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RV business owners warn Fort Lupton council about their new neighbors
Ryan Kapperman has been working with West Greeley Conservation District since he was 14-years old, starting as a groundskeeper at the Housden Gardens location. Then he moved up to conservation technician and attended school at Fort Lupton Aims Community BY STEVE SMITH College studying soil, health, and SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM agriculture. “I chose this degree because I Mike and Amy Mericle own an RV grew up in the country and I like business on Factory circle in Fort agriculture - it’s what I want to do,” Lupton. said Kapperman. They are concerned about potential imConservation technicians are pacts of two of their responsible for handling technical, new neighbors, which environmental science tasks like happen to be two of mapping, patrolling, and measurfour marijuana busiing land to assist conservation nesses that are hoping scientists and foresters. Amy Mericle to get licenses from “When I graduate I will still the city. be working for the West Greeley During a Fort LupConservation District and I will ton City Council town apply what I learned at Aims about hall March 29, Mike soil conservation such as natural Mericle cautioned grasses, trees and shrubs to my council about “a lot of job,” he said. unforeseen issues,” isAims Community College celsues he’s seen in trips ebrated its Ag Day open house on Petting the Llama on Ag Day, mom Chelsea Tedford with her boys who are in the Fort to downtown Denver. the Fort Lupton campus March Lupton Tailtwisters 4-H club the names are not in order Traeger, Taite, Teague, Trace, Mike Mericle “Going downtown 30, introducing families and high COURTESY OF TAYLOR BROWN and Teller. is scary,” he said. “I school students to learn about the don’t go unless it’s to an (Colorado) Agriculture and Science TechnolAvalanche (hockey) game. You’re ogy program and engaging in always looking over your shoulder, hands-on activities with Aims If it’s not a concern about crime, it’s Community Partners. The students the smell. and it’s all connected to will learn about riparian zones and marijuana.” river water study. Mericle cited statistics of inAnd also, they will learn about creased hospitalizations, drunk dairy cow farming with June, the driving cases and fatal car crashes Robotic Cow. in which the victims tested positive Kapperman is helping set up the for cannabis. educational device called a riparian zone trailer. It demonstrates and “What are you prepared to do?” he replicates a healthy riparian zone asked council. “Look at the number with good vegetation habitat, good of police officers we’ll need. Getsoil health, and a sound rooting ting a new officer on patrol. How system of vegetation to hold in all much will that cost? I don’t want good soil. kids smelling this. Those are some of the concerns to me. It’s up to you Sarah Madsen, a teacher at Every year before Thanksgiving, First United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton and the Fort Lupton Food and ClothingtoBank provide community figure out how to manage these Central High School who teaches members with food boxes. This will be the program’s 10th consecutive year. Above, Joe Hubert, left China Garcia and Sue Hubert concerns.” with Change 4 Change, Agriculture Sciences, brought 36 Ryan Kapperman is working on connecting batteries on the riparian zone trailer to operate reservoir that fills up water another organization that helps with the fooda drive. See more onwith Page 2. demonstrating on how a river would flow SEE AG DAY, P8
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‘Rebateable’ repairs crop up at water plant BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
stallation cost through my rebatable budget.”
Repairs are in order at Fort Lupton’s water plant. During a Fort Lupton City Council town hall March 29 , the city’s wastewater and water plant operator, Jon Mays, said an incorrectly installed seal valve needed to be replaced. He has the money in what he called “a rebatable budget,” but he doesn’t think he should have to spend it. “When the company installed it, the seal valve was not made of the correct material,” Mays told council. “The company that installed said it would stand behind the repairs. But they want us to buy the valve and then have us look at the value to determine what part of the repairs is rebatable.” Mays pegged the cost at about $7,000. The company would cover about $1,500. “The fact is it’s their valve that caused the failure of the actuator,” Mays told council. “For us, it’s a critical valve. We have to run it by hand, so I’ve had to had staff on 24/7. I OK’d 80 hours of overtime last week, and I’d like to get it repaired as soon as possible.” Mayor Zo Stieber said council doesn’t need to go through steps to approve expenditures of less than $10,000. But she asked Mays to keep her and the rest of council up to speed on the work. “We can get moving on it now,” Mays said. “We can recover the in-
Wastewater update Mays had one more update for council. This one concerned the wastewater plant and its malfunctioning centrifuge. Even though plant workers figured out what the problem is, Mays told council he hasn’t been able to find anyone to do the repairs. Mays told council the plant’s manufacturer recommended repair parts at a cost of $80,000, plus $40,000 more to install. “We think we’ve identified the problem. It’s in the tachometer,” he told council. “But it’s costing us to haul the liquid solids while waiting on the repairs. We’ve run through about $40,000, and my rebatable budget (for this part of running the plant) will run out at the end of the month (of March).” In an email exchange, Mays said his crews were trying to exhaust other options before spending up to $140,000 in repairs for a piece of equipment that is going offline in two years. “The tachometer is the last piece we are examining prior to asking council to spend the $140,000,” Mays said in the email. “If that repairs the problem, we will save the city the $140,000 for a cost of under $1,000.” Council made no decision on the expenditure because of the meeting’s format.
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you get bad actors. Our requirements are such that we are going to protect you. That’s why we kept it (the number of business licenses) at four.” “Two of those are on the same block,” Amy Mericle said. “It seems excessive if you are going to try and manage that,” she told council. “We don’t have a directive to move that number higher,” Stieber answered. “WE’re just getting our feet wet.” Mike Mericle told council, “I don’t want to be in your shoes right now.” ‘In five to 10 years, there are going to be a lot of repercussions,” he said. “We will be here to support you, not to say, ‘We told you so.,’ and be trying to take care of those who are suffering from addiction.” “We don’t want something bad to happen,” councilman Carlos Barron said. “We’re part of the community, too.”
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His wife, Amy, followed. “You can’t deny the repercussions,” she told council. “To have two of four licensees on the same block and across the street from us? There’s a park close to the river, and there’s a homeless population there. There’s already drug use here. I would like to know what you have in place to mitigate some of these risks.” Mayor Zo Stieber said council and city staff -- including planning department officials and the police department -- spent “countless hours” in the past year-plus working on this issue. “I was on a panel with someone who said because of good retail opportunities, they saw a decrease in crime,” she said. “Sometimes,
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Tasty turnout as chamber celebrates Fort Lupton fare BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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t was a tasty turnout at Taste of the Fort Lupton Chamber with seven food restaurants handing out samplings of what’s on the menu on March 31. The restaurants that participated included the Town Frederick’s Butcher & the Blonde, Hudson-based Ben’s Brick Over Pizza and Fort Lupton’s Mulberries Cake Shop, Copper Kettle Kitchen & Catering, House of Smoke, Wholly Stromboli and the K&M cup.
Kinsley Dutcher is trying the cherry and apple dessert pizza by Hudson’s Bens Brick Over Pizza served by manger Kellie Buchholz. PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD
Paula Fenn serving up some street tacos and mac cheese to Diane Blocker and Greg Westling by Town Fredericks Butcher & the Blonde owned by Caitlin and Tom Brome.
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The Fort Lupton Museum and the Fort Lupton Public and School Library received $5,555.93 each from Florence Koshio Apo in memory of her parents, Floyd Koshio and Ina Takamori Koshio, and her sisters Bernice Koshio Fox and Janice Koshio. “It made me feel incredibly humbled that somebody could want to donate that money to a museum. Florence grew up here with her brothers and sisters; her family has been here forever. She wanted to donate this money to the good of the community,” said Maggie Bidmead, Museum Coordinator. Bidmead says she told Florence she would get a new display case in the museum to tell the story of the Japanese community in Colorado, specifically Fort Lupton, and she was excited. “In my discussions with my sisters, we were hoping to be able to help the museum to preserve the history of Fort Lupton,” said Florence Koshio Apo. Mayor Zo Stieber also has generations of family roots in Fort Lupton.
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You may have multiple financial goals – and each requires a specific investment strategy. But all these strategies should follow a similar process, so it’s important to take the right steps at the right time.
Next, estimate how much your goal will cost to achieve. Then, invest appropriately for it. For a long-term goal, such as retirement, you’ll likely invest for growth. For a shorterterm goal, such as paying for an international vacation in a few years, you may want to invest more conservatively. Also, understand potential trade-offs. If you decide you need to save more for your children’s education, how will it affect your retirement goals?
Maggie Bidmead Museum Coordinator and Fort Lupton Mayor Zo Stieber hold the donaPHOTO BY BELEN WARD tion check by Florence Koshio Apo.
