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Colorado Republicans have opening to take chamber in General Assembly BY SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN
Fort Lupton’s class of 2022 tossed their hats and are ready to celebrate at the end of their graduation ceremony this spring.
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Views differ on whether high schools should stop naming valedictorians Cherry Creek has opted to stop longtime tradition BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Soon after the Cherry Creek School District in Arapahoe County announced it would stop desig-
nating valedictorians in its high schools, the criticism started pouring in. “The pursuit of excellence has suffered another blow,” wrote George Brauchler, a former Arapahoe County district attorney, in a column for The Denver Post. “The crusade against meritocracy, and for mediocrity, in our schools reached a new level,” the
Denver Gazette news outlet’s editorial board wrote. Cherry Creek’s decision even landed a story in national and international news outlet Newsweek, with other media coverage mentioning it too. The practice of honoring valedictorians is one the district’s high SEE SCHOOLS, P8
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The Colorado Senate is likely where Republicans have their best shot this year of taking back some control of state government from Democrats after four years in the minority of the legislative and executive branches. While the GOP will try to win a majority in the Colorado House and unseat Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, the odds are stacked against them in those two arenas. That leaves the 35-member Senate as the most plausible place to turn the tide. Here’s a look at where the battlegrounds will be. The lay of the land Democrats now hold a 20-15 advantage in the Senate. They are guaranteed 12 seats, with 11 holdovers and one Democratic candidate, Sen. Julie Gonzales of Denver, running unopposed. Republicans are guaranteed eight seats, with seven holdovers and one uncontested race in Senate District 1 SEE LEGISLATURE, P21
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Every year before Thanksgiving, First United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton and the Fort Lupton Food and Clothing Bank provide community members with food boxes. This will be the program’s 10th consecutive year. Above, Joe Hubert, left China Garcia and Sue Hubert with Change 4 Change, another organization that helps with the food drive. See more on Page 2.
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Anna Marie (VonFeldt) Roth, 77, passed away on July 14th, 2022. Born in Longmont, Colorado on June 7th, 1945 to Alfred Joseph VonFeldt and Emma Susan Stadler; Ann was raised in Fort Lupton on her family’s farm. She graduated from Fort Lupton High School in 1963. She married Don Roth on November 12th, 1966. They began operating a dairy farm in Hudson and were blessed with five children, then moved to Barnesville in 1981 and continued to raise their children while dairy farming for another 20 years. Ann’s love and work ethic was apparent in every aspect of her life. She could be found feeding the cows, bailing hay, driving tractors, gardening, canning, or sewing for her family. Cooking was her love language and she took every opportunity to gather everyone around the table. On top of being an amazing cook, Ann was an excellent seamstress. She made her daughter’s bridesmaids dresses, flower girl dresses, and countless other sewing projects. Ann always lent a helping hand to those she loved. Ann was a proud member of St Mary’s Church. She made rosaries for the senior class and assisted with fundraisers. After nearly 50 years of running a dairy farm, Ann and Don moved to Evans in November of 2014. Ann was steadfast in her faith in God and looked forward to seeing her loved ones in heaven, especially grandson Derek Prescott. Ann is survived by her husband; Don Roth, children; Laurie Bergquist (Bob), Cindy Rowell (Mike), Nikki Prescott (Loy), Keith Roth (Christina), Deanne Bunting (Brad), grandchildren; Beth Bergquist (Jeff
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Bonnie Lou McAllister “GG”, 97, of Brighton, CO Bonnie was born on August 12th, 1924 in Iowa, to John and Violet Robinson. Throughout her extraordinary life, she excelled as a caretaker, homemaker, nurse, accountant, laundress, cashier, stocker, bartender & bouncer! At 5’1”, Bonnie was small but mighty. Strong and independent, she got herself everywhere she needed to go by walking and memorizing the bus routes. She was an amazing mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, and great-great grandmother. Affectionately referred to as “GG”, she was famously known for her chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin and cherry pies, also her beautiful smile. Always ready to the tee, she was a fire cracker and knew exactly what she wanted. She left her mark on the world by
Bonnie started her new journey on the 4th of July, 2022. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones. She will be missed tremendously by so many, especially her family & many life-long friends. She is survived by her brother Mike (Gerri) of Iowa, her children Susan of California, John (Lauren) of Florida, and Linda (Craig) of Colorado, as well as 9 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-greatgrandchildren. She’s proceeded in death by her parents, 3 brothers, and her son James, as well as many other family members and friends. GG’s Celebration of Life will be at 11:00 AM on Saturday July 30, 2022 at Tabor Rice-Funeral Home 75 S. 13th Ave. Brighton, CO 80601.
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Fort Lupton council debates fireworks for Trapper Days BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The city’s Fourth of July party didn’t have a fireworks display this year. That prompted a discussion July 11 during a City Council town hall about adding such an event to this year’s Trapper Days, set for Sept. 9-10. Mayor Zo Stieber-Hubbard thought repackaging the show for next year would be fine. “Next year, the Fourth will be on a Tuesday,” she said. “I don’t celebrate
increasing difficulty for local towns to offer fireworks displays because of a lack of people trained to do the job. “If the fire departments are taxed and regulated to a point that they aren’t able to do it, then more people are going to have to be licensed to shoot them off,” Stieber-Hubbard said. PVMC benefit Fort Lupton city officials may have a seat at a table for Platte Valley Medical Center’s annual Farm to Table fundraiser. It’s set for 6 p.m. Aug. 26 at the hospital in Brighton.
City Administrator Chris Cross offered to round up some information in case councilors wanted to attend. The event includes a gourmet dinner prepared with local ingredients by Chef Mike Anderson, a cocktail hour with live music, complimentary wine and beer, a wine pull, games and a program during dinner, according to a press statement. The main sponsor is GH Phipps Construction Cos., though other sponsorship opportunities are available. Proceeds benefit the PVMC Foundation. Call 303-398-3630 for more information.
