Fort Lupton Press 062923

Fire Chief urges,

Colorado taxpayers should see hefty refund checks

Good news on revenues means more money coming back to residents

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado taxpayers will be sent even larger refund checks next year than expected after state tax revenues nished the scal year much higher than budget analysts for the legislature and in the governor’s o ce predicted.

Fort Lupton’s annual display set for July 1

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When it comes to celebrating Independence Day, Fort Lupton Fire Protection District Chief Phil Ti any is urging residents to let the professionals handle the reworks.

“We understand that you may observe reworks within the city and those people may be subjected to a citation if they violate the Municipal Ordinance,” Ti any said. “Again, legal reworks should not leave the

re that damages property. We discourage the use of all reworks in the dry conditions.”

e city of Fort Lupton will host its rework display on after dark on July

1, the Saturday before July 4.

Ti any said the City of Fort Lupton and Weld County follow state-wide guidelines on reworks. Any rework that leaves the ground explodes is not legal.

e exceptions are reworks companies that have been pre-approved for public display.

Sparklers and fountains are allowed.

Fireworks safety

Ti any said the combination of

how many res start each summer in Colorado. Residents must use caution with reworks so people are not injured and property is damaged.

“Stray reworks, such as bottle rockets, can easily start weeds or a house on re,” Ti any said. “Exploding reworks or reworks that leave the ground, which are illegal in Colorado, can also cause injuries or burns to small children and adults.”

Ti any said that sparklers are much more dangerous than most people realize, but every year, children use sparklers at festivals and parade routes.

e state may now have to refund nearly $1 billion more than originally expected, nonpartisan Legislative Council Sta and the governor’s O ce of State Planning and Budgeting told state lawmakers in June, increasing refund checks by hundreds of dollars per person.

Exactly how large those Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refund checks will be remains in ux, in part because the number will be determined by whether voters pass Proposition HH in November, a 10-year property tax relief plan from Democrats in the General Assembly and Gov. Jared Polis.

e legislature passed a bill in the nal three days of its 2023 lawmaking term, which ended May 8, that would make the refund check amounts the same for everyone if voters pass Proposition HH.

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Independence Day celebration July 1

e city will host it’s Independence Day celebration on Saturday July 1 featuring food, games, live music and fun. e event features a Pancake Breakfast, Resource Fair, Kids Zone, Tractor Rides, Slip-nSlide, Zip Line and much much more! Learn more online at https:// www.fortluptonco.gov/471/Independence-Day-Celebration

Signing up for Citywide yard sale

e city’s annual Citywide Yard Sale is on July 7 & 8.

If residents are interested in hosting a yard sale at your property and would like to be included on the City map for the event, they should submit their information by June 26 online at https://forms.gle/zx52bfmjXCks37NP9

Event maps will be available online at https://www.fortluptonco. gov/556/Citywide-Yard-Sale, in the Fort Lupton Press and shared on social media.

GOCO grant to help Weld County anglers

A $23,000 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado will be used to help 300 Weld County residents get shing licenses and shing gear over the next three years.

e Great Outdoors Colorado board awarded the grant to Colorado Parks and Wildlife and United Way of Weld County through the

create a funding source for one-time projects that would not otherwise receive funding from either organization. e Housing Navigation Center helps its unhoused people get back into and keep housing.

e current grant will cover the cost of annual shing licenses and shing gear as well as programming through CPW’s Angler Education Program for 300 Weld County residents over the next three years. It’s designed to help the unhoused or county residents that are at-risk and do not have su cient nancial means to pay for shing licenses and gear.

Farm to Market tickets on sale

Tickets for Farm to Table, a fundraising event for the Platte Valley Medical Foundation scheduled for Aug. 17 are on sale now.

e Foundation’s biennial fundraising campaign will bene t women’s health services to help women connect with the care they need throughout their adult years and to support area women who do not always prioritize their own health needs. e foundation hopes to raise $500,000 in the campaign cycle. ey conduct multiple fundraising e orts annually with Farm to Table as the largest event.

Farm to Table will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 17 on the hospital campus. Platte Valley Medical Center’s Chef Mike Anderson uses produce

available to the public for $75 each. ey are available at https://ftt2023. cbo.io.

