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VOLUME 35 | ISSUE 26

House District 43 candidates talk priorities as election nears Candidates to represent Highlands Ranch area

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With Highlands Ranch’s current state House Representative Kevin Van

Winkle setting his sights on a Senate seat, three other Douglas County residents have announced campaigns to fill the House District 43 opening.

Kurt Huffman and Robin Webb are running as Republicans and Robert Marshall is the singular Democratic candidate. Hoffman and Webb will face off in the June 28 primary.

Colorado Community Media reached out to all three candidates to interview them about their campaigns.

Webb did not respond to emailed interview questions or speak to CCM. All three candidates would be first-time representatives.

Huffman, a Highlands Ranch resident, has spent the past four sessions volunteering at the Colorado

statehouse and has also been through the Leadership of the Rockies Program, a training for potential GOP Huffman candidates. His experience in the statehouse pushed Huffman to run when the HD43 seat opened up.

“I realized that we had nobody coming out of Douglas County as Republican that had any experience in the Marshall house and I was the only one, I thought, that could pull us together as a SEE ELECTION, P8

Douglas County will not use COVID funds on San Luis Valley water project Laydon puts brakes on proposal

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County Public Health Director Michael Hill talks with the Board of Health during a recent meeting.

PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER

trying to understand or fix people’s opinions of the past or what happened,” he said. “I just want to make sure we’re doing a good job as we roll out services.”

Hill, who previously worked as the health agency director for San Luis Obispo County Public Health

The Douglas County commissioners have decided not to use American Rescue Plan Act dollars on a controversial water supply project but may consider it again in the future.

Commissioner Abe Laydon, the decisive vote on the issue, announced his vote during a May 24 work session.

“Right now there are simply too significant and enormous of hurdles for us to move forward on this project,” he said.

“That’s not to say that we can’t explore this in the future, I think we certainly can, but RWR will have to do significant additional homework on all of these fronts to accomplish that.”

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Douglas County Health Department director talks about the future Michael Hill talks costs, employees, beliefs

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County’s first-ever public health director is focusing on

the future as he builds an agency he hopes will reduce costs for local taxpayers.

In an exclusive interview with Colorado Community Media, director Michael Hill talked through his background, his plans for the department and his philosophy on public health.

“I’m not really going to be about

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Oaked and Smoked tickets on sale The Highlands Ranch Community Association will be hosted the annual Oaked and Smoked event on July 9. HRCA and Davidsons Beer, Wine & Spirits bring you an event of epic proportions. Enjoy an afternoon outside sampling Ameri-

can whiskeys from all over the United States including bourbons, rye’s, single barrels, and other assorted styles paired with delicious grilled and barbecued delights. For more information about tickets and the event, visit the website at bit.ly/HRCA-Oaked-Smoked.

An adult only pool party Start the summer off right with an adult only pool party. There will be music and a cash bar to make the night fun and relaxing. The

party will be held on June 8 at the Eastridge Recreation Center between 4:30 pm and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5. bit.ly/HRCA-Adult-Swim

Take security measures to prevent crime On May 26, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office put out a warning that with hotter temperatures comes more wildlife activity. In working with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the department warns residents to lock vehicles and keep garages closed to keep perpetrators of the two- and fourlegged kind from breaking in.

According to the post, property crime (burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft) has increased by 8%.

That combined with recent incidents of bears getting into cars or entering garages in search of food sparks this elementary reminder.

Taking a couple simple steps can

help prevent personal property damage and loss.

“Please help us by reducing the opportunity. This may very well help eliminate the crime. Here are a few suggestions that may help minimize the risk,” said Sheriff Tony Spurlock, Douglas County Sheriff.

Some tips to follow include: Always lock car doors and completely close your car windows.

Remove valuables.

When parked in front of your house or on a driveway, take the garage opener out.

When out and about, park in well-lighted areas.

Park in attended lots, thieves do not like potential witnesses.

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Briefly In Highlands Ranch Become Election-Ready Today!

Primary Election June 28, 2022 » » » »

Register to vote Check your voter status/affiliation Update your mailing address Find a ballot drop box near you

Ballots will be mailed to eligible voters beginning on June 6.

24-hour Ballot Drop Box locations open. Learn more at DouglasVotes.com or 303.660.7444.

Commissioners celebrate La Liga Douglas County Commissioners were proud to celebrate La Liga this week!

La Liga is a free sports league for Douglas County youth, giving kids an opportunity to be active and build community and connections.

Co-founder Pastor Peter Rodri-

guez was joined by player-turnedcoach Oscar Holguin in thanking Commissioners for continued support through the Douglas County Youth Initiative.

Families can still register to participate here: https://www. somosnuevavida.com/en/la-ligayouth-sports/

Where does my water come from?

Douglas County’s water provider locator allows you to enter your address or last name and find your water provider on an interactive map. This tool will guide you to your provider’s site where you can better understand seasonal water restrictions and more. Visit douglas.co.us and search for Water Provider

Live Town Hall meetings Did you know Douglas County offers Live Town Hall meetings, inviting you to engage in the local issues of importance to you and your neighbors? Register at douglas.co.us/townhall to ensure you are contacted about all future Live Town Halls – it’s always your choice whether or not to participate. Registering will also allow you to receive surveys so that you may share what topics YOU want to hear more about.

Check for gras grill leaks With summer here, the South Metro Fire District is asking residents to be safe and check gas grills for leaks. And here are a few more safety tips from our South Metro Community Risk Reduction Specialists on how to use your grill safely: -Propane and charcoal BBQ grills should only be used outdoors.

-The grill should be placed well

away from the home, deck railings, and out from under eaves and overhanging branches.

-Keep children and pets at least three feet away from the grill area.

-Keep your grill clean by removing grease or fat buildup from the grills and in trays below the grill.

-Never leave your grill unattended.

-Always make sure your gas grill lid is open before lighting it.

Decode Douglas County Visit eight Douglas County Open Space or Park locations, and look for clues to crack the code. Pick up or print your 2022 booklet today, discover new places, including Sandstone Ranch, and decode the secret of Douglas County outdoors! Visit douglas.co.us and search Decode to start your outdoor adventure.

Garden question? Ask a Master Gardener.

Douglas County Master Gardeners provide useful information to help your gardening efforts all year long via the “Virtual Helpdesk.” Email your questions to dcmgardenr@gmail.com for answers seven days a week.

It’s wildfire season Veteran assistance programs For Veterans in need of assistance, funds are available to provide emergency assistance to veterans struggling with housing (mortgage and rent payments), transportation, em-

ployment, healthcare, or other immediate needs. The Veteran’s Services Office is ready to help you with these and many other needs!

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It only takes one spark to change your life forever. Thankfully, it takes only seconds to sign up for free emergency notifications ensuring that you will be in the know if a wildfire is happening near you. Sign up today at douglas.co.us/CodeRed

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Reports of monkeypox, hepatitis not a cause for panic Experts say awareness of diseases is better

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There is no need to panic or stress according to local medical experts who recently discussed the national news stories coming out about the spread of monkeypox and the mystery surrounding kids being diagnosed with hepatitis.

While there are several pediatric hepatitis cases already reported in Colorado, the first monkeypox case was confirmed by state health officials on May 26.

Dr. Jim Neid, an infectious disease specialist with the Medical Center of Aurora, said he had tried to avoid the continued news reports about monkeypox and the fear the reports are creating.

After more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, talk of another virus spreading across the nation may have Americans concerned and rightfully so. However, recent medical issues making national headlines are not to the level of COVID, Neid said.

Monkeypox According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, monkeypox is a viral disease that occurs mostly in central and western Africa. It is called monkeypox because it was first identi-

fied in laboratory monkeys in 1958.

The first human case of monkeypox was confirmed in 1970.

Neid said traditionally, monkeypox cases is associated with people linked to international travel.

In May, the CDC announced that it is working with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to investigate a case where a U.S. resident tested positive for monkeypox on May 18. The person tested positive after a trip to Canada.

On May 26, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Public Health confirmed Colorado may have its first case of monkeypox. A man who recently traveled to Canada is currently cooperating with health officials.

In a news release, CDPHE said, “The presumptive case is a young adult male who sought care in the Denver area, and is a man who has sex with men. He is now isolating at home with his condition improving.”

The CDC is also tracking the spread of the virus that has been reported since early May in countries where monkeypox is not normal, including Europe and other parts of North America.

Neid said as the CDC has announced it is watching the cases and tracking the spread of the rare virus, he does not feel there is a lot to be concerned about in Colorado or the rest of the nation.

Nonetheless, Neid said, if cases are being confirmed, it is impor-

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r m k M 1 u i Monkeypox was confirmed in Colorado on May 26. The disease got its name because it h SHUTTERSTOCK s first was seen in laboratory monkeys in 1958. tant to note that it is a viral infection similar to a rash and does not require a lot of treatment or intervention.

Unlike a respiratory virus like COVID, Neid said monkeypox does not spread as easily. It requires a lot more up-close contact with an infected person to catch it.

“You might have some clusters, but nothing major,” he said.