Council gets price tag on wastewater lift station BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Officials with Burns and McDonnell, a Centennial engineering firm, gave Fort Lupton City Council an $18 million price tag for a new wastewater treatment lift plant station. The information came during a July 12 town hall. The work is necessary because of a state public health department order requiring clean-up of phosphorus from such facilities The cost covers a 6 1/2-mile pipeline that will travel down the west side of U.S. Highway 85. Most of the cost — about $12.5 million — is
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the Fourth of July on July 2.” Councilwoman Valerie Blackston said there should be a fireworks show during Trapper Days weekend. In the history of Trapper Days, which dates back more than 100 years, there have been three instances of fireworks shows. “I think it’s something that’s missing,” she said. “Planning for something like this, to do it as part of Trapper Days, would be difficult,” Stieber-Hubbard said. “I want it (the fireworks display) to be phenomenal next year.” Earlier, the council discussed the
for construction of a 20-inch pipe. Project manager Ryan Brong said $300,000 would be set aside for land acquisition. “We’re doing survey work on site and boring work the next few weeks,” he said. “We should have the bid documents ready in the fall. We could select a contractor in December, and we could start work sometime in 2023.” The firm used a combination of residential and non-residential growth figures, plus a safety factor, to determine the size of the new plant. Assistant civil engineer Conor Healy said the only treatment piece on site will be a grinder “to protect it from large items” that
find their way into the wastewater system. “Anything you flush down the toilet ends up in the wastewater plant,” Healy said. “I’ve seen red rags when I was there. I saw a fair amount of jewelry,” said Mayor Zo StieberHubbard. “It’s nothing I was going fishing for” Brong said there would be traffic impacts along US 85 during construction. Rights of way will make the lanes a little smaller, he said. “We’re going to work with CDOT (the Colorado Department of Transportation) to limit work hours to either at night or midday.”
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The plant should have enough capacity to take care of Fort Lupton’s needs until 2042. “You don’t have to change the configuration of the plant,” he said. “There will be two duty pumps designed for maximum flow, about 5 1/2 million gallons a day.” A public meeting on environmental concerns is set for 6;30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at the community room inside the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. A companion hearing concerning funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is on tap, too. Public Works Director Roy Vestal told the council he hoped one meeting could take care of both issues.
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Brighton hospital gets grant for nursing program BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A $1.5 million grant from Adams County should help Brighton’s Platte Valley Medical Center find and retain nurses, hospital officials said. County officials presented a grant to the hospital for a nurse training program July 11 outside of the Brighton hospital. According to a written statement from the hospital, half of new graduate nurses leave within their first year of practice, largely because of a lack of confidence when providing care for patients right out of nursing school. In response, Platt Valley created an external program that lets new nurses spend their last semester of school at PVMC. The statement said the program helps nurses “become more confident and independent in their skills learned in class.” “This grant will provide on-thejob training for nurses ink their final year of school,” said PVMC President Jaime Campbell. “It’s an investment in the workforce and for the health of the communities we serve.” SEE HOSPITAL, P5
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Bridge notification of weight restrictions near Fort Lupton HOSPITAL FROM PAGE 4
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Weld County Department of Public Works is placing a weight restriction on a county bridge along Weld County Road 23 south of State Highway 14 1/2 and north of Mineral Road while crews work on building a new deck for the bridge. The bridge is just northwest of Fort Lupton. Vehicles weighing more than 16 tons — 32,000 pounds — will be detoured around the bridge for one year while public works crews install the new bridge deck. The impact will be limited to class 7 or larger vehicles such as buses, trash trucks or trucks pulling trailers. Drivers of those kinds of vehicles must take an alternate route to avoid the bridge unless they are carrying a lighter load. “We know load restrictions can impact the oil and gas industry as well as our agricultural community,” Curtis Hall, Weld County Public Works Director said in a written statement. “That’s why we want to spread the word about the upcoming weight restriction — to lessen the inconvenience to drivers or eliminate the risk of them being surprised by the change.”
Crews are installing a new bridge deck on a small bridge northwest of Fort Lupton on Weld County Road 23. COURTESY PHOTO
Public works will install the sign along the road alerting drivers to the weight restrictions. The bridge restriction will not impact passenger cars since they weigh 5,000 pounds on average or pickups not pulling large-loaded trailers, which can weigh as much as 6,000 pounds. The bridge was called out after a Colorado Department of Transportation inspection this year. The bridge was replaced in 2019, part of a county Public Works effort
to fix 200 load-restricted bridges across the county. It’s not uncommon for bridges to rust, Hall said, requiring restrictions. “The structural tests on county bridges are conducted every two years,” he said. “That requires us to continually evaluate our work to see if it’s meeting that goal, and if it’s not, make changes as needed.” Hall said the bottoms of bridge decks are susceptible to moisture and rust. When the rust spreads
quickly, it often requires the entire bridge deck to be replaced. According to officials, weight restrictions will remain in place for a year after the deck is replaced. It will be reinspected and the weight restriction will be removed if the bridge meets both Weld County and state standards. “Ensuring the safety and efficiency of those who travel on our roads and bridges is the top priority for our department,” Hall said.
“We appreciate the grant,” said Sean Wyant, president of the PVMC foundation. “It lets us continue this program.” AdCo Commissioner Lynn Baca said the grant was among 70 that the county handed out. The total worth was more than $100 million. “We know what value we place in Adams County,” Baca said. “The last three years have been difficult for healthcare workers. We are particularly grateful for your innovation. It helps Adams County and Brighton, and it helps with workforce issues.” The hospital said through this program, nurses have the chance to train in the emergency department, intensive care and on the medical and surgery floors. Clinical teams and mentors provide support. “This is a unique opportunity for nursing school students to gain hands-on training and mentorship, receive wages and jump-start their careers while they finish schooling,” the hospital’s statement said.
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f you were not an adult in the 1970s or even born yet, you might not have a clue what all this talk about inflation is. And even if you do remember clearly, this time is likely to be different. Remember our new favorite word from COVID is “unprecedented.” Most of us know that inflation is when prices go higher, but that is not always a bad thing for the economy. We want economic growth; therefore, prices will rise, along with profits and interest rates. These are not negatives unless things get out of hand. If you rely on your one economics class on supply and demand, this concept is relatively simple. However, the causes play into the effects and that is where the uncertainty lies. Today consumers are concerned they are dipping into their discretionary spending to pay for necessities such as food, housing, and fuel. Investors are concerned their assets are not holding their true purchasing power if everything gets more expensive but investment cycles ebb and flow with the economy. Therefore, the denominator
must be growth. No one complains about high prices if they feel they are getting value for the money spent, or they have enough money to buy what they want without feeling a pinch. It’s when we don’t have the wage increases, or the stock market rising that we feel things cost too much. If the economy is on a growth tear and corporate earnings are soaring, then our investments should be going up as well. When prices increase without the underlying growth in your financial situation, then inflation feels personal. And it is …. personal. We all have our own inflation rate. It is made up of what we like to buy, how much we earn, and how we handle periods of economic decline in light of our needs and wants. According to Jay Weinstein, CFA ¹ most people would say inflation goes up when the economy gets too strong, or the government prints too much money. Except that was not the case in the 1970s. Nor was the opposite true between 1983 and 2007 when we had consistent economic growth and still managed two
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recessions and falling interest rates for 25 years. The period from 2008 until now included the Great Recession followed by painfully slow economic growth, the Fed’s easy money policy, and now stagflation, inflation, market corrections, slowing economic growth and a potential recession. Economists may deem the cause of rising rates to be the result of three main contributors: Pent-up demand from COVID; reduced supply of fuel and food due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and supply chain shortages due to China’s lockdown. None of these would have been caused by a normal economic cycle of recessionary traits such as high unemployment and negative economic growth. Those things may come but they would not be the cause, they would actually be the effect. So yes, I guess this is a legitimate use of the word “unprecedented.” Patricia Kummer is a Certified Financial Planner professional and a managing director of Mariner Wealth Advisors.