State youth council needs members

e Colorado legislature’s nonpartisan Colorado Youth Advisory Council has openings for new members across the state for the 2023-25 term.

e Youth Advisory Council is a statewide organization dedicated to youth-led civic service learning. Youth members lead policy committees that analyze issues and policies that impact youth across Colorado. Policy work can include making recommendations about current policies or advocating for new ones. Council members conduct research, write problem/solution statements, meet with subject matter experts, build relationships with legislators, and seek feedback from their peers and communities.

e Colorado Legislature created the youth advisory council in 2008 to give Colorado’s youth ages 14-19 a voice in lawmaking. Youth council members work each summer to propose policy ideas to a committee of legislators. Each summer, students present policy proposals to legislators. During the last two years, several policies the youth council identi ed became law, including increased crisis services, higher education programs for fostered youth, educational standards and e orts to prevent eating disorders.

Applications are due June 19. State organizers plan to host an informational session for applicants at 6 p.m. June 14. Find info at www. coyac.org/apply.

Donation time

e 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. e bank also needs personal items, such as toiletries and baby needs.

Drop o donations at the food and clothing bank’s back door, 421 Denver Ave., on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Call 303-8571096.

1-8, and 9-10.

Monday-Thursday 8:00-4:00 (All grades)

eryone 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 allvolunteer program and is in need of volunteers. If interested in volunteering or donating, call 303-7184440. Mail donations to Blessings in a Bag, 306 Park Ave., Fort Lupton 80621.

Drop-in child care

e Fort Lupton Recreation Center o ers drop-in child care from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and ursdays. Call 303-857-4200.

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 ursday. Call 303-857-4200, ext. 6166.

Co ee group

Fort Lupton’s weekly co ee 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

e city’s water aerobics class meets from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesdays and ursdays at the 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.

Walk with a doc Platte Valley Medical Center’s

Phones best tornado alerts fire chief warns Fort Lupton

outside hearing the sirens should take shelter and check with online services via their phones or home computer.

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton has a robust system of sirens designed to warn residents of impending dangerous weather, but Fire Chief Paul Ti any recommends relying on something more personal – their cell phones.

“ e sirens are not meant to be heard inside of the home,” Ti any, chief of the Fort Lupton Fire Protection District, said. “ e sound will not penetrate most homes or basements built today, especially basements. erefore, many citizens never hear the emergency noti cation sirens during severe weather. It’s why they are outside warning devices.”

He said residents should sign up for weather alerts, CODE RED or get a weather radio for the most upto-date and timely severe weather noti cations.

Ti any said Fort Lupton has seven emergency noti cation sirens spread around the city and does not plan to remove any of them. Anyone

“We do recommend using a battery-powered weather radio, the weather app on your cell phone, or CODE RED for the primary emergency noti cation in addition to the outside warning devices. Many people commonly refer to these as the tornado sirens,” Ti any said.

CodeRED is an alert system that uses geo-tracking to target speci c areas with prerecorded phone messages, emails or texts. CodeRED alerts may be implemented in situations such as police activity in the area, wild res or other emergency incidents.

ey can also be used for weather alerts.

Chief Ti any said the outside warning sirens are considered a secondary noti cation for people who are outdoors, such as playing golf, farming, at the park, or riding a bike without access to another tool.

“ e National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the rst and most e ective way of gathering severe storm information is through a weather radio, “he said.

Ti any said the district’s policy is to use the sirens for con rmed sighting by public safety personnel,

trained weather spotters, or NOAA conditions weather radar showing a tornado on the ground near Fort Lupton. ey are a a last minute, urgent noti cation of imminent danger.

“Do not depend on the sirens for sole noti cation in case of a tornado because you may never see a tornado at night,” Ti any said.

“ ey are rare but do occur. e siren warning is a three-minute steady tone. It may be sounded multiple times. e “All Clear” is a 30-second up-and-down tone. We test the sirens for 30 seconds the rst Monday of every month at 12:00 noon from April through October.”

Safety Tips

Ti any said when the emergency siren goes o , take cover in a basement or another safe area in your house or business and stay away from windows or get to the lowest level of a building.

“Monitor the weather radio or other noti cation device for further instructions and do not come out of a protected area until advised to do so by your weather radio, or cell phone for the “ALL CLEAR” tone if you are able to hear it. We do not recommend that people go outside to attempt to “spot” the severe weather,” Ti any said.

Ti any recommends purchasing a battery-powered weather radio that alerts severe weather, and 9 News has a weather service to subscribe to and monitor news media for weather alerts.

“It is also recommended that families store enough food, water, clothing, and other supplies for a minimum of three days in case of a community emergency,” Chief Tiffany said.

