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More Coloradans are vaccinated than ever

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Nearly three-quarters of residents older than 5 are fully immunized against COVID

BY JOHN DALEY COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Nearly three out of four Coloradans older than 5 are now fully immunized with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the state’s vaccination dashboard.

That’s higher than the national average, which is about 66 percent, according to the New York Times, and puts Colorado at 16th highest among the 50 states.

Colorado recently topped a total of 4 million people who had gotten at least two doses, according to the state health department. More than Angeles Navarro talks to a member of the Fort Lupton community during the event honoring her 31 years as a teacher in the school half of all residents got the first two PHOTOS BY JUAN ARELLANO district. shots, plus a booster.

Colorado’s progress on the vaccination front comes at another uncertain point in the pandemic.

The latest wildly transmissible

BY JUAN ARELLANO variant — BA.2.12.1 — has infected SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA increasing numbers of people in the For 31 years, Angeles Navarro state and around the country. But many of the tools to limit spread has taught generations of students in the Weld Re-8 School District, have been dropped, and surveillance from elementary to high school. and reporting of coronavirus trends Navarro migrated from Guanaare less robust than earlier in the pandemic. juato, Mexico to Fort Lupton and Those younger than 5 are still worked in the agriculture fields not eligible though approval could around town before learning come soon. The Food and Drug English and getting her teaching Administration issued a timetable credentials. last month for a decision about Throughout her tenure, she was authorizing a COVID-19 vaccine for able to connect with many students the youngest children in the U.S. It who shared a similar cultural and said June 8 is the earliest date it’ll labor background, many of whom present data to outside advisers for attended the event honoring her a recommendation. retirement ceremony May 6.

Getting vaccinated helps prevent “I’m very happy because I am severe illness, said Dr. Jon Samet, seeing faces that I haven’t seen in Every year before Thanksgiving, First United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton and the Fort Lupton Food and Clothingdean Bankofprovide community the CU School of Public years,” Navarro said. members with food boxes.

This will be the program’s 10th consecutive year.

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James “Jim” William Arthurs July 24, 1933 - April 26, 2022

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James “Jim” William Arthurs, 88, of Brighton passed away April 26, 2022.

Jim was born July 24, 1933, in Mason City, Iowa to John “Hank” F. and Bernice M. (Blankenheim) Arthurs, he was their only child. His family moved to Marshalltown, Iowa where he graduated from St. Mary’s High School. Jim also graduated from the University of Minnesota and was a veteran of the United States Navy.

Jim was a member of St. Augustine’s Parish. He had served on the board of Brighton Community Hospital, and had been a member of Brighton Housing Authority, Colorado Funeral Directors Assn., Colorado Coroners Assn., Rotary and Kiwanis.

He married Priscilla Lynne Hooven June 20, 1956, in Marshalltown, Iowa. They had three children, Patrick, Rebecca, and Ellen.

In 1965 Jim and Priscilla moved from Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Brighton where Jim started his work as funeral director and later owner of Rice Funeral Chapel. During this time he also served as Adams County Coroner for 16 years.

Jim is survived by his wife Priscilla, son, Pat (Terree) Arthurs of Brighton, daughters Becky (Scott) Backlund of Lakewood and Ellen Arthurs of Aurora. Grandsons - Jim (Crystal McDowell) Arthurs of Arvada and John (Sumer) Arthurs, and great grandson Henry Arthurs of Brighton.

After retirement he enjoyed taking care of his yard, family vacations in Steamboat Springs and spending time with his

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Arthur (Art) Vigil

March 11, 1936 - April 25, 2022

Arthur (Art) Vigil born in Sapello, New Mexico on March 11th 1936 to his mother Elvira and father Amadeo Vigil. Art passed away at his residence, the Vigil Family ranch on April 25th, 2022. Art is lovingly remembered by his sisters Mary and Viola. Children Angelo Vigil, Alex Vigil, Arlette, and Lila Vigil. His grandchildren Brenda, Maria, Isabel, Bernadette, Gabriel, Vangie, Dennis, Travis, James, Christina, Ashley, Ron, Jacob, Briana, Alexis, Janessa, and Sara. Also, remembered 23 greatgrandchildren.

Art was previously a resident in Brighton,

Colorado where he worked for the City of Brighton for 15 years.

He spent his most recent years in Trementina, New Mexico cared for by his son Angelo Vigil and Granddaughter Maria Vigil. Art loved Gardening in his yard, spending time maintaining his ranch, and telling his life stories to his grandchildren. Arts ranch will always be his place of remembrance for his family.

Please join us for Arthurs Rosary at the St. Augustine Church in Brighton, Colorado on Tuesday, May 31st 2022 at 10:30am followed by the funeral mass.

In lieu of flowers memorial gifts can be made in his honor to the St. Augustine Community Food Bank. https://membership. faithdirect.net/givenow/CO923/41051

Scott Alan Jaquith

March 28, 1956 - April 24, 2022

Scott Alan Jaquith passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Denver Colorado at the age of 66, a life-long resident of Commerce City, Colorado.

Scott was born the second child of Philip and Doyne Jaquith on March 28, 1956 at St. Joseph’s hospital in Denver, Colorado. After graduating from Adams City High School in 1974, Scott entered the Navy.

He returned to Commerce City in the early 1980s and resumed working with his father in the construction trade. He became a master craftsman in linoleum, tile and Formica work.

In 2000, Scott was elected as a Councilman to the Commerce City Council and served for eight years. Scott then spent 17 years at the Deck Super Store where he worked through the end of his life. His co-workers at the Deck Super Store became his second family.

Scott was a good friend to many people, always kind and ready to share a laugh. Though his friendships and acquaintances spanned a wide spectrum, his closest were childhood friends.

Scott is survived by his sister, Sandra Jaquith of Lafayette, Colorado; his brother Steven Jaquith and sister-in-law, Barbara Jaquith, of Aurora, Colorado; and two nieces and a nephew, Sarah Jaquith of Silverthorne, Colorado, Lindsay Jaquith of Macedonia, Ohio, and Misha Jaquith of Aurora, Colorado.

A memorial service with be held for Scott Jaquith on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at 2p.m. at Goode Centennial United Methodist Church at 6381 Olive St., Commerce City, Colorado.

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Robert, Robert, Berto, Bobby, Pocho Leyva Lizarraga August 27, 1970 - May 10, 2022

Roberto Leyva-Lizarraga was born and passed in Mazatlan, Sinaloa on the Pacific Coast of Mexico.

He was born August 27, 1970 to parents Tomas and Lorna. Pocho grew up surfing, fishing and working both the sea the beach of his beloved home.

Berto came to the US as a young man and was welcomed into the Lauer family when he married Wendi. Despite their divorce, he remained a part of the Lauer family until his passing.

Bobby spent several years working at Purifoy Chevrolet where he was always grateful for his

first job in the US. Robert eventually moved on to work for Agfinity. He worked there the rest of his short life.

He is survived by his greatest pride, his son Deiter and was loved all who knew him.

He will be remembered for his loyalty, his strong work ethic, and his wonderful sense of humor.

A celebration of his life and rosary will be conducted on Friday May 20, 2022 at Tabor Rice Funeral Home 75 S.13th Ave Brighton, CO

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Roly poly races introduce kids to science Butler Elementary Bug derby teaches kindergartners about probability

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Kindergarteners gathered in Fort Lupton’s Butler Elementary library May 6, cheering and predicting whether the pill bugs or the sows bug would win the race.

With the Kentucky Derby running the next day, Butler Elementary teachers Sydney Blackburn, Sarah Hude and Megan Roberts donned some traditional fancy hats for a derby of their own, featuring fleet-footed Isopods – a kind of multi-legged insects with hard shells – to help kindergarteners incorporate the math concepts of probability.

The three teachers created a race track to race two types of Isopods – pill bugs and sowbugs, known as Roly-polys. The goal, part of the school’s life science unit, was meant to test which of the bugs could run the fastest as an experiment.

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Standards for kindergarten provide the framework for the focus of their scientific observation: comparing and contrasting animals, their needs and environments,” said Cathy Swanson, Weld Re-8 Student Achievement Coach.

Each student had cards numbered from once to six to match each race. They chose a number to pick the winners or predict which bugs would win.

“Choosing a number is part of the probability of mathematics. So as when they get older in seventh grade, they learned a principle called theoretical probability. They’ll learn to prove it experimentally when they are seventh graders,” Swanson said.

The teachers are educating students in a “Animals Two

by Two” program to grow their science skills as well as intersecting concepts such as patterns, structure, and function. The young scientists have been learning about the skeletons of these animals and differentiating the characteristics of each species “The students have been studying four types of animals and habitats also honing in on observation skills about the similarities and

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Angeles Navarro catches up with members of the community during a May 6 event honoring her 31 years as a teacher in the Weld Re-8 School District.

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community were also happy to see Navarro enjoy the tribute in her honor. Most of the speakers recalled that apart from being an educator, Angeles is a charismatic person who has always stood up for her students and colleagues when it was needed.

Former student Bianca Jaquez recalled, “She wasn’t the scary type like other teachers you don’t trust. You can literally tell her anything, and it was just great.”

In a letter read by her daughter, Rosalie Martinez, former

differences,” said Swanson.

These little scientists have been investigating to observe and compare the needs of goldfish and guppies, red worms and earthworms, the two species of isopods and two types of waterbugs: Ramshorn and pond snails.

“They have been provided with multiple opportunities to explore, observe, discuss, draw and write about various animals. A key phrase of the National Science Foundation is their deep belief in the principle of “Hands-on Minds On’’ learning,” Swanson said.

The kindergarteners are also developing and expanding their vocabulary, she said.

“Students learning directly through observing, seeing, touching and caring for animals provides opportunities to use words like segment, gills, pouch, lungs, antenna, fins, habitat, carapace and isopod meaning equal feet,” Swanson said. “Right there in their terrariums are opportunities to observe first-hand, wonder, discover and grow their excitement for science through discovery,” she added.

They will develop as scientists and investigators, said Theresa Rosasco, Butler Elementary principal.

principal and teacher in Weld Re-8 schools said “There are many things I have learned in my profession. But what I know about teachers is this. First, they must know their subject matter.

Secondly, they must know how to impart that knowledge effectively to their students. And, most importantly, they must support and build their students’ selfconfidence about their ability to learn about who they are and about where they come from.

Mrs. Navarro is fully competent in her subject matter, and from what I’ve observed in the activities and awards assemblies, her students have learned from her teaching.’”

Although this year was her

Theresa Rosasco, principal, cheering with students.

last teaching Spanish at Fort Lupton High School, she wasn’t able to fully enjoy it because she had to take a leave of absence for health reasons. Just recently she went back to the high school to finish the year but not as a teacher. Despite the health issues that came up, Navarro enjoyed the dances, hugs, memories and warm affection that were present throughout the ceremony.

