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EHS senior honored for achievements

Brady Mowbray looks at various college options

BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON

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Brady Mowbray, an Elizabeth High School senior, has been named a National Merit Scholarship semifi nalist. Mowbray is one of 16,000 semifi nalists throughout the country in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, representing less than 1% of high school seniors in the United States. To

qualify as a semifi nalist, Mowbray scored very high on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT).

“Being named a National Merit Scholar semifi nalist is defi nitely an honor. I feel proud of myself for being among the top 16,000 students to take the NMSQT, and therefore among the top students in the United States,” said Mowbray in an email correspondence from Oct. 17. “I’m excited to use my National Merit on my college applications and hopefully win plenty of scholarships.”

To become a finalist, Mowbray and Elizabeth High School of-

ficials must submit a detailed scholarship application with information about his academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received.

All semifinalists must also demonstrate their excellent academic record, write an essay, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, and have high SAT or ACT scores. Mowbray’s SAT score is 1550, with a perfect score being 1600.

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Halloween festivities will be treat

Towns hold events to celebrate spooky season

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

Fall is an exciting time for residents of Elbert County. With cooler weather moving in and trees colorfully ablaze, residents look forward to the many events that celebrate the season.

This year, towns around the county are excited to celebrate the spookiest part of fall with Halloween-themed events and activities for families and children. From haunted houses and trunk-or-treats, to harvest festivals and spooky storytelling, there is something for every member of the family.

The Elbert Town Committee and Elbert Woman’s Club are holding the town’s first-ever haunted house. Their Halloween event will also include games and crafts and will have themed snacks and refreshments.

“There are a lot of people donating decorations. One lady is donating her dueling banjos skeletons for the entryway,” said Niccole Parenti, organizer of the Haunted House event. “We’ve formed committees for snacks, games, and other decorating.”

For small towns like Elbert, there isn’t a lot of opportunity for trickor-treating. Events like this allow kids to still experience the fun of Halloween.

“I know a lot of people go to other towns for trick-or treating,” said Parenti. “Halloween is on a school night this year, so the haunted house event will give them an alternative to stay local and still have fun.”

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Brady Mowbray stands in the library at Elizabeth High School, where he is in his senior year.

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Still no breathing room on home prices

Cost would have to drop 32% to match ‘a ordability’ of 2015

BY TAMARA CHUANG

THE COLORADO SUN

Back in 2015, the median sales price for a house in Colorado was $285,000, according to data from the Colorado Association of Realtors. Between January and September, the median price averaged $575,000.

Housing prices are already much higher now than they were seven years ago, but combine that with today’s higher mortgage interest rates (7.1% for a 30-year fi xed loan, as of Friday’s Mortgage News Daily calculation versus just under 4% in 2015) plus consumer incomes that haven’t kept up with infl ation or home prices, and 2015 was a pretty sweet year to buy a house, according to CSU’s Colorado Futures Center.

Getting back to that affordability would require an average 32% drop in housing prices to get the same share of housing stock to a price that is affordable to the median family income. And that housing price adjustment differs by county, with the value at one end needing to drop about 15% in Huerfano County but closer to 60% in Jackson County. Denver was just below the state’s average price

decline adjustment of 32%.

“As you can see from the report, it would take pretty considerable drops in values in order for us to get to a level of ‘affordability’ that the state enjoyed back in 2015,” said Phyllis Resnick, the center’s lead economist and executive director. “I use that word in air quotes because I don’t think

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people thought 2015 was a terribly affordable era. But in retrospect, it actually was because interest rates were almost historically low and the run-up in prices hadn’t happened yet.”

Affordability is also impacted by limited housing supply, added Jennifer Newcomer, the center’s research director.

“We have stated before that we’re going to need to create a separate environment to basically bring supply at price points that have largely not been catered to for a long time (because) the current market environment is not incentivized to do anything different when it comes to new production,” Newcomer said. “We’ve noodled on this idea of supply to get us out and take us out of the challenge that launched some of the Great Recession, when we had a lot of home builders exit the market entirely.”

Increasing supply could very well provide Coloradans with more attainable housing, but this comes after last decade’s decline in construction workers, slow wage increases and the regulatory environment, though Resnick said the notion of local regulations driving up cost always make her

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“a little skeptical when one thing is singled out as the only reason.”

“We got into this work fi ve years ago because we were convinced that the construction defects (law), while real, (would not cause) the housing market to correct itself” if removed, Resnick said.

“All these components matter. … Labor’s expensive, materials are expensive, the regulatory environment is part of it and there may not be enough land in the condition that you need, coupled with COVID and a real constriction in what came to the market. That’s probably an unsatisfying answer, but we hope to stimulate the right conversations where people recognize that all of these issues are part of it.”

This was the fi rst of a series of housing affordability reports from the organization.

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‘As you can see from the report, it would take pretty considerable drops in values in order for us to get to a level of ‘a ordability’ that the state enjoyed back in 2015.’

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The Pines & Plains Libraries Elizabeth and Kiowa branches will be holding Halloween-themed story time events for children. With kid-friendly themes, the stories will be filled with pumpkins, friendly ghosts, and not-so-spooky endings. Kids are encouraged to wear costumes if they like.

The Elizabeth Area Chamber of Commerce is holding the Trick or Treat Street and Harvest Festival event on Historic Main Street

prior to Halloween on Saturday, Oct. 29. There will be a costume contest, vendors for shopping, and plenty of treats to go around. At the same time, the Dads of Elbert County will be holding a Trunkor-Treat event at the Gesin Lot.

“All of the Main Street shops and vendors will have candy for distribution to children and the Chamber of Commerce has bags of goodies and information for the adults,” said Mary Martin, executive director of the Elizabeth Area Chamber of Commerce. “There is truly something for everyone. This an old-fashioned family fun event.”

Elbert

Haunted House

Location: Russell Gates Mercantile Building

When: Monday, Oct. 31, sundown

Haunted Hallway

Location: Elbert Fire Protection District, 24310 Main St.

When: Monday, Oct. 31, 6-9 p.m.

Elizabeth Trick or Treat Street & Harvest Festival

Location: Historic Main Street

When: Saturday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Trunk or Treat

Location: Gesin Lot, corner of

East Kiowa Avenue and S. Main St.

When: Saturday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Elizabeth Story Time (KidFriendly Halloween Theme)

Location: Elizabeth Library

When: Monday, Oct. 31, 10-11 a.m.

Kiowa Trunk-or-Treat

Location: Elementary school lot

When: Monday, Oct. 31, 3 p.m.

Kiowa Story Time (KidFriendly Halloween Theme)

Location: Kiowa Library

When: Friday, Oct. 28, 10-11 a.m.

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Flyer for the Elbert Haunted House on Oct. 31.

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Flyer for the Trick or Treat Street and Harvest Festival in Elizabeth on Oct. 29.

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Mowbray is involved with numerous sports and activities at EHS, making him an excellent candidate for the National Merit Scholarship finals. He participates in the chess club and FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America). He also helps produce segments for the EZTV school broadcast, participates in the spring musicals, and competes in several events with the Elizabeth track and field team.

Currently Mowbray is undecided as to where to attend college. He has a wide array of academic interests including chemical engineering, physics, mathematics and theater.

“I am primarily interested in careers and academics related to STEM fields,” said Mowbray. “My career choices at the moment are similar; I could be an engineer, a chemist, a pharmacist, a physicist or a director, among many, many other possibilities.”

There are three types of National Merit Scholarships that will be offered to finalists in the spring of 2023. Each will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit Scholarships worth $2,500. Corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships will be awarded to 950 finalists, and 3,800 finalists will receive college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards.

Scholarship winners will be announced between April and July 2023. The National Merit Scholarship winners will join nearly 368,000 other distinguished students who have earned the title throughout the organization’s 68-year history.