“It’s so warming to know that the people who lived here a long time ago still feel a sense of community with us and I understand that completely,” said Stieber. “The Koshio’s have been so instrumental in keeping fort Lupton progressive. They are a very good solid family that apparently still feels good about us, too, because we still feel good about them.” “I’m grateful to receive the check on behalf of the Library and continue to honor their memory and desire to serve the Weld Re-8 School District students. And also the residents of Fort Lupton by supporting the Fort Lupton Public and School
Library,” said Thomas Samblanet, Director of Fort Lupton Public and School Library. Florence’s parents attended the Fort Lupton schools, Floyd Koshio was class of 1932, and Ina Koshio was class of 1934. Florence’s sister Bernice Fox was class of 1956, and Janice Koshio was class of 1965. They were strong school community supporters. “I have many other Koshio family members who went to the Fort Lupton schools,” said Florence. Floyd Koshio was on the Board of Education for Fort Lupton schools SEE KOSHIO, P10
Finally, monitor your progress toward each goal. If you think you’re not on track, you may need to adjust your strategies. Achieving your financial goals takes time, effort and commitment. But by following the most appropriate strategies for your situation, you’ve got a path that can help lead you to success. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
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young man stood by the side of the road waiting for a bus. The rain was pouring down and he was doing his best to stay dry. He was WINNING dressed for success, a nice suit and WORDS tie, and carried an expensive laptop bag in the hand that was not holding the umbrella. A car came racing by and drove very close to the curb where the young man Michael Norton was standing. The splash from the car drenched him. No visible sign of anger, no words came from his mouth, he just did what he could to minimize the damage. As an observer to this event, I was beyond curious. I approached him and offered the roll of paper towels that I had in my truck. The man smiled at me, accepted the paper towels, and began cleaning himself off. I shared with him that I admired
his response to what happened, even sharing that I might not have been so forgiving. Again, he smiled, and he said, “Mister, I have done so many bad things and have wronged so many people, it is only right that I forgave them.” He continued, and said, “I have been given grace and forgiven so many times, I now know that I have to give grace and forgive others too.” He was speaking my language. I asked him where he was headed, and he shared that he was catching the bus to downtown Denver. I let him know that I was on my way to Denver and offered him a ride. He gratefully accepted and we began our journey. As we drove, I learned that he was going downtown to interview for a job. And he was laughing because now he was going to show up soaking wet. As I asked him what kind of job he was looking for and the company that he was interviewing with, it turned out that I had many connections within the company and knew the woman who he was meeting for the interview. I didn’t tell him that. And as I dropped him off, I sent
a text message to the woman, my friend, and let her know how he handled the day and his approach to giving and receiving grace. I advised her that even if his resume or experience didn’t qualify him as a great candidate, his character certainly would. He got the job. Look, we all fall short, we all fail from time to time. There are things we wish we could have done better, there are words we wish we could take back, and there are certainly moments in time where our actions were inappropriate as we either overreacted or underreacted under times of stress. And when we think about our own misgivings and the errors of our ways, I am sure that we can also remember the people who gave us grace, and who demonstrated love and forgiveness, no matter how big or small our mistake may have been. Perhaps, as we look upon our family, friends, community, and workplace, there are circumstances where we have a chance to offer such forgiveness and grace. Each time we receive grace from others should be seen as
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a deposit in our own bank account of love, forgiveness and grace. We just need to be reminded that we must make withdrawals from time to time and give that same grace to others. There is enough division and conflict going on in our world today, we don’t need to add any more or pile on. Instead, we should look at the events, the statements, and the actions that were obviously a mistake or that could have been handled better, as an opportunity to love and forgive. Unconditional love and forgiveness sound idealistic, yet we know when we live with and apply this philosophy that the outcome is decisively better. I would love to hear your story of grace at mnorton@xinnix.com. And when we can learn to give and receive grace, 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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pring runoff last year in the Colorado River Basin was a bust, with snowpack of almost 90% of average reduced to a 30% inflow at Lake Powell. BIG PIVOTS Nobody yet predicts another bust this year. While we wait, water managers talk about “the math problem.” The gap between water flows and demands in the Colorado River Allen Best is enormous and likely to widen. The dysfunctional equation begins with 20 million acre-feet, the average annual flows assumed by the Colorado River Compact that was crafted 100 years ago by delegates from the seven basin states. This cheerful assumption was based on early 20th century flows. It was made with almost willful disregard of evidence available even then of the river’s lesser flows during the prior half-century. The delegates who met at a lodge near Santa Fe in 1922 were determined to yoke all irrigable acres into agricultural production. In this math problem, another key number is 12.3 million acre-feet. That’s been the river’s average flow in the 21st century. Some of this reduced flow
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seems to be entirely natural, what we call drought, if exceptional in duration. Something else has been going on. Temperatures have risen 3 degrees Celsius altogether since 1970. By some estimates, half or more of the reduced flows can be attributed to this global warming effect. This warming explains the grand larceny in the Colorado River, decent snowpacks reduced to a shrug in the Utah desert because of evaporation but also because plants need more water. Too, baked soil sops up water. We can’t flip the switch on global warming and it’s almost certain to worsen, the temperature rise doubling or tripling, as Colorado State University’s Brad Udall warns. He describes what is occurring as aridification. Unlike drought, it’s not temporary. Dismal forecasts This brings us to another number for this Colorado River Basin math problem: 11 million acre-feet. That’s the number cited last week at a University of Utah conference about future flows of the Colorado River. “The best climate scientists in the world say we will be lucky to have 11 million acre-feet,” said John Entsminger, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, the agency serving Las Vegas. To recap this math problem, the Colorado River Compact assumed 20
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million-acre feet, the reality has been 12.3 in the last two decades, and we’ll end up with 11 million-acre feet—or conceivably less. “Every new use will have to be mitigated by someone, somewhere, using less water,” Entsminger added. That’s not entirely right either. We all will have to use less water. Keep in mind that not one drop of the Colorado River gets to the Sea of Cortez. Cinching of the water belt has been underway from Mexico to Colorado. It’s not happening as rapidly as needed, though. Consider the rapidly emerging walls of Glen Canyon and the dam that creates Lake Powell. Despite emergency releases from upstream reservoirs in Colorado and Utah last summer to bolster Powell, the water levels last week dipped below 3,525 feet. That elevation is arbitrary but a loud warning that a further decline of 35 feet leaves Glen Canyon unable to generate electricity. Recent modeling by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a 25% risk. If — or perhaps when — that happens, municipalities and cooperative members who get power from Glen Canyon will still get electricity from elsewhere, but it will cost more. That includes Holy Cross Electric. Long term, this worsening situation of subpar runoff in the Colorado River matters to well more than 90% of Colorado’s population. The Colorado
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River and its tributaries deliver half of Front Range water. Even the easterly flowing rivers in Colorado that pass through more distant, less citified places, Sterling and La Junta, carry water augmented by diversions from the Colorado River. Much remains to be worked out. Within Colorado, agriculture uses 80% to 90% of all water. Farmers and ranchers who own the more senior water rights, not subject to compact limitations, have served emphatic notice that their water will not be the answer to the math problem. Another problem is the compact clause that puts the upper basin states—Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming—on the hook for diminished flows. It says they “will not cause” the flows at Lee Ferry, just below Glen Canyon, to be depleted below 75 million acre-feet of water over a rolling 10-year average. The upper basin states cannot do this alone. The risk must be shared. This sounds gloomy. That said, the seven basin states, Mexico, and the sovereign tribes who collectively own about 20% of the basin’s water have yet to throw rocks at each other. They are talking. They just haven’t solved this math problem. Allen Best publishes Big Pivots, a reader-supported e-journal. See more at bigpivots.com
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April 7, 2022
AG DAY FROM PAGE 1
Aims Community College mascots the aardvark was chosen by the first class of college students in 1967. Arty making his arounds on Ag Day startling a pub that is wondering who is this COURTESY PHOTO creature!
