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Just a few days left to vote in Englewood election Residents choosing council, school board members

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A monstrous clown welcomes vistors to Reinke Brothers.

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Reinke brothers bring Halloween fright Siblings have been into haunted houses since childhood

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As a child, Greg Reinke hated being scared.

Reinke remembers being 6 years old when a neighbor gave him a fright one Halloween night.

Afterward, Reinke said, he was determined to face his fears and sat in the dark in his parents’ unfinished basement waiting for the boogeyman.

“I was scared to death, but he never showed up,” Reinke said. “That’s when I went ‘I got it.’”

Now, more than 53 years later, Reinke and his brother, Chris, make their own boogeymen to send shivers down people’s spines.

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Tri-County Health exit could mean big costs later for Arapahoe, Adams But Arapahoe public health funding to stay stable for now

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With Douglas County setting off in its own direction on public health policy but still contracting to receive all services from Tri-County

Health Department, Arapahoe County’s public health programs are likely to remain unaffected for now.

But after the end of 2022 — when Douglas County could end its agreement with TriCounty Health and when Adams County expects to move to a new health department structure — the costs of Arapahoe and Adams counties pulling away from Tri-County could be in the

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The last day to vote in the fall election is Nov. 2, just a few days away. If you want to have your ballot counted, now is the time to act.

In this year’s election, Englewood voters are selecting four council members and a municipal judge, and also are filling school board seats.

At stake in the city election are two at-large council seats — one a two-year term and the other a four-year position — and the seats in council districts 2 and 4, as well as the judge’s post.

As for the Englewood school board, three four-year seats and one two-year seat are being decided in the election. Residents of small parts of Englewood are instead voting in the Littleton or Cherry Creek school board elections.

Downtown-area Englewood voters also are considering Ballot Issue 6D, a finance measure for downtown development.

To help you decide how to vote, the Englewood Herald has information on candidates and issues online at tinyurl.com/ EnglewoodVotersGuide. There’s you’ll find candidate Q&As on the issues, coverage of candidate forums, fundraising and more.

If you’re registered to vote, you should have received your ballot in the mail weeks ago. If you don’t have your ballot, contact the Arapahoe County Clerk’s office at 303-795-4511 or email elections@arapahoegov.com.

By now it’s too late to mail your ballot back.

You can drop it off at Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, or at the Tri-County Health Clinic at 4857 S. Broadway. The deadline to vote is 7 p.m. Nov. 2. For more information on how to vote, go online to ArapahoeVotes.com.

Visit EnglewoodHerald.net for local election coverage and results after polls close Nov. 2.

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Maps mean tough choices for some lawmakers

Move or drop out?

It’s a game of political musical chairs

BY THY VO AND SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN

One Democratic state senator was drawn into a district that now leans heavily in Republicans’ favor. A GOP House member, meanwhile, will run in a district that’s now solidly Democratic.

And a handful of incumbents will have to decide whether to challenge their colleagues in an awkward primary or general election contest or quickly move to a new part of the state.

While the new state House and Senate maps drawn by an independent redistricting commission and pending approval by the Colorado Supreme Court appear to favor Democrats’ maintaining their majority in the General Assembly, the proposals are forcing lawmakers to make tough choices that could alter the political fabric of the state for years to come.

“Somebody’s ox is getting gored no matter what they do,” said Rep. Perry Will, a New Castle Republican who would live in a district that would favor Democrats by 16 percentage points. “Would I prefer to represent the district I currently do? Absolutely. Can I do a good job of representing the new one? Abso-

Colorado state Rep. Tom Sullivan, D-Centennial, joins other members and guests in the House chambers as the second regular sesPHOTO BY KATHRYN SCOTT/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN sion of the 72nd Colorado General Assembly convenes at the state Capitol in January 2020.

lutely.”

Democrats now hold a 20-15 majority in the state Senate, but at least nine seats will be competitive over the next two years. They hold a 41-24 advantage in the House, where nine

seats would be considered tossups in 2022.

More competitive seats — and incumbents trying to win in districts that suddenly favor the opposite party — could lead to more spending in the 2022 election. In 2018, candidates and outside groups spent more than $15 million on five highly contested Senate races, all won by Democrats.

In 2020, outside groups spent $10.5 million and candidates spent $1.1 million on three key Senate and two competitive House contests. Republicans won three of those five seats.

The clock is ticking The state constitution requires candidates for the General Assembly to live for at least a year in the district they run in the next election, which will be Nov. 8, 2022. This means incumbents considering a bid in a different, potentially more favorable district will have to make that decision soon.

“It’s U-Haul time for some incumbents,” said Tyler Sandberg, co-founder of the conservative education policy and political action group Ready Colorado. “The clock … is ticking real fast to move to a place that’s winnable.”

They may have to make that choice before the Supreme Court issues a decision on the legislative maps.

After hearing oral arguments on Oct. 25, the court has until Nov. 15 to either approve the maps or send them back to the Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission for changes.

“I think all of us are just waiting to see what maps ultimately are final, and then figure it out from there,” said state Sen. Brittany Pettersen, of Lakewood, who under the current maps would live in the same district as Sen. Jessie Danielson of Wheat Ridge, a friend and fellow Democrat.

Pettersen and Danielson will need to decide whether to challenge each other in a primary, move into

Colorado state Rep. Kevin Van Winkle, RHighlands Ranch, attends the unveiling of a portrait of then-President Donald Trump at the Colorado Capitol in 2019.

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another district or run for another elected office. Pettersen wants to run for U.S. House but said she would not run against U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, an Arvada Democrat who is up for re-election in 2022.

Whatever Pettersen and Danielson decide, they would be in a solid blue district, unlike in 2018, when both faced competitive contests with hundreds of thousands of dollars in outside spending.

That’s not the case for Democratic Sen. Tammy Story of Evergreen, who finds herself in a newly drawn 4th District that would favor Republicans, according to a competitiveness report by nonpartisan redistricting staff based on the results of eight statewide races between 2016 and 2020.

President Donald Trump won the new district by nearly 30 percentage points in 2016. The largest population base is Fremont County, followed by western Jefferson County, and Teller, Chaffee and Park counties.

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In 2024, Democrats would have a solid advantage in five of the eight open seats, while two Democratic and one Republican incumbents would find themselves in tossup districts. Democrat Sen. Chris Kolker of Centennial would wind up with a competitive margin, in District 16.

‘Whiplash for some’ Some current members of the House are also eyeing open seats.

State Rep. Kevin Van Winkle, a Highlands Ranch Republican, has filed to run for the open Senate District 30 seat, which will be vacated

by Sen. Chris Holbert, who is termlimited.

In the state House, 16 seats would be open in 2022 due to redistricting, term limits or members running for higher office, with a relatively even advantage for the two parties. Seven Democratic incumbents face competitive battles, compared with one Republican.

Five Republicans and three Democrats would also be living in the same district as another incumbent.

With 31 safe Democratic seats and only 19 safe GOP seats, Republicans face an uphill battle.

“Some of these races are very safe districts, and all of a sudden, are very competitive. That’s going to be whiplash for some of these representatives,” Sandberg, the GOP consultant, said.

Rep. Tom Sullivan of Aurora, a Democrat who has faced recall threats over his advocacy for gun control laws, would live in House District 61, the second most competitive district under the new map.

Rep. Colin Larson, a moderate Republican from Ken Caryl who has considered a run for U.S. House would also live in a competitive district.

Meanwhile, two Democratic incumbents, Rep. Kerry Tipper of Lakewood and Rep. Lisa Cutter of Littleton, would live in House District 28, an open toss-up district.

Both Tipper and Cutter also live in the open Senate District 20. But, like most lawmakers, Tipper said she hasn’t made a decision yet on if and where she will run in 2022. “(The) goal is to decide by December,” Tipper said.

The state Senate is Republicans’ best hope for gaining traction, and nine seats will be open in 2022 with Republicans and Democrats having a solid shot at four districts each, with one a tossup.

Eight House members and six senators are term-limited in 2022, opening up several seats.

Colorado state Sen. Brittany Pettersen, DLakewood, meets with other lawmakers in the Colorado Senate chambers before attending the state of the state address by Gov. Jared Polis in January 2020.

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In recent years, typically four to five Senate seats and a handful of House seats have been competitive.

It appears that could increase under the new legislative maps.

Democrats now hold a 20-25 majority in the state Senate, but at least nine seats will be competitive over the next two years. They hold a 41-24 advantage in the House, where nine seats would be considered tossups in 2022.

“It is very hard to comment on these maps before they’re finished,” said Matt McGovern, executive director of the Democratic House Majority Project. “However, there will be a number of districts that are much closer.”

‘A bit arrogant’ After the last round of redistricting in 2011, Democrats seized control of the state House away from Republicans in the 2012 election, increasing their margins the rest of the decade. But Republicans took back the state Senate in 2014 and held it until 2018.

The split chambers prevented both Republicans and Democrats from enacting what some would see as partisan legislation, from banning abortion on the right to abolishing the death penalty on the left, something that was accomplished under Democratic control in 2020.

