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RE-8 approves revised sex education policy

New version includes opt-in approach

BY NINA JOSS SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Parents would have to sign off on future Weld RE-8 health and family life/sex education classes for their kids if the district ever offers them, the Board of Education decided Sept. 22.

The district stopped offering health and sex education classes in 2018.

Board member Cody Leblanc said he prefers the district stay away from offering those kinds of classes at all, but was pleased to get parent approval included in the policy.

The motion to approve the revised policy passed 4-3. The motion to approve the updated exemption procedure to align with the revised policy also passed 4-3.

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

The Environmental Protection Agency can’t let Colorado off the hook for imposing more expensive reformulated gas to fight ozone pollution beginning in 2024, the agency said in a reply to Gov. Jared Polis’ objections and threats to sue.

The gas, which produces fewer ozone-contributing fumes, should cost about 3 cents a gallon more than normal gas formulations, according to an EPA review.

The EPA’s Washington headquarters told Polis that the Clean Air Act dating to the 1990s requires all penalized areas, like the nine counties of the northern Front Range, to switch to reformulated gas when the agency declares them in “severe” nonattainment for lung-

damaging ozone.

EPA says no way out of reformulated gas Colorado threatens to sue in 2024

The change in classification also requires Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division to lower the threshold for stationary sources that must apply for permits to 25 tons of pollutants from the current 50 tons. Air pollution control officials have said that will add at least 400 new permits to an already backlogged system.

“The Clean Air Act provisions requiring the sale of (reformulated gas) in areas reclassified as Severe and the timing of those requirements are clear,” national EPA Administrator Michael Regan wrote to Polis. Regan did say the EPA will try to work with Colorado on implementation, and noted the state has “20 months of lead time to prepare.”

The Polis administration did not back down from its objections after hearing from the EPA.

“Gov. Polis has been clear that he will pursue all legal strategies to avoid this outdated and ineffec-

tive requirement for reformulated gasoline,” spokesman Conor Cahill said. “It’s clear that this outdated policy would negatively impact Colorado’s most vulnerable, rewind environmental justice efforts and raise costs on people when they need their money most.”

The Polis objection letter said the reformulated gas mandate has “the potential to exacerbate longstanding historic environmental injustices in communities near regional refineries. The mandate raises serious environmental justice questions, again particularly given the lack of realized benefits that accompany it.”

Suncor is the only major refinery in Colorado, and likely the one that would supply reformulated gas. While environmental groups and community leaders have asked the Polis administration to phase out Suncor’s Commerce City location altogether, air pollution regulators

The district does not offer health or sex education for any grade currently. Health and sex education classes have not been taught in the district since 2018, Superintendent Alan Kaylor told Colorado Community Media.

Although the policy does not currently apply to actual classes, it would apply if these classes were to start being taught again, he said.

From integral to ‘an option’

The old policy let parents exempt their children from comprehensive health education courses with a written request and said that health education was an integral part of each student’s education.

The new policy requires a parent or guardian’s signature for a student to be allowed to participate in the class. Rather than calling the classes integral, the new policy states that a comprehensive health education program may be an option for each student’s education.

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LAAS Beverly Jean Wilson Laas November 2, 1931 – September 12, 2022

Beverly Jean Wilson Laas was born in Howell County, MO on November 2, 1931 to Jobe William Wilson and Armenta Mae Burris Wilson. On September 12, 2022 at the age of 90, Jesus took Jean by the hand and took her home with him.

Jean was schooled in one room schools in southern Missouri. She graduated from West Plains High School in 1949. She moved to Brighton, CO in 1951 where she lived for the next 70 years. Jean was an awesome cook. She was never happier than when she was in her kitchen cooking for her family and friends. She loved to bake cinnamon rolls, bread and pies. She made great sloppy joes and the best coconut cream pie you ever tasted. Her kids and grandkids loved her peanut brittle and old fashioned fudge at the holidays and they knew there would always be plenty to take home. ey also loved when she made jams and jellies for them to divide. Her sons-in-law Ron and Kris absolutely loved her strawberry jelly. Not long before Jean passed away, with her experienced direction there was a jam and jelly making class at her house with 3 generations including her daughter Bev, daughter-in-law Garland, granddaughter Kristin and great-grand daughter Addie. Now the baton has been passed on to them to continue her tradition.

Jean was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Leonard (Chipmunk) Laas, two daughters, Patricia Sack and Shirley Dudley; three sisters and two brothers. She

is survived by one daughter Beverly Zaiss (Ron) three sons Norman Hogan (Garland), Gary Hogan, and Bobby Hogan. Seven grandchildren Brian Zaiss, Jason Sack, Bobby Joe Beckman, Hank Beckman, Kristin Stockton and Rod Dudley. Twelve great-grandchildren, one sister Gertie Meyers (Dayton) and many nieces and nephews who loved her very much.

To our mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend we will always love you.

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Don’t grieve for me for now I’m free

I’m following the path God laid for me

I took his hand when I heard him call

I turned my back and left it all

I could not stay another day to laugh, to love, to work, to play

Tasks left undone must stay that way

Carolyn June Duran, née Gomez, 23, 1948 in Fort Morgan, Colorado to Raul Mancera and Esther Cardenas. She had

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and Julie Anne Williams (Pennington) whom she loved dearly. In 1970 she married Larry Dean Williams and later married Larry (Tec) Duran in 1985.

I’ve found that peace at the end of the day

If my parting has left a void en ll it with remembered joy

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss Ah, yes those things I too will miss Be not burdened with times of sorrow

I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow

My life’s been full, life savored much

Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch Perhaps my time seemed all to brief Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief

Lift up your head and share with me

God wanted me now, he set me free.

Carolyn earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Primary/Bilingual Education from the University of Northern Colorado and enjoyed teaching pre-K and kindergarten.

Carolyn lived in Fort Lupton, CO, Houston, TX; Guam, Marianas Islands; and settled in Loveland, CO. She was well traveled and visited 32 countries. She loved sharing her

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Sta ng problems force RE-8 to select new auditing firm

According to Holbrook, BDO also backed out of auditing commitments to Eaton RE-2 School District, Weld County School District RE-1 and Estes Park School District R-2 within days of dropping RE-8.

an auditing firm takes about two months, she said.