“Should there be an outbreak, it’s really containable.”

Symptoms of monkeypox include:

• Fever • Headache • Muscle aches • Backache • Swollen lymph nodes • Chills • Exhaustion Within one to three days, the CDC says, a patient might develop a rash, which often begins on the face and spreads to other parts of the body.

Monkeypox can take up to four SEE HEALTH, P5

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Castle Rock is latest Colorado town to recognize Juneteenth Only 43 municipalities statewide observe June 19 holiday

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Though Colorado’s legislature declared Juneteenth a state holiday

starting this year, only a few dozen municipalities will observe the day-off.

Just over 40 towns and cities in Colorado have confirmed they’ll observe Juneteenth as a holiday based on information collected by the Colorado Municipal League.

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weeks to fully clear up.

“We want to reassure Coloradans that the risk to the public is low, but we also want them to know of the symptoms so that we can catch other cases as soon as possible,” said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, state epidemiologist. “We are grateful for the collaborative efforts of the CDC, local public health agencies, and health care providers in learning about, treating, and investigating this case.”

Hepatitis Parents may be on high alert recently amid national reports of mystery hepatitis cases impacting kids. According to the CDC, as of May 26, the U.S. has confirmed that 180 pediatric cases of hepatitis are under investigation. Investigations into the cause of the mystery cases have been ongoing over the last seven months, the CDC reported.

According to the CDC, hepatitis means inflammation of the liver.

The liver is a vital organ that processes nutrients, filters blood, and fights infections. When the liver is inflamed or damaged, its function can be affected. In the U. S., the most common types of viral hepatitis are hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Dr. Amy Feldman, the Children’s Hospital Colorado pediatric liver transplant medical director, said while the increased numbers may be alarming, especially as more news is coming out, it is impor-

tant to stress that none of the pediatric cases have been serious enough to require a liver transplant or worse.

Feldman said Colorado with a handful of cases in Colorado, the numbers may increase because the Colorado Department of Human Services has asked health agencies to go back over possible cases dating to October 2021 to help research what is happening.

Feldman said hepatitis in children is not that uncommon, noting that while there are several types, it boils down to being an inflammation of the liver.

Since January, the state’s health department has reported 10 total hepatitis cases.

“There are a variety of reasons kids can get hepatitis,” Feldman said. “There have been some increased clusters, but I think what we are seeing right now is more about increased awareness. Parents should not be on heightened alert or having any sense of fear.”

Feldman said even if a child has a case of hepatitis, it is treatable and rarely turns into anything serious.

Hepatitis is confirmed through blood tests, Feldman said, noting there are symptoms parents can watch for if they think a child may have the condition. Those symptoms include: • Fever • Fatigue • Loss of appetite • Nausea • Vomiting • Abdominal pain • Dark urine • Light-colored stools

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on June 19 and becoming the 43rd municipality in the state to recognize the day.

“If nobody’s studied the history of (Juneteenth), it’s pretty significant,” Castle Rock Council Member Tim Dietz said when it was proposed as a holiday at the April 19 meeting.

Juneteeth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, commemorates the day, June 19, 1865, enslaved Black people in Galveston were told they were free under the Emancipation Proclamation. The news was delivered by Union soldiers just two months after the end of the Civil War, though the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed more than two years earlier.

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employees for the day off and compensate fire and police staff on duty.

Colorado Municipal League Director Kevin Bommer said most municipalities began conversations of observing Juneteenth after the federal government made it a holiday in 2021. Colorado followed suit this legislative session, with the bill being signed May 2.

However, Bommer said the state can’t mandate municipal governments to observe Juneteenth as a paid holiday.

“We really haven’t seen a big surge because the state did it,” Bommer said of municipalities recognizing the holiday. “There were some (municipalities) that started as early as July of last year, after the federal government took action.”

The latest information CML has collected shows 75 municipalities that currently don’t have plans to observe the holiday, including Centennial, Castle Pines, Englewood and Lone Tree.

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Department in California, started in Douglas County on Feb. 28.

Hill’s annual salary was approved by the commissioners at $205,000. Dr. John Douglas, an infectious disease physician who leads the Tri-County Health Department currently makes $317,000. A recent physician leader of the Jeffco Health Department made $190,000 annually.

The new county director has 30 years of experience working in public health, has a bachelor’s degree in biology and has master’s degrees in public health and in public administration.

Hill’s previous health department served 285,000 people with about 900 employees. Now, he’s overseeing a significantly smaller team, serving 380,000 residents in Douglas County.

As of mid-May, the newly formed Douglas County Health Department employed five people and was set to add four more in the near future. In an April 19 work session with commissioners, Hill pitched a possible full organizational chart consisting of about 35 full-time employees and two contractors.

Douglas County pulled out of the Tri-County Health Department last fall after the county commissioners disagreed with the COVID-19 restrictions put in place by the agency.

The new health department is set to begin providing several ser-

vices over the next few months, including vital records, emergency preparedness, disease surveillance, environmental health and community health. The board of health approved a list of services the agency will provide during a May 12 meeting.

Here’s how Hill answered questions on various topics: Philosophy on public health: “Over my career I’ve tried to interfere in people’s lives as seldom as possible but the reason it’s called public health instead of personal health is it’s about protecting the community. So if you have something bad and you’re running around spreading it to everyone, then maybe I need to interfere with your liberties a little bit to protect everybody else.

That’s not our go-to move to try to interfere with people’s lives, it’s to try to educate people and help them understand how they can keep themselves and their neighbors healthy.”

Why he works in public health: “I went to Florida, started looking for jobs and landed in one in the health department and it just seems to have been a fit … It just happened to me and I seem to be okay at it and mostly enjoy it, so I’ve kept at it.”

“I know I’ve made a difference in people’s lives. I know there are hundreds of people who are alive because of what I’ve done. There are thousands of people who are better off because of what I’ve done … I’m not doing this waiting for the thank you notes to come

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rolling in but I know I’ve helped these people. Whether they know or not is not important to me.”

Why he applied: Hill said the challenge of figuring out the organization and solving various personnel and administrative problems interested him.

“I was sitting happily in my office in California when some recruiter reached out to me and said here’s this wonderful opportunity … The more I looked at it, the more I said `well that looks like a lot of fun.’”

New department’s costs: “I’ve committed to the board of health and the commissioners that I won’t exceed the amount they were spending for Tri-County services over the years. So I’ve got to make sure I’m bringing in enough grants, allocations from the state, fees, whatever extra money I can to provide all these services. It’s not something I take lightly. The commissioners have stated before I got here that they weren’t going to spend any more money and my job is to make that true.”

“I’m pretty confident we can build an environmental health division that is right-sized so it doesn’t cost more to do these things and it shouldn’t.”

Hill added that the health department will adopt the same fee structure as Tri-County for this year but may consider suggesting fee changes next year.

Transitioning away from Tri-County: “As Tri-County is going to dissolve at the end of the year, I don’t believe 100% of their employees are going to stay until Dec. 31. So I’m trying to be ready to make sure there’s not a gap in services so that we can jump in sooner.”

When the new health department was formed, one of the first decisions by the board was to contract with Tri-County to provide all public health services through the end of 2022.

Gaps in service: “I don’t have really any qualms as far as the inspections part.

Again the whole clinical area is so up in the air right now. I don’t think there will be any gaps because I’ll be trying to bring up services by fall and Tri-County will hopefully still be able to provide services until December so we should be able to back each other up.”

The department’s employees: “So we’re trying to build an organizational culture by hiring people who again agree with this philosophy of not being out there — we’re not the police — our inspectors aren’t going to be out there with badges and guns trying to catch people our inspectors will be out there trying to find out what you’re doing and if you’re off track trying to help you understand how to get back on track.”

“We’ve already hired a few people from Tri-County and I’m sure we’ll hire more. We’re very open to their applications.”

What we don’t yet know about the health department: “The big unknown is still in

the clinical and nutrition and health education programs as far as whether we find people we can contract those services to and how many services the commissioners and board of health will let us bring in house to do … we didn’t draw a lot of interest when we were reaching out for contractors so we may have some other referral mechanisms set up.”

Hill said that the clinical services include vaccines, sexualy transmitted disease protection and family planning.

Contracting services compared to hiring more staff: “On some level there’s an interest in not growing government by adding government employees but to grow the private sector. The reason I was looking at approaching outsourcing of these functions was the whole realm of employing nurses has gotten out of control recently so it’s hard to get nurses and it’s hard to keep nurses. I thought it would be easier to have other organizations go through that pain and we can just have enough pain of keeping the other health department services covered.”

Hiring a medical officer: Under Colorado law, public health departments that don’t have a physician as their public health director are required to employ one as a medical officer to advise the public health director on medical decisions. The Douglas County Health Department discussed whether or not to hire a full-time medical director but Hill ultimately suggested contracting with one.

“There’s a very small need for a medical officer in this health department where we’re going to do almost no medical care so a full-time medical officer would be very bored in this organization. There’s not a lot of physician knowledge needed to run restaurant inspections or issue birth certificates … where there’s a benefit added by having a physician input certainly I’m happy to have them there but at one point somebody thought they should hire a $200,000 per year physician to sit beside me and watch me do my job and well, I’m a cheap guy I don’t think that’s cost effective or necessary.”

