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Weld Food Bank mobile pantry helping rural communities

How Coloradans can save water at home

BY SHANNON MULLANE THE COLORADO SUN

OK, Coloradans, let’s clear the shampoo out of our eyes: Your shower water is likely connected to the Colorado River water supply crisis. But can you really help by conserving water at home?

In recent years, two decades of drought and prolonged overuse have brought the Colorado River Basin’s largest storage reservoirs to the brink of collapse. e crisis is reaching Coloradans’ lives in the form of summer lawn watering restrictions, higher utility bills and even a shortage of Sriracha. Some cities have bought agricultural water rights for more municipal water, and people with junior water rights often have their water supply cut in dry years.

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e refrigerated truck pulls into Fort Lupton’s Recreation Center parking lot about 30 minutes before it’s expected on July 20.

Weston Edmunds, communications manager for the Weld Food Bank, said he knows they’ll need that time to set up all the tables and prepare the produce. It takes about a half-hour to get it up and running

for distribution.

“We started getting people coming through, and by the looks of the line, and folks from the community, it isn’t getting shorter,” Edmunds said. “Fort Lupton is one of our busier sites. We serve 150 to 200 families at this distribution site. e average family size is about three or four members and you multiply that by 150 families each time we come here, so it’s very important.”

e Weld Food Bank mobile truck

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Farms to Families visits students monthly at the Greeley and Windsor campuses, providing fresh produce. ey’ve partnered with Arty’s Pantry, housed on the Aims Community College campus, to bring the same services to Aims’ campus in Fort Lupton.

“Amazingly, we have so many volunteers who help in the community that takes ownership of this

Water experts say Colorado residents can help with the crisis, and they have plenty of tips to help the conservation-minded Coloradan start saving water at home. One drawback: In many cases, there’s no guarantee that in-home savings help re ll the system’s struggling reservoirs.

“It’s like, OK great, our city is now saving 10% of what it was using,” said Gregor MacGregor, a

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Fort Lupton residents bring their wagons and load up food with help from the volunteers.

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BRIEFS

Spaghetti Dinner on August 30

Fort Lupton’s Spaghetti Dinner is a very special fundraising event where 100% of the net proceeds from this dinner go directly to purchase school supplies – everything from backpacks to modeling clay to notebooks to computers– for students in Fort Lupton’s Weld RE-8 School district.

Enjoy homemade dinner and dessert, wine, and craft beer. Bring your appetite and your generosity!

e Spaghetti Dinner is sure to ll you up and help our kids thrive in school. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $15 for kids 10 and under.

Drink wristbands are separate for $25 each.

Learn more at: https://www. fortluptonco.gov/968/SpaghettiDinner

Splash Park Sponsorship Opportunities

Fort Lupton is working on a Splash Park, but the city will need help from our local businesses and residents. If you’d like to sponsor the Splash Park and have your name engraved on the agstone sponsorship wall, contact Doug at dcook@fortluptonco.gov.

Platte Valley Medical Center earns recognition for breastfeeding program

Platte Valley Medical Center is one of 45 hospitals recognized by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for e orts

to promote breastfeeding and o er healthier food and beverage options through the Colorado Healthy Hospital Compact and Colorado Baby-Friendly Hospital Collaborative.

e initiatives are part of the state’s work to promote healthy eating and active living to reduce rates of death and disease from chronic illness among Coloradans.

Platte Valley was recognized at the Gold Level for the Healthy Hospital Compact.

Learn more about the Colorado Healthy Hospital Compact and the Colorado Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative at cdphe.colorado.gov/ colorado-healthy-hospital-compact and at BreastfeedColorado.com.

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 donated by area farmers to create a gourmet meal for about 450 guests.

e event garners so much support that it often sells out long before the date. is year, Muñoz reserved a block of tickets that are 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.

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

Blessings in a Bag

Fort Lupton’s Backpack Program helps school children in need with a backpack of healthy food. It’s an all-volunteer program and is in need of volunteers. If interested in volunteering or donating, call 303718-4440. Mail donations to Blessings in a Bag, 306 Park Ave., Fort Lupton 80621.

Drop-in child care

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.

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.

Police expanding into building’s basement, council told

Evidence

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e Fort Lupton Police Department is renovating its basement to serve the department better.

Fort Lupton Police John Fryar told councilors at their July 18 meeting that the basement renovations would be a total gutting of the North and center area of the basement. It will consist of two phases.

Fryar said the rst phase is to build back in an evidence room with a ventilation system, an investigations and evidence o ce, and an interview room with men’s and women’s locker rooms. In addition a con guration of the electrical and HVAC problems.

“We will provide lockers systems for areas of evidence and build a data system with more security for the evidence room, and o ce access. Also add a wall to the existing supply room for additional space for human resources, courts and engineering,” Fryar said.

Fryar said they would add a second bathroom in the second phase, create a training room, and set up the additional structure for the City’s Emergency Operations Center with a galley break room for them to use.

Mayor Zo Hubbard asked if there would be a disruption of his work.

Fryar said they would have to move evidence, store it in di erent places, and move people down there for a while.

“O cers will not have lockers available so they will have to come to work in uniforms. We will have some lockers in the bathrooms upstairs. We will have to create a work site upstairs for some of our police squadrons. We will be basically on top of each other,” Fryar said.

Mayor Hubbard suggested if police think of something the councilors can do to help during the transition, please come to them.

Councilwoman Valerie Blackston asks why the women’s locker room is smaller than the men’s. It should be equal.

“Demographically, the number of women working for us is smaller than the men, but if you want to look at the statistics, we are probably in the top 10% of agencies with female employees,” Fryar said

Mayor Hubbard said, “Good to

Know,” and Blackston said, “Awesome.”

e six members of the council present approved a payment of $596,000 to Cross Line Construction with a contingency fund for both phases of the work.

Liquor license rejected

In other council business, councilors turned down an license application for a new beer and wine store at 104 Denver Ave.

Harbans Lali, owner of Everyday Stores in Colorado, applied for a new retail Fermented and Malt Beverage and Wine License. Lali has owns 16 convenience stores in Colorado and this would have been his rst store in Fort Lupton. All his 16 other stores are licensed to sell alcohol.

Councilors honed in on liquor license violations at his other stores, and Lali said his other operations have had violations. In each instance, the person that sold alcohol illegally was red.

