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VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 44

Despite fewer reported cases, COVID up in sewage tests Signs indicate more virus prevalence, but vaccinated people may not know they’re infected

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

cause unexpected injuries.

Dr. Eric Hill, a HealthOne emergency room physician at the Medical Center of Aurora, said the holiday season is the start of winter, which means more ER visits with people who have slipped and fallen on icy, slippery surfaces.

While the Front Range has not

Testing of wastewater at the Englewood-Littleton sewage plant is finding record-high signs of COVID prevalence in the south metro populace, while the number of people receiving positive COVID tests has dropped — a situation that may show vaccinated people are not getting sick enough to feel the need to test, a Colorado researcher says.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Platte Renew, a wastewater treatment plant in Englewood that is the third largest in Colorado, has been on the front lines of helping health officials make sense of the state of the virus.

The plant collects daily samples of sewage produced by about 300,000 people, according to Pieter Van Ry, the site’s director, covering populations in Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties. Samples are sent to various labs both in-state and outside Colorado that test for the virus’s genome, an indicator of how prevalent COVID may be in a given community.

In recent weeks, tests have shown higher amounts of COVID being detected in South Platte’s wastewater than at any other point of the pandemic. But reported cases for the

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Bill Gavin, of Highlands Ranch, puts a smile on the faces of healthcare workers at Sky Ridge Medical Center.

A time for kindness

Specially-made Christmas trees given to healthcare workers

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Taking what started as a hobby and turning it into a way to give back to the community, a Highlands Ranch resident has worked over the last three years to donate home-

made Christmas trees to public safety responders and local healthcare workers.

Bill Givan said three years ago he signed up for a pottery class at the Highland Ranch South Ridge Recreation Center. After making several items, Givan said he just took to

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making small Christmas trees.

“I really don’t know why these just spoke to me,” he said. “It started as something for me to do and for whatever reason I just started making them and kept making them.”

In 2019, Givan said he was getting compliments for his work and SEE TREES, P23

’Tis the season for injuries Local ERs see increase in holiday-related cases

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Dr. Ben Usatch said while the holidays are all about joy and bringing good cheer, no member of

the family is immune to accidents that can result in an unplanned visit to the local ER. Usatch, an emergency medicine physician and medical director for UCHealth Hospital Highlands Ranch, said holiday injuries start early with the cold weather and continue with holiday decoration hanging through to Christmas, when presents are opened and can

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Saint Bernards deliver brew to lucky few

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December 23, 2021

Douglas County School Board hires additional legal counsel Board split in 4-3 vote amid concerns about cost, politicization

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County School Board has hired another attorney to provide outside legal counsel.

While some directors called the decision a red flag that could politicize district business, the lawyer in question says his Republican partisan leanings will not affect his advice to the district.

The four directors elected in November — board President Mike Peterson, Becky Myers, Christy Williams and Kaylee Winegar — touted hiring former DCSD general counsel Will Trachman as a way to diversify legal advice available to the board.

The board voted 4-3 on Dec. 7 during a special meeting to engage Trachman, whose rates are $400 an hour, billed in 6-minute intervals. Directors Elizabeth Hanson, Susan Meek and David Ray dissented.

Trachman will add to the board’s list of internal and external legal counsel, which general counsel Mary Kay Klimesh said includes law firms such as the Boulder-based Caplan and Earnest for general counsel, plus occasional engagements with additional

firms for more specialized legal advice.

The district’s letter of engagement is with Trachman individually, not the firm where he works.

Peterson said Trachman will be available to provide counsel if any one director would like his insight, which returning directors said is a departure from recent district practice. Peterson cautioned directors to use the resource “judiciously” to limit costs but said “the board can use it as they deem fit.”

“Yes, it’s a little different,” Peterson said.

Politics draw scrutiny Williams helped kick off the discussion by saying hiring outside board counsel is common practice. Williams later added that she wanted to bring on counsel who is familiar to the new directors.

“The four of us have come in and we have lots of counsel that was chosen before us and we don’t know them,” Williams said.

Meek said she was concerned the plan could rack up high legal fees. Attorneys who may want to “push the limit versus following school law” might suggest costly courses of action, she said. Her other concerns were Trachman’s conservative connections.

“It’s a red flag to me when you’re bringing someone who feels very partisan in,” she said.

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‘I don’t know that just because he works for a conservative firm tells us that we’re putting politics in the classroom.’

Christy Williams, Douglas County School Board member

politicize district business. She read directly from the website for the firm where Trachman works, which at that time featured a popup reading “Do you want to outsmart liberals?”

While campaigning, the Kids First directors “said repeatedly” they would strive to keep politics out of the district, Hanson said.

“How are you keeping politics out of school when you are using district resources to pay for someone who is clearly establishing that the goal is to outsmart liberals?” she asked.

Peterson emphasized the board would be hiring Trachman, not his firm, and not for the “mission” of outsmarting liberals, he said.

Trachman has “an outstanding record of service to this district,” Peterson said.

Winegar said she wanted additional outside counsel because she has debated whether the district made recent decisions in children’s best interest “or on narrowminded legal advice.”

She believed Caplan and Earnest’s counsel was a key driver behind the district’s federal lawsuit against the Douglas County Health Department, which she opposed.

“A lot of the advice from Caplan and Earnest was left-leaning,” she said, later clarifying she drew that conclusion based on conversations with the Caplan and Earnest staff during executive sessions.

Trachman knows education law well and she does not believe he will push an agenda, Winegar said.