students to Ag day. “They are all enrolled in an Ag class at Weld Central High School. This is a way for them to celebrate Ag Day here at Aims and learn more about the agriculture program here,” said Madsen. Madsen grew up on a farm and is passionate about agriculture. She graduated from Weld Central and went to college for Agriculture at Colorado Southern University-Fort Collins. After she graduated, she came back to teach at Weld Central High School. Kandee Nourse, District Manager of the West Greeley Conservation District, was demonstrating the riparian zone system to the Weld Central high school students enrolled in the agriculture program at their school. “We demonstrate different scenarios to show a healthy vegetation system on how it will help hold the soil in place,” said Nourse. “To build the riparian zone they used recycle bottles and plastic to simulate the soil component. We can arrange the system any way you want, or take away anything that is trying to hold the soil to demonstrate when you don’t have a good vegetation system that could wash away.” The riparian zone is in
lower elevations in the Western Slope, which are riparian woodlands and shrublands found with the flood zones of rivers islands, sand or cobble bars, and streambanks. The wetlands in Colorado are nonriparian habitats that include moist to wet meadows, emergent marshes, fens, and seeps and springs. “If you stimulate a good root system with your vegetation. It keeps pollutants from getting into the water streams with a healthy vegetation system. The pollutants in root system or vegetation could affect the temperature of the water and risk killing the fish or natural species in the water,” said Nourse. Nourse also educated the student about tributaries, a stream feeding a more significant stream or lake. The Platte River feeds into Missouri, Missouri feeds into the Mississippi, and then goes to the ocean, a whole cycle. She also explained how the Water Conservation Districts got started and their purpose. Colorado has 75 conservation districts and specializes in their region and conservation issues. “We hope to get kids interested in understanding the importance of the whole concept of natural resources and protecting them,” said Nourse. “For example the invasive versus noninvasive species, the impact of invasive species
getting into the waterways going down stream so good conservation efforts starts from the beginning.” During the 30s and 40, Nourse says that Asia imported the tamarisk plant, a reasonable attempt to help the riparian zones establish a sound root system to maintain the waterways. “But the tamarisk plant has deep roots; it sucks up water and continues to multiple downstream, so they are trying to eradicate them. This plant by sucking up the water depletes the native species. So, they introduced the beetle and they eradicated the tamarisk.” Careers in agriculture are not only in the field but also in administration. Taylor Webb, Outreach and Education, West Greeley Conservation District, also helped set up the riparian zone; she started working with the West Greeley Conservation District at the house and gardens location. “After high school, I got a job as an office administrator and now moved up to another role processing scholarships and outreach,” said Webb. “I’ve always participated in the Future Farmers of America as an officer. I was deciding whether to go back to school for psychology or Agriculture, but I think I’ll go to school for Agriculture. Working for the conservation district has been a great learning experience and opportunity. I’m thankful for them.”
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April 7, 2022
FORT LUPTON POLICE BLOTTER
Here are the police reports for Mar. 19 to Mar. 25 to the Fort Lupton Police Department. Not every call made to the police is listed on this report. BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
March 19 Police arrested a Fort Lupton man, 36, at Second Street & Fulton on a Weld County warrant for failure to comply with the conditions of his probation. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. Police issued a summons to a Greeley man, 46, after causing a careless driving traffic accident at U.S. Highway 85 & Weld County Road 18. A Fort Lupton woman,35, was issued a summons for a dog running at large in the 100 block of Harrison Avenue. March 20 A Fort Lupton man,31, was taken into custody on a Weld county warrant for failure to appear on a weapons charge in the 400 block of Harrison Avenue. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. Police arrested a Brighton man, 26, on a protection order in the 100 block of Kahil Place. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail.
Police took a 32-year-old Windsor man into custody in the 100 block of Kahil Place on two accounts of a violation protection order. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. Police arrested a Greeley woman, 38, at U.S. Highway 85 & Weld County Road 14.5 on a Weld County warrant for failure to comply with a court order condition. She was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. March 21 A Fort Lupton man,19, was issued a summons at U.S. Highway 85 & mile marker 241 for reckless driving and no insurance. Police arrested a Fort Lupton man, 27, in the 1500 block of South Denver Avenue for DUI, multiple traffic offenses and possession of a scheduled II drug. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. Police issued a summons to a Fort Lupton man,32, after causing a reckless driving accident and failed to report the accident to the police at U.S. Highway 85 and mile marker 242. A 56-year-old Erie, Colorado man reported his vehicle stolen in the 9000 block of Weld County Road 10. The case was under investigation. Police took a 32-year-old Denver man in the 100 block of Main Street for drug possession distribution and warrants out of Adams and Boulder Counties for failure to appear on drug charges, aggravated motor vehicle theft, and a weapons charge. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. Police arrested a Brighton woman, 31, in the 14000 block of Highway 52 on a Weld County warrant for failure to appear on a traffic charge. She was held on bond at the Weld County jail.
An Aurora man,46, reported his vehicle and trailer stolen in the 14000 block of Highway 52. The case was under investigation. March 22 Police arrested a Brighton woman, 31, at South Denver Avenue & Weld County Road 8 on a warrant out of Weld County for failure to appear on a resisting arrest charge. She was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. March 24 Police issued a summons to a Fort Lupton woman, 37, for license plate, registration and insurance violations in the 1200 block of Denver Avenue. A Fort Lupton man, 22, was arrested at U.S. Highway 85 & mile marker 241 for DUI, marijuana container and license plate violation. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. Police arrested a Fort Lupton man,41, in the 400 block of Wagonwheel Drive for domestic violence-related assault and harassment charges. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. A Fort Lupton man,23, was arrested for DUI, weaving, speed, and open container. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. March 25 Police arrested a Fort Lupton man, 35, in the 100 block of McKinley Avenue for failure to appear on a traffic offense. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. A Fort Lupton man,25, was arrested in the 900 block of Stage Dr. for harassment, a protection order violation and criminal mischief. He was held on bond at the Weld County jail.
BRIEFS Krispy Kreme fundraiser The Fort Lupton Optimist Club is selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts as its fundraiser for high-school senior scholarships and the Christmas Angel Tree project. The sale window is open through Friday, April 15, at 810 First St. Pickup date is from 7 to 11 a.m. Friday, April 29. Call 970-301-0422. Easter egg hunt The city’s annual Easter egg hunt is set for Saturday, April 9, at 9:30 a.m. at Community Park outside the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. Hunting areas will be broken off by age groups. All three groups will begin their hunts at 9:30 a.m. Ten gold prize eggs will be in each of the areas. Ladies from St. William Catholic Church, plus members of the Outpost Calvary Chapel, Fort Lupton First United Methodist Church and Crossroads Church, volunbteered to prepare more than 7,000 eggs in advance. Visit https://www a.fortluptonco. gov/857/Easter-Egg-Hunt. FLHS after-prom Fort Lupton High School’s booster club is trying to raise money for this year’s after-prom, which will be Saturday, April 16. It’s a free, safe event after the annual prom. It’s open to ninth- through 12thgrade students. Organizers provide activities, food, auction and music. Donations are welcome. Send them to FLHS Booster, P.O. Box 516, Fort Lupton 80621. Auction items are welcome. Call Michelle at 720313-8389 or Mary Ellen at 720-3531659. Jason Reynolds watch party The Fort Lupton Public & School
Library, 425 S. Denver Ave., will host a virtual event featuring author Jason Reynolds at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 16. Reynolds is a New York Times best-selling author who’s written more than a dozen books geared toward young children. Tickets are available. Call 303-8577180. Weld Re-8 art show The Weld Re-8 School District art show continues at the Fort Lupton Public & School Library, 425 S. Denver Ave., through April 18. Building renovation grant program The deadline to apply for the Fort Lupton Urban Renewal Authority’s building renovation grant program is Sunday, May 1. The competitive program is designed to encourage certain qualified improvement to buildings within the city’s historic commercial core to revitalize the area. The program offers a match of up to 50 percent to projects approved by the FLURA board. Call 720-466-6103. New FLHS scholarship The Genevieve Adame Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to one Fort Lupton High School boy and girl from the graduating class of 2022 who will be enrolling as a full-time student at an accredited college/university or trade school. Applications are now available online and in the school’s guidance/counselors’ office. They are due by 4 p.m. May 2. Cinco de Mayo at the library The Fort Lupton Public & School Library, 425 S. Denver Ave., will host a Cinco de Mayo celebration at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 29. It will
feature the history of the day, the ballet Folklorico, music and games. Call 303-857-7180. Cinco de Mayo 5K run/walk The running season begins in earnest at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at Railroad Park, across state Highway 52 from the recreation center. DJ Lil Coop provides the music, and Sabores de mi Abuela Food Truck has the food. Visit https://www.fortluptonco. gov/775/Cinco-de-Mayo-5K. Training for the 5K continues through May 1. The fee includes entry into the race. Sessions are four times each week with a trainer. Visit https://apm.activecommunities.com/fortluptonrecreation/ Activity_Search?txtActivitySearch =5k&applyFiltersDefaultValue=tru e&cat=Activities. Heritage Fair The South Platte Valley Historical Park is bringing back the Heritage Fair complete with historical demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at South Platte Valley Historical Park, 2001 Historic Parkway. Visit the famous Landcaster Lupton’s fur trade fort or the Buffalo Soldiers’ re-enactments. Watch an 1890s baseball game and visit the 1850 trappers cabins, the Donelson House, the period barn and the 1875 Independence School. Parking is available ($10 per car) west of Historic Parkway, turn right through the wood arch. For more information, visit spvhs.org/ Heritage Fair. Summer camp registration Sign up for Fort Lupton’s summer camp 2022. The first session begins Memorial Day weekend and lasts for a month. It’s open to kindergarteners
through fifth-graders. The parent meeting is Tuesday, May 10, at 5:30 p.m. Visit https://www.fortlupton. org/347/Summer-Day-Camp. July 4 party is July 2 Fort Lupton’s Independence Day celebration is two days early this year, Saturday, July 2, at the city’s recreation center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. The ingredients didn’t change -- food, fireworks, the region’s only Ninja Warrior Course, water slides, a bounce house obstacle course, a bouncy boxing arena, a tractor people mover, face painting, food trucks, shaved ice-cream cones and a live concert. The fireworks show at Coyote Creek Golf Course, courtesy of the Fort Lupton Fire Department, starts at dusk. Vendor, volunteer and sponsorship opportunities are available. Call 720-928-4071. National Night Out Fort Lupton’s observance of National Night Out will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, at Koshio Park, 131 McKinley Ave. It’s a chance to meet police officers in an informal setting. It’s also a chance to munch on hot dogs and hamburgers hot from the grill. There will be bounce houses, games and a tug-o-war. Get masks at the library The Fort Lupton Public & School Library is a distribution point for KN-95 masks, according to Weld Re-8 school board member Matthew Adame. ONGOING Splash pad The city of Fort Lupton is searching for comments about and sponsorships for a new splash pad.