“My advice to other students applying for the National Merit Scholarship is to keep improving yourself. Take practice SATs and listen during class so that you know what the NMSQT will be like,” said Mowbray. “Do well on the test, but don’t worry about the result regardless of how well you think you did. Being a National Merit Scholar is cool, and you should strive to be one, but there are also plenty of other amazing scholarships and opportunities out there that you can work towards.”

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Brady Mowbray walks outside Elizabeth High School, where he is involved in numerous sports and activities.

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Brady Mowbray works on math at an Elizabeth High School whiteboard.

Brady Mowbray is a candidate for the National Merit Scholarship finals.

things to know about psychedelics initiative Proposition 122 is on Colorado’s fall ballot

BY MARKIAN HAWRYLUK AND MATT VOLZ, KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Colorado could become the sec ond state after Oregon to allow the use of certain psychedelic substances that are illegal under federal law.

But while Oregon voters in 2020 approved the supervised use of psychedelic mushrooms, the citizen initiative on the Colorado ballot in November goes further. Proposition 122 would allow the personal use of psilocybin mush rooms and certain plant-based psychedelic substances by adults 21 and over but would ban sales except in licensed “healing cen ters,” where people could ingest them under the supervision of trained facilitators.

The psychedelic substances, which can alter a person’s perception and cause hallucina tions, are Schedule I controlled substances, which is the federal classification given to drugs deemed to have a high potential for abuse and serve no legitimate medical purpose. However, a still-developing body of research has found that psychedelic mush rooms may have health benefits, such as treating depression.

As of June, 15 cities and other

local U.S. jurisdictions have decriminalized possession of psilocybin or deprioritized the policing, prosecution, or arrest of users. Denver’s 2019 voterapproved initiative made the adult possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms the city’s lowest law enforcement priority, and it prohibited the spending of resources on enforcing related penalties.

Here are five key things to absorb about the initiative in Colorado:

1. What does the Colorado initiative do?

Proposition 122 is one of 11 statewide ballot measures that Colorado voters will decide in the Nov. 8 general election. The measure would allow adults to grow, possess, and use mush rooms containing the chemicals psilocybin and psilocin, and decriminalize three plant-based psychedelics: mescaline (though it specifically excludes the peyote cactus), ibogaine (from the root bark of the iboga tree), and dimethyltryptamine (a compound in ayahuasca brew). It also would require the state to create regulations for facilities where adults 21 and older can buy and take the psychedelics under supervision. Selling the drugs outside of those facilities would remain illegal.

The measure sets a timeline

for the regulatory process and facilities to be operational by late 2024 for psilocybin, and the state could expand the list of psychedelic substances to in clude mescaline, ibogaine, and dimethyltryptamine in those facilities starting in 2026. If vot ers approve the initiative, people who use those psychedelics would be protected from profes sional discipline or losing public benefits, and criminal records of past convictions for offenses made legal under the measure could be sealed.

The measure goes beyond the Oregon law voters approved in 2020 allowing people to be treat ed with one variety of psilocy bin, called psilocybe cubensis, in supervised facilities. In Oregon, no facilities have opened yet and state health officials are still finalizing regulations.

2. What are the potential health benefits?

Supporters’ primary argu ment for the measure’s passage is that psychedelic mushrooms and plants have potential men tal health benefits. Emerging research and clinical trials are studying the substances’ ef fectiveness as an alternative treatment for conditions such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Proponents of the measure say regulation would increase access

for people struggling to find ef fective mental health care. They also say psychedelic mushrooms are not addictive and pose no public safety risk.

3. What are the risks and unknowns?

Opponents caution that the measure is too far ahead of the science, and that the stilldeveloping research should not be used to legitimize the legaliza tion of psychedelic mushrooms and plants for medical or recre ational use. They also point out that much of the research con ducted has involved psychedelic mushrooms, and that relatively little is known about the effects of mescaline, ibogaine, and di methyltryptamine.

According to officials at the Justice Department’s National Drug Intelligence Center, in gesting psilocybin can produce negative physical effects, such as vomiting, weakness, and lack of coordination, along with nega tive psychological effects, such as being unable to distinguish fantasy from reality. Psilocybin can trigger episodes of psycho sis, so people with a personal or family history of psychosis are generally excluded from studies. Psilocybin can also exacerbate heart conditions.

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plants (technically, fungi) it is safer than pharmaceutical drugs created in a lab. This distinction has no basis. Many plants are poisonous, and many pharmaceutical drugs are derived from natural substances.

4. What does the science say?

Initial studies have found that psilocybin can help treatmentresistant depression or anxiety and depression in patients with terminal illnesses. While the findings are promising, researchers caution that larger sample sizes and additional research are needed to understand psilocybin’s neurobiological factors and long-term effects. In 2019, the FDA called psilocybin a “breakthrough therapy,” a designation meant to speed up development of promising drugs. No psychedelics have been approved for medical use so far.

Of the drugs being considered in the Colorado initiative, psilocybin is the most studied. Clinical trials have tested psilocybin in combination with therapy. Unlike antidepressants, which must be taken regularly, psilocybin has been shown to have durable treatment effects after just one, two, or three doses. It is unclear whether psilocybin has any health benefits outside the psilocybin-assisted therapy protocols used in clinical studies.

Some research findings show that psilocybin-assisted therapy

can be useful in treating substance use disorders, including nicotine and alcohol addiction.

Clinical trials for mescaline, ibogaine, and dimethyltryptamine are still in preliminary stages.

5. Will this sprout another industry like marijuana?

Because psilocybin is naturally occurring, people tend to assume its path to legalization will follow that of cannabis. However, the compounds have key differences in the way they affect people. Psilocybin is unlikely to win approval as easily as marijuana, which is legal for medical use in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Nineteen of those states and D.C. also allow recreational use.

The Colorado measure expressly forbids the sale of psychedelics outside of licensed facilities. However, the potential for legalization in the state and elsewhere in the U.S. has spurred the launch of dozens of companies eager to commercialize the sale and treatment of psilocybin. Some are organizing retreats to Jamaica, Peru, or Mexico, where they conduct ceremonies that reflect the traditional use of psilocybin and other natural psychedelics that date back centuries.

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Eligible low-income households in Douglas County may apply for energy assistance through the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) beginning Nov. 1. For more information or an application, please visit douglas.co.us and search for LEAP or email LEAPHELP@discovermygoodwill.org

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Survey shows veteran homelessness decreased 31%

BY TATIANA FLOWERS THE COLORADO SUN

The number of veterans who are homeless in metro Denver decreased more than 30% from 2020 to 2022, despite an overall increase in the region’s homeless population, according to new survey data released Oct. 20 by The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative.

Veterans have historically been overrepresented in homelessness in metro Denver, Colorado, and across the country. However, federal and local governments have been working together to increase housing resources specifically for the population.

“The government has stepped up their investment in resolving veteran homelessness. We’ve been seeing steady declines as those investments have kicked up,” said Cathy Alderman, chief communications and public policy officer for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

The Obama administration made it a top priority to dramatically increase awareness about veterans’ high risk of becoming homeless, and in 2013, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs announced almost $70 million in grants to assist in addressing the issue across the country through rental assistance, case management and clinical services pro-

vided by the VA.

In mid-September, the VA announced it had awarded another $137 million in grants to help house veterans and their families who were homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless.

Many states, including Colorado, are also targeting veterans who are homeless and working with an organization, Community Solutions, which runs a campaign, Built for Zero, that works to end homelessness among

subgroups, including veterans.

“It’s a subset of the population of people experiencing homelessness that really can be targeted and evaluated,” Alderman said.