BY NINA JOSS SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Staffing issues at an international accounting and consulting firm had the Weld RE-8 School Board scrambling to find a group to lead their annual audit.

Shortly before it was set to begin the audit process for the Weld Re-8 School District, auditing firm BDO Global – who has worked with the Fort Lupton district for four years – backed out of its commitment due to staffing issues.

The district selected a new auditor, CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA), to complete the financial inspection before March 1, Director of Finance and Business Services Jessica Holbrook said.

“It puts us in a very difficult position, as normally this is the time of year that auditors are coming into the district and doing field work and getting everything that they need to accomplish in order to have that audit delivered by Dec. 31,” Holbrook said in the Sept. 22 regular board of education meeting.

Normally, audits are due to the state by Dec. 31, according to Holbrook. But due to the district’s situation, the Office of the State Auditor granted Re-8 an extension until March 1, she said.

At the Sept. 22 meeting, Holbrook requested that several board policies be waived to expedite the process to find a new auditor. The normal process for choosing

The motion passed unanimously, letting Superintendent Alan Kaylor and his staff choose an auditing firm without going to the board for approval throughout the process, Holbrook said.

“We’re just trying to speed up the whole process by not going through all of that,” she said.

After considering several bids, the district chose CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) to be their new auditor Sept. 28, Holbrook said. Holbrook said other districts had good things to say about the firm and it quoted a lower price and a better timeline for the project.”

“We feel confident that they’ll be able to get (our audit) done in a timely manner and with great accuracy,” she said.

Dissatisfaction and understanding:

Board member Cody LeBlanc said the thought of subverting board policy made him reluctant

to vote in favor of the motion, but he did so because it made sense for the timeline.

“I believe that our board policy on requests for proposals is important to just ensure total transparency in large transactions that the district engages in,” he said. “I was hesitant to vote yes, but I did because we were so short on time.”

During the meeting, Holbrook said the district had a five-year commitment with BDO that was reengaged annually — but it was not a contract. She said either party could have backed out of the committment at any point.

LeBlanc said he wished he had known that sooner. LeBlanc said he was dissatisfied with BDO’s service over the last two years because it did not complete audits on time.

“After their performance the last couple of years, I wish I would have… realized that because I would have asked for us to get rid

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Sta ng problems forced the previous auditor to quit the district

Kaylor gets 2% raise from RE-8 board

BY NINA JOSS SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Weld RE-8 Superintendent Alan Kaylor will get a two percent raise in his new contract, the district Board of Education agreed Sept. 22.

The RE-8 board approved the new contract for Superintendent Alan Kaylor during its regular meeting. It applies to Kaylor’s current term, which began August 1 and runs through July 31, 2023. Kaylor’s contract is automatically renewed in the spring each year, with official approval by the board of education at a later date, he said.

According to the new contract, Kaylor’s annual salary is $173,400 — a two percent raise from his salary last year. Funding for professional growth

opportunities and mileage reimbursement have not changed since Kaylor’s last contract.

The vote was 6-1, with Cody LeBlanc casting the dissenting vote.

Although he said Kaylor is “deserving of every penny that he makes,” LeBlanc said he could not approve the contract because the board approved a budget in June with a large deficit. LeBlanc said it’s the same reason he’s voted against every superintendent contract renewal and every budget since he joined the board in 2019.

“So my question becomes: We’re already in the negatives —why are we adding to that negative by providing a raise that we don’t have the funding for?” he said. “I voted no on the contract for that reason and that reason only.”

Benefits stay the same

The district will cover up to $3,500 annually for the cost of professional growth opportunities, including membership fees in educational professional organizations, journal subscriptions and other costs that can be approved by the board of education. The contract provides mileage reimbursement of $2,000 per academic year.

Kaylor, who has been superintendent since 2016, said he is humbled and honored to continue in his role as superintendent.

“I love my kids. I want to make sure my kids have the very best — our kids, in this case, in Weld 8,” he said. “So I just consider it an honor to continue on in my role.”

The Hearing Place provides Spanish speaking care

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A chain of northern Colorado hearing and audiology doctors will likely sound a little better to its Spanish speaking customers with the addition of new audiologist Dr. Mariela Chavira, Chavira will join The Hearing Place at two of its six locations, Fort Lupton and Greeley.

“We know first-hand that Dr. Chavira would have made a valuable addition to The Hearing Place even without her Spanish fluency,” said

Dr. Brittany Mathisen, Audiologist and Owner of The Hearing Place. “But as a growing practice with six locations, we also consider hiring her a valuable step toward the inclusivity we aspire to help shape throughout the Northern Colorado community.”

Chavira, a Greeley native and fi rst-generation Mexican American with Spanish-speaking fl uency, will be working full-time as an Audiologist providing care in English and Spanish for patients seeking Comprehensive Hearing Evaluations, Customized Hearing

Improvement Plans, and other services.

Chavira graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley with a Bachelor of Science in Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences and her Doctorate of Audiology. She also completed an internship in a school district, identifying and intervening in hearing loss with school children. She worked at a second internship with The Hearing Place, a one-year externship at an Ear, Nose, and Throat clinic working with a team of Otolaryn-

What should Alzheimer’s caregivers know?

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gologists performing comprehensive audiological and vestibular evaluations, hearing aid evaluations, and hearing aid fi ttings, according to the Hearing Place offi cials,

In 2019, Dr. Chavira worked in the fi eld at a sugar mill in Guatemala, helping to prevent hearing loss by performing hearing and hearing protector fi t testing for industrial workers.

“It is never the wrong time to gain knowledge and take the fi rst steps to better hearing and quality of life,” Chavira said.

AUDITING

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of them in June,” he said.

Holbrook told CCM these delays were because of federal funding related to COVID, which complicated the auditing process for many districts. She said some delays in the process were specifically due to the late release of federal regulations for COVID funding, a factor outside of BDO’s control.