That officer will also oversee clinical contracts, he said.

The state of the pandemic: “Right now if you look statewide there’s an upward trend to the cases and case positivity and that upward trend is in our county as well. So we need to be prepared to ramp things back up in a hurry if we need to … A lot of the state testing sites went away so if something big happens again and there’s a big need for testing, we need to be able to figure out how to help make that happen.”

“I’m not sure we can call ourselves past the pandemic yet.”

Have more questions for the health department or Hill? Let us know by emailing ewenzler@ coloradocommunitymedia.com

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team and make sure we don’t make rookie mistakes and, hopefully, get our voice up to leadership,” he said.

Huffman said his top priorities are restoring and protecting personal freedoms, encouraging parent voices and choices in education, and addressing crime rates. Though pandemic restrictions have been rolled back, Huffman said he is concerned about returning restrictions and future executive orders.

“I can’t say as a legislator that we’re going to be successful in never having these kinds of mandates again, but I can assure you I will fight the hardest to make sure our county commissioners have local control,” he said.

Huffman also disagrees with recent moves by legislators to reduce bonds and penalties for low-level crimes, as well as the legislation to codify reproductive rights in Colorado law.

He opposes gun control measures, would like to ban critical race theory and ban safe injection sites.

However, as Republicans are currently the minority party, Huffman said he would focus on ideas that have

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bipartisan potential. For example, he would like to see more supports for students with learning disablities, whether that’s through charter schools or public school reform.

“I have those relationships on both sides of the aisle,” he said. “There are a number of Democrats that I’ve worked on past bills with and they know I’m straight-forward, they can trust me and that I work towards what’s best for the people of my community.”

Huffman said he is determined to represent Highlands Ranch values and believes his experience and education will help make him successful.

Also a Highlands Ranch resident, Marshall, who has a background in law and finance, as well as 28 years of service in the US Marine Corps, said he decided to run to restore responsible leadership and represent the interests of Highlands Ranch and Douglas County.

“I have quite a few big ideas that I want to do, but the biggest thing is just having some integrity and sanity in government,” he said. “If Douglas County and Highlands Ranch don’t have someone in the Democratic Caucus room looking out for their interests, their interests won’t be looked out for.”

Marshall said he would focus on education, public safety and environmental policies. He said more could be done to support teachers, such as classroom supply stipends and higher pay, as well as invest in vocational training.

Marshall is also suing the Douglas County School Board, alleging directors Mike Peterson, Becky Myers, Christy Williams and Kaylee Winegar used serial meetings to evade quorum

rules so they could privately discuss removing former Superintendent Corey Wise.

Additionally, Marshall supports expanding mental health care programs, including in jails. Marshall sees mental health care as part of the larger public safety conversation and freeing up police to focus on crime.

“Our jails and law enforcement have become the de facto mental health systems in the state … so taking it off their plate would just be a gigantic boost in their ability to go after criminals and it would help everyone else,” he said.

He also noted he’s more moderate than other Colorado Democrats and thinks the current bond system is too lenient. His moderate views extend partially to addressing climate change, he said, since he would like to research more alternative energy sources. He also supports investing in fire mitigation, public transportation and protecting water.

Marshall said as a representative he would be willing to work with anyone and everyone to make positive progress.

“I’m a big believer in incrementalism,” he said. “If you can move the ball forward, that’s fantastic. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

In the Colorado Senate District 30 race, current Rep. Van Winkle, a Republican from Littleton, is running against Democrat Braeden Miguel, of Highlands Ranch. Current SD30 Sen. Chris Holbert, the minority leader, resigned his seat earlier this year and was term-limited.

To register to vote or check voting status, go to www.coloradosos.gov/ voter/pages/pub/home.xhtml.

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Laydon said his decision was because the county’s outside legal counsel concluded that the project was not eligible for ARPA funds and recommended the county not participate.

The project, proposed by a private company called Renewable Water Resources, would have attempted to pull 22,000 acre-feet of water per year from the San Luis Valley, permanently drying up wells in the area, and transporting it to Douglas County. Residents and water districts from the valley along with politicians and leaders throughout the state have come out strongly against the project, saying there is no extra water to remove from the valley and that it would irreparably damage the community.

Commissioner George Teal, who has long been in support of the project, urged the commissioners to still consider it despite the legal counsel recommendation.

“Douglas County needs water,” he said. “We should be moving forward on everything, on every possibility.”

Teal received campaign contributions for his commissioner seat from Sean Tonner, one of the leaders of RWR. Laydon said he is not closing the door on the project but that some of the major hurdles identified would need to be mitigated before they can move forward.

“I’m OK with continuing conversations with RWR on innovative ways to address this,” he said.

One issue outlined in the memo, prepared by outside counsel and water attorney Steve Leonhardt, is that RWR has not formed an augmentation plan — as would be required by law — showing how they will avoid injury to other water rights through their project.

“RWR’s augmentation plan is still in the early, conceptual stages; RWR has not yet developed an augmentation plan in sufficient detail to demonstrate that its plan will meet the requirements of the rules and avoid injury to other water rights,” according to the memo.

The legal analysis found “several enormous hurdles” in the proposal, including that there is “no unappropriated water” available for RWR’s proposal, inconsistency with the state’s water plan and projected struggles with needed permitting.

“The permanent retirement of thousands of acres of irrigated lands makes it very difficult to create a ‘win-win’ with the San Luis Valley,” according to the memo.

The memo went on to say that the valley is “genuinely in crisis” due to its persistent drought conditions.

“The socioeconomic and environmental implications of this dryup are difficult to predict and difficult to resolve,” according to Leonhardt’s memo. “Some of the rhetoric from local opponents has been overblown or has mis-

‘Douglas County needs water.

We should be moving forward on everything, on every possibility.’

George Teal, Douglas County Commissioner

construed RWR’s proposal. However, many of the fears are real, can’t be dismissed and won’t be easily resolved.”

Commissioner Lora Thomas has been against the proposal since it was brought before the county and said she is not in support of continuing any conversations with RWR or paying for outside legal counsel to continue assessing it.

Thomas added that the county has heard from South Metro Water Supply Authority that no water providers in the county have voiced interest in participating in the RWR proposal since they have dedicated funds to other projects.

“We aren’t water providers,” Thomas said. “I think that the commissioners need to listen to our water providers on what they need from us for before we continue spending county dollars for things that are not our expertise.”

RWR initially asked the county for $20 million to fund the project but later amended their request after ARPA rules were announced, giving a time limit on projects funded by the money.

They suggested the county instead invest $10 million from their general fund and then use a portion of ARPA funds to backfill the budget. Laydon said the memo analyzed that option and disagreed with RWR’s legal counsel that such an action would be allowed under the federal rules.

The two legal memos prepared for the commissioners and used

by Laydon to make his decision are available to the public upon request now that the decision has been announced.

In an emailed statement, Protect Our Waters, a coalition of water districts, local governments and environmental groups, called the decision good news.

“We will remain vigilant to continue to monitor Douglas County’s ongoing discussions with RWR to ensure that we continue to fight this at every turn,” according to the release.

A spokesperson for RWR also emailed a statement following the decision: “Our team is eager to address the county’s remaining questions as raised in the legal analysis.

We are confident in our ability to mitigate any areas of concern,” according to the statement.

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School district continues bond, MLO talks Final decision expected in June

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The Douglas County School Board will likely decide this month whether to ask voters for a bond or a mill levy override after hearing polling results and the recommendation of the Mill Bond Exploratory Committee.

The Mill Bond Exploratory Committee, or MBEC, was formed in January by a board vote to assess operational and capital needs of the district, as well as the likelihood of passing a mill levy override or a bond in November. The MBEC is scheduled to give its recommendation to the board at the June 7 meeting.

The MBEC recently completed feasibility polling that will provide the board with an idea of the community’s reaction to a bond or mill levy override proposal when the results are available.

“Our big focus over the summer will be to continue to talk to our community as much as we can about how we’re funded and what

The Douglas County School Board could decide this month whether to ask voters for a bond or mill levy override.

challenges we’re facing,” Superintendent Erin Kane said on May 24.

Following the MBEC recommendation and polling results, the board will likely vote at its June 21 meeting about whether to put a bond or mill levy override question on the November ballot. The deadline to notify Douglas and Elbert counties about participating in the election is July 29.

The mill levy override or bond have been identified as key to making the district’s compensation competitive and ensuring capital project needs. The 2022-23 budget identifies an average of 8% increase to licensed staff compensation and an average of 6% increase for unlicensed staff compensation, as well as retention bonuses.

A Feb. 8 study session covered a lengthy list of

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“Our teachers are underpaid and deserve more,” Holly Horn said. “I hope all stakeholders can unite in supporting the MLO and ensure we can keep pur wonderful teachers in DCSD.” Voters last approved a $40 million mill levy override and $250 million bond in 2018, which was dedicated to capital reinvestment, facilities, transportation and technology needs.

capital needs in the district, from new buildings to bolstering security to updating IT equipment.