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April 7, 2022
Council gets first peek at mosquito control contract BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
As is the case with a lot of things these days, the cost of keeping the city of Fort Lupton safe from mosquitoes will be increasing. Public Works Director Roy Vestal outlined the $500 increase in the contract with Vector Disease Control International during a Fort Lupton City Council town hall March 29. Council didn’t adopt the contract because of the town hall
format. The new contract, worth $18,300, covers larva control – especially around standing water – plus controlled spraying, the setting of traps and testing for potential disease. Other business James Ripka could become the newest member of the city’s senior citizen advisory committee. The official appointment was to have been made April 5, after press time. Such
business is fairly routine. Council also took its first look at a resolution to set dates and times for future meetings. Meeting times for business meetings will change to 6 p.m. effective Tuesday, April 19. Town hall meetings have started at 6 p.m. for a few months. The city’s annual clean-up day is still on target for Saturday, April 28, according to Vestal. The pick-up days for senior citizens are Thursday and Friday, April 26 and 27. Vestal has been waiting for CO-
VID data before making a decision, which is due Tuesday, April 12. At last week’s town hall, Vestal said the state’s infection rate was below 5 percent. In March, Vestal told council that if the rate was higher than 5 percent, he’d make the decision to turn clean-up day into a monthlong program, with vouchers, in May. “The state’s testing rate is around 5 percent,” he told council. “It’s looking good. We’ll have a final decision soon.”
Solar System Exhibit a Success Fort Lupton museum shoots for the stars
Museum on March 10th, and the museum staff is over the moon, with more than 180 people attending the exhibit. The Discover the Exoplanets opened the week before Christmas at the museum from the NASA library, which is educational with NASAcentric STEAM topics. Its exhibit came with interactive multimedia activities that visitors participated
BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
NASA’s largest national traveling exhibit, “Discover Exoplanets,” finished its stay at the Fort Lupton
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for almost 14-years and the president for several years. He was with the Rotary Club and on the board with the housing authority, helping many migrants with housing. “My father is a true civic leader. My sisters Bernice and Janice established the Floyd H. Koshio scholarship fund in 1991 after his death. The scholarship for almost 15-years helped Fort Lupton graduates go to college,” said Florence. Florence’s sisters Bernice and Janice passed away a couple of years, so they decided to no longer maintain the scholarship; it was time-consuming, and they were getting older. “So the balance that was left in the scholarship fund we decided to donate it to something in Fort Lupton. When dissolving the scholarship account, the City of Fort Lupton Museum and the Fort Lupton Public and School Library
Left; Julia Dandio Adult and Teen Services Librarian, Thomas Samblanet, Director of the Fort Lupton Public and School Library and Katharine Merrell, Assistant Director received a donation check from Florence Koshio Apo. COURTESY OF FORT LUPTON PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARY
were equal recipients of the funds,” said Florence. Florence’s grandfather Taneji Koshio migrated from Fukuoka Kyushu, Japan, to Fort Lupton, Colorado, in 1905. Taneja married Shime Mortimitu Koshio, a picture bride who arrived in the United States in 1913. Picture brides were potential spouses referred to new American immigrants based on
in and learning the solar system on a large touchscreen table. The Discover Exoplanets were designed by the Space Science Institute’s National Center for Interactive Learning NCIL in collaboration with NASA’s Universe of Learning. The project is made possible with support from NASA. At the exhibit, visitors could participate in a raffle drawing. Here is a
list of the lucky raffle winners: Oscar Favela was the grand prize of the Solar System 3D crystal. Amy Wilson won the Rock Fossil Mineral, and Ethan McIntosh took home the Crystal Growing Lab. Emerie and John Wilson won a Volcano growing Lab. Aniya and Aryana Mecillas won the Volcano Growing Lab, and Sebastian Sotelo won a Volcano Growing Lab.
photographs and family recommendations. The couple had nine children. “My dad Floyd Koshio and mom Ian Takamori Koshio were considered “nisei,” which means born in the United States and the second generation, whose parents immigrated from Japan,” said Florence. “My sister and I are considered “sansei,” meaning born the third generation in the United States whose grandparent immigrated from Japan.” Taneja and Shime Koshio started farming in Fort Lupton with her dad Floyd, the oldest. The Koshios came to Fort Lupton because a group of farmers in Japan knew that Fort Lupton had the same climate as Fukuoka Kyushu, Japan, for growing crops. It’s why they chose Fort Lupton. “My grandparents and parents farmed west the Platte River near the Fort Lupton Historic Fort. They were truck farmers growing cabbage, onions, and peas for the Fort Lupton Cannery. They also grew sugar beets and
raised some cows and alfalfa. The truck farming was primarily onions and cabbage,” said Florence. Koshio Park was named after her uncle Sam Koshio, the second oldest because he volunteered to take care of the park after his retirement as a farmer and from the Public Service Company. Florence’s parents left Fort Lupton and moved to Denver, and Floyd helped develop the community around the Buddist Church around Sakura Square. Her mother and father lived at the Tamai Towers and managed the towers at the time when a lot of Japanese people lived in that building. Florence has one family member left in Fort Lupton, her cousin Dawn Koshio who owns the Fed-Ex store. “The Koshio family have been long-time supporters of the Library and we appreciate their continued commitment to our community. The Library and staff would like to thank the Floyd Koshio Scholarship Foundation and Florence Koshio Apo for this generous donation,” said Sam Samblanet.