Democratic consultant Ian Silverii noted that Colorado has changed in the past decade.

“Colorado 2022 is not Colorado 2014,” he said. “Despite their efforts, it doesn’t seem like Republicans were able to gerrymander the state. (The maps) seem pretty fair; we’ll find out if they are next November.”

Republicans are holding out hope, however, that the new districts could lead to a majority in the Senate.

Sandberg, the GOP consultant, thinks Republicans could win four, maybe even six, competitive seats in the state Senate. With strong candidates and a focus on issues like crime, cost of living and schools, Republicans could regain control of the chamber, he argues.

“Democrats have gotten a bit arrogant and see Republicans as an afterthought,” Sandberg said.

Competitive districts will also force lawmakers to consider a broader range of voters in their legislation.

“You could be set up for a very interesting 2023 in Colorado.”

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

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Outside the mansion, visitors will find a treasure trove of costumes and decor. Sarah Russett, who stumbled upon the store, chooses a mask for her Halloween costume.

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A voodoo doctor hides in the shadows inside the haunted mansion.

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IF YOU GO The haunted mansion is open 6 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, 3 p.m. to midnight Saturday and 3 to 10 p.m. Sunday. Its last day of operation is Oct. 31.

Tickets are $20 on Sunday through Thursday, $25 Friday and Saturday and $35 for a VIP ticket to skip the line any day. The haunted mansion also offers a non-scary lights-on tour for $10.

located just north of Main Street c in downtown Littleton, has for years been home to a haunted i mansion that attracts visitors of o all ages. s After a shutdown last year due s to COVID-19 restrictions, the d store’s haunted mansion has returned in full force to offer those o who dare a scare. But Reinke l promises it remains a familyW centered attraction. w “We don’t do any blood or guts, we don’t have any chain saws, R no scenes where it’s really gory,” c Reinke said. “My house is more like Disney, a lot of special effects,h w a lot of illusions.” l The mansion, which sprawls t roughly 10,000 square feet and is made up of 35 individual rooms, boasts over 1,000 moving w parts and sends frightened souls m through various worlds including f a sinister swamp and a disorientc ing tunnel engulfed by floating specters. t As visitors enter, they’ll encounter a host of ghoulish props. t A voodoo doctor waiting in the shadows. A wrinkled witch gaz- j ing into her crystal ball. Undead, t a life-size skeletal horses pulling a dark carriage from the under- b world.

The attraction is imbued with t the brothers’ childhood love for h makeshift haunted houses, which t first began in their childhood t basement in 1968.

R At the ages of 9 and 10, the brothers constructed a house of g horrors made from whatever they could get their hands on: A plaster skull from their older brother, their father’s footlocker for a coffin, blankets for the walls.

“We caught a shopping cart fishing and cleaned it all up because I wanted to mechanize it,” Reinke said. “I thought it would be cool if we could roll people through and have control of them (so) we put them in the basket and had a strobe light in the front.”

The brothers charged one penny for their guests.

“I think we made maybe 30 cents one year,” Reinke laughed.

But soon their haunted house graduated from the basement and began popping up in schools and local church events as the brothers built their Halloween empire.

In 1984, the brothers set up their first purely commercial haunted house off Mineral and Broadway.

In 2004, they bought their current store, located off South Prince Street, where their haunted mansion is housed.

And the brothers haven’t lost their knack for resourcefulness.

Weaving his way through the haunted mansion, Reinke points out a cut-up hose acting as a sewage drain and the lids of plastic storage containers painted to look like rusted doors.

A small team of artists and technicians begins every March on the mansion, which usually changes about half its rooms each year. In late September, it opens to guests.

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costumes and decor.

With more than 50,000 items, Reinke said he has diversified his pool of inventory, from buying out party stores that are going bankrupt to sourcing handmade masks and decorations from locals.

“The reason why I don’t buy in one specific place is then I look like everyone else, I’ll look like a Walmart or a Target, and I don’t want to do that,” he said.

The novelty and breadth of Reinke Brothers is what draws customers from all over.

“It’s the Halloween store we were hoping to find,” said Sarah Russett, who stumbled upon Reinke Bros last week after coming to Littleton to watch a marching band.

Milo Salisbury, a Littleton native who now lives in Aurora, said she made the trip back to her home city for the store.

“It’s an adventure whenever you come in here,” she said.

For Reinke, it’s the screams, and the smiles, that have kept him in the business for so long.

His haunted mansion seeks to not just brew up a good scare but to tap the imagination of minds as young as his when he and his brother built their first haunted house.

Reinke said he will do lights-on tours with children to show them how his haunted mansion comes to life. “(People go) why would you do that and I say, ‘Why wouldn’t I?’” Reinke said. “Maybe they’ll make a great haunted house someday.”

An undead horse-drawn carriage pulls its way through the haunted mansion.

A sinister clown swings from the roof of Reinke Brothers.

A cursed reaper sings his favorites for a live audience inside the store.

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LPS hopefuls strive to avoid mask uproar Board candidates call for following requirements

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Furor over masking policies in schools has swept across the Denver metro area as districts are faced with angry parents and shifting legal realities.

In Douglas County, commissioners broke with the TriCounty Health Department to make their own health board, which recently ruled that students, faculty and staff could opt out of Tri-County’s mask mandate. The move comes after weeks of tense school-board meetings and protests.

In Cherry Creek’s school board election, a candidate sued the district for not allowing her to remove her mask during forums. A federal judge ruled in the candidate’s favor.

For candidates for Littleton Public Schools (LPS) Board of Education, the uproar is what they hope to avoid.

“I’ve heard horror stories about what’s going on in districts around us like Douglas County and in Denver, and (I) didn’t want to open that door,” said Jon Lisec, a software engineer, when asked why he decided to run for Littleton’s school board during a recent forum.

Lisec, along with four other candidates who are competing for three seats in the current mail-in election, said Littleton’s board must be open to hearing all opinions, but committed to following the legal requirements for masks in schools as set by Tri-County Health.

Littleton Public Schools has not been without its share of pushback against masks. During a Sept. 9 school board meeting, a host of parents urged the district to drop its mandate, with one parent likening masks to child abuse.

Lisec said it is still the duty of a board to listen.

“I appreciate the fact that they’re taking the time to come in and express their concerns,” he said in an interview with Colorado Community Media. “What is important, what I’ve heard from my kids and

what I’ve heard from their friends and other parents, is that kids are getting a better education from being in school. And so I’m in support of whatever measures we need to take to keep the kids in school right now.”

Angela Christensen, who was appointed to finish a term on the board last year and is running for election to a full term, said she hopes masks can become a choice for students and parents. But for now, LPS will comply with any public health order that keeps students learning in person, she said.

“Our schools were made to have children in them and remote or hybrid learning is maybe appropriate for a small percentage of children, but it’s not the best for the greatest majority of kids,” she told CCM. Still, Christensen said she understands why some parents have felt so emotional toward masks and pledged to continue to be a board member who listens to everyone’s concerns.

“Whether it’s opinions that I agree or disagree with, I want to hear it as long as it is in a respectful manner,” she said. “As a board member, I want that kind of engagement.”

For candidate Joan Anderssen, a current faculty member at Arapahoe Community College, masking is a public safety concern.

“This divisiveness, I don’t understand,” she said. “Masks have been around for a long time … to me masks are a safety issue.”

Andrew Graham, another current candidate and president and CEO of a healthcare consulting firm, said while he supports following legal health requirements, there are inconsistencies with mask-wearing that have led to confusion.

“I think the policies have been fairly ambiguous,” he said. “There’s somewhat of a duality of message that we’re sending to our children who sit at the lunch table without masks on within close proximity to their peers.”

Dale Elliott, an Air Force veteran who is also running for a board seat, said masks were an issue that will always displease some people and that there is far from a perfect solution.

“The board is in legal hot water if they don’t (follow the health requirement),” Elliott said. “It’s not SEE MASKS, P11

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Colo. hospital ICUs fill up amid COVID surge Polis: ‘Get protected.

Get vaccinated.

Get boosted.’

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis issued his most urgent plea in months Oct. 21, asking Coloradans to get vaccinated against coronavirus in order to break a continued surge in hospitalizations that left the state with only 120 available intensive care beds.

Looking into the camera that was live streaming his news conference, Polis spoke directly to unvaccinated Coloradans, saying: “We want you here. We want you to be healthy. Please get vaccinated.”

As of Oct. 21, more than 1,100 people were hospitalized in Colorado with confirmed cases of COVID-19, the highest number since last December. What is different this time, though, is the state has largely reopened, meaning hospitals are also filling up with victims of car accidents and other day-today events.

During normal times, the state’s intensive care units would operate at about 68% full, said Scott Bookman, the state health department’s COVID-19 incident commander.

Now, though, Colorado’s hospital ICUs are operating at around 90% of capacity, running the risk that they could be overwhelmed if the surge of coronavirus cases continues.

Bookman said hospitals are postponing necessary but nonemergent surgeries — preserving capacity but delaying valuable medical care to patients who need it. Polis said the state is ready to implement crisis standards of care plans if needed, a move that would authorize hospitals to prioritize who receives treatment when their capacity is overrun.