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orking with Zig Ziglar was truly a blessing in so many ways. Whenever he would meet someone in the afternoon or evening, he would greet them with a big smile and an enthusiastic and cheerful, “Good morning.” The person on the receiving end would almost always reply with, “Good morning to you too.” And then would catch themselves saying, “But it’s not morning.” And Zig would reply with a question, “Well then why did you say good morning?” And the person would say, “Because you said good morning.” That’s where the teaching would begin as Zig would remind the person that we get back what we put out, giving the person an aha moment. We know that when trying something like this, that it all comes down to the delivery. And Zig was so easygoing and good hearted that no one ever took offense to his mini lessons of life. Another story he would share from the stage is this one. A woman and her 6-yearold son were at home one day. The family lived on a mountain range and overlooked a valley. One day the young boy was getting into some mischief as young boys tend to do, and his mother disciplined him and withheld his afternoon snack until he would apologize. The boy ran out of the house slamming the door behind him yell-
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ing, “I hate you, I hate you, I hate you.” And as he did a young boy’s voice echoed from the valley saying, “I hate you, I hate you, I hate you.” Terrified, the boy ran back into his house and into his mother’s arms crying. He told her that there was a boy in the valley yelling that he hates me. The mom knowing full well it was the echo encouraged her son to go back outside and shout, “I love you, I love you, I love you,” and see what happens. The boy did as instructed, and the voice was heard echoing in return, “I love you, I love you, I love you.” We really do get back what we give out. Even a smile. Keeping with my Zig Ziglar theme, Zig would always encourage people by saying, “If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” We are at odds with one another in so many ways and places. And if we are in a state of fear, worry and doubt about what is happening locally or globally, we could all probably benefit by remembering that people will respond or react to what we do and what we say. If we say good morning at 5:00 at night, they may respond by saying good morning back. We must remember that what we are yelling from the mountaintop or by email, text, or social media, that we will also get back what we put out. So why not put out more loving kindness, and reasonableness?
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In 1914 during World War I, the Americans, French and Germans, put aside their war for a short time to meet on the battlefield to celebrate Christmas, exchanging gifts, food and stories. This was a world war, and yet they found common ground. After a heavily contested boxing match or UFC bout, the fighters do their best to win, but when the fight is over, they meet in the middle and hug or acknowledge the other out of respect. It happens in other sports too. When the game is over, regardless of who won or lost, you can see players who just spent 60 minutes in battle, kneeling in prayer, or talking to each other and smiling. Maybe they played in college or met while they were on the same team at some point. But once the battle is over, they come together in such a great way. How about you? Are you greeting and treating people with kindness and respect? Are you sharing your smile with someone who doesn’t have one? I would love to hear you story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we find a way to come together to create a better world, it really will a better than good life. Michael Norton is the grateful president of XINNIX, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.
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school principals had discussed “for many years,” the principals wrote in a letter to parents. “The practices of class rank and valedictorian status are outdated and inconsistent with what we know and believe of our students. We believe all students can learn at high levels, and learning is not a competition,” the principals wrote in the letter about the policy, which will begin with the class of 2026. Cherry Creek’s new policy took aim at “unnecessary pressure,” the letter said, a welcome change in the eyes of Dr. Anna Mueller, an associate professor of sociology who has studied mental health among youths in different parts of the country, including in Colorado. “How painful and stressful academic pressure for teenagers can be is very real,” Mueller told Colorado Community Media. ‘Healthier school culture’ The decision to cut valedictorian status isn’t unheard of: One of the Colorado communities that made the move years ago is Boulder Valley School District. Boulder Valley top official Rob Anderson didn’t oversee the decision — he started as superintendent there in 2018 — but “since I’ve been here, no one’s asked me to bring it back,” Anderson said. Anderson also served as deputy superintendent of academics in Fulton County, Georgia, in the Atlanta area, where the high-achieving Northview High School decided to stop naming valedictorians and salutatorians “because of the additional pressures it puts on kids,” Anderson said. “Just anecdotally, talking with parents, talking with (the) principal, it created a healthier school culture for
July 21, 2022 those kids that were among the top in the class,” said Anderson, speaking about the Northview High decision. In Anderson’s view, differences in grade point average, or GPA, at the top of a class can be insignificant. The gap can sometimes be a tenth or hundredth of a point “when you’re separating highly motivated, incredibly intelligent kids who are trying to reach those types of goals,” Anderson said. “There’s not a lot of room in between.” “Talk to (students vying for) valedictorian or salutatorian. They’re not sleeping,” said Anderson, who felt kids can be successful without the titles. Superintendent Chris Fiedler, leader of the Brighton-area 27J Schools district, has not served in any school district where valedictorians are not recognized. He wasn’t sure of whether removing valedictorian designation from high schools would affect student achievement broadly. “Do I think it drives academic performance? It absolutely does for those kids that are chasing (high rank),” Fiedler said. “I’m of the opinion that it drives competition among kids. I don’t think that’s a bad thing as long as it’s healthy.” Fiedler previously served as superintendent of the Gilpin County School District in Black Hawk and then as superintendent of Deer Trail School District 26J in Deer Trail, according to 27J’s district website. He’s co-chair of the Denver Area School Superintendents Council. “I don’t believe always that the letter grade students earn in a class is always an accurate representation of what they learned or not,” Fiedler said. “Some of the classes I learned the most in I didn’t get an A in.” Michael Mazenko, a Cherry Creek High School teacher, a former school administrator and a past