Lali said all of his employees are required to take TIPS training, a program designed for employees to prevent intoxication, underage drinking, and driving. And his stores began using a point-of-sale system to scan IDs in March.

It was enough to convince Coun-

cilman Carlos Barron.

“It looks like he is taking steps to x this problem,” Barron said. But the matter ended in a tie and tie votes automatically fail.

Mayor Zo Hu Hubbard and councilors Valerie Blackston and Claud Hanes voted no while Barron and councilors Chris Ceretto and Bruce Fitzgerald voted yes.

City Clerk Mari Pena said she would investigate how soon Lali could reapply for the license.

School security

Fort Lupton will also submit an application for a grant with the U.S. Department of Justice for an extra School Resource O cer.

e U.S. Department of Justice o ers grants for School Resources O cers for $125,000, split into equal shares for three years.

e Weld Re-8 school district, Fort Lupton Library, and the City of Fort Lupton will fund three School Resource O cers to secure Fort Lupton High School, Fort Lupton Middle School, and Twombly Elementary.

If approved, Fort Lupton would be responsible for the School Resource O cer’s salary and bene ts not covered by the grant. It would cover supplemental funding for those costs of $75,574.95.

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program,” Edmunds said.

It’s part of a growing program in the rural areas northeast of Denver.

“ e Farms to Families food truck supplements the monthly on-campus pantry items that stop at the Weld County campuses in Greeley, Windsor, and Fort Lupton,” said Patty Schulz, Aims Community College Program Hunger Free Program Coordinator.

Only the college’s Loveland campus is left out.

“Since the Loveland campus is in Larimer County, the Weld Food Bank does not support our programs at that campus,” she said.

Schultz said the Greeley campus students order in person, but the students on the other campuses can place orders online and have them delivered to their campuses for pick up.

“Since January 1, we have shipped 142 orders to the Fort Lupton Campus alone,” Schultz said. Keeping cool

Edmunds said the program relies on two refrigerated trucks, a smaller converted refrigerated beverage truck that brings fresh vegetables and fruits to the Aims campuses. A larger refrigerated truck carries

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prodcue and dairy goods to the rural communities throughout Weld County.

“Small towns and rural communities are among the most signicant driving factors that caused us to start this program over ten years ago,” Edmunds said.

Having the larger refrigerated truck is a game changer, Edmunds said, especially for items such as fresh produce and eggs. ey couldn’t come to Fort Lupton with those items before they had the refrigerated truck, and if somebody wanted them, they needed to come to Greeley to get them.

“Now, with the refrigerated truck, we can bring these beautiful, multicolored peppers, fresh mangoes, and even the dairy,” Edmunds said.

Edmunds said this truck has enough capacity that we can transport food and store it safely.

“We can provide folks that lives in rural communities food where public transportation is unavailable and can’t take the bus to the grocery store or don’t have the money to buy what’s at the grocery store. ey can get food here,” Edmunds said.

Schulz said Aims and Weld partnered to start the Hunger Free Initiative at the campuses.

“I also think the increase in use is related to the COVID-19 Pandemic and its e ects,” Schulz said. “Our

pantry used to be a small closet lled with random donated items pre-pandemic. Students would show up in person and select a few items from whatever was currently available.”

Schultz said students couldn’t visit the pantry in person because the stay-at-home order was in place, but she found a way around that.

“I created an online form for students to select the items they needed and arrange for contactless pickup,” Schultz said. “ is shift brought the need for us to have consistent inventory on hand at all times. With the aid of our grants department, we were able to receive grant funding to help us keep our shelves stocked.”

After a short time, Schultz said the simple form she created was no longer e ective because it needed to track inventory going in and out. ey found a solution for that, too.

“We were able to purchase a pantry management software package with some of the grant funding. is new software package allows the student to shop almost like shopping online at any other grocery store,” Schultz said. “ e implementation of this software platform along with funding to keep the shelves stocked has contributed to increased usage and a decrease in the stigma surrounding using this resource.”

Post COVID increases

Edmunds said that since COVID, the Weld County Food Bank has seen significant increases in demand for all the programs they offer due to the financial hardships many communities face.

“Our Mobile Food Pantry and Farms to Families programs are no exception,” Edmunds said. “The Mobile Food Pantry had a 42% increase in individuals utilizing the program, and Farms to Families had a 51% increase. In Fort Lupton, the mobile food pantry served over 6,400 individuals last year, which is 2,000 more than the previous year.”

Edmunds said they started partnering with Aims Arty’s Pantry in Greeley with the Farms to Families program truck in 2021.

“We did a test run at their other locations in late-2022, including in Fort Lupton. Then in February of this year, we made all Aims locations regular distribution sites for the Farms to Families program,” Edmunds said.

“The Farms to Families program that stops at Aims Community Colleges has proven to be a significant help for the students at Aims,” Edmunds said.

To find information about where the mobile food pantry will be in your area, visit www. https://weldfoodbank.org.

Handling the turbulence of life

With over 2 million miles own, I have experienced a lot of turbulence during those ights. Last month my wife and I were on a ight and for the most part it was a fairly smooth ight. However, during our descent the plane was violently rocked and had we not had our seatbelts on, we would have been tossed from our seats. In all my years of ying that was denitely the toughest turbulence that I had ever experienced. Over the years I have had the opportunity to sit next to many captains and pilots. As we would y through the turbulence, they would provide calming assurances that the planes are built to handle the turbulence and the pilots are trained to y us through safely. at has given me such great comfort over the years, a comfort that I tried passing along to some of the nervous yers I have had sitting next to me.

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On one such ight as we were ying from Denver to Albuquerque, the turbulence was bad the entire ight as the pilot couldn’t nd an altitude where the air was smooth. e woman sitting next to me literally squeezed my forearm the entire ight, and I had never met her before. I didn’t mind and tried to assure her of the safety by sharing the stories pilots have shared with me, but she still held on for dear life.

Just last week I was ying on a Dreamliner, a massive airplane and super comfortable. e ight was full, and as we went through our ascent, the plane hit a pocket of turbulence and gave us a fairly good bounce up and down.

ere were a few quick screams and gasps, but there was another sound I heard, children laughing. e plane went through a little more bumpiness before nding smoother air and with each bump and drop of the plane, the children continued to squeal as if they were on an amusement park ride. I believe their laughter and relaxed attitude served to calm the nerves of others who didn’t nd the turbulence so amusing.