For any questions, call the Fire District O ce at 303 857-4603.

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The tornado hit near Fort Lupton on June 7, 2021, and ripped o the front end of the camper at the house across the street from the dairy at 9078 County Road 26.

City’s warning sirens are last-ditch warnings that may not be audible indoors

Fort Lupton ponders roles at new library

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton Public School and Library is tentatively set to open the week of Sept. 6 despite some construction setbacks, councilors were told at their June 20 meeting.

“ e current construction on the new facility is delayed due to an issue with our distributor delivering the electrical gear to provide power for the new facility,” said Library Director omas Samblanet. “Sept. 6, is very tentative as we are waiting until the rst week of July when the distributor should con rm our gear has shipped

Councilors still need to approve a nal addendum with the intergovernmental agreement with the library, City of Fort Lupton, and Weld Re-8 regarding several issues at the new facility, such as maintaining the facility, janitorial, grounds keeping.

FIREWORKS

“Some sparklers can burn at over 2,000 degrees. Sparklers can quickly ignite clothing, and children have received severe burns from dropping sparklers on their feet,” Ti any said.

Samlanet presented an addendum outlining roles and costs for each city entity, school, and library once the facility is completed.

“All three attorneys of the school, the city, and the library reviewed it and gave it their blessings at the library board meeting,” Samblanet said. “ ey approved this addendum with stipulations that we will keep on the table for discussion with the intergovernmental agreement.”

Mayor Zo Hubbard said, “ e council can always look at the intergovernmental with a motion that would not include the stipulations.”

Councilors approved the intergovernmental agreement unanimously.

In other council business, councilors awarded a contract for engineering services for a new water tank to Burns and McDonnell. Roy Vestal, Public Works Director, said city began accepting bids

According to the National Fire Protection Association, sparklers account for over 25% of emergency room visits for reworks injuries. For children under ve years of age, sparklers accounted for nearly half of the estimated injuries. He also urged residents to keep their pets safe from the noise in a quiet, sheltered, and escape-proof area at home.

for project in January and two rms, Burns and McDonnell and Kinsley Horn, submitted bids.

“Both rms were interviewed by city sta , scoring the statement of quali cations and the interview results. Burn and McDonnel had the highest score with the best quali cations to do the project,” Vestal said.

Vestal said Burns McDonnell would determine, evaluate and analyze improvements needed for the distribution systems for the city’s drinking water system.

“We are currently chasing the state revolving fund, grant and associated grant forgiveness portions. With the Colorado water resources and power organization the state revolving fund the rst phase will provide us with all the necessary information to ll out the project needs assessment,” Vestal said.

Vestal said the next step is to sub-

According to the National Fire Protection Association, reworks start over 19,000 res and send over 9,000 to the emergency annually. Ti any said, here are a few safety tips to proceed with caution to enjoy your holiday and reworks. Leave reworks to the profession and do not use consumer reworks. e safest way to enjoy reworks

mit for prequali cation with the state revolving fund, and they will be having an interview with them soon.

“ e 2023 budget includes $3 million for the water treatment plant expansion and $5 million for the pre-treatment of which the pre-treatment we are not pursuing this year,” Vestal said.

“For the water treatment plant expansion, we are currently spending $7.4 million, which leaves available $600,000 in the utility water treatment fund and this contract will not exceed $249,260 rst phase.”

Vestal said the city expects to break the project into three stages.

“ e rst one is programming and planning which falls under identifying what we need,” Vestal said. “Phase 2, is the designing of the actual tower, connections and excavation.”

e nal phase would be the actual construction, Vestal said.

is to attend a public display conducted by trained professionals. After the rework display, children should never pick up reworks that may be left over; they may still be active.

“We recommend that you watch a professional display with your family as this is the safest way to enjoy Independence Day, “ Ti any said.

Solar manufacturer announces plans for Brighton

BY STAFF REPORT SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Brighton will be home to a solar manufacturing facility along Interstate 76, the Polis administration announced June 22.

e Colorado O ce of Economic Development and International Trade announced today that VSK Energy Inc. will expand into Brighton, bringing as many as 900 new jobs to the area.

e company plans to move into the 76 Commerce Center, row of warehouses along Interstate 76 just north of Brighton’s 160th Avenue in 2024. e company would share the lot with autonomous warehouse equipment manufacturer Outrider.