gifted education coordinator, argued in an op-ed in The Denver Post that “ranking can encourage kids to avoid hard classes out of fear of losing a decimal point.” The competition for valedictorian status and rank creates “gamesmanship” and limits students from choosing courses based on growth and interest “to instead choose what’s best to manipulate GPA,” Mazenko wrote. On the other hand, chasing a high GPA can also push students to load their schedule with lots of Advanced Placement and honors courses. Fiedler said both scenarios are realistic. “Kids who were vying to be valedictorian, salutatorian, they would steer away from non-weighted classes because it would hurt their GPA. If the school has band or yearbook, valuable classes … kids wouldn’t take those classes,” Anderson said. Anderson said pressure to reach a certain class rank encourages high-achieving students to “overload themselves.” Those kids “not only fill up their school year but fill up their summers, take classes beyond the school year, beyond the normal course load a student would take,” Anderson said. Asked whether the decision of whether to recognize a valedictorian affects middle- or lower-achieving students, Fiedler said: “My opinion is no.” “I believe that there are probably 20 to 25 kids, maybe 30, maybe 35, that go into high school their freshman year with that on their mind. And after freshman year, it quickly sorts itself” and some kids stop pursing that rank, Fiedler said. In general, Fiedler felt that “competition is good and healthy” and that focusing on rank is a valid practice. “I would argue that in most if not all of life, we keep score. If we’re not
going to honor valedictorians anymore … are we no longer going to have state wrestling champions?” Fiedler said, for example. “Life is filled with competition,” he added. ‘Downplay the achievements’ Cherry Creek School District declined to make an official available for an interview with Colorado Community Media about the valedictorian policy, but district spokesperson Abbe Smith highlighted that Cherry Creek High School did not have a valedictorian process even before the district’s announcement, which came in the principals’ letter dated March 9. “Cherry Creek High School, the district’s flagship and arguably one of the top high schools in the nation, eliminated valedictorian and ranking of students more than 30 years ago,” Mazenko, the former school administrator, wrote in the Post. “Ranking can actually compromise and downplay the achievements of the school’s high number of extraordinary students,” he continued. Cherry Creek district will continue to acknowledge the academic achievements of students through other methods, such as honor roll, GPA cords at graduation, and department- and schoolspecific awards, according to the principals’ letter. ‘Cultural shift’ Mueller, the associate professor of sociology, said academic pressure can push some young people to a concerning place. “Some of my past research has really shown that academic pressure can play a role in making kids feel like life is not worth living — like life is unbearable and that suicide is their only escape,” said Mueller, who works for Indiana University. Her study, titled “Adolescents Under Pressure,” underscored the importance
of addressing the social causes — for example, academic pressure — of youths’ psychological pain, according to a summary on her website. Pressure from “narrow beliefs” about what makes “good kids and good families” can constrain how kids imagine the pathway to adulthood, Mueller said. “It makes failures that much more intense because it seems like absolutely everything is on the line,” Mueller said. “If you fail that one test or fail that one class or get a C on that one class … it’s this much bigger, existential thing of ‘I’m not going to be able to do X, Y, Z long-term goals.’” She added: “If we’re going to encourage people to push their academic limits, or their athletic limits or their nerd limits, we have to make it OK to fail.” While Mueller doesn’t think ending valedictorian designation will change everything about that type of pressure, she thinks it’s “the sort of policy that’s a step in the right direction.” It could act as “a symbol to the larger community of ‘let’s make this cultural shift,’” Mueller said. But, she added, such a shift would have to also be supported by other school policies, by parents and by kids themselves, and by teachers. One source of pressure that exists outside the reach of high school policy: the cost of paying for college. Part of what puts pressure on students is the pursuit of merit scholarships, which are more competitive than merely getting into college, Mueller said. She argues students don’t need to attend a “highly selective university” to receive a good education. “I would actually argue if we could take some of the pressure off parents for paying for college and students for paying for college, I think that would (benefit) our nation’s mental health,” Mueller said. “Probably parents and students.”
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Mental health center marks golden anniversary North Range Behavioral Health marks a half-century of care for the community BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Fort Lupton North Range Behavioral Health celebrated 50 years of helping people with mental illness with a celebration on July 14. “We’re excited about the 50year celebration of our operations and private non-profit,” said Larry Pottorff, CEO of North Range Behavioral Health. Fort Lupton resident Genevieve LeBlanc, 89, said she started working for the Weld Mental Health Center when it separated from the county to become a non-profit in 1971. The group adopted the new name, North Range Behavioral Health, in 1997. Leblanc worked as an occupational therapist for 24 years, treating patients with schizophrenia. “I’m excited to be here for the celebration,” Leblanc said, from her wheelchair. “I helped change schizophrenics.” Pottorff also started working for WMHC in 1983 as a vocational coordinator. The job was meant to be a short one; Pottorf’s job was funded through a one-year grant. “It turned into 39 years,” he said. “Genevieve was one of my mentors and always had an amazing heart of compassion with people she worked with, which was one of our core values.” “We have core values of customer first compassion and collaboration. Genevieve embodied all of those because she cared very deeply about the people that she worked with and they loved her.” Genevieve Leblanc’s daughter Mary Ellen Leblanc said she has
good memories, too. Her mom started working at the center when Mary Ellen was just a baby and so did she later, working part-time for the mental health center in 1980 when she was in college. “I worked for the housing facility across the street from the center where folks stayed and lived,” Mary Ellen said. “We gave them their meds, and they had jobs so we monitored their curfews because they were required to be back to the house at a certain time. They also cook their meals. I loved it and I enjoyed working there.” Continuing to evolve The mental health center has continually evolved along with the community it serves. In 1971 after it separated from the county, it became a halfway house to treat alcoholism, providing group, recreational therapy, and medication supervision. It expanded services and hours in 1972 and opened its first comprehensive children and family program in 1973, opened a peer counseling program for those 55 years old and older in 1977 and hired three licensed social workers in 1978. It also offered other kinds of support for the region, providing staff to support the families of flood victims during the Big Thompson flood in 1976. The center began to treat people with significantly identifiable emotional and behavioral disorders in 1981, opening Frontier House for psychosocial rehabilitation in 1990 and the Acute Treatment program in 1991. In 1997 the Weld Mental Health Center was renamed North Range Behavioral Health. According to officials, as of 2022, the school-based services continue to expand in eight districts and over 50 schools. North Range is a licensed behavioral health entity, a new designation from the State of Colorado to streamline regulatory oversight of behavioral health facilities across the state.