For these reasons, she said she didn’t blame BDO for how it conducted business in the past.

“There’s a heavy strain on auditing firms just due to the mass increase of work that they’re having to do, so I never once looked at anything that BDO had done in the past as a negative,” she said.

But Holbrook said she was shocked that BDO backed out of their commitment so late in the year. She said she thought the staffing issues at the company had to do with COVID.

Kaylor, too, was frustrated with the way BDO backed out of its commitment.

“I would go so far as to say I think it was unprofessional on (BDO’s) part to enter into an agreement with us, and then not be able to fulfill the agreement, especially the timing,” he said to CCM.

Randy Watkins, a representative of BDO, did not respond to CCM’s request for comment for this story.

Re-8’s recent audits can be found on the “Financial Transparency” page of the district’s website.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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Finding balance when we seem out of balance

He had spent a career serving others. He was passionate about his work and his role in caring for and developing those on his team. His career spanned more than 49 years before he finally agreed to retire. Retire that is from his full-time job, but at 74 years old, he still went out and took a part-time job because he believed that he wasn’t done serving others in his community. And lastly, in addition to his part-time job, he is a volunteer for the community center in his neighborhood, and very active in his local church.

I only know these details because I received an email from his wife, who shared that they both look forward to my column each week, and she thought I might be interested in her husband’s story. For me it was a no-brainer, as I love to hear about a fantastic work ethic, people who love to build up others, and stories about people who live to serve others. She certainly got my attention.

When I reached out and asked if I could interview them both, they immediately agreed. Wow, was I in for

Michael Norton

a great discussion from a very spry and young 75-yearold couple. As I listened to their story, I was truly amazed to their commitment to serve. His job didn’t create wealth, but it did give them security and provided a beautiful life for them in Colorado where they raised their children. When I asked how they balanced work, family, church, and volunteering, Tom answered the question with one word, “balance.”

As I asked him to share more about that he told me that throughout his life, particularly toward the end of his career and part-time work, that he heard all this “noise” about work-life balance. And as people shared self-help books and columns about how to find work-life balance, it amused him. He said it amused him because the answer was in the question. It’s balance.

His belief being that if we balance all our responsibilities to our family, our friends, our church and our community, we will find all the balance we need, and in turn create a beautiful life for our family and those we serve.

This couple became instant heroes of mine, a great big hug and shout-out to you both.

I think that Tom was on to something. Many of us fall into the trap of the rush and crush of life, becoming so preoccupied by what we think we want, yet we miss everything else in life that balances us out. We spread ourselves so thin running from thing to thing, event to event, trying to fill our calendars and impress people, that we often miss what gives us the greatest pleasure. If we are in search of work-life balance, or just a sense of balance in our life, what is keeping us from finding it? Identifying those things that send us reeling out of balance, and having the courage to say “No,” more often so that we can keep ourselves in balance may be one of the best things that we can

Why baby steps when the Colorado River needs big strides?

Rivers and streams on Colorado’s Western Slope chattered excitedly with runoff during mid-September after several days of rain, softening landscapes that had turned sullen after another hot summer.

The water was a blink of good news for a Colorado River that needs something more. It needs a long, sloppy kiss of wetness.

Hard, difficult decisions have almost entirely lagged what has been needed during the last 20 years of declining reservoir levels and rapidly rising temperatures. Hope has lingered stubbornly. After all, every batter has slumps. And maybe next winter and spring it will snow hard and long in Colorado, source of 60% of the river’s water, instead of getting unseemly warm come April and May, as has mostly been the case. This glass half-full hopefulness has left the two big reservoirs, Mead and Powell, at roughly 25% of capacity. To prevent worse, the smaller savings accounts near the headwaters - Navajo Reservoir in New Mexico, Blue Mesa in Colorado, and Flaming Gorge on the Utah-Wyoming border - have been pilfered. Little remains to be tapped.

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ever do for ourselves.

Here’s an idea for you to explore. Balance doesn’t come from placing more things, people, and events on both sides of the scale. Balance comes when we put the right things on each side of the scale.

Take a lesson from my new friend Tom and his wife who focus on family, friends, church and the community and you will have all the balance that you will ever need. Are you or your company out of balance? Do you need to focus more on what is on each side of the scale instead of how much you are trying to squeeze onto the scale? I would love to hear your story of balance at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can find our balance again, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

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Make cancer an election issue

Even threats from the Bureau of Reclamation this year failed to spur definitive action. “We can’t keep doing this,” said Andy Mueller, general manager of the Glenwood Springs-based Colorado River Water Conservation District, a major water policy agency for the Western Slope.

Recently at the River District’s annual seminar in Grand Junction, Brendon Langenhuizen offered no hope for recovery this coming year. It will be the third La Nina in a row, he pointed out, likely producing aboveaverage temperatures and hence below-average precipitation.

Even so-so precipitation comes up as something less. Yampa River Valley snowpack last winter was 84% of average; runoff lagged at 76%. The Gunnison River watershed figures were even worse; snowpack of 87% yielding runoff of 64%.

Dry soils have sopped up moisture, and then there is the heat. The last 12 months have been among the six warmest years in the last century in Colorado, said Langenhuisen, a water rights engineer. Summer rains the last two years have helped. Still, the reservoir levels drop, the seven basin states so far unable to agree on cuts that would match demand with supply.

It’s tempting to accuse the states of being

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While we have made great progress against cancer, the disease still kills more than 1,600 people a day in this country.

In Colorado, an estimated 28,480 people will hear the words `you have cancer’ this year alone. If you are passionate about fighting cancer, it is critical to understand that the war against cancer will not be won or lost in the research labs or doctors’ offices alone. Government officials make decisions every day about health issues that affect your life.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is helping to make the fight against cancer a national priority. As volunteers, we take advantage of the opportunity offered by elections to raise the profile of cancer issues and educate candidates and the public. This enables us to better serve families in the fight against this disease.