Hanson had pushed back, saying Caplan and Earnest is nationally recognized in education law and serves roughly half of Colorado’s school districts.

“I don’t know that just because he works for a conservative firm tells us that we’re putting politics in the classroom,” Williams said.

Trachman responds Trachman said the firm where he works is a nonpartisan 501(c) (3) “that leans liberty oriented.”

He is also a contributor to the Federalist Society, an influential organization of conservative and libertarian lawyers, and co-chairs the Colorado chapter.

Until January, he worked in the Trump administration under former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos as senior counsel to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil

Rights. While there he helped to walk back Obama-era guidance on school discipline and Title IX regulations.

Trachman served as the district’s general counsel from November 2016 to December 2017.

Near the end of his tenure, the district ended a controversial voucher program, which would have used taxpayer money to provide scholarships for private schools.

“I think I’m pretty obviously a Republican,” he said.

But Trachman said “my legal advice is never affected by my political leanings.”

Director David Ray — who worked with Trachman while he was general counsel in 2016 and 2017 — came to Trachman’s defense during the Dec. 7 discussion.

Ray called Trachman a “very fair, very knowledgeable” attorney who provided beneficial advice to the district. Ray also disclosed he once served as a personal reference for Trachman.

“My vote has nothing to do with Will Trachman, truly,” Ray said.

Ray worried Meek and Hanson were being asked to hire an attorney they had not met or had a chance to interview.

He also worried about the prospect of Trachman providing individual directors advice rather than counsel to the board as a whole, he said. Caplan and Earnest will not do that “because it’s an ethics issue,” he said.

“Especially in a board like ours, where we have some very diverse beliefs,” he said. “I think it really puts those attorneys in a really difficult spot, when we say you can privately consult without the knowledge of the rest of the board.”

Trachman said his engagement letter with the district allows for any director to start the clock for his services, with the board president’s knowledge. Anything he compiles, such as memos, would be provided to all seven directors, so “that way I’m not developing secret work product,” he said.

Trachman said his background will help him advise the district on civil rights issues and parliamentary procedures, but that his past employment in DCSD will be most beneficial.

“I think that’s probably the main thing, so I understand how the operations work,” he said. “It’s nice to have a bit of a homecoming there.”

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December 23, 2021

Curto named Principal of the Year STAFF REPORT

The Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE) and the Colorado Association of Secondary School Principals (CASSP) named Douglas County School District’s Sara Curto the 2022 Colorado Assistant Principal of the Year for middle level schools.

Curto, an assistant principal at Mountain Ridge Middle School, was selected by a committee of her peers through a process, facilitated in partnership

by CASE Curto and CASSP, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).

In announcing the recognition, the Douglas County School District said Curto’s leadership is one marked by innovation, collaboration and community-building.

In 2019, Curto led the school’s Building Leadership Team through a deep-dive into historic schoolwide data, in order to pinpoint areas to bolster equity and improve supports for the school community.

The project identified focal points: professional learning communities, executive functioning, differentiation and equitable grading/assessment. Focusing on those four areas has since led to systemic, incremental changes for the school, from an updated set of mission, vision and goals to reimagined processes for continuous learning, student

support and leadership development, the release said.

“Our updated mission grounds our whole school in the concept of equity, so that all students have access to learning and can have their specific needs met. Working with students through a pandemic has forced our building to really delve into what the specific needs are for each student,” Curto said.

The revitalized mission and vision have become pillars of Mountain Ridge Middle School’s building culture. Opportunities for students to develop as leaders have grown exponentially with Sara’s commitment to creating a pipeline for student leadership between her feeder middle school and its high school. Under Sara’s leadership, students at Mountain Ridge have the space to bring the student body together through activities and campaigns they take the lead on, such as student-run community service and school spirit weeks.

“The camaraderie and spirit at Mountain Ridge Middle School are a direct reflection of Sara’s leadership,” said CASE Executive Director Bret Miles. “Her focus on data-backed community-building has created an environment where everyone in the building, from students to staff, are empowered to invest not only in their own learning and leadership, but in their school community as a whole, too.”

As the 2022 Middle Level Secondary Principal of the Year, Sara will be recognized at the annual CASE Awards Reception this spring.

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December 23, 2021

House is memento of memorable Denverite

BY KIRSTEN DAHL COLLINS SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

It’s still dark outside at 6 a.m., when Denver Park Ranger Jessica Johnson arrives at her office in the Eugene Field House in Washington Park. She often looks around the Victorian cottage, with its flocked, rose-colored wallpaper, hoping she’ll meet a ghost.

The ghost of former occupant Eugene Field, to be exact.

“No luck, so far,” the park ranger said of her ambition to encounter the journalist and poet who lived from 1850 to 1895.

The Eugene Field House is a house with a storied past.

In the late 19th century, Field was somewhat of a literary rock star, known for his lively wit. His classic children’s poem, “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,” was set to music and became a popular lullaby. His naughty boy’s confession, “Jest ’Fore Christmas,” ushers in the holidays with a large helping of comedy.

Although Johnson is eager for a chat with Field’s spirit, she doesn’t have much time for ghost-hunting.

As one of 25 park rangers responsible for patrolling Denver’s 314 parks, she has plenty to do — teaching busloads of elementary school kids how to fish in nearby Smith Lake, settling arguments over picnic sites and cleaning up formidable amounts of trash.

The ebullient park ranger, who said she’s too much of a “people person” to have continued in her

former career as a paleontologist, clearly loves her job. She especially enjoys working out of the Field House, once a Denver Public Library branch. In the foyer, bookshelves lined with aged volumes keep company with a fleet of mountain bikes the rangers use to patrol the park.

