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VOLUME 102 | ISSUE 7

Schools to focus on mental health

O’Toole’s Garden Center was ‘lifeblood’ for many

Kaiser Permanente awards $24,000 in grant funding

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

O’Toole, had been eyeing the neighboring site at Columbine Square for a new mixed-use development for years.

O’Toole said the store had been on “borrowed time.”

“That will leave a hole,” said Rick Townsend, who helped found the Columbine Memorial in Clement Park following the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School.

“I believe those are the places that become kind of the lifeblood of the community,” Townsend said.

“O’Toole’s has really been invaluable to us … we always knew they were there to help us when some-

The Englewood School District will invest $24,000 in grant funding that will go towards mental health initiatives as part of Kaiser Permanente’s Thriving Schools program.

“We’re very grateful to be receiving this grant, I think that mental health and emotional wellbeing is something that we all as school leaders are extremely concerned about and are committed to ensuring that our students and our staff and our communities get as much support as possible,” said Englewood Schools Superintendent Wendy Rubin.

The money is part of $300,000 in grants from the health provider gave to several Front Range districts as schools continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Our school districts are the heartbeat of our communities and now, more than ever, are in great need of additional resources to help their students, staff, and teachers thrive,” Mike Ramseier, president of Kaiser

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Jonas Harberger says hello to unofficial Littleton O’Toole’s store mascot Pickles the cat, held by manager Chris Ibsen.

Plans to close longtime business in Littleton send shockwaves for patrons, partners

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There is much that patrons and community members love about O’Toole’s Garden Center in Littleton beyond just the rows of eye-popping, verdant vegetation.

There’s Pickles the cat, the store’s unofficial mascot, who can be seen

lounging in plastic growing trays atop wooden, soil-dusted shelves.

There’s the fact that it’s a familyowned business with more than 30 years of stories and legacy. But maybe most importantly, it’s a place where people gather, where you’re treated as a friend and where community thrives.

It’s why when store owner Adele O’Toole announced March 22 that the business would be closing Aug. 31 after selling its property to a developer, shockwaves could be felt throughout the Littleton community and beyond.

North Carolina-based developer Lennar Multifamily Communities, which bought the property from

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Dangerous materials used in firefighting foam are showing up in drinking water, soil

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Lawmakers to address ‘forever chemicals’

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

The sale of many products containing the dangerous “forever chemicals” known as PFAS would be banned in Colorado as early as 2024, under legislation recently introduced and backed by a host of consumer and environmental groups.

Toxic PFAS chemicals, used as lubricants and repellants in products ranging from firefighting foam to clothing and cooking utensils, leak into groundwater and have been found in drinking water supplies in Colorado and across the country.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser recently joined multiple states in suing the chemical manufacturers for decades of contamination that is proving exorbitantly expensive for state health departments and local water agencies to clean up.

“We know these things are dangerous for our health. We know they are forever chemicals that are poisoning our water supply,” said Danny Katz, executive director of the nonprofit consumer group CoPIRG, in welcoming the bipartisan bill. “We need to act now to phase out as many of them as possible to protect our health and protect Colorado’s water.”

The first sale ban would begin Jan. 1, 2024, for products with PFAS intentionally added in these categories: Carpets or rugs; cookware; cosmetics; fabric treatments; food packaging; juvenile products, oil and gas products; and textile furnishings. Through 2030, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment would be charged with identifying more categories of goods, and those would be added to the banned list.

“I’d rather do the right thing, as quickly as possible,” said Rep. Lisa Cutter, a Littleton Democrat who is one of the bill’s prime sponsors. “But because there are manufacturers and companies that have been using these products, we’re trying to allow a reasonable offramp.”

The earliest categories are in businesses where alternatives to PFAS are already being developed, sponsors said.

Colorado may have the largest number of sites in the nation that have handled PFAS chemicals, due to firefighting drills and operations at military installations, mountain wildland firefighting, and from PFAS chemicals in firefighting and other industrial materials at oil and gas exploration sites.

About 21,000 industrial sites in Colorado appear on the previously undisclosed EPA database of locations that “may be handling” PFAS, with more than 85% of those places related to oil and gas, and heavy concentrations of possible locations at the industry’s core in Weld County,

In this June 6, 2018, file photo, PFAS foam washes up on the shoreline of Van Etten Lake in Oscoda Township, Mich., near Wurtsmith Air Force Base. Twenty state agencies, along with the University of Wisconsin, worked on an action plan released Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ administration after more than a year of study of forever chemicals known as PFAS. PHOTO BY JAKE MAY/THE FLINT JOURNAL VIA AP

according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which forced EPA to release the data.

The same properties that make PFAS a lubricant or seal cookware also make them resistant to long-term impacts of heat or water, conferring the moniker “forever chemicals.”

CoPIRG and others say the chemicals have entered Colorado waterways and “polluted communities like Fountain, Frisco, parts of Denver, South Evergreen and Golden,” threatening serious health impacts.

State health officials have launched a buyback program taking firefighting foam containing PFAS off the hands of local fire departments and replacing them with alternatives.

Consumer and environmental protection groups want the federal EPA to move faster to set absolute drinking water standards to force PFAS cleanups. Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment moved deeper into PFAS regulation when it demanded more monitoring of the chemicals coming off the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City.

Colorado will, for the first time, monitor and limit runoff of PFAS at Suncor as part of the draft of the company’s water quality permit unveiled in November.

Regulators and consumers are finding out how ubiquitous PFAS chemicals are throughout industry and consumer goods, Katz said.

“We’ve targeted mostly firefighting foam in the past, but this bill will also get at a number of consumer products including things like carpets and rugs, furniture, cosmetics, food packaging, and even things like dental floss,” he said. “We want to phase those out.”

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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Denver transfers 33 bison to tribal nations in an effort to bolster and conserve herds Herds are from Douglas and Jefferson counties

BY KYLE COOKE, BRIAN WILLIE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

On a snowy, blustery March morning, Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) donated 17 bison yearlings to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma.

The bison had been staying at two of the Denver Mountain Parks: Genesee Park in Golden and Daniels Park in Douglas County.

“This is what we should’ve been doing for decades as owners and as stewards of these wonderful animals: returning them, as we have nurtured them and raised them, but returning them back to our Indigenous leaders of this land, the caretakers of this land,” said Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, who spoke at the March 21 event at Genesee Park.

According to DPR, this year is the first time in “recent history” that Denver is not holding a bison auction; that tradition ended last year when the department said it would instead “select tribes across the country that will accept the bison to build and enhance conservation herds on tribal lands.”

In total, Denver is transferring 33 bison this year: 15 to the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming; 17 to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma (which happened Monday); and one to the Tall Bull Memorial Council in Colorado.

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A bison at Genesee Park west of Golden.

Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming. He was at Monday’s event at Genesee Park.

“Being able to reclaim the bison is a big moment for us because it’s taking back what was taken from us,” Dresser said.