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Custom Cruisers celebrates new shop BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A&D Custom Cruisers celebrated its re-grand opening with a customer appreciation luncheon on July 15. “I’m excited with the move, and it’s a nice building,” said Dave Corder, owner. Owner Dave Corder has been creating custom restorations on the hot rod and vintage cars and repairing damaged vehicles since 2006 in Fort Lupton at 721 5th St. Corder started working on cars in 1977 and developed the art of car restoration through the industry’s education. In 1990 he restored his dad’s truck with beautiful green color and an artistic flame design. Every restoration job Corder does, he said, is done artistically with passion and contributes to the community.
Fort Lupton’s micro sprint car racer Ricky Holbrook,11, at the celebration sitting in his Hyper X7 with a Yamaha R6 engine. PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD Custom Cruisers is a sponsor and paints his race car.
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tephanie Wells and Donna Mills grew up during a time when women could not be pilots, but the two Denver women did not give up on their dreams and eventually earned their wings. Miller, a first officer, flies the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for American Airlines, and Wells is retired after an illustrious career that included flying for NASA and working for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Defying gender barriers Miller grew up in Golden. Her father was a Colorado School of Mines professor and an aviator. “He was a back seater in the F-4 in the Navy and went to top gun,” Miller said. “He was my inspiration growing up.” Miller attended Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, which had an aviation program but only for men. So, she majored in business administration, economics and international management. She spent her last semester of college overseas and was accepted to the American College in Paris. She ended up living abroad for eight years. Miller moved to South Korea for two years and worked as an Air Force civilian, where she got her pilot’s license in 1988 at age 27. She then moved to Frankfurt, Germany, where she took a job as an administrative assistant for a computer company from 1989 to 1990, when the Berlin Wall fell. “I was 27 and considered military, but the age cutoff was 27 in half, and at that time, the military didn’t need pilots,” Miller said. Miller returned to Denver in late 1990 and started working at Jeppesen, coding the database for airline onboard computers. While there, Miller met Capt. Elrey B. Jeppesen, after whom the Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport was named.
She said Orville Wright signed Jeppesen’s pilot’s license, and he gave her a piece of fabric from the Wright brothers’ first aircraft. “I helped Jeppesen catalog all of his memorabilia, which is in a display case at Denver International Airport,” Miller said. Miller left Jeppesen to work for the United Airlines Training Center in 1995. It was another desk job, but it put her in right place at the right time. While Miller was working at the training center, Capt.Ted Stiles, who was on United’s hiring committee, came into her office. “He said, ‘Donna, you can’t steal second with your foot on first,’” Miller said. “I said, ‘excuse me.’ He said, ‘if you ever wanted to be a pilot, you have to leave your cushy little desk job and go out and fly — get the experience you need and then you can return to the airlines.” Miller started a file called “stealing second” that day and contacted every single flight operator she knew. “I probably didn’t even have 500 hours at the time, which is really low time, but I had all of my ratings,” she said. Miller got her first pilot’s job in 1998 flying car parts to Mexico from El Paso, Texas. “It was low paying,” she said. “We loaded and unloaded our own airplanes. It was tough duty.” She also flew skydivers without pay, but she could jump for free. In 1999, she was hired as a first officer and a captain with Air Midwest. She flew regional turboprop jets out of Florida for over two years. She applied at United, Delta and American, and finally, in June 2001, she was hired by American. Miller logged her first passenger flight to Chicago on Sept. 10, 2001, the day before 9/11, and on Oct. 1, she was furloughed. During the furlough, which ultimately lasted 11 years, Miller found other flying jobs, which were low paying but helped her stay current and qualified. In 2013, Miller resumed flights with American Airlines based in Chicago. She lives in Denver but commutes elsewhere to fly the 787 Dreamliner. She also runs marathons and so far has completed 32. Airline pilots have to retire at age 65; Miller is 61. “I’m not sure yet where I want to retire — maybe SEE WINGS, P13
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Portugal and spend more time in Europe,” Miller said. “But I want to keep my hands in aviation because I love flying. It will always be a part of my life.” A life-long passion Wells was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and grew up in Washington, D.C. She took her first flight at age 15 and immediately fell in love with aviation. “I was picked up and carried away by it, but I couldn’t afford it,” Wells said. “It was just so far out of reach; it might have been impossible.” Wells graduated with a bachelor of science degree in meteorology from Iowa State University in 1975, and while in college, she started working toward obtaining her private pilot’s license. After graduation, she joined the Air Force, and her first assignment was as a weather forecaster. “It was very cool to work as a forecaster, but my dream was always to be a pilot,” Wells said. She said the Air Force announced it would start training women as pilots within a year of her joining. “So, I was in the right place at the right time,” Wells said. Wells began pilot training in 1978 and, after graduation, was assigned as an instructor pilot for the Cessna T-37 trainer. She later served as an instructor for the WC-130 “typhoon chaser” aircraft and the supersonic T-38 Talon. She got the opportunity to train her peers to pilot these planes but becoming a fighter pilot was still out of reach for women at that time. “I couldn’t get it, but that was OK,” Wells said. “I was so happy just to be the pilot for the Air Force.” Wells was on active duty for the Air Force from 1975 to 1985 and then transferred from active duty to the Air Force Reserves. “I flew more than 10 years in San Antonio, flying the C-5 galaxy military transport,” Wells said. As a part-time reservist, she could pursue a civilian career, and her dream job was to fly for
NASA. In 1986, she was hired by NASA, and her first assignment was as a zero-gravity test director. She eventually advanced to piloting the KC-135 Stratotanker Zero-G, “vomit comet,” aircraft. She also served as chief of training and aviation safety officer at NASA, and she earned her master’s of science degree in aeronautical science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University by attending classes in the evenings. “I was also pilot on a couple of other airplanes, including the administrative airplane Gulfstream 1 to transport the bosses, and then, I got to fly the Gulfstream 2, which is a special simulator to train the astronauts,” Wells said. Wells said there were about 20 staff pilots and approximately 140 astronauts at NASA. The pilots’ mission was mainly to support the manned space program and to help train astronauts. Wells decided she wanted to be close to her family in Colorado, so she left NASA and went to work for the Federal Aviation Administration in 2003 as a safety inspector at the Denver Flight Standards Office at Denver International Airport. “I was an instructor pilot for the FAA, and I also had many (other) tasks, including overseeing air charter companies, flight schools, agriculture operators, external load helicopters, monitoring air shows, doing accident investigation,” Wells said. Wells retired from the FAA in 2010 and was off to her next adventure, flying part-time for Mountain Aviation in Broomfield and instructing pilots on the King Air. She also worked for Rocky Mountain Aerial surveys flying the Cessna 206 doing surveys with a LIDAR camera that produces 3-D mapping. “They had special instruments mapping the folds and valleys of the terrain in extreme detail,” Wells said. “It’s used for different things — mapping a golf course or building a road through a canyon.” She is now a volunteer pilot for Light Hawk and also enjoys skiing, hiking and international travel.