House with a past The Field House, 715 S. Franklin St., serves as one of seven park ranger offices throughout the city.

Before that, it spent 40 years as Wash Park’s neighborhood library.

Johnson said people often stop by out of nostalgia for the library years.

“People come by and say, ‘I used to come here when I was a kid. My mom’s signature is in the book,’” Johnson said, pointing out a leatherbound library registry dating back to 1971.

The fact that the little cottage survived is a minor miracle. So is its current location, over four miles from where it was originally built in 1875. Back then, the house occupied a lot on a woodsy dirt road known as Colfax Avenue, across from what is now the Denver Mint. Field and his wife, Julia, lived there from 18811883, while he served as managing editor of the Denver Tribune.

So why is their former home now in Washington Park?

According to an online account from History Colorado, the cottage “fell into disrepair” after the Fields moved out. By the 1920s, it was

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A sculpture near the Eugene Field House depicts three drowsy children sailing the night skies in a wooden shoe. A Denver landmark since it was dedicated in 1919, the statue evokes Field’s famous children’s poem, “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.” It was sculpted by Mabel Landrum Torrey, a native of Sterling, who trained at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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slated for demolition. To save the writer’s house, a group of female journalists, The National League of American Pen Women, turned to someone experienced at rescues — Titanic survivor Margaret “Molly” Brown. They chose well.

The redoubtable Mrs. Brown had performed Field’s poems onstage in her youth and revered him as one of America’s greatest poets.

In 1927, Brown purchased the cottage and presented it to the city of Denver. She also helped pay to move it to its current site, on the east side of Washington Park at Exposition Boulevard. At the time, the house reputedly sported two bullet holes — acquired during the robbery of the Denver Mint in 1922.

When the Eugene Field branch library opened in 1930, Washington Park was already home to an imposing memorial inspired by the poem, “Wynken, Blyken, and Nod.” Near the center of the park, a sculpture surrounded by a large fountain depicted three sleepy children in a wooden shoe sailing across a circular pool. Sculptor Mabel Landrum Torrey created the statue in 1918, at the behest of Denver Mayor Robert W. Speer.

Torrey’s sculpture was moved closer to the newly-arrived Eugene Field House — but unfortunately the pool didn’t make the trip. In its current spot, the magical wooden shoe looks a bit stranded, sitting on a water-stained concrete base that was meant to be submerged.

Over the decades, Wash Park’s small but popular library outgrew its space. In 1970, the city dedicated a newly-constructed Eugene Field Branch Library at 810 S. University Blvd., capable of housing over 30,000 volumes.

The old cottage wasn’t empty for long. That same year, The Park People, a volunteer group that plants thousands of trees and helps maintain park buildings, moved in and renovated the house, restoring its period decor. They also planted the Hazel Woodruff Gates Tribute Garden, which surrounds the house on two sides.

In the early 2000s, the volunteers moved out and the park rangers moved in. The Park People now operate from quarters in Platt Park, although they continue to install commemorative brick pavers in the tribute garden at the Field House.

“We still have a special relationship with that space,” said Kim Yifan-Farrell, executive director of

The Park People.

The old cottage is hardly the only building honoring Eugene Field. For a writer who is rarely read nowadays, Field has his name on a lot of Denver real estate, including an apartment building on Poet’s Row in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

The honors don’t stop with Denver.

Across the Midwest, Field’s name is emblazoned on many elementary schools and other civic buildings.

In St. Louis, his boyhood home is now a museum displaying original manuscripts and childhood toys that inspired his poems.

A poet, prankster and newspaperman A born prankster, Field was a bad student who terrorized three colleges with his practical jokes. He found his calling when he went to work as a newspaperman in 1875.

For the next 20 years, he worked for papers in St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver and Chicago. At the same time, he began publishing light verse, much of it for children, earning him the sobriquet, “The Poet of Childhood.” Since he and his wife had eight offspring, he definitely knew his subject.

Field’s poems for kids still make great bedtime reading. A good selection can be found in Helen Ferris’ classic children’s anthology, “Favorite Poems Old and New.” The book includes Field’s “The Sugar-Plum Tree,” a ballad that whisks kids away to a magical kingdom where candy grows on trees. In Field’s poem “The Duel,” two stuffed animals engage in a ferocious midnight battle.

More soothing verses can be found in “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,” written in 1889. The statue next to the Field House takes on a whole new meaning once you read this lyrical poem. It tells the story of three little children who set out on a nighttime voyage in a wooden shoe, to fish for stars with “nets of silver and gold.” The words have a rocking motion. You can almost feel the breeze that “ruffles the waves of dew.”

There’s no telling if Ranger Johnson will encounter Field’s ghost this December, but if he does appear, chances are he’ll recite something that harkens back to his prankster past.

“Jest ’Fore Christmas” fits the bill.

In this poem, a rascally boy shares his strategy for fooling his parents during the holidays. It has the ring of autobiographical truth.

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December 23, 2021

Colo. flu season mild so far, but that could change Flu vaccinations are running behind last year

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

Last year, Colorado’s flu season was virtually nonexistent.

Only 34 people were hospitalized for the flu during the entire 8-month season in 2020 and 2021. There were zero reported flu deaths among kids.

This year, the flu season is, well, existent. There have been at least 36 flu hospitalizations as of Dec. 14, a number that started the month at around half that sum then doubled in a single week.

“It’s not a huge number but the fact that it doubled over the last week is concerning,” said Heather Roth, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Immunization Branch chief.