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“And so we’ve seen this trend over the last few years: When you increase investment in resolving veterans homelessness, veterans homelessness goes down. When you target resources to better track, evaluate and connect veteran services together, we see better outcomes in veteran homelessness. If we took that same model and did it for families experiencing homelessness, or youth experiencing homelessness, or people who were experiencing chronic homelessness, we would see the same results.”

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has several programs focused on serving veterans, including a housing development it opened during the pandemic called The Veterans Renaissance Apartments at Fitzsimons in Aurora, and through its Fort Lyon supportive program in southeastern Colorado for people who are homeless and have a substance use disorder.

“If we can do it for veterans, we can do it for families, for individuals, for youth, if we’re prepared and we have the political will to make these investments,” Alderman said.

The data released Thursday is from the annual point-in-time count, conducted Jan. 24, and included people staying in shelters and outdoors in the seven-county metro Denver area. It showed an overall increase of 784 people

experiencing homelessness compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2020, the last time the region completed a comprehensive count.

The count is only a snapshot of homelessness. Many variables could result in an undercount, Metro Denver Homeless Initiative leaders said. On the night of the count, trained volunteers and staff cruise around local streets interviewing people and families who are homeless using a standardized survey before the results are released months later.

People living on the streets, in shelters and in transitional housing programs were counted. People at risk of becoming homeless, such as those living with friends and family or in a motel, are not included in the count.

In January 2020, about six weeks before the beginning of the pandemic and the last time a comprehensive survey was conducted, there were 6,104 people counted who were homeless. The region did not count people staying outdoors in 2021 because of safety concerns related to COVID-19.

This year, 6,884 people were counted, a 12.8% increase. According to the results, 4,806 people stayed in emergency shelters, transitional housing or safe haven programs, and 2,078 people slept on the streets or in places not meant for human habitation.

The number of people staying in shelters remained fairly consistent while the number of people living on the streets signifi cantly increased.

One in three people were home-

less for the fi rst time. An overwhelming majority of people surveyed, 5,317, were single adults, age 25 or older with no children. Surveyors also identifi ed 1,207 families, defi ned as an adult age 25 or older with at least one child with them, and 360 people age 1824, who were unaccompanied or parenting.

Of those counted, 37% reported a mental health condition, 30% reported a chronic health condition and 16% reported experiencing domestic violence.

Black people, Native Americans/Alaska Natives, multiracial people and Native Hawaiians/ Pacifi c Islanders are signifi cantly overrepresented in the region’s homeless population, according to the survey.

“The overrepresentation of people of color, specifi cally Black and Native Americans, among those experiencing homelessness is critical to the response,” said Jamie Rife, executive director of The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, the regional system that coordinates services and housing for people experiencing homelessness. “Homelessness is an issue of race and must be approached through this lens.”

While the count can help human service leaders understand homelessness on a single night, a comprehensive system disseminating real-time data regionally is the ultimate goal, Rife said.

The region has made strides in decreasing its reliance on the one-night count. Instead, providers and municipal leaders are working together to improve

participation with the region’s Homeless Management Information System to make data about those experiencing homelessness accessible each day.

Boulder recently became the fi rst community in the region to reach a new milestone: The county can now track every adult experiencing homelessness by name in real time. Only a small number of communities across the country have reached the same milestone, according to Thursday’s news release.

While the region was able to locate and count 6,884 people on a single night, the number of people who are homeless in the region is likely closer to 31,000 throughout the course of the year, Rife said.

“This data highlights the dynamic nature of homelessness and the importance of real-time data to allow the region to coordinate effectively and allocate resources effi ciently,” she said.

The organization releases annually the State of Homelessness report with more data about regional homelessness. Infographic reports by county and an interactive dashboard are available at The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative website.

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Suburbs face reality of less water

Turf bans, other measures taken

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Growth is good. But hold the sod. And have the checkbook handy.

Colorado’s population growth and the swelling stress on state water resources amid climate change and drought are sending Front Range suburbs in a scramble to shore up sustainable supplies.

Castle Rock is banning traditional grass turf in front yards of new homes and offering developers steep fee discounts for water-saving “Coloradoscaping” yards. The Douglas County town that is a center for housing sprawl in Colorado foresees dwindling aquifer resources and ever-higher prices to secure new surface water from the state’s overtaxed mountain river basins.

Arvada, on the opposite corner of the Denver metro area to the northwest, is more than doubling homebuilders’ water and sewer connection fees and sharply raising existing homeowners’ utility rates. The city has so far avoided turf bans or other strong conservation measures on development, while a debate builds on whether the its new $54,000 connection fees are making homes even less affordable.

The two cities’ big moves, combined with Aurora’s recent decision to restrict new lawns and ban new golf courses, reflect the strains on high-growth Colorado cities confronted by higher water prices and dwindling supply, older collection and treatment systems hitting capacity, and everyday inflation. Arvada says it is paying 30% more for water treatment chemicals, and triple for piping, amid worldwide price increases.

“Water is a critical resource here,” Castle Rock Water Director Mark Marlowe said. “These are the things we can do to make that resource go further.”

“We are at capacity, and parts of our system are full in places that we expect that growth is going to pay for itself,” said Sharon Israel,

Arvada’s director of utilities.

Aurora sent water messages loud and clear over the summer by moving to ban new golf courses and sharply limit the amount of traditional thirsty lawn grass installed in the yards of new homes.

Now comes fast-growing Castle Rock, which Tuesday night was expected to give final passage to a ban on front yard grass in new homes and a limit on backyard grass to 500 square feet. The new rules also demand that developers oversee all water-wise landscaping if they want to qualify for discounts off steep tap fees.

City water agencies are ramping up those tap fees charged to developers to link to local water systems to pay for higher water acquisition and distribution costs amid the historic Western drought. The tap fees have risen so high that homebuilders are arguing — out of self-interest, but also reflecting concerns of town officials — that water fees are a major contributor to the lack of affordable housing on the Front Range.

Castle Rock’s utility system fees for a newly built single-family home in 2023 will be $42,097, up from $37,067 this year. Developers who agree to oversee landscape installation themselves using certified conservation contractors can trim more than $16,000 from that total under the new rules, officials said.

Arvada’s vote Monday night boosted charges for water, sewer and stormwater connections that it calls “system development fees” to $54,000, more than double the previous $25,000 fee, according to city officials and the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver.

Builders know water conservation is crucial now more than ever, and agree with the gist of the Aurora and Castle Rock initiatives, HBA’s Morgan Cullen said. They did seek concessions, not wanting to be responsible for overseeing all the landscaping.

But the rapid increase in new home tap fees, in Arvada and to a lesser extent in places like Castle Rock, is exacerbating crushing affordability problems for new buyers, Cullen said. “Water is getting prohibitively expensive,” he said. At

current median home prices, the rising tap, storm and wastewater fees represent about 10% of the overall price, he noted.

The stress on water resources and homebuyer resources will only worsen. Castle Rock expects to grow from 81,000 people to 140,000 in the next couple of decades. The city wants to cut per capita water use by 18% in the next 10 to 20 years, Marlowe said.

Castle Rock gets its drinking water from a combination of withdrawals from aquifers under Douglas County, which are depleting and can’t continue to be used at current rates, and buying from Denver and Aurora. Water law allows much of Castle Rock’s water to be reused — withdrawals from aquifers and transmountain diversions can be recycled “to depletion.” The town is working on recycling more aquifer water back into the system after it is spread on landscapes and flows back to local creeks.

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development also helps keep costs lower for existing Castle Rock homeowners, Marlowe said, a key consideration as electric, water and other utility rates soar. On a winter day, Castle Rock uses 4 million to 5 million gallons of water, while summer days peak at 19 million gallons. The city must build out enough infrastructure to handle the peaks, and charge ratepayers for the capacity and upkeep.

Avoiding new infrastructure through keeping the summer peaks lower “will help on rates” over the long term, Marlowe said.