“I am happy and thankful with the community because this is my home,” said Navarro. ”Everything has a beginning and an ending. We have to make the best out of life and enjoy everything that comes our way, and I am thankful from the bottom of my heart.”

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CORRECTION In the May 12 issue of the Fort Lupton Press, we mislabeled part of a dedication speech from South Platte Valley Historical Society President LaVon Watson.

She dedicated a new barn during the society’s Heritage Fair at South Platte Valley Historical Park.

We regret the error and any inconvenience. Email corrections to staylor@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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Board broaches FL high school football budget cuts RE-8 wants to examine FLHS sports program costs

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Weld Re-8 Board of Education pointed its budget pencil toward the Fort Lupton High School athletics – specifically, the football program – during a May 12 workshop, Re-8 Superintendent Alan Kaylor confirmed May 13.

Within the frame of a general budget discussion, the area of specific interest was the Bluedevils’ football program. The school board was in a workshop format, so there was no decision. The issue could come back to the board at its May 26 regular meeting, as part of a general budget discussion.

“It was brought up as the board talked about the budget,” said Re-8 Superintendent Alan Kaylor.

“There was a conversation about eliminating the football program.

It was a preliminary conversation, but it absolutely was brought up.”

Board President Susan Browne brought up the cost of running the program – $39,000, the most of any sports team at the school – plus the team’s recent performance. FLHS has had two break-even seasons in the last 16 years and two appearances in the state playoffs. The last one was in 2013.

Kaylor said the football team’s budget is about the same as a teacher’s salary. But he also said there was no discussion about where that money might wind up should the football team be disbanded.

“They didn’t go into a lot of depth,” Kaylor said. “They just talked about the cost.”

Most of the football team’s budget – almost $21,500 – goes to extra salary for administrators and contributions to their retirement funds, $3,000 for equipment and $3,500 for transportation and field trips.

The boys’ basketball team has the second-highest budget – almost $30,000. Of that, $16,900 goes to extra-duty salary and benefits.

Another $5,600 goes toward paying officials and transportation.

The top two funded girls’ sports are the volleyball team and the girls’ basketball team. The volleyball budget is $23,000, $13,800 of which goes to extra-duty salary and benefits. Another $5,800 goes for officials and transportation.

The girls’ basketball budget is almost $25,000. More than $11,000 goes to extra-duty salary and retirement benefits, and another $10,500 goes to officials and transportation.

By contrast, the high-school mucic program budget is just shy of $88,000. Almost $12,000 is for extra-duty salary for certified and classified employees. The department’s supply budget is $2,000, and the transportation/field trips piece is $1,000.

“Treasurer (Michelle) Bettger and I requested cost breakdown and participation for all sports programs,” board member Cody LeBlanc said. “We requested the discussion to be held at a later date.”

“They need to be cutting the pay in the administration office,” said Mildred Mascarenas on Facebook.

“They are all way overpaid.”

“Fort Lupton is literally building 5,000 new homes. What the %^&* arre they thinking?” asked Kay CdeBaca, also on Facebook. “Why don’t get try to get more funds to pay teachers and coaches more?

We’re on the verge of becoming a (class) 4A school.. And what about all the extra funding they got and (are) probably still getting during COVID? Mosts schools get four times the amount sent to them in a regular school year.”

“When does anyone start looking at the administration and asking questions?” asked Cass See on Faceebook. “You’re telling me we can’t afford a freaking football team. No, we are over paying under performers.”

Fort Lupton’s last football coach, Joey O’Connor, left the job to become the new head coach at Horizon High School. The job is on the Weld Re-8 School District job board with a start date of June 1 which, if things stay on schedule, is about a week after the district has to adopt a budget for the 2022-2023 school year.

Adams 14 loses state accreditation, must partner for reorganization

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

DENVER -- The Adams 14 School District will have to reorganize, thanks to a pair of actions from the state board of education May 10.

The board removed the district’s accreditation and ordered it to partner with TNTP (once known as the New Teacher Project) as the reorganization process begins.

TNTP is an organization that tries to line up effective teachers for poor and minority students. The district has recorded low test scores for several years, to the point that the state had to intervene.

A statement from the school district called the action “unexpected and capricious” and said it would challenge the decision “across relevant avenues” in seeking a reversal.

Schools in the district remain open, and state and federal funding remains in place, according to the Adams 14 School District.

The district has been on the

state’s academic watch list since 2010 because of the low test scores.

In April, the state board told the district to present a co-management plan.

In its May 10 statement, the district said it presented a proposed plan to the state. The district said, “none of the decisions made today (May 10) resulted in any positive contribution to the children of Adams 14.”

“Despite the fact that Adams 14 closely followed the guidance of the state board and (Colorado Department of Education) officials to provide a detailed turnaround plan that met their expectations, the state board moved the goalposts and took the unexpected and capricious actions of voting to suspend district accreditation and explore potential district reorganization,” the district said.

A press statement from the state board said reorganizing the district could take upwards of a year. The first step, according to the state-

ment, is an organization planning committee with representatives from neighboring school districts, including Brighton 27J, Adams 12 Five Star Schools and the Mapleton School District.

Once formed, the committee will consider options and then present them to the community for feedback. The statement said voters in each of the affected districts get the chance to vote the plan up or down during an election.

As part of its May 10 rulings, the state board asked the state attorney general’s office to prepare written orders to reflect the decision.

The district received the two lowest ratings in the state district accountability system since the state enacted its Accountability Law in 2009. The state board said even though ratings have been on hold because of the pandemic, the district has been on an accountability clock since 2010. The statement said the board has to direct action to schools and districts that stay on that clock

for five years in a row. One of the available options, the statement said, is a district reorganization process.

Four years ago, the state approved a district proposal to turn over management of the district to an external partner for four years. In February, the district severed ties with that management firm, MGT Consulting.

After that decision, the community and the Adams 14 school board asked the state to leave the district alone.

The school district said it would convene community meetings to understand the decision “and how they can play an important role in remedying this injustice.”

“All Adams 14 schools and the district as a whole continue to operate as usual,” the school district added.

“This district will continue to play a vital role in the lives of Commerce City students and families for decades to come.”

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Chief Southard and his wife Karen were in the middle with the PVMC care team that PHOTO BY BELEN WARD took care of Chief Southard.

Recovered from COVID, Southard thanks hospital

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For Brighton Police Chief Paul Southard, COVID-19 was quite literally a nightmare.

In a speech broadcast over the Platte Valley Medical Center public address system on May 13, he thanked the hospital for helping him recover from a 15-day long COVIDinduced daze.

“During those 15 days on a ventilator, I experienced terrifying hallucinations, more real than any dream,” Southard said.

Southard returned to the hospital on May 13 to take a “Survivor Walk” down the halls, thanking the staff that saved him. Before the walk, he addressed the entire hospital over the public address system.

Southard said in his speech that when he and his wife Karen arrived at the emergency room on March 24, 2020, he was in very poor condition.

“That’s the last thing I remember until 15 days later, when I heard someone saying my name and asking me if I knew where I was,” Southard said.

When Southard tried to get out of bed, he could not stand and had no idea where he was but could see people walking around in personal protective equipment. Then the medical staff told him he had contracted COVID-19.

Southard acknowledged the terrible toll of the disease, noting he was fortunate to get the care he did.

“Unlike many others, I was fortunate to have survived due to heroic measures carried out by a fantastic group of professionals at this hospital. I’m here with you today, “ he said. “Unfortunately, nearly one million people in the United States have died due to COVID-related complications. Without the expert care from providers like you, how many more may have succumbed to this dreaded virus.”

Southard was released from Platte Valley about three weeks later, on April 15. As he was wheeled out of the hospital front entrance, members of the Brighton Police Department, Brighton Fire Rescue District, the city of Brighton, PVMC, and other local agencies applauded his recovery, and members of the police department saluted him.

Southard is not the first COVID survivor to return to the hospital to say thanks, according to hospital chaplain Rosalie Osian. It’s become

a tradition, she said.

“We had five patients visit us the past few days taking the ‘Survivor Walk.’ Three patients were admitted here with COVID in early 2020, and the other two later. We’re so excited and they are doing well. We wish that more would come,” Osian said.

Kurt Gensert, Chief Nursing Officer COO at Platte Valley, said Southard’s survival was due to the care team coming together despite not having any background knowledge on the treatment of the virus.

Instead, they had to base their treatment on intuition, trading stories with other hospitals.

As the pandemic wore on and science improved it became more of a cookbook approach, Gensert said.

“When Paul arrived, we initially figured out just what was happening in our country at the very beginning during those early days in March,” Gensert said. “When we think about the gravity of his illness in retrospect, with Paul’s instance, he was either the first or second case admitted that we did not benefit from knowing anything about how to treat the disease.”

It’s good to see him now, Gensert said.

“He was especially inspirational to the care team because we remember him being in that very foggy place, but also sort of scary place not knowing what to do,” Gensert said. “Of course, we had no vaccine at that point. And our care teams were showing up to work every day preparing about themselves in their own families, and with PPE,” he added.

But Southard said his survival happened because of the care he got.

“You are all truly angels who brought me back from the brink.

Without your dedication, many of us would not be here today. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you, my wife Karen, my family and my friends thank you, as do many more families who didn’t have the experience to lose a loved one during the pandemic,” Southard said.

His wife Karen, agreed.

“I like to say to the staff for taking such well care of my husband. The physicians, the nurses, the respiratory therapists, the CNAs environmental services kept everything so safe and clean and nutritional services,” she said. “I can imagine it was scary, it was a team effort, and they’re saving lives here. I love this hospital, the people, and the leadership. Thank you so much.”

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VOICES The outer you reflects the inner you

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ave you ever been around someone in a group setting and suddenly they say something completely out of character or unexpected? And when they realize it, they say or ask something like, “Did my inside voice just come out?” Maybe we have all experienced a moment like that, and probably even have been the one to let our inside voice come out unexpectedly.

Some of us do a really good job of controlling our words, feelings and actions when it comes to our ability to stay composed, especially when we may not necessarily agree with those around us. We have the ability to keep our outer selves restrained from saying what might really be on our heart and mind.

And then there some of us who completely wear our hearts on our sleeve. We do not have a poker face, so we make our feelings known through what we do and what comes out of our mouth. Some might even say that those of us who fall into this category don’t have a filter, when the thought pops into our minds we immediately say or act upon what we feel in that

moment.

Both types, those who stay calm and can control what they say and feel, as well as those who wear their hearts on their sleeve, are easy enough to understand and recognize. Those who demonstrate Michael Norton restraint are usually very thoughtful and really consider their words wisely before just speaking. And those who don’t hide the way they feel are more direct and to the point, and live life to its fullest with lots of emotion.