Flu vaccination rates are down compared to last year, as well. So Roth is remaining vigilant. It would not be unprecedented for a flu season that starts out calm to roar to life after the New Year.

But there are also reasons for optimism. No kids had died from the flu as of mid-December. During the most recent pre-pandemic flu season, the 2019-20 season, nearly 200 people had already been hospitalized with the flu by this time — five times as many people as we’ve seen this year.

Though vaccination rates are

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Dylan Scully of Lakewood receives a kids’ influenza vaccination from Kaiser Permanente registered nurse Amy Roscoe, right, while visiting a Kaiser Permanente outdoor flu vaccination center in Ken Caryl with his mother, Jennifer Scully, left, on Sept. 18, 2020.

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behind last year’s record highs, they are in line with previous years’ numbers. And Roth said vaccinations also appear to be picking up.

As of the week of Dec. 6, the state had administered about 1.6 million doses of flu vaccine. In the previous year, it had already administered 1.8 million doses by this time. But the number of flu vaccinations administered weekly has begun to outpace last year’s weekly trends.

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“It could be people are just waiting a little bit longer and all-told we’ll measure up pretty well to last year,” Roth said.

Last flu season, amid waves of stay-at-home orders and other social-distancing measures meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the U.S. saw one of the weakest flu seasons on record. Months went by with relatively few people showing up in hospitals or doctors’ offices with cases of the flu.

This year is worse — but still not exactly bad. About 3% of people currently seeking treatment at Kaiser Permanente offices have influenzalike illness, well below the baseline of 5%.

It’s worth noting that the flu season officially begins in October each year and typically peaks in January or February. But, in some years, it doesn’t peak until March. That’s why the calm start to this season could be a good sign — or it could be deceptive.

The 2015-16 season also started out slow. Then it took off around the end of February.

To Roth, this shows that, despite the good start this year, it’s not time for Colorado to get cocky. Getting vaccinated against the flu is still important, as is practicing good hand-washing and staying home when sick.

“I think there’s definitely the potential for things to get bad,” she said.

RSV a worry for kids Kids and older adults typically bear the brunt of the flu season.

That’s true this year, too. Among the small number of hospitalizations so far, those 65 and older and those 5 and younger have the highest rates.

But flu isn’t the most significant respiratory virus stalking children right now in Colorado — nor is it the second-most significant.

Estimates of hospitalization rates for RSV — respiratory syncytial virus — were 82 times higher than those for flu in November. Pediatric hospitalization rates for COVID-19 were also significantly higher.

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between the flu and COVID. Hospitalization rates for the coronavirus C have far exceeded flu hospitalizatione rates for all recent years. In Novem- l ber, the hospitalization rate among w b all age groups for COVID was 188 times higher than the hospitaliza- d i tion rate for flu.

But, Roth said, this is all the more t reason to take the flu seriously. Even though the risk of hospitalization is d lower, now is not a good time to take o that gamble.

Hospitals remain crowded places.

Even though COVID hospitalizations have fallen in recent weeks, more than 1,300 people are currently hospitalized with the coronavirus in Colorado. The state’s hospital intensive-care units are 95% full and, according to federal data, nearly 38% of people in the ICU in Colorado are there with COVID. Getting vaccinated against both the flu and COVID will help reduce the strain on hospitals and also reduce the likelihood that you will end up in the hospital with either, Roth said. A flu vaccine can also limit the risk of passing the virus to someone who is vulnerable.

The COVID and flu vaccines can be administered at the same time — just in different arms or, at least, 1 inch apart from one another in the same arm.

About 56% of Coloradans 65 and older have gotten a flu vaccine this year, Roth said. But only about 18% of those ages 20 to 39 have.

“I think sometimes people think they may have missed the window on flu vaccination because we start hammering them pretty hard in October,” Roth said. “There’s this belief that you need it before Halloween, and that’s not true.

You really should be getting your vaccine as long as the virus is circulating.”

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Barrel-bearing Bernards deliver Christmas cheer Breckenridge Brewery partners with nonprofit to deliver beer to winners

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Christmas came early for certain Littleton-area residents who were greeted Thursday morning by a procession of Saint Bernards with barrels of beer around their collar.

Two Littleton-area households join four others across the metro area as winners of Breckenridge Brewery’s Saint Beernard Delivery. The brewery partnered with Colorado Saint Bernard Rescue to bring a fluffy flurry of dogs to the winners’ homes, where they were gifted several small kegs of the brewery’s signature Christmas Ale. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Breckenridge Brewery has been delivering beer to fans as a safe way to spread some joy. The brewery received national media attention last year when it enlisted reindeer to deliver their beer.

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longstanding tradition of Christmas Ale,” said Breckenridge Brewery President Todd Usry in a statement about this year’s event.

Winners Mark and Andrea Williams, self-described “ultimate dog lovers,” said they were surprised when they were told they’d won a delivery.

“Both of our dogs are rescue dogs so we like to support the dog rescues as well, so that was kind of a cool little thing,” Andrea Williams told Colorado Community Media.

The dogs were all adopted by their owners through Colorado Saint Bernard Rescue, a nonprofit that finds new homes for unwanted, abandoned or abused Saint Bernards and Saint Bernard mixes.

“We are so excited to be a part of Breckenridge Brewery’s Christmas Ale Deliveries this year … all while celebrating these giant lovable dogs we focus on saving year-round,” said Nicole McLain, president of Colorado Saint Bernard Rescue, in a statement.