Local volunteers like me sent questionnaires to Rep. Dr.Yadira Caraveo-D

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and state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer-R asking about their positions on the importance of increasing funding for cancer research and programs, guaranteeing access to adequate and affordable health coverage and advancing equity in clinical trials for cutting edge cancer treatments - all issues critical to cancer patients and their families.

As an advocate, I urge state Sen. Kirkmeyer to fill out her responses and join the many candidates across the country - including state Rep. Caraveo - who have already gone on the record with their positions on these issues that are critical to this country’s over 18 million cancer survivors and their families.

The candidates need to rise above campaign politics and talk about how they plan to make cancer a priority. We plan to hold the winners, whoever they are, accountable for their commitments to fight cancer.

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caught up in century-old thinking.

After all, they nominally oper ate under provisions of the 1922 Colorado River Compact. They have taken steps but they insufficiently acknowledge the shifting hydro logic reality. Instead of delivering an average 20.5 million acre-feet, as the compact assumed, the river has delivered 13 million acre-feet in the 21st century. In the last few years, it’s been worse yet, about 12 million acre-feet.

How low can it go? Mueller talked about learning to live within 9 million acre-feet, as some climate scientists have warned may be

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necessary. Climate scientists have built up some credibility as their forecasts have been, if anything, a tad conservative.

A scientist I talked with in Grand Junction suggested potential for an even starker future. What if the river delivers just 7 million acrefeet a year for the next two or three years?

One of my acquaintances, a county official on the Western Slope, recently confided weariness with the now familiar narrative of “drought, dust, and dystopia” on the Colorado River. Understood. We all want to see the Broncos and Avs win. More instructive may be the Denver Nuggets, who are now in a 55-year championship drought.

Jim Lochhead, chief executive of Denver Water, likens the situation

on the Colorado River to a bank account that has been drawn down. “And we’re looking at a zero balance with no line of credit,” he said this week at the Colorado Water Center conference in Fort Collins.

What is needed? From a perspec tive in Colorado, Lochhead argues for a stronger, more assertive federal role. Lochhead was for many years a lawyer based in Glenwood Springs who represented Colorado in river issues.

Everybody that depends upon Colorado River water from north eastern Colorado to Los Angeles and San Diego will have a role, he says. Denver for example, wants to crowd out grass from medians and incen tivize turf removal.

Lower-basin states use about twice as much as the upper basin states,

and there the cuts must be more radical. Lochhead wants to see the federal government, through the Bu reau of Reclamation, more assert ively force the lower-basin states to make those hard decisions. Federal authority over water entering Lake Mead has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, he points out, and he suggests the agency may use that power after the November election.

The broad theme will be reducing water used for low-value grasses. That takes in suburban lawns but also the water-greedy grasses grown for livestock, including corn and alfalfa. Hard choices, but they must be made. What more warning do we need?

Allen Best chronicles Colorado’s water and energy transitions. See more at BigPivots.com.

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have recently required more stringent air monitoring at Suncor’s fence line and put new conditions on long-delayed permit renewals.

Polis’ letter said new construction required to supply reformulated gas and higher production levels could hamper air quality progress in those neighborhoods.

While environmental groups do not believe reformulated gas will do much to solve the northern Front Range ozone problems, because current everyday formulations are much cleaner than when the 1990s law was passed, they also dismiss the Polis objections as “reelection-year theater.”

“There’s no way out of it. It’s going to happen,” said Jeremy Nichols of WildEarth Guardians. Colorado knew the ozone downgrade was coming for years, and Nichols likened the state’s reaction to a high school senior failing all their classes and then complaining they couldn’t graduate.

“If Gov. Polis truly cared about clean air and avoiding RFG, he’d direct the air division to everything in their power to clean up ozone in the region and either avoid a severe classification or at least get out of it as quickly as possible,” Nichols said. “Instead, the air division has offered up an ozone cleanup plan that it admits will fail.”

The advocates and allies among metro area elected officials want the state to speed up the transition to lower-emission vehicles, pause air pollution permitting, and put more restrictions on Front Range oil and gas drilling as keys to reducing ozone faster. The state’s proposals so far do not include those extras or others recommended by clean air coalitions.

“Pollution is now bad enough that more federal environmental protections are

kicking in, which is exactly why the Clean Air Act exists in the first place,” said Jacob Smith of Colorado Communities for Climate Action, a coalition of 40 local governments. “Trying to avoid the rules will mean it takes longer, costs more and leaves more people sick. The quickest path to not needing federal air quality protections is for Colorado to actually clean up the air we breathe.”

The new State Implementation Plan for ozone attainment that Polis highlighted in his original letter to the EPA acknowledges up front that Colorado can’t meet tighter 2015 standards by a 2024 deadline, noted Katherine Goff, a Northglenn City Council member and vice president of the communities coalition.

“There are enormous emissions sources that Colorado could clean up right now that would make a huge difference, but the proposed plan largely ignores them,” she said.

Suncor said on Sept. 28 it is working on a $36 million project to be ready to produce reformulated gas by the 2024 summer driving season, and that they have state health department approval. The Regional Air Quality Council estimates the new gas will reduce ozone-contributing emissions by 200 tons a year, Suncor said.

What the price differential will be is not clear, Suncor added, since much of it depends on how many other suppliers bring reformulated gas into the Front Range market. Suncor said it currently produces about one third of Colorado’s gasoline, half of the state’s diesel fuel, and 30% of the jet fuel for Denver International Airport.

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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‘High-Rise High Jinx’

Fort Lupton High School’s drama club will present “High-Rise High Jinx,” a series of stories of “complex” comedy at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3, 4 and 5, in the school auditorium. Tickets are $5.

Hours change at the historical park

The South Platte Valley Historical Park will be open for public visitation on 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.

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 303-857-6694

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 Public & School Library Wednesdays to play crafts and video games and to 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 303-718-4440. 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-ToApply-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 720-4666128.

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.

Co ee 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

September 3

Police arrested a Thornton man, 38, in the 1400 block of Second Street for an Adams County warrant for failure to comply with conditions of probation. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail.

Police issued a summons to a Yuma man, 40, for causing a traffic accident and driving with no insurance in the 100 block of Denver Avenue.