Life is full of turbulence, isn’t it? It just seems that every single day we are at odds with one another over something. e turbulence of politics, of cancel culture, of societal pressures, and just overall discontent and disagreements brewing everywhere. Sometimes the turbulence is frightening as it escalates and becomes erce. And sometimes the turbulence is slight, but still enough to cause us some fear, worry,

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and doubt.

It has been said that our character isn’t de ned by what happens to us, it is de ned by how we handle what happens to us. e turbulence happening in the world doesn’t de ne who we are, how we respond to the turbulence is a much better barometer of who we are. Sometimes we have to just buckle up, fastening our seatbelts and riding out the turbulence as it will eventually smooth out. Other times we may need to hold onto one another, supporting and encouraging each other as we ght our way through the turbulence. And then maybe we can look at the silliest things that feel like turbulence and like the children on the airplane, laugh our way through it.

ere are plenty of real-world problems that we face as a society, and we should pay attention to those and become as informed as possible, focusing on the facts instead of opinions

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and rants of others. It just seems like there is much more noise and turbulence around the silliest and smallest things that get us so worked up. For me, in these situations, my go-to response is laughter, as it really keeps me focused on the more important things in life.

How do you handle the turbulence? Do you buckle up and ride it out? Do you hold on to others? Or do you decide that the best response is to smile and laugh it o ? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can decide to respond instead of react to all that the world has to throw at us, it really will be a better than good life.

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selection. ese moments never fail to make her smile.

“It brings me just a ton of joy to see people enjoying it and enjoying the space,” Monson said. “I think it’s also enriched my kids’ love and appreciation for literature because they get so excited about nishing a book and passing it on.”

Monson built her library in 2017 and registered it with Little Free Library, a Minnesota-based nonpro t that aims to increase access to literature by providing blueprints and guides to build community libraries, as well as mapping registered libraries across the country.

Hundreds of little free libraries have popped up across the Denver metro area as their popularity proliferates. Monson said she was inspired to build her library after visiting others with her 11-year-old twins Tommy and Luci, who are avid readers.

“I really believe in the importance of building community and connection for wellness, so I thought it was a great way to build community shortly after we moved to Golden,” she said. “So it was their love of reading and my want to build community that made it happen.”

Since the library is on a bike and walking path, it’s not accessible by car, so Monson took advantage of the unique environment by adding a bench, a slide and fairy gardens around the library to make it an inviting spot for visitors.

BUILDING BOOKISH COMMUNITIES

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One of the more recent little free libraries in the metro area is the one at Castle View High School, which was built as a memorial to student Brooke Adams, who died in April. Adams loved to read, so her school book club worked with others to build the library in her honor.

Golden resident Sam Monson poses with her little free library on the Tucker Gulch Trail. Monson said the library has brought joy to her and those who visit.

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“We wanted to create a space for people to pause and enjoy the green belt that we’re on and the bike path is on,” she said. “Especially through covid, it was a way that I felt like we could put wellness out in the world with something as healthy as reading that creates a mindful, peaceful experience, but also gets them outside and active.”

Monson said the library quickly became self-sustaining once it opened and has since become a xture in the community.

“People often comment to thank us or leave notes,” she said. “It’s like an identity of our family, which we love.”

On top of being a way to build community, little free libraries improve access to literature. Unite for Literacy, a publishing company that tracks book deserts, estimates only a third of Colorado homes have more than 100 books.

Amber DeBerry, Director of Community Engagement for Douglas County Libraries, said improving access to reading materials, whether that’s books, magazines, journals or comics, is important because reading bene ts everyone.

“If you have access to books prior to the age of ve, your success rates in school drastically increase,” DeBerry said. “For people who don’t have the opportunity or ability to purchase books, libraries are an incredible community asset.”

In Dianne Shantz’s neighborhood in Adams County, she noticed there weren’t nearly as many little free libraries as more a uent areas of Denver, so Shantz built one in 2021.

Shantz used a thrifted co ee table and an old kitchen counter with a repurposed replace door to create a weatherproof library and food pantry near her community’s shared mailbox, which provides steady foot tra c.

“I’m proud to say (the library) is self-sustaining because it shows that there was a need there, and that’s true of the pantry too,” she said.

Shantz said she enjoys having opportunities to share her love of reading and tries to stock the library with books she knows her visitors will read.

“Being new to the neighborhood, it’s given me a chance to meet my neighbors,” she said. “A lot of Hispanic people live in the area, so I try to include Spanish books. One lady likes Danielle Steel, so I put those in when I can.”

For Kate Garland, a graduate of Castle View High School in Castle Rock, building a little free library was a way to memorialize her friend and fellow student Brooke Adams, who died in April.

Garland met Adams through the school book club she started and they bonded over reading.

“Brooke and I both loved the ‘ e Summer I Turned Pretty’ series by Jenny Han and somebody donated the entire set so we made sure that those were in there,” Garland said. “Some of Brooke’s other friends also picked booked they thought she would like.”

When Adams died, Garland worked with Adams’ family, school o cials, the school’s Technology Students Association and book club members to build the library and host a book drive to ll it. Materials for the library were donated by the local Ace Hardware and community members donated more than 1,000 books during the drive.

“ e community support around it and the continuing book donations have been really rewarding for me and the book club and the TSA members who helped,” she said.

As Garland heads to Arapahoe Community College, the stewardship of the library will pass on to other students in the book club.

“We wanted to make sure it would keep going, even after I’m gone,” she said.

To nd these little free libraries and more, go to littlefreelibrary.org.

At Dianne Schantz’s library in Adams County, she added a free pantry to help serve her community’s needs. Schantz said both the library and pantry are self-sustaining.

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Colorado poll sees concern about cost of living

BY PARKER YAMASAKI THE COLORADO SUN

Cost of living and housing a ordability are the top concerns of Coloradans this year, according to a poll released by the Colorado Health Foundation.

In an open-ended question asking participants what they thought the most important issue facing Colorado is right now, 16% answered cost of living and 15% answered housing a ordability. Other issues in the top ve were government and politics, public safety and crime, and homelessness.

About 10% of respondents said that homelessness was their top concern for Colorado, with 79% calling the problem “extremely serious” or “very serious.”

e results from the 4th annual survey arrived as Denver’s new mayor, Mike Johnston, declared a state of emergency around homelessness, during his rst full day in o ce.