The 2021-22 Master Capital Plan identifies between $765 million and $847 million in capital projects, including $423 million for new construction.

Public comment at the May 24 meeting included vocal support for a bond or mill levy override to support staff compensation.

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VOICES

A willingness to change

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ver the last few months I had the pleasure of working with some graduating seniors at Castle View High School. In working with interns, I have never believed in the concept that they will learn by watching me work.

FROM THE Instead, I pushed forth an idea I had but EDITOR never brought to fruition as a journalist.

That idea being how much pressure is put on high school and college students today. The answer is a lot.

I worked with these young ladies to produce the “Need to Succeed” series. They wrote personal essays about their own battles and I am going to use this space this week for me.

They are classified as Generation Z. I Thelma Grimes am Generation X with Millennials sitting between us. That group of Millennials between us is a huge change.

When I was in high school, my parents were adamant that I would get a diploma. They did not necessarily push the need to go to college. In fact, they were supportive but not overly excited.

My high school days were stressful in that I wanted to get good grades, be active in my school and work for the local newspaper to write sports.

I can’t say I was overwhelmed. I had a blast in high school. To this day, I still treasure my time at my smalltown high school. I formed lifelong friendships with teachers, my friends and the community.

Fast forward to the present, with me being a parent of a teenager and two young boys while doing this project on the stress placed on kids to succeed today.

What I learned is that I do need to change. Interviewing therapists and experts in child behavior, I realized I rarely show my children that I make mistakes and have failed in life. In put strict guidelines on behavior and grades. I even want them to be successful at everything they try.

In the end, what I learned in doing this project with these interns is that my children need to be happy and well adjusted. They need to gravitate towards their passions and if it is not necessarily what I had in mind for them — that is OK. I do not want to have my children crying in dark corners, hosting a slew of anxiety that they cannot get rid of.

Do I want them to go to college? Well, society says I have to be that parent. After all, how can my children be successful adults if they do not go to college?

Well, the bottom line is if they join the military — I will support it. If they choose to try out a trade school — I will support it. If they go to community college — I will clap and say “so did I.” I have to thank Dr. Ron-Li Liaw of Children’s Hospital Colorado for the frank way in which she explained how parents and society are hurting our children’s mental health. Her exact quote that got my attention was, “Childhood is a gift, and we are spoiling it with expectations.”

Over the last few months, because of her and the students I worked with, I have started changing some of my parenting styles. While I still have standards, I truly work now to make sure my children enjoy their childhood.

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As he left a successful sales call in New York City, he saw an alert for “Breaking News” pop up on his cell phone. When he read the headline, it WINNING said that 19 children and two teachers had died in a WORDS shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

His heart became heavy, his legs buckled, and he felt sick to his stomach thinking of his own grandchildren. His customer and the products and services that he sold Michael Norton were no longer important at all.

As she sat at her desk as a chief financial officer poring over spreadsheets and financial data, she also kept one extra monitor with a news feed so she could watch the stock market as she was doing her work. She saw the headline come up on her monitor with the same message as she received on her phone, “Breaking News,” 19 children and two teachers had died in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. With three children of her own, the finances of the company became less of a priority as she raced home to be with her family.

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Opinion: I’ve lived in a country with gun control. It works.

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en days after the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, Americans are reeling from yet another preventable tragedy.

GUEST The lives of 19 children and COLUMN two teachers at a Texas elementary school did not have to end in such hateful bloodshed. As devastated as this country is, we cannot allow our grief to stall our Robert Tann action. There is an answer to ending this cycle of brutality.

I’ve lived in a country with gun control. I know it works.

The United Kingdom, which encompasses England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, has some of the strictest gun laws of any developed country. During my time living there, the thought of being in a mass shooting event never crossed my mind. Because it didn’t happen.

From 2012 to 2016, when I lived in a suburb outside London, there were zero mass shootings in the U.K. Data from the Gun Violence Archive, which began in 2013, shows there were 990 mass shootings in the U.S. between 2013 and 2016.

GVA defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot and/or killed in a single event at the same general time and location, not including the shooter.

Those numbers don’t include the infamous Aurora theater shooting and the Sandy Hook Elementary

shooting in 2012, events I heard about while living near London.

As I saw the news of those tragedies, I felt so incredibly grateful that I was living in a country where gun restrictions were keeping me safe.

As a teenager at the time, I didn’t worry about being killed while sitting inside my classroom or when going to a movie theater with friends. I wasn’t planning my escape every time I entered a public space, fervently scanning for the closest door or window.

But now, living in the U.S, I always am. It’s a fear that is palpable across our country, felt every time a parent drops their child off for school or when a person just needs to run to the grocery store before dinner.

In the U.K., it took just one mass shooting to prompt a major gun control law. After a shooter killed 16 people in a rural town 60 miles outside London in 1987, the government outlawed semi-automatic weapons the following year.

Other U.K. laws have created extensive universal background checks, require private gun licenses to be renewed every five years and allow for that license to be revoked should a gun owner be deemed a public safety threat. In the U.S., we have none of that, at least not federally.

I’m not naive to think these laws will eradicate gun violence and mass shootings entirely. The U.K. has seen four mass shootings since the government’s 1988 act banning assault weapons, with the most recent happening in Plymouth, England, in 2021. A collective 51 people died from those attacks.

But compare that to the thousands

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Do I know what the answer is? No, I don’t. But I do know that human lives, at any age, young or old, are precious. And I know that I want to be a part of the solution in any way that I can. Knowing in some small way, we can all contribute, doing our part to live in the spirit of love.

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pen before we have yet another Sandy Hook, Parkland, Columbine, Robb Elementary (and so many other tragic events) take place.

And where shouldn’t we go? We shouldn’t give in to the blame game, pointing fingers across the aisle.

We should never politicize any tragedy such as this. The victims and their families deserve better than that. The best way we can honor all the victims and families who have gone through this kind of senseless violence is to come together to find the solution instead of trying to determine who is to blame. At the end of the day violent video games, violent movies and television shows, access to guns, the far left, the far right, and social

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of shootings and deaths the U.S. has seen in that same span of time, the answer to the problem becomes clear: it’s the guns.

As of 2017, the rate of firearm ownership per 100 people was 4.9 in the U.K. For the U.S., it was 120.5, and there is a correlation between gun ownership and gun violence.

The U.S. is nearly off the chart when its gun violence rate is compared to other developed countries with much lower gun ownership rates. Data for 2022 shows there are 12 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people in the U.S. Many other developed nations, such as Canada, France, Germany and South Korea, have rates between 0 and 3 per 100,000.

There are simply too many guns in this country, many of which are semi-automatic assault weapons that are commercially illegal in other western countries.

We’ve heard other arguments for the culprit of the U.S.’s gun violence epidemic with some laying the blame on mental health or a gunloving culture that simply can not be changed.

It’s true that we’re a country in mental distress. It’s true we have

a long history, dating back to the nation’s inception, of gun violence.

These are certainly root causes of much of our collective suffering and will take years, generations even, to address and heal from.

But to focus so heavily on these socio-cultural factors is to distract from the immediate solutions in front of us.

We’ve seen the results of countries willing to implement bold gun restrictions from the U.K. to Canada to Australia to New Zealand. In countries like these shootings are rarer and overall suffering from gun violence is lower.

What do we have to show in the U.S. for decades of inaction? A year where we’ve had more mass shootings than days on the calendar.

Enough.

We know what we need to do as a country, we have the solutions in front of us. It rests solely on the shoulders of our elected officials to act.

Robert Tann is a reporter for Colorado Community Media. He was born in the United Kingdom and lived there from 1999 to 2004 and from 2012 to 2016.

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Denver dough

LIFE

2 young pastry chefs create out-of-this-world culinary experience

BY RYAN ERNSTES SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Space dinosaurs. Project 626.

Murder by the Campfire.

This is not a list of the internet’s latest conspiracy theories,

but rather the creations of Black Box Bakery, a spacethemed wholesale and online retail bakery located in the RiNo district of Denver. And the baked goods look just as outlandish as they sound. Scroll through the bakery’s Instagram feed, and you will find rainbow pastries, croissants that are apparently stranded on Mars, and alien-decorated cookies reading “You’re Out of this World” — all of which are as drool worthy as

they are bizarre.

And the Earthly masterminds behind these edible creations?

Twenty-seven-year-old Arielle Israel and 24-year-old Megan Read.

Israel stands at 5’3” but carries herself with a certain defiant confidence and clarity of vision.

Her reputation for croissants has earned her the nickname “The Laminator.”

She sometimes spends up to 12 hours a day on the laborious

work of folding butter sheets into dough, folding it, running it through the sheeter to flatten it and repeating.

Working with dough lets Israel be aggressive, whereas Read handles the more precise aspects of production. Read’s perfection of cakes and pastries gives her the moniker “Cake Queen.”

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From top: A space-themed, culinary creative force, Black Box Bakery features culinary delights that are “out of this world.”

Murder by the Campfire: double red croissant, toasted marshmallow, dark chocolate ganache, graham cracker.