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April 7, 2022
Student teachers are rarely paid Colorado lawmakers, school leaders want to ensure they’re compensated BY ERICA BREUNLIN THE COLORADO SUN
Near the end of last semester, Jorge Cabral’s budget was on the brink. He carefully watched how he spent each dollar, limiting his purchases to essentials like shampoo and toilet paper and cutting corners with meals by buying rice and beans to last through each week. On top of getting no pay for his full-time student teaching job at Brighton’s Vikan Middle School, Cabral had had to shell out $90 to take an exam that would secure his teacher license early last year. “That’s two weeks of groceries if you plan it out right,” he said. “And good groceries, too.” Cabral, who graduated in December from the University of Northern Colorado, found himself “budgeting to the max” to make ends meet as an unpaid student teacher — a financial challenge most Colorado educators grapple with on the path to becoming a licensed teacher. Now, as Colorado school districts struggle to fill classrooms with certified educators, lawmakers aim to relieve some of the financial burdens with a proposed stipend program to provide student teachers help with living expenses. House Bill 1220, introduced in February, would also help students pay for expensive licensure exams and direct state departments to establish another way of licensing educators. Proponents of the measure are optimistic that by tackling some of the major financial hurdles for teachers in training and expanding the ways a teacher candidate can become licensed, Colorado can recruit more educators and diversify its K-12 workforce, which has long run short of teachers of color. Bill sponsor Rep. Barbara
McLachlan, a Durango Democrat, worries about the number of prospective teachers who have given up on a career in education simply because they can’t afford the cost of living while continuing to pay tuition and student teach for free. “I think we probably lost a lot of good teachers over the years because of that,” said McLachlan, who taught English at Durango High School for 20 years. For first-generation college students as well as students of color and students from low-income families, the expenses associated with teacher training are often out of reach, said Jingzi Huang, director of the School of Teacher Education and associate dean for the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at UNC. Under the legislative proposal, sponsored by Democrats and Sen. Don Coram, a Montrose Republican, student teachers committed to 16 weeks in a classroom could receive $11,000 while those spending 32 weeks at a school could earn $22,000. The legislation is intended to help students who need financial assistance, and eligibility will be tied to income thresholds, McLachlan said. “These students don’t have a lot of money anyway, and now we’re asking them to go for all these weeks without working at all,” McLachlan said. “They can’t survive.” Student teachers can hold outside jobs, but many often can’t find the time as they have to be in class during weekdays and tackle their own coursework, and some also have families to look after, said Liz Qualman, director of teacher education at Colorado Mountain College. “It is too challenging to expect a student teacher to have a second job to support themselves while engaging in coursework and student teaching,” Qualman said. She believes student teachers are shortchanged by “an archaic system,” particularly as many other fields offer paid internships. And while the teacher workforce has historically consisted of
Jorge Cabral, who teaches sixth through eighth grade social studies at Vikan Middle School in Brighton, started teaching full time in January 2022. PHOTO BY OLIVIA SUN/THE COLORADO SUN VIA REPORT FOR AMERICA
predominantly white, middle class women who graduated from college and were expected to student teach without compensation, that makeup is shifting. “The landscape of who we’re trying to recruit into the workforce is changing, and if we want a diverse workforce, we can’t have that same expectation,” Qualman said. “If we want more teachers in the field, we have to be able to support them through to completion and licensure.” Cabral, who student taught at Greeley West High School and now teaches world cultures at Vikan Middle School in Brighton, felt lucky with a scholarship from UNC to help with living expenses last semester. He scraped by, determined to reach the finish line and earn his licensure so that he could have a classroom of his own. “If it came to the point where I had to take out extra student loans, I would do it because it’s really something that I love,” Cabral said. He stuck with teaching in hopes
of inspiring students with backgrounds similar to his own. The Latino educator said that during his time as a student teacher, Latino boys who spoke only Spanish would ask him about his experience preparing to be a teacher. He filled them in on the process of applying to college — something he plans to keep passing onto students. Jorge Cabral, who teaches sixth through eighth grade social studies at Vikan Middle School in Brighton, started teaching full time in January 2022. (Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America) “There’s always the option of getting a higher education,” said Cabral, who doesn’t recall having any Latino teachers in Colorado and Wyoming, where he lived in elementary and high school. Many students of color in Colorado have similar stories, rarely encountering a teacher who looks SEE TEACHERS, P12
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April 7, 2022
Ukrainian journalists detail life in a war zone “This is not an invasion. This is a war.” BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Amid a “been there, seen that” philosophy and a tinge of dark humor, Ukrainian journalists detailed their experiences covering the Russian attack on their country during a Zoom call March 29. “The Russian army is using the same tricks it did in 2014” (the last time Russia invaded Ukraine),” said Valery Garmsah, the chief editor of the Slovyansk newspaper, through interpreter Olya Kostina. He relocated to Chernivtsi because of the fighting. “There have been rapes and occupations. War is the only thing we’ve known,” Garmash said through the interpreter. “The only way for our nation to survive is to win. We are united as at no time before.” While some reporters said Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rallied support for the country and its government like never before, there are pitfalls. Olena Zvonareva, chief editor at the city site of Zaporizhzhya, said covering the war
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like them throughout most of their K-12 classes. Yet the state has inched forward with diversity among educators and is “more diverse now than it has ever been,” particularly as it’s drawn more Hispanic professionals into teaching, said Colleen O’Neil, associate commissioner of the Educator Talent Unit at the Colorado Department of Education. During the 2015-16 school year, about 13.5% of the state’s teachers identified as Hispanic, O’Neil said, while last year, that percentage swelled to about 18.4%. “That’s not enough, but we want to celebrate the fact that we have been able to open some more doors,” O’Neil said, adding, “we still have
has been tricky. Several refugees fled to her city from the badly damaged city of Mariupol. “Russia cut our social networks. They’ve detained our colleagues,” she said through Kostina’s interpretation. “It’s hard to cover what’s going on there. We’re working under war conditions. It’s the first time for a lot of us. But it’s important to cover everything that’s going on. We’re basically doing what we can. We hope it’s not going to be in vain.” Oleg Skrpnyk, the chief editor of the city sites newspaper in Kharkiv, said one of his colleagues had been taken to Russia by Russian forces but managed to escape and was now in Finland. “Some of the threats we’ve received have been funny,” Kostina translated.”They say that according to Russian legislation, we could be shot for some crimes or something.” “Any person with a camera looks suspicious,” Kostina interpreted for one reporter. “Whatever you’re filming, who knows where you’re sending the film. You could be an agent of the enemy.” There’s also the question of how much information Ukrainian reporters can use. “We don’t publish about 10 percent of the information we receive,” said
Larysa Gnatchenko, chief editor of Slobisskyi Kray in Kharkiv, through the interpreter. “We have to think about the security of our people. We worry that we will attract attention to what we are doing. Our first priority is to take care of the safety of our people.” Gennadiy Chabanov, chief editor of the Odessa Life newspaper, said once the Russian army takes control of an area, its members seek out local government officials and members of the press. Zvonareva said her colleagues had been detained and threatened with prosecution under Russian law. “They do torture journalists and the representatitves of local government”, Chabanov said through the interpreter. “We do take our security seriously.” One of the rules of war coverage is not to give out specific addresses or locations.One journalist wished foreign news crews would follow that rule. “That must never happen,” the reporter said through Zvonereva’s translation. She took over the interpreting duties about three-fourths of the way through the call. “Reporters are forbidden to give exact addresses. We don’t know what the Russians are trying to achieve. They
could send three or four more missiles as follow-ups. We need to follow the ‘do-no-harm’ principle.” Other reporters detailed stories of non-stop air raids that are apparently so common, people don’t take cover in shelters any more. Some asked for more extensive coverage of the Western sanctions on the Russian government, fearing that some companies could change names and re-enter the international marketplace. “This is not a conflict,” Zvonereva said. “This is a war.” Chabanov noted that Odessa is known as a city of humor. He relocated from Odessa to Lviv because of the war. He’s spent much of the last month moving from city to city. “In Odessa, we have about six air raids a day,” Kotsina translated. “We’re having an air raid now as I’m talking to you. We’re supposed to go to an underground parking structure. But here I am. Maybe I should go to Red Square in Moscow. Maybe the air raids will be focused there. “Their (citizens’) interactions are looking at a Russian warship shelling their city or watching the Ukrainian army shooing away the Russian army,” Chabanov said. “It would be funny if not for the damage and the casualties.”
schools where kids aren’t seeing teachers who represent them.” CDE conducted a minority teacher report in 2014 and followed up with a listening tour in 2017 and repeatedly heard from educators of color that they didn’t have positive school experiences and may not have “seen that person in the room that was like them, to be a mentor or to springboard off of,” O’Neil said. That has become a “cyclical barrier,” she said, adding that when students can’t see themselves in their teachers, they may be less likely to pursue careers as teachers. Teachers of color also indicated that once they entered university programs, their peers didn’t resemble them either. Along with paying student teachers, the legislation seeks to help teachers in training cover the cost of licensure exams that can add up to hundreds of dollars. For ex-
ample, someone pursuing a license to teach elementary school would be required to pay more than $300 for required exams, said Huang, of UNC. When students fail their exams during their first attempt, they must retake them — and pay all over again. Teachers who struggle to pass the licensure exams sometimes become discouraged and give up altogether, Huang noted, adding that generally students of color have a lower passing rate on licensure exams. She also favors expanding the ways that educators can become licensed beyond the exams some teacher candidates must currently take — another goal of House Bill 1220. That could mean that students in the teacher pipeline could present a portfolio of their work for evaluation rather than having to take a licensure test. Bill sponsors sent the legisla-
tion back to the House Education Committee on March 29 after it was up for discussion in Appropriations. The measure is benefiting from one-time funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, McLachlan said, and sponsors plan to make amendments focused on how to best use the money to benefit educators. “We’re trying to give everyone an equal opportunity to become a teacher,” McLachlan said, “without lessening the quality of the teachers themselves.”