For another winner, Emily Rose, she said she couldn’t believe the dog delivery was real when she first entered the contest.

“I grew up with Saint Bernards, so right away when I won I was like ‘Yes!’” she said.

The home of Emily Rose was one of six households across the metro area to win a delivery.

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Instead of warm brandy, this Saint Bernard is ready to deliver a small keg of Breckenridge’s signature Christmas Ale.

The Saint Bernards were brought on as a partnership between Breckenridge Brewery and Colorado Saint Bernard Rescue for a beer giveaway.

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December 23, 2021

In rare move, 2 statewide GOP candidates to cap spending That means Ganahl, Anderson can sidestep donation limits

BY SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN

Two Republican candidates running for statewide office in Colorado next year have agreed to limit their campaign spending, a rare move that allows them to accept up to twice as much money from their donors.

Heidi Ganahl, a University of Colorado regent running for governor, and Pam Anderson, a former Jefferson County clerk running for secretary of state, both agreed to the voluntary spending constraints.

The candidates can now accept up to $2,500 from individual donors, up to $27,000 from small-donor committees and up to $271,550 from the state Republican Party.

“We can spend less time fundraising, more time talking to voters and talking about the hyper-partisan nature of that office right now,” said Anderson, who is a former executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association.

Asked about the decision, Ganahl’s campaign did not address their strategy. But a spokeswoman said that “governorships cannot be bought at an auction.”

Voters approved Amendment 27, a constitutional campaign finance overhaul, in 2002. It included limits

on how much money candidates could accept from donors. But the amendment also included a loophole to those limits for candidates who agreed to keep their spending below a certain threshold.

A candidate for statewide office, legislature and a few other offices may agree to the voluntary spending limits when they first declare their candidacy. For candidates running in 2022, the limits range from $88,225 for state House candidates to $3,395,275 for candidates running for governor.

Candidates can’t raise more than the traditional limit right away, however. They must wait until an opponent raises 10% of the spending limit.

So, in the governor’s race, Ganahl could not start accepting larger donations until Gov. Jared Polis raised about $340,000. (Polis has raised $626,000 for his reelection campaign so far.)

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, has already raised about $1.3 million, far more than 10% of the voluntary spending limit.

Ganahl raised about $135,000 in the three weeks after announcing her candidacy. About 10% of her 300-plus donations during that time exceeded the $1,250 individual donation limit for other statewide candidates.

Anderson didn’t announce her candidacy until after the last quarterly fundraising reporting deadline, so her donor information isn’t yet public.

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Candidates who accept the voluntary spending limits have an out.

Every time a new candidate enters their contest and doesn’t accept the voluntary spending limits, candidates who have accepted the constraints receive a letter from the secretary of state letting them know they have 10 days to back out of their pledge.

If they do abandon the spending limits, they don’t have to return any excess contributions they’ve already received. Colorado’s donation limits were second-lowest in the nation in 2018.

Anderson said she has no intention of revoking the spending limits if other candidates get in the race, but sees the spending pledge as central to her campaign for secretary of state.

Ganahl’s campaign didn’t respond about whether it would reconsider the spending limits at some point.

The Colorado Sun reviewed campaign accounts for primary candidates for governor, attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer in 2014 and 2018 and found none accepted the voluntary spending limits.

Brad Levin, a Democrat who competed for attorney general but failed to make the primary ballot, originally accepted the limits. But David Fine, his attorney, wrote to the Secretary of State’s Office that the acceptance was an error by Fine in filling out forms.

Legislative candidates more often accept the limits, but, like in Levin’s case, some have done so in error.

State Rep. Tom Sullivan, a Centennial Democrat, initially accepted the limits for his 2018 campaign in error.

He was able to withdraw from the limits when another candidate filed to run for the House seat.

Sullivan is running for a state Senate seat in 2022, but isn’t accepting the voluntary limits.

“I’ll never do that again,” he said.

“It doesn’t do you any good if you’re the only one trying to fight the righteous fight.”

Suzanne Taheri, a Republican and former deputy secretary of state, accepted the limits when she ran unsuccessfully for state Senate in 2020.

But she never raised money over the contribution limits.

“I never asked people for (more money) or advertised that I did it,” she said. “Part of it is, just a lot of people don’t understand what voluntary limits are. Most consultants will tell you not to take them. They’re focused on how much money you’re going to raise, so they’re trying to

get you to not limit yourself.”

Successful candidates, who did not accept the spending limits, often outspent them, a Colorado Sun analysis found.

In 2010, former Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, spent $3.9 million on his campaign, when the voluntary cap was about $2.7 million. Two candidates who didn’t make the general election ballot that year, former Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat who opted not to run, and former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis, a Republican who lost the primary, each spent $2 million.

In 2014, Hickenlooper spent nearly $5.5 million on his gubernatorial reelection campaign, while his Republican opponent Bob Beauprez spent $2.9 million, about the same amount as that year’s voluntary limit.

In 2018, GOP gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton spent about $4 million on his campaign, well over the $3.1 million voluntary limit. Victor Mitchell, one of Stapleton’s three unsuccessful primary opponents, spent $5 million, most of it his own money.

The Polis campaign spent $23.8 million, almost all of it the candidate’s own money, to win in 2018.

He’s already given $438,000 from his personal fortune into his 2022 campaign.

Polis limits his individual campaign contributions to $200, but his personal wealth means he’s got millions to spend on next year’s campaign.

Taheri said she thinks it makes sense for Ganahl and Anderson to accept the voluntary spending limits.