A Brighton man, 30, was arrested in the 900 block of Denver Avenue on a felony for a Chaffee

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Craft classes

Monthly craft classes through the Fort Lupton Recreation Center (203 S. Harrison Ave.) are available. Call 303857-4200, 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.

County warrant for failing to comply with probation for the introduction of contraband. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail.

Police took a Montana man, 37, into custody for DUI, open container violations and prohibited use of a weapon. He was held on bond at Weld County Jail.

September 4

A Westminster man, 25, was issued a summon for possession and unlawful use of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia in the 1300 block of Dexter Street.

September 6

A Firestone man reported two generators and golf cart taken from the 15000 block of Highway 42.

Police arrested a Fort Lupton woman, 39, in the 200 block of Park Avenue on a warrant out

Warm Line up and running Community Reach Center is offering a Warm Line (303-2806602) for those who want to talk to mental-health 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 sup-

port and free counseling.

of Weld County for failure to appear on multiple traffic offenses. She was held on bond at the Weld County Jail.

September 7

A Fort Lupton man, 21, was arrested at Rollie Avenue and Third Street for a Fort Lupton and Routt County warrant for failure to appear on a traffic offense. He was held on bond at the Weld County Jail.

September 8

Police issued a summons to a Fort Lupton woman, 35, for illegally growing marijuana in the 400 block of Harrison Avenue.

September 9

Police arrested an Aurora man, 40, for motor vehicle theft at U.S. Highway 85 & Mile Marker 240 for DUI, and other multiple traffic offenses.

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

MID TERM ELECTIONS

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.

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Here are the police reports for Sept. 3 to Sept. 9 to the Fort Lupton Police Department. Not every call made to the police is not listed on this report.

SCHOOLS

State law allows students who are 18 or older to sign for themselves, Kaylor said.

According to board member Cody LeBlanc, who created the policy revisions with Secretary Jaime Sierra, the new opt-in approach gives parents the right to decide what their children learn about sexual topics.

“It forces parental rights and it forces the district to uphold parental rights, especially when talking about extremely sensitive conversations like comprehensive sex education,” he said in an interview with CCM.

Comprehensive Sex Education

State legislators passed a law in May 2019 that doesn’t require that human sexuality instruction be taught in schools, but set strict standards and content requirements if it is taught. Some of these content requirements are:

Information about methods to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections Instruction on how to communicate consent, recognize communication of consent and recognize withdrawal of consent Instruction on how to avoid making assumptions about a person’s

supposed sexual intentions based on that person’s appearance or sexual history

The state law does also does not require those classes to include pregnancy outcome options.

If pregnancy options are taught, it requires that “the instruction must cover all pregnancy outcome options, including but not limited to adoption, abortion, parenting and… ‘safe haven laws.’”

LeBlanc said several aspects of comprehensive sex education curricula are concerning to some community members, especially in some religious communities.

“I’m not even comfortable talking about a lot of what comprehensive sex education requires to be taught to students,” he said. “So I would love for our district to not teach sex education.”

LeBlanc said he’s tried to repeal the sex education policy at RE-8 schools before, and moved to repeal the district’s policy altogether at the Sept. 22 meeting. His motion failed in a 3-4 vote. Although it wasn’t repealed, he said amending the policy was a success.

“We finally were able to, with the amendments, get somebody to switch and vote with us to at least amend it,” he said.

Other opinions

Board Treasurer Michelle Bettger voted against LeBlanc’s motion to repeal the policy, then in favor of his motion to accept the amended policy. She was the only board member who voted differently on the two motions.

“I’m a proponent of teach-

ing sex ed in the schools because I don’t believe that it is being taught at home in some households,” she said.

“I did not want to repeal the policy so that if the state standards change, it would just be an easy transition into us going back to teaching it.”

Bettger said she voted in favor of the amended policy because the board had discussed the issue several times and had reached no decision.

“If opting in was going to get movement and get it taken care of, it wasn’t that big (of) a difference to me,” she said.

In addition, Bettger said letting families opt in is good because it gives parents the chance to be 100% sure what their child is going to be learning.

President Susan Browne, on the other hand, was not in support of the opt-in policy.

“Not all students bring home their Wednesday folders at the elementary level. Parent communications home at the middle school and the high school level is really hard,” she said.

She added that some students won’t learn sexual education at all if it’s not taught in schools.

“Unfortunately, in this day and age, parents aren’t always receptive to teaching sex education to their students,” she said. “It doesn’t always come from the parents. It doesn’t always come from their religious background. And there are some students that are just going to get that training from school.”

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‘I’m not even comfortable talking about a lot of what comprehensive sex education requires to be taught to students. So I would love for our district to not teach sex education.’

Cody Leblanc, Board member

Fort Lupton volleyball riding the senior wave

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton’s volleyball team split its 22-game schedule a season ago. This year, the record stands at 8-4 and 8-1 in Frontier League play through the end of last week, and Fort Lupton’s Payton Faulhaber knows why.

“Our team chemistry is clicking. We’re picking each other up,” she said. “We worked really hard over the summer to come together as a team. Coach (Coach Cindy Seiler) had a goal for us to make regionals this year. Every day at practice, we remind ourselves of that goal. We know what we have to do to get there.”

Seiler agreed.

“They are fighting. They are playing hard. We fell against Bennett. We didn’t have our best game,” she said. “We weren’t as strong as we needed to be. We’ll get ‘em. We’ll play them in the Frontier tournament.”

FLHS beat Bruce Randolph 25-10, 25-11, 26-24 Sept. 29 in Fort Lupton. Faulhaber led the way with eight kills. Alissa Clark added four, while Janisa Shaffer and Melody Lee contributed three. Zariyah Sauceda led the serving stats with five aces. Lashya Tijerina, Neveah Gonzales, Dani Aviles and Kirra Thomas added three aces.

The Bluedevils had no trouble winning the first two sets, but the Grizzlies made things tough in the third set.

“We struggled in the third set. We didn’t

play to our level,” Faulhaber said. “We just had to come together and not look at the scoreboard, just push through. It’s important for us to be our own fire. Sometimes we don’t really have a lot of energy.”