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Sleep expert calls permanent daylight saving time a dumb idea BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN
On the darkest morning of winter, the sun rises across Colorado — depending on where you are — sometime between about 7:05 a.m. and 7:40 a.m. You roll out of bed, get dressed, make coffee or eat some breakfast. If you are like the average person in Denver, the sun is probably rising along with you as you do these things. Now imagine that your morning routine stays the same, but the sun stays in bed an hour later. You would head off to work in the dark. School for many children would begin in the dark. This is the situation Colorado would be facing during the darkest days of winter if the nation switched to permanent daylightsaving time, and it’s why University of Colorado sleep science professor Kenneth Wright thinks the idea is so horrible. “Every morning, sunlight helps us to reset ourselves,” said Wright, who teaches integrative physiology and the head of the university’s Sleep and Chronobiology Lab. “And that way we are in sync with the 24-hour light-dark cycle of Earth.” Standard time — what Wright believes the country should be on full-time — roughly tracks the sun in each time zone, with the sun at its highest point in the sky around noon. Colorado and most other
states observe standard time during the winter months. Daylight time, meanwhile, pushes the clock ahead an hour during the spring, summer and fall, meaning people will see later sunsets — something advocates for changing to permanent daylight time tout as a benefit that will allow people to be more active after work or school. The idea of switching Colorado to permanent daylight-saving time is an old one, with efforts in the state legislature stretching back more than a decade. On Monday, a Colorado state House committee gave approval to the latest effort — a bill that would make daylight time permanent in Colorado but only if either the federal government authorizes it or if four other states in the Mountain time zone do the same. But the idea of going to daylight saving time full-time really gained new momentum earlier this month when the U.S. Senate passed a measure to make daylight saving time permanent across the country. Wright said there is no debate about the idea among sleep experts globally. At the same time the Senate voted to make daylight saving permanent, Wright was in Rome, attending World Sleep 2022, an annual conference that is so big that the World Sleep Society dubs it a “congress.” The reaction among attendees at the meeting? It’s a really bad idea. “There is expert consensus here
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that, if we have to choose one of these, permanent standard time is the healthier choice,” Wright said. Ending the spring forward Wright wants to be clear: He is not in favor of clock-switching, the most loathsome feature of the nation’s annual change from standard time to daylight time and back again. A robust body of research shows that the annual springing forward, when we shift clocks an hour ahead at the start of daylightsaving time, causes a surge in fatal car accidents, heart attacks and strokes. “No question, we need to stop the change, going back and forth,” Wright said. Changing to permanent daylightsaving time will compound the problems by interrupting our bodies’ natural circadian rhythms, Wright said. As he explains it, light in the morning is different to our bodies than light at night. The morning light signals to our circadian clocks that it’s time to get moving. The ebbing of evening light tells our clocks it’s time to slow down. So, stealing light from the morning to give to the evening, especially in winter, pushes that clock rhythm back. This would likely lead to later bedtimes in the winter, especially when coupled with the impact of artificial light at night on sleep. (A CU study published earlier this year found that even minor expo-
sure to light in the hour prior to bedtime can disrupt the sleep of preschoolers.) This might not be such a big deal if our schedules were fungible, and we could just plan to wake up later in the morning. But they’re not. School start times are fixed, as are most people’s work start times. Both could be changed, of course, but it would require a big cultural movement to do so. That means, when alarm clocks start going off during those dark morning hours, our circadian rhythms would likely rather we still be fast asleep. The resulting sleep deprivation could lead to greater risk for a litany of health problems, from weight gain, heart attacks and cancer to poor mental health and substance abuse. “This change,” Wright said of a move to permanent daylight-saving time, “is likely going to make these types of problems worse.” Be glad we’re not Idaho Colorado, though, wouldn’t get the worst of it if the nation moved to full-time daylight time. That’s because the state sits on the eastern side of the Mountain time zone. The latest the sun will rise in Denver this year is 7:32 a.m., which will happen in early November right before the clocks fall back to standard time. Things stay darker a little longer as you go farther west and north. But, even in Grand Junction, the latest the sun will rise this year is 7:45 a.m.
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New law bans openly carrying firearms near voting locations BY BENTE BIRKELAND COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law on March 30 that bans anyone in Colorado from openly carrying a firearm within 100 feet of a voting location, unless their property falls within that buffer. The Vote Without Fear Act was a priority election bill for Democrats in charge of the state legislature. Supporters say the law is needed to prevent the harassment of voters and poll workers, arguing that the current intimidation law can be difficult to enforce. It passed with no support from Republicans, who argued it infringed on Second Amendment rights. Supporters say the bill will help prevent voter intimidation Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Joan Lopez attended the bill signing ceremony at the state capitol and recalled an incident that occurred on the eve of the 2020 presidential election. Two men came to the county’s administrative office in Littleton. “Came in with cameras, filming
voters, open carrying, and just trying to intimidate voters. And then they moved to the front of the building where every voter had to pass them to get to the voting center,” she said. Lopez said people complained and the election judges were really “shook up.” “Even though the police were called and our attorneys were involved, there was nothing we could do at that point because they weren’t violating any laws. Now it’s going to be law and they won’t
information of election workers — a practice known as doxing — and allow those workers and their immediate family members to remove their private information from open records requests. And it would increase the penalties for threats and intimidation. Senate Bill 153 is in response to the security breach in Mesa County. Republican Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters and her Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley are facing multiple indictments for election tampering and misconduct. A federal investigation is ongoing. It would add new security requirements for counties, requiring constant video surveillance of election equipment, stricter rules about who can access equipment and increase penalties for potential security breaches in an effort to try to prevent insider security threats. The bill cleared the Senate with Democratic support and one Republican yes vote.
be able to do this ever again,” Lopez said. Democratic state Rep. Jennifer Bacon is one of the main sponsors of House Bill 1086. She said voter intimidation has a long legacy in the U.S, especially against communities of color. She said it’s part of her own family’s history when they lived in Jackson Mississippi. “I want to thank the NAACP. We have been fighting for this for a century in this country to be able to vote without fear,” she said. Opponents argued that since Colorado is an open-carry state (with a few exceptions), the bill infringes on Second Amendment rights, and could make people who openly carry a firearm feel less secure. The new law is among several election security measures Democrats are putting forward this session. House Bill 1273 would make it a misdemeanor to threaten or intimidate state and local election workers for doing their jobs. It’s still awaiting its first committee hearing. It also would make it illegal to publish the personal
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Distribution issues wipe out Denver’s supply of overdose-reversing drugs BY KYLE COOKE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS
In mid-February, the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (DDPHE) announced that Denver residents could order fentanyl testing strips and the opioid overdose-reversing drug naloxone directly from the city, free of charge. More than one month later, DDPHE has received nearly 4,500 requests for naloxone — often referred to as Narcan, a name-brand version of the drug — and fentanyl testing strips. Distribution issues, coupled with high demand, have resulted in just a few people receiving their orders. In an email to Rocky Mountain PBS, DDPHE officials said the department does not have any naloxone in house. “We have placed an order for more than 4,000 kits from the distributor, but they have not been shipped which tells us they likely do not have them in stock,” said Courtney Meihls, a marketing and communications specialist with DDPHE. Meihls said the free naloxone distribution program started in September 2021 but was more
publicized in mid-February of this year, including by DDPHE. From September to mid-February, DDPHE received just 380 orders for naloxone. The department was able to fill those orders, but has become overwhelmed by the number of requests since midFebruary. “So the increase, while amazing because of the number of people who want to help their neighbors, is quite dramatic and depleted our supply in-house,” Meihls said. She could not provide an estimated date for when the city’s order would be filled. The limited supply is a continuation of a problem that Rocky Mountain PBS reported on in November: individuals and organizations are struggling to obtain drugs like naloxone while the state’s opioid overdose crisis worsens. From 2000 to 2020, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CPDHE) recorded 15,999 overdoses deaths in the state. Nearly one in five of those deaths occurred in Denver. Drug overdose deaths in Colorado, per year, from 2000 to 2020. (Credit: CDPHE) The crisis has only gotten worse: CDPHE recorded 1,757
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Different pieces, levels of experience dot FLHS boys volleyball team BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Fort Lupton’s boys volleyball team isn’t just FLHS students. Players from five other schools -- Brighton, Weld Central, Skyline, Frederick and Mead high schools -- formed this year’s squad, and most don’t play volleyball on a regular basis, such as Jesus Vasquez. “This is my first year playing,” he said. “I’m a basketball player, actually. My family played volleyball. My sister played for the high school.” “We have one returning player, and he’s in a new position,” said FLHS coach Cindy Seiler. “He’s learning all that as the rest of the team learning to play volleyball. We have a bunch of different players
from different schools. They are getting along great. You wouldn’t know we had players from five schools. I’m proud of the Fort Lupton boys for accepting them and bringing them in.” Vasquez had a team-high four kills in a three-set loss to undefeated Greeley Central High School March 31 in Fort Lupton. He also served up the Bluedevils’ only ace. “I look up to my older sister a lot,” Vasquez said. “It’s helped me have better experience with other players and teammates. The best part is hanging out with my teammates. I love them.” It also helps with the basketball side of Vasquez’s life, particularly with his ability to jump. “I’m in the post. I’m down low.