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hunting and diseases. By 1900, there were fewer than 1,000 bison in existence, according to DPR. On March 22, there are about 31,000 free-range wild bison in North America. DPR operates two bison herds in the name of conservation: one at Genesee Park and another at Daniels Park. The herd was first established at City Park by the Denver Zoo, but moved to Genesee Park in 1914 and expanded to Daniels Park in 1938.

DPR’s executive director Happy Haynes said she hoped the bison transfer shows “a commitment to working to dismantle the ongoing legacies of oppression and inequities and recognize the current and future contributions of Indigenous communities in Denver and Colorado.”

“Oppression and inequity is built over hundreds of years, and it can be dismantled piece by piece,” added

City Councilwoman Jamie Torres, who represents District 3 in Denver.

Various Colorado officials have made recent efforts to preserve the country’s bison population. In addition to DPR’s bison transfer last year, Governor Jared Polis and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Boulder) recently asked the U.S. Department of the Interior to put a stop to the National Park Service’s plan to kill a dozen bison in Grand Canyon National Park. Polis and Neguse were unsuccessful.

Dresser hopes people can learn lessons from Indigenous peoples’ treatment of bison.

“The bison was important to us not only for our cultural ways but also for everyday use. We used the bison for meat, also for household items. We utilized every single part of the body. So that’s important for today’s world because we live in a society that’s so wasteful.”

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online.

Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

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Colorado is reshaping early childhood Some school districts are nervous about proposed changes

BY ANN SCHIMKE CHALKBEAT COLORADO

As Colorado prepares to launch free universal preschool, lawmakers are taking up legislation that could reshape Colorado’s early childhood landscape and reverberate for decades to come.

Many advocates and early educators laud the changes laid out in the bill, including the creation of a new state early childhood agency, saying it will elevate the profile of early childhood issues, cut red tape for families and providers, and dramatically expand preschool access.

But the plan also has prompted concerns about how school district roles could change and whether they’ll be left serving a disproportionate share of students with special needs. And some early childhood leaders worry about how fast the process is moving, how many details are unresolved, and whether there are enough providers to meet new enrollment demands.

Angela Fedler, who heads several early childhood programs for the Delta County School District in western Colorado, said, “I love the idea of universal preschool. I believe in the idea of universal preschool. I do have some fears around it as well.”

“We’re moving really fast for such a big jump,” she said.

Bill Jaeger, vice president of early childhood and policy initiatives for the Colorado Children’s Campaign, said of the legislation, “There’s a lot of reimagining of the early childhood system to make it child-, family-, and provider-focused and break down those silos, and that requires significant statutory change.

“There is a degree of urgency,” he said, noting that some of the bill’s provisions need to get underway as soon as possible.

State lawmakers recently moved up the department’s July 1 start date to this spring. The governor likely will name an executive director in the coming weeks. Among other things, the department will roll out universal preschool in the summer of 2023. The initiative, funded largely with a voterapproved nicotine tax, is a top priority for Polis.

Scott Smith, chief financial and operating officer for the Cherry Creek school district, said his district supports universal preschool but noted the state had “some blind spots and some missteps” in planning, including leaving too small a role for school district leaders during the early stages.

“Not including school people from the beginning really left us behind,” he said.

Smith and other school district leaders said state officials have recently held regular meetings to gather feedback from district staff.

Big changes for school districts Right now, about a quarter of Colorado’s 4-year-olds attend state-funded preschool, which serves children with certain risk factors. More than threequarters of those slots are housed in

school district classrooms. Most other children attend preschool elsewhere, in child care centers or private preschools, for example.

In expanding to serve all 4-yearolds whose families want 10 hours of tuition-free preschool, the state expects to lean on private providers. The idea is to give parents a choice of settings and help accommodate the influx of new students.

The state no longer will rely exclusively on school districts to administer state-funded preschool locally. Instead, nonprofits, community groups, and districts all will be able to vie for the job.

These changes, along with many others included in the legislation, follow recommendations that a state early childhood commission issued in November and January. Still, school district officials have questions and concerns.

Smith, of the Cherry Creek district, said, “We don’t need private providers. We can accommodate this internally,” speaking about any additional students who want slots under the universal program.

Currently, the district houses all of Cherry Creek’s 800-plus state-funded preschool slots in its classrooms.

But many districts already contract with community-based providers to offer state-funded preschool slots.

Denver, the state’s largest district, is one of them.

Priscilla Hopkins, the district’s executive director of early education, said the use of both public-school classrooms and private preschools — often called “mixed delivery” — works well.

“I think parents want high-quality preschool,” she said. “As school districts, that needs to be our north star.”

Fedler, of Delta County, agreed, but worries that private providers could shy away from the universal preschool program if subject to lots of new quality requirements.

“It’s hard, especially in rural Colorado, to get people to want to work with little learners,” she said. “If we start asking more of them, how many more of them will walk away?”

What about disabilities?

Some school district leaders worry that the universal preschool program — specifically the availability of slots in private programs — could hurt children with disabilities.

Currently, the vast majority of those children are served in public school classrooms that also include a sizable share of typically developing children.

But there are questions about what happens if lots of families with typical children opt for private programs, segregating children with disabilities in public schools.

“We want to make sure we don’t become the special education preschool,” Smith said.

Theoretically, the families of children with disabilities may choose community-based preschools when universal preschool launches, but it’s not clear whether or how those programs will provide free therapies or other services outlined in those preschoolers’ special education plans.

Mat Aubuchon, the director of early childhood and elementary programs in the Westminster district north of Denver, said under federal special

education law, school districts must ensure that students with disabilities get the right services from qualified staff members.

“We don’t want to set an expectation that [special education] services can just happen anywhere,” he said.

Aubuchon said he’s not opposed to the mixed delivery model, but said it must be planned carefully to ensure preschoolers with disabilities are appropriately served. Placements, he said, will have to be determined case by case.

Other sticking points Besides providing for an expanded field of preschool providers, the new legislation envisions a simple application process — one that allows families to easily apply for universal preschool and other early childhood programs.

Just about everyone agrees with the idea in principle.

But some school leaders worry that integrating technologies from different programs into one application is too complicated to roll out in a year.

If it’s not done well from the get-go, it’s just “one more confusing thing for families to deal with,” said Aubuchon.

Claudia Strait, who heads the Early Childhood Council for Yuma, Washington, and Kit Carson counties in eastern Colorado, said many families in her area don’t speak English and aren’t computer savvy, so she hopes the new application process won’t leave them out.

Some early childhood leaders are

also leery about the plan to empower the new agency’s executive director to make rules, which spell out how state laws should be implemented.

The provision is meant to make the new department nimble, but some observers worry it puts a lot of power in one person’s hands.

“We’d prefer to see some sort of accountability,” said Smith of Cherry Creek. “I’m not sure what mechanism exists right now that would hold that executive director accountable.”

About half of state agencies have a rule-making board and half don’t.

The new early childhood department would have a rule-making advisory council and state officials also say the executive director would have to follow state laws that require public hearings and testimony on state regulations.

