rights; T hat a T reasurer' s Deed w ill b e issued f or said mineral rights to MCCUL L I S S O I L & G A S I NC. on the 1 0 th day of Feb ruary 2 0 2 2 , unless the same has b een redeemed; S aid mineral rights may b e redeemed f rom said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said T reasurer' s Deed.

Witness my hand this 1 5 th day

No t i c e t o C r e d i t o r s Pu b l i c No t i c e NOTI C Es t a t a k a Na C a s e Nu

E TO C RED I TORS e o f Na n c y T. La w , n c y La w , D e c e a s e d m b e r : 2021 PR 3 0047

A ll persons having claims against the ab ove named estate are req uired to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Elb ert County , Colorado on or b ef ore March 2 5 , 2 0 2 2 , or the claims may b e f orever b arred.

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L egal Notice No. 2 4 7 4 5 First Pub lication: Novemb er 2 5 , 2 0 2 1 L ast Pub lication: Decemb er 9 , 2 0 2 1 Pub lisher: Elb ert County New s Pu b l i c No t i c e NOTI C E TO C RED I TORS Es t a t e o f Ly n n e Ma r l e n e Es c h b a c h , a / k / a Ly n n e M Es c h b a c h , a / k / a Ly n n e Es c h b a c h , a / k / a Ly n n e Ma r l e n e G r a s k i , a / k / a Ly n n e M G r a s k , a / k / a Ly n n e G r a s k i , a / k / a Ly n n e Ma r l e n e Jo s t , a / k / a Ly n n e M Jo s t , a / k / a Ly n n e Jo s t , D e c e a s e d C a s e Nu m b e r : 2021PR3 0048 A ll persons having claims against the ab ove named estate are req uired to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Elb ert County , Colorado on or b ef ore May 9 , 2 0 2 2 , or the claims may b e f orever b arred.

My k a M. La n d r y , ATL Mi c h a e l G . Es c h b a c h Pe r s o n a l Re p r e s e n t a t i v e PO B o x 2276 El i za

b e t h , C o l o r a d o 80107

L egal Notice No. 2 4 7 4 8 First Pub lication: Decemb er 2 , 2 0 2 1 L ast Pub lication: Decemb er 1 6 , 2 0 2 1 Pub lisher: Elb ert County New s

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Our organization was chosen for the #newsCOneeds matching program, so now your support will go even farther. From now until Dec. 31, the Colorado Media Project will match your gift up to a total of $5,000. It’s a unique way for your support to really count.

Linda Shapley Publisher

Thank you so much for telling your stories and patronizing the businesses that advertise with us. It’s this kind of human interaction that keeps a community strong, and we are proud to be there for all of you.

With gratitude, Linda Shapley, publisher To contribute online:

www.coloradocommunitymedia.com/ReadersCare

To contribute by phone:

Please call 303-566-4100 • Monday-Friday 9am-4pm

To contribute by mail please send your contribution to the following address:

Colorado Community Media, Attn: VC, 750 W. Hampden Ave., Ste. 225 Englewood, CO 80110

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