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‘I can see this getting, not out of hand, but ... out of hand.’

Megan Read

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her hair.

Together, Israel and Read’s days go something like this: 2:30 p.m. to 12 a.m., pastry and croissant production; 12 - 1 a.m., packing; 1 to 3 a.m., deliveries; 3 to 11 a.m., sleep; and 11 a.m., wake up and start thinking about creating all over again.

Business takes off Israel and Read’s creations come to life in the windowless basement of the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Denver, itself a story with intriguing origins. Just a few months after starting Black Box, Israel and Read received an email on behalf of the CEO of a large hotel conglomerate, asking them to meet in a specified location to “discuss certain opportunities.”

The exchange had all the veiled secrecy of an interaction with the mafia, Read said. But low and behold, the mystery executive was a huge fan of their croissants and wanted to help launch the business to even higher places. The exchange eventually helped Israel and Read land their current workspace in the unused banquet kitchen of the hotel.

Israel and Read’s kitchen now gives them enough space to work alongside four other employees, including Israel’s husband and partner in Black Box, Ty Webb. The team goes to work aerating butter, cutting dough into circles and bathing their pastries in egg washes, which gives the final product that delectable golden-brown hue. Sometimes the crew listens to podcasts to stay entertained.

Some of their favorites include “Serial,” “Stuff You Should Know” and “Behind the Bastards.”

On occasion, Israel might share her other hobby with Read — watching surgeries online. As it turns out, you can witness surgeons remove a blockage of the heart on Instagram and learn to spot the difference between a ruptured spleen and an intact one. Macabre? Maybe a little. But Israel thinks the interest stems from a desire to understand how things work.

In baking, for instance, Israel must understand how each ingredient will change her final product. It was in culinary school that she first realized “the egg has this function; the sugar does this,” and so forth.

Read does not share the same affinity for watching medical operations, but the two clearly

Arielle Israel, left, and Megan Read share a passion for top-notch baked goods and are the masterminds behind out-of-this world Black Box Bakery.

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have a long history of knowing each other’s quirks.

Dynamic duo The pair go back to 2015, when they began their associate’s degrees at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. Israel was 20, having just completed her mandatory two years in the Israeli army, and Read was only 18. The two partnered up for a class and it immediately became clear they made a great team.

“She does all the things that I’m not good at or don’t like, and I’m the same for her,” Read said.

For the next few years, Israel and Read worked together in classes and at restaurants on the weekends. Their connection became almost telepathic, each knowing what the other would work on without having to communicate it.

After graduating from culinary school, Israel took a job as a pastry chef in Denver. Meanwhile, Read had just completed her manager’s training at a restaurant in New York. But Israel saw the opportunities on the horizon and knew, “I need my partner.” She sent a formal job offer over to Read, and within a month, the dynamic duo was reunited.

Soon after, Israel and Read decided it was time to branch out on their own. A colleague in the industry introduced them to the concept of wholesale production: making baked goods to be bought by other cafes and restaurants. It was just what Israel and Read needed — a way to get their foot in the door without the high startup costs of running their own storefront.

Thus, Black Box Bakery was born. Their specialty? Laminated pastries: anything made through rolling and folding layers of dough and butter. If it sounds decadent and delicious, that’s because it is.

Exploring the creative possibilities But Israel and Read had no desire to create “just another bakery.” Instead, they wanted to explore the unknown and embark on a journey of discovering what’s possible in the culinary sphere.

“It allows us to say, ‘you know, we’ve never seen a blue croissant before. We’re gonna do that,’” Israel said.

And indeed, the bakery abounds with creativity and variety. Croissant varieties include strawberry, almond, Oreo, pistachio and cruffin — a cross between a cinnamon roll and a croissant.

As for the bakery’s out-ofthis-world theme, Israel loves all things alien and conspiracy theory. She sees a metaphorical connection between her croissants and space, both whimsical, mysterious entities in her mind.

“People at home don’t know how croissants are made,” Israel said.

And that same principle could apply to much of space, too.

Once, after a long night of deliveries for the bakery, Read even had a firsthand experience with a UFO. In the dark, early hours of the morning, Read was driving home and spotted something in the sky that looked like a planet but was crazy bright.

She immediately called Israel to describe what she was seeing.

“All of a sudden it zoomed across the sky,” said Read emphatically, using her hands to mimic the quick trajectory of the unidentified object. She told Israel, “Bro, I think I just saw a UFO.” Paranormal or not, Israel and Read seem to draw inspiration from particular formative memories.

Like the first time Read tried a croissant in France. She entered a random bakery, stopped to pick up a croissant, and was walking to the subway when

she took her first bite. It literally stopped her in her tracks.

The sweet, grassy taste of the butter was like nothing she had ever tried before. Read wants this to be the visceral experience all people have when they taste Black Box’s goods.

Much of Israel’s inspiration is rooted in personal experiences too. Growing up, she would spend summers with her grandparents in France. Each day, Israel would stand in line for fresh baguettes and croissants — even if they still had leftover baked goods at home from the day before.

And at her childhood home in Israel, Friday nights were dedicated to food too. Israel would make challah bread, always met with constructive criticism driving her to be better.

“Too dense, could be better,” her family members would coach her.

Those memories stick with her. And now, Israel and Read long to produce baked goods that transport people to cherished memories of their own.

Storefront on the horizon Back in the kitchen, the clock has struck 2:30 p.m., which means production has begun.

Occasionally, Israel and Read chatter with the team as they work. Other times they seem overcome by a quiet, determined focus, despite performing the same repetitive tasks they do day in day out.

It is clear the two take great pride in their work.

“They have a standard and will have that standard met no matter what. And if it isn’t met it doesn’t go on the plate,” said Blake Ritenour, close friend and former employee.

That standard is producing results. Due to their success, Israel and Read look forward to opening their first storefront bakery in late summer or fall of this year. It’s a space in the Edgewater Public Market, a hip food hall in west-central Denver.

“It’s a dream,” Israel said.

“Everyone wants to see their products and get that feedback” from their customers.

Despite their impressive accomplishments at a young age, Israel and Read are not pumping the brakes anytime soon. They are already dreaming about owning a restaurant, a hospitality group, a desert bar and a diner. They excitedly blurt out ideas, feeding off one another’s infectious enthusiasm.

On reflection, “I can see this getting, not out of hand, but... out of hand,” Read said, laughing.

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Leadville’s Healy House and Dexter Cabin site is part of History Colorado Museums, PHOTO COURTESY OF HISTORY COLORADO perfect for summer travel.

Colorado Book Awards finalists The BookBar in Denver will be

the scene of readings by finalists in the annual Colorado Humanities’ Book Awards starting at 7 p.m. on June 3, with science fiction finalists and thriller finalists. For information on the finalists, see coloradohumanities. org. (The organization is based in Greenwood Village and hosts this competition each year.) Winners will be announced soon.

Littleton Garden Club Annual LGC Garden tours will start on June 11 at 11 a.m. at 1579 W. Costilla Place, with the hope that prospective members will stop by. (Off Windermere, south of Ridge Road.) Monthly meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month during the school year at the Littleton Public Schools Administration Building, 5776 S. Crocker St., usually with a speaker on some aspect of gardening, and a social period. At times, plants and seeds are traded and conversation is focused on “how to.” The club also sponsors a Foraging Walk at 11 on June 11, led by Kate Armstrong, who will also sell her herbal botanicals.

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here’s no way for a single exhibit to fully detail the history of LGBTQ+ Coloradoans, but it’s still important to take steps to share the COMING stories of people ATTRACTIONS whose experiences have largely been ignored or minimized over the years.

Rainbows & Revolutions, the new History Colorado exhibition, aims to get that process started by sharing Clarke Reader artifacts that bring to vivid life the major events on the road to equality and highlights the challenges still to be faced.

“As far as we can tell, this is the first LGBTQ+ history exhibit being put on by a state agency at a state agency location,” said Aaron Marcus, Gill Foundation Associate Curator of LGBTQ+ History at History Colorado. “It’s a historic moment.”

Rainbows & Revolutions opens at the History Colorado Center, 1200 N. Broadway in Denver, on Saturday, June 4. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Gill Foundation is supporting the exhibition and hired Marcus as the first curator of LGBTQ+ history at History Colorado in 2020. After being hired, Marcus began collecting LGBTQ+ artifacts from all over the state, which will now be part of the

museum’s permanent collection and known as the Gill Foundation LGBTQ Archives, according to provided information.

“When I started, the LGBTQ+ collection was very small, but better than I thought it would be. But once I started collecting it went from around 94 to more than 500, most of which can be accessed online,” Marcus aid. “For the exhibit we ended up with about 150 items, but it was very tough to decide what goes in and what doesn’t, since we’re trying to tell 50 years of history.”

The exhibit begins in the 1950s and goes up to present times and captures important moments like the high-profile revolt against Denver City Council in 1973, the AIDS crisis during the 1980s and Amendment 2 in the 1990s.