Castle Rock calls its alternative home landscaping models “Coloradoscaping,” and Marlowe said such water-saving designs will be part of many new developments up and down the Front Range. “We certainly think it’s a good thing for the state as a whole,” he said.

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Painfully watching, waiting

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and I have seen plenty of social media posts and PSAs circulating with phone numbers and websites about how the victims can get help. In seeing them – I am always glad they are there.

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However, there is also this twinge of pain. There are strong moments of sadness for me and I’m sure others in the same boat. You see, many of us have a family member or friend who may be victims of domestic violence, but the phone numbers and websites mean nothing because they do not use them.

I am talking about the men and women who may be in an abusive situation but they continually decide to stay, take it and suffer.

Thelma Grimes

For family members and friends watching this happen we too suffer. We all know we would step in and help at the drop of a hat. We all hold our breath as we know that one day we will get the call saying things went too far and the person we love is hurt or dead.

Sound harsh? It is harsh. It sounds that way because it is reality. We know that all the efforts to talk sense are falling to the wayside and we often lose the small battles to the abuser who, for reasons we cannot figure, continues to win the war.

Statistics provided by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence say this about victims:

On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the U.S. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. One in four women and one in nine men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury, fearfulness, posttraumatic stress disorder, use of victim services, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases, etc. On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide. Women between the ages of 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner. Only 34% of people who are injured by intimate partners receive medical care for their injuries.

According to SafeLives, an organization aimed at ending domestic violence, it can take years for a victim to even seek help. And when they do seek help for that first time, it likely ends with a phone call but could take another year or more for the victim to be serious.

On average, SafeLives estimates that a victim can be hurt physically 50 times or more before thinking about getting help.

Domestic violence has a far-reaching affect on so many lives and our communities. For those who have to stand on the sidelines because legally there is nothing you can do – I feel for all of you. I say be strong and never lose hope.

We all have to believe that a good outcome is possible.

Tips for students of all ages

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Acolleague of mine encouraged her daughter, a second-year pre-med college student, to reach out and ask the question, “What’s the best piece of advice you’d offer a college student?” When I received this request, I gave it some deliberate thought. And as I wrote these responses out for her, I was reminded that this guidance is applicable to all of us when we stop and think about it. I hope there is a message here that connects with you as

“Never settle in life. You are committed to medical school and that is awesome, we need more bright and compassionate physicians. Never settle for less than you want or deserve at school, in life, in your pursuit of the right position when you finish school, and never settle when it comes to romance, (these are words I have preached to my own daughters).

“A lesson I learned long ago was regarding `equal stature.’ Even though you are in your second year, your knowledge and wisdom may have you wiser than your years. I share this because sometimes in school and in the workplace, people do not give enough respect to younger students or newer employees. Carry yourself with confidence. There are three keys to success: confidence, confidence and confidence. Confidence in yourself, confidence in your knowledge, and confidence

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in your heart and compassion. These will never let you down.

“Always be curious. The smartest person in the room is not the person talking or teaching. The smartest person in the room is the one asking the best questions. This works in school, at work, and in social settings. The person who asks great questions seems to garner greater respect. It’s OK not to have the answers, and it’s even better when we are brave enough to ask the questions.

“Guard your head and heart. We can be, do, and have anything we want in this world. And unfortunately, there is a lot of noise out there, as people try to pressure others into their beliefs. So, watch what information you allow into your head and heart. Our sources of input are critical to life success. This also goes for the people in our lives. Are they toxic? Negative? Do they drain our energy? These are the people you need to avoid, and if they are already in your life, take the time to walk away, as hard as that may seem.

“Lastly, create your word bank. Too often people aren’t ready or equipped when confrontation, conflict, or disagreements occur.

And when we aren’t ready, if we haven’t built our mental model on how we would respond instead of react, and if we do not have our go-to words top of mind and heart, we can miss opportunities to defuse situations. On the positive side, when we have our word bank visible and top of mind, we tend to lean into those words, and they bring joy

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Flemish art on display in Denver

Denver Art Museum exhibit runs through Jan. 22

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Phoebus Foundation, headquartered in historic Antwerp, Belgium, shares a portion of its comprehensive 15th- to 17thcentury collection of Flemish art through Jan. 22 at the Denver Art Museum — a fi rst-time U.S. visit for this rich collection. Plan on spending as much time as possible absorbing details of all sorts in these meticulously preserved works, owned by the Phoebus Foundation. (When it leaves Denver, it will travel to the Dallas Museum of Art.)

Phoebus Foundation Curator Dr. Katharina Van Cauteren accompanied the artwork and introduced it in an Oct. 13 press visit, in a talk that, like the exhibit, combined scholarship and humor.

Paintings not only present religious and mythical themes, but a growing interest in science and society by artists who were aware of the developments of microscopes and other scientifi c instruments that reinforced new subjects for painters to explore, as well as personal interactions and their effects on the world...

This was a time when confl ict arose over philosophies and moralities and Jan Massys, the artist we chose to present, was banished from Antwerp for a period due to his religious ideas, which may relate to the sassy representation in his painting: “Rebus: The World Feeds Many Fools,” which shows a background of a cabinet of curiosities, popular among those wealthy enough to afford a collection. The mirrored pair looks like they know a joke about their surroundings. (A rebus is a pictographic representation of a word.)

Related, humorous and intriguing: “Portrait Of An Elegant Couple In An Art Cabinet” by Peeter Neefs II and Gillis Van Tilborgh, depicting a small portrait of the couple, surrounded

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to our day and into each interaction we have with anyone around us. People love positive people.

Some of the words in my word bank include, love, forgiveness, grace, kindness, beauty, humility, generosity, abundance, encouragement, hope (that’s a big one), gentleness, compassion, patience, endurance, determination and trust.

“Thanks for the opportunity to connect. If you ever want to talk through this guidance, please let me or your mom know and I would be happy to jump on a call, as I live by this philosophy that I learned from Zig Ziglar and that changed my life, `You can have

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by their towering art-fi lled walls and door with stained glass. In religious paintings of the period, donors might be depicted among the saints. The small fi gures surrounded by big art suggests an underlying sense of humor, as does the Massys painting.

Also represented in this collection: works by Hans Memling, Jan Gossaert, Peter Paul Rubens and studio, Jan and Catherina van Hemessen, Jacob Jordanens and Anthony van Dyck.

The exhibit is organized into six sections, beginning with “God is in the Details,” which includes holy fi gures in contemporary settings. Following: “From God to the Individual,” including portraits of wealthy and famous members of society, followed by “The Fool in the Mirror,” which takes includes humorous views of society, with its quirkiness. “The Discovery of the World” represents Flemings’ belief that one needed to explore the world’s mysteries in order to come to some understanding of the Divine.

“A World in Turmoil” gives historic ideas for the Eighty Years War (1568 to 1648), an ongoing dispute between the Netherlands and Spain, with an intention by artists to steer viewers to the Catholic faith of Spanish rulers.

The fi nal section, “The Pursuit of Wonder,” includes shells, animals, scientifi c instruments and rare objects, intended to inspire a sense of wonder. (Collaboration here with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.)

Another popular motif for collectors was lush fl owers, represented by Daniel Seghers’ “Roses, Tulips and Narcissi In a Glass Vase,” with a lush bouquet, a still life, rendered in oil paint on copper, which gives the work a special glow.

everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.’ If you would like, next time we can talk about goals and accountability and accountability partners.”

You probably have even more and maybe better guidance to offer, and I would love to hear what that would be at gotonorton@ gmail.com. And when we can never settle, always be curious, guard what goes into our hearts and minds, and have our positive word bank ready to go, 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.

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“Rebus: The World Feeds Many Fools” by Jan Massys is in the exhibit of Flemish works at the Denver Art Museum.