They need a big guy down there,” Vasquez said. “It helps my communication and my hops, my vertical. I’m good at adapting. It’s my firstever year playing volleyball.” Greeley Central won the first two sets against Fort Lupton by two points each. The Wildcats didn’t have as much trouble in the third set and won 25-16. “It didn’t go how we planned,” Vasquez said. “The ability to win to win, we didn’t have as much as we needed. But overall, our communication was good. we played really well. We ran out of gas in the third set.” “They are learning and not with a lot of practice time,” Seiler said. “We had two weeks of spring break, snow. It’s been tough. We have seven
games (this) week. They have to learn in the heat of the moment, which is always hard.” Seiler said acceptance of so many players from so many schools has been the highlight for the early part of the season. “You wouldn’t know who was from a different school. To me, that was important,” Seiler said. “They are representing Fort Lupton quite well.” Vasquez has no objections to his new sport. “It’s been really good,” Vasquez said. “We like winning, but it didn’t help tonight. We just have to work on that in practice.”
S P O R T S SCORECARD Fort Lupton High School Boys volleyball Fort Lupton rallied from a two-set deficit to beat Vista Peak 21-25, 18-25, 25-17, 27-23, 17-15 inb Fort Lupton April 2. Matthew Valdez had 10 kills for the Bison. Tristan Rowley was close behind with nine. No stats were available for the Bluedevils. Faith Christian turned back Fort Lupton 25-15, 25-11, 25-20 in Arvada March 29. Jesus Vasquez led the Bluedevils with eight kills. Tag Boyce, Brian Solis and justin Brackeen served aces. No stats were available for the Eagles. Poudre School District’s team beat the Bluedevils 25-16, 25-22, 25-20 in Fort Collins March 30. Vasquez had four kills for FLHS. Pedro Rosales served a pair of aces. Girls tennis Aurora Central downed the Bluedevils 6-1 in Aurora April 2. Payton Faulhaber won her No. 3 singles match in straight sets. “Despite the loss, we saw great improvement and areas where we can still grow,” said FLHS coach Christy Blanchard. Baseball
Fort Lupton scored seven runs in the first inning and went on to beat Westminster 14-2 on the Wolves’ field March 31.. No stats were available for the Bluedevils. Breann McCoy and Eduardo Suarez Sanchez had base hits and drove in Westminster’s runs. Michael Davidson also contributed a base hit. Track and field ERIE -- Neither of Fort Lupton’s track teams scored a point at the Erie Twilight Invitational April 1. The top finisher for the girls team was the 4-by-100-meter relay team. Justina Castro, Layanna Reyma, Andrea Sanchez and Hannah Lechleitner finished 25th in a time of 1:07.53. The boys 4-by-100-meter relay team (D’mitri Alarcon, Joaquin Calderon, Rodrigo Medina and Jairo Compean) took 27th place in a time of 56.09 seconds. Girls soccer Prospect Ridge Academy shut out Fort Lupton 12-0 in Fort Lupton March 29. Madison skinner, Kateri Trujillo and Zoe Webster scored three times. No stats were available for FLHS.
Frederick High School Girls golf Frederick finished 13th at the Birleffi Invitational at Highland Hills Golf Course in Greeley March 29. Makayla Miller was the team medalist. She fired a 106, good for 28th place. Danica dennis finished her round with a 113, and Hallie Berringer finished with a 122. Track and field ERIE -- Here are Frederick’s results from the Erie Tiger Twilight Invitational April 1. The girls team finished 23rd in the team standings, and the boys team was 19th. Girls: 4-by-200-meter relay: 8. Elli Clapp, Katelin Sindelar, Gwen Hanks, Gracie Wilts, 1:55.63. HIgh jump: 6. G. Witts, 4-9. Triple jump: 4. Isabella Hewitt, 32- 1/2. Boys: 4-by-200-meter relay: 6. Caleb Sabados, Lafaisaotele Purcell, Ian Buffington, Garrett Colvin, 1:36.47. High jump: 4. G. Colvin, 5-11. Discus: 5. Kemarly Davy, 124-5. Baseball Riverdale Ridge blanked Frederick 9-0 on the Ravens’ field March 28. RRHS’ starting pitcher Ethan McCormick struck out 10 of the
17 batters he faced in five innings. Landon Brophy had two hits and drove in three runs. Keagon Pitton and Ty Thompson had two hits. Owen Clementson, Brayden Johnson and Brendan Gochanour had Frederick’s base hits. Roosevelt took both ends of a doubleheader from the Warriors March 31 by scores of 9-1 and 10-5. THe games were in Johnstown. In the opener, Mario Sanchez had three hits and an RBI for the Roughriders. Jorge Torres had two hits and drove in three runs. No stats were available for the Warriors. Joseph Villani had a base hit and drove in both Frederick runs in the nightcap. Brendan Gochanour had two base hits. Chris Baum had a base hit and an RBI. The Roughriders’ Ry Diesing had three hits and an RBI. Girls soccer The Academy shut out Frederick 1-0 on the Wildcats’ pitch. AJ Loera scored the only goal. Frederick and Longmont finished their April 2 match in a scoreless draw after two overtimes. No stats were available.
Girls wrestling Two Fort Lupton girl wrestlers, Anastyn Livesay and Rylee Balcazar, earned all-American recognition after a tournmanet in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Anastyn Livesay finished fifth in her weight class. Rylee Balcazar, who won a state title last month, finished sixth in her weight class.
Marshall Fire benefit Fort Lupton High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society is hosting a benefit three-on-three basketball game at 3 p.m. Friday, April 15, to help the victims of the Marshall Fire. Call 303-8577100.
Girls basketball Frederick High School’s basketball team will be decorating yards Saturday, April 16, just ahead of Easter Sunday. Team members will take care of buying, filling and hiding the eggs. To sign up, visit bit.ly/3tmFA8h.
SPORTS BRIEFS Postponements Fort Lupton’s girls tennis match against Jefferson was postponed March 29 because of rain. The make-up date is Tuesday, April 11. FLHS’ home soccer match against Dawson was canceled March 31. Football Frederick’s new football coach is Matt Loyd. Loyd, who has more than 20 years of coaching and teaching experience, comes to the Warriors from Ralston Valley High School, where he’d coached the past 21 years. “We are very fortunate to have found such a strong, highly recommended candidate,” said FHS athletic director Ty Gordon. Loyd replaces Travis Peeples, who stepped down earlier this year.
Basketball awards Frederick’s Byrce Conover (second team) and Luke Justice (honorable-mention), received allstate recognition in voting through CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps. com and MaxPreps. In class 3A, Fort Lupton’s Bryce Andrews earned honorable-mention, all-state accolades.
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SPORTS CALENDAR Thursday, April 7 Girls tennis: Skyline @ Holy Family, TBA; Prairie View @ Northglenn, 4 p.m.; Aurora Central @ Skyview, 4 p.m.; Fort Lupton @ Thornton, 4 p.m.; Monarch @ Horizon, 3:30 p.m. Boys lacrosse: Alexander Dawson @ Holy Family, 4 p.m. Baseball: Holy Family @ Centaurus, 4 p.m.; Riverdale Ridge @ Fort Morgan, 4 p.m.; Weld Central @ Skyview, 4 p.m.; Poudre @ Thornton, 4 p.m.; Legacy @ ThunderRidge, 4 p.m.; Mountain Range @ Highlands Ranch, 4:30 p.m.; Westminster vs. Abraham Lincoln, TBA Girls lacrosse: Holy Family @ Cheyenne Mountain 6 p.m.; Dawson @ Horizon, 5:30 p.m.’ Rocky Mountain @ Legacy, Cherokee Trail High School, TBA Girls golf: Northglenn @ Buffalo Run, 11 a.m.; Riverdale Ridge @ Quail Dunes, Fort Morgan, 10 a.m.; Girls soccer: Brighton @ Westminster, 6 p.m.; Vista Peak @ Northglenn, 6:30 p.m.; DSST-Conservatory Green
@ Thornton, 4:30 p.m.; Riverdale Ridge @ Mountain View, 5 p.m.; Poudre vs. Legacy, District 12 Stadium, 4 p.m.; Rocky Mountain @ Horizon, 6 p.m. Boys volleyball: Fossil Ridge @ Thornton, 6:30 p.m.; Stargate School at Westminster, 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 8 Girls tennis: Holy Family @ Colorado Academy tournament Girls tennis: Northglenn @ Smoky HIll tournament; Mountain Range hosts girls tournament, 3:30 p.m. Track and field: Skyview, Mountain Range @ Holy Family, 9 a.m.; Stargate School @ Greeley Central, TBA Girls soccer: Fort Morgan @ Skyview, 4:30 p.m.; Stargate School @ Lutheran, 6 p.m. Baseball: Riverdale Ridge @ Eaton, Varsity Northern Colorado Classic, 11 a.m. Lacrosse: Chatfield vs. Mountain Range, District 12 North Stadium, 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 9 Girls tennis: Holy Family @ Colorado Academy tournament; Mountain Range hosts girls tennis tournament, 8:30 a.m. Girls lacrosse: Holy Family vs. Eaglecrest, Legacy Stadium (Cherokee Trail HS(, 10 a.m. Girls soccer: Holy Family @ Kent Denver, 10 a.m.; Northglenn @ Rangeview, 1 p.m.; Legacy @ Fossil Ridge, 9 a.m.; Westminster @ Hinkley, 11 a.m. Boys lacrosse: Evergreen @ Holy Family, 10 a.m. Baseball: Centaurus @ Holy Family, 10 a.m.; Pomona @ Northglenn, 10 a.m.; Riverdale Ridge @ Varsity Northern Colorado Classic, Eaton HS, TBA; Pueblo Central @ Skyview, 10 a.m.; Cherokee Trail @ Legacy, 11 a.m.; Rock Canyon @ Horizon, 11 a.m.; Widefield @ Westminster, 10 a.m. Track and field: Northglenn, Mountain Range @ Horizon Invitational, District 12 North Stadium; Westminster @ Northfield, TBA
Boys swimming: Five Star Relays, Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center, 9 a.m. Boys volleyball: Greeley West @ Westminster, 11 a.m.