Donna Miller is a first officer with American Airlines and is pictured in the cockpit of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Stephanie Wells is standing by her experimental RV-7 plane, which she owns and loves flying.
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Donut Social opens in Palazzi Plaza BY BELEN WARDS BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Jane Rodriquez said her strength is in business management while her friend, Joe Berkane is a baker. The pair decided to combine their expertise and the result is Brighton’s newest doughnut shop. The Donut Social celebrated its ribbon cutting on July 15. “We are putting our hearts into this, and he’s putting all his energy into it with baking and passionate about what he does,” Rodriguez said. “We both have our strengths with a solid plan.” Donut Social had a soft opening on June 25, with shorter hours until the grand opening. With that behind them, they plan to extend to longer hours and expand the menu. “I’m excited about opening our doughnut shop in Brighton,” Berkane said. Rodriquez is a native of Colorado, born
and raised in the southern San Luis Valley. Throughout the years, she has had a few small businesses and worked for Weld County Human Services. Rodriquez has experience with running a business and accounting management. She has two kids. Berkane is from Algeria and has been in the states for eight years. He has experience working as a baker and in a small doughnut shop back home in Algeria. Berkane runs the production, trains employees, and trains part-time bakers to help him. I run the business side. “We want to support the community and local businesses. A local woodworking company did all the remodeling and building our cases in the doughnut shop,” Rodriguez said. Berkane and Rodriquez said they support local youth with encouragement that they can do bigger and better things in the world. “We are going reach out to the schools, students with good grades and perfect atten-
dance- we’ll give the kiddos doughnuts,” she said. The Donut Social is ideal for students to come in and study with business folks to have a meeting. There is a place for the kids to have fun and eat specialty doughnuts with gummy bears or sprinkles. “We want to give the older population somewhere to feel comfortable to come out and chat and have a cup of coffee visit with friends. We will serve the middle-aged customer, and we have Wi-Fi outlets,” she said. They’ll have a hefty variety of offerings, with specialty freshly baked doughnuts daily. Berkane’s top-selling doughnuts so far has been the fritters baked with apple, pineapple, and blueberry. Customers love cake doughnuts or the old-fashioned doughnut, too. “We like being active in being involved, and supporting the community, families, and local businesses is our primary business model,” Rodriquez said.
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Here are the police reports for July 4 to July 10 to the Fort Lupton Police Department. Not every call made to the police is not listed on this report. June 4 Police arrested a Commerce City man, 29, at South Denver Avenue and Weld County Road 12 on an Adams County warrant for failure to comply with a court order on a DUI charge. He was held on bond at the Adams County Detention Center. A Fort Lupton man, 44, was arrested in the 200 block of South Harrison Avenue on a Weld County warrant for failure to appear on a DUI charge. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. June 5 Police issued a summons to a Fort Lupton man,24, for careless driving and failure to report an accident to police. Police arrested a Fort Lupton woman, 31, in the 100 block of McKinley Avenue on a warrant out of Broomfield for failure to appear on a shoplifting charge. She was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. A Frederick man, 49, reported his Colorado
license plate stolen in the 1000 block of State Highway 52. The case was under investigation. June 6 A Fort Lupton man, 44, reported his black Toyota Corolla stolen in the 700 block of Rollie Avenue. The case was under investigation. Police arrested a Fort Lupton woman, 41, in the 400 block of Harrison Avenue for driving while her license was under restraint and for multiple traffic offenses. A Fort Lupton woman, 58, was arrested for possession and use of a schedule II drug in the 300 block of Denver Avenue. She was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. July 7 Police arrested a Fort Lupton man, 55, in the 2900 block of Ninth Street on an Elbert County Sheriff’s Office warrant for failure to comply with a court order on a vehicular eluding charge. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. June 8 A Fort Lupton woman, 34, reported $588 worth of damage to her vehicle in the 1000 block of Pacific Court. The case was under investigation. Police took a Denver man, 41, into custody in the 300 block of Denver Avenue on a felony Denver warrant assault charge. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail.
June 9 F Police arrested a Hudson man, 25, in the 100 block of McKinley Avenue on a Fort Lupton t warrant for failure to appear on a possession of drug paraphernalia charge. He was released on G a personal recognizance bond. Police arrested a Loveland man, 77, for atw tempted motor vehicle theft in the 700 block of C Sixth Street. The vehicle was damaged but not s stolen. r A Fort Lupton man, 27, was taken into custo- C dy in the 100 block of Fifth Street for domestic G violence-related harassment, child abuse and i menacing charges. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail. o Police arrested a Brighton man, 46, at U.S. T Highway 85 & Weld County Road 16 on a DUI E charge. He was held on bond at the Weld g County Jail. p t June 10 b Police issued a summon to a Fort Lupton man, 45, for DUI at State Highway 52 & Coyote e Creek Dr. Police arrested a Fort Lupton woman, 36, on c a Weld County warrant for failure to appear on a robbery charge. She was held on bond at the H Weld County Jail. P Two Fort Lupton teenage males, 14 and 13, were arrested for shoplifting $337.94 worth of t f property in the 1300 block of Dexter Street. S Both teens were released on a summons.
BRIEFS The City of Fort Lupton will hold a public meeting for the new Fort Lupton Recreation Center Expansion. Wednesday July 20, 2022, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be LIVE at the Recreation Center multi-purpose room and streamed via ZOOM, with the architect available to answer all questions and concerns. There will be a translator present at the meeting. Fort Lupton Recreation Center 203 S. Harrison Avenue Fort Lupton, CO 80621 Main number 303.857.4200 www.fortluptonco.gov The Boys & Girls Clubs of Weld County Dancing with the Weld County Stars is back to dancing to raise funds for various clubhouses across Weld County. It will be the Boys and Girls Club 3rd annual competition with seven stars raising showing off a variety of dance performances to raise funds for our youth.