“We are nearing the capacity of our hospitals,” Polis said.

Bookman echoed that concern, saying, “The trajectory of hospitalizations continues to go up, making me even more concerned about what this is going to do to the capacity of our hospitals to be able to take care of patients.”

About 79% of those currently hospitalized with COVID-19 are unvaccinated, according to data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. And those who are hospitalized and unvaccinated also skew younger.

The average age of an unvaccinated person who is hospitalized in Colorado right now is 57, compared with an average age of 73 for the vaccinated.

In addition to urging unvaccinated people to get the shot, Polis also said older Coloradans should receive a booster shot. He cited newly released data from vaccine maker Pfizer showing that a booster shot of its vaccine was more than 95% effective at preventing symptomatic cases of COVID-19.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Oct. 20 approved booster shots for people who received the

An emergency-department patient at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree in 2020.

Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, to go along with a previous approval of boosters for Pfizer recipients. At press time, an expert panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still needed to give its OK. Pfizer booster shots have been authorized for all people ages 65 or older, along with people who have high-risk medical conditions or who work in high-risk settings.

The Moderna approval is expected to follow similar guidelines.

Boosters for Johnson & Johnson are expected to be available for all people who received the vaccine.

People with weakened immune systems are already eligible for a booster shot regardless of which vaccine they received.

The rising levels of concern in Colorado stand in contrast to what is happening in the nation at large.

Across the United States, coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are falling.

During the previous several months, while the virus’ delta variant tore through health care systems around the country, Colorado had managed to have some of the lowest hospitalization and case rates in the country. Now, Colorado has the 10th-highest infection rate and 20th-highest hospitalization rate among all states, according to The New York Times’ case tracker.

Since the beginning of October, about 20 people a day in Colorado have died with COVID-19. As recently as this summer, that number was around four or five people a day. More than 8,000 people in Colorado have now died due to the coronavirus.

The Oct. 21 news conference was notable for the language Polis used in hoping to prevent more deaths.

Repeatedly, he urged unvaccinated people to show care for themselves by getting the shot. Slightly less than 30% of Coloradans who are old enough to get vaccinated are not fully immunized.

“Never in my wildest imagination did I think there would be

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Coloradans that didn’t want to protect themselves,” Polis said, recalling the day the first vaccine doses arrived in the state.

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Breaking the ice with art Denver man shares his maze pieces to combat racial division

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Warren Stokes of Denver’s Washington Park neighborhood stands with one of his maze art pieces called “Ivory vs Enamel.” Stokes uses his art as a healing mechanism, PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN in his profession as a teacher and for activism.

Warren Stokes loves his neighborhood.

He enjoys his daily six-block walk from his home to Washington Park, where he goes to create his art.

But he has noticed that other pedestrians will often cross the street or step into the alley until he passes.

“It’s not everybody,” Stokes said, “but it’s consistently enough (to notice) — on a daily basis.”

Stokes believes it’s more than keeping a physical distance because of the virus. He believes people may be avoiding him because they might fear him.

Stokes, who is Black, is a Colorado native, born and raised in Colorado Springs. He moved to Denver in 1997 for a job, after graduating from Colorado State University.

He lived mostly in Denver’s eastside neighborhoods until February, when he moved to the Washington Park area.

“I believe that Black men carry every Black man that’s ever been seen on their shoulders. Whatever they (people) have seen in the media is what they see in me. However, you’ve got to push those stereo-

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In fact, “a lot of Black people feel m t this way,” Alexander said. Black a men being depicted as violent is embedded in some people’s cognih tive thoughts, she added.

And “there’s nothing to debunk m b that if (a person) does not have a lot of experience with Black men,” m Alexander said.

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lenged himself to draw a piece every day for a year. As of now, Stokes has created about 1,300 mazes.

Each of Stokes’ maze art pieces is unique and varies in size. Being a dumpster diver, Stokes uses discarded materials — a broken-up dresser drawer or shelf, for example — as his canvas.

“I’m unforgivingly going to be me,” Stokes said. “But what does that mean? That means sharing my art.”

Stokes added that people’s fear of him could be because there aren’t many people of color in his neighborhood.

According to the American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2019, the estimated population of the 80209 zip code, which includes most of the Washington Park neighborhood, was 25,367. Of that, 1.3% identified as Black or African American. For comparison, Denver’s estimated population in 2019 was 727,211, with 9.2% identifying as Black or African American.

There are still many places where there’s not a lot of racial diversity, Alexander said.

Leadership roles in corporate institutions are one example. In February, Fortune magazine reported that in the history of the Fortune 500 list — first published in 1955 — there have only been 19 Black CEOs, of the 1,800 total.

Alexander added that only a few of her students had a Black teacher or professor in their K-12 education or higher-ed studies prior to taking her class.

More institutions and organizations are incorporating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in their policies. But Alexander urges people to consider what they are doing as individuals in their day-today life to stand up for Black people.

People can put up Black Lives Matters yard signs, but, Alexander asked, are they valuing their Black coworkers’ thoughts and ideas as much as those that come from their white colleagues?

“It’s not just police brutality that we’re highlighting in discussing racial injustice,” Alexander said.

“It’s the everyday occurrences of Black people.”

She points to a December incident in a New York hotel during which a 22-year-old white woman falsely accused a Black 14-year-old of stealing her phone. Her phone was found soon after in a ride-share vehicle. However, the woman reportedly lunged and yelled at the teen during the confrontation. She has since been indicted on hate crime charges.

Incidents like this transcend across neighborhoods, Alexander said.

“Everybody should feel welcome,” she said. But, “how are white people communicating that to marginalized groups?”

Deeper meaning Stokes likes to think of his mazes as a metaphor for life.

“The maze is beautiful as a whole, but it’s created from several different pieces that form a journey,” Stokes said. “A journey similar to life is full of obstacles and dead

Stokes holds up one of his mazes titled “Dukellington Elephant.” Stokes, an artrepreneur/mazeologist, has created about PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN 1,300 mazes to date.

ends, but contains a solution.”

Stokes has held a variety of different jobs since moving to Denver, ranging from sales and telemarketing to substitute-teaching for Denver Public Schools. He has written many children’s books and coached various athletics.

Teaching is a skill that he has, Stokes said, but art is a passion.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Stokes started a subscription service business for daycare and assisted living facilities to purchase his mazes. He refers to them as brain gyms, inspired by his late grandmothers, who suffered from dementia.

Stokes now teaches on the online platform Outschool. His classes are geared toward preschoolers, and he uses his mazes to teach the alphabet. For example, solving a maze that is created inside the letter helps children with hand-eye coordination, all the while keeping the letter in mind and, thus, learning the letters of the alphabet, he said.

“My goal is to be an example of what I want America to be,” Stokes said. “I’m going to show you that through my art, my stories, through the way that I treat you, through the way I walk through this neighborhood and represent.”

Alexander added that “we all have biases.” They come from experiences, or commonly, the lack of experiences, with people who are different than us, Alexander said.

Though it sounds easy to do, it’s hard for people to challenge those biases. Alexander encourages people to think about how they can be a better ally to those who are different from them.

“What are you doing in your everyday environment to challenge your biases?” she said.

Stokes uses his art.

And he wants people to not feel fear when passing him.

“Maybe a story like this can help make everyone feel better and safer,” Stokes said. “I value our community and want to make this neighborhood as open and accepting as possible.”

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Forum shares realities of homelessness Speakers urge more community involvement, understanding

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Paula McFadden had a 21-year career at a dentist’s office before she became homeless.

“I had a life event and everything got taken away,” she said. “It’s a struggle, and you don’t know where to turn or how to start once you’ve lost everything.”

McFadden joined a panel of eight other speakers during an Oct. 21 forum to inform Littleton residents about the state of homelessness in the city.

The event, “Challenges of Homelessness,” was put on by the South Metro Community Foundation in collaboration with GraceFull Community Cafe, the City of Littleton, and Change the Trend, an organization founded to bring together stakeholder groups to address issues around homelessness.

Hosted inside the South Fellowship Church off Broadway, at least 100 community members filled the seats to hear from McFadden as well as social workers, community managers and a Littleton police officer about the stigma and struggles surrounding homelessness.

Dane Fowler, a clinical supervisor for AllHealth Network, a com-

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munity mental health center, said homelessness should be understood through a lens of trauma, rather than associating people who are homeless just with mental health issues or addiction problems.

“There are a wide spectrum of reasons why someone may find themselves without a home,” he said.

People can suffer from unsafe homes in which they are the victims of emotional abuse and neglect, said Fowler, and once someone becomes

homeless this trauma compounds and can lead to or exacerbate issues of mental illness or addiction.

“When you think of trauma and how that can impact a person’s sense of self … and how it can make them feel powerless, it can help us understand why someone may be more likely to experience a mental health challenge or choose to use substances to relieve that pain,” Fowler said.