Then there are those of us who think we are showing restraint and composure trying to hide our feelings, but our tonality, our expressions, and our body language give us away. Those of us in this group should never play poker. And there are a lot of us who fall into this category, we just don’t see ourselves this way, we think we are fooling others, when they can see clearly right

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through us.

“We cannot consistently act in a way that is inconsistent with the way we see ourselves.” — Dr. Joyce Brothers A lot of how we see ourselves has to do with what we keep on the inside, and what has the potential to come out of us in moments of distress, or conflicts of any kind, and usually at the wrong time. If we are harboring feelings that are negative or angry, our outside self will reflect those emotions. We may be able to mask it for a little while, but sooner or later we will hold our tongue for so long, but then eventually our true inner feelings will be exposed.

We all fall somewhere along the spectrum of the three examples mentioned above. And in the world we are living in today we need to feed our minds and our hearts with the words of hope and encouragement, loving kindness, abundance, gentleness, benevolence, generosity and goodness.

When we feed our minds and hearts with a steady diet of the positive, our inner self will never betray our outside self.

Should we say or do what we feel and believe? Yes. Should we make sure it is said or done with respect?

Absolutely. For some of us, we know exactly where we are when it comes to displaying how we really feel. And for others, we only fool ourselves. The solution is that we say and do exactly what needs to be said or done, and to say it or do it with respect, kindness, and compassion.

How about you? Are you staying composed? Do you wear your heart on your sleeve? Or do you have the blind spot of maybe projecting what you are feeling on the inside without knowing it? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we can include a steady diet of the good, the pure, the powerful and the positive, our inside self and outside self will more than likely be in alignment, making this 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.

Village must step up until Colorado gets its act together

M

ay is Mental Health Awareness Month, and after the last two years, most of us are well aware of the state of our mental health.

Coloradans statewide are struggling with mental health more than ever. A 2021 Colorado Health Access Survey revealed that 38% of Coloradans over the age of 16 experienced a decline in mental health such as anxiety, depression, or loneliness, as the result of COVID-19.

At the same time, Mental Health America ranked Colorado dead last in the nation for access to care for adults with mental health needs.

The combination of declining wellbeing and poor access to resources has our community facing a crisis from which we must not turn away.

Mental Health Colorado has been deeply engaged in supporting the recommendations of the behavioral health task force convened by Gov. Jared Polis in 2019. Task force recommendations have resulted in a series of bills designed to fill gaps in services all over the state, most recently with the help of $450

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million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding.

This funding will enable us to build much-needed in-patient capacity — beds — for adults and youth.

We will invest in recruiting and retaining our behavioral health workforce. We will take important steps toward decriminalizing mental health, better coordinating care and resources, and much more.

These investments won’t solve all of Colorado’s problems, or solve anyone’s problems anytime soon, but they will eventually make a meaningful difference in the lives of many.

In the meantime, how do we become more resourceful and resilient without contributing to the long wait lists for professional support?

The scarcity of mental health care in our state leaves many of us to our own devices — as if this were an earlier era in history. In an age of heightened risk for suicide and harmful substance use, we must prioritize access to care and

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services for those who are at greatest risk or most seriously ill.

The rest of us will have to cultivate individual, peer-to-peer support for ourselves and those around us. We must remind one another to engage in practices that contribute to well-being. Be more proactive about reaching out to somebody who hasn’t been their usual self. Make inquiries. Offer companionship. Offer to help someone access resources — whether it be transportation, research, or caring communities.

Earlier this year, Mental Health Colorado launched a campaign to surface the real-life ways people around Colorado care for themselves and find joy, strength, or peace. The “What’s Your Peace?” campaign is meant to get people thinking about the daily steps that bolster our mental well-being, to carve out time for them with more intention, and to expand our collective toolkit by sharing them with one another.

We received “peaces” from all over the state. It was no surprise to hear that hiking, walking,

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snowboarding, and fly-fishing bring many Coloradans peace. We also heard from knitters, birdwatchers, dog-snugglers, and home cooks about their self-care habits.

They’re not competitive or performative — most of these moments never make it to Instagram. It’s the restorative or meditative nature of the activity itself that helps us keep our balance.

If only we could all knit, hike, and fish our way to holistic wellbeing. But for many of us, the challenges run deeper.

Rough days and months are still ahead. It will take years for Colorado’s new behavioral health legislation to take hold and begin to improve access to mental health care in our community. I call on family members, friends, teachers, hospital staff, first responders, and anyone who encounters someone in need to draw from — or continue to draw from — their well of kindness and humanity.

Vincent Atchity, of Centennial, is president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado.

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Immigrants honored with citizenship during ceremony 26 new U.S. citizens hailing from dozens of countries welcomed

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Completion is anticipated for August 2022.

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, during a May 9 ceremony at Belleview Elementary School in Centennial, granted citizenship to 26 immigrants hailing from 20 countries.

Residents currently live in a slew of communities in the Denver metro area and beyond including Aurora, Centennial, Commerce City, Elizabeth, Golden, Highlands Ranch, Lakewood, Parker and Sedalia.

“It was probably the happiest moment of my life,” said Fadilayda Solakkaya, who immigrated from Turkey and now lives in Parker, and is excited to have a passport, vote in elections and help her community.

Goran Vejvoda, originally from Yugoslavia, has lived in several countries and said being a U.S. citizen “is a privilege.”

“How many places are there in the world where you can speak freely and vote freely and think freely,” Vejvoda said.

New citizens, were joined by friends and family members as well as about 200 3rd, 4th and 5th-grade students. Also in attendance were county and regional leaders who shared their experiences of being an immigrant.

“Welcome to the land of hope, the land of opportunity,” said Arapahoe County Assessor PK Kaiser, who was born in India and gained U.S. citizenship in 2009. “America believes in immigrants.”

Being a citizen comes with liberties and responsibilities, said Kaiser, one of the most important being voting.

“Make sure you vote in every single election and make sure

your voice is getting heard,” Kaiser said.

District Court judge Don J. Toussaint, whose parents immigrated from Haiti to New York and then to New Jersey, where Toussaint was born, spoke of his late father’s own immigrant journey and how it reverberates with him today.

Toussaint said after his father’s death in 2020, he found a “treasure trove” of items from his life, among them his citizenship certificate from 1978.

“From the letters I read, from the letters that he wrote to his brother and sister in Port-auPrince (Haiti), how much he adored this country and how he wanted to give back to this country,” Toussaint said, adding that his father was active in helping other Haitian immigrants and victims of the AIDs pandemic that began in the 1980s.

Toussaint’s father fled a brutal dictatorship in Haiti, Toussaint said, and while he believes his father “didn’t want to leave” he knew he had no choice.

“Now, this country that I love a lot, is not a perfect country obviously,” Toussaint said. “But the ideals and the promise that this country holds makes this the perfect promise and perfect dream for millions of people.”

Attendees also heard from the school’s 4th-grade choir, who performed as a proud and triumphant chorus with words about the beauty of the U.S.’s immigrant heritage.

Before taking the Oath of Allegiance and being presented with their certificates, soon-tobe citizens heard a pre-recorded video message from President Joe Biden who celebrated the depth and diversity of the U.S.’s immigrant community.

“America’s a big country and it’s beautiful in the fact that it is so diverse,” Vejvoda said. “Like President Biden said, it’s an immigrant country in a very, very profound way. Those people got together to make things better.”

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Fifteen students awarded for kindness and caring in communities STAFF REPORT

The Fort Lupton Optimist Club awarded 15 8th-grade students who contributed to their communities this spring at an April 27 ceremony.

“We are thrilled to honor these amazing students for their strong character and contributions to their schools, community, families and friends. Kudos to these students and thank you to the families and educators who support them,” said Colleen O’Neil, Colorado Department of Education.

The students were honored with an award dinner provided by the Fort Lupton High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America FCCLA team. FCCLA

is a Career and Technical Student Organization that functions as an integral part of the Family and Consumer Sciences education curriculum and operates within the school system. More than 100 attended, including family members and other students.

“The Fort Lupton Middle School and Kenneth Homyak P-8, 8th-grade teachers themselves nominated these students. They are nominated based on their character and leadership within their grade level and peers. Specifically, students are selected because of acts they have demonstrated in school, and sometimes outside of school that show caring kindness and optimism, “O’Neil said.

The students that were honored for their work in the communities.

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BRIEFS 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.

Memorial Day at Hillside The city of Fort Lupton’s annual Memorial Day program at Hillside Cemetery, 13750 Weld County Road 12, at 9 a.m. Monday, May 30. The program begins 25 minutes later with a vintage flyover and includes presentation of the colors, a flagdraped walkway and speakers. To volunteer, visit https://www.fortluptonco.gov/FormCenter/Events-13/ Volunteer-Application-87.

Call 720-466-6101.

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 720928-4071.

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.

Gummball 5K The fifth annual Gummball Rally will be Saturday, Oct. 1 at Adams County Regional Park, 9755 Henderson Road, Brighton. The 5K walk/ run is in honor of former Adams County sheriff’s deputy Heath

Gumm, who died in the line of duty in 2018.

The cost is $30 for racers 13 and older and $10 for 12 and younger.

Those 12 and younger get in free.

Each includes a shirt/swag bag guaranteed with entry by Sept. 14.

Packets will be available for pickup at 4201 E. 72nd Ave. from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. Proceeds benefit a nonprofit that supports law enforcement and first responders.

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ONGOING Splash pad The city of Fort Lupton is searching for comments about and sponsorships for a new splash pad.

Sponsor funds will be used for the splash park and amenities. Call 303857-6694 Donation time The Fort Lupton Food & Clothing Bank is asking for donations of canned fruits and nuts, varieties of dry pasta and pasta dinners, peanut butter and canned meat such as tuna (including the pouches).

Other potential donations could include chicken, Vienna sausages, spam and salmon. The bank also needs personal items, such as toiletries and baby needs.

Drop off donations at the food and clothing bank’s back door, 421 Denver Ave., weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Call 303-857-1096.

Teen hangout Teens can stop by the Fort Lupton Pubic & School Library Wednesdays to play crafts, video games and hang out with friends after school.

Walk with a doc Platte Valley Medical Center’s cardiac rehab team and Walk With A Doc will host monthly walks with Dr. Christopher Cannon, an interventional cardiologist at Brighton Heart and Vascular Institute.

This is a walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. After a few minutes to learn about a current health topic from the doctor, spend the rest of the hour enjoying a healthy walk and a fun conversation.

It’s a great way to get out, get active and enjoy all the benefits that come from walking.

Blessings in a Bag Fort Lupton’s Backpack Program helps school children in need with a backpack of healthy food. It’s an all-volunteer program and is in need of volunteers. If interested in volunteering or donating, call 303-718-4440.

Mail donations to Blessings in a Bag, 306 Park Ave., Fort Lupton 80621.