Aubuchon said a rule-making board might be beneficial for the first couple years of the new department, with that authority transferring to the department’s executive director later on.

Strait said she’s a little nervous about the new executive director having so much power, but is also circumspect about the many unknowns that lay ahead.

“It’s just like anything else, anything that’s new, it’s going to be hard adjusting,” she said. “The longer that it’s in place, the smoother it gets.”

This story is from Chalkbeat Colorado, a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools. Used by permission. For more, and to support Chalkbeat, visit co.chalkbeat.org.

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Bill to protect workers who use cannabis fails House Bill 1152 was rejected on a 12-1 committee vote

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

A Colorado House committee voted down a bill that sought to stop employers from denying jobs to or firing workers for their off-the-clock cannabis use, either medical or recreational.

House Bill 1152 also sought to require employers to let their employees consume medical marijuana while on the job. The legislation included exceptions for workers whose jobs are in dangerous fields or require fine motor skills, such as positions involving the use of heavy machinery.

The bill was rejected on a 12-1 vote in the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on March 23 afternoon even after the measure’s sponsor, Rep. Edie Hooton, a Boulder Democrat, offered an amendment to dramatically

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scale back the legislation before the vote was taken.

The amendment, which was adopt-

ed, would have erased all of the bill’s provisions and instead convened a panel to study the issue and make recommendations to the legislature about how employers can accommodate medical marijuana users. But even that wasn’t enough for lawmakers on the committee, who were concerned about any move toward forcing employers to allow their employees to use marijuana on or off the job.

Many in the business community are fiercely opposed to the measure and testified in opposition to it on March 2.

“I wasn’t surprised,” Hooton, who has brought similar legislation for several years, said of the outcome. “I got a lot of very, very valuable feedback about how we might be able to move forward in the future.”

The question of whether the use of cannabis off the clock can disqualify a person for a job or lead to their firing has been swirling in Colorado since voters passed Amendment 64 in 2012, which legalized the sale and use of recreational cannabis. Most states that have lifted prohibitions on pot leave the question of how to handle employees’ marijuana use up to employers, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Nevada and New Jersey are two exceptions. In New Jersey, employers can prohibit employees from using cannabis while on the job or from showing up to work impaired. But they are not allowed to penalize an employee solely because of their off-the-clock recreational cannabis use.

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In 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court sided with Dish Network, which fired an employee, Brandon Coats, after he tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol – or THC – in a random drug test.

Coats had a medical marijuana card as a result of back spasms caused by his quadriplegia. Muscle spasms are one of the seven debilitating conditions for which medical marijuana can be recommended under Colorado law.

The closely watched case highlighted Colorado’s pot paradox: Marijuana is legal but consuming it can still be grounds for termination.

Amendment 64 included the following provision: “Nothing in this (ballot measure) is intended to require an employer to permit or accommodate the use, consumption, possession, transfer, delay, transportation, sale or growing of marijuana in the workplace to affect the ability of employers to have policies restriction the use of marijuana by employees.”

Amendment 20, the 2000 ballot initiative allowing medical marijuana sales and use in Colorado, included a provision about how it does not “require any employer to accommodate the medical use of marijuana in any workplace.”

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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New bill would stiffen state’s penalties for fentanyl dealers But leave misdemeanor possession law in place

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BY SHANNON NAJMABADI AND JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute the powerful opioid would become a more serious felony crime in Colorado under a bill set to be introduced by Democrats and Republicans in the legislature this week.

But having less than 4 grams of the drug for personal use would remain a low-level, misdemeanor offense.

The measure, which includes millions of dollars in spending, is state lawmakers’ response to skyrocketing overdose deaths from fentanyl in Colorado. Five people died from a suspected fentanyl overdose in Commerce City in February. Authorities believe the people thought they were ingesting cocaine.

The bill would: • Make possessing 0-4 grams of a fentanyl compound or mixture with the intent to distribute it a Class 3 drug felony, punishable by two to six years in prison • Make possessing 4-50 grams of a fentanyl compound or mixture with the intent to distribute it a Class 2 drug felony, which carries a penalty of four to 16 years in prison • Make possessing more than 50 grams of a fentanyl compound or mixture with the intent to distribute it a Class 1 drug felony. That comes with a prison term of up to 32 years.

• Make possessing a pill press used to mix fentanyl with other drugs a Class 1 drug felony Currently, possessing up to 14 grams of fentanyl with an intent to distribute is a Class 3 drug felony, while possessing between 14 grams and 225 grams of the drug with an intent to distribute is a Class 2 drug felony. Possessing more than 225 grams of fentanyl with an intent to distribute is a Class 1 drug felony.

“Fentanyl is extremely deadly,” said Gov. Jared Polis, who supports the measure. “It deserves different legal treatment than other drugs. I think that increased criminal penalties are a key part of our response, as well as better detection and prevention.”

The Democrat said the new fentanyl bill is part of his broader package of legislation to address rising crime across Colorado.

Additionally, the new bill would make it a Class 1 drug felony to distribute fentanyl if it leads to someone’s death, though there is a carveout for people possessing less than 4 grams of the drug who try to assist someone who overdoses.

The measure includes a $20 million allocation to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to fund distribution of the opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan. Money would also be set aside for the purchase of fentanyl test strips.

The bill, however, leaves in place a much-criticized 2019 law that made possession of up to 4 grams of almost all illicit drugs for personal use a misdemeanor.

As fentanyl cases are going up in the state, lawmakers will consider revising a bill SHUTTERSTOCK passed in 2019 that made possession a misdemeanor.

The 2019 measure, House Bill 1263, was meant to treat drug addiction as a public health issue instead of shunting the problem over to the criminal justice system. But critics say the 4 gram limit is dangerously out of step with the potency of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid fatal at about 2 or 3 milligrams.

Four grams could amount to as many as 2,000 fatal doses of the drug, which is 50 times more potent than heroin and 80 to 100 times more potent than morphine.

Republicans have seized on the 2019 law, which passed with bipartisan support, to attack Democrats heading into the November election.

Prosecutors have called on the governor and legislature to alter the law and make possessing any amount of fentanyl a felony.

The bill attempts to balance requests from law enforcement for more tools to “get drug dealers off the street” while offering resources to help save lives, said House Speaker Alec Garnett, a Denver Democrat and prime sponsor of the new bill.

Polis — who previously said the 2019 bill “got some things wrong” — said Wednesday that the new proposal was “closer to right.” He and Attorney General Phil Weiser, a fellow Democrat, have expressed support for increasing criminal penalties tied to fentanyl.

“We’re very open to a wide range of additional criminal penalties,” Polis said Wednesday.

The one tweak to the misdemeanor possession law under the new bill would be that offenders would have to go through mandatory substanceabuse assessment, and possibly treatment, if convicted of possessing fentanyl for personal use.

Rep. Leslie Herod, a Denver Democrat who sponsored the 2019 legislation and is working on this year’s measure, too, said the new bill combines stiff penalties for high-level drug dealers with a “public-health approach.”