“I think it makes sense in the governor’s race and the secretary of state’s race,” Taheri said. “You can’t raise that much money. It’s hard to raise $3.4 million. Then you don’t have to spend as much time fundraising if your donor base has the capacity to give you bigger donations.”

And outside groups often spend more than candidates in statewide contests. In the 2018 gubernatorial contest, for instance, Republican outside groups spent $14.5 million while Democratic groups spent $10.5 million.

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had a lot of snowfall and cold weather so far this autumn, Hall said as more snowstorms and cold weather come in early 2022, doctors always anticipate an uptick in urgent care visits.

Besides cold weather bringing winter injuries, holiday-related injuries ramp up around Thanksgiving, which is the start of the holiday season, Usatch said. This is the time when families start putting out holiday decorations, hanging lights and signs.

Usatch said it is common for family members to venture into hanging lights and signs without someone serving as a spotter under the ladder. Common injuries associated with decoration hanging includes bruises, lacerations and broken bones.

“Just be safe and ask someone to serve as a spotter,” Usatch said. “It is easier to have the help there than to fall and break something, get a concussion or have lacerations.”

Hill said as Christmas celebrations are held and gifts are given throughout the season, hospitals see a variety of toy-related injuries and issues.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in 2020 there were 198,000 toy-related injuries that required a visit to a U.S. hospital. Of those, males accounted for 57% of those injured and 75% of the total injured people were under age 14.

Hill said one of his biggest concerns around the holidays is with babies and toddlers who regularly stick something in their mouth, ear or nose.

“Kids tend to put the small pieces from toys in various places,” Hill said. “Kids will start complaining about pain and problems. When they come to us, we find the pieces in the nose, ears or throat. These cases need special tools to fish them out.”

In situations where the child swallows a toy, Hill said the customary response from doctors is to wait. Doctors wait to see if the child can pass it naturally through a bowel movement.

In situations where a child swallows a magnet, such as the popular ball magnet toys, or a button battery, Hill said there is more concern.

“The button batteries cause more concern because their makeup can cause burning and pain inside the stomach,” Hill said. “The magnetic balls can attach and pinch the inside the intestine, causing bowel perforation. This can require surgery to fix.”

Usatch and Hill said hospitals also see patients who are not used to the new toys and gadgets they get for Christmas. Without being used to a new bike, electric scooter, hover board or other riding toys, kids often fall and get hurt. Common injuries associated with riding toys can start with minor cuts and bruises or lead to more serious concerns with concussions and broken bones.

Usatch said a common rule of

‘Kids will start complaining about pain and problems. When they come to us, we find the pieces in the nose, ears or throat. These cases need special tools to fish them out.’

Dr. Eric Hill, a HealthOne emergency room physician at the Medical Center of Aurora

thumb for parents to follow with any riding toy is to make the helmet an accompanying gift.

Hill said he is always surprised with the older patients that come in on Christmas. It’s not just kids playing on the riding toys, he said.

“We have seen cases where grandparents will be out having fun and trying to ride the toys too,” Hill said. “This leads to them falling and getting hurt.”

Hill said in one case he managed, a 72-year-old grandmother tried to ride a hover board and ended up falling and breaking her hip.

Both Usatch and Hill said parents should read consumer studies on toys and gadgets, making sure they are age-appropriate and understanding the common injuries that

are reported with each item.

Over the last few years, drones and flying toys have become a popular item. Either flying them inside or outside, Usatch and Hill said, inexperienced users can mismanage them and either hurt themselves or others in the process. Eye injuries are common with some of the flying toys, Usatch said.

This year, due to supply-chain issues, Hill said parents might be trying to find whatever they can, which means buying more generic, knockoff items that may be more unsafe than the name-brand options.

In this case, Hill stressed parents should pay attention to the consumer reports because generic versions could be more dangerous.

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December 23, 2021

For some Colo. districts, it’s a struggle to keep schools open Dougco, Weld, Denver face pandemic substitute shortages

BY ERICA BREUNLIN, THE COLORADO SUN, AND JESSICA GIBBS, COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

With 12 Ortega Middle School teachers scheduled to be out on Dec. 10, administrators of the Alamosa School District suddenly had to weigh their last-resort option: closing school.

Assistant Superintendent Luis Murillo and his team “briefly” considered the idea, but instead scrambled to find staff to help cover classrooms, drafting Alamosa Online School employees — including the principal — to sub for the day.

Murillo, himself, stationed himself at the school in case he was needed in a classroom during the half day of classes. He also asked Alamosa High School’s principal and assistant principal to be on call.

“We need all hands on deck because school means a lot more to our community than education,” Murillo said, citing students who rely on school for meals and who depend on their teachers for support.

The struggle to keep schools open has become an all-too-familiar bind for Colorado districts as they seek to recruit enough substitute teachers to fill in for teachers who may be sick or on vacation.

While some schools have had to temporarily close without enough subs or other staff to stand in for educators, others have asked toplevel school and district administrators to assume the role of sub for a day.

Schools have also pulled paraprofessionals from their regular duties of assisting students who need additional help and offered a small bonus to teachers to sacrifice a planning period and cover a class in need. And schools have at times combined classes, which means a class of 20 students could immediately swell to a class of 40.

They’re drastic measures that stretch already overwhelmed teachers and administrators, but

they’re often the only ways that school leaders can keep their schools humming.

“It’s a give and take,” Murillo said, noting he’s glad that classes could continue on Dec. 10, but not without a cost.