Learn more at: https://www.fortluptonco.gov/950/Senior-Pen-PalProgram

Drop-in child care The Fort Lupton Recreation Center offers drop-in child care from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call 303857-4200.

Free short-term radon test kits Weld County residents can receive a free radon test kit (one per household, while supplies last). Test kits can be requested online at www. drhomeair.com/weld, according to a statement.

Call the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment at (970) 400-2226 or visit: www.weldgov. com/go/radon.

Committee openings Fort Lupton has openings for several of its citizen advisory committees. Visit https://www.fortluptonco. gov/966/I-Want-To-Apply-for-a-Committee.

Boards/committees’ openings The city of Fort Lupton is looking for volunteers for its historic preservation board, the Fort Lupton Urban Renewal Authority, FLURA business representative (a five-year term), FLURA alternate member (term expires March 5, 2023) and library board trustee (term expires December 2024).

Call Alyssa Knutson at 720-466-6128.

Fort Lupton senior lunches Senior lunches are available at noon Mondays at the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. Sign up by noon the previous Thursday. Call 303-857-4200, ext. 6166.

Coffee group Fort Lupton’s weekly coffee group sessions are at 8 a.m. Wednesdays.

Call 303-857-4200.

Silver Sneakers Silver Sneaker Yoga is available Fridays from 9 to 9:45 a.m. and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the Fort Lupton recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. Water aerobics The city’s water aerobics class meets from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at thke Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. Call 303-857-4200.

Pen pals Fort Lupton’s senior pen pal program through Twombly Elementary School is looking for participants.

Craft classes Monthly craft classes through the Fort Lupton Recreation Center (203 S. Harrison Ave.) are available. Call 303-857-4200, ext. 6166 with questions.

Warm Line up and running Community Reach Center is offering a Warm Line (303-280-6602) for those who want to talk to mentalhealth professionals about anxiety, lack of sleep and strained relationships, among other topics. The professionals can facilitate referrals to other programs for assistance.

The line is not for crisis intervention. Those feeling unsafe or suicidal should call Colorado Crisis Services (1-844-493-8255) or text 38255 or visit the Behavioral Urgent Care Center, 2551 W. 84th Ave., Westminster.

Also, the center’s COVID-19 Heroes Program is set up to assist healthcare workers during the pandemic.

Those who live or work in Adams County can receive up to six free counseling sessions. Use the Warm Line for support and free counseling.

Brighton’s community intake location is at 1850 E. Egbert St., on the second floor. It’s open from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesdays.

Here’s a list of locations where you can receive a test for COVID-19: Brighton Advanced Urgent Care, 2801 Purcell St. Call 303-659-9700 or visit https://advurgent.com/locations/brighton/ Brighton Salud, 1860 E. Egbert St. Testing is available on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Call 303-6972583 or visit https://www.saludclinic. org/covid-testing Fort Lupton Salud, 1115 Second St. Testing is available on Tuesday and Thursday. Call 303-697-2583 or visit https://www.saludclinic.org/covidtesting

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Fort Lupton’s Chavez aims for college ball

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

AURORA – Fort Lupton’s senior catcher Zavian Chavez stood in the wind alongside his team’s dugout after a 12-6 loss at Aurora Central High School on May 11.

He’s one of seven seniors – Isaac Rodriguez, Christian Lechleitner, Manny Sandoval, Romero Garcia, Dominic Chavez and Hunter Harris are the others – who will graduate later this month.

“We were doing well. But then, I feel like we always lose at the end,” Chavez said. “We have a great team here. It’s been a great career here.

Sometimes, the outcomes don’t come.

I feel like how I play, I come out and ready to play every game.”

Chavez hit two home runs and drove in 13 runs for FLHS this season while batting .452. He also had a perfect fielding percentage behind the plate.

“I’ve learned to keep on going and not quit,” Chavez said. “If the other team is talking, just keep doing you.

Play for the team. But if the other team is talking, you shut them up by showing them. I learned to stay calm, humble and keep going.”

Chavez said that part of the game was hard to learn at first.

“I just wanted to go out there and

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Fort Lupton’s Jesse Ceretto backs away from an inside pitch during an at-bat against Aurora Central High School May 11. ACHS ralPHOTO BY STEVE SMITH lied for a 12-6 win.

talk back. But at the same time, it was making me play worse,” Chavez said. “I was in my head talking the whole time. And now that I’m listening, it makes me want to play better.

I’m more relaxed.”

Given his position on the field, it’s easy to hear everything from everybody.

“I’m behind the plate, so I hear pretty much everything from the fans and the players,” Chavez said.

“Usually, I tell the players to let them

talk and you do you. You shut them up by playing well.”

FLHS has had three baseball coaches in the last two seasons, including two since the first of this year.

“It’s hard getting chemistry from the coaches, knowing how they coach,” he said. “Getting used to their program is the only hard thing about it. We have good coaches. We just haven’t shown it yet. The game is the same, no matter which coach it is. You play how they coach.”

Chavez has his eyes on college baseball. One such place that interests him is North Dakota at Bottineau.

“I’m interested. I want to play college ball,” Chavez said. “The only thing that’s stopping me is I don’t know what to study. I’m scared about leaving Colorado. That seems kind of far. I’ve never been anywhere else.

It’d be a new adventure.

“And maybe I can go out there and play my hardest.”

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Girls basketball Former Frederick High School girls basketball coach Brett Andersen is the new girls basketball coach at Fort Morgan High School.

College softball Fort Lupton native and former Brighton High School player Sarah Tiffany earned a spot on the second-team, all-Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association team this spring. She led Fort Hays (Kan.) State in batting (.352) and in slugging percentage (.483). She finished the season with 10 doubles, three home runs and 25 RBIs.

Umpires needed The city of Fort Lupton is looking for umpires for its youth baseball program.

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S P O R T S SCORECARD Fort Lupton HS Track and field LONGMONT -- Fort Lupton’s Payton Falhauber finished 44th in the girls high jump at the St. Vrain Hoka Invitational at Longmont High School May 13. Her best height was 4 feet 4 inches.

Frederick HS Track and field LONGMONT -- Frederick’s Gracie Wilts was eighth in the girls high jump at the St. Vrain HOKA Invitational May 13 at Logmont High School. Her top height was 4 feet 10 1/2 inches, The boys 4-by-800-meter relay team (Garrett Colvin, Quinn McNeill, Alexander Carrillo and Chase Svela) was eighth in a time of 8:33.89.

Baseball Thompson Valley beat Frederick 12-5 in the first game of a home-and-

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home series May 10 in Frederick.

Zach McVay had three hits and drove in three runs for TVHS. Javier Flores had three hits and drove in a pair of runs.

No stats were available for FHS. TVHS completed the series sweep in Loveland May 12 by a score of 18-8. Cruz Zamudio led the Warriors with three hits and three RBIs. Fort Morgan beat the Warriors 8-3 on the Mustangs’ field May 14.

Frank Ortega and Briggs Wheatley had base hits and two RBIs for Fort Morgan. Bodie Wheatley had two hits and drove in a run.

No stats were available for FHS. Girls golf LOVELAND -- Frederick took seventh place in the team standings at the Longs Peak League meet May 12 at the Olde Course.

Zoe Millard was the team medalist with her score of 106. Makayla Miller had a 111, and Danica Dennis finished with a 122. starts at 7, and the tournament’s shotgun start is at 8.

The four-person scramble tournament features prizes for the firstplace team, hole contests and raffles.

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Democrats abandon pursuit of wildfire building code State remains one of eight in nation without some kind of uniform building code

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A contentious effort to set stiffer construction standards for homes built in wildfire-prone parts of Colorado was abandoned as the 2022 lawmaking term came to a close with too many other proposals on the legislature’s to-do list.

As the General Assembly neared its end, Republicans in the Colorado Senate threatened to halt the entire legislative process in protest if the policy — which was backed by Gov. Jared Polis and was negotiated in private for weeks — was advanced.

With dozens of bills still left to be debated, Democrats backed off the proposal that came in the wake of the 2021 Marshall Fire, the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history.

“We got close,” said Sen. Chris Hansen, a Denver Democrat who was pushing for the policy. “Just didn’t get the right configuration.”

He plans to try again next legislative session, which begins in January 2023, after what officials say will be a dangerous summer for wildfire.

The Democratic majority in the legislature had to leave a lot of legislation on the cutting room floor as time ran out and Republicans

Area emergency personnel who fought the Marshall Fire called the scene apocalyptic with flames 40 feet high and embers flying COURTESY PHOTO everywhere in 100 mph winds.

stalled the legislative process.

The “minority is using the only tool they have — which is obstruction,” said state Rep. Chris Kennedy, a Lakewood Democrat.

The fire proposal would have created a board tasked with developing statewide building standards for the wildland-urban interface, the area where development and nature meet. It immediately prompted controversy when it was introduced as a proposed amendment to House

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length of the bill itself,” Holbert said, after lawmakers emerged. “I just think it’s inappropriate that that be sprung on us at the last minute.”

The amendment was withdrawn.

Local or state control?

The idea behind the proposal was to ask people living in wildfire-prone parts of the state to help address Colorado’s fire vulnerability. The legislature has spent tens of millions of dollars on fire mitigation, response and recovery in recent years, which some see as fiscally unsustainable.

The state has experienced its four t largest and most destructive fires in r the past two years and state officials t c recently warned that Colorado could be headed toward its worst wildfire summer in modern history.a a “Improved building codes lead to less fire risk and ultimately less s damage,” Hansen said. “They have p T the advantage of lowering insurance costs for homeowners. From o r the state budget perspective, the less damage that’s done, the better s t for the state budget.” t Adopting a statewide building code could also have given Colorado s a leg up in applying for federal grant funding. The lack of a state- a wide building code cost Colorado 20 d of 100 points in recent bids for $74 w n million in FEMA grant money. h But the amendment’s drafting and introduction quickly frustrated d e opponents of statewide building codes, who saw the proposal as r a last-minute attempt to force a broad spectrum of communities to F comply with a top-down policy. Par- w ticularly irksome to some critics is c that Polis’ office pushed the amendment despite recently touting his preference for local control over a statewide approach on other issues, including a failed proposed statewide ban of flavored tobacco and nicotine products.

“He’s mercurial when it comes to local control,” said House Minority Leader Hugh McKean, a Loveland Republican. “If it’s energy policy, they want state control. If it’s …

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Effort to ban sale of flavored tobacco, nicotine products fails State Senate committee rejects measure, moving issue back to local control

BY JESSE PAUL AND SHANNON NAJMABADI THE COLORADO SUN

A heavily lobbied, bipartisan effort to ban the sale of flavored tobacco and nicotine products, including menthol cigarettes, in Colorado was rejected by a state Senate committee on May 10, punting the issue back to cities and counties.