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Designs from 15 creators being unveiled this fall

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Painter and muralist Eli Pillaert, a New Orleans native, spent a part of her formative years working as a Colorado ski instructor, teaching kids at Eldora Mountain Ski Resort.

But it was the summers spent hiking around the area that left her inspired.

“This one plant, the mountain mahogany, kept popping up. It’s so beautiful. It has spiraling pieces with little fluffy bits on them,” Pillaert said.

So, when she was selected by Adams County’s Cultural Arts Division to help bring some color to county open spaces, that’s where she looked.

“It’s local flora and fauna. It’s something that people see and could connect with. It’s exactly why I went with this design,” she said.

Pillaert is one of 15 national artists who are having their designs unveiled across Adams County this fall. But it’s not a gallery show and you don’t need tickets to see any of them. All you need is a little time and some decent walking shoes.

Pillaert’s design, featuring long swooping branches and colorful fluff, is now a part of the county’s Clear Creek Trail at Twin Lakes Park, along 70th Avenue just west of Broadway.

Other designs featuring other artists and their inspirations are spread across the county’s trail

system — not on the walls or entrances to tunnels but on the trails themselves.

It’s part of the county’s “Love Your Trails” series. Adams County is about halfway through the series, bringing colorful murals and designs highlighting the county’s natural resources and environment to those walking paths.

“Adams County has been dedicated to the arts for quite a while now,” said Adams County Cultural Arts Liaison Zoe Ocampo.

Adams County started its parks and open space Cultural Arts Division within the Arts and Cultural Department in 2019. Ocampo said arts and culture are part of a vision for Adams County to expand public art in its communities that calls for increased spending on displays everyone can enjoy.

“It won’t just be new buildings, it will be parks, trails and also all different kinds of projects throughout the county that are deemed eligible,” she said.

Choosing 15 Ocampo said that 50 artists from around the country applied to be part of the Love Your Trails project. The county’s Visual Arts Commission, a nine-member board of community volunteers, selected the final 15.

Pillaert said the artists were given the opportunity to include the community in the project. Hers is the only one of the eight completed so far that did that.

“The community element is part of organizing the mural so that it can be painted by the community,” Pillaert said. “It’s something that’s really near and dear to my heart. It’s something that’s really cool to see people connect through art.”

South Florida’s Stephanie Leyden made her mural theme of the four seasons. It’s also located on the Clear Creek Trail along Tennyson Street and north of 54th Avenue.

She painted summer elements transitioning into fall, winter, and

Leah Nguyen’s mural is called “Community Vision: Bennett, CO.” COURTESY PHOTOS

Kerry Cesen illustrating the smallest species.

‘It won’t just be new buildings, it will be parks, trails and also all di erent kinds of projects throughout the county that are deemed eligible.’

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spring and added designs she associated with the state — butterflies flying, animal tracks, wildflowers and changing colors of leaves as they have blown off the trees.

“It’s something we don’t have in South Florida. The seasons are here, they’re just not as obvious,” Leyden said. “With each season, I painted four butterflies, four leaves, four types of animal tracks and four wildflowers. It was fun.”

Leah Nguyen is from Seattle and her mural was more specific. Called “Community Vision: Bennett, CO,” it’s located in Bennett’s Civic Center Park off of South Street. Nguyen’s patterns depict small-town life, farmers growing corn, sunflowers, hay and wheat in the surrounding areas. The patterns connect generations of families to preserve the town’s history.

“I created the Community Vision pattern to provide support for communities that are doing

Stephanie Leyden’s mural has a theme of four seasons.

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Kim Carlino calls her mural “Portals for Looking Inward.”

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the difficult work of excavating their histories, having dialogues and taking actions toward reconciliation, healing old wounds, and visioning new ways to come together and collaboratively thrive,” Nguyen said. “The pattern makes sense there at Bennett City Hall, which holds space for visionary civic work and community building conversations.”

Di erent perspectives

Northampton, Massachusetts artist Kim Carlino calls her mural “Portals for Looking Inward.” It’s located in Strasburg Community Park. Her mural is an illusion of depth and volume occupying space in a two-dimensional surface with color that is expressive.

“I had this idea for a path coming across these portals or ovals reflecting the night sky with colorful Candy Land-like pathways that flow in and out of the portals as if they were going underneath the path and coming up the other side to give a sense of playfulness and movement,” Carlino said. “I love this idea of moving through space and coming across something that makes you take pause, and in that pause you can reflect.”

Traveling artist Kerry Cesen went small with his work. He said he lives in several places, including Maryland, Oregon and Washington state. His mural continues along the Clear Creek trail and is located just west of Lowell Boule-

vard along West 55th Place.

Cesen dives into the roots of the smallest species as though you are looking through a microscope. He illustrates the natural world beneath our feet.

“It emphasizes the interac-

tions between plants, animals, aquatic life, and fungal growth,” Cesen said. “Several magnified areas within the design allow us a deeper glimpse into the microworld, where scientific research and design techniques help inform viewers about some of the smaller parts that make up the whole.”

Clearwater, Florida artist Beth Warmath’s mural is inspired by the Colorado landscape and two notable flowers: Sunflowers in the fields and the Colorado columbine.

“I love nature and its perfect beauty, so I challenge myself to recreate it larger than life. I draw from actual objects so I used the surrounding landscape for my inspiration,” Warmath said. “I was happy to see wildlife in its natural habitat such as fox, elk, chipmunks and bison.”

Paz de la Calzada is originally from Spain but has lived in the San Francisco Bay area for 18 years. Calzada’s mural is located at Riverdale Regional Park in Brighton near the South Platte River. It’s an abstract design that keeps flowing, intertwining with the landscape and river.

“The landscape inspired me with the color of green flowing with nature and the color of blue metaphor flowing with the river both intersecting together, and

both need each other water needs nature and nature needs water,” Calzada said.

Milwaukee artist Theresa Sahar researched the Adams County area and learned that trout fishing is a popular sport in Colorado. That became the centerpiece of her mural, which is located along the South Platte Trail just east of Riverdale Dunes Golf Course and the county’s Fishing is Fun Pond. It features a realistically rendered fish leaping off of the trail.

“I’ve done some anamorphic (3D) chalk art pieces in downtown Milwaukee and decided it would be a fun and interesting addition to the Love Your Trails project,” Sahar said.

Adams County’s Ocampo said the remaining murals should be finished this fall, at least before the snow falls. The additional artists selected to work on their mural scheduled for painting are Toni Ardizzone, Sofi Ramiez, Wes Abarca, Keeley Hertzel, Eye Cough, Angela Beloian and Julio Juls Mendoza.

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existing water and sewer users will shore up existing systems and allow growth that supports future city budgets, council members said in approving the increases unanimously Monday night.

“Development has to pay its own way,” Arvada Mayor and Councilmember Marc Williams said. “We’re not going to do it on the backs of existing ratepayers. Yes, we recognize this is going to have an impact on housing costs.” Like other council members, Williams said Arvada now needs to redouble efforts on both utility support programs for lower-income customers, and creating more affordable housing units.

“We invite all of you to work with us on that,” Councilmember Lauren Simpson told developers and community members in the audience.

“As much as I hate to do it, it’s a necessary evil. I hope this doesn’t deter development in our community,” Councilmember David Jones said.

Developers speaking at Monday night’s public hearing said the connection fees were high, but praised the council for agreeing to delay higher payments until July 2023 to allow them to line up permits and financing before the new fees take effect.

“I hope that with the modification, developers will still see Arvada as a great place to be,” Jones said.

Arvada purchases most of its water from Denver Water. The Jefferson County community is paying

for one-sixth of the controversial expansion of Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir Dam in Boulder County, and will receive one-sixth of the new water supply from that, Israel said.