VSK Energy Inc., a U.S.-based joint venture between several international solar manufacturers, announced plans to invest $250 million to develop an American solar photovoltaic module manufacturing facility projected to create over 900 net new jobs.

“Colorado is one of the top states in the country for solar production so this expansion in Brighton will help build upon our plans to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2040, create more than 900 new good-paying jobs for Coloradans and contribute to our state’s thriving economy,” said Gov. Jared Polis said in a written statement. “More and more companies are ocking to Colorado because we are the best place to live and do business so we are thrilled to welcome VSK to Colorado.”

VSK is a majority U.S.-owned and operated joint venture between solar energy providers, India-based Vikram Solar, private equity rm Phalanx Impact Partners, and investment and development rm Das & Co. which has expertise in the solar industry in the United States, India and emerging markets. Colorado and the Polis Administration have a shared interest with India to foster sustainable energy solutions. Governor Polis conducted his rst o cial trade and investment mission to India in 2019, which included a focus on renewable energy and clean technologies.

“ e passage of the In ation Reduction Act was a landmark moment for the clean energy future of the United States,” said Sriram Das, Co-Chairman of VSK Energy. “ e Biden Administration and Congress have called for immediate action and, through our partnership in VSK, we are taking a decisive step towards achieving solar technology self-su ciency, fortifying America’s energy security, and propelling large-scale solar deployment. I am also particularly proud to bring together leaders from both the United States and India to make this investment and commitment to America’s clean energy future.”

e jobs at the Brighton factory will include engineers, technical operators, manufacturing laborers, and admin-

istrative sta , with an average salary of more than $70,000. is is more than 105% of the average annual wage of Adams County. VSK Energy expects the facility to open in 2024 with an initial capacity of 2 Gigawatts (GW) in solar PV modules and planned expansion of up to 4 GW.

“ e City of Brighton and Brighton Economic Development Corporation are excited to welcome VSK Energy Inc. (VSK), to Brighton as one of our top employers,” said Robin Martinez, President & CEO of the Brighton Economic Development Corporation. “Brighton is a prime location for CleanTech companies to locate and grow with the vast number of resources available and we welcome VSK to our community.”

Brighton Mayor Greg Mills said the jobs and the investment are welcome.

“We do want to have people be able to live in Brighton but to be able to work in Brighton as well,” Mills said. “So this works with everything we are trying to do here.”

But Mills said he’s waiting to the see the details before he gets too excited.

e Brighton factory will be located at the recently completed 76 Commerce Center, which is owned by Mortenson Properties and Hyde Development. A leading solar engineering, procurement, construction, and commercial contracting rm, Mortenson will oversee the engineering and construction of the Brighton Factory as well as a second facility planned for the Southern U.S.

Colorado’s central location within the U.S. along with Brighton’s accessibility to Denver International Airport and several interstate highways will be key in supporting VSK’s growth, along with the availability of a modernized facility that meets production needs.

e state’s top workforce also played an important role in the decision.

“Cleantech in Colorado contributes $4.6 billion per year to the state’s economy and employs over 62,000 Colorado workers. By establishing a new solar manufacturing facility in Brighton, VSK will grow this important employment sector and help further Colorado’s commitment to grow clean energy technologies,” said Eve Lieberman, Executive Director of OEDIT.

“We are thrilled VSK has selected Adams County as their new U.S. base and extend a warm welcome as they join our vibrant community,” said Adams County Commission Chairman Steve O’Dorisio. “We are con dent that the company will greatly bene t from our exceptional local talent pool, while our robust transportation infrastructure will e ortlessly connect them with both domestic and international markets. With VSK’s arrival, Adams County’s renewable sector, encompassing wind, solar, and battery technology, continues to ourish, making it the ideal hub for innovation and sustainable growth.”

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Do not enter the comfort zone

She was very comfortable running 5K and 10K races, and usually placed well. She often thought about stretching herself to run a half marathon and then one day, a full marathon. As her dreams about training harder and running longer races took shape, she found herself returning to her comfortable training regime and settled once again for training to run in those 5K and 10K

en one day, she decided to go for it. She made a commitment to break free from her comfort zone and train harder and run farther. She woke up earlier and each day that she ran, she pushed herself just a little bit farther until she could comfortably nish a half marathon. And after that, she left that comfort zone and began training even harder to compete in a full marathon, and last year successfully ran in the NYC Marathon.