Faulhaber said her team knew it could have played better in that third set.

“We just had to put each point behind us,” she said. “It’s a 10-second memory is what we call it. You shank the ball? You forget about it and move on to the next point. It’s hard to do. But it’s important we don’t get it in our head that we messed up. We just move on to the next point. It’s a mental sport. We keep playing each point like it’s the last one.”

“They were a little sluggish,” Seiler said. “We played everyone. We have 14 players, and 13 were here. It’s hard to get your mojo. We’ve been working on picking each other up as a team. When someone makes a mistake, we don’t let them know they made a mistake. They already know. Our job is to pick them up.”

“This season is going really well thus far,” Faulhaber said. ‘A lot of our team is seniors this year. Next year, we’re going to have to pick it up. There are only three juniors. We’re going to have to step up into some new roles.”

There is one freshman on the Bluedevils’ squad this season.

“I knew they had it in them. It was getting them to bring it out of themselves,” Seiler said.

FLHS visits Sheridan at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11.

Jessica Davila-Cortez of the Bluedevils gets her fingers on this shot at the net during her team’s win over Bruce Randolph Sept. 29.

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Fort Lupton High School

Soccer

Eagle Ridge slipped past Fort Lupton 2-1 in Fort Lupton Oct. 1. No stats were available for either team.

Fort Lupton turned back DSSTMontview 4-1 in Fort Lupton Sept. 28. FLHS scored three times in the second half to pull out the win.

Volleyball

Fort Lupton won three of its four matches at its volleyball tournament Oct. 1.

FLHS beat Wheat Ridge 25-18, 25-14 and Skyview Academy 2516, 25-10. The Bluedevils got past Lyons 13-25, 25-17, 15-12 but fell short against Riverdale Ridge in the tournament finale by set scores of 25-19, 25-14.

Mahala Lampshire and Addison Goff led the Ravens with four kills. Tiana Fisher was next with three. Goff also served four aces. No stats were available for the Bluedevils.

Football

Berthoud beat Fort Lupton 35-14 on the Spartans’ field Sept. 30.

FLHS quarterback Will Alvarado was 14-for-24 for 185 yards and a touchdown. Alvarado also ran for a TD. Kaidyn Taylor caught the scoring pass, one of his three receptions that totaled 82 yards. Anthony BlanMendenhall caught three passes for 48 yards.

Alex Larson gained 279 rushing yards for the Spartans and scored three touchdowns. Quarterback

Skyler Streicher completed two passes, both of which went to Aiden Mcgrath.

Softball

Fort Lupton cruised past Platte Canyon 15-0 in Fort Lupton Sept. 29. Danielle Clementson had PCHS’ only base hit. No stats were available for the Bluedevils.

FLHS also beat Longmont 17-3 in Longmont Sept. 26. The game lasted four innings because of the state’s mercy rule. Avery Wolfsberger and Caitlyn Rangel had the Trojans’ RBIs. No stats were available for the Bluedevils.

Frederick High School

Softball

Tatum Ross’ walk-off sacrifice fly gave Frederick a 5-4 win over Ralston Valley Oct. 1 in Frederick.

The Golden Eagles had a 4-0, fourth-inning lead on the Mustangs. Alexandra Kennedy had a seventhinning double to help out with the rally. She scored the winning run on Ross’ fly ball. Makenzie Sais had two hits

Howell had herself quite a week, aside from the four RBIs in the win over Ralston Valley. She threw two perfect games in the span of three days. Howell’s second gem was against Mountain View as the Golden Eagles won 15-0 in three innings Sept. 29.

Howell struck out eight of the nine batters she faced. Kennedy had two hits and three RBIs. Hailey

Simmons, Angelina Deleon and Ross had RBIs as well.

The sum total of Frederick’s day on the softball diamond Sept. 27 was two shutout wins and a no-hitter.

The Golden Eagles downed Thompson Valley by scores of 13-0 (Kennedy and Carlie Nagy combined on a three-hitter, and Nagy contributed two hits and three RBIs at the plate) and 10-0 (Howell threw her other perfect game and struck out four. Simmons had a base hit and three RBIs to provide the support on offense). in Loveland.

Neither game lasted the full five innings Sept. 27 because of the state’s mercy rule.

Cross country

Frederick’s cross country teams took part in two meets last week. Here are the results from the Mead Stampede Oct. 1 at Mead High School:

Girls

23. Jessica Ellinger, 22:05.5. 72. Hailey Pollard, 25:35 (season best). 79. Kassidy Lear, 26:06.7. 88. Ashlyn Torres, 26;55.2. 97. Mya Wilcox, 27:17.3.

Boys

11. Nikolas Carrillo, 17:35.8. 43. Brandt Hartman, 19:02 (season best). 47. Darren Reynolds, 19:17.2 (season best). 77. William Hershey, 20:13.5. 85. Ricardo Moreno. 20:28.2.

Here are Frederick’s results from the Runners Roost Invitational Sept. 27 at Riverdale Regional Park:

Girls

9. J. Ellinger, 23:39.9. 62. H. Pol-

lard, 27:48.6. 79. K. Lear, 28:55.5. 103. Kendall Willis, 31:16.4. 139. Breanna Langefield, 35:53.3.

Boys

12. N. Carrillo, 19:25.1. 28. B. Hartman, 20:53.8. 44. D. Reynolds, 21:40.4. 58. Zachary Bailey, 22:07.1. 64. Jason Tyler, 22:15.3.

Soccer

Riverdale Ridge’s winning streak hit four, thanks to a 1-0, overtime win against Frederick Sept. 29 in Thornton. Omar Sanchez scored the game’s only goal. No stats were available for the Golden Eagles.

FHS beat Mountain View 4-2 in Loveland Sept. 27. Micaiah Paice scored all of the Golden Eagles’ goals.

Golf

Frederick’s team wrapped up the season with a 16th-place showing at the Holy Family Bobblehead Invitational Sept. 27 at Broadlands Golf Course Sept. 27.