“It’s a tough issue. People are dying from fentanyl overdoses,” Herod said. But “incarceration is not going to get us out of this.”

Rep. Mike Lynch, a Wellington Republican who has been working on the fentanyl overdose issue, will be one of the prime sponsors of the new bill.

Lynch said he has reservations about the bill’s price tag, which he said is $29 million, but that “it’s worth the experiment” given how

lethal fentanyl is.

If it were up to him, Lynch said he would repeal the 2019 misdemeanor drug-possession law, but he recognizes that’s not “politically feasible.”

More than 800 people died from fentanyl across Colorado in 2021, up from 540 the year before, according to state health department data.

That includes 19 people in Boulder County who died of fentanyl or a combination of drugs including fentanyl since February 2021.

Earlier this month, federal prosecutors announced they had filed charges against a woman accused of selling fentanyl pills to two Colorado Springs high school students.

A friend of one of the students snorted a pill and died at her desk at school.While fatal fentanyl overdoses have skyrocketed, there have been only a few dealers charged with causing those deaths.

Prosecutors say dealers who distribute fatal doses of fentanyl are difficult to prosecute given the way the drug is distributed. That’s because prosecutors must show a person knew they were dealing fentanyl and consciously disregarded the risk it could result in death — a high bar, said Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein, a Republican.

He expects convictions would increase under the new bill. “This bill really gives us a much-needed tool to respond,” he said.

Rubinstein said not all of the state’s district attorneys are OK with fentanyl possession of personal use of 4 grams or less remaining a misdemeanor. “It’s something that I think we could modify some,” he said. “There’s questions about how much changing that number is really going to benefit us.”

But Rubinstein said the focus on treatment in the new bill is a good start.

“We’ll see if that works,” he said.

“And as this problem evolves, and as our responses evolve, we can obviously go through legislation next year, in future years to address that.”

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thing came up.”

A legacy of community Much of the store’s character is embodied by manager Chris Ibsen, who for years has helped spearhead various community involvement efforts.

Townsend lost his daughter, Lauren, more than 20 years ago in the attack on Columbine High School that ended with 15 dead. Ibsen’s daughter Tara, also a student at Columbine at the time, survived.

“O’Toole’s has been very generous to us over the years,” Townsend said, recalling that Ibsen would donate flowers whenever the roses around the memorial were looking thin or when the annual remembrance ceremony was held, which called for columbine flowers.

Todd McPherson, who helps run a longstanding food bank through the nonprofit Integrated Family Community Services(IFCS), said O’Toole’s and its manager Ibsen have been champions for the organization.

“They’ve been just amazing, just greater than anyone could ever expect,” McPherson said. “We feel like we’re ingrained in the O’Toole family … our philosophy intertwines, so we’re overjoyed to partner with them.”

McPherson said the store has “had their back day to day” and regularly helped with food drives, turning its space into a drop-off where community members can leave food to be taken to the nonprofit. Ibsen has led several fundraising initiatives for IFCS, such as the “buck a basket” campaign that gives IFCS a portion of sales made from gardening supplies as well as barbecues and other community events.

And the store itself has served as a canopy under which IFCS can connect with local residents who share a common goal of getting fresher, healthier food to those who are struggling.

McPherson said the nonprofit will talk with O’Toole patrons who may be looking to donate an excess of home-grown fruits and vegetables or reserve a row of their plot for growing food just for IFCS. During the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, when hunger soared and IFCS fed 5,000 to 6,000

Primroses on a display rack at O’Toole’s Garden Center in Littleton in March 2017.

people per month, up from about 400 to 500 before COVID, McPherson said O’Toole’s stepped up even more.

The staff’s commitment spoke volumes to McPherson, especially given that the store was facing economic hardship due to shutdowns and social distancing requirements.

“They just weathered that and said ‘it doesn’t make a difference, you guys need us,’” McPherson said.

“It’s less usual in this environment to have businesses like O’Toole’s that made people feel like family.”

Littleton resident Betty Harris, who founded and leads the Littleton Garden Gang, said Ibsen and O’Toole’s were bastions of knowledge. Whenever Harris had a gardening question she couldn’t answer, the next person to ask was Ibsen.

“O’Toole’s was kind of like an anchor there for us,” she said. “It’s just been such a big part of our life.”

The garden center was also one of Harris’ first introductions to gardening in Colorado after she moved from Virginia in 1993. It was at the store where she bought her first plant in the state, a Christmas cactus.

For Ibsen, it was these relationships that made his work at O’Toole’s more than just a job.

“If you don’t have the community spirit, you don’t have a store, I don’t care how much stuff you have in the store,” Ibsen said. “This place gave people a sense that they were part of the community, and I think that’s important to people.”

The garden center is also where Ibsen, who has served as its first and only store manager, met his wife and credits it with helping him start

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O’Toole’s Garden Center general manager Chris Ibsen in May 2020. The center had just reopened following the first wave of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdowns.

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his family.

“O’Toole’s has impacted a lot of lives,” he said, adding that the work he does for others is a reflection of the strength of those communities. “It’s not me, it’s everybody else around me.”

Future plans uncertain The store has finally met the inevitable, said its owner, Adele O’Toole, the widow of founder Jim O’Toole.

Plans from Lennar, the developer, to build 359 apartments and new commercial spaces in the Columbine Square area would have eaten

A dahlia shares its rich colors at O’Toole’s Garden Center in Littleton in PHOTO BY SCOTT GILBERT May 2017.

up the vast majority of the parking area that the garden center relied on, since much of the parking was not on O’Toole’s property. With just 30 parking spaces owned by her company, O’Toole said the plans would have made business nonviable.

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Permanente in Colorado, said in a statement.

Marie LeBlanc, who coordinates grants for Englewood schools, said the money will help support the district’s investments in trauma-informed training practices for staff as well as supply and maintain calming areas in classrooms and send staff to a national conference on restorative justice.

“We’re resetting our new normal, our students, and our teachers, are coming back with different challenges,” said LeBlanc, who previously headed the district’s mental health programs.

Trauma-informed training, LeBlanc said, will help staff identify ways to adapt their classroom space, such as the lighting and volume levels, to ensure children are learning well in their environment. A lot of the training, she said, also centers around the ways in which

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“I did not go looking to sell,” O’Toole said. “It was out of my hands.”

According to Mike Sutherland, community development deputy director for the City of Littleton, the area that includes O’Toole’s property is currently zoned for commercial use. But under a new land-use code approved by city council in October, developers are able to apply for zoning changes to certain commercial sites to allow for new housing, as is the case with the Columbine Square area.

Sutherland said the city has yet to receive a formal application for the plans, although it recently met with Lennar on Jan. 13 for a pre-application study.

The current plans from Lennar do not include the O’Toole’s property and Sutherland said he is not aware

staff talk to students in a way that builds relationships.

“It’s about meeting students where they’re at,” LeBlanc said.

“It’s not ‘what’s wrong with you’ it’s ‘what’s going on with you today?”