The city and consultants spent the past three years studying water supply and capacity for water treatment, stormwater and sewage, Israel said. Council members mentioned their tours of the aging sewage treatment facilities reaching their limits, and having helped neighbors shovel sewage out of basements after the 2013 floods on the northern Front Range.

Denver Water, meanwhile, is raising its raw water charges to Arvada by 15%, Israel said. Every stage of utility handling is undergoing massive inflation, from water cleaning chemicals to pipelines to fuel and equipment. Arvada needs to issue

$100 million in bonds for its water and sewage utility systems, and interest rates on that new borrowing will be far higher than the rates contemplated three years ago.

At the same time the new development fees were passed, the council approved a 12.3% increase in existing water rates and a 9.8% boost to sewage rates. Both systems will also charge higher fixed monthly service fees.

“So all of that together we estimate it would be about $9 more a month for a typical single-family residence,” Israel said. “We are still in the bottom third of the metro area in terms of fees for water and sewer services. So it sounds like a big jump, but it’s a big jump on a relatively smaller number.”

Israel acknowledged Arvada has not made the same push that Castle Rock and Aurora have made to re-

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duce thirsty grass lawns. Landscape watering typically makes up about 50% of municipal water use in arid states that are thick with traditional turf grass. Arvada customers have access to consultation on creating a more water-wise landscape, she said, and the city is gradually installing smart water meters in homes that alert customers to leaks and their overall use.

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AG candidates Kellner, Weiser talk issues

Gay marriage, crime, abortion, discussed

BY SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN

Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser is running for reelection against Republican John Kellner, the top prosecutor in the 18th Judicial District.

The winner of the race will serve as the top law enforcement offi cial in the state and preside over an offi ce that represents state government in court, oversees law enforcement offi cer training and enforces consumer protection and antitrust laws.

Here’s what you need to know about Weiser and Kellner.

The candidates’ background

Weiser, 54, is a former dean of the University of Colorado Law School, where he founded the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship. He served as a law clerk to Supreme Court justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and previously worked as a deputy attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice. He was elected attorney general in 2018. He lives in Denver.

Kellner, 41, was elected district attorney in the 18th Judicial Dis-

trict in 2020 after working in the offi ce’s cold case unit. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps after graduating from the University of Florida, and attended law school at the University of Colorado. His

four years of active-duty military service included a deployment to Afghanistan. He now serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves. He lives in Arapahoe County.

The attorney general’s role in criminal matters

The Colorado Attorney General’s Offi ce has limited criminal jurisdiction, meaning it can’t prosecute every crime committed in the state. The offi ce typically prosecutes criminal matters when they span multiple counties or are statewide, such as Medicare fraud and organized crime rings. The main focus of the offi ce is on civil court matters, like lawsuits.

Still, rising violent crime rates in Colorado have become a major centerpiece of the race between Weiser and Kellner.

Kellner acknowledges the limited role the attorney general plays in criminal matters, but says Weiser should have done more as attorney general to advocate at the legislature for a tougher criminal code, namely when it comes to fentanyl and auto thefts.

“I see the attorney general’s offi ce as being really the bully pulpit, the person who has the best ability to infl uence public safety outcomes and legislation at the state level,” Kellner said.

Weiser points out that it’s in fact district attorneys like Kellner who are responsible for prosecuting most crime.

“The attorney general prosecutes only organized crime and fraud cases, which means the only auto theft case that we would do is like an organized criminal enterprise,” Weiser said.

Fentanyl Kellner says he would have opposed a bipartisan 2019 state law that made personal possession of up to 4 grams of fentanyl and most other drugs a misdemeanor.

Weiser said he opposed and wasn’t involved with the 2019 measure: “It was a bipartisan bill that I hadn’t supported.”

The legislature amended the 2019 law earlier this year to make it a felony to possess a gram or more of fentanyl and to increase penalties for fentanyl dealers. The legislation also allocated millions of dollars to treatment, prevention and law enforcement response.

“I would have gone further and reduced the possession to as low as we could get, but the lowest we could get it was 1 gram,” Weiser said.

Kellner said he would have preferred that the bill passed this

District Attorney John Kellner, left, speaks during a July 6 press conference.

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year apply to a wider range of synthetic opioids so that the state is better prepared for the next wave of the opioid crisis.

Water issues

The two candidates differ on a major water case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Sackett v. EPA, which seeks to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement of clean water regulations. It’s a case out of Idaho where the EPA prevented a couple from building a house on a lot the agency considered a wetland.

Weiser’s offi ce supports the EPA’s position in the case.

“Historically, the EPA has managed the system of permitting to ensure that projects will not harm water quality,” Weiser said. “Under the Sackett case, there’s now a real risk that the EPA will lose that ability, and that responsibility will be shifted to the state of Colorado.”

But Kellner said Congress could respond if the EPA loses the case by passing laws regulating clean water enforcement. He said he would have intervened in the case on behalf of the landowners suing the EPA.

“We ought to be concerned about potential overreach by the federal government, especially when it comes to water,” he said.

Weiser said he’s hired a staff of lawyers to protect Colorado’s water rights when it comes to disputes with other states, as well as protecting smaller communities from metropolitan areas trying to build their water supplies.

“The worst water decisions are those that harm communities like the San Luis Valley, or like Crowley County, and basically undermine their economies,” he said.

Kellner said he is concerned about the attorney general’s offi ce “basically getting ahead of the policymakers as the legal representative for the state.” He noted that water rights are property rights and if someone “wants to sell them, there’s a process to adjudicate whether or not that goes forward, and it’s through water court.”

Gun regulations

The National Rifl e Association has endorsed Kellner, though he said he supports Colorado’s red fl ag law, which passed in 2019 and allows judges to order the temporary seizure of guns from people considered a risk to themselves or others.

Kellner originally opposed the red fl ag law, in part because of concerns that it isn’t limited to law enforcement taking such cases to court.

“I thought it should have been limited to police offi cers, but there’s been enough checks and balances in place and it’s worked,” he told The Sun. “OK to say I was wrong about that.”

He said he opposes measures passed by the legislature in recent years allowing some nonviolent felons to own guns.

“My opponent advocated for a bill that actually allowed convicted felons including car thieves and drug dealers to possess guns,” Kellner said in a 9News debate on Oct. 19.

But Weiser countered that the

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SEPTEMBER 2022

WATER RESUME PUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications, and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of SEPTEMBER 2022 for each County affected.

2022CW3137 DANE SHAW, 25715 County Road 5, Elbert, CO 80106. James J. Petrock, Eric K. Trout, Hayes Poznanovic Korver LLC, 700 17th Street, Suite 1800, Denver, CO 80202.

APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS FROM NONTRIBUTARY AND NOTNONTRIBUTARY SOURCES AND APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION IN THE NONTRIBUTARY LOWER DAWSON, DENVER, ARAPAHOE AND LARAMIE-FOX HILLS AQUI FERS, AND THE NOT-NONTRIBUTARY UPPER DAWSON AQUIFER IN ELBERT COUNTY.

Subject Property: 40.096 acres generally located in the SE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 27, Town ship 9 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M., also known as 25715 County Road 5, Elbert, 80106,

Elbert County, State of Colorado, as shown on Exhibit A (“Subject Property”). The Applicant is the sole owner of the Subject Property, and no other party has a mortgage or lien interest, therefore no notice was required under C.R.S. 37-92-302(2) (b). Well Permits: There is currently one well on the Subject Property operating under Well Permit No. 73869, which will be re-permitted under the augmentation plan applied for herein. Additional well permits will be applied for prior to construction of any wells. Source of Water Rights: The Upper Dawson Aquifer is not-nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.7), and the Lower Daw son, Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers are nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.5). Estimated Amounts: Applicant estimates the following annual amounts may be available for withdrawal based on a 300-year withdrawal period:

Aquifer Annual Amount (acre-feet) Upper Dawson (NNT)6.38 Lower Dawson (NT) 3.91 Denver (NT) 5.44 Arapahoe (NT) 5.5 Laramie-Fox Hills (NT)3.73

Proposed Uses: Use, reuse, and successive use for domestic, including in-house use, com mercial, irrigation, stockwatering, fire protection, recreation, and augmentation purposes, including storage, both on and off the Subject Property.