Hal Mandler, commander for the Littleton Police Department, said of-

ficers typically act as the “Band-Aid of the situation” when responding to 911 calls made about homeless people. s “Where we fall short, as a pow lice department, is we don’t have t the ability to provide medium- or long-range solutions,” he said, add- s ing that officers typically choose m between sending a person to jail or a o hospital depending on the situation. b t The department, Mandler said, SEE HOMELESS, P11

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is now partnered with AllHealth to provide clinicians to accompany officers who are interacting with people who are homeless in order to provide them with better care and resources.

One of those clinicians is Andrea Martin, who said her team’s focus is on preventing incarceration by getting people what they need in the moment. She said she hopes her team can grow in the future with more funding and community awareness.

Speakers also gave an overview of homelesness in Littleton and the surrounding Denver metro area, which they said the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated.

Jeanne Hildreth, who works with Littleton Public Schools (LPS) on behalf of the federal McKinneyVento anti-homlessness program,

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something that all those people who are screaming and shouting in the room seem to understand.”

Elliott said he envisioned a scenario where masked and unmasked students could split up and occupy different spaces to learn, but that, he said, would be less than ideal.

But as masks continue to be a contentious issue for schools, LPS

said currently there are at least 100 LPS students with parents who are homeless.

But homelessness can often be hard to spot and Hildreth suspects there are many more families who are struggling with being unhoused.

“Most of those hundred (who have been identified as homeless) are not living on the street,” Hildreth said, adding that some families live in shared spaces with others or in hotels.

Sandra Blythe-Perry, executive director for Integrated Family Community Services, said her organization has been serving Littleton and the metro area by helping families and individuals with financial aid, something she said is key to preventing them from slipping into homelessness. Before the pandemic, Blythe-Perry said her organization was helping about 600 people per month. Now she’s serving about 5,000.

Samma Fox, an assistant to Littleton’s city manager, said as homeless-

ness continues to remain a pressing issue, the city is looking at a new action plan, which could use federal money from the American Rescue Plan, to address it.

As speakers looked to solutions, they all encouraged a commitment to compassion from the community.

“Kindness, compassion, generosity of the smallest thing,” said McFadden, the woman experiencing homelessness. “I don’t want to be here. It happened, and I’m here and I’m trying to crawl my way out.”

Rich Allen, systems supervisor for Bemis Library, said community members need to show empathy with their unhoused neighbors.

“As a nation we’ve become so divided, we’ve become very polarized,” he said.

“The one thing you can do, right now is step forward … and get to know the people around you.”

Jodi Nicholls, owner of the antique store Lollygag Antiques in Littleton, said building relationships with people who are experiencing

homelessness is vital to defusing the tension that business owners may sometimes feel. She also said she wished she had more informational flyers she could hand out to people in need of help.

“I would love some resources that I can give them to help them seek whatever it is that they’re seeking,” she said.

But small acts of generosity alone won’t fix the problem, and McFadden said she’d like to see a day center in Littleton where homeless people can stay and feel safe, especially as winter approaches.

“Handing out blankets even,” McFadden said. “That’s a start there.”

The South Metro Community Housing Foundation is currently working with the cities of Littleton, Englewood and Sheridan to establish a Homeless Services Navigation Center where unhoused people can stay and be connected to resources.

You can go to tinyurl.com/navigationcenter to make a donation towards the center.

candidates said they hoped the debate would not detract from the other important work they wish to focus on as board members.

Christensen, the incumbent, said she wants to address the district’s declining enrollment rates and continue conversations with state lawmakers about improved public school funding in order to retain and attract talented staff, something Lisec said he is also prioritizing.

Anderssen, the ACC instructor, wants to continue to support LPS’ Career Exploration Center to

encourage children to pursue more technical skills.

Graham, the healthcare firm CEO, said LPS needs to have greater mental health resources, an issue that he said is personal to him as someone who’s had direct experience with teen suicide.

Elliott has centered critical race theory, a decades-old academic concept that seeks to explain American society through the lens of systemic racism, as a cornerstone of his campaign. He labeled the concept a “cancer” and has vowed to snuff it out should it be taught

in some way at LPS. The district currently does not teach the concept, which is usually found in graduate classes, and curriculum is made at the state level, not by the board.

For parents whose children will soon be in the third calendar year of schooling amid COVID, masks remain a flashpoint and candidates know there is only so much they can do to bridge divisions.

“I respect diverse perspectives and I just reiterate the science,” Anderssen said. “For some people, you can’t change their mind.”

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VOICES

Top talent talks about the importance of culture

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ere we are wrapping up the series, “The 5 C’s of Retaining Top Talent.”

Now it’s time to link connection, collaboration, change and consistency to WINNING culture. And culture, according to WORDS some top performers across several industries, was the difference maker in their decision to stay in their current role, or to leave and explore finding success elsewhere.

Michael Norton Mariann is considered one of the brightest in her organization. She is a thought leader and someone who loves coaching, mentoring and developing excellence in her team.

Every year she receives a glowing performance evaluation and an increase in her salary. When she emailed me after the first column of this series, she shared that she was regretfully leaving her job and team that she loved. Her reason was that after watching the culture of the organization deteriorate, and with empty promises to change, she ultimately resigned.

Her email was reflective of many I have received over the past few weeks. Organizations who are losing people are losing them largely because of the perceived negative, caustic, toxic, and confrontational environment they find themselves now working in.

Dave, a top performing salesperson is consistently in the top five amongst the salespeople in his company. He emailed me to say he was glad that culture was on the list. He reported that he had left a numbers driven, operations driven culture that never supported the sales team. As a matter of fact, he called them the sales prevention department. He left because he heard about the positive, high-energy, sales culture at his current company. He sought them out even though they weren’t looking for any new salespeople at the time. He says that “Luckily, and thankfully they saw me as a fit and offered me a job. The culture here rocks.”

We are living in very complex times, and it seems that no matter what we do as business owners, or executives leading a company, the diverse make-up of opinions, likes, dislikes, preferences, and

attitudes of our team members makes it almost impossible to please everyone. Right now, if you happen to be at a place where the culture of the organization is eroding and people are leaving, there is still hope. There is still time to start making changes or leading differently.

Although we are living and working with complexities, we can take what Albert Einstein said and focus on simplicity. Albert Einstein said, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Sometimes we tend to complicate the uncomplicated or over-engineer a solution.

When it comes to changing culture or creating and maintaining a positive culture where people want to come to work, we can make huge advancements by focusing on the basics, some of the simplest things that our people expect from leadership, and that can go such a long way to building a thriving culture. We covered some of these over the past four weeks; connection; collaboration; change; and consistency.

Employee engagement is a very clear indicator of the health of our business. And a pretty obvious indicator of whether or not

we have a positive and thriving culture. When we look around are we seeing team members who are simply checking the box, or are they engaged and contributing at their very best? Are we being transparent with what is going on, how the company is performing, and taking an active interest in each team member? Are we working under a people-focused culture based on honesty, integrity, and opportunity? If not, people will do one of two things. Show up and check the box, or they will leave.

And with those two options, having them leave is almost always better.

How is your business doing when it comes to culture? Is it so bad that you are in duck and cover mode? Is it so good that you hope to attract more top talent to join you? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing. com and when we create a culture where people want to work and thrive, it really will be a better than good year.

Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

What do you do when you think of conflict?

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ver watch that episode of “The Office” where Michael decides to teach his staff about conflict resolution? As a human resources professional and conflict coach GUEST watching that, I was both gasping COLUMN and guffawing at the same time. Of all the people to attempt it, there’s the manager modeling just how NOT to attempt to resolve conflict.

At one point, he basically comLinda Newell pares conflict to a “shiatsu massage, where they dig into your body, very hard. And it is very painful. And apparently, some people throw up. But the next day, they feel great.”

Most of us hate that poke-in-theeye feeling when addressing conflict. Even though I teach conflict transformation for a living, I still

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For some of us, it may actually be a physical reaction to protect us from harm. That’s a whole course of protection techniques just in itself. For others, it might be the fear of losing the argument or appearing to be incorrect, wrong, or “found out.”

But for the majority of us, we become hesitant to dig into our conflict because either we don’t have the tools to resolve it or we’re afraid of hurting (or losing) our relationships around it. But shouldn’t we be able to do both?

Conflict management is about solving problems AND building relationships. What good is problem resolution if we can’t maintain the relationship?

When I was in the state Senate, I was often at odds with one of my colleagues across the aisle. Many times, he and I were diametrically opposed philosophically. However, over time, there were many occasions when we would come together and collaborate on legislation successfully. Throughout the years, we became friends and assured each other that no matter our policy differences (and sometimes heated debates on the floor), we would always respect one another and sustain our friendship.

We remain friends to this day.

As we recognize October as Conflict Resolution Month in Colorado, I entreat you to perhaps imagine that the conflicts in your life could be approached as just solving a problem and building a relationship. Is there a way to do both?

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ous to attempt to manage on our own. But the majority of them are possible to wade through and get to the other side. Will you throw up, as Michael claims? Maybe. But you’ll feel great the next day!

For information on Conflict Resolution Month in Colorado, you can go to: conflictresolutionmonth.org.