When asked if she had plans on returning to her former routines of running in shorter races and giving up the long runs, her response was that she would never allow herself to enter the comfort zone ever again. In her mind she created an image of a “Do Not Enter” sign followed by “ e Comfort Zone.”

For many of us we have reached some type of pinnacle or achieved a sought-after goal only to nd ourselves slowly backsliding and reentering our former comfort zone. We reach a certain level of success and then allow ourselves to get comfortable there instead of wondering what we could do if we pressed ourselves a little harder, taking a new or di erent path, and maybe even taking a little risk. It’s like breaking free from one comfort zone only to enter another comfort zone.

If we are on a path of personal or professional growth, we might all do well to have that same mental image top of mind, “Do Not Enter e Comfort Zone.” Whether it’s a physical achievement we are seeking, a business breakthrough, quitting a bad habit, starting a new and positive habit, or maybe setting our sights on breaking the company sales records, once we break free from what has been holding us back, leaving our comfort zone, we need to commit to never going back or settling ever again.

Here is something to watch out for, it’s called the neutral zone. It’s that place where we have decided to break free from our comfort zone but haven’t taken any action yet. Something is still holding us back. Maybe we haven’t fully committed to where it is that we want to go. Maybe we have some head trash that’s getting in our way. Whatever it is, it has

us stuck in the neutral zone. How do we get unstuck? We take the rst step in the pursuit of our new goals and dreams. We don’t have to go beyond that, we are not going to go from running a 10K to running a marathon, but we are going to take the rst step and maybe run an extra half mile, and then each day slowly build to our ultimate goal.

Taking that rst step does something psychologically that gets us moving in the right direction. For some of us, we get caught up in all the rest of the steps and it paralyzes us to the point where we do not take any step at all. A comfort zone surrounded by a neutral zone creates a do-nothing zone. And as it has been said before, if we aren’t moving forward, we are more than likely moving backward. Zig Ziglar said it this way, “People who never take step one,

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can never possibly take step two.”

How about you, are there a rst step that you need to take? Is there a personal or professional goal or dream that you have had on your heart for a while? If so, have you asked yourself what is holding you back? As always, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can break free from our comfort zone, leave the neutral zone behind, and commit to never entering that comfort zone 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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Battery maker Amprius details Brighton factory plans

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Amprius Technologies, the Fremont, Calif.-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer that plans to occupy an empty warehouse in Brighton, has already talked about how much they plan to invest in the community and how many jobs they plan to bring.

But one question they’ve been answering lately is how safe their operation will be. Company CEO Kang Sun said he wants to assure Brighton the factory will be safe.

“ is is a highly regulated industry and we cannot a ord to make any error,” Sun said. “One big error and our company will be gone. So we are taking this very, very seriously for our employees, our labor groups and our neighbors.”

e company announced in March its intention to occupy the empty former Sears/KMart distribution center on Bromley Lane, setting up their new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in the 775,000-square-foot building. eir rst phase would create 332 net new jobs in Brighton with an average annual wage of $68,516.

Amprius plans to invest $190 million, including a $50 million cost-sharing grant from the U.S.

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Department of Energy’s O ce of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains.

Andrew Huie, Amprius’ vice president of infrastructure, said the company still needs zoning approval from the City of Brighton and permits from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. ey plan to submit their applications to the state this fall, with tentative zoning reviews with the Brighton Planning Commission in July and the City Council in August. ey’d hope to be operating by the beginning of 2024.

Moving into an already-existing building is a bonus for the company.

“We’ve already con rmed there is enough electricity for the rst phase of our project and we will be building out the interior space of the structure,” Huie said. “Most of the construction we need to do will be inside the building.”

Understanding the process e facility would be located at 18875 Bromley Lane, just 600 feet south of Brighton’s Mt. Princeton St. and homes in the surrounding Brighton Crossings neighborhood and due north of Brighton’s water treatment plant. Neighbors have made their fears of res and pollution clear at Brighton City Council meetings.

Leonard Dominguez

August 28, 1958 - June 9, 2023

Leonard Dominguez 64, passed away peacefully June 9th. Leonard was born to Manuel Pacheco Dominguez and Mary Reynaga on August 28th 1958. Leonard grew up in Fort Lupton, attended Fort Lupton high school and went on to learn several di erent trades.