Jurisdiction: The Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this application pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 37-90-137(6), 37-92-203(1), 3792-302(2). Summary of Plan for Augmentation: Groundwater to be Augmented: Approximately 1.95 acre-feet per year for 300 years of Upper Dawson Aquifer groundwater. Water Rights to be Used for Augmentation: Return flows from the use of not-nontributary and nontributary groundwater

and direct discharge of nontributary groundwater.

Statement of Plan for Augmentation: The Upper Dawson Aquifer groundwater will be used on up to three (3) lots, in up to three (3) individual wells (0.65 acre-feet per well, 1.95 acre-feet total), for in-house use in one (1) single-family home per lot (0.3 acre-feet per year per well, 0.9 acre-feet per year total), irrigation, including home lawn, garden, and trees, of up to 6,000 square-feet per lot (0.3 acre-feet per lot, 0.9 acre-feet per year total), stockwatering for up to 4 large domestic animals per lot (0.05 acre-feet per lot, 0.15 acre-feet total), and fire protection, on the Subject Property. Ap plicant reserves the right to amend the amount and uses without amending the application or republishing the same. Sewage treatment for in-house use will be provided by non-evaporative septic systems. Return flow from in-house use will be approximately 90% of that use, and return flow from irrigation use will be approximately 15% of that use. During pumping Applicant will replace actual depletions pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-90-137(9)(c.5). Depletions occur to the Cherry Creek stream system and return flows accrue to that stream system and are sufficient to replace actual depletions while the subject groundwater is being pumped. Applicant will reserve an equal amount of nontributary groundwater underlying the Subject Property to meet post-pumping aug mentation requirements. Applicant requests the Court approve the above underground water rights and augmentation plan, find that Applicant has complied with C.R.S. § 37-90-137(4) and water is legally available for withdrawal, find there will be no material injury to the owners of or persons entitled to use water under any vested water right or decreed conditional water right, and grant such other and further relief as is appropriate. 4 pages.

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE AP PLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY

WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST AP PEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVID ED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified State ment of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of NOVEMBER 30, 2022 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No. ECN24896

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Elbert County News

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DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO

SEPTEMBER 2022

WATER RESUME PUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications, and certain amendments filed

in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of SEPTEMBER 2022 for each County affected.

2022CW3135 IPA DEVELOPMENT, INC., 10003 N. Delbert Road, Parker, CO 80138. James J. Petrock, Eric K. Trout, Hayes Poznanovic Korver LLC, 700 17th Street, Suite 1800, Denver, CO 80202. APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS FROM NONTRIBUTARY AND NOT-NONTRIBUTARY SOURCES AND APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION IN THE NONTRIBUTARY LOWER DAWSON, DENVER, ARAPAHOE AND LARAMIE-FOX HILLS AQUIFERS, AND THE NOT-NONTRIBUTARY UPPER DAWSON AQUI FER IN ELBERT COUNTY. Subject Property: Approximately 80 acres, on two (2) contiguous parcels, located in the W1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 34, Township 8 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M., Elbert County, State of Colorado, as shown on Exhibit A (“Subject Property”). The Applicant is the sole owner of the Subject Prop erty, and no other party has a mortgage or lien interest, therefore no notice was required under C.R.S. 37-92-302(2)(b). Well Permits: There are currently no wells on the Subject Property. Well permits will be applied for prior to construction of any wells. Source of Water Rights: The Upper Dawson Aquifer is not-nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.7), and the Lower Daw son, Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers are nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.5). Estimated Amounts: Applicant estimates the following annual amounts may be available for withdrawal based on a 300-year withdrawal period:

Aquifer Annual Amount (acre-feet) Upper Dawson (NNT) 11.63 Lower Dawson (NT) 6.55

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2021 bill Kellner referred to had bipartisan support and was unani mously supported by Colorado’s district attorneys, and that it still prohibited gun possession for 60 felonies. Weiser said he wants to ensure people convicted of car theft and drug dealing are on the prohibition list.

Weiser is endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety and other groups that seek to increase gun control measures. He said he’d like to see continued improvement of Colorado’s gun safety laws, which already include universal back ground checks, a ban on the sale and possession of magazines with a capacity larger than 15 rounds and a temporary prohibition on gun ownership by people convicted of certain violent misdemeanors.

“I think about this the same way our nation has thought about traf fic fatalities,” Weiser said. “This is a public health challenge. We are losing so many people, par ticularly young people, to suicide because of firearms.”

Abortion and marriage

Kellner said he would defend Colorado’s new law guaranteeing access to abortion and contracep tion, but he’s also said he sup ported the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, leaving regulation of abortion to the states.

“Colorado, through its legisla ture, has spoken on the issue,” Kellner said at a debate earlier

this year. “And, frankly, the people have spoken on this issue multiple times at the ballot box as well. As the attorney general, I can com mit to you that I will defend the law.”

Weiser said he expects to see the abortion debate continue.

“I will defend the principles that underlie Roe vs. Wade,” he said. “And I believe that our nation will protect access to reproduc tive health care, but it’s going to take continuing political and legal battles.”

Both Weiser and Kellner also said in a previous debate that they would defend anyone who travels to Colorado to get an abortion despite laws in their home state prohibiting the procedure.

Weiser: “If any other state tries to criminalize a patient or doctor here in Colorado, I will be fight ing to protect Colorado’s law and patients and doctors who are here in our state.”

Kellner: “No other state can reach in and say, ‘look, we’re go ing to tell you, Colorado, what to do.’”

Kellner has declined to elaborate on his personal position on abor tion.

If gay marriage were challenged in the courts, Kellner said he’d also intervene. “I would defend gay marriage,” he said. “I wholly support (the right of) people to marry whomever they love.”

Weiser noted that marriage isn’t protected by existing Colorado law, and said that should change.

“I will push for a state constitu tion amendment in Colorado to protect same-sex marriage,” he

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Denver (NT) 8.95

Arapahoe (NT) 10.87

Laramie-Fox Hills (NT) 8.96

Proposed Uses: Use, reuse, and successive use for domestic, including in-house use, com mercial, irrigation, stockwatering, fire protection, recreation, and augmentation purposes, including storage, both on and off the Subject Property. Ju risdiction: The Court has jurisdiction over the sub ject matter of this application pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 37-90-137(6), 37-92-203(1), 37-92-302(2).

Summary of Plan for Augmentation: Groundwater to be Augmented: Approximately 8.8 acre-feet per year for 300 years of not-nontributary Upper Dawson Aquifer groundwater. Water Rights to be Used for Augmentation: Return flows from the use of not-nontributary and nontributary groundwater and direct discharge of nontributary groundwater.

Statement of Plan for Augmentation: The Upper Dawson Aquifer groundwater will be used on up to eight (8) lots, in up to eight (8) individual wells (1.1 acre-feet per well, 8.8 acre-feet total), for in-house use in two (2) single-family homes, or their equivalent, per lot (0.6 acre-feet per year per well, 4.8 acre-feet per year total), irrigation, including home lawn, garden, and trees, of up to 8,000 square-feet per lot (0.4 acre-feet per lot, 3.2 acre-feet per year total), stockwatering for up to 8 domestic animals per lot (0.1 acre-feet per lot, 0.8 acre-feet total), and fire protection, on the Subject Property. Applicant reserves the right to amend the amount and uses without amending the application or republishing the same. Sew age treatment for in-house use will be provided by non-evaporative septic systems. Return flow from in-house use will be approximately 90% of that use, and return flow from irrigation use will be approximately 15% of that use. During pumping

Applicant will replace actual depletions pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-90-137(9)(c.5). Depletions occur to the Cherry Creek stream system and return flows accrue to that stream system and are sufficient to replace actual depletions while the subject groundwater is being pumped. Applicant will reserve an equal amount of nontributary groundwater underlying the Subject Property to meet post-pumping augmentation requirements.