Or, for training, coaching, or facilitating conflict, feel free to reach out to me for a resource relevant for you. The reward of feeling more peace in our lives, especially right now, is well worth the practice.

Former Colorado state Senator, now with a master’s in Social Justice and Ethics from Iliff School of Theology, Linda Newell is a writer, instructor, facilitator, and conflict coach. Senlindanewell@gmail. com, www.lindanewell.org, www. senlindanewell.com, @sennewell on Twitter, Senator Linda Newell or @TheLastBill on Facebook.

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A parrot paradise in the country Foundation helps birds thrive in rural Elbert County

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

Near the corner of County Roads 13 and 158 in rural Elbert County, about 12 miles southeast of downtown Parker, large, vibrantly colored parrots live on the grounds of The Gabriel Foundation.

The foundation is a “parrot welfare organization providing for the complete physical, psychological, and environmental well-being of the parrots in our care,” its website says. It also arranges adoptions of parrots, with the motto: “Adopt, don’t shop.”

Founded in 1995 by lifelong parrot lover and avian consultant Julie Weiss Murad, the nonprofit foundation was first based in Aspen, but moved to the rolling hills north of Elizabeth in 2005. Currently, the property houses roughly 400 birds, though the foundation hopes to work its way to 350 birds so each will have more space and receive even better care.

Asked why there are so many parrots in need of homes, aviary operations manager Jessica Boone explained that many parrots live extraordinarily long lives. “Many of the birds who come through the foundation have outlived their owners,” she said.

Boone also said that many of the foundation’s birds come from unfortunate circumstances. “A lot of the birds come from hoarding situations, while many come from homes that cannot afford to take care of such a maintenance-heavy pet.”

Roughly 75% of the birds are adopted out, with more than 100 birds having been rescued since the start of 2021. Since the inception of the foundation, thousands of birds have come through the doors of The Gabriel Foundation and have been adopted out to families.

Staff members at The Gabriel Foundation say they work diligently to ensure that the birds they adopt

out go to safe, loving homes. Before visiting the foundation for the first time, potential adopters must take online courses about parrots and parrot care.

Potential adopters are also required to visit The Gabriel Foundation at least five times to participate in bird education. On their visits, potential adopters learn about diet, enrichment and enclosures. They also do extensive touring to narrow down which bird is right for them and their family. Potential adopters are also required to provide photos of their at-home enclosures before they are able to take the birds home.

Many of the birds at the foundation have their own large enclosures, while some have chosen to pair-bond and live together. Some, like the macaws visible from County Road 13, spend a lot of their time in groups. They are divided by sex to avoid breeding.

The birds are given regular baths and are fed a varied and nutrientrich diet comprising everything from leafy green breakfast salad to hearty nuts and grains. They also have an abundance of toys and items for chewing.

Many locals and those within the parrot community donate cardboard boxes and old phone books and newspapers for chewing. The staff and volunteers also make many of the toys the parrots regularly play with.

The Gabriel Foundation currently has 15 employees and roughly 100 active volunteers.

“I love working here because my day is never the same,” said Boone, a decade-long staff member. “I also love working around the birds because I think of them as individuals with their own personalities.”

Like many nonprofit organizations, The Gabriel Foundation has been impacted by COVID-19. Prior to the start of the pandemic, staff gave regular tours and held events for visitors. Now, tours are curtailed and visits ate by appointment; go online to thegabrielfoundation.org for information.

The Gabriel Foundation is currently seeking more volunteers and encourages those interested to visit its website to apply.

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LIFE

A vital and ‘lovely job’ Theresa Cuccio has been working with NICU babies for 33 years. She is currently a NICU nurse at Sky Ridge Medical Center.

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NICU nurses care for babies and families in trying moments

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hey are the last people parents want to see on what it supposed to be one of the happiest days of their lives.

But, in a short amount of time, they become people who parents treasure, remember and appreciate forever.

These people are the nurses that take care of babies sent to the newborn intensive care unit, or NICU, after birth.

When having a baby, parents plan for and think about the happy moment when the little bundle of joy arrives. When a doctor orders a baby, especially those born prematurely, to the NICU, the happiness is replaced with a quick sense of fear, confusion, and anxiety.

Helping to settle and understand all of those emotions are the NICU nurses.

Kirtley Ceballos, the fetal and neonatal director of patient services at Children’s Hospital Colorado, said that no matter where the hospital is located along the Front Range, nurses in every single NICU facility brings stability, kindness, understanding and the ability to educate parents on what to do now.

“NICU units are not just about caring for the babies,” Ceballos said. “These nurses care for the entire family. They help moms hold these fragile babies, they interpret cries and teach parents how to understand certain facial expressions.

They educate them on what they need to do.”

Whether it is helping a mother start pumping breast milk to help

a baby who is too weak to latch on or teaching the new father how to overcome his fears and hold a baby that may be no bigger than his hand, NICU nurses serve as support to parents as they provide care for a baby.

‘I just loved the babies’ NICU nurses are such experts that the quickness with which they can bathe, change a diaper, and get a baby resting peacefully in a bed can be intimidating to a new parent.

Longtime NICU nurse Theresa Cuccio, with Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, said because it is second nature for unit nurses to care for small babies, they just zoom through. Sometimes they forget a parent is watching with a lot of anxiety, she said.

AnnMarie Buczyna, a fifth-year NICU nurse at the Level 3 at the Medical Center for Aurora, said teaching parents how to become comfortable caring for their new baby is one of her favorite parts of the job. Buczyna has worked throughout the Denver metro area with babies, including Children’s Hospital Colorado.

“It’s everyday life in the NICU, but for parents it can be one of the scariest days of their lives,” she said. “NICU nurses are happy to help both the parents and the baby.”

Cuccio, a NICU nurse for 33 years, said she has valued every moment of her career. The longtime nurse said in nursing school she spent a few hours observing babies in a NICU and was immediately hooked.

“I just loved the babies,” she said.

“NICU nursing is so much more

Young Amelia, dubbed the “Christmas Miracle Baby” by Sky Ridge NICU nurses, COURTESY PHOTO returned with her parents for an annual reunion.

unique that other areas. Here we must function as a team. You cannot do your own thing. We have a great team that comes together for the moments to celebrate and for the tough days. It is the nature of how we function, you are never on an island.”

Cuccio said NICU is unique because of the family aspect. Parents have such high expectations when they come into delivery that the thought of going to NICU can be tough, Cuccio said.

“You have to put yourself in their shoes,” she said. “As nurses, we are patient because we know this is not what they anticipated. These parents are thrown for a loop and the care their baby needs is differ-

ent than they expected.”

‘OK to take a break’ In a lot of cases, Buczyna said NICU nurses have to act as a voice of reason for parents. Cuccio and Byczyna said so often parents, mothers especially, come into NICU blaming themselves, thinking they cannot leave the baby for a second.

“We let them know that we have the baby’s care first,” Cuccio said.

“We let them know it is OK to put the baby down and walk away. It is OK to take a break.”

As time passes in the NICU, Cuccio said the goal is to teach these parents to do the work in feeding, SEE NURSES, P15

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Vocalist to perform at Newman Center

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ocalist Veronica Swift will perform at the Newman Center for the Performing SONYA’S Arts at the University SAMPLER of Denver’s Gates Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 19.

Her program will include swing, beebop and Sonya Ellingboe The Great American Songbook. Tickets start at $19. Go online to newmancenterpresents.com or call 303-871-7720.

present three staged readings under the heading of “Theatre as Sanctuary,” exploring the idea of sanctuary: “The Christians”

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by Monica Holt, Oct. 29-30 at the Antonia Brico Stage at Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 N. Sherman St., Denver; “And in this Corner: Cassius Clay,” directed by donnie betts, Nov. 12-13 at the Phamaly Theatre Company Offices, 3532 Franklin St., Denver; and “My Name is Asher Lev” by Aaron Posner, directed by Ben Raanan, Nov. 20-21 at Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape St., Denver. Pay what you can, $20 is suggested, at phamaly.org.

Visions The annual “Visions Tactile Art Show” at the Arapahoe Community College Colorado Gallery of the Arts, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, features collaborative art by ACC art students and those from Colorado Center for the Blind. November 8-17; free and open to the public. Opening reception Nov. 11, 5 to 7 p.m. Masks required. Information: trish. sangelo@arapahoe.edu.

Call for artists Lone Tree Arts Center will present its annual Commissioners’ Choice exhibit, with a theme of “Pets: The Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic,” from Jan. 12 to March 27 and entries are due by Nov. 4. Information at lonetreeartscenter.org/ commissionerschoice.

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Stories on Stage “What Goes Up Must Come Down” will be presented at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12 in person and virtual at Nomad Theatre in Boulder

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changing and caring for the baby.

“As nurses, sometimes the best thing we can do is take a step back and be supportive,” Cuccio said.

“We work to educate them and empower them.”

Cuccio said working with parents can be rewarding for NICU nurses as they watch them go from being scared to even hold their baby to being confident, and once the baby is strong enough, carrying them out proudly in the car seat.