In 1999 he married Grace Adams in New Zealand. Leonard enjoyed spending time reading the Bible and volunteering at several ministries with Mark Roggerman. Leonard

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also enjoyed time he spent in New Zealand with Grace, Esther and her family. Leonard is survived by one daughter Esther (22) and grandson Israel (4) and one on the way, his brother Robert (Sharon) Dominguez and many nephews and nieces. Leonard is preceded in death by his wife Grace, mom and dad Mary and Manuel Dominguez, and brothers Manuel Dominguez, Jimmy Dominguez, John Dominguez and sister Rosalie Roggerman. Services will be determined at a later date.

Phyllis Lee (Thyfault) Kildal

February 1, 1957 - January 29, 2023

Phyllis Lee ( yfault) Kildal, age 65, passed away on January 29,2023, at her home in Mesa, Arizona, after a 14-year struggle with ovarian cancer.

A mass will be held at St. Augustine Church, 178 South 6th Avenue, Brighton, CO on Friday June 30th at 11:00 a.m., rosary at 10:30 a.m.

A Celebration of Phyllis’s life will be held at the Elks Lodge, 101 North Main Street, Brighton, CO on Friday June 30th at 1:30 p.m.

e family asks that all owers and notes be sent to Amy Frazier-Gibson at 219 Poplar Street, Lochbuie, CO 80603.

Huie said company o cials have met with neighbors and other concerned Brighton residents since they announced their plans in March.

ey’ve hosted two neighborhood meetings at the Brighton Armory and have met one-on-one with several neighbors, Huie said, and more meetings are scheduled.

“One of the reasons why people are nervous is that they don’t understand the process and our business, so that’s why we are doing community outreach,” Huie said. “We want to educate them on what we are doing and how we are mitigating the concerns they bring to the table.”

Lithium-ion batteries have been the news lately, with res in batterypowered E-bikes and cars, but Kang said most of the danger comes from mishandling and overcharging by users. He notes that his factory would not manufacture charged batteries, but empty batteries waiting for users to charge them.

“In the res, you’ll see that the battery quality is one factor and battery misuse is another,” Kang said. “ ey can be overcharged or damaged, like when a car crashes. But Amprius has passed U.S. military speci cations. We are very safe. And I have not heard of a re inside a battery factory in four years. I have never heard of a

battery factory re.”

Even so, the warehouse’s interior space would be divided into smaller, re-resistant rooms for making and storing the empty batteries and the factory will have a state-of-the-art re suppression system.

“So we will have many engineering controls in place to help manage risks,” Huie said. “We will have fourhour-rated rewalls down to onehour-rated walls all separating the di erent hazard classi cations. We have high-tech re suppression and re detection systems as well. We will be coordinating all of this with Brighton’s Fire Department so they understand what have at the facility, the hazards as well as the suppression systems.”

Kang said he expects the company’s initial customers will be the aviation industry, providing rechargeable battery power for military pseudo-satellites and high-altitude unmanned aircraft. He also sees a market for his batteries in Electric Vertical Take-o and Landing aircraft. Someday, as soon as 2025 he said, it will be possible to take an electrically powered air taxi from Denver International Airport to downtown Denver. He wants his company’s batteries to power those vehicles.

Shawn was born in Denver, Colorado to Clearance & Mine Havens . She married Her best Friend ,David Howell III.

She worked in Denver , CO working as Vice President Of Operations at

Helen “Gayle” Ehler was born on September 3, 1934, to Homer & Chessie Callaway as the youngest of three children, after Charles & Carolyn. She grew up in Marlow, OK, graduated from Marlow High School, then attended the Oklahoma College for Women for one year. She transferred to Oklahoma University, where she joined the Delta Gamma Sorority & graduated with a BA in Education in 1957. Her rst teaching position was at Brighton High School in Brighton, CO, where she met John Ehler, a local wheat farmer & cattle rancher. ey married on July 5, 1958. Gayle continued to teach, while John farmed, until the birth of their son Alan, & later daughter Deborah. In that season, she provided bookkeeping for Ehler Farms, served on the Brighton School Board, sang in the choir, taught classes, & served as a deacon at First United Presbyterian Church. e couple also discovered their passion for world traveling & saw many places during their 63

- May 16, 2023

Westerra Credit Union. She Loved spending days with her son & puppy buddy Shawn is survived by her son, David Howell. She is preceded in death by b her sister, Donna Atkinson.

years of marriage. Gayle returned to teaching junior high English in the late 1970’s, then students in the Adams County juvenile delinquency system for a decade. John & Gayle sold the farm in 1999, and moved to Wenatchee, WA, to be closer to their children & grandchildren.