Some staff will be attending a conference in Chicago from July 7 to July 9 hosted by the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice. That too will help staff learn how to communicate with students who are facing tough circumstances in a non-judgmental way.

And calming spaces, which LeBlanc said are in classrooms throughout the district’s schools, are areas that allow students to take a break from class for a few minutes when they’re feeling overwhelmed.

By reading a book or playing with a fidget toy in a plush, comforting area, LeBlanc said students are able to get the time they need to feel calm.

“It’s helping them to regulate themselves, giving them a strategy of knowing when to need a break, knowing when to take that break and knowing when to

come back to class,” she said.

While some students used the spaces pre-pandemic, the areas have become much more popular since COVID-era learning, Rubin said.

With many students returning to full in-person learning earlier this year for the first time in nearly two years, schools across the state have reported more instances of outbursts from children in the classroom.

It’s true for Englewood, where Rubin said children are dealing not just with the readjustment to in-person class, but the continued fear, anxiety and divisiveness of pandemic politics.

For some students, they’re having to learn for the first-time social communication that was made difficult for them during remote learning. All of it is reasons why the calming spaces have been such a needed resource.

“We have kids who have spent half their lives wearing masks,” Rubin said. “When people are really anxious and stressed, sometimes they just need to calm down for a few minutes, and we

feel that as adults.”

With Colorado far behind many other states when it comes to funding its public schools, grants provide an essential tool for meeting district needs, said Englewood school board president Duane Tucker.

“Grants, in general, are important to us,” he said. “It allows us to do things we otherwise wouldn’t have funding to do.”

And the focus on mental health in schools has gained greater attention since the pandemic, LeBlanc said. When Englewood schools brought its students back to in-person learning, most of their discussions had to do around students’ mental wellbeing.

LeBlanc said she is optimistic that more financial support for mental health programs, whether it be through private grants or government funding, will be possible in the future.

“I think people are willing to invest, I think people want more money for our mental health,” she said. “I do recognize that we have a ways to go, we do need more funding for mental health.”

of how that site will factor into the proposal.

“It’s always concerning to see a good corporate citizen like O’Toole’s close their doors,” Sutherland said.

“But it does open up some possibilities for the future of both those sites.”

As of press time, Lennar senior development manager Pete Dikeou and development associate Peyton Oldenburg have not responded to requests for comment about the plans.

The news led to dozens of comments on social media from patrons who called Littleton’s O’Toole’s their “go-to nursery” and who asked, “where would people go to get their garden materials?”

But O’Toole said she is hopeful the store will be able to reopen at some point in the future, though it may not be in Littleton. O’Toole’s two other stores, located in Westminster and Lakewood, will remain fully up and running, O’Toole said.

Some of the Littleton store’s roughly 25 full-time employees could

transfer to either of the two other locations, O’Toole said, who added that all will be compensated with a severance bonus when the store closes.

But for some longtime partners, hope remains.

“It’s sad to know that there’s a chapter that ends,” McPherson said.

“But there’s maybe a new chapter that opens up.”

And Ibsen knows the sun will always rise.

“This world that we’re in, there’s a lot of good, and a lot of dark,” he said. “This is a place where everybody could come in and get a little bit of sunshine.”

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Mental health dilemma

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ince the start of the pandemic, there appears to be a lot more emphasis on doing something about the mental health crisis in this country. The problem is the help is coming at a pretty late date.

In talking to a clinician at the UCHealth hospital in Highlands Ranch, she was adamant that this crisis did not grow from the pandemic. Instead, she compared the situation to a pot, filled to the rim, and FROM THE once the COVID-19 crisis hit the world, EDITOR the pot boiled over out of control.

If we could point at something good coming from that pot boiling over — it is that we as a society can no longer just ignore or place small Band-Aids on a catastrophic problem. The state, cities, counties and hospitals and doctors are now turning their focus to the crisis and doing a lot more to address it.

Recently, through a Kaiser Permanente grant, Englewood Public Schools Thelma Grimes put $300,000 towards addressing mental health needs for students. This is a great start here. It is great that Kaiser made the project possible.

In Douglas County they are ahead of the curve. Good thinking many years ago has led to a great program there aimed at helping adults and children struggling with mental health. They continue to focus on getting people help rather than throwing them in jail cells.

They focus on going directly into homes and showing that someone cares through the Community Response Teams.

The county initiative is also inside the schools, making sure students who need help are getting it.

At the college level, a recent discussion with a school official said young adults are taking on more today than ever before. They are trying to pass full class loads while working 40 hours a week just to be able to pay rent and get by.

As this official said, all of these students are one flat tire away from having full-blown meltdowns. To some, a flat tire should be seen as no big deal, but to the student juggling everything and barely holding it together, the flat tire is the last straw.

The pandemic has shown that while we often say our young children are resilient and will be fine — evidence shows the opposite. We should be applauding what Children’s Hospital Colorado had the foresight to do in 2021. That foresight was essentially speaking out.

CHC said hospital beds are not being filled with physically sick children. Instead, they are being filled with children and teens causing self-harm.

CHC called out the state government for not doing enough to address the issue. That has led to more discussions, more effort to help our children.

The problem, however, is the pot is boiling over and the concern now is did we wait too long to really start taking the crisis seriously? Can we stabilize an out-ofcontrol situation?

I know there are a lot of local programs and community leaders who are taking on the crisis head on. As citizens, hopefully we too can jump in and help where we can.

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ears ago, I had the opportunity to caddie several times for a good friend of mine Chris. He was an awesome amateur golfer playing in the state’s mid-amateur tournaments.

I refer to this as an opportunity to volunteer to serve Chris as his caddie because it gave me the opportunity to spend a few days watching and learning from the other great amateur golfers like Chris.

As I watched, I became more familiar with the rules of the game. I observed the way that fantastic golfers approach different shots and how they managed the course. I was happy to carry Chris’ bag for free because he and the other golfers were helping me to learn the game and improve my own score. During one of those seasons, I was carrying his bag for the weekend, and he won the state mid-am championship. That meant that we were paired up with some really terrific golfers, so I had the best of the best amateurs to learn from along that journey.

In my earlier career I was also given the opportunity to be an observer in board of directors meetings. This meant giving up evenings and sometimes weekends, but the knowledge and experience I gained was worth every hour that I invested in being amongst some brilliant minds for a few hours every month and for a longer meeting each quarter.

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making sure there was water in the room, and most importantly taking notes. I also took notice of the way these leaders asked questions, including their line of questioning, it was truly impressive. I paid attention to what they wrote down as important, and how they navigated difficult decisions to come Michael Norton to an agreement amongst nine members of the board.

I was truly learning by serving.

A young man that I coach and mentor, and who lives and works with a servant’s heart, aspires to be a keynote speaker himself one day. I had an opportunity where I was delivering a keynote speech in Chicago, so I invited him to join me. I covered his travel costs, but he invested two days of his time to come and experience how corporate events like this work.