Cuccio and Byczyna said NICUs are also unique in how patients

Vocalist Veronica Swift will perform at the University of Denver’s Newman Center for the Performing COURTESY PHOTO Arts on Nov. 19.

and online. Ticket information: storiesonstage.org, 303-494-0523 ($22). Later shows will be on Sundays at the Su Teatro Theater on Santa Fe Drive.

Littleton artist Littleton artist Michelle Lamb will be in an exhibit called “Paredolia,” which means receiving specific images in an unusual medium. Oct. 22 to Nov. 7 at Core New Art Space, 6851 W. Col-

come in. Some days the unit will see no babies and the following day suddenly there is an onslaught of babies being born that need the added care.

The time patients are with NICU can range from six hours to months, Cuccio said. Sometimes a situation ends in tragedy and others end with a baby going home after months of treatment.

Cuccio recalled a “Christmas miracle baby” who came early while her parents were visiting Colorado.

The baby needed a lot of time to get stronger. Seeing that baby girl leave in the arms of her happy parents was a day to celebrate, Cuccio said.

Cuccio and Byczna said they can see the impact they have on families for years after they leave

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Genealogists Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society presents “Denver Graveyard Spirits: Past and Present,” with speaker Phil Goodstein at 1 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 845 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial. Also on Zoom. Information: colum-

NICU. Each year, hospitals often do reunions where NICU nurses get to see parents and the children they have treated. Cuccio said parents are so grateful for the caring services nurses provide that they come back year after year to continue saying “thank you.”

Cabello said going beyond the baby and family care, NICU nurses are the ones doctors turn to the most. Doctors value their opinions in deciding treatment options for babies because they are the ones with them the most, she said.

With no plans of slowing down, Cuccio summed up her career as a “wonderful experience.”

“It’s great to be a part of a new family’s experience,” she said. “It is a lovely job.”

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‘Lotus’ sculpture installed as tribute Carmela Geselbracht left artistic imprint on Littleton

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Friends gathered on a recent sunny Oct. 14 at Hudson Gardens to welcome a sculptural tribute and remember the late Carmela Geselbracht, a former Littleton resident who was an artist, sculptor and active member of Main Street Players.

Geselbracht, who moved from Littleton to British Columbia prior to her death in 2014, was a close friend of Littleton actor/director Annawyn Shamas, who led MSP, formed to produce plays at Town Hall Arts Center in Littleton, when it opened to the community. The two met through the players group.

Shamas has seen the “Lotus” scultpure previously when it was part of an exhibit of local artists’ works at the Gardens. The multicolored petals include purple, Geselbracht’s favorite color.

Sculptor Charlotte Zink shared a bit about “Lotus” in a note to us: “With its bright bursts of color and uplifting form, `Lotus’ is a larger than life, stylized steel flower constructed from upcycled farm parts.

It colorfully blossoms and opens upwards to the sky, rain or shine.

“A popular artistic motif, Lotus flowers are regarded in many different cultures as a symbol of purity, enlightenment and rebirth. Its

characteristics are a perfect analogy for the human condition: even when its roots are in the dirtiest waters, the lotus produces the most beautiful flower.

“Sculptures come to life in many ways: these heavy steel pieces and gear drive from a bulldozer came from an old salvage yard in East Texas and waited many years in the corner of our yard for their moment in the sun,” Zink wrote.

Geselbracht was remembered as a two-time director of the community-focused “Fiasco,” a popular, Littleton-focused musical spoof that was written and produced by area creatives for a number of years.

She moved to Littleton in 1975 and “could make art all the time, solo and collaboratively,” friends recalled — in theatre, clay, sculpting ...

Her MSP involvement helped expand the local theatre company.

In fact, Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center was first developed for its new life as a stage for “Fiasco” after several years with the cast moving around the area, performing in country clubs and elsewhere.

Of course, other productions also needed that stage. In prior years, actors had staged some shows in the high schools as well, but scheduling rehearsals, etc., was always difficult.

The City of Littleton had recently built a new, large, modern city building and moved operations there. The older building still contained some city offices when former mayor and Littleton native Vaughn Gardinier started a committee to consider a

Charlotte Zink’s sculpture “Lotus” was recently installed at Hudson Gardens in LittleCOURTESY PHOTO ton as a tribute to the late Carmela Geselbracht.

new use — and ways to pay for it ...

Many friends were involved in planning and fundraising over a number of years.

Carmela had a book in progress, friends recalled. “Oh, how my visions haunt me as I gaze back on the scene,” she wrote.

She was remembered in a sentimental group toast at a luncheon/ reception at the Inn at Hudson Gardens as “Smart, talented, charismatic and beautiful.”

Her sister, Laura, commented

that she could “smell Carmela’s perfume” when she was writing remarks to share at this event.

Hudson Gardens, at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton, is open to the public, with free admission, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Stroll down to the pond to enjoy “Lotus.”

While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, public events frequently are canceled or rescheduled. Check with organizers before you go.

Fan Expo Denver reunites fandoms

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But like Thanos himself once said, fandom is inevitable.

Now, “Fan Expo Denver: Special Edition” is here, thanks to a partnership with Pop Cultural Classroom, an organization that uses pop culture to increase educational opportunities, inclusivity and diversity, and Fan Expo HQ, the largest comic con producer in the country.

“We’ve all stayed inside, supported our health care heroes, and done our part to keep our communities safe, and now, we’re thrilled to finally come back together, stronger than ever,” said Adam Kullberg, interim Executive Director of Pop Culture Classroom, in a provided statement.

“Fan Expo Denver: Denver will give our community a chance to come together and celebrate creativity and pop culture in ways we haven’t been able to for a while. We’re overjoyed to be able to bring that connection back to Denver this October.”

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Attendance at the event will be 75% of the size of the normal event, but will still include vendors and artisans, workshops and panels and celebrity and creative guests.

Tickets and information can be found at www.fanexpodenver.com.

At press time, scheduled celebrity attendees include: • William Shatner - Star Trek and real-life space traveler.

• Christopher Eccleston - “Doctor Who” and “The Leftovers.”

• Giancarlo Esposito - “The Mandalorian” and “Breaking Bad.” • Billie Piper - Doctor Who and “Penny Dreadful.”

• Zachary Quinto - Spock in the recent Star Trek movies and “Heroes.”

• Michael Rooker” - “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Walking Dead.”

Masks are mandatory when attending the event, and an approved mask is required to be worn always covering the nose and mouth, except while eating and drinking when stationary. This applies to all people age 2 and older. According to provided information, approved masks must have two or more layers of breathable fabric, completely cover the nose and mouth, fit snugly against the sides of the wearer’s face and have no gaps.

Other COVID-19 rules: Guests should stay home if they’re not feeling well; attendees should wash or sanitize their hands often; and when possible, keep a safe distance for other guests.

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The EPA looks at three-year averages when deciding if a metro area is “out of attainment” for its air pollution standards, and Colorado’s ozone problem is getting worse, state monitors show, in a report presented Oct. 21. The current EPA target for ozone is 70 parts per billion.

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The worst ozone year in recent history on the northern Front Range boosted pollutant violations in a rolling three-year average closely watched by the EPA, state officials said Oct. 21, though they did not offer bold new programs to combat the hazardous substance.

Twelve monitoring sites on the Front Range now have a three-year average over the EPA’s most recent 70-parts-per-billion cap for ozone, and five sites violate even the EPA’s previous looser standard of 75 parts per billion, according to annual reports made Oct. 21 to the Air Quality Control Commission by state and regional pollution officials.

Widespread Western wildfires and the smoke they shed into Colorado contributed to the ozone worsening in the northern Front Range area already in non-attainment of EPA limits, the officials said.

But they also acknowledged that the hot dry summer of 2021, which will be repeated in the future as climate change affects the West, made for terrible ozone conditions — with or without the smoke.

“Other areas don’t violate the standards like we do,” said Mike Silverstein, director of the Regional Air Quality Council, which tracks pollution and recommends policy changes to help the Front Range meet EPA limits. “So that shows that local vehicle emissions are really what kicks us over the threshold of the standards, not what’s given to us from outside.”

The state Air Quality Control Division staff, which reports to the commission, confirmed that the northern Front Range is likely to be declared in “severe” violation of EPA ozone limits in early 2022, after

lingering in the “serious” violation category.

Changing the classification triggers more demands on the RAQC and state officials to clamp down on vehicle emissions and volatile chemicals from oil and gas operations that contribute to ozone.

Colorado continues to show progress in other key areas of EPA concern, including nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds that are precursors of ozone, the presentations showed. But ozone is in violation and getting worse, with many Front Range monitors registering levels higher than 80 parts per billion over the summer.

Some AQCC commissioners pressed staff and RAQC officials making the annual reports on what new measures will be taken soon to bring ozone down.

“We must own the reality that what we’re doing is simply not enough,” Commissioner Elise Jones said after the meeting. “We are failing on air quality. It’s time for us to pursue bolder solutions than we’ve considered before — like making transit free, and not allowing oil and gas fracking during the ozone season.”