Beginning in 2003, the couple wintered in Palm Desert, CA, but in 2018, the couple moved to Lake Las Vegas, NV. She passed into the arms of her Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, June 4, 2023, while still in their home with the Love of her Life. Gayle always freely share her Faith, wit & beautiful smile. She is survived by her husband, John Ehler; children: Alan Ehler & Deborah Strahm; beloved children-in-law: Keira Ehler & Todd Strahm; grandchildren: Hannah & Stephen Ehler, Luke & Jake Strahm. A Graveside Service will be held on July 5, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., Elmwood Cemetery in Brighton, CO. RSVP Reception Following - share memories - deborahstrahm@yahoo.com.

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The brain is overrated, according to Kadam Lucy James at the Kadampa Meditation Center.

“Have you ever felt peaceful in your head?” she asked.

She put her hands over her heart and said that’s where the mind is, adding that while the brain has conceptual reality, the mind exists in the heart, where we feel peace, love, joy and wisdom.

“If we can get into our heart, we automatically start to feel more peaceful,” she said.

James is temporarily living in Arvada and teaches meditation at the Kadampa Meditation Center. She started practicing about 41 years ago after she saw a “very peaceful person” in college.

“He was a student meditating on the end of his bed and I asked him what he was doing, because this was back in 1981, and meditation, no one had heard of back then,” she said.

Ever since, she’s been practicing and has taught all around the world, including England, San Francisco, New York City and now Denver. She hopes to one day achieve enlightenment, or in nite happiness and peace.

It takes a lot of hard work, but she said it’s the only thing where the more she does it, the happier she is.

It’s because, with meditation, the mind becomes naturally peaceful. Each person has a natural source of peace and happiness inside them, she said, and instead of seeking it elsewhere — relationships, ful lling jobs or material things — it’s already inside the body waiting to

be found.

e evidence lies in the random moments of peace and happiness everyone feels. It could be a torrential downpour and the mind is peaceful, settled and calm.

“What those moments show is that our mind is ne. And then what unsettles the mind is actually all our uncontrolled thinking,” she said.

Coming from the teachings of the Buddha, she compared the mind to a vast ocean. e waves are turbulent while below them is a vast, in nite, calm place. Waves of anxiety and negative emotions distort the brain but below those waves rests an incredible sanity.

“When our mind is settled, when we can let go of our troubled thoughts, and our turbulent thoughts, uncontrolled thoughts, then we naturally feel good. We naturally feel peaceful and we start to get a sense of our potential and who we really are, which is this person who has limitless potential, limitless happiness,” James said.

e rst step to unlocking that potential and happiness is to breathe.

Focus on the nostrils

Carol O’Dowd, a Trauma and Transition Psychotherapist and Spiritual Counselor assists her clients by meeting them where they are and o ering them acceptance through breathing.

“If you focus on your breath, you cannot simultaneously focus on all your internal dialogue. It cannot be done. e human brain is not wired that way,” O’Dowd said.

It creates a space between the thoughts. e stress and anxiety stored in the body don’t go away, but the practice of noticing the emotions and putting them on pause to breathe helps

calm the body down.

Breathing is a function of the body that automatically happens all the time. Focusing on that breath, O’Dowd compared it to a spectrum. What happens when the body stops breathing — death — is one end and the other is when the body pays attention to the breath — peace.

“It can be as simple as just experiencing that ow of air, and in and out of your nostrils. If you can place your attention there, that’s giving yourself a mini vacation,” she said.

O’Dowd encourages her clients to practice treating uncontrolled thoughts like a salesperson trying to sell them. Instead of buying, make them sit in the corner and return to them in 20 minutes after taking time to check in with the body.

It can also let go of stress. Pain, like what the ngers feel after working at a computer all day, can be a physical manifestation of stress. Holding on to that stress can lead to other health conditions.

“It’s not rocket science,” she said.

Escape to reality

James said achieving enlightenment is extremely di cult, and while the teachings she studied laid out di erent steps and pathways, she simpli ed it down to three. e rst is focusing on the breath to relax. e second is identifying delusions.

A delusion can be jealousy, greed, competitiveness or other unpleasant thoughts. Most of the time, those thoughts aren’t controlled by the mind and enter the brain randomly. It’s the root

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of many problems, she said, and they destroy happiness.