Some of the items visitors can see include: stained glass that hung at the Woman to Woman Feminist Bookcenter on Colfax Avenue, a drag outfit worn by Juiccy Misdemeanor at Black Pride Colorado and posters from Pride marches, gay magazines, court documents, personal photographs and more.

“Around the entire exhibit is a timeline of events that happened nationally and affected the community here locally, as well as honoring those who are no longer with us,” Marcus said.

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Colorado Water Garden Society to hold sale Hudson Gardens event will be open to public for four hours June 5

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Despite living in a high desert location, a number of south metro area gardeners maintain a pond in their yard, with a collection of water lilies, cannas and more — plus perhaps a few brilliantly-hued fish.

So, when the Colorado Water Garden Society holds a sale, those gardeners appear to find a new flowering plant, or one with specially-shaped or colored leaves.

The CWGS will do exactly that on Sunday, June 5 at Hudson Gardens (in the area near the business office), open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (While there, visit the water lily ponds at Hudson Gardens.)

Parking at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, is free and one can walk into the gardens from the lot and head north to the sale area.

Admission is free and the gardens are open until late afternoon.

There will be an assortment of aquatic plants, including tropical water lilies, hardy water lilies, lotus, cannas, taro, water iris and many other mar-

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ginals according to CWGS publicist Jim Arneill, a retired local teacher, who is among the well-informed staff and will be available to talk about various plants and how to care for them.

There will also be fertilizer tablets for sale, he says.

The Colorado Water Garden Society welcomes new members. It started with a class offered at Denver Botanic Gardens in 1983,

after a few organizational issues were resolved. The first plant sale was held in 1985 and programs offered by members began at area garden centers. In 1987, the CWGS began an endowment fund at the Denver Botanic Gardens to be used for the plant collection and other expenses and the CWGS and the International Water Lily Society held the International Water

Lily Society Symposium. In 1986, the CWGS was invited to exhibit at the annual Colorado Garden and Home Show.

A May 1990 issue of Horticulture magazine recognized the society and water gardening in the Rocky Mountain region.

Society members volunteer to work at Denver Botanic Gardens’ aquatics as well as with the lily ponds

at Hudson Gardens in Littleton, and have contributed time to restoration of Denver City Park’s Water Lily Ponds.

Both beautiful parks are open to the public at no charge and offer a fine place for family outings, with details to appeal to all ages. Perfect for a family weekend picnic or an outing with visiting Aunt Minnie from Cincinnati.

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For information and tickets, visit www.historycolorado.org/exhibit/rainbowsrevolutions.

community, and Marcus hopes there will be others if Rainbows & Revolutions is successful. And there will be a traveling version that will be taking the story around the state.

“I hope people come away knowing more about the LGBTQ+ community, especially since there’s been so much misinformation lately,” he said. “For the children who visit, I hope they see themselves in the exhibit and it helps them understand themselves better.”

Welcome summer with a Rockin’ Block Party One of the surest sings summer has finally arrived is when Lakewood hosts its annual Rockin’ Block Party. And this year the season officially kicks off is at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 4 at Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park, 801 S. Yarrow St. According to provided information, the theme of the event is celebrating women of our past and present, featuring a special musical performance by legendary

singer Hazel Miller and a screening of the 2007 film, “Hairspray.” Picnics are welcome, but for those looking to eat on site, there will several food trucks on hand.

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Colorado climate conference warns of ‘small window’ to act There is 49% more heat currently trapped by human-emitted greenhouse gases

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

Christopher Stimpson, a Westminster resident, asks members of his city council what PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI they have done to combat climate change.

scientists undergirds projections of how much the world will warm in coming decades as a result of human-caused greenhouse gas pollution.

Among the conference’s highlights is the unveiling of the latest entry in NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, which is a way to show how much extra heat humans’ greenhouse gas pollution traps, committing the planet to a hotter world. This year’s index rose to 1.49 — 49% higher than in 1990.

Put another way, the index shows that there is 49% more heat currently trapped by human-emitted greenhouse gases than there was

in 1990, said Ariel Stein, the acting director of the Global Monitoring Laboratory. Last year, the index sat at 1.47 — 47% higher than in 1990.

The increase in the index is in line with increases over the past four years.

Carbon dioxide emissions are the biggest contributor to the increase in the index — 80% of the increase since 1990 is due to carbon dioxide.

Three gases — carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — account for 90% of the increased heat trapped in the atmosphere due to human activity since the mid-1700s, Stein said.

“The scientific conclusion that

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Some of the nation’s leading climate scientists May 23 sounded an alarm about the urgency of addressing climate change over the next decade, as a key index used to measure humans’ impact on the warming planet ticked higher.

“Unfortunately,” said Ko Barrett, a senior climate advisor to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a vice chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “what we see is dire.”

Barrett was giving a keynote address to NOAA’s 50th Global Monitoring Annual Conference. The conference is hosted by NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory, which is based in Boulder, though the conference is virtual this year.

As the name suggests, the conference brings together scientists with an expertise in climate monitoring — one presentation Monday, for instance, involved the possible use of instruments mounted in commercial airliners to measure atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and other gases. The work of those

humans are responsible for their increase is irrefutable,” Stein said.

Methane emissions, which can come from oil and gas production and from livestock agriculture but also from thawing permafrost in the Arctic, are also rising quickly. Stein said the 17 parts per billion increase in observed atmospheric methane levels last year was the largest annual increase on record.

To Barrett, the NOAA climate adviser, these numbers paint a stark picture: The world is on course to miss its goals for limiting temperature increase.

But, she said, it’s also important to focus on the reasons for optimism. Electric cars are gaining in popularity. Cities, through greener building practices and electrified transportation, are beginning to seize their opportunities to reduce emissions. Governments are taking serious steps to battle climate change.

“The next decade is a critical time to address the climate crisis,” Barrett said. “We have a small window to shift to a carbon-neutral economy and hold climate impacts in check.”

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A generational look at what defines success Expectations for today’s young people are vastly different compared to years past

BY BELLA TERHARK SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

The need to succeed is different for everyone, especially generationally. Pressures from parents and expectations academically and socially are very different for today’s Millennials and Generation Zs compared to what was expected of those during the World War II era and the Baby Boomer age.

Audrey Pappenbrook, 83, belongs to the Silent Generation, which includes those born between 1925 and 1945. Pappenbrook grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and now lives in Golden. According to Pappenbrook, females of her generation were not expected to go to college — they were barely required to finish high school.

Pappenbrook said her father told her she needed to get married and raise a family.

“Women weren’t expected to go to college in my generation. My dad said, ‘You’re just going to grow up and get married and take care of babies, you don’t need to go to college.’ It was definitely not an expectation for women,” Pappenbrook said.

Pappenbrook still wanted to work as a young woman just out of high school, getting a job she liked as a bank teller.

“I wanted to be a teacher when I was young,” she said. “Women’s occupations were teaching and nursing. There wasn’t a whole lot of anything available. I worked at a bank for a long time.”

However, once she became pregnant, the social norms required her to quit because you could not work and have a baby.

“The need to be proper was more important than the need to be educated,” Pappenbrook said.

Due to the way Pappenbrook was raised, and the expectations held

Educational expectations have evolved by generation.

of women in the 1940s, she planned to raise her children much differently. Pappenbrook and her husband wanted them to go to college.

Pappenbrook’s daughter, Audrey Brooks, 62, is a baby boomer. As the expectation for females to get married and have children was still very prevalent while Brooks was growing up, she had been given the choice of pursuing higher education.

“I will always remember the night that my mother and father sat me down,” Brooks said. “I was in high school, either sophomore or junior year, and they told me that they had been saving up since the day I was born, putting money away every month to go towards a wedding. But they would be happy to use that instead towards going to college. If I wanted to go to college.”

The expectation of going to college while Brooks was growing up simply wasn’t there.

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I wanted to be, but the reality of potentially going to college, I didn’t know,” she said. “None of my friends or anybody that I knew, (women) went to college. They met their husbands if they did go and quit immediately and supported their husbands in college.”

For Generation X, people born between 1965 and 1980, things started to change, according to Jordi Owens, of Castle Rock.

Owens, 52, had far more opportunity. What was expected of Owens was much different than for women in previous generations.

“I think I fell into line with most expectations, but they certainly did not define me,” Owens said. “I was raised by a strong independent mother, and I suppose I was much the same as she was. So, perhaps in that regard, I didn’t comply, but I also think many things in regard to society’s expectations for women were already evolving by the time I was a teen. I definitely had more opportunities than my mother’s generation.”

Parental pressure to succeed wasn’t very common in Owens’ childhood.

NEED TO SUCCEED — A GENERATIONAL LOOK AND THE CULTURE OF OVEREXTENSION In the second week of the Colorado Community Media series — The Need to Succeed — interns Madeline Robinson and Bella Turhark take a look at how a culture of overextension is impacting the daily lives of teenagers living in Douglas County.

Turhark also breaks down what expectations and pressures every generation has faced and how expectations have increased for Millennials, also known as Generation Y, and Generation Z. To read the full Need to Succeed series, visit the website at www.douglascountynewspress.net.