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 5-2 to reject House Bill 1064, with Democratic Sens. Robert Rodriguez and Rachel Zenzinger joining the three Republicans on the committee in voting against the measure.

The legislation, which was aimed at reducing teen tobacco and nicotine use, faced slim odds of becoming law due to opposition from Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, who said that he would prefer the issue to be regulated at the local level. The bill also was projected to siphon some $25 million annually from Polis’ fledgling free preschool program, a Polis campaign promise which is funded through taxes on tobacco and nicotine products.

The demise of House Bill 1064 comes about 36 hours before Colo-

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tobacco, for instance, then that’s a responsibility they don’t want to take on so then they shunt it to local control.”

The amendment would have created a 17-member board tasked with adopting by mid-2024 statewide standards to reduce fire risk for people and property in the state.

The board would have then periodically updated the codes, issued rules on how to enforce them and set fees or other charges to defray the anticipated costs of enacting them.

It’s unclear what parts of the state the stricter standards would apply to. The new board would have determined what buildings and what “lands” were subject to the new code; cities or counties could have chosen to adopt stronger standards or petitioned the board for an exemption.

The proposal was based on recent recommendations from a Colorado Fire Commission subcommittee, which is made up of at least two county commissioners. Polis last

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It also comes after the Biden administration last month announced it would be trying to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.

“Smoking in schools have been going on since before I was born,” Rodriguez said before voting “no” on the bill. “And I don’t know if this is going to stop that.”

A number of cities and towns in Colorado have passed flavored nicotine and tobacco bans, but several mayors have requested state action because they say a patchwork of policies wouldn’t be effective.

“It is not a prohibitive enough barrier if our youth are simply able to travel across Denver’s border to the nearest convenience store and obtain flavored tobacco products,” Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, who vetoed a flavored tobacco ban in the Mile High City last year, wrote in a letter explaining his thinking.

State Rep. Kyle Mullica, a Federal Heights Democrat who was a prime sponsor of the bill, said the measure’s demise was “incredibly disappointing” and that he would continue to push for a ban on flavored tobacco and nicotine products.

“We ran House Bill 1064 because we wanted to fight for the health of our communities and kids,” he said. “The science and data is on our side. This is an epidemic our state is facing.”

He said the well-funded tobacco inyear directed the group to look into building and land use planning policies the state could adopt to ward off fire damage.

Polis and other proponents of the amendment believed they’d devised a statewide policy with enough flexibility to appease local-control advocates.

It was “designed specifically with Colorado’s local-control needs in mind,” Polis’ spokeswoman Melissa Dworkin said in a statement.

But despite the memory of the Marshall Fire, and the backing of Polis and the state fire commission subcommittee, the proposal still crumbled — demonstrating how polarizing the issue of state building codes remains in Colorado, a home-rule state with a strong local control ethos.

While some local governments in Colorado have adopted their own wildfire mitigation programs, the state remains one of eight in the nation without some kind of minimum building code, nonpartisan Joint Budget Committee staff said in a 2021 budget briefing.

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dustry was, at least in part, responsible for the bill’s failure.

They had “business on the line,” he said. “But when we look at policy down here, I don’t know how we don’t put the health of our kids first.”

Altria and another tobacco giant, Reynolds American, respectively spent $149,000 and $173,000 on lobbying in Colorado from July 2021 through the end of March.

The national nonprofit Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, which was supply chain woes, inflation and a statewide housing shortage.

Some local officials support idea of statewide code Still, advocates for a building code hope that attitudes are changing as fire seasons grow longer and more destructive in the drought-stricken West.

Local officials whose communities were burned by the Marshall fire, for example, expressed support for a wildfire-prevention building code in recent hearings. The December 2021 fire burned more than 1,000 homes in Boulder County, many of them near open space.

Ashley Stolzmann, the mayor of Louisville, one of the cities hardest hit by the Marshall fire, said she thought the proposal was “wonderful.”

Underinsurance and lack of private-sector funding meant the state was acting as a backstop for rebuilding efforts, leaving them with a financial incentive to pass the proposal, she said.

Louisville resident Tawnya Somauroo, whose home burned in the Marshall Fire, told lawmakers she was frustrated at the prospect that her neighborhood would rebuild

leading the charge to pass the bill, spent nearly $181,000 on lobbying through the end of March. It had 25 lobbyists and lobbying firms working on the measure.

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only to end up as vulnerable to fire as before.

“It’s bad enough to lose your home in an urban-mega fire,” she said. “But knowing that you (are rebuilding) in a neighborhood that is going to be set up to burn again catastrophically and exactly the same way if another fire comes along — that keeps me up at night.”

Mike Morgan, director of the Division of Fire Prevention and Control and a member of the state Fire Commission, said that officials try not to “reinvent the wheel” — as other states have models that could be exported — but they wanted a solution that recognized the uniqueness of Colorado.

“While that is a break from the norm if you will — of the way we’ve done things in the past — we can’t keep doing the same things over and over and expecting different outcomes either,” he said.

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“One thing that’s clear is if you had the first two shots, get the third,” he said. “There’s some data from Israel that that fourth shot helps, at least for a while.”

COVID is ‘mixed bag’ in Colorado The latest COVID-19 data in Colorado is a decidedly mixed bag.

COVID-19 hospitalizations rose to 110 last week — up 33 since midApril. But that’s 1,500 fewer than the highest level recorded in the omicron wave.

The positivity rate for COVID-19 test is staying above the key 5 percent threshold as public health officials closely watch. As of Thursday, the positive test rate was 6.3 percent, according to state data. It’s been above 6 percent for the last week and doubled since mid-March. But it’s five times lower than January’s omicron wave peak.

Wastewater surveillance data showed a pronounced spike in virus detected in mid-April and another smaller rise at the end of last month.

“So much of what happens next in this pandemic depends on the next variant or variants,” which is why continuing to encourage Coloradans to get vaccinated and boosted is key, Samet added. “If we had one (variant) with a high degree of immune escape, that is vaccine acquired protection is not great against the variant, that would be a problem.”

Are we flying blind?

Other public health experts worry Colorado and the U.S. may be flying blind. Many governments dropped non-pharmaceutical interventions like masking and contact tracing, while not beefing up surveillance enough to give warning of a potential coming surge, said May Chu, an epidemiologist and clinical professor, also at the Colorado School of Public Health.

“I think the trend away from contact tracing, from not promoting vaccination and boosters and the promotion of at home-testing, whose results are not seen by pub-

lic health,” because most are not reported to health departments, “all point to an uneasy second half of the year,” Chu said.

“We are far from being ‘endemic,’ the point where the pandemic has become predictable, Chu said.

“New variants are rising and most of the world is blind to that.”

Two omicron subvariants, which have emerged since the start of the year account for nearly all of Colorado’s cases, after first delta, then the original omicron variant swamped the state. In the most recent data posted to the state dashboard, the BA.2 subvariant makes up 74 percent and BA.2.12.1 comprises 14 percent. But that’s as of the week of April 10, so that data hasn’t been updated in nearly a month, according to the state’s dashboard.

Billions in funding for further COVID-19 prevention and protection is stalled in Congress. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis in March urged Congress to approve more money “to secure enough booster vaccine doses for all Americans and invest in variant-specific vaccines or a pan-COVID vaccine.”

It would protect against a range of variants should the science and data demonstrate the need, he said.

Wide disparities in vaccinations in Colorado Though vaccination has grown steadily in Colorado since vaccines first started to become available late in 2020, the pandemic’s first year, there’s wide variability across the state and across populations.

One group has lagged consistently behind when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines: Hispanics.

Just 40 percent of that population has been vaccinated with at least one dose, according to the state’s dashboard. State models suggest the actual number may be higher, 48 percent.

Either way it’s measured, that trails all other groups for which the state has recorded information including white Coloradans (78 percent), as well as Black or African-American (66 percent), Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (69 percent), American Indian or Alaska Native (73 percent)

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residents.

“I am still seeing first and second vaccines. We are leaving my community behind,” said Julissa Soto, an independent health equity consultant who works with the state.

Soto said she and others have helped vaccinate some 15,000 Latinos since last fall, but would like the numbers to be much higher.

“Everyone is talking about the fourth booster and my community still struggles to get their first and second dose.”

Where the gaps are Gaps persist as well, comparing the state’s urban, suburban and rural counties.

More than 80 percent of those residents 5 and up have gotten two doses in Denver, several metro counties, and some mountain counties.

The figure is better than 70 percent for other large Front Range counties: Jefferson, Douglas, Arapahoe, Adams and Larimer counties.

For El Paso County it’s 67 percent, Pueblo County is at 61 percent and Mesa County, on the western slope, is at 54 percent.

Fewer than 50 percent of residents are vaccinated in many

sparsely populated rural Colorado counties. In Kiowa, Rio Blanco, Cheyenne, Washington and Dolores counties the rate is below 40 percent.

The spotty coverage leaves under-vaccinated areas especially vulnerable to future outbreaks.

Even where vaccination rates are higher, vaccine effectiveness wanes over time and almost half of all Coloradans have yet to get a booster dose, on top of the first two shots.

Chu also worries about another virus taking off in the coming months: the flu. She said Colorado has essentially not had to battle much influenza for two flu seasons now, because COVID-19 precautions also limited the spread of the flu. But “that could rise sharply this year,” she said.

Chu said work is underway to develop a “global platform” to monitor exposure to COVID-19 and other diseases of public health concern, “but this has many moving pieces. We cannot let our guard up just yet.”

This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source.

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303-566-4123 Public Public Notices Notices call call 303-566-4123 Date of Notice: May 4, 2022 NOTICE OF CHANGE IN TARIFFS ON LESS THAN 30-DAYS’ NOTICE Atmos Energy Corporation (“Atmos Energy”) 1555 Blake Street Denver, Colorado 80202 You are hereby notified that Atmos Energy has filed with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado (“PUC”), in compliance with the Public Utilities Law, an application for Class of Service by Division

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North Colorado* Residential

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Small Commercial, Commercial

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1.14627

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Irrigation

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Transportation

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2022CW3061 (12CW179) CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS UTILITY please send all correspondence and pleadings to: Steven O. Sims, #9961 and Dulcinea Z. Hanuschak, #44342, BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP at 410 17th Street, Suite 2200, Denver, CO 80202 Phone Number: (303) 223-1100 Fax Number: (303) 223-1111 Email: ssims@bhfs.com; dhanuschak@bhfs.com ENTERPRISE APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE IN ADAMS, ARAPAHOE, DOUGLAS, AND WELD COUNTIES. 1.