Applicant requests the Court approve the above underground water rights and augmentation plan, find that Applicant has complied with C.R.S. § 37-90-137(4) and water is legally available for withdrawal, find there will be no material injury to the owners of or persons entitled to use water un der any vested water right or decreed conditional water right, and grant such other and further relief as is appropriate. 4 pages.

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETO FORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME

PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified State ment of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of NOVEMBER 30, 2022 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No. ECN24895

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Elbert County News

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO SEPTEMBER 2022 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications, and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of SEPTEMBER 2022 for each County affected.

2022CW3138

OLSON FAMILY TRUST, 1290 Buttercup Road, James J. Petrock, Eric K. Trout, Hayes Poznanovic Korver LLC, 700 17th Street, Suite 1800, Denver, CO 80202. APPLI

CATION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS FROM NONTRIBUTARY AND NOT-NONTRIB UTARY SOURCES AND APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION IN THE NONTRIBUTARY LOWER DAWSON, DENVER, ARAPAHOE AND LARAMIE-FOX HILLS AQUIFERS, AND THE NOT-NONTRIBUTARY UPPER DAWSON AQUI FER IN ELBERT COUNTY. Subject Property: 1.96 acres generally located in the NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 23, Township 7 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M., also known as 38891 Kittridge Pl, Elizabeth, CO 80107, Elbert County, State of Colorado, as shown on Exhibit A (“Subject Property”). The Applicant is the sole owner of the Subject Property, and no other party has a mortgage or lien interest, therefore no notice was required under C.R.S. 37-92-302(2)(b). Well Per mits: There are currently no wells on the Subject Property. Well permits will be applied for prior to construction of any wells. Source of Water Rights:

said.

Changing one’s mind and compromis ing

We asked both candidates to share an example of a time they changed their minds on an issue or had to compromise.

Kellner said that as a Marine Corps lawyer he helped prosecute service members for drug use, causing them to be discharged from the military without ben efits. Often, those people were suffering post-traumatic stress as a result of their combat deploy ments.

“That wasn’t the right thing to do,” Kellner said, so he helped cre ate a veteran’s treatment court in 2013 “to hopefully get them on the right path.”

Weiser said he compromised on the fentanyl bill passed by the legislature this year. He wanted stiffer possession penalties.

“I told the speaker of the House, ‘you got to change it. It’s a prob lem,’” Weiser said. “I pushed hard, and then he came back and said, ‘the best I can do is (1 gram),’ and I said, ‘I’m sorry to hear that, but it’s better than four.’”

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In 2019, Weiser supported a Philadelphia nonprofit in its legal battle with the Trump adminis tration over whether the group should have been allowed to open a supervised drug consumption site in that city. The nonprofit eventually lost its case.

Weiser says he doesn’t support the concept — which was floated in Denver but shelved because of political pushback — and that he

got involved because he saw it as a states’ rights issue.

“I don’t support supervised injec tion sites in Colorado,” Weiser said during the 9News debate. “The action in Pennsylvania wasn’t because I support those sites. It’s because of a principle that states should be allowed to experiment. We have legal and regulated mari juana. At that time, Attorney Gen eral Jeff Sessions was attacking our system of legal and regulated marijuana. What I support is state authority to make decisions for themselves, to experiment.”

Weiser has been a champion of law enforcement reform, but Kell ner has staked a different position on the issue. He said he disagrees with the legislature’s 2020 move to eliminate qualified immunity for police officers, allowing them to be sued in their individual capaci ties.

“There are a couple of bad apples out there, and we weed them out,” he said during a debate earlier this year. “But, writ large, I think the police in Colorado do a dangerous and difficult job and they do it to the very best of their abilities. We do need to hold peo ple accountable when they break the law. But I want to be really clear that I support the police here and the valuable work they do.”

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

The Upper Dawson Aquifer is not-nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.7), and the Lower Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe, and LaramieFox Hills aquifers are nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.5). Estimated Amounts: Applicant estimates the following annual amounts may be available for withdrawal based on a 100year withdrawal period:

Aquifer Annual Amount (acre-feet)

Upper Dawson (NNT) 0.72

Lower Dawson (NT) 0.19 Denver (NT) 0.85

Arapahoe (NT) 0.81

Laramie-Fox Hills (NT) 0.54

Proposed Uses: Use, reuse, and successive use for domestic, including in-house use, com mercial, irrigation, stockwatering, fire protection, recreation, and augmentation purposes, including storage, both on and off the Subject Property. Ju risdiction: The Court has jurisdiction over the sub ject matter of this application pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 37-90-137(6), 37-92-203(1), 37-92-302(2).

Summary of Plan for Augmentation: Groundwater to be Augmented: Approximately 0.70 acre-feet per year for 100 years of not-nontributary Upper Dawson Aquifer groundwater. Water Rights to be Used for Augmentation: Return flows from the use of not-nontributary and nontributary groundwater and direct discharge of nontributary groundwater.

Statement of Plan for Augmentation: The Upper Dawson Aquifer groundwater will be used in one well, for in-house use in one (1) single-family home (0.3 acre-feet per year), irrigation, including home lawn, garden, and trees, of up to 8,000 square-feet (0.4 acre-feet per year), and fire protection, on the Subject Property. Applicant reserves the right to amend the amount and uses without amending the application or republishing the same. Sew age treatment for in-house use will be provided by non-evaporative septic systems. Return flow from in-house use will be approximately 90% of that use, and return flow from irrigation use will be approximately 15% of that use. During pumping

Applicant will replace actual depletions pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-90-137(9)(c.5). Depletions occur to the Cherry Creek stream system and return flows accrue to that stream system and are sufficient to replace actual depletions while the subject groundwater is being pumped. Applicant will reserve an equal amount of nontributary groundwater underlying the Subject Property to meet post-pumping augmentation requirements.

Applicant requests the Court approve the above underground water rights and augmentation plan, find that Applicant has complied with C.R.S. § 37-90-137(4) and water is legally available for withdrawal, find there will be no material injury to the owners of or persons entitled to use water un der any vested water right or decreed conditional water right, and grant such other and further relief as is appropriate. 4 pages.

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETO FORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified State ment of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of NOVEMBER 30, 2022 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No. ECN24897

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Elbert County News

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Alice T. Kennedy, a/k/a Alice Turney Kennedy, a/k/a A.T. Kennedy, and Alice Kennedy, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30040

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before February 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rebecca Kennedy, Personal Representative 44174 Rodeo Court Elizabeth, CO 80107-9326

Legal Notice No. 24890

First Publication: October 13, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Elbert County News

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Estate of Levi James Beaver, Deceased. Case Number: 22PR30024

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before February 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

James Beaver, Personal Representative c/o Parker Law Group, LLC 19590 E. Mainstreet, Ste. 104 Parker, CO, 80138

Legal Notice No. 24892

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Elbert County News

Name Changes

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Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice is given on October 06, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Elbert County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Juvie Guilleno Dayap be changed to Juvie Dayap Geiger Case No.: 2022C60

By: Dallas Schroeder

Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 24899

First publication: October 27, 2022

Last publication: November 10, 2022

Publisher: Elbert County News

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 15, 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Elbert County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Kaliann Wiley be changed to Kaliann Bostwick Case No.: 22C54

Palmer L. Boyette, County Court Judge

Legal Notice No. 24887

First Publication: October 13, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Elbert County News

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