Polling is conducted over one month through phone, email and text invitations, in English and Spanish. is year’s data includes 2,639 respondents across all ages, races and income brackets, with oversamples of Black/African American, Native American/Indigenous, Asian American and Pueblo County residents.

One of the cornerstones of CHF is to serve folks with historically less power or privilege, according to Austin Montoya, senior o cer for policy advocacy communications, which is why the foundation takes larger samples of speci c populations. Montoya said that by sampling larger numbers of smaller populations, they are able to more accurately re ect the experiences of those populations. e data is later weighted to re ect Colorado’s population.

Since the poll’s inception in 2020, the biggest drop in respondents’ top concern was, unsurprisingly, COVID-19, which was top of mind for 26% of Coloradans in 2020, compared with 0% in 2023.

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e second- and third-largest decreases in concern were political division, down 6 percentage points, and jobs and the economy, down 5. In the past year, Colorado’s job openings and unemployment reached something near equilibrium, so it tracks that anxiety over jobs has fallen since the 2020 polling, when uncertainty was rampant.

Homelessness had the largest increase as a top concern since last year, up 3 percentage points, while crime had the largest increase as a top concern over the past four years, up 8 percentage points. Both issues were a major focus for Denver’s mayoral election this year.

While most concerns associated with costs — such as rising costs of living, cost of housing and jobs — tended to decline in importance as income levels rose, the percentage of respondents most concerned by homelessness was consistent across income levels. e di erence between the lowest and highest income earners concerned with homelessness was only 3 percentage points.

Having a home is one major concern; staying in it is another. At the time of polling, renters were signi cantly more worried about not being able to make rent payments than homeowners were worried about their mortgages — at a rate of 49% compared with 19% of respondents. However, that number may ip as property owners come to terms with their new, exponentially high valuations, which were issued after the Pulse poll was conducted.

Respondents who identi ed as Native American/Indigenous showed the most concern over losing their homes, with 49% answering that they were worried in this year’s poll, while the Black/ African American respondents had the largest increase in those worried, up 16 percentage points, to 47% from 31% last year.

Almost every household with an income below $150,000 was worried about their children being able to a ord a home in Colorado.

Montoya wants the information gleaned from these polls to help inform policymakers’ priorities. He said the foundation’s primary audience is local lawmakers and legislators.

When presented with a number of policy solutions, respondents thought that the most e ective ways to mitigate housing cost challenges are to reduce property taxes for homeowners with low or xed incomes, and to ensure that landlords cannot raise rents on tenants too quickly.

e biggest divisions around e ective policy solutions were between Republicans and Democrats in the state, with Independents falling squarely between the parties for every proposed solution.

e largest di erences between what the parties viewed as e ective solutions were requiring developers to build low-income housing — 86% of Democrats thought this would be an e ective solution, while only 49% of Republicans agreed — and increasing government investments in programs that prevent people from becoming homeless — 87% of Democrats believed in its e ectiveness, while 46% of Republicans agreed.

e takeaway from this year’s data, Montoya said, was that it hasn’t changed much since last year. Montoya believes that Coloradans’ major concerns “skyrocketed” around COVID, and have continued to stay high ever since.

“ e majority of these worries have increased since 2020, but there hasn’t been much of a decline in any of them. ere is really just a plateau,” he said. “And a majority of folks are feeling concerned.”

is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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ADAMS COUNTY PRESENTS

Grandstand events at the Adams County Fair

AUGUST 2

Priscilla Block with Frank Ray

Come hear one of Country Music’s rising stars as she performs from her debut album “Welcome to the Block Party,” including her hit “Just About Over You”.

She’ll be joined by Amazon Music USA

“Artist to Watch,” Frank Ray, who is touring in support of his self-titled debut album.

Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. This is a free show.

AUGUST 3

Jordan Davis with Callista Clark and Professional Bull Riding

Kick start a night of Professional Bull Riding with a special performance by Louisianaborn Jordan Davis, fresh off the success of his number on Hot Country song “Buy Dirt”, a duet with Luke Bryan.

He’ll be joined onstage by Callista Clark, part of the Opry Nextstage’s class of 2022 who has been featured two years running in Bilboard’s annual “21 under 2” list.

Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets $14 - $24

AUGUST 4

Demolition Derby Show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 - $20

AUGUST 5

NSPA Truck Pull

Show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 - $25

AUGUST 6

Charreada with La Autentica de Jerez

Adams County celebrates its Hispanic heritage with the annual Charreada Mexican rodeo followed by a performance by La Autentica de Jerez.

Gates open at 4 p.m. events start at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10-75, children under two-years-old are free.

Entertainment Stage

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2

• Kelsey Jo and the Wildcards, 4-5:30 p.m.

• The Junebugs, 6-8 p.m.

• Karaoke 8:30-11 p.m.

THURSDAY, AUG. 3

• DJ Pipkin, 6-7:30 p.m.

• The Junebugs, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

• Karaoke 9-11 p.m.

FRIDAY, AUG. 4

• The Junebugs, 6-7:30 p.m.

• Mz Vendetta, 8:30-9:30 p.m.

• Judgement Day, 10-11 p.m.

SATURDAY, AUG. 5

• Global Sound Studio, 4-6 p.m.

• The Junebugs, 8-9:30 p.m.

• Karaoke 9-midnight

SUNDAY, AUG. 6

• Mariachi Mass 10-11 a.m.

• Strolling Mariachi 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Bonna Pluma y Los Originales, noon-1:30 p.m.

• Tomas Cordova and Just Friends, 2:15-4 p.m.

• Chicano Heat, 5-7 p.m.

• Baby Bash, 8-9:30 p.m.

• House Music, 10:30 p.m. to midnight

THE ADAMS COUNTY FAIR FOOD GUIDE

From flip-flops to funnel cakes, visit the Exhibit Hall and Midway for your a wide variety of food vendors and food trucks, as well as a chance to get your shopping fix. Vendors who have signed up to come are listed below.

Bibi’s Eggrolls

Serving traditional Philippine style rice noodles with vegetables & chicken, egg rolls with ground beef, carrots, and bell peppers, BBQ grilled chicken or pork on a bamboo skewer, Filipino empanadas with ground beef, potatoes, peas, and raisins, and chicken adobo with soy sauce, lemon juice, ginger, and potatoes!