Name, Address and Telephone Number of Applicant: City of Aurora, Colorado, a municipal corporation of the Counties of Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas acting by and through its Utility Enterprise (“Aurora Water” or “Applicant”) 15151 East Alameda Parkway, Suite 3600 Aurora, Colorado 800121555 Telephone: 303-739-7370 2. Description of the Subject Water Rights: Aurora Water is the owner of and seeks a finding of reasonable diligence for the Rumsey Recharge Facility and the Rumsey Reservoir No. 1 and the Rumsey Reservoir No. 2 (collectively, the “Subject Water Rights”).

The Subject Water Rights are conditional water rights that were originally decreed in Case No. 12CW179 (decree entered April 27, 2016) to Aurora Water’s predecessors-in-interest, Sorin Natural Resources Partners, LLC and Big Thompson Investment Holdings, LLC. 3. CONDITIONAL RECHARGE RIGHT 3.1 Name of Structure: Rumsey Recharge Facility 3.2 Legal Description: The Rumsey Recharge Facility is located within the Rumsey North parcel as shown on Exhibit A. Seven ponds have been constructed within the Rumsey Recharge Facility at the locations described below. 3.2.1 North Ponds (Nos. 1-6): SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 , Section 35, Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 1,140’ FSL, 1,780’ FEL. 3.2.2 West Pond: SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 35, Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 870’ FSL, 1,270’ FWL. 3.2.3Applicant may seek to construct or otherwise develop additional recharge ponds on the Rumsey Farm but addition of new recharge facilities will be limited to operations decreed separately by the Water Court after the filing of a new application, publication, and entry of a decree.

3.3 Points of Diversion: 3.3.1 Godfrey Ditch: the decreed point of diversion for the Godfrey Ditch headgate is located in the SE 1/4 of Section 3, Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. (WDID No. 0200830), decreed capacity of 57.71 c.f.s.; 3.3.2 Union Ditch: the decreed point of diversion of the Union Ditch headgate is located in the NE 1/4 of Section 18, Township 4 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M. (WDID No. 0200828), decreed capacity of 194.0 c.f.s.; 3.4 Source: Water available from the South Platte River and its tributaries.

3.5 Date of Appropriation: July 31, 2012 3.6 Amount: 5.0 c.f.s. total, CONDITIONAL, to be measured at either the Godfrey Ditch Headgate or the Union Ditch Headgate, or any combination thereof. 3.7 Delivery: In addition to the conditional amount described above, consumptive use water associated with the Applicant’s Godfrey Ditch and Big Bend Ditch water rights changed in Case No. 12CW179 may also be delivered via existing ditches or new pipelines to the Rumsey Recharge Facility where it will be distributed among the recharge ponds as shown on Exhibit A. 3. 8 Decreed Uses: augmentation, replacement, recharge, and exchange associated with the plan for augmentation decreed in Case No. 14CW3046 and any other plans for augmentation that Applicant may decree in the future. Augmentation and replacement uses are fully consumptive.

4. CONDITIONAL STORAGE RIGHTS 4.1.

Name of Structure: Rumsey Reservoir No. 1 4.1.1 Legal Description: Rumsey Reservoir No. 1 will be constructed within the Rumsey South parcel as shown on Exhibit A, or within the NW 1/4 SW 1/4 Section 3, and the SE 1/4 of Section 4, Township 4 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M. in Weld County, Colorado. 4.1.2 Source: Water available from the South Platte River and its tributaries. 4.1.3 Name and capacity of ditch or ditches to fill Rumsey Reservoir No. 1 and legal description: 4.1.3.1 Godfrey Ditch, located as described above, with a decreed capacity of 57.71 c.f.s. 4.1.3.2 Union Ditch, located as described above, with a decreed capacity of 194 c.f.s. 4.1.4 Date of Appropriation: July 31, 2012 4.1.5 Amount: 1,000 acre-feet CONDITIONAL, with a right of refill of an additional 250 acre-feet. The rate of diversion is 50 c.f.s, in combination with the diversion to Rumsey Reservoir No. 2. 4.1.6 Uses: irrigation, augmentation, replacement, application to recharge and exchange, with right to completely consume the consumable portion of the water by first use, including use for augmentation and replacement in the plans for augmentation approved in Case No. 12CW179 and Case No. 14CW3046 and other plans for augmentation that Applicant may get decreed in the future. Irrigation uses shall be limited to the Rumsey North and Rumsey South parcels. 4.1.7 Surface Area: Approximately 100 acres. 4.1.7.1 Vertical Height of Dam: N/A, a lined reservoir will be constructed in place and will be below grade; it will be a non-jurisdictional dam. Rumsey Reservoir No. 1 will be constructed as to not intercept ground water and will comply with the State Engineer’s Office’s lining criteria for reservoirs. 4.1.7.2 Length of Dam: N/A. 4.1.8 Total Capacity of Reservoir: 1,000 acre-feet CONDITIONAL 4.1.8.1 Active Capacity: 1,000 acre-feet 4.1.8.1 Dead Storage: 0 acre-feet 4.2 Name of Structure: Rumsey Reservoir No. 2 4.2.1 Legal Description. Rumsey Reservoir No. 2 will be constructed within the Rumsey Property as depicted on Exhibit A or within the S 1/2 SE 1/4 Section 34 and S 1/2 SW 1/4 Section 35, Township 5 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M. in Weld County, Colorado. 4.2.2 Name and capacity of ditch or ditches to fill Rumsey Reservoir No. 2 and legal description: 4.2.2.1 Godfrey Ditch, located as described above, with a decreed capacity of 57.71 c.f.s. 4.2.2.2 Union Ditch, located as described above, with a decreed capacity of 194 c.f.s. 4.2.3 Source: Water avail-

The public hearings shall be held at the Fort Lupton City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Avenue in Fort Lupton, Colorado. In the event that City Hall is closed at the time of the hearings, the public hearings will be held remotely, accessible to the public by phone and internet. Information on how to attend the hearings will be provided in the agenda as posted on the City’s website, www.fortluptonco.gov.

Further information is available through the City Planning and Building Department at (303) 857-6694.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY ATTEND LEGAL DESCRIPTION THAT PART OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE SW CORNER OF SAID SW 1/4; THENCE N 00° 00’ 00” E ON AN ASSUMED BEARING ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SW 1/4 A DISTANCE OF 1275.75 FEET TO A POINT 1374.60 FEET SOUTH OF THE NW CORNER OF SAID SW 1/4 OF SECTION 5; THENCE N 90° 00’ 00” E A DISTANCE OF 155.00 FEET; THENCE N 00° 00’ 00” E PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID SW 1/4 A DISTANCE OF 100.00 FEET; THENCE N 90° 00’ 00” E A DISTANCE OF 275.20 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY ROW LINE OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD; THENCE S 00° 12’ 18” E ALONG SAID WESTERLY ROW LINE A DISTANCE OF 1377.02 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SW 1/4; THENCE N 89° 50’ 05” W ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 435.13 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. LESS AND EXCEPT THE SOUTH 30 FEET AND THE WEST 30 FEET Legal Notice No. FLP633 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: May 19, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice The Lupton Meadows Ditch Company a Colorado Corporation has been notified and an official Demand made for the issue of a replacement stock certificate for the following original certificate.

Certificate# 654 for seventy-nine shares issued to Public Trustee for the Farm Credit Bank, lien holder and Johnson and Smith LLP equity owners. Should anyone feel that they have a right or claim of interest or ownership of said Certificate an official notice and claim shall be made with the Company Secretary, Howard Cantrell, 11016 CR 23, Ft Lupton CO 80621. Such notice shall be made within 30 days of the last publication of this notice which shall be on May26, 2022 . If no Claims have been received by the end of the 30 day period other than by the filer of the original notification, the Company shall issue a replacement certificate and any and all rights under the original certificate shall immediately cease and there can be no further assertions or claims made against the Company with regards to the original certificate. This is in accordance with CRS 7-42114 to 7-42-117.

Legal Notice No. FLP608 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: May26, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice The Lupton Meadows Ditch Company a Colorado Corporation has been notified and an official Demand made for the issue of a replacement stock certificate for the following original certificate. Certificate# 667 for ten shares issued Johnson and Smith LLP. Should anyone feel that they have a right or claim of interest or ownership of said Certificate an official notice and claim shall be made with the Company Secretary, Howard Cantrell, 11016 CR 23, Ft Lupton CO 80621. Such notice shall be made within 30 days of the last publication of this notice which shall be on May 26, 2022. If no Claims have been received by the end of the 30 day period other than by the filer of the original notification, the Company shall issue a replacement certificate and any and all rights under the original certificate shall immediately cease and there can be no further assertions or claims made against the Company with regards to the original certificate. This is in accordance with CRS 7-42-114 to 7-42-117.

Legal Notice No. FLP607 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: May 26, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Water Court Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO APRIL 2022 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER

able from the South Platte River and its tributaries.

4.2.4 Date of Appropriation: July 31, 2012 4.2.5 Amount: 1,000 acre-feet, CONDITIONAL, with a right of refull of an additional 250 acre-feet. The rate of diversion is 50 c.f.s. in combination with the diversion to Rumsey Reservoir No. 1. 4.2.6 Uses: irrigation, augmentation, replacement, application to recharge and exchange, with right to completely consume the consumable portion of the water by first use, including use for augmentation and replacement in the plans for augmentation approved in Case No. 12CW179 and Case No. 14CW3046 and other plans for augmentation that Applicant may get decreed in the future. Irrigation uses shall be limited to the Rumsey North and Rumsey South parcels. 4.2.7 Surface Area: approximately 70 acres 4.2.7.1 Vertical Height of Dam: N/A, the lined reservoir will be constructed below grade and will be a non-jurisdictional dam.

Rumsey Reservoir No. 2 will be constructed as to not intercept ground water and will comply with the State Engineer’s Office lining criteria. 4.2.7.2 Length of Dam: N/A 4.2.8 Total Capacity of Reservoir: 1,000 acre-feet CONDITIONAL 4.2.8.1 Active Capacity: 1,000 acre-feet 4.2.8.2 Dead Storage: 0 acre-feet 5. Detailed Outline of Activity During the Diligence Period: During the diligence period, the Applicant has made substantial expenditures, including consultant engineering and legal costs associated with acquiring the Subject Water Rights. The following summary of Applicant’s diligence activities is not exclusive and may be supplemented with additional evidence of these or of other diligence activities: 5.1 On June 29, 2021, Aurora Water purchased the Subject Water Rights, other water rights associated with the Subject Water Rights, and approximately 517 acres of land, including land on which infrastructure for the Subject Water Rights is located, at a cost of approximately $21,000,000.00. 5.2 In connection with this water and associated land purchase, Aurora Water expended approximately $124,216 in legal fees and $40,000 in engineering fees. 5.3 Aurora Water expended approximately $12,000 on ditch and land management activities, including cleaning of lateral ditches that deliver water to the Rumsey Recharge Facility and ditch bank stabilization work. 6. Names(s) and Address(es) of Owner(s) of Structures: Names and addresses of owners or reputed owners of the land upon which any new diversion or storage structure, or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure is or will be constructed, or upon which water is or will be stored, including any modification to the existing storage pool are: Applicant. Aurora Water shall not use any structure or land to which they do not have legal interest. WHEREFORE, Applicant requests: 1. A finding of reasonable diligence as to all of the Subject Water Rights; and 2. Such other relief as the Court deems just and proper. (Application and Exhibit A 7 pages)

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

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

Legal Notice No. FLP631 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: May 19, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO APRIL 2022 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of APRIL 2022 for each County affected.