He also made himself useful by handing out books and materials and collecting business cards from people he thought that I might want to meet one day. When the event was over he shared how much he had learned, and that he was grateful for the opportunity.

Two of my favorite places to serve are

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olorado now has more options available for care at end of life than ever before.

The vast array of options allow for more personal choice during the final days of life, as well as for funeral and body disposition. Every option available may not be right for you personally, but knowing and understanding your options will help you make the best choices for you and your loved ones.

The need for end-of-life doulas Many people are familiar with hospice care for the terminally ill. Although hospice services are immensely helpful, there is a gap between what hospice can provide and what the dying person needs to successfully navigate the end of life. This is where end-oflife doulas, or death doulas, come in.

End-of-life doulas are nonmedical support for the dying.

They are not a replacement for hospice, but are in addition to hospice to help fill the gap. One of the major gaps in hospice care today is the limited time hospice workers are allowed to spend with patients. End-of-life doulas are able to provide the time for additional care, such as offering emotional and spiritual support and companionship, serving as a liaison for the care team, completing a life review, creating leg-

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through my church and in my community. We are a part of a small church in our town. My wife and I both have volunteer positions within the church.

Again, giving up a few hours each month is absolutely worth the investment of time as we work with others in our church, engaging and learning as they manage each of their different ministries.

In the small town that we live in, there are plenty of opportunities to learn and serve. I have coached a few young people for free, putting in the time and energy to help them improve their skills, make a hard decision, or find the right career path. Again, what I get out of the opportunity is incredible and gives me insights into how the

acy projects, developing a vigil plan, providing respite care and sitting vigil, just to name a few. Some doulas also serve as home funeral guides to help families and communities who wish to care for their own deCindy J. Kaufman ceased at home, as was both custom and tradition years ago.

Each end-of-life doula brings their own unique skills, experience, and talents to their work.

Thus, no two doulas are alike.

In searching for an end-of-life doula, it is recommended that one interviews several doulas to find the one that best fits.

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Additional autonomy options at end of life Choice in care is one way to exercise autonomy at end of life.

Another is in making personal decisions about when and how one’s suffering will end. Colorado’s End of Life Options Act went into effect in early 2017, allowing the terminally ill access to medication to end their suffering peacefully and on their own terms. Since then, hundreds of terminally ill patients have been prescribed the aid-in-dying medication, even though barri-

younger generations are thinking these days. By giving of my time and serving, in return I was receiving tremendously valuable information that would help in understanding the different age groups and how they learn, what motivates them, and how they see the future.

There are so many great benefits when it comes to volunteering our time and serving other.

How about you? Is there something that gets you excited about serving others? Do you live and work with a servant’s heart? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we realize that we can learn while we serve, it really will be a better than good year.

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

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ers to access remain problematic for many people across Colorado.

The need for education still exists around this option to help those who want access.

Another available option is called Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking, or VSED. This process falls under the terminally ill person’s legal right to refuse medical care, which includes nutrition and hydration.

For both the Medical Aid in Dying and VSED options, it is best if one has an experienced support system of hospice workers and/or end-of-life doulas to safely carry them out.

Choices for body disposition Colorado is at the forefront in terms of options available for body disposition. No longer are embalming with interment or fire cremation the only two options. The desire for more environmentally friendly ways of final disposition have given way to more sustainable methods. Colorado now has alkaline hydrolysis (aka water crema-

tion or aqua-cremation), natural organic reduction (aka human composting), and a dedicated green burial preserve.

The most important thing to realize is that you have choices available and knowing your options will help you make the decisions that honor your own personal wants, needs and desires at end of life, as well as knowing you can make your last act on earth a kind one.

Cindy J. Kaufman, MEd, EdS is president and co-founder of Colorado End-of-Life Collaborative. To learn more contact 720-989-1929, cindy@coeolcollaborative.org or visit coeolcollaborative.org.

This column is hosted by the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County. Please join us for our next virtual online presentation May 5 at 10 a.m. Cindy J. Kaufman will be our presenter and provide an overview on end-of-life care. For more information, please visit www.MyDougCoSeniorLife.com, email DCSeniorLife@douglas. co.us or call 303-663-7681.

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Some Front Range mental health workers are using nature as a ‘co-therapist’

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ots of Coloradans spend their free time hiking through the forest, climbing mountains and backpacking through the wilderness, but some of these adventurers are simultaneously working on improving their mental health.

That’s because of a variety of outdoor mental health programs along the Front Range that are using nature as a “cotherapist.”

Whether it’s the guided meditations

Climbers working with Aleya Littleton in adventure therapy make their way up the rocks.

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of forest bathing, the extended alone time of wilderness therapy or the activitybased programs of adventure therapy, there are multiple options for people who want to improve their mental health but aren’t interested in sitting in an office or a clinical setting.

Adventure therapy Aleya Littleton, an adventure therapist based in Golden, uses a variety of experiences in nature as the backdrop for her therapy work.

“It’s using nature as your office and your co-therapist,” she said. “Nature herself creates a neutral and regulating space for us to be in while we’re feeling and talking about difficult things.”

Littleton’s work includes hikes at North Table Mountain, climbing at a nearby crag or even camping and backpacking. While her clients are pulling on their climbing harnesses or stopping to take in mountain views, they’re also talking about and addressing specific mental health concerns.

Littleton, who is a trained rock climbing guide, also takes out new and experienced climbers to work on things like fear and body autonomy.

“What happens when you climb is you have to refine and renegotiate your relationship with your body, with the rock and with other people,” she said.

“You get to learn about yourself with a constant, neutral backdrop.”

One of her priorities during these excursions is to allow the climbers to make their own decisions about whether they want to push forward or come down.

“We celebrate choice and people who are learning to listen to their body,” she said. “It’s not about the actual climbing, it’s about you being good to you and making wise decisions for you.”

Littleton points out that from the research she’s seen, adventure therapy is equally as effective as traditional forms of therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, but for some people it’s just a better fit.

“What makes the difference is that relationship with the therapist,” she said. “And your belief that it’s going to work.”

Forest bathing When Sandy Troyano tells new clients about her work in forest bathing, they often picture something involving a swimsuit.

The reality of the practice is far from that, however.

Instead of diving into a body of water, when Troyano, an Evergreen resident, meets with a client or group of clients, she walks them through a series of sensory-opening exercises followed by a long, slow walk through the forest.

“There’s a saying that the guide opens the door, but the forest actually does the work,” Troyano said.

The practice comes from a Japanese concept called shinrin-yoku, which literally translates to “forest bathing.” The sessions have an approach that’s similar to meditation, with exercises intended on opening up clients’ senses through slow, deliberate walks in nature and a focus on the present moment.

Troyano begins her sessions — which can be one-on-one, groups or couples — with a type of sensory-focused, guided meditation that includes feeling the textures of the earth, noticing smells in the air and deeply listening to sounds both near and far away.

“The next step is take a small walk, a slow walk and notice everything that’s moving around you,” she said.