Low score of the day belonged to Kyle Spence, who finished with an 87. Teagun Boen carded an 89, and Layne Smotzer finished with a 93.

Volleyball

Thompson Valley downed Frederick 25-11, 25-14, 25-14 in Loveland Sept. 27. Katelin Sindelar, Kelsey Matthews and Isabelle Ramer led FHS with four kills. Delaney Frank added three.

Tatum Sharpo had 12 kills for TVHS. Avery Gibbs was close behind with 10.

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1. TELEVISION: Which TV cartoon show featured a Great Dane as part of the mysterysolving team?

2. MOVIES: Which 1970s movie’s tagline is, “You’ll never go in the water again”?

3. HISTORY: What was the nickname for American soldiers in WWI?

4. MEDICAL TERMS: What is dysphonia?

5. U.S. PRESIDENTS: How many state capitals are named after U.S. presidents?

6. ANATOMY: What part of the brain controls language and hearing?

7. PSYCHOLOGY: What is the fear represented in metathesiophobia?

8. GEOGRAPHY: How many countries are in the United Kingdom?

9. FOOD & DRINK: What are the two main ingredients in a meringue?

10. U.S. STATES: Which state is home to General Sherman, a sequoia more than 2,000 years old?

Answers

1. “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?”

2. “Jaws.”

3. Doughboys.

4. Having a hoarse or raspy voice.

5. Four (Jackson, Mississippi; Lincoln, Nebraska, Madison, Wisconsin, and Jefferson City, Missouri).

6. Temporal lobe.

7. Fear of change

8. Four: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

9. Egg whites and sugar.

10. California.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Legals

City of Ft. Lupton

Public Notice

NOTICE OF BUDGET

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Fort Lupton City Coun cil for the ensuing year of 2023, a copy of such proposed budget has been filed at the City of Fort Lupton City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Ave., where the same is open for public inspection; such proposed budget will be considered at a special meeting of the Fort Lupton City Council to be held at City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Ave., on October 15, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Any interested elector of the City of Fort Lupton may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.

Legal Notice No. FLP700

First Publication: October 6, 2022

Last Publication: October 13, 2022

Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Public Notice

Notice of Public Hearing

Notice is hereby given that the City of Fort Lupton City Council, acting as the Local Licensing Author ity, has scheduled a public hearing on October 18, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at the City Complex, 130 S. McKinley Avenue, Fort Lupton, CO 80621. The public hearing is to consider an application for a new Fermented Malt Beverage Off-Premises license at Family Dollar Stores of Colorado, LLC dba Family Dollar #25949 located at 130 S. Denver Avenue, Fort Lupton, CO 80621. The application was accepted by the City Council on September 20, 2022. Owners are Peter Barnett, 329 Cavalier Drive, Virginia Beach VA; Roger Dean, 2904 Ryan Court, Virginia Beach, VA; Harry Spencer, 509 Woodards Ford Road, Chesapeake.

Legal Notice No. FLP715

First Publication: October 6, 2022

Last Publication: October 6, 2022

Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Public Notice

CITY OF FORT LUPTON

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the City of Fort Lupton is in receipt of an application submitted by Highway 52 General Partnership, L.L.P for an annexation and initial zoning to the ‘A’ Agriculture Zone District for a parcel located south and adjacent to Highway 52 and approximately 0.25 miles east of County Road 31 in Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to the City of Fort Lupton Municipal Code Notice Requirements.

The public hearings are to be held before the Planning Commission on Thursday, October 13, 2022, at 6:00 P.M., and before the City Council on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 6:00 P.M. or as soon as possible thereafter.

The public hearings shall be held at the Fort Lupton City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Avenue in Fort Lupton, Colorado. In the event that the City Hall is closed to the public at the time of the hearings due to COVID-19, 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.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

A PARCEL LOCATED IN THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE EAST ONE-QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 3 AS WITNESSED BY A FOUND 2.5 INCH ALUMINUM CAP MARKED 49.5’ W.C., PLS 25937 1997”, THENCE SOUTH 00°09’09” EAST, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 3, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET , MORE OR LESS, TO THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY NO. 52, TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE FORT LUPTON EAST ANNEXATION, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE WELD COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER AT RECEPTION NO. 4765841 AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING:

THENCE SOUTH 00°09’09” EAST, DEPARTING

SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE AND CONTINUING ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 3, A DIS TANCE OF 2525.93 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A FOUND 2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP MARKED PLS 37971 ON THE NORTH LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 12 AND THE NORTH LINE OF THE MP ANNEXATION NO.4, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE WELD COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER AT RECEPTION NO. 4592077, FROM WHICH THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 3, BEING A FOUND 2.5 INCH ILLEGIBLE ALUMINUM CAP BEARS, SOUTH 00°09’09” E A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88°59’47” WEST, 30.00 FEET NORTH OF AND PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 3 AND ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID MP ANNEXATION NO. 4, PASSING AT A DISTANCE OF 1332.96 FEET THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SEC TION 3 AND CONTINUING A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 2254.17 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A FOUND 2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP MARKED PLS 37971 ON THE EAST LINE OF THAT PARCEL DESCRIBED IN WARRANTY DEED TO WIL LIAM A. JENKINS AND LORI L. JENKINS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE WELD COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER AT RECEP TION NO. 3777987, FROM WHICH THE SOUTH ONE-QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 3, BEING A FOUND 2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP MARKED PLS 25937 1998 BEARS SOUTH 00°30’29” EAST A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET AND SOUTH 88°59’47” WEST A DISTANCE OF 411.00 FEET;

THENCE, DEPARTING SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE AND ALONG THE EAST AND NORTH LINES OF SAID JENKINS PARCEL THE FOL LOWING THREE (3) COURSES AND DIS TANCES:

1. NORTH 00°30’29”

WEST A DISTANCE OF 1279.57 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A FOUND 2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP MARKED PLS 37971 FOR THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF SAID JENKINS PARCEL;