Air quality officials are scheduled to make more rules cutting emissions from oil and gas production in December, and that has proven one of the most effective strategies so far, Silverstein said.

RTD has also begun talking about seeking federal funding for free transit on ozone alert days, which would cost millions in foregone ticket revenue, he added.

Silverstein said RAQC and others will be looking at reducing vehicle miles traveled, a key measure in trying to cut ozone pollution, by working with large warehouse centers, shopping malls or other concentrated locations for vehicle trips.

Front Range air pollution monitors can separate out pollution sources and identify which category is most promising for reducing

ozone — travel by cars and light trucks is the top pollution contributor for almost every monitor, the Oct. 21 presentations showed.

Changing automobile use for employers or employees, though, has proven one of the most fraught avenues in metro Denver’s pollution control efforts. Air Pollution Control Division staff over the summer proposed requiring large employers to cut the number of commuting or work miles driven by staff, but quickly withdrew the Employee Trip Reduction Program on opposition from business and industry groups.

Silverstein noted that rebates to people who replace gas-powered lawn mowing equipment with clean electric models has also helped make a dent in afternoon ozone.

Commissioner Jana Milford noted that California has just moved to end the sale of oil and gas-powered lawn equipment altogether, and wondered if Colorado should follow that lead.

Reaction from environment advocates after the meeting appeared to be, “all of the above, and more.”

V. Sean Mitchell, Colorado spokesperson for the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, said the state’s ongoing pollution problems became more critical with COVID19, and studies showing the virus does deeper damage in areas made vulnerable by high pollution.

“The air quality this summer was atrocious,” Mitchell said, in an emailed statement. “Now is the time for Colorado to not shift the blame to other states, but again take the lead, with bold actions to provide clean, healthy air.”

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millions, according to a consulting firm studying the benefits and drawbacks of the counties’ potential decisions to handle public health services alone.

“In the short term, separate, single county public health agencies would have access to less public health revenue, and perhaps services, and would incur transition costs for start-up and (the) dissolution of TCHD,” the Oct. 12 report by the Otowi Group says.

On the other hand, single-county entities “would allow counties to wholly envision a health department to be what they want and need, from the ground up,” the report adds.

Douglas County had long been contemplating leaving Tri-County Health amid a rift over the health agency’s coronavirus safety orders. Douglas County’s elected leaders formalized the decision to leave Tri-County in a meeting Sept.

7, opting to form its own board of health in charge of matters such as countywide public health orders. But the county decided to continue to receive all services from Tri-County, approving an agreement on Sept. 28.

Services that will continue include restaurant inspections, nutrition counseling, maternal and child health services, and disease control, among others.

Adams County’s elected leaders announced that Adams will also leave Tri-County, raising the question of whether Arapahoe County no longer has the option to partner with Adams down the road.

“Douglas County’s decisions left us no choice but to reevaluate the future of public health services in Adams County,” Eva Henry, an Adams County commissioner, said in the Oct. 19 news release. “As a result, Adams County must determine the best option to move ahead for a health board and services provided to residents.”

The Adams commissioners were to bring forward a resolution at an Oct. 26 public hearing to provide notice of Adams’ decision to leave Tri-County, according to the news

release.

“Per its legal obligation, Adams County will remain a part of TCHD through December 2022,” the news release said. “Starting January 2023, Adams County will have its own health department structure in place.”

Arapahoe County confirmed in early September that Arapahoe and Adams had been contemplating splitting away from Tri-County, driven by Douglas County’s intention to leave.

Luc Hatlestad, spokesperson for Arapahoe County, had emphasized that Arapahoe’s consideration of leaving Tri-County isn’t because of disagreement with the health agency. Douglas County’s exit would potentially create financial or budgetary problems for the other two counties, Hatlestad said in early September.

But in light of Douglas County’s decision to keep receiving services from Tri-County, the question of the financial impacts of Douglas’ exit appears to be pushed down the road.

“Even though Adams and Douglas have decided to leave the partnership, it will (essentially) remain in effect through the end of 2022, so all three counties should be able to access all the services we always have during that time without making any budgetary adjustments,” Hatlestad said in late October.

If Douglas stops contracting with Tri-County in 2023, there could be some kind of budgetary impact on Arapahoe, but “we have no idea what it would look like,” Hatlestad said.

The Arapahoe County commissioners released a statement Oct. 19 that said the county “will begin developing the necessary transition plans as we form our own public health department.”

Regarding the idea that Adams could ultimately choose to form a two-county health agency with Arapahoe, Hatlestad said: “We haven’t heard that specifically, but given the relative costs of everything, we’re staying open” to any beneficial ideas.

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“Similar to the majority of counties in Colorado, Adams County will follow the common practice of providing its own health department for its residents,” the Adams announcement said.

‘Some funding not guaranteed’ To start their own public health agencies, Adams and Arapahoe could run into costs up to millions of dollars each, according to the consultants’ report.

“TCHD has the size, breadth and depth of staff expertise, good reputation, grant writing and management capacity, and status as Colorado’s largest health department that allows the agency to procure funding not generally available to other health departments in Colorado,” the report says.

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Legend, Lutheran take state softball titles Parker schools celebrate championship wins

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Two Parker high schools had banner days on Oct. 23 at Aurora Sports Park.

Legend and Lutheran captured championships at the state softball championship with convincing wins in the title games.

The Legend Titans, the fourth seed in the bracket, won their third Class 5A state crown in the past five years with an 8-0 win over Columbine of Jefferson County to finish the season with a 25-4 record.

The top-seeded Lutheran Lions continued to show their seasonlong dominance with a 13-2 romp over University High School of Greeley in the Class 3A championship contest as the Lions completed a 29-0 season.

Legend won back-to-back state titles in 2017 and 2018. This season’s team started slow but played well down the stretch.

“We have a young team,” said Titans coach Kristen Shirk. “We fired on all cylinders and that was needed to win. This team reminds me of the 2017 team when we had a core of juniors and some young kids.”

Legend turned the title game in its favor in the fifth inning by scoring five runs using the long ball against a Columbine team that it beat early in the season.

Kaylynn English belted a solo homer. Emma Harrington followed with a two-run HR and then Afton Armijo added another two-run circuit clout.

Starting pitcher Cameron Ponich for the Titans allowed five hits, didn’t issue a walk and struck out 12 batters.

“We came into this tournament with the mindset that we have to

The Lutheran softball team holds the Class 3A state championship banner and trophy Oct. 23.

play like we have all season,” said catcher Emma Harrington. “That’s what got us through this tournament. It means so much to me. I don’t know how it will feel later. It’s crazy. It hasn’t settled in yet.”

Emma Harrington pointed to the fifth inning as the turning point.

“That inning really set us apart from the other team,” she said. “It got our energy up and the confidence in ourselves. That was the breaking point. We understood we had already played them and we could win but we had to treat it like a new game. We had to come in with a new, fresh mindset.”

Lutheran, the state runners-up last year to Eaton in its first season as a varsity softball program, had the same mindset as it had all year.

The Lions outscored four opponents in this year’s state tournament, 52-3, and held a 388-23 scoring advantage over the opposition during the season.

Going 46-2 in two season is a good way to establish a softball program, and the school has plans to move to Class 4A next year.

“In two seasons we’ve lost to one 3A team and that was in the championship,so we have two losses as a program for the first two years. That’s amazing,” said Lutheran coach Glen Maestretti.

“We put a lot of pressure on our offense in this tournament to get our pitcher Hailey (Maestretti) off the mound. We only have the one pitcher. She’s had an amazing year.

She showed everybody today.”

Hailey Maestretti allowed only two hits for the Lions, who gave up two runs in the top of the first inning. However, the Lions scored once in the bottom of the first and added four runs in the second, third and fourth innings to make this another mercy rule outcome.

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Legend starting pitcher Cameron Ponich holds the state championship trophy after the Titans downed Columbine 8-0 to win the title. It was the third state title in five years for Legend.

Win propels Chaparral toward football playoffs 35-32 battle comes down to game’s final seconds

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Chaparral’s Kylan Wilson (5) had 278 yards of total offense in the Oct. 21 game against Douglas County. He passed for a touchdown and ran for two in the 35-32 win PHOTO BY JIM BENTON for Chap.

The Douglas County Huskies and the Chaparral Wolverines met in a football game on Oct. 21 at EchoPark Stadium in Parker with class 5A state playoff berths at stake.

And the game featured several big plays and two all-purpose quarterbacks in Douglas County’s Antwuan (AJ) Jackson and Kylan Wilson of Chap.

Chaparral, of Parker, came out on top with a 35-32 victory that wasn’t decided until the final 54 seconds of the game.

That’s when the Wolverines’ Ke-

gan Swain, an up back in the punt formation, took the snap and ran for a first down that allowed Chap to run out the remaining time on the clock.

Chap, 21st in the RPI standings before the game, improved to 5-4 overall while Douglas County, of Castle Rock, which was 15th in the RPI standings that help determine the 24-team Class 5A playoff bracket, slipped to a 6-3 overall record.