Then, she invites the forest bathers to find places to sit still for about 15 minutes each, observing the world around them. The process takes about two and a half hours.

“It’s really about putting yourself into the present moment,” she said.

Troyano has worked with clients who are grieving or dealing with mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety. But she believes everyone can benefit from the practice, she said.

Troyano, who is a certified nature and forest therapy guide, said the mindfulness practice also helps clients become more in tune to the nature around them even when they’re not in the forest.

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ranklin, Jefferson, Adams, Washington ... The Performance Now Theater company, which started out in Highlands Ranch some years ago, is performing “1776” at LakeSONYA’S wood Cultural SAMPLER Center, 470 Allison Parkway, Lakewood, through April 3. Box office: 303-987-7845, lakewood.org/ Government/ Departments/Community-Resources/ Arts-and-Culture/ Sonya Ellingboe Lakewood-Cultural-Center/Ticketing-and-Box-Office.

Colorado Gallery of the Arts Arapahoe Community College’s Colorado Gallery of the Arts is holding an online exhibit for Littleton Student work through April 8. My understanding is that exhibits this year are online only. See arapahoe. edu/littleton-public-school-districtart-show-2022.

Reminder to artists Entries are invited to the All Colorado Show at the Depot Art Gallery, via CaFE, callforentry.org. Limited to the first 150 submissions of one to three works. Entry fee: $30-All Colorado at the Depot. Juror is Doug Dawson. Deadline is May 15 or the first 150 submissions, whichever

Genealogy group Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society meets at 1 p.m. in-person and on Zoom. Meeting April 12 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial. Presenter: Jonathan Fairchild, historian for the National Park Service, at 1 p.m. speaking about Homestead Laws (Homestead Act of 1862) and techniques for researching homestead records and the effect the act had on the United States. On April 19 at 1 p.m., via Zoom, Susie Wickman will present “Mapping Your Family History.” columbinegenealogy.com.

The musical “1776” is on stage at Lakewood Cultural Center through April 3.

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Now, his work includes more consultations for those interested in trying out “solos,” where they spend extended time alone in the outdoors as a way to treat mental health concerns.

“We spend so much time with machines that we think that we are machines now,” he said. “But really, we are a part of nature.”

Riske, who is a therapist originally based in Arvada but currently living in Costa Rica, meets virtually with clients to help them set up their own wilderness therapy experience. Often, his clients will search for an isolated area and camp there for up to 72 hours.

He recommends journaling prompts, symbolic ceremonies and books for them to engage with during their time alone.

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Riske usually advises clients to slowly work their way up to spending more time alone outside and ensures that the client is comfortable with

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‘Weathered’ exhibit is treat for the eyes Depot Art Gallery hosts show through April

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A brisk wind was challenging several guests who visited Littleton’s Depot Art Gallery on March 22.

Appropriate introduction to the new exhibit, “Weathered,” which runs through April! The wind pushed us in through that front door.

Well-known Denver painter and collage artist Sandra Kaplan was the juror for this new collection, which covers the subject in many ways — from an approaching storm to a composition of weathered wood scraps to a wrinkled old man’s face. (“Rugged Years,” watercolor by Sharon Wink.)

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Chap baseball team downs Fort Collins 13-5 March 26 victory moved Wolverines into positive territory for season

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a tough question but Chaparral senior James Harbison answered quickly.

He was asked which he liked better, playing the in the outfield or closing as a relief pitcher.

Harbison did both on March 26 as Chap downed Fort Collins, 13-5, in a baseball game played at the Wolverines’ Eaton field.

He got an unexpected start in left field and made the most of it as Chap improved its season record to 4-3.

Harbison doubled and scored in the Wolverines’ five-run second-inning outburst and was summoned to pitch in the sixth inning. He pitched 1.1 innings, faced five batters, didn’t allow a hit and struck out the side in the top of the seventh inning.

“I like outfield more but it is always fun to come in and close too,” said the left-handed Harbison. “I felt really good. My off speed was working and had a good defense behind me. I felt good at the plate too.”

Chap head coach Alan DiGiosio did not hesitate to point out Harbison’s contribution.

“James Harbison was not scheduled to start in left field but he got the last start and then came in and closed the game for us,” said DiGiosio. “He had a pretty good showing today.”

Chap had 11 hits against four Fort Collins pitchers.

Andrew Isdale and Ryan Loomer each had two hits and combined for three runs batted in.

Isdale, a senior, was the starting pitcher for the Wolverines against the Lambkins and allowed just one hit in four innings of work before being relieved by freshman Ethan Adams and Harbison.

Chap compiled a 2-3 record on an early-season trip to Arizona but came home to face Pueblo South on

Senior Andrew Isdale (19) was the starting pitcher for Chaparral on March 26 against Fort Collins. He allowed one hit in four innings and the Wolverines went on to get a 13-5 victory to improve their PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON season record to 4-3.

March 25 and Fort Collins on March 26.

“We played really well down in Arizona for five games,” added DiGiosio. “Two games we had the lead in and realistically we could have come out of there 5-0. Both the last two wins were nice but in this one (Fort Collins) we did a lot more things right.”

Chap held a 5-1 lead against Pueblo South but held on for a 5-4 win on March 25. Isdale and Tanner Donner each had two hits for the Wolverines.

Senior Nathan Pitts was the starting pitcher in the Pueblo South

Chaparral shortstop Cole Jenkins (7) relays a throw to first base to complete a double play in the top of the second inning of the March 26 game against Fort Collins. The Wolverines won, 13-5.

game and surrendered three hits in 5.1 innings before Nick Miszuk came in to get the save.

“We’re in a stretch of our schedule right now leading up to league where we’ve got to keep building and getting better because you know what our league (Continental) is like.

“We’ve got some young pieces and some guys that are in their second time with us. “We’ve got a lot of arms and a lot of talent. We are just

hoping we can put them in the right places and play up to our potential.”

Harbison agrees.

“We’re getting a lot better as we go along,” he said. “Those first couple games we lost, it was our first games in a while. Now that we are getting back in the groove, we’ll be pretty good the rest of the season. We got all of it and good energy on the bench. Everybody knows their role and plays it well.”

Regis upsets Douglas County in volleyball matchup

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Douglas County won the first boys state volleyball championship sanctioned by the Colorado High School Activities Association last year.

The Huskies went 18-0 in the historic season but on March 23, Douglas County suffered its first sanctioned loss.

Regis Jesuit pulled out a 3-2 win over the top-ranked Huskies in a match played in the Douglas County gym and the 10th-ranked Raiders snapped a 19-match winning streak for County, which opened this season with a win SEE UPSET, P17

Douglas County’s Dillen Coney (15) helps lead a cheer after the Huskies won a point in the March 25 match against Regis Jesuit.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON The Raiders won, 3-2.

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Douglas County junior Landon Keathley attempts a kill shot over blockers from Regis PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Jesuit during the March 25 match, which Regis won, 3-2.