Capone’s Concessions

Stop by and enjoy a refreshing drink of fresh squeezed lemonade or cherry limeade or shaved ice to cool you down. Try the BBQ pulled pork sandwiches or corn on the cob. Got a sweet tooth? Try a strawberry kebab or frozen cheese cake. Don’t forget a chocolate covered jalapeno!

Cheese Love Grill

Say cheese! This food vendor is a must if you’re craving an all time classic! Come check out their menu for a classic grilled cheese and tomato bisque or a street taco inspired grilled cheese. This place is sure to leave a smile on your face.

DC Concessions

Switch it up with seafood! Find this vendor for fried catfish and shrimp and pair it with some sweet potato fries or twisted taters. They also serve a variety of appetizers from jalapeno poppers and fried pickles, to chili cheese fries and mozzarella sticks. Enjoy their hand-breaded chicken tenders and don’t forget to ask about the freshly squeezed lemonade.

Fry Factory

Fries are a fan favorite, but if you’re looking to take it up a notch make sure to stop at Fry Factory! They put a fun spin on the classics with their hatch green chili curly fires, pizza box nachos and smoked grilled kielbasa. Don’t forget to try their gourmet red velvet funnel cake or a classic crepe!

German Specialty

Want to try something out of the box? Germany Specialty serves an uber potato skillet, a variety of bratwursts, and even a Bayou Brat Alligator! They also have the classics covered with corn dogs, nachos, and fried candy bars.

Grammy’ s Goodies

Are you in the mood for homemade Italian food? Make sure to check out Grammy’s Goodies who was recently featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.(2020) for the BIGGEST slices and the best home made Italian food and baked goods. Stop by for a giant turkey leg or explore the rest of their menu,where you’ll find handmade mozzarella sticks, garlic knots, delicious pizza, cannolis, pasta dishes sandwiches and of course some sweet treats.

Kona Ice

Try FlavorWave Kona Ice Flavors Like: Tigers Blood, Lucky Lime, Blue Raspberry, Watermelon Wave, Wedding Cake, Strawberry’d Treasure, Blue Coconut, Monkey Business, Ninja Cherry, Pina Colada!

Polar Brothers

This Colorado based company has some unique Nitro made Ice Cream flavors you cannot miss! Flavors such as cookie monster, vermont maple, nutella oreo, and much more! Stop by and check them out!

Pork Hub

Stick a pork in it! Come by and enjoy a smoked pulledCome by and enjoy a smoked pulled pork sandwich, a pig in potato patch or just some delicious queso fries or Colorado green chili cheese fries!

Simply Pizza

This local coffee shop from Frederick is bringing superior quality to the Adams County Fair this year! Specializing in Coffee and Cold Brew, we also craft 15 additional hot and cold beverages (Cocoa, Teas, Lemonades, Italian Sodas, and Blended drinks). Keep it SIMPLE! This is a stop you will not want to miss! This food truck presents Neapolitan inspired wood fire pizza. Menu items include: Two Meats, Charred Garden, Queen, and of course a Plain & Simple option.

Spicy Catering

Make sure you stop by Spicy Catering and enjoy some of your favorite Mexican cuisine, including tacos, quesadillas, burritos and nachos. Do not miss Sunday for the special taco tortas menu!

Sugars Concessions

Satisfy your sweet tooth with any of the following carnival favorites: funnel cake, specialty cakes, or a fried cheese cake!

Tacos with Altitude

Come enjoy green chili cheese fries, Nachos, or street tacos. Top off your meal with a Auga Fresca or Mexican Coca Cola

Wild Wolf Kettle Corn

Pop by this vendor to release your inner wild wolf. With wildly delicious kettle corn, caramel corn and lemonade smashers, 13 flavors to choose from this is a stop that is hard to pass up

Yazmin

Get ready to heat things up! Satisfy that spicy craving with the chili mayo cheese corn, the chili and salt mango on a stick, or the mangoneadas mango sobert with chili and chamoy. Don’t worry though, if things get too hot you can cool down with their signature home-made fresh fruit water.

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First Aid

Information Booth

Lost Children

Sheriff

General Parking Lot

Handicapped-Accessible Parking Lot

Restrooms

Handicapped-Accessible Restrooms

Food & Beverages

Beer Shuttle & Golf Cart Loading/Unloading

Recycling

Supporting Sponsors

Contributing Sponsors

Friends

EMERGENCIES & IMPORTANT INFORMATION

There will be first aid provided during the fair. First aid is located in the Red Cross Building. EMTs are also on golf carts roaming the fair each day.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office provides security services during the fair. Their office is located in the Administration Building located just south of the Al Lesser Building.

The Brighton Fire Protection District's office during the fair is located just south of the Red Cross Building in the mobile command unit.

To receive text alerts about important changes and notices, please text "Join AdamsCoFair" (without quotes) to 31002 or scan the QR code below and click send.

LOST CHILDREN

To report a lost child or locate a lost child, please go to the Rampart Search and Rescue Booth located directly below the Water Tower

Although every ensure the accuracy of the information provided on this map, Adams County cannot be responsible for consequences made herein. Attendees should consult with Fair management at ascertain whether any modifications have been made since the publication of this material. In case of inclement weather, Fair management may choose to evacuate the grandstands, midway,

and/or barns for the safety of all patrons.

mes:

• Wednesday – 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.

• Thursday – 3 p.m. – 12 a.m.

• Friday – 3 p.m. – 12 a.m.

• Saturday – 12 p.m. – 12 a.m.

• Sunday – 12 p.m. – 12 a.m.

Locations:

Prairie

2023 ADAMS COUNTY FAIR ROYALTY

2023 Adams County Fair Queen, Tymberlynn Rose Weidemann

Tymblerynn Rose Weidemann is the 19-year-old daughter of Jayleen and Willie Weidemann. A proud Colorado native, Rose grew up in Brighton where she participated in many activities including FFA, 4-H, yearbook, and Link.

She graduated from Brighton high school in 2022 and is furthering her education at Colorado State University for her undergraduate. She is majoring in Agricultural Education along with a minor in Agricultural Literacy.

The fair holds many wonderful adventures and memories for her. She is delighted to promote the fair and activities it holds. She hopes you will open the doors and join her and Elsie in their adventures August 2-6.

2023 Adams County Fair Ladyin-Waiting,

Elsie Oswald

Elsie Oswald is the 18-year-old daughter of Paige and Chris Oswald. Elsie is a senior currently attending Brighton High School, where she is a Link Leader and President of the Brighton FFA chapter. Elsie has been in 4H for ten years and is President of the Pure Country 4H club. After graduating from Brighton High School this year, she will continue her education at Colorado State University, majoring

in Agricultural Business in pursuit of going to a chiropractic college to work on people and horses.