The Wolverines have one more Douglas County South League game remaining on Oct. 29 against rival Legend, of Parker, which was second-ranked in the CHSAANow. com poll. Douglas County wraps up the regular season on Oct. 28 against eighth-ranked Regis Jesuit, of Aurora.

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SOFTBALL FROM PAGE 22

Legend shortstop Kaylynn English prepares to tag out Horizon’s Daisa Halstead during a state semifinal game on Oct. 23 at Aurora Sports Park. The Titans wound up winning the state title with an 8-0 victory over Columbine.

Lutheran’s Malea Yaxsimer slides into third base during the Class 3A state championship game against University on Oct. 23 at Aurora Sports Park.

Lutheran pitcher Hailey Maestretti looks towards the Lions bench during the Class 3A state championship game Oct. 23 at Aurora Sports Park. The Lions captured the state title with a 13-2 win over University.

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“It feels great to win,” said Hailey Maestretti. “I loved how hard we worked this season.

It feels great to come out on top. Yeah, last year was on our minds. This year was going to be ours.

“We felt very motivated through the whole tournament, feeling it was something bigger than ourselves. We took each step, each pitch, each game.”

In other state tournament games involving South Metro teams, Horizon, of Thornton, downed Castle View, of Castle Rock, 5-3 in the first round, and Columbine trimmed Highlands Ranch school Rock Canyon 4-2.

Mountain Vista, of Highlands Ranch, ousted Smoky Hill, of Aurora, 13-9, but dropped a 4-2 decision to defending champion Fossil Ridge, of Fort Collins.

Legend beat Cherokee Trail 10-3, outlasted Broomfield 2-0 and beat top-seeded Horizon 7-2 in the semifinals.

In the Class 4A tournament, Ponderosa, of Parker, opened with a 12-6 win over Frederick but then lost 6-1 to Riverdale Ridge, of Thornton.

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Wilson and Jackson provided most of the entertainment in a game that had more big plays and offense in the first half (28-24 lead for Chap) than in the entire contest of other games.

“The dynamics of the game came down to number 16 (Jackson) and our number 5 (Wilson),” said Chap coach Jeff Ketron. “That’s kind of why they’re the quarterbacks. AJ is a heck of a football player and Kyle for us.”

Wilson, the senior who also played safety and punted for Chap, had 278 total yards. He was eight of 19 passing for 207 yards and a TD. He rushed for 71 yards and two scores.

“I just was doing my thing, do it all and help my team,” said Wilson.

“I played so-so. There were things I could have done better but overall I played pretty good.

“We’ve been in battle almost every week. We knew we needed to win this game to make the playoffs. I know AJ. I wouldn’t say he’s a good buddy but he’s an acquaintance.”

Jackson, who also played in the defensive secondary and returned punts in addition to quarterback, also had over 200 yards of total offense. He passed for two touchdowns and ran for two.

Brayden Munroe of Chaparral had three receptions for 147 yards

Antwuan “A.J.” Jackson (16) of Douglas County runs with the ball in the Oct. 21 game against Chaparral.

and three TDs including a 77-yard scoring reception on a pass from Wilson. The junior wide receiver also had an 88-yard kickoff return for a TD and returned a blocked field goal for a score.

Camden Vogt paced the Wolverines’ defense with nine total tackles while Fransisco Lewis and Geoffrey Freeman each had eight tackles.

Lewis also had an interception.

“We knew if we won we’d be in the playoffs,” added Ketron. “This was a quality win over a six-win team.

We’re excited.”

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It also lists roughly $1.5 million as “an estimated loss of program funds and fees that TCHD currently receives as a district health department.”

“This is a regional loss and the amount that affects Adams County (and Arapahoe) specifically has not been calculated. These are only revenues and don’t reflect any other potential losses such as current liabilities, penalties or other losses,” the report says.

Under a section labeled “other fiscal implications,” the report says the potential transition costs involved in a separation from Tri-County could be about $62 million.

“Transition costs are the reasonable costs and the expenditures, labor, and materials that would be incurred through a separation,” the report says.

The vast majority of that total — $50 million — involves an entity called the Public Employee Retirement Association, or PERA. That’s the state’s public-employee pension fund, a program that manages benefits for current and former public employees such as teachers, snowplow drivers, corrections officers and other government workers.

The report calls that cost the “PERA calculated penalty for dissolving TCHD,” but it adds: “It has not yet

been determined if and when this amount would be due and whether there are any financial obligations if TCHD dissolves and has no remaining assets.”

‘Counties will not have that reputation’ Asked whether the three counties would likely split Tri-County Health’s staff among their own health agencies if they all go the single-county route, Hatlestad said: “I’m sure any number of them would be appealing candidates for any of the jobs in the counties.”

He added: “If we all do single-county health departments, we’re going to be competing for talent, which is one of the reasons the costs go up.”

The report says: “Some public health professionals work at TriCounty because of its size, breadth and representation — the counties will not have that reputation.”

The report notes that it relied on assumptions “to create a usable analysis” and that the document “does not include a cost-benefit analysis.”

Arapahoe County’s Oct. 19 statement said: “The Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners is saddened that our neighboring counties have chosen to end the productive 55-year partnership with the Tri-County Health Department.”

“The Board intends to do what it can to support the many dedicated employees of Tri-County Health throughout this process,” the statement said.

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Denver poised for World Cup bid City is one of 17 in the U.S. hoping to land part of 2026 event

Mexico – are bidding to host part of the World Cup. In the U.S., 17 cities are expected to submit bids. Ten will make the first round of cuts.

Eventually, three cities will win out, organizers said.

Matthew Payne, the executive director of Denver Sports, said Denver has hosted other big-time sporting events, including this summer’s Major League Baseball all-star game.

“We have the infrastructure. We have the stadium, the hotels, the arenas,” he said. “We’ve hosted high-capacity matches at Empower Field at Mile High (where most of the matches would take place). It’s a global city. When people visit, businesses often end up here.”

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City has hosted World Cup qualifying events, including a snowstorm-laced contest in 2013 between the United States and Costa Rica. But the home of the Colorado Rapids isn’t part of Denver’s bid.

“It’s not large enough,” Payne said. “With the anticipated crowds, we’d need a place that seats above 50,000 people. The average attendance in 1994 (the last time the U.S. hosted a World cup) was 70,000.

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There are a lot of things that go into Denver’s efforts to land part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. There’s the overall interest in youth soccer. There’s a desire to be part of an expanded tournament field in 2026 (48 countries will earn spots), And there’s a desire to show off Denver to the rest of the nation and the world.

“This will be 10 times the size of the Euro Cup,” said Manny Rodriguez, the co-chairman of the committee making the bid to bring the World Cup to town. “It’s the world’s biggest sporting event. It drew 3.5 billion viewers in 2018. Our biggest sporting event is the Super Bowl, and 150 million people tune in.

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Dick’s could be used as a training site.”

Rodriguez said the economic benefit to the area could approach $360 million from hotels, restaurants, lodging and tourism-related activities.

“We have 52,000 hotel rooms and 12,000 in the downtown core,” Payne said. “Most are within walking distance of the stadium. Think of the number of hotels that weren’t here four years ago. Then think of the number of hotels that will be built between now and when the World Cup comes.”

“In 2026, the field expands to 46 teams. Folks who travel to see their teams play have economic power,” Rodriguez said. “They come for days at a time. Some come for weeks.”

Area taxpayers won’t have to foot a bill, other than buying a ticket of admission.

The altitude isn’t as big a problem as one might think. Rodriguez said three cities in Mexico are higher in elevation than Denver. The weather could work to Denver’s advantage, too.

“Denver has unique things to offer,” Rodriguez said. “We have the best airport in the world. If you

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The timing of games that start in the Mountain Time Zone may not matter to people who love their soccer.

“If a country is playing at 4 a.m., people will get up and watch. Or they will record it,” Rodriguez said.

“People in some countries will stay up regardless of what time it starts.”

Rodriguez said soccer is the No. 1 participatory sport in the state, thanks in part to youngsters who take part in youth soccer.

“Youth soccer could grow exponentially,” Rodriguez said. “This community is diverse. Soccer is going to grow with people who love the game more and more.”

The target months for the 2026 World Cup are sometime in June or July. The 2022 World Cup will take place in about a year in Qatar, owing to the extremely hot summers in that part of the world. Rodriguez said next year’s event will be the first to be contested outside the summer months.

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October 28, 2021

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Come shop for unique gifts and special items during the annual Colorado Community Media Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market; With more than 100 exhibitors filling the Douglas County Fairgrounds, this is the best place to find that special, personal gift for friends and family. The show will feature handmade crafts in all areas from metal and leather, to flowers, baskets, ceramics, and so much more.

Bright Little Brains Rozanne Steyn Brightlittlebrains.com

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Julie Olivett - Team Leader 303-437-7067 YourToyLady.com

Nerdy Sheep Fiber Arts Nerdysheepfiberarts.com info@nerdysheepfiberarts.com

Suelyn’s Creations

Suelyn Gnormley 720-201-3930 facebook.com/SuelynsCreations

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