2. SOUTH 89°09’57”

WEST A DISTANCE OF 411.00 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE CENTER-SOUTH ONE-SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SAID SECTION 3, BEING A FOUND 2.5 INCH ALUMINUM CAP MARKED PLS 37971 2022;

3. SOUTH 89°10’38” WEST A DISTANCE OF 1330.21 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE

SOUTHWEST ONE-SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SAID SECTION 3, BEING A FOUND 2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP MARKED PLS 25937;

THENCE NORTH 00°23’24” WEST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUAR TER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 3, A DISTANCE OF 1264.89 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A FOUND 2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP MARKED PLS 37971 ON THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SAID STATE HIGHWAY NO. 52 AND THE SOUTH LINE OF THE AQUA-HOT ANNEXATION, AC CORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE WELD COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER AT RECEPTION NO. 3952536, FROM WHICH THE CENTER-WEST ONE-SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SAID SECTION 3, AS WITNESSED BY A FOUND 2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP MARKED 50.0’ W.C., PLS 25937 2001” BEARS NORTH 00°23’24” W A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET;

THENCE, 50.00 FEET SOUTH OF AND PARAL LEL WITH THE EAST-WEST CENTERLINE OF SAID SECTION 3, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID AQUA-HOT ANNEXATION, ALONG THE BURKHARDT ANNEXATION ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE PATTERSON AN NEXATION, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE WELD COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER AT RECEPTION NO. 4343163 AND THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID FORT LUPTON EAST ANNEXATION THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES AND DISTANCES

1. NORTH 89°21’48” EAST A DISTANCE OF 1328.01 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A FOUND

2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP MARKED PLS 37971 ON THE NORTH-SOUTH CENTERLINE OF SAID SECTION 3N FROM WHICH THE CENTER ONEQUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 3, AS WITNESSED BY A FOUND 2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP MARKED 50.0’ W.C., PLS 25937 1998” BEARS NORTH 00°29’40” W A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET;

2. NORTH 89°19’47” EAST A DISTANCE OF 2680.33 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 181.907 ACRES (7,923,861 SQUARE FEET) OF LAND, MORE OR LESS. RESOLUTION NO. 2022R060

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT LUPTON INITIATING ANNEXATION PRO CEEDINGS FOR THE ANNEXATION KNOWN AS HIGH POINTE HILLS AND SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2022

WHEREAS, the Fort Lupton City Council has reviewed the annexation petition submitted by Highway 52 General Partnership, L.L.P. for 181.907 acres, more or less, and known as the High Pointe Hills Annexation; and

WHEREAS, the Fort Lupton City Council finds the annexation petition to be complete and in substantial conformance with the requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-107 (1) as amended.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Fort Lupton City Council hereby approves this Resolution initiating annexation proceedings for the High Pointe Hills Annexation and sets the hearing date for November 1, 2022 to determine if the proposed annexation complies with C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 31-12-105, or such parts thereof as may be required to establish eligibility for annexation under the terms of Part 1, Article 12, Title 31, C.R.S.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE FORT LUPTON CITY COUNCIL THIS 6th DAY OF

SEPTEMBER 2022.

/s/ Zo Hubbard Zo Hubbard, Mayor

Attest:

/s/ Maricela Peña

Maricela Peña, City Clerk

Approved as to form:

/s/ Andy Ausmus

Andy Ausmus, City Attorney

Legal Notice No. FLP703

First Publication: September 22, 2022

Last Publication: October 13, 2022

Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Public Notice

Notice of Public Hearing

Notice is hereby given that the City of Fort Lupton City Council, acting as the Local Licensing Author ity, has scheduled a public hearing on October 18, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at the City Complex, 130 S. McKinley Avenue, Fort Lupton, CO 80621. The public hearing is to consider an application for a new Hotel and Restaurant License at El Reparo Mexican & Grill, Inc. located at 815 7th Street Units A & B, Fort Lupton, CO 80621. The application was accepted by the City Council on September 20, 2022. Owner is Maria Lucereli Soto Murillo, 1727 Meadow St., Longmont CO 80501.

Legal Notice No. FLP714

First Publication: October 6, 2022

Last Publication: October 6, 2022

Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Metro Districts

Budget Hearings

Public Notice

SILVER PEAKS EAST

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE CONCERNING 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the Silver Peaks East Metropolitan District 2022 Budget and that a proposed 2023 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Silver Peaks East Metropolitan District; and that copies of the proposed Amended 2022 Budget and 2023 Budget have been filed at the District’s offices, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that adoption of Resolutions Amending the 2022 Budget and Adopting the 2023 Budget will be considered at a public meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. This District Board meeting will be held via Zoom without any individuals (neither Board Representatives nor the general public) attending in person.

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Meeting ID: 760 169 1090 Passcode: 488323 Dial In: 1-719-359-4580

By /s/Peggy Ripko Secretary

Legal Notice No. FLP717

First Publication: October 6, 2022

Last Publication: October 6, 2022

Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2023 has been submitted to the Pinnacle Farms Metropolitan District (“District”). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 14, 2022 via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 1-650-479-3208 and enter access code: 2598 557 4864. Information regarding public participation by videoconfer ence will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing online at www. pinnaclefarmsmd.com.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amend ment to the 2022 budget of the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District. A copy of the proposed 2023 budget and the amended 2022 budget, if required, are avail able for public inspection at the offices of Simmons and Wheeler P.C. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2023 budget and the amended 2022 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto.

PINNACLE FARMS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Russell W. Dykstra, District Counsel

Legal Notice No. FLP716

First Publication: October 6, 2022

Last Publication: October 6, 2022

Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KAMDEN DEAN JONES, a/k/a KAMDEN D. JONES, a/k/a KAMDEN JONES, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30518

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Weld County, Colorado on or before January 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kyle Dean Jones

Personal Representative 325 Baum Court Dacono, Colorado 80514

Legal Notice No. FLP701

First Publication: September 22, 2022

Last Publication: October 6, 2022

Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Resolutions to Amend the 2022 Budget and adopt the 2023 Budget, inspect and file or register any objections thereto.

SILVER PEAKS EAST METROPOLITAN DIS TRICT