2022CW3052 (Former Case Nos. 15CW3045 and 00CW262) APPLICATION OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER FOR A SEXENNIAL FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE IN ADAMS, JEFFERSON AND WELD COUNTIES, COLORADO. Name and address of Applicant: City of Westminster (“Westminster”), 4800 West 92nd Avenue, Westminster, Colorado 80030; (303) 658-2400. Applicant’s Attorney: Lee H. Johnson, Mason H. Brown, Katrina B. Fiscella, Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, LLC, 1900 Grant Street, Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado 80203, Phone Number: (303) 861-9000. 2. Name of Structures: In Case No. 00CW262, Westminster adjudicated four conditional exchanges; the Jim Baker Reservoir Exchange, the West Gravel Lakes Exchange, the Wattenberg Lake Exchange, and the Metro/ BDCWWTP Exchange, all as described in the decree in Case No. 00CW262. These conditional exchanges involve the following structures: Jim Baker Reservoir, West Gravel Lakes, Wattenberg Lake, the Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation District Plant, Westminster’s Big Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Church Ditch, the Farmers’ High Line Canal, the Croke Canal, the Kershaw Ditch, the Manhart Ditch, the Lower Clear Creek Ditch, the Brantner Ditch, the Brighton Ditch, the Wattenberg Well Field and the Wattenberg

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Public Notices Pipeline, all as described in the decree in Case No. 00CW262. A general map of Westminster’s Water Supply System is attached as Exhibit A. The locations of the above-named structures are as follows: A. Jim Baker Reservoir is located in the S1/2 of the NE1/4 and the N1/2 of the SE1/4 of Section 7, Township 3 South, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., in Adams County, Colorado. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate location of the Jim Baker Reservoir outlet works utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (496995 E, 4406098 N).

B. The West Gravel Lakes are located in portions of Section 25 and 36, Township 2 South, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M, Adams County, Colorado.

The outfall of the West Gravel Lakes is located in the W1/2 of the NW1/4 of Section 30, Township 2 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate location of the West Gravel Lakes outlet works pump house utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (505031 E, 4411328 N).

C. Wattenberg Lake will be located in Sections 25 and 36, Township 1 North, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., and Section 30, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M. Wattenberg Lake may be filled by releases from the Brantner Ditch, the Brighton Ditch, the Wattenberg Pipeline located NE1/4 of Section 1, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, and the Wattenberg Well Field located immediately adjacent to Wattenberg Lake and the South Platte River, more particularly located in the S1/2 of the NE1/4 and the E1/2 of the SW1/4 and the SE1/4 of Section 25, Township 1 North, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado and the W1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 30, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. D. The outfall from the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District Plant, (“Metro”) is located at a point on the East bank of the South Platte River in Section 1, Township 3 South, Range 68 West, which lies 1,400 feet East of the SW corner of said Section 1, County of Adams, State of Colorado. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate relevant location utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (503898 E, 4406978 N). E. The outfall from Westminster’s Big Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (“BDCWWTP”) is located at a point on the north bank of Big Dry Creek 400 feet east of Huron Street in the NW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 27, Township 1 South, Range 68 West, of the 6th P.M., County of Adams, State of Colorado. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate relevant location utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (500574 E, 4420578 N). F. The Church Ditch, also known as the Golden City and Ralston Creek Ditch, is located on the north bank of Clear Creek at a point in the NE1/4 of Section 32, Township 3 South, Range 70 West, Jefferson County, Colorado, 1450 feet S69̊ 30’W from the northeast corner of said section. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate relevant location utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (478991 E, 4400296 N).

G. The Farmers’ High Line Canal, located: (i) On the North bank of Clear Creek in the SW1/4 of Section 27, Township 3 South, Range 70 West, a short distance below the Ford Street Bridge across Clear Creek in the City of Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate relevant location utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (481286 E, 4400999 N). (ii) At a point on the West or Upper Bank of Farmers’ High Line Canal where the Farmers’ High Line Canal crosses Little Dry Creek in the NE1/4 of Section 13, Township 3 South, Range 70 West, Jefferson County, Colorado. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate relevant location utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (489905 E, 4410896 N). H. The Croke Canal, located: (i) The Croke Canal headgate on the north bank of Clear Creek in the NW 1/4 NE 1/4 of Section 26, Township 3 South, Range 70 West, 6th P.M., Jefferson County, Colorado. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate relevant location utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (483408 E, 4402089 N). (ii) At a point on Ralston Creek where the Croke Canal crosses Ralston Creek in Section 1, Township 3 South, Range 70 West, 6th P.M., Jefferson County, Colorado, at a point near the center of said Section 1. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate relevant location utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (485119 E, 4407842 N). I. The Kershaw Ditch located on the North Bank of Clear Creek in the NE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 18, Township 3 South, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate relevant location utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (496254 E, 4405228 N).

J. The Manhart Ditch located on the North bank of Ralston Creek in the SW1/4 of Section 12, Township 3 South, Range 69 West of the 6th P.M., Jefferson County, Colorado. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate relevant location utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (494178 E, 4405876 N). K. The Lower Clear Creek Ditch is located on the north bank of Clear Creek at a point 1400 feet west and 1200 feet north of the SE corner of Section 4, Township 3 South, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County Colorado.

Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate relevant location utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (499883 E, 4407356 N). L. The Brantner Ditch is located on the west bank of the South Platte River in the NE 1/4 SW 1/4 of Section 4, Township 2 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., County of Adams, State of Colorado. M. The Brighton Ditch is located on the west bank of the South Platte River in the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of Section 11,

Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., County of Adams, State of Colorado. Westminster provides the following coordinates to help further identify the approximate relevant location utilizing the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system projection based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Zone 13 North: (512719 E, 4424883 N). N. The Wattenberg Well Field is located immediately adjacent to Wattenberg Lake and the South Platte River, more particularly located in the S 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of Section 25, and the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 35, Township 1 North, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado and the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 30, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. O. The Wattenberg Pipeline is located NE 1/4 of Section 1, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado. 3. Description of conditional water rights: In Case No. 00CW262, Westminster adjudicated conditional appropriative rights of exchange involving the water rights changed therein and stored at alternate places of storage, and/or municipal return flows, derived from the shares and interests changed in Case Nos. 00CW262, 93CW176, 00CW263 and 00CW264 and treated at either Metro or the BDCWWTP, upon which any required return flows have been paid or upon which the municipal returns exceed historical irrigation returns and which are therefore fully consumable. The decree in Case No. 00CW262 entered on April 14, 2009, Water Court, Water Division No. 1 and a corrected decree entered on September 17, 2009, nunc pro tunc April 14, 2009, Water Court, Water Division No. 1. A subsequent decree of diligence entered on April 18, 2016, in Case No. 15CW3045, Water Court, Water Division No. 1. The conditional exchanges adjudicated in Case No. 00CW262 involved “exchange to” points of diversion on the Farmers’ High Line Canal at Leyden Creek and the Croke Canal at Leyden Creek. In Case No. 15CW3045, Westminster dropped the Leyden Creek “exchange to” points. That applied solely to the specific Leyden Creek “exchange to” points identified in the decree in Case No. 00CW262, and no other decree or water right. Westminster seeks diligence as to all other “exchange to” points in Case No. 00CW262.

The source of water diverted by exchange pursuant to the conditional exchanges includes Clear Creek, Ralston Creek, Little Dry Creek and the South Platte River. The conditional exchanges adjudicated in Case No. 00CW262 are more particularly described as follows: A. Jim Baker Reservoir Exchange: 1. The water described above, will be exchanged to the following locations when exchange potential exists: i. Church Ditch located as described in paragraph 2.F, above. ii.

Farmers’ High Line Canal located as described in paragraph 2.G, above. iii. Croke Canal located as described in paragraph 2.H, above. 2. Point of substitution will be located as follows: The North bank of Clear Creek at a point in the NE 1/4 SW 1/4, Section 8, T. 3 S., R. 68 W., 6th P.M. approximately 1,970 feet East of the West Section line and approximately 2,285 feet North of the South Section line, as well as at the confluence of Little Dry Creek and Clear Creek in Section 9, T. 3 S., R. 68 W., 6th P.M., approxi¬mately 945 feet South of the North Section Line and approximately 1,105 feet East of the West Section line.

3. Amount Claimed: 40 c.f.s. 4. Appropriation Date: December 28, 2000. 5. Use of water: All beneficial uses of the municipal water system of Westmin¬ster as it presently exists and as it may hereafter be expanded or odified, including, but not limited to municipal, irrigation, domestic, commercial, industrial, recreation, fish and wildlife, augmentation, exchange, and storage for these purposes. B. West Gravel Lakes Exchange: 1. The water described above, will be exchanged to the following locations when exchange potential exists: i. Church Ditch located as described in paragraph 2.F, above. ii. Farmers’ High Line Canal located as described in paragraph 2.G, above. iii. Croke Canal located as described in paragraph 2.H, above. iv. Kershaw Ditch located as described in paragraph 2.I, above. v.

Manhart Ditch located on Ralston Creek at a point described in paragraph 2.J, above. 2. Point of substitution will be located as follows: i. The South Platte River at the point of discharge from West Gravel Lakes located in the W 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 30, Township 2 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado; ii. The Lower Clear Creek Ditch, the point of diversion of which is on the North Bank of Clear Creek at a point 1400 feet West and 1200 feet North of the Southeast corner of Section 4, Township 3 South, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, through either of two methods: (a) water in the West Gravel Lakes owned by Westminster may be removed from Westminster’s account and placed in Thornton’s account in place of Clear Creek water which would otherwise be diverted for Thornton’s shares in the Lower Clear Creek Ditch (“Bookover Exchange”); or (b) water from West Gravel Lakes may be pumped into the Lower Clear Creek Ditch, at a point located in the N 1/2 of Section 25, Township 2 South, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, in place of Clear Creek water which would otherwise be diverted for shareholders other than Thornton (“Ditch Exchange”). Either method may satisfy a portion of the demand of the Lower Clear Creek Ditch and in turn may cause the reduction of its diversions from Clear Creek. An equal amount of water may then be diverted by exchange at the exchange diversion points. The intra-ditch exchange in the Lower Clear Creek Ditch involving shares not owned by Westminster shall not operate to burden or otherwise limit future changes in use of water rights of such shares. Nothing under this application shall require the Lower Clear Creek Ditch Company, or its shareholders who are not subject to a separate agreement, to take delivery, or call for delivery of their water entitlement below the exchange point of discharge to the Lower Clear Creek Ditch. The need for water and the beneficial use of water by Lower Clear Creek Ditch Company stockholders below the discharge point shall be exclusively determined by the Company and its stockholders served thereby. 3. Amount Claimed: 100 c.f.s. 4. Appropriation Date: December 28, 2000. 5. Use of water: All beneficial uses of the municipal water system of Westmin¬ster as it presently exists and as it may hereafter be expanded or modified, including, but not limited to municipal, irrigation, domestic, commercial, industrial, recreation, fish and wildlife, augmentation, exchange, and storage for these purposes. C. Wattenberg Lake Exchange: 1. The water described above, will be exchanged to the following locations when exchange potential exists: i.