“It’s completely unnecessary. Which is the whole purpose of meditation, to show us how unnecessary it is,” she said. “We’ve been so busy trying to control everything outside of us.”

She compared it to anger with someone else. It may last for a few days and then one day, those angry feelings leave.

“If you can do that deliberately (getting rid of negative feelings), which we can, then you can see we stopped the grasping or stopped the delusions, we just experience deeper and deeper levels of happiness,” she said.

Identifying delusions is the rst part of the equation. e other half is universal love and caring about others. It comes from understanding everyone wants to be happy, and that there isn’t much di erence between people.

It can be a city councilor running for o ce, understanding their opponent wants the same things, but sees di erent ideas on how to move forward. ey aren’t always bad people.

Realizing that leads to the next step: wisdom. at takes understanding reality. It means turning away from the anxiety, sadness and other negative emotions and escaping to the reality within the body that possesses in nite happiness and peace.

“We can train in wisdom. Understanding that things are not as real as they appear,” James said.

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ey were originally expected to be about $650 for single lers and roughly $1,300 for joint lers, but could now be roughly $850 for single lers and $1,700 for joint lers.

Last year, Colorado taxpayers received TABOR refund checks of $750 or $1,500 to account for surplus collected in the 2021-22 scal year, which ended June 30, 2022.

If Proposition HH fails, the refund checks would be tied to income levels. Under the default refund system — called the six-tier sales tax refund mechanism — people who make more money get bigger refund checks based on which of six income tiers they fall into.

People in the lowest tier, who make up to $50,000 a year, were expected to receive refund checks of $454 for single lers or $908 for joint lers. For those in the highest tier, who make $279,001 or more, the checks were expected to be $1,434 for single lers and $2,688 for joint lers.

e improved economic outlook would mean larger refunds for people in every tier, though people in the top tier would bene t most.

People in the lowest tier would now receive refund checks of $587 for single lers or $1,174 for joint lers. For those in the highest tier, the checks would now be $1,854 for single lers and $3,708 for joint lers.

e refund amounts are determined by how much money the state government collects above the TABOR cap on government growth and spending. e cap is calculated by annual growth in population and in ation.

Colorado taxpayers will get their refund checks next year after they le their taxes.

Nonpartisan Legislative Council Sta now

expects the TABOR cap to be exceeded in the current 2022-23 scal year, which ends June 30, by $3.31 billion — an increase of roughly $600 million over what they projected in March.

e governor’s O ce of State Planning and Budgeting now expects the TABOR cap to be exceeded in the current scal year by $3.527 billion — an increase of about $870 million over what they projected in March.

Greg Sobetski, the chief economist for Legislative Council Sta , called the increases a “signicant upward revision.”

Both LCS and OSPB said better-than-expected corporate income tax revenue was a large driver of the improvements.

e updates were presented to the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, which received its quarterly economic and tax revenue forecasts from LCS and OSPB. While the end of the scal year is fast approaching, it will be months before the state knows exactly how much money it collected over the TABOR cap.

Legislative Council Sta and the governor’s O ce of State Planning and Budgeting forecasts state government to collect tax revenue in excess of the TABOR cap through at least the 2024-25 scal year, which ends June 30, 2025.

Emily Dohrman, an economist with Legislative Council Sta , said the risk of recession has also decreased.

“ e economy is still showing positive growth, but slower growth than what we saw through most of 2022,” she told the JBC. “Our forecast is anticipating that growth will continue to slow through the end of 2023 but then return to a more moderate pace of growth in 2024 and 2025.”

She said there’s still a risk of an economic downturn, but that risk is lower than it was in March.

Polis touted the forecasts presented to the JBC. He said Colorado’s economy remains strong and that it’s evidence the state “continues to be the

best place to live, work and do business.”

e next quarterly tax revenue and economic forecasts will be presented to the JBC in September. e panel in November will begin drafting the state’s 2024-25 scal year budget, which takes e ect on July 1, 2024.

e full legislature will vote on the spending plan after it reconvenes in January.

is story via e Colorado Sun, a journalistowned news outlet based in Denver that covers the state. For more, visit www.ColoradoSun.com. e Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, which owns Colorado Community Media.

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A ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT LUPTON ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF A 55-FEET WIDE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF COUNTY ROAD 8 APPROXIMATELY 537-FEET ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THE THOMAS MINOR SUBDIVISION, AMENDMENT NO. 1 PLAT NORTHWEST ¼ SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 66W OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO.

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