This is Elsie’s tenth year attending the fair, and she is thrilled to share the joy of the Adams County Fair with you. She is excited to promote the Fair and the 4H exhibitors, livestock, rides, food, and other activities that make the Adams County Fair great. She hopes you will join her and Rose at the Adams County Fair, the largest county fair in Colorado, this year from Aug. 2-6, 2023.

Sponsors

Rose and Elsie are proudly sponsored by:

• Constance Photography

• Cox Ranch Originals

• Greeley Hatworks

• Rocky Mountain Clothing Company

• Thollot Diamonds & Fine Jewlery

• United Power

The Adams County Fair Royalty Program Clinic will be announced in the fall. For more information on attending this event, please email Courtney Cox.

If you plan to compete for the 2023 title of Adams County Fair Ladyin-Waiting, this royalty clinic is mandatory. The 2023 competition will be held at the Regional Park Complex in the fall of 2022.

Past Fair Royalty 1950s

1950 Chloe Plass Weidenbach

1951 Gretchen Gilbert Wilson

1952 Betty Williams

1953 Yulene Banek

1954 Carma Jesiop Hale

1955 Ella Masters

1956 Sandy Crosby Davidson

1957 Bonnie Aschenbrenner Kanouse

1958 Revae Milligan - Miss Rodeo Colorado 1958

1959 Diane Newell

1960s

1960 Phillis Guthrie Webb

1961 Rosemary “Cookie” LarsonMiss Rodeo Colorado 1961

1962 Sandy Schwab Purdy

1963 Pat Strole

1964 Annette Carrvin Bowers

1965 Teri Reither Watson

1966 Janice Schwabb Miles

1967 Paula Klaumann Jones

1968 Georgia Dowd Haller

1969 Marilynne “Lynne” Hokr Redman

1970s

1970 Jodi Russell Pfersh

1971 Janet Snidow Jackson

1972 Linda Carter Larson

1973 Marla Myers Zuch

1974 Nancy Coufal Elrod

1975 Barbara Seitz Williams - Miss Rodeo Colorado 1978

1976 Pam Armstrong Whitlock

1977 Teri Bohlander Griffith Parkos

1978 Debbie Pech Ritch - Miss Rodeo Colorado 1979

1979 Jeri Cooper Hass

1980s

1980 Nancy Nott Bunjes – (also the mother of the 2006 Queen)

1981 Susan Berger Farner

1982 Margaret Keehn

1983 Penny Constable Anderson

1984 Sandie Chaney

1985 Duetta Allart

1988 Kelly Field

1989 Kim Kling Daley

1990s

1990 Heidi Carmack

1991 Colette Wilbanks Stoudt

1992 Tara Rumsey Weber

1993 Kelli Mohan Metz

1994 Sara Ocker

1995 Jodi Miller Stonner

2000s

2002 Amanda Milton

2003 Stacie Toft

2004 Bronwyn Schindler

2005 Alyse Scebbi Fieldgrove

2006 Alyssa Bunjes Baker – (the daughter of the 1980 queen)

2007 Chelyn Heideman Hart

2008 Sadie Sayler Nelson

2009 Randi Rae Fishler

2010s

2010 Sydnie Rask

2011 Courtney Cox

2012 Danielle McCormick

2013 Alexandra Nelms Holyoak

2014 Savanna Hamilton

2015 Lindsey Irby Bakes

2016 Aviendha Anemaet

2017 Jennifer Ann D’Epagnier

2018 Lindsey Burleson

2019 Racheal Lampo

2020s

2020/21 Mandy McCormick

2022: Kira Szulinski

SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT AGRICULTURE

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Tymberlynn Rose Wiedemann said she grew up in the shadow of the Adams County fair and always had her eye on the fair royalty –although she wasn’t sure what they did.

“It wasn’t up until I was in high school, I was in the Future Farmers of America FFA Organization, which is an agriculture youth organization, so being part of that organization, we were around the fair lot. I actually got to talk to the fair queens and realized they are advocates for the agriculture industry,” Wiedemann said.

Now it’s her turn on the fair’s throne.

After a year as the 2022 fair’s Lady In Waiting, Wiedemann,19, was selected as the 2023 Adams County Fair Queen.

“I graduated in 2022, and I’m so fortunate. I was able to come from Brighton High School and I get to represent my county; it’s wonderful,” Wiedemann said.

Wiedemann said as a Future Farmers of America member, they teach students about the agricultural industry but need to learn how to promote it and educate people.

“I realized this is a way to serve my community, and follow a passion in the agricultural industry,” Wiedemann said. “These women royalty state titleholders are not just a pretty face that represents the county. When you talk to these women, they are very intelligent. They know horsemanship, agriculture, rodeo and the fair they’re representing.”

Wiedemann said FFA, 4-H, and the fair for kids’ is essential.

“You don’t have to be in a local 4-H or in agriculture or come from the city,” she said. “You can I can sign up and it’s something that is really fun. My FFA department at high school not everyone was an agriculture kid and some grew up in the subdivision or apartments. So sitting in Ag class they realized they too can be a part of this industry.”

Wiedemann said the FFA classes at the high school taught kids how to start a small project or grow a garden, educating them about the industry without even realizing it.

“Even the kids that are not working members in the agricultural industry when someone ask them a question, they can tell them about growing and harvesting in a field,” Wiedemann said. “The programs are incredible. It not just for kids its regular everyday people that can sit in those classes and those

organizations and be involved in the work.”

Wiedemann is attending Colorado State University, majoring in Agricultural Education and minoring in Agricultural Literacy.

She chose to stay close to home because it allows her to give back to the organization.

“I learned so much value and what our industry really means. I hope I’m able to come back and grow the next generation of agriculturalists. A lot of times, industries can slowly die, and generations will leave if you have people that aren’t willing to fight for this organization industry that is slowly dying, and you need to have people that are knowledgeable about the industry and want to learn about it and work for it to last for the future,” Wiedemann said.

If she has her way, she’ll be involved in agriculture for the rest of her life.

“I hope to stay in the agriculture industry, whether it is classroom teaching, working in a position with agriculture, or work as legislator. I want to continue to be a voice for this industry representing the agriculture and Western industry in a public matter, talking to people. If I can continue to do that into adulthood, I would love that,” Wiedemann said.