Church Ditch located as described in paragraph 2.F, above. ii. Farmers’ High Line Canal located as described in paragraph 2.G, above. iii. Croke Canal located as described in paragraph 2.H, above. iv. Kershaw Ditch located as described in paragraph 2.I, above. v. Manhart Ditch located on Ralston Creek at a point described in paragraph 2.J, above. vi. Lower Clear Creek Ditch located

on Clear Creek at a point described in paragraph 2.K, above, for storage in West Gravel Lakes. 2.

Point of substitution will be located as follows: The outfall of the Wattenberg Lake. Wattenberg Lake is located as described in paragraph 2.C, above.

3. Amount Claimed: 50 c.f.s. 4. Appropriation Date: December 28, 2000. 5. Use of water: All beneficial uses of the municipal water system of Westmin¬ster as it presently exists and as it may hereafter be expanded or modified, including, but not limited to municipal, irrigation, domestic, commercial, industrial, recreation, fish and wildlife, augmentation, exchange, and storage for these purposes. D. Metro/BDCWWTP Exchange. 1. The water described above, treated at either the Metro Plant or the BDCWWTP, upon which any required return flows have been made, or upon which the municipal returns exceed historical irrigation returns, and which are therefore fully consumable, will be exchanged when exchange potential exists and/or diverted directly to the following locations: i. Church Ditch located as described in paragraph 2.F, above. ii. Farmers’ High Line Canal located as described in paragraph 2.G, above. iii. Croke Canal located as described in paragraph 2.H, above. iv. Kershaw Ditch located on Clear Creek at a point described in paragraph 2.I, above, for storage in Jim Baker Reservoir. v.

Manhart Ditch located on Ralston Creek at a point described in paragraph 2.J, above, for storage in Jim Baker Reservoir. vi. Lower Clear Creek Ditch located on Clear Creek at a point described in paragraph 2.K, above, for storage in West Gravel Lakes. vii. The Brantner Ditch located at a point described in paragraph 2.L, above. viii. The Brighton Ditch located at a point described in paragraph 2.M, above. ix. The Wattenberg Well Field located at a point described in paragraph 2.N, above. x.

Wattenberg Pipeline located at a point described in paragraph 2.O, above. xi. Wattenberg Lake located as described in paragraph 2.C, above. 2.

Point of substitution will be located as follows: i.

The outfall of the Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation District Plant located at a point on the East bank of the South Platte River in Section 1, Township 3 South, Range 68 West, which lies 1,400 feet East of the SW corner of said Section 1, County of Adams, State of Colorado. ii. The outfall of the BDCWWTP is located at a point on the north bank of Big Dry Creek 400 feet east of Huron Street in the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 27, Township 1 South, Range 68 West, County of Adams, State of Colorado. 3.

Amount Claimed: 40 c.f.s. 4. Appropriation Date: December 28, 2000. 5. Use of water: All beneficial uses of the municipal water system of Westminster as it presently exists and as it may hereafter be expanded or modified, including, but not limited to municipal, irrigation, domestic, commercial, industrial, recreation, fish and wildlife, augmentation, exchange, and storage for these purposes. 4.

Detailed outline of what has been done toward completion of the appropriation and application to a beneficial use: A. The conditional exchanges decreed in Case No. 00CW262 are part of Westminster’s Clear Creek Water Supply System, an integrated system under § 37-92-301(4)(b), C.R.S. During the diligence period, Westminster has continued the development of its Clear Creek Water Supply System. Activities have included, among other things: acquisition of additional interests in water on Clear Creek and its tributaries and the South Platte River; prosecuting change of use proceedings; exercising conditional exchanges and making portions absolute or obtaining diligence decrees on the remaining conditional portions; and, participation in numerous Water Court cases for purposes of protecting, maintaining and developing Westminster’s Water Supply System.

Expenses associated with these activities were incurred during the diligence period. B. In adjudicating the conditional exchanges in Case No. 00CW262, Westminster sought to incorporate the proposed Wattenberg Lake into Westminster’s Water Supply System. Wattenberg Lake remains under construction and not yet fully completed and operational. Wattenberg Lake will consist of multiple cells of lined gravel lake storage located on lands owned by Westminster. The owner of the mineral interests associated with said lands is Aggregate Industries (“AI”). Pursuant to a Storage Facility Agreement, AI is conducting gravel mining activities on the property and will ultimately deliver lined gravel lake storage to Westminster upon completion of its mining activities. During the diligence period, Westminster took title to the first such lined gravel lake storage cell from AI. Said storage cell, however, is not yet fully operational.

Westminster has incurred engineering expenses associated with making the delivered cell operational. Moreover, AI’s mining efforts on the property are ongoing. Expenses associated with these activities have been incurred during the diligence period. C. One of the sources of water to be exchanged via the conditional exchanges in Case No. 00CW262 is Westminster fully consumable effluent. During the diligence period, Westminster incurred operation and maintenance expenses associated with the BDCWWTP. Westminster also paid certain fees to the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District for treatment and discharge of Westminster’s effluent at the Metro Plant. D. The decree in Case No. 00CW262 identifies several different means to deliver water into Wattenberg Lake. One such method of water delivery is via the Brighton Ditch. Prior to the current diligence period, Westminster entered into a carriage agreement with the Brighton Ditch Company for the delivery of water to Wattenberg Lake. During the current diligence period, Westminster has continued to pay annual maintenance fees to the Brighton Ditch Company consistent with the requirements of its carriage agreement. E. Westminster is the owner of a storage account at the West Gravel Lakes, which is used, in part, for storage of water pursuant to the decree in Case No. 00CW262. Westminster has incurred expenses during the diligence period associated with its storage account at the West Gravel Lakes, including but not limited to expenses associated with the operation and maintenance of its storage account and the Lower Clear Creek/Colorado Agricultural ditches as well as pumping costs associated with the operation of the storage account. F. During the diligence period, Westminster has operated and maintained Jim Baker Reservoir. Activities include, but are not limited to, monitoring lake levels, operating, maintaining and repairing inlet and outlet works, accounting and record keeping activities, wetlands monitoring and general reservoir maintenance activities. Operation and maintenance of the reservoir is an integral component of the Jim Baker Reservoir Exchange. Operation and maintenance expenses were incurred during the diligence period, including, but not limited to, City staff time and expenses and outside consultant expenses. G. During the diligence period, Westminster continued to operate under the carriage agreement with the Farmers’ High Line Canal and Reservoir Company for the use of excess capacity in the Farmers’ High Line Canal. This agreement allows Westminster to carry additional water through the Farmers’ High Line Canal, including water exchanged to the Farmers’ High Line Canal

in accordance with the decree in Case No. 00CW262. Westminster is contractually obligated to pay an annual fee for use of the Farmers’ High Line Canal. Westminster has continually made these payments during the diligence period. H. During the diligence period, Westminster has also paid funds in the form of ditch assessments to the Church Ditch Water Authority, the Farmers’ High Line Canal and Reservoir Company, FRICO, the Manhart Ditch Company and the Kershaw Ditch Company. Said funds have been used, in part, to maintain the ditches necessary for operation of the conditional exchanges. I. During the diligence period, Westminster has diligently operated its portfolio of water rights, including appropriative rights of exchange. Westminster has obtained or is in the process of obtaining decrees from the Water Court changing the use of shares and/or making portions of various other conditional exchanges absolute and obtaining findings of diligence as to its water right portfolio. Costs associated with these efforts have been incurred during the diligence period. J. During the diligence period, Westminster has participated in a number of water court proceedings in an effort, in part, to protect and maintain return flows to Big Dry Creek and the Clear Creek and South Platte River basins.

Costs associated with these efforts were incurred during the diligence period. 5. Water applied to beneficial use: N/A. 6. Name(s) and address(es) of owner(s) or reputed owners of the land upon which any new diversion or storage structure, or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure is or will be constructed or upon which water is or will be stored, including any modification to the existing storage pool: The majority of the relevant structures are existing structures and there is no need to modify those structures in order to accomplish the conditional exchanges. On information and belief, however, several of identified structures may need to be modified. The lands on which any such structures are located include lands owned by the following: City of Thornton, 9500 Civic Center Drive, Thornton, Colorado 80229-4326; Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company, 80 South 27th Avenue, Brighton, Colorado 80601; City of Arvada, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002; Farmers’ High Line Canal and Reservoir Company, 725 Malley Drive, Northglenn, Colorado 80233. Additional notice by certified or register mail, as set forth in § 37-92302(2)(b), C.R.S., will be provided to the entities identified above for the Wattenberg Pipeline diversion point, the Ralston Creek diversion point to the Croke Canal and the Little Dry Creek diversion point to the Farmers’ High Line Canal. The remaining structures involved with the conditional exchanges are all existing, not new, diversion or storage structures and no additional notice beyond the notice provided by newspaper publication and the water court resume is required. Applicant further notes that upon completion of construction, Wattenberg Lake may also be filled by the Brighton Ditch and/or the Brantner Ditch, both existing ditches. Westminster has a carriage agreement with the Brighton Ditch. Westminster does not currently have a carriage agreement with the Brantner Ditch. Consistent with Paragraph 21 of the decree in Case No. 00CW262, this application and any resulting decree does not seek to establish a carriage right in the Brantner Ditch. Any such carriage right shall be by separate agreement.

WHEREFORE, Westminster requests the Court to enter its decree and ruling as follows: 1. Confirming that the conditional exchanges adjudicated in Case No. 00CW262 are part of Westminster’s Clear Creek Water Supply System, an integrated system under § 37-92-301(4)(b), C.R.S.; 2. Entering a judgment and decree that Westminster has been reasonably diligent in the development of the conditional exchanges originally adjudicated in Case No. 00CW262 and confirmed in Case No. 15CW3045; and, 3. Any other ruling the Court deems appropriate in the above-captioned matter.

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