Colorado is now facing a statewide shortage of subs, accelerated by the pandemic, said Colleen O’Neil, associate commissioner of the Educator Talent Unit at the Colorado Department of Education.

The state already lacked enough subs before the pandemic. Nineteen months in, with more teacher absences related to COVID-19, schools need even more subs, O’Neil said.

But the challenges run deeper than complications that have emerged during the pandemic.

Some of the state’s smaller communities simply don’t have many local residents who have the availability and flexibility needed to sub, O’Neil said.

Plus, substitute teaching is far from an easy job, despite public perception that it’s a breezy way to earn money, O’Neil emphasized.

Subs must be ready to walk into any classroom level with children they don’t know and effectively teach lessons they don’t prepare, she said.

“When you think about it, it’s actually a very difficult job,” O’Neil said, “and because we have such a need for substitutes so quickly, it’s hard to get them the kind of training they need and the kind of support.”

Pay can be another barrier. Colorado subs typically earn between $100 and $120 a day, O’Neil said, with opportunities to take home up to $200 a day for subs with more credentials and experience and who want to become a long-term sub, meaning they’re in the position for more than two weeks.

The low end of the payscale is equivalent to the minimum wage of $12.32 an hour. In October, the average hourly wage in Colorado was $32.65, or $261.20 for an eighthour day.

“When there’s a multitude of other jobs, that can be a challenge for people,” she said.

And subs usually must be flexible with their own schedules and

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families as teachers who become sick and need a sub call in the morning of the day they’ll be out.

Impact on kids from sub shortages The last-minute nature of schools’ demands for subs keeps leaders like Murillo, of Alamosa School District, constantly questioning whether his schools will have enough subs day to day.

“That level of not knowing and uncertainty, it’s adding an extra layer of stress,” Murillo said.

The rural district of nearly 2,200 students — which has not had to close any schools this year because of staff and sub shortages — needs about 100 subs but at various times during the school year has had as few as 25 subs.

On some days, the district has needed about 45 subs and, similar to Dec. 10 at the middle school, has had to turn to its own staff to oversee classrooms, Murillo said.

The district took a bold step this year, hiring a full-time sub for each of its four schools at the pay rate of a teacher with benefits. It doesn’t fix the district’s shortage, “but at least they have someone there for sure,” Murillo said. He added that the district is assessing its budget to see if it could hire another full-time sub for each school.

In addition to advertising about its need for subs on the district website and through the local newspaper, the Valley Courier, the district relies on word of mouth to attract more subs and has also started branching out to gain the attention of a new demographic: college students.

The district actively works to recruit college students from both Adams State University and Trinidad State College to sub — an experience that Murillo equates to a “mini internship” that can be a source of income for students. But most of Alamosa School District’s regular subs are retired teachers who are a little bit older, Murillo said. Some worry about stepping inside a classroom and putting

themselves or their families at risk of COVID. “People are scared,” he said.

“People don’t want to get sick.

People don’t want to be exposed even more.”

Retired teacher Sheryl Josselyn, 61, subbed for the district for the first time in early December, unafraid after getting vaccinated. She was part of the collective effort Dec. 10 to keep classes running at Ortega Middle School, where she taught for 28 years.

Josselyn, whose teaching career in science spanned 32 years total, fell right back into her groove at the front of the classroom, prepared for any students who might be bold enough to test her patience.

She decided to return to school as a sub to help the district overcome its sub shortage — “a crisis” in her mind as teachers continue to have to step in to cover each others’ classes.

“I honestly am not doing it for the money,” Josselyn said. “It is just horrible, and it was horrible last year as a teacher.”

She’s particularly alarmed as paraprofessionals are plucked from their role coaching students one-on-one and in small groups to sub. She doesn’t blame the district for using those staff members when its schools are in a pinch, but “it’s very frustrating.”

“The kids are the ones that really feel the impact of that,” Josselyn said.

Weld RE-1 needs at least 10 more subs Weld County RE-1, which serves students living in Gilcrest, LaSalle and Platteville, has also been forced to deploy teachers to cover classrooms when their colleagues are out and schools are low on subs.

The rural district of about 1,900 students currently has a list of about 30 subs, though not all are available when they’re needed, said Superintendent Johan van SEE SCHOOLS, P11

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Nieuwenhuizen.

“It seems like a nice number to have, but we have many days that we cannot fill all the positions,” he said, noting that at least 10 more subs would be ideal.

The demand for subs this year has escalated for the northern Colorado district as it’s amassed close to 1,000 teacher leave requests since the start of the school year in August — double compared to the number of requests it tallied in the same time period during the last school year, van Nieuwenhuizen said.

That feeds into a cycle of stress and a strain on the mental health of school staff, he said, as educators forgo planning periods and breaks to take over for a teacher who is out.

The district leader suspects that factors into this year’s high rate of teacher absenteeism “because they are truly overwhelmed.”

Part of van Nieuwenhuizen’s effort to tackle his district’s sub shortage involves helping teachers with their mental wellness. He excuses teachers early on professional development days so that they can go home and care for themselves.

The district has also hired an extra educator, known as a “resident substitute,” in each of its schools and pays for paraprofessionals to get a substitute license so they can be recruited to sub and earn more money than they otherwise would.

Additionally, the district raised daily pay for subs from $100 to $120, though van Nieuwenhuizen knows many jobs outside of education pay more.

“If we don’t have somebody that really is invested in making a difference in some young person’s life,” he said, “it’s really hard to recruit somebody.”

Douglas County calls on the cabinet On the Friday before Labor Day, Amanda Thompson was not in her district administration office like usual.