4-H SHOWS AND COMPETITIONS

water law expert at the University of Colorado. “ e question is, what is your city going to do with that 10%? Are they going to leave it in the Colorado River Basin? Are they going to leave it in a reservoir for drought conditions? Or are they simply going to divide that savings out to build more and then use that savings on new development?”

e average American family uses more than 300 gallons of water per day at home, and about 70% of that use is indoors. In the arid West, states have some of the highest per capita residential water use because of landscape irrigation, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

In Colorado, water users run through 5.43 million acre-feet of water per year. One acre-foot supports two families of four to ve people for one year.

Of that, 90%, or about 4.8 million acre-feet, is used by the agriculture industry. About 380,000 acre-feet is used in cities and towns, and of that, only about 46% goes to indoor water uses like toilets, faucets, laundry machines and showers.

at means that the impact of inhome water conservation is going to be limited in the grand scheme

of water use in the Colorado River Basin, where the amount of water stored in reservoirs like Lake Powell and Lake Mead has declined dramatically.

“While the bulk of that water to help prevent Lake Powell from collapsing will come from agriculture, cities need to do their part,” said John Berggren, senior regional water policy analyst for Western Resource Advocates. “Municipalities’ water use matters. It’s small … but it matters.”

Home water use falls primarily into two categories: indoor and outdoor.

In Colorado, residents tend to use more water outdoors watering their lawns and gardens. at’s led to the rise of water-wise landscaping e orts, like those currently being showcased at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Indoors, Colorado residents use about 60 gallons per capita each day. at leaves them with plenty of opportunities for conservation

— and accidental waste.

In 2016, toilets were the main culprits of water use in homes nationwide, using 24% of household water, followed by showers, 20%; faucets, 19%; and washing machines, 17%, according to the EPA.

Americans use more than 1 trillion gallons of water each year just for showering. e average shower is eight minutes, which means it uses more than 16 gallons of water at 2.1 gallons per minute.

Letting your faucet run for ve minutes while washing dishes can waste 10 gallons of water. Each year, household leaks waste nearly 900 billion gallons of water nationwide, which is enough to supply water to 11 million homes. And about 50% of the water used outside is lost because of wind, evaporation and runo from inecient irrigation systems, according to the EPA.

“We’re now in a world where feet matter in Lake Powell. Drops of water matter because we’re on a knife’s edge. When you’re in that tight of a spot, every single water use matters. No matter how small,” Berggren said. ere are a few simple ways to cut back on water use at home, including some Colorado-speci c programs.

Yes, taking shorter showers can

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decrease water use and cut back on your water bill. e EPA says that, if all 300 million people in the U.S. reduced their shower time by one minute each time, the country could save 170 billion gallons each year.

Turning o the tap while brushing your teeth can save 8 gallons of water per day, and only running the dishwasher when it’s full can save the average family about 320 gallons of water per year, according to the EPA.

But Berggren says rather than changing habits — which we all know can have a hit-or-miss success rate — he’d start with making purchases, like a more e cient shower xture.

e EPA says households can boost their water e ciency by 20% when residents switch to products with WaterSense labels. And a shower that lasts for ve minutes using a low- ow showerhead uses 12 gallons of water, according to a 2014 Colorado State University water use fact sheet.

Similar savings are possible with toilets: ose made before 1993 use 3.5 to 8 gallons per ush, while high e ciency toilets made after 1993 use 1.6 gallons per ush or less. at means a family of four can save 14,000 to 25,000 gallons per year by switching to more e cient toilets. ( e date of manufacture of most toilets is on the underside of the tank lid.)

Updating your washing machine can also make a big di erence. Conventional, top-loading washing machines use 35 to 50 gallons per load. Newer front-loading machines use 18 to 20 gallons per load, according to CSU.

For those who have updated their appliances and are careful about

water use around the house, there’s a way to take at-home e ciency a step further: grey water reuse.

ese systems capture grey water — the runo from showers, bathroom sinks and laundry machines — and then use it for other purposes, like watering ornamental plants outside or ushing toilets, at the same location. is water can contain dirt, oil, greases, lint and possibly human pathogens, so don’t use it to drink or water your vegetables, experts say.

Laundry-to-landscape systems installed by homeowners, which capture washing machine water for outdoor irrigation, can cost as little as $350, said Jon Novick, the environmental administrator for the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment.

Whole house systems pipe water from showers and bathroom sinks through a treatment process and then send it to toilets to provide water for ushing. e system alone can cost $6,000 to $8,000, not including installation costs, so they’re more feasible for new houses or developments with multiple units, Novick said. ey’re often cost prohibitive for existing homes.

ese systems also come with a catch: Local governments need water rights that allow for reuse, which limits the adoption of grey water programs, and new installations are only legal if the local government has o cially approved grey water reuse. People with pre-existing systems should check with their local programs to see if their system can be grandfathered in.

As of July, six local governments have approved grey water reuse, including the city and county of Denver, Pitkin County, Fort Collins, Grand Junction and Golden. ose who draw water from wells will need to check their permits. Exempt well permits, for example, do not allow reuse of indoor water

for outdoor irrigation.

If a grey water system saves 25 gallons per day and is installed in 500,000 homes, it could save 14,000 acre-feet per year. at’s enough water to supply 28,000 homes, Novick said.

But the counties that have approved grey water ordinances have seen little uptake. As of June, Denver had approved 30 systems; Castle Rock, 29 systems; and Pitkin County, zero, according to each county’s program manager.

Whether water e ciency measures translate into conservation in the Colorado River Basin depends on factors ranging from where a resident lives to local water management decisions.

Water pulled from the Colorado River Basin on the Western Slope never returns to the basin. Front Range residents could use less water in the hope that more water could stay on the Western Slope, but there are no incentives for Front Range water providers to give up such a valuable resource because of water savings, said MacGregor, the water law expert at CU.

“Anyone who pockets (water) savings can make a ton of money by selling those savings to another water user,” he said. “ e question is, what is the mechanism for leaving water on the Western Slope through conservation?”

Even if a water e ciency program is enormously successful, cities and towns can still choose to use their water savings toward building new developments, rather than leaving them in reservoirs.