“I’m not sure I can recall feeling that, other than what I imagine is typical,” she said. “Do my chores and make good choices. But generally, I put a lot of pressure on myself, so I guess my parents didn’t really have to.”

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High schoolers are accustomed to a culture of overextension How students’ expectations for themselves impact their high school experience

BY MADELINE ROBINSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Today’s teenagers have heard the same messaging throughout their entire childhoods: College is a requirement, and to make that happen, students have to be the best at everything.

For today’s younger generations, going to college is an expectation, and having a robust resume to show off during college applications is a necessity.

Recently graduated senior Elizabeth Riedel served on the state officer board of the Technology Student Association, was co-captain of Castle View High School’s speech and debate team, was president of Castle View’s National Honor Society and was the head of her school’s aviation club.

By the time she graduated from high school, Riedel took 14 Advanced Placement (AP) classes —the most rigorous classes offered in Castle View’s curriculum.

“There is this constant culture of overextension,” Riedel said. “If we’re not doing as much as we can then we’re failing. I think that whole notion is incredibly harmful to a lot of people. I’ve certainly been affected by the notion that I cannot

stop. If I’m not doing things to the best that I can, then I’m wasting my high school years. You have to be perfect here or the rest of your life will fall apart.”

Riedel’s sentiment of a cultural expectation of overextension is shared by other students throughout the Douglas County School District.

ThunderRidge High School senior Sonrisa Scott, who recently graduated, has been the student government class president for four years, played volleyball, and ran track and field and cross country.

Scott is in National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society as well as the notoriously rigorous International Baccalaureate (IB) program. For Scott, being involved in school wasn’t an option so much as an expectation.

“From when I was little, my parents kind of always pushed me to be involved in school, and it’s always with that main goal; you need to be involved for college,” Scott said. “That’s definitely where I’ve been pushed my whole life. So, I’ve pushed myself to perform better.

That pressure to perform comes from outside variables — that was obviously implanted in me — but I kind of took that and ran with it.

That’s definitely affected me with how I take on life and what you do.”

For Breitin Curl, who will be s senior at Castle View High School in the 2022-2023 school year, pressure to be college-bound has followed him throughout his education.

A Douglas County School District student works on school work in a day filled with PHOTO BY MADELINE ROBINSON clubs, athletics and work.

In elementary school, Curl was identified by the state as needing an Advanced Learning Plan. The weight of that qualification has been something Curl has carried his entire academic career.

“From that point on, I was the accelerated kid. You just get so hooked on what you first learned — that being accelerated was the expectation,” Curl said. “A sense of obligation builds up inside and ultimately the person that ends up contributing so much to the pressure is myself.

At the end of the day, it’s me who’s locking myself in this box, but I’m not the one who built it.”

The added pressure to perform and be involved for the sake of being an attractive candidate to colleges

creates a constant time crunch for seniors like Douglas County High School student Lucas Gauthier.

Most days Gauthier’s at sports or in club meetings until at least 5 p.m. on school nights.

On top of his IB classes and school-sponsored activities, Gauthier spends a lot of his time volunteering and working with the district’s Student Advisory Group.

“There are some nights, depending on the different activities that happen, where I don’t get home till the sun is down,” he said. “It’s really draining to get home and then still have a whole stack of things that you need to do”.

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Now raising her own children, Owens said she believes the choice regarding further education is fully their own.

“I expect my kids to be able to live an independent life and support and care for themselves,” she said. “Of course, we will help them achieve this, but I think the goal for them to be fully realized adults is independence. I want them to be happy and if college is the path that allows that, great, but if a trade is what does it, we would certainly support that as well.”

Owens said college has become more expensive today, and she does not want her children to go into debt for a higher education unless they know it’s what they want to do.

Millennial Leah Neu, a resident of north Denver, faced a lot of pressures to succeed while growing up.

“I tried to balance between healthy and unhealthy,” she said. “I think a lot of the times I would pull all-nighters to get my work done and make sure it was good. I went to class with a messy bun and having not slept. Other times I felt like it’s really essential to step back and take some time for yourself.

Having grown up with parents in the medical field, Neu felt the need to live up to higher expectations.

“Just picking up graphic design in my sophomore year and realizing that that is what I want and going away from what they wanted I really do think did wonders for my self-esteem and my emotional

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When students feel like they are under pressure to constantly perform, they begin to sacrifice their well-being in order to feel successful.

“I’m aware it’s unhealthy, but at the point where I’m at, I don’t really have a lot of options when it comes to doing schoolwork,” Riedel said.

“Sacrifices in sleep must be made.

In general, I don’t have a lot of time for myself. I’m always putting my responsibilities above taking care of myself. I’ve just kind of built up this idea of myself and I have kind of divorced myself from reality in

Millennial Leah Neu talks about pressures from parents, PHOTOS BY THELMA GRIMES society and the cost of college.

Audrey Brooks, left, and her mom Audrey Pappenbrook talk about how educational expectations were different between the Silent and Baby Boomer generations.

stability,” Neu said. “I was starting to figure out who I was and not faking for someone else.”

With times changing and different expectations being held to teens now as Generation Z enters high school and college ages, there may even be less pressure with the evolving paths one may take.

Grayson Owens, who recently graduated from Castle View High School, says he views success as someone who attends college, although Owens doesn’t let this cause stress or uncertainty.

“In school, I was expected to show up to all my classes and get good grades,” he said. “I think that in society people are expected to have all As and Bs, and that to succeed in life, you have to go to college.”

While others struggle to meet expectations in current generations, Owens described a lifestyle in high school that was “pretty basic.”

“I went to school, would hang out with my friends after school or on weekends, play video games, and work on school or homework,” he said. “The most important thing

for me was trying to balance hanging out with friends and doing my schoolwork. While growing up, I think the most parental pressure was just to focus on school and to get good grades.”

As times are changing and the world continues to evolve, teenagers and young adults find themselves facing higher standards than generations dating back to the 1920s. While the need to succeed has always been there, what defines success has been what has changed by generation.

that aspect. It’s self-inflicted, so it’s not like I can complain.”

According to Gauthier, one of the hardest things for high-achieving students is to develop realistic ideas about success compared to expectations they get from outside sources.

“I think from people looking in, everybody in IB is smart and everybody in IB is, like, all of these great things. Although you may be perceived this way. In reality, a lot of IB is struggling because the course material and content is so challenging,” Gauthier said, “Going into high school, your goals are simple; you’re going to get all As, you’re gonna study hard, you’re gonna like this as the primary focus. It was that way for the first bit,

but then you realize that things are more challenging than you thought they were. You kind of have to find a balance.”

Scott has also dealt with a disconnect between what she is capable of doing and what she expects from herself.

“Success for me is trying my absolute hardest. There’s a very fine line between trying too hard and overworking myself. I run for cross country and I never knew the fine line between injuring myself and just being a healthy competitor.

I’ve injured myself so thoroughly that I can’t even run anymore,” Scott said, “This year, I had such a heavy course load and it got to the point where my mental health was completely deteriorated. I actually

dropped a class — I’ve never done that. It was hard because I think taking a step back and noticing like, ‘I’m pushing myself too hard,’ it’s hard to do that, especially when I have certain expectations of myself.”

While Curl notes that pushing kids is necessary for them to do well and be successful, he wishes education would focus on healthier forms of motivation for students.

“Failure is my academic motivator. It’s really coming from just absolute deathly fear of failure.

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It’s part of my identity. And that doesn’t seem fair to me,” Curl said.

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Serving up smoked goodness in Lone Tree Stuboy’s BBQ celebrates a year

IF YOU GO Stuboy’s BBQ & Catering is at 7431 Park Meadow Drive in Lone Tree. It’s open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Missy and Stu Robinson want to cultivate an appetite for their barbecue and for the homey, intimate place they serve it from.

“Hopefully we are giving you that craveable experience where you want to come back time and time again,” Missy Robinson said.

The couple opened Stuboy’s BBQ & Catering in Lone Tree last year after serving their smoked goodness at catered events for nearly a decade.

With an abundance of great restaurants in the area, Robinson said it can be hard to stand out. Stuboy’s strives to provide a memorable experience by focusing on fabulous flavor in a fun space.

“It always goes back to the food.

Just offering a really great product on a very consistent basis. Stu, he’s been making sure everything tastes great,” Robinson said of her husband, the pit boss and manager of all things back-of-the-house.

In addition to beef brisket and pork shoulder that’s been smoked for 12 hours, Stuboy’s offers chicken, ribs, fried catfish, collard greens and more. A rather unique item on the menu is the smoked bologna sandwich, Robinson said.

Not thin, not fried, not the sandwich your mother might have put

in your lunchbox — this sandwich is made from a thick slice of the bologna logs that are smoked whole at Stuboy’s. Served on Texas toast, it can be ordered “Boss Style” which means adorned with cheese, slaw, jalapenos, pickles, onions and barbecue sauce.

“It gets a lot of big eyes when people see it come out,” Robinson said.

Stu Robinson grew up with Sunday fried chicken dinners and wanted to bring back that sense of a special, once-a-week family meal, his wife said. So on Sundays and Sundays only, Stuboy’s serves fried chicken and red beans and rice.