Through the six-week campaign you can vote and contribute $1 for your favorite star dancing. The star with the most vote will be favored to win going into the competition. The event is at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Dr., Johnstown, Co. from 5:45 to 8:30 p.m. To purchase tickets and meet the stars to vote visit: https://www. bgcweld.org/dancing FLHS registration Registration for Fort Lupton High School students in 10th, 11th and 12th grades runs from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, at the school, 501 Reynolds St. Incoming freshmen can sign up for classes from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 28. Free breakfast and lunch With school out for the summer, Weld Re-8 district will be serving
free breakfast and lunch through July 29. Kids and under 18 can receive a free meal at the Fort Lupton Middle School, 201 S. McKinley Ave., on weekdays. Breakfast is available from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and lunch is available from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information contact Mary Carmen, food services director, at 303-857-3200. 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 an opportunity to enjoy hot dogs and hamburgers hot from the grill. There will be bounce houses, games and a tug-o-war. Barr Lake campout Barr Lake and the city of Brighton Recreation Department are hosting a campout from 3 p.m. Saturday, Aiug. 6, to 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7.
fi a The event includes an afternoono of c outdoor and nature-themed vendors 3 and activities. The evening includes a movie under tkhe stars and S s’mores by the campfire. Visit www.brightonco.gov/1623/ i Camp-Out-2022 or call 303-655-2200. s Summer supply drive The Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave., is hosting a summer supply drive through Tuesday, Aug. 30. Donations of canned foods (beans, pasta, tomato sauces/fruit), beverages (boxed milk, juices, protesin drinks), meals (chunky soups and mac and cheese), dry foods (cereal, crackers, pasta, rice) and snacks (chips, fruit snacks, granola) are welcome. Donate three or more items and get a free goodie bag from the recreation center. Bring donations to the center. Call 303-857-4200 w/quesSEE BRIEFS, P17
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tions. 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. For more information, email tracykilgore71@gmail.com. Hours change at the historical park The South Platte Valley Historical Park will be open for public visitation the first weekend of the month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Individual tours outside of the first weekend of the month are available by contacting the society at lancaster.lupton@spvhs.org or calling 303-857-9360 and leaving a message. 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 fun talk. 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 303718-4440. Mail donations to Blessings in a Bag, 306 Park Ave., Fort Lupton 80621. 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 303-857-4200. Committee openings Fort Lupton has openings for several of its citizen advisory committees. Visit https://www.fortluptonco.gov/966/I-Want-To-Apply-fora-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 720-4666128. 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. Learn more at: https://www.fortluptonco.gov/950/Senior-Pen-PalProgram 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. 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. 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., Westmin-
ster. 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 Alcoholics Anonymous The Brighton chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 147 S. Second Place. Meeting times are 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sundays, noon and 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 6 p.m. Thursdays and 9 p.m. Fridays. Call 303-659-9953 or visit www. brighton1aa.org. Volunteers needed Qualified Listeners needs volunteers to drive veterans to and from appointments, run errands for veterans who cannot get out, handyman services, help administer veteran and family resource guide inventory in local libraries and veterans to be trained to become qualified listeners. Visit qualifiedlisteners.org/volunteerapp and fill out the form or call 720-600-0860. Eagle Express rides Barr Lake State Park will offer virtual rides aboard the Eagle Express. Join Ranger Michelle and her friends as they read a story about our natural world that is sure to entertain your preschooler while teaching them about plants, animals and our planet. Call 303-659-6005.
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Meeting the team: Bluedevils players greet new football coach George Ramirez, a Fort Lupton alum, takes over for Joey O’Connor BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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Fort Lupton’s new football coach, George Ramirez, met his team for the first time July 11 in the school commons. Ramirez, who grew up in Fort Lupton and is a Bluedevil alum (class of 1993), takes over for Joey O’Connor, who moved over to Horizon High School in Thornton to be the head football coach. “I’m enthusiastic to make
Fort Lupton football the best it can be,” he told his team. “I know what it is to be in a small community.” Preseason work will be short; the first game is against Wheat Ridge on Aug. 25. Ramirez admitted to being “behind the eight-ball.” The next workout is 5:30 p.m. July 20. Others are planned to run in conjunction with the following events: A youth football camp July 26-28; A mini-camp with Bennett High School (FLHS’ new athletic director, Rick Jacoby, spent the last three years as the Tigers’ AD); A seven-onseven scrimmage with Bennett on Aug. 5; A chance to host Bennett on Aug. 12 or Aug. 13 (it replaces the tra-
ditional blue-white scrimmage); and A four-way scrimmage at Platte Valley High School on Aug. 15. “I am all in, and I know the coaches are all in,” Ramirez said. “We have to change the culture. I understand the history here. I get it. I’m not saying I’m going to be a savior. I want to turn this around, and it starts with the parents and the community.” Athletic Director Richard Jacoby called this year’s Bluedevils’ team “the building blocks.” “Reach out to your friends,” he told the players. “Building the program, building the culture starts with you. Changing the mindset starts with you players. That’s how you get things turned around.”
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Colorado tourism businesses rebound in 2021 BY JASON BLEVINS THE COLORADO SUN
The Colorado tourism industry is bouncing back from the pandemic, but the recovery is not evenly distributed across the state. Front Range urban destinations have yet to see traffic return to 2019 levels while Western Slope mountain communities are setting all-time records. The Colorado Tourism Office’s survey of 2021 visitors by research groups Longwoods International and Dean Runyan Associates shows visitor spending reaching $21.9 billion, a 42% increase over 2020 but still below the record $24.2 billion tourists spent in 2019. (The U.S. travel industry reported a 48% increase to $268 billion in 2021 compared with the previous year.) Colorado’s tourism businesses hosted 84.2 million trips in 2021, up 14% from 2020 but down from the high of 86.9 million trips in 2019. Leisure travel led the rebound in 2021 while business trips, convention groups and international travel remained down. Of the eight travel regions in Colorado, half have not recovered to 2019 levels. Spending by visitors in metro Denver and along the Front Range was down about 19% in 2021 compared with the pre-pandemic levels of 2019. Spending in Western Slope mountain destinations was up 9% in 2021 compared with 2019.