Monday, April 11 Girls tennis: Holy Family @ Broomfield, 4 p.m.; Skyview vs. Prospect Ridge Academy, Broomfield Community Park, Second Avenue and Main Street, 4 p.m.; Thornton @ St. Mary’s Academy, 4:30 p.m. Boys lacrosse: Holy Family @ Green Mountain, Trailblazer Stadium, 150 S. Kipling Parkway, 4 p.m. Girls soccer: Longmont @ Holy Family, 6 p.m.; Northglenn @ Brighton, 7 p.m.; Legacy vs. Rocky Mountain, Fossil Ridge High School, 7 p.m. Girls golf: Northglenn, Mountain Range, Legacy, Westminster @ The Ranch CC, 9 a.m. Baseball: Conifer @ Northglenn, 4 p.m. Boys volleyball: Valor Christian @ Stargate School, 5:30 p.m.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING APPROPRIATION BUDGET 2021
The Board of Directors of the District, in its own discretion, may continue the hearing to a subsequent meeting.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE RESIDENTS AND TAX PAYERS OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON THAT CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION 2021 BUDGET AT A MEETING ON TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2022 AT 6:00 P.M. AT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 130 S. MCKINLEY AVENUE. ANY INTERESTED CITIZEN MAY INSPECT THE ABOVE-MENTIONED BUDGET DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS. ANY CITIZEN MAY APPEAR AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE SAID BUDGET IF THEY SO DESIRE.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFCOTTONWOOD GREENS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2
Legal Notice No. FLP584 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON EXCLUSION OF PROPERTY FROM COTTONWOOD GREENS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of Cottonwood Greens Metropolitan District No. 2 (the “District”), City of Fort Lupton, Weld County, a petition praying that certain property, which is described below, be excluded from the boundaries of the District. One hundred percent (100%) of the owners of the property identified in the petitions have given their consent to the exclusion of the property from the District’s boundaries. The name and address of the petitioner is Cottonwood Development Partners, LLC, whose address is 4040 MacArthur Blvd., Ste. 250, Newport Beach, CA 92660. The properties for which exclusion is sought is generally described as parcels of land located north of Ninth Street at College Avenue, and on the southwest corner of 14th Street and Weld County Road 31 in the City of Fort Lupton. Accordingly, notice is hereby given to all interested persons that they shall appear at a public hearing at 1:00 PM on Friday, April 8, 2022, and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the public hearing will be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means. Members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting are requested to attend via teleconference by dialing +1 669 900 6833 and entering Conference ID: 842 8637 1084
By:LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC Attorneys for the District Legal Notice No. FLP588 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON INCLUSION OF PROPERTY INTO LUPTON VILLAGE COMMERCIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of Lupton Village Commercial Metropolitan District (the “District”), City of Fort Lupton, Weld County, a petition praying that certain property, which is described below, be included into the boundaries of the District. The owner of one hundred percent (100%) of the property identified in the petition has given its consent to the inclusion of the property into the District’s boundaries. The petition for the inclusion of property was submitted by Fort Lupton Commercial, General Partnership, L.L.P., whose address is c/o Realty Funding Source, LLC, 1540 Main Street, Ste. 218/303, Windsor, CO 80550. The property for which inclusion is sought is generally described as a parcel of land located at the northeast corner of Weld County Road 12 and South Denver Avenue and west of the Union Pacific Railroad right of way in the City of Fort Lupton, Colorado. Accordingly, notice is hereby given to all interested persons that they shall appear at a public hearing at 10:00 AM on April 8, 2022, and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the public hearing will be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means. Members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting are requested to attend via teleconference by dialing +1 669 900 9128 and entering Conference ID: 830 4046 3931 or videoconference on https:// us06web.zoom.us/j/83040463931. A full and complete legal description of the property petitioned for inclusion is on file at the District’s management office located at Centennial Consulting Group, 2619 Canton Court, Suite A, Fort Collins, CO 80525, and is available for public inspection during regular business hours 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
The Board of Directors of the District, in its own discretion, may continue the hearing to a subsequent meeting. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LUPTON VILLAGE COMMERCIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By:LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC Attorneys for the District Legal Notice No. FLP585 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE Monarch Mountain Minerals and Aggregates, LLC., whose address and phone number is 2660 West 64th Avenue, Denver CO 80221, 303-3763338, has filed an application for a Regular (112) Construction Materials Operation Reclamation Permit Amendment with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under provisions of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials. The proposed mine site is known as the Monarch DENM Gravel Mine, and is located at Section 19, Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th Prime Meridian, in Weld County Colorado. The proposed date of commencement is the second half of 2022, and the proposed date of completion is 2059. The proposed future use of the land is water storage. Additional information and tentative decision date may be obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, or at the Weld County Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, 1150 O St. Greeley, CO 80631; or the above named applicant. Comments must be in writing and must be received by the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety by 4:00 p.m. on May 11th, 2022 (20th day after the 4th publication). Please contact Kyle Regan with Civil Resources at (303) 833-1416 ex. 210 (Kyle@ civilresources.com) if you have any questions or comments regarding this application. Scheduled to be published in the Ft. Lupton Press March 31st, April 7th, April 14th, and April 21st, 2022. Legal Notice No. FLP575 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice Legal Notice of Annual Meeting of Members The Annual Meeting of Members of UNITED POWER, INC. will be held Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at the Waymire Dome at the Riverdale Regional Park, located at 9755 Henderson Road in Brighton, Colorado. Members can attend in-person or via livestream. The registration portal and instructions for participating in the
meeting virtually can be found on the cooperative’s website at www.unitedpower.com.
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The meeting will be for the purposes of electing directors, considering and approving reports for the prior fiscal year, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Legal Notice No. FLP568 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
This year there are elections in the following districts: East, South, and West for three-year terms. The candidates nominated by petition are Steven “Steve” Douglas, Naptali A. Lucks, and Elizabeth “Beth” A. Martin in the East District; Keith Alquist in the South District; and Ursula J. Morgan in the West District. All Members are entitled to cast a vote for the director positions of every district, regardless of the district where the Member is domiciled. Additional information including dates and times of forums to meet the candidates, how to cast a ballot, and deadlines for voting can be found at https://www.unitedpower.com/annual-meeting.
Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: Janet A. Jackson, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR336
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Weld County, Colorado or on or before July 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Justin Jackson Personal Representative 24495 County Rd 18 Keenesburg, CO 80643
UNITED POWER, INC. By: /s/Tim Erickson, Secretary Legal Notice No. FLP567 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Legal Notice No. FLP573 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Albert Louis McClay, deceased Case Number: 2022PR77
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Susan D. Howell, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30152 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Weld County, Colorado on or before Aug 07, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Daniel Turner Personal Representative /o Warren, Carlson & Moore, LLP PO Box 610 Niwot, CO 80544-0610
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Weld County, Colorado on or before Aug 07 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Kathleen A. McClay PR Personal Representative 9033 County Road 26 Fort Lupton, CO 80621 Legal Notice No.FLP886 First publication: April 07, 2022 Last publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Legal Notice No.FLP587 First publication: April 07, 2022 Last publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Irene Ruth Shuster, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30131
Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: RUTH E. ANDERSON, aka RUTH ELIZABETH ANDERSON, aka RUTH ANDERSON, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30112 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Weld County, Colorado or on or before July 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Amy Cooksey Personal Representative c/o WARREN, CARLSON & MOORE, LLP
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Weld County, Colorado on or before August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Christy Alberts and Linda Dyer c/o Keith L. Davis, JD Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111 Legal Notice FLP583 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
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