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“We are much younger this year,” said Douglas County Coach Jason Fitzgerald. “We know we are going to get everyone’s very best and we are looking forward to the challenge. The game against Regis was another opportunity to grow into who this year’s team will be. Chapter Two.” Douglas County, led by the play of Landon Keathley, Dillen Coney and Jensen Pascua, won the first set 25-20 but lost the next two sets.

The Huskies won three of the last four points to capture the fourth set, 26-24.

Fitzgerald’s team grabbed 5-1 and 6-3 leads in the decisive fifth set but couldn’t hold off the Raiders, losting 15-12.

Keathely and Coney, both juniors, each had 11 kills to pace the Huskies.

Coney was credited with four blocks.

Zach Dubey finished with eight kills and Spencer Etchells had four blocks for the Huskies.

Pascua, another junior, had 32 assists, 18 digs and two service aces. Senior CJ Mullins was solid with 18 digs.

Mullins, Pascua and Coney were the foundation of last season’s title team.

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Small grass fire may have been related to fireworks Flames burned for just minutes on night of March 24

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A small grass fire in Jackass Hill Park that began around 9:40 p.m.

March 24 may have been caused by fireworks, said South Metro Fire Rescue spokesperson Eric Hurst.

“Neighbors only heard fireworks, they didn’t see anyone shooting them off and there was no one in the area of the fire when our firefighters arrived,” Hurst said.

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Firefighters found a single, unexploded bottle rocket near the fire, Hurst said, but there was no other evidence as to what started it.

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0006-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 11, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Judith A Stewart Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt The Bank of New York Mellon fka the Bank of New York, as Trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS Inc., asset-backed certificates, series 2006-21 Date of Deed of Trust September 06, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 21, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6136125 Original Principal Amount $204,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $210,890.87 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 25, BLOCK 5, BEL-VUE HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7526 S Elati St, Littleton, CO 80120-4109.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/11/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/17/2022 Last Publication: 4/14/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/11/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-21-896807-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0006-2022

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On the 14th day of March, 2022, the City Council of the City of Sheridan, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 1

SERIES OF 2022

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHERIDAN REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4095 S. FEDERAL BOULEVARD TO THE PUD ZONE DISTRICT AND APPROVING THE ASSOCIATED PUD OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Copies of aforesaid Ordinance are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Sheridan, 4101 South Federal Blvd., Sheridan, Colorado.

Legal Notice No. 301358 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO LE21-004, TRAIL RIDGE #03 / STANDFORD HILLS OPEN SPACE TRAIL PHASE II / LOCATION AND EXTENT

KENT PLACE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2022, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for each of the Kent Place Metropolitan District Nos. 1-2 (collectively, the “Districts”). Therefore, the elections for the Districts to be held on May 3, 2022 are hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected by acclamation: Jennifer Walker: Until May 2025 Mark Falcone: Until May 2025 Lenn A. Moldenhauer: Until May 2025 The following office(s) remain vacant: VACANT: Until May 2023 /s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official Contact Person for Districts: George M. Rowley, Esq.

PROPOSAL: Stream Landscape Architecture & Planning, on behalf of the property owner, Arapahoe Park & Recreation District, is requesting approval of a Location and Extent application to construct an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible concrete trail on an existing parcel southeast of Eaglecrest High School, near the intersection of S Picadilly St and S Riviera Way. The proposed improvements will make a connection to the larger trail system and provide a connection to Eaglecrest High School parking lot, which will replace the existing trail which is currently not ADA compliant.

WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 19, 2022 the Arapahoe County Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 6:30 P.M., or as soon as possible thereafter at 6954 S Lima St., Arapahoe Room, Centennial, CO 80112; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described LE21-004, Location and Extent. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe.legistar.com/Calendar. You can also listen to, or speak at, the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656. To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad.

Notice to Creditors

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S Lima St., Centennial CO 80112 (please call ahead to schedule an appointment), by calling 720-874-6650, or by emailing planning@ arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Legal Notice No. 1053 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent Centennial Citizen Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-22-19 ARMED SECURITY SERVICES FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY FACILITIES Notice is hereby given that the Arapahoe County Purchasing Division will be accepting proposals from qualified companies to provide Armed Security Services at identified Arapahoe County Facilities as specified herein from a source that will give prompt and efficient service to the County.

All Arapahoe County solicitations can be obtained from the County’s website. The Request For Proposal (RFP-22-19) document can be obtained by going to the Arapahoe County website www.arapahoegov.com, then go to the Finance Department, and under the Finance Department select Purchasing then go to the Quick Link for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing website. Electronic submissions will be accepted online via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing Systems (RMEPS), www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado.

Submittals must be received, electronically, no later than 2:00 p.m. local time on April 28, 2022.

The County reserves the right to waive any or all informalities or irregularities and to reject any or all submittals.

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Legal Notice No. Arap 1054

(303) 858-1800 Legal Notice No. 301357 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Benjamin Eric Park, aka Benjamin Park, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30226 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before July 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel Park, Personal Representative c/o Schafer Thomas Maez PC, 4 Garden Center #200 Broomfield, Colorado 80020 Legal Notice No. 301336 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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

Corinne L. Ablin, Personal Representative 6816 Northstar Circle Castle Rock, CO 80108

Legal Notice No. 301332 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald

Legal Notice No. 301346 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald

Name Changes

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marilyn Faye Porter, a/k/a Marilyn F. Porter, and Marilyn Porter, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30324

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on February 22, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Renai Marie Payne, Co-Personal Representative Mark William Porter, Co-Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960 Denver, CO 80246

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, on or before July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Eddye Davis, Co-Personal Representative 15956 E. Iliff Place Aurora, CO 80013 Kelly D. Walley-Hipps, Co-Personal Repreentative 7861 S. Kit Carson Drive Centennial, CO 80122 Legal Notice No. 301343 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 301344 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Linda June Moon, aka Linda J. Moon, aka Linda Moon, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30325 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ Lance E. McKinley Personal Representative 6498 S. Acoma Street Littleton, Colorado 80120

By: Division 21 Clerk Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 301342 First publication: March 24, 2022 Last publication: April 07, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DOROTHY E. BARTLETT, also known as DOROTHY BARTLETT, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30114

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate Arnold E. Woodward, aka Arnold Edgar Woodward, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30184

Delbert Woodward and Lester Woodward Co-Personal Representatives C/O Gubbels Law Office, P.C. 402 N. Wilcox Street, Suite 100 Castle Rock, CO 80104

The Petition requests that the name of Magenta Lyn Peters be changed to Kai Earl Peters.

Case No.: 21CV308

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Legal Notice No. 301356 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of FREDERICK B. HOOD, JR., also known as Frederick B. Hood, aka Fred Brown Hood, and Fred Hood, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30219

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kevin Hood, Personal Representative 7174 W. Pacific Avenue Lakewood, CO 80227 Legal Notice No. 301341 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kenneth James Krause, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30286 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cyndi L. Lyden, Personal Representative 1777 S. Harrison Street, Suite 1250 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 301340 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald

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