Other details from the 2021 surveys include: Workers in the state’s tourism industry earned $7.4 billion in 2021, up 12% from 2020 but down 2% from 2019. • Travel industry employment increased by 14,800 jobs in 2021, with the state reporting 161,000 tourismdependent jobs – up 10% from 2020 but down from 184,100 jobs in 2019. • 36.3 million U.S. travelers spent a night in Colorado in 2021, up 18% from 2020 but down from 39 million domestic overnight trips in 2019. About 81% of those 2021 overnight travelers were repeat visitors. • 1.8 million business travelers spent the night in Colorado in 2021, down from 2 million in 2020 and 3.8 million in 2019. • Taxes collected by the state, counties and municipalities on travel-related purchases reached $3.1 billion in 2021, up 40% from 2020 but down about 3% from 2019. The Colorado tourism industry’s recovery from a steep decline in 2020 saw sporadic surges of traffic in high country villages. The 2021-22 ski season ranked as the busiest ever for both Colorado and the nation, with U.S. resorts hosting more than 61 million visits and the most skied state in the country, Colorado, reporting a record 14 million visits. The record-setting traffic in the mountains has chafed locals as soaring real estate prices push them further from resort-anchored valleys, triggering a labor crisis. But
“The mountains may be saying we don’t need tourism anymore but that is kind of a yes-and-no type of thing because international travel has not rebounded yet and those folks spend five times the amount of other travelers,” Wolfe said. “That international component has not rebounded for the mountains and those travel patterns are better with full weeks instead of just full weekends that they’ve been getting.” The state tourism office has $4.8 million in tourism grants from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to disperse to rebuild the state’s pandemic-ravaged tourism industry. About $2.8 million of that is headed toward marketing for international visitors and $2 million will be dispersed to local destination management and tourism groups in areas that have not yet rebounded from the pandemic. Rebuilding international tourism to the state is among the office’s top priorities. In 2019, visitors from overseas spent $1.7 billion in Colorado, accounting for more than 8% of all visitor spending in the state. That spending dropped to $306 million in 2020 and $385 million in 2021 as COVID restrictions limited international traffic. Tourism promoters are facing headwinds in Colorado’s busy mountain communities. Recordsetting crowds in the last two years have worn on towns struggling through a labor shortage and housing crisis.
the steady year-over-year increases from 2021 appear to be ebbing in 2022, with many resort communities reporting smaller crowds than last summer. A sustained slackening of bookings and occupancy already is underway this summer in Colorado’s high country. Inntopia’s DestiMetrics, which compiles lodging details from 17 mountain destinations in seven Western states, last month reported a decline in summer reservations compared to both 2021 and 2019. That slower pace for bookings began earlier this year as pent-up travel demand from the pandemic started to wane. “And though we’re still seeing room rates at all-time highs, the slackening demand is now longterm and increasing economic pressures are forcing consumers to retreat from high room rates,” Tom Foley with Inntopia said in a statement. “The result is that considerably fewer room nights have been booked for this summer compared to both last year and 2019, and it is unlikely that those higher rates alleviate the revenue decrease caused by lower occupancy.” Tim Wolfe, the head of the Colorado Tourism Office, said his team is working to find “balance and harmony” with tourist-dependent economies and local concerns about growth and capacity. He’s focused on reviving international traffic that has collapsed since 2020.
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on the deeply Republican Eastern Plains, where Logan County Commissioner Byron Pelton is unopposed. Another five seats up for grabs in November are considered solidly Republican, while three are considered solidly Democratic. That leaves seven seats that are possible pick-up opportunities for the GOP, according to Cnalysis, which ranks the competitiveness of state legislative contests. The seven critical districts The seven tossup districts are across Colorado. We have listed them out below. (The amounts in parentheses are the amount of money each candidate had in their campaign bank account as of June 22.) • Senate District 3: This Pueblo seat tilts Republican. Democratic state Sen. Nick Hinrichsen ($26,919) faces Republican Stephen Varela ($14,387),
an Army veteran. Hinrichsen was appointed to the seat earlier this year after Senate President Leroy Garcia resigned to take a Pentagon job. • Senate District 11: This reconfigured Colorado Springs district tilts Democratic. GOP state Sen. Dennis Hisey ($33,179) moved into the district after being drawn out of his old seat in the once-a-decade redistricting process. He’ll face state Rep. Tony Exum ($9,238), who won his primary contest. • Senate District 15: Cnalysis says this district leans Republican. Incumbent Republican state Sen. Rob Woodward ($138,003), of Loveland, will face Democrat Janice Marchman ($30,531), a middle school math teacher from Loveland. • Senate District 27: This Arapahoe County district leans Democratic. State Rep. Tom Sullivan ($41,217), a Democrat and gun-regulation advocate, faces Tom Kim ($3,022), a business owner and former lawyer. • Senate District 20: This Jefferson County district leans Democratic. State Rep. Lisa Cutter ($41,254), a Democrat, faces Tim Walsh ($22,689), owner of Confluence Builders. • Senate District 24: This is a
Democratic-leaning district in northwest Adams County. Democratic state Rep. Rep. Kyle Mullica ($54,272) faces Republican Courtney Potter ($16,607), an Adams 12 Five Star Schools board member. The money Most of the spending in these races won’t be by the candidates, but rather by the state-level super PACs supporting them. In 2018, when Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans after four years in the minority, Republican outside groups spent nearly $8.5 million compared with Democratic outside groups spending $8.3 million on five competitive races. That compared with $1.9 million spent by Democratic candidates in the five contests, while the five GOP candidates spent a total of $631,000. And in 2020, Democratic outside groups spent $6.1 million compared with Republican outside groups’ $3.3 million. This year, Republicans have the cash advantage through June 22. The Senate Majority Fund had raised about $2.6 million to support Republican candidates, while All
Together Colorado raised about $1.7 million to support Democrats. The national GOPAC Election Fund contributed $560,000 to the Senate Majority Fund and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Colorado PAC contributed $160,000 to the fund. The national Republican State Leadership Committee recently donated $200,000 to super PAC Unite for Colorado Action. That state-level super PAC spent $1.6 million in 2020, mostly on state Senate contests. Education Reform Now Advocacy gave $290,000 to All Together Colorado, and Denver philanthropist Merle Chambers gave $250,000 to the group. It’s likely money will continue to flow into these two super PACs and possibly others as Nov. 8 nears and the battle for the state Senate intensifies. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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County, Colorado; thence North 89°36’34” East, coincident with the North line of said parcel, a distance of 122.63 feet to the Northeast corner of said parcel; thence North 01°14’34” West, a distance of 1304.23 feet to the North line of the Northeast ¼ of said Section 33; thence South 89°04’29” West, coincident with said North line, a distance of 105.89 feet to the True Point of Beginning. County of Weld, State of Colorado. Karsh Gabler Call PC /s/ Ivan M. Call Ivan M. Call, 30178 Attorney for Plaintiff Legal Notice No. FLP651 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
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