“ is is the really frustrating part of what’s happened in a lot of areas. It’s like, you look at it, and e ciency has increased per capita, use has decreased over time, but we’re still susceptible to drought,” MacGregor said. “It’s because we’re not actually banking those savings.”

If at-home water e ciency mea-

sures are adopted widely, and the unused water is conserved for the future, those savings can help storage at local reservoirs and even help meet environmental and ecological needs by keeping more water in streams. It could even be used by downstream water rights holders who might have their supply cut o earlier in a dry year.

But there’s no guarantee that the water will reach the Colorado River’s main storage reservoirs, like Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border. at would require complicated, interstate legal and administrative procedures — an option being explored by Colorado.

Experts are adamant: Residents should still try to use water e ciently at home.

If Colorado residents are more efcient in their water use, then cities and towns could pull less water from rivers and streams on the front end, which leaves water in the stream for others. Landscapes could be better able to withstand wet and dry years with the addition of native plants. Treatment plants spend less money on treating water before releasing it, which could help with water bills, experts say.

“ is isn’t a situation that there’s going to be one thing that’s going to solve the problem. It’s more of a case of incremental change, so every little bit helps,” Novick said. “If you’re saving a gallon of water by taking a shorter shower, or two gallons of water — if everyone were to do that … all of that would add up. We have to think of this more holistically.”

is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

Thu 7/27

Nature Series: Naturalist

@ 3pm Jul 27th - Jul 28th

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Crafty Corner: Picture Matting (7/27)

@ 4pm

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Reverse Mortgage Myths (7/27) @ 4pm Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Lazy B Chuckwagon Dinner & Show

@ 9:45pm

Fort Lupton Recreation & Parks De‐partment, 203 S Harrison, Fort Lupton. 303-857-4200

Fri 7/28

Sat 7/29

AL. 7/31 Growing Naturally

Nature Play (2)

@ 9am / Free

Bird Conservancy's Environmental Learning Center, 14500 Lark Bunting Lane, Brighton. 303-6594348 ext. 53

Pirates Run for Booty @ 7:45am / $8-$25

108th Ave & Colorado Blvd, Car‐penter Park - SOUTH SIDE, Thorn‐ton

Leagues Cup Group StageColorado Rapids vs Deportivo Toluca FC @ 7:30pm / $25-$250

DICK'S Sporting Goods Park, 6000 Victory Way, Commerce City

Tue 8/01

Seth Beamer: Westminster

Neighborhood Nights (Solo Set)

@ 6pm Irving Street Library, 7392 Irving St, Westminster

Manolito Y Su Trabuco @ 9pm Mariscos El Berrinche's, 7850 Sheridan Boulevard, Westminster

Sun 7/30

Colorado Rockies vs. Oakland Athletics @ 1:10pm / $12-$300

Coors Field, 2001 Blake St., Denver

Mon 7/31

Storytime in the Park @ 3pm

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Craft Masters Challenge 2: Nature @ 4:30pm

Jul 31st - Aug 3rd

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Colorado Rockies vs. Oakland Athletics

@ 6:40pm / $12-$300

Coors Field, 2001 Blake St., Den‐ver

Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres @ 6:40pm / $10-$300

Coors Field, 2001 Blake St., Denver

Legal Self-Help Clinc @ 2pm

Anythink Wright Farms, 5877 East 120th Avenue, Thornton. morgan@ hayday.org, 303-405-3242

Horse Trek @ 3pm Aug 1st - Aug 2nd Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 East Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Jenny Shawhan @ 5pm Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, 6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd,, Au‐rora

Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres @ 6:40pm / $10-$300

Coors Field, 2001 Blake St., Den‐ver

Wed 8/02

Priscilla Block @ 7pm Adams County Fairgrounds, 9755 Henderson Rd, Brighton

Thu 8/03

Gambling Trip The Wild Wood Cripple Creek (8/3) @ 2pm Offsite, 6060 E Parkway Drive, Commerce City. 303-289-3760

Jordan Davis @ 7pm Adams County Fairgrounds, 9755 Henderson Rd, Brighton

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the City Council of Fort Lupton Colorado, at 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at 130 S. McKinley Ave. for the purpose of considering the adoption by reference of the floodplain management regulations that meet the standards of 44 CFR Part 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations.

Copies of the updated floodplain management regulations that include the updated Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Maps are on file at the office of the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours. If enacted as an ordinance of this City, the floodplain management regulations will not be published in full, but in accordance with state law, copies will be kept on file.

The regulations are published by National Flood Insurance Program, 500 C St SW, Washington, D.C. 20472 FEMA-FMIX@fema.dhs.gov

1-877-336-2627

The subject matter of the floodplain management regulations is to promote public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provisions designed to: Protect human life and health; Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;

Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public; Minimize prolonged business interruptions; Minimize damage to critical facilities, infrastructure and other public facilities such as water, sewer and gas mains; electric and communications stations; and streets

and bridges located in floodplains; Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of floodprone areas in such a manner as to minimize future flood blight areas; and Insure that potential buyers are notified that property is located in a flood hazard area.

At its next regular meeting, following this hearing, the City Council will consider passage of the adopting Ordinance.

Dated this 10th day of July 2023.

City of Fort Lupton, Colorado Maricela Peña, City Clerk

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First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Misc. Private Legals

PUBLIC NOTICE

CORPORATE STRUCTURE REORGANIZATION OF INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH, SCL HEALTH, SCL HEALTH – FRONT RANGE, INC., AND INTEGRITY HEALTH

Intermountain Health hereby gives public notice of its proposed corporate structure reorganization of Intermountain Health, SCL Health, SCL HealthFront Range, Inc., and Integrity Health, which aims to align the Intermountain Health system further to

better provide high-quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare to more patients and communities.

As part of the reorganization, SCL Health’s longstanding affiliate Integrity Health, which includes Platte Valley Medical Center, would be integrated as a secular division of the Intermountain Health system. Additionally, SCL Health - Front Range, Inc., which includes Lutheran Medical Center and Good Samaritan Medical Center, would be reorganized under the same secular division of the Intermountain Health system alongside Platte Valley Medical Center. The reorganization is intended to further the Intermountain Health system’s commitment to helping people live the healthiest lives possible and exceed their expectations for health. The parties further believe the reorganization will only enhance their ability to deliver clinical excellence, provide value-based care that improves lives, and continue to support and improve health in all communities, including rural and underserved ones, through value-based care, effective clinical integration, and innovative approaches.

Legal Notice No. FLP901

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

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