“We have gotten quite the following for those two items,” she said.

Located near the intersection of C-470 and South Quebec, Stuboy’s shares space in a building with Madlom Real Estate. The restaurant’s small footprint and the conviviality of its “awesome” team leads to a warm, affable atmosphere, Robinson said. Regulars get to know the staff which includes a handful of student athletes and the Robinsons own teenage children.

“Our loyal customers come in and they’ll ask, ‘How was the football game?’ or ‘How was your daugh-

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ter’s volleyball game?” Robinson said. “They are kind of involved.

We’ve gotten to know so many of them, where they just come in and we pick up like a friends’ conversation at their house. It’s kind of nice.”

Cooking for friends and neighbors is something her husband has always done, even back in his college days at Regis University, Robinson said. He’s been perfecting his recipes and flavor profile for years. In 2013, the couple’s neighbors asked if

Stu would prepare the food for their wedding, and he’s catered parties and functions ever since.

When the family was ready to make barbecue their full-time livelihood, they looked into getting a food truck but ultimately decided on a brick-and-mortar place because it would give them access to customers on a daily basis, Robinson said.

“This was kind of the next step into having a constant flow of guests coming in the door and being able to enjoy some great barbecue.”

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Trial nears for man accused of 1981 murder of Cherry Hills resident David Anderson faces second trial

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Four decades after a 34-yearold woman was murdered in her Cherry Hills Village home, a suspect will face a second trial for the crime.

David Anderson, a 63-year-old Nebraska man arrested in February 2021, will stand trial June 26 in Arapahoe County court after a jury failed to reach a verdict during his first trial in early March.

Anderson is accused of raping and murdering Sylvia Quayle in 1981 sometime overnight between Aug. 3 and Aug. 4, according to the Cherry Hills Village Police Department.

According to a district court affidavit, Quayle’s body was found by her father, William Quayle, in her home at 3800 S. Ogden St in Cherry Hills Village.

Police responded to his call of a “woman down” just before 8 a.m.

Aug. 4, 1981, and soon found her dead at the scene. Her father told officers he found Quayle’s body “lying on the living room floor, nude with her arms above her head” and a white towel covering her face, according to the affidavit.

Police noted that Quayle’s hands were covered in blood and she had red marks on her neck, according to the affidavit.

An investigation revealed she had been shot with a .22 caliber bullet on top of her head, stabbed three times in her upper back and evidence showed strangulation, the affidavit said.

The affidavit also notes that Quayle’s telephone line appeared to have been ripped out from where it was mounted to the exterior of the house. The house’s exterior bathroom wall also had a screen removed and a small, circular hole was discovered in the lower corner in the window screen of Quayle’s bedroom.

The case had been without a sus-

pect for more than 25 years after DNA evidence in 1993 disproved another man’s false confession to the crime.

Ottis Toole, an infamous serial killer who had falsely confessed to hundreds of murders across the U.S., was charged with Quayle’s assault and murder after he confessed to the crime two years after it occurred, but never faced trial for it.

Toole faced two death sentences in the 1980s for other unrelated murders, though he won appeals that changed his sentence to life imprisonment. Toole received four more life sentences for several more murders and died in a state prison in Florida in 1996.

In 2000, a DNA sample of the suspect was submitted to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation but was left unidentified for two more decades.

In 2020, Cherry Hills Village police began working with Mitch Morrisey, whose company United Data Connect provided the department with genetic genealogy testing, a relatively new technology.

The company began developing leads for the unidentified DNA sample, which encompassed a pool of more than 3,300 people according to Morrisey.

Through extensive research and investigation, Morrisey said his team was able to hone in on one suspect. On Jan. 17, 2021, a company investigator traveled to Cozad, Nebraska to secretly collect DNA from Anderson.

What he recovered were two separate trash bags found in the dumpster for the apartment complex where Anderson lived. About 15 items were tested, with DNA from a Vanilla Coke can matching the sample from the crime scene.

A warrant for Anderson’s arrest was soon issued and he was arrested in Nebraska on Feb. 10, 2021.

Michelle Tovrea, who served as Cherry Hills Village’s police chief during the investigation and arrest of Anderson, paid respects to Quayle during a Feb. 25, 2021 press conference announcing Anderson’s arrest.

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“Sylvia’s sister and family had the quote ‘beauty seen is never lost’ etched onto her grave marker, a very fitting reminder of the beautiful person she was,” said Tovrea, who retired March 4.

Quayle is remembered by those she knew as being “ambitious, vibrant, friendly,” Tovrea said, adding that she was someone who “would have given her last dollar” to friends who needed it.

A graduate of Englewood High School, Quayle had a colorful palette of jobs and hobbies. She worked as a secretary at an architect firm and enjoyed researching the work of her architect uncle, Wesley Quayle, according to Tovrea.

She also opened a small bakery known as the Buttery that special-

ized in wedding cakes. And she had talent as an artist, creating various pottery pieces of flower vases and bowls, many of which reside today in the home of her sister.

Tovrea said Quayle was known to have had a close and loving relationship with her sister, mother and father, who are both deceased.

Anderson faces two counts of first-degree murder and will be prosecuted under laws in place when the crime occurred in 1981, according to District Attorney John Kellner, of the 18th Judicial District.

It means that, if convicted, Anderson would still have the chance for parole 20 years into his sentence, something current laws do not allow.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0030 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/14/2022 11:40:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: LARA M. NARDELL AND KEVIN L. NARDELL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRY CREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, f/k/a The Bank of New York, successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-5 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/17/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 3/22/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005024601 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $280,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $293,360.19 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower’s failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 37, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 84-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2105 E Weatherstone Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/14/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of

the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 15-008779 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0030 First Publication: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0032 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/18/2022 3:22:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: KIET NGUYEN Original Beneficiary: FIRSTBANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FIRSTBANK Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/19/2012 Recording Date of DOT: 6/20/2012 Reception No. of DOT: 2012044234 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $626,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $496,224.64 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for by the Deed of Trust and related loan documents and other violations of the Note and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 19, HIGHLANDS RANCH – FILING NO. 118-N, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 10499 Sunshower Place, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/18/2022 DAVID GILL

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DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: TREVOR G. BARTEL Colorado Registration #: 40449 1601 19TH STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 623-9000 Fax #: Attorney File #: 230403-00385 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0032 First Publication: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0035 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/25/2022 2:56:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: DON M. ROOT Original Beneficiary: Athas Capital Group, Inc., a California Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for Verus Securitization Trust 2020-2 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/19/2019 Recording Date of DOT: 12/4/2019 Reception No. of DOT: 2019082796 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $377,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $369,658.88 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower’s failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 261, STERLING RANCH FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 8181 Saint Vrain Avenue, Littleton, CO 80125 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

Dated: 3/28/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: AMANDA FERGUSON Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO11455 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0035 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

purchase therefore to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP for said year 2017 That said MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC on the 26th day of December 2022 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 8th day of September 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 26th day of May 2022 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 942159 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A public hearing will be held on June 20, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., before the Douglas County Planning Commission, and on July 12, 2022, at 2:30 p.m., before the Board of County Commissioners, in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO, for a proposed amendment to the Douglas County Zoning Resolution. The proposed amendments include modifying Section 23, Home Occupations. The amendments pertain to Class 2 Home Occupations. For more information call Douglas County Planning, 303-660-7460.

File Number: DR2022-001.

Legal Notice No. 942188 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: MERRION FAMILY PARTNERSHIP AKA MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC - FIG CO19 LLC - OCCUPANT - MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AKA MERRION FAMILY PARTNERSHIP - REGISTERED AGENT J GREGORY MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - GENERAL PARTNER MICHAEL K MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - GENERAL PARTNER RITA V MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - GENERAL PARTNER T GREGORY MERRION AKA THOMAS GREGORY MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: BRUCE T KAJI, SETSUO ITO, STAN ROLLINS, STANFORD ROLLINS & MARGUERITE KYLE - OCCUPANT - MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC COTA RESOURCES INC - BRUCE T KAJI AKA BRUCE T KAJI SETSUO - SETSUO ITO AKA SETSUO D ITO AKA SETSUO N ITO AKA SETSUO T ITO AKA ITO SETSUO - STAN ROLLINS AKA STANFORD ROLLINS - MARGUERITE KYLE - JOHN E CAVEY JR AKA JOHN EDWARD CAVEY AKA JOHN EDWARD CAVEY JR You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November 2018 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: 1/2 MIN INT IN S1/2S1/2 17-6-66 TOTAL = 160 AM/L MIN INT = 80 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of BRUCE T KAJI, SETSUO ITO, STAN ROLLINS, STANFORD ROLLINS & MARGUERITE KYLE for said year 2017 That said MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC on the 26th day of December 2021 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 8th day of September 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 26th day of May 2022

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First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Facts do not cease to exist b because y g they are ignored.

- Aldous Huxley

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November 2018 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TR IN NE1/4 14 & IN SE1/4 11-7-66 2.87 AM/L

/s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 942160 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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