The chief human resources officer for Douglas County Schools spent her morning helping students at Larkspur Elementary School complete art lessons. In the afternoon she led Trailblazer Elementary School students through a science experiment studying buoyancy and density.

That day, the district was unable to fill every request for a sub. Fridays are a historically tough day to find subs, not just for DCSD, she said. Cabinet members stepped in.

“A very good portion of cabinet and district leaders,” Thompson said.

Though she works in central administration, Thompson remains a licensed educator. The former administrator and teacher has spent 18 years in education. She and other DCSD leadership with teaching licenses were back in the classroom Sept. 3 amid a brief sub shortage.

Unlike some neighboring districts— where schools closed temporarily last month among staff shortages — that day was an excep-

Substitute teacher Sheryl Josselyn speaks with students in class on Dec. 10, 2021. It was the retired teacher’s first time substituting for the Alamosa School District.

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tion for DCSD, Thompson said.

For the past year, the district’s sub pool has comprised about 900 people and the district has managed to cover 95%-98% of classrooms needing a sub.

“Overall, our sub numbers continue to increase as we continually recruit and hire,” Thompson said.

The district relies on student teachers, retirees, classified staff and people in the community who become licensed.

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Parents sometimes become subs because the work allows them to get involved at their children’s school and the hours align with their student’s school day, she said.

Thompson credits the superintendent for making a call to the community, urging people to become subs.

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Preoccupied with being preoccupied this holiday season

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henever I am together with a group of family and friends and I notice people preoccupied with their phones, I WINNING ask them, “Are you texting me?”

WORDS Or, if I happen to have everyone’s cell phone number, I will send them all a group text, “Are you texting me?” Both usually get a chuckle and now, if I happen to Michael Norton get caught doing something on my phone, someone invariably sends me that same text or just asks me if I am texting them.

Maybe a little truth in humor?

My example is a simple scenario and one that is unfortunately played out in more homes and at work than any of us cares to admit.

Did the pandemic make it worse as we became bored and went in search of ways to entertain ourselves? And now that we are back to work or in some kind of hybrid work environment, is our preoc-

cupation more of a habit that gets under the skin of those around us?

Or are others too preoccupied as well, lost in whatever is happening on their own devices?

Maybe a little truth in reality?

Our kids will basically give us an “Oh dad” or “C’mon mom.” Our friends might just say, “Dude, I am just checking the score” or “You gotta see this TikTok.” Although, whenever someone invites me to look at a TikTok, I really have no idea what that’s all about and I am not that interested in finding out either. I am sure next year there will be something that replaces it and will be so much cooler, something cool enough for a supercool guy like me to want to check out.

Maybe a little truth in lack of generational awareness?

During a recent dinner out with our associates I couldn’t help but notice at the table next to us was a couple. They appeared to be married and I would guess somewhere in their 40s. They sat across from one another looking at their phones. No conversation. I thought that they might just be looking at the online menu. But after the

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Not a game of hopscotch Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas announced her candidacy for Douglas County sheriff on Dec. 10, 2021. Just like many of you, I voted for Lora Thomas. Thomas has done a fine job as county commissioner and now, one year through her second term, she is competing for a different role. Why? This is an unsettling and unclear choice by Thomas. Those of us that voted for Thomas enthusiastically supported her specifically for the vital role of commissioner. The county needs the continuity of Thomas’ conservative, assertive, and rational stance on fiscal, economic, and health policy-related matters in Douglas County for the full remainder of her term.

Why does Thomas wish to return to a field (law enforcement) she exited two decades ago? Working for the State Patrol as a major so long ago is a far cry from having the skills and qualifications to lead in the complicated role as sheriff today. Will Thomas abandon her role as sheriff if a different opportunity sparks her interest? We believe loyalty is a two-way street that is grounded in trust. Trust is the belief that someone or something can be relied on to do what they say they will.

Thomas should abandon her sheriff candidacy decision and focus her great leadership skills on Douglas County governmental matters.

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server came and took their order, they remained glued to their phones. Perhaps their favorite mode of communication is texting one another, and that was what they could have been doing. As dinner came out, they placed their phones on the table next to their dishes and continued to scroll as they ate.

Maybe a little truth in my preoccupation with others being preoccupied?

Here we are, at the end of the year. The holiday season provides us with incredible opportunities to connect, really connect with our family and friends. Thanksgiving set the table for our attitude of gratitude, for the sharing of love and appreciation, and for remembering those who are so very important to us. And as we roll into December, with its celebrations of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve, it has given us even more time and opportunities to remember the true reason for this season, share family stories, exaggerate the myths and legends of friendship experiences that only get better with time, and just “be” with one another. We can talk

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6. Consider charitable donations, especially if you are able to itemize. If you have a large income tax bill, you can even open and fund a donor-advised fund before yearend. This allows you to take the full tax deduction this year, while providing plenty of time in the future to plan out which charities receive donations.

7. Don’t forget to take your required minimum distribution (RMD) if you are age 72 or older. You did not need to take one last year due to COVID, so it may not be on your radar. However, there is a 50% penalty for not taking the correct amount. Also, don’t forget you can send all or part of your RMD to charity, up to $100,000, even without item-

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Some tax planning ideas for year’s end nother year is in the review mirror and what a year it has been! The stock market is up (and down), inflation is rising, and interest rates remain low. You may be under FINANCIAL or over employed, working STRATEGIES from home, or commuting.

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that fall semester.

To keep attracting subs, the district has raised its base pay to $150 a day and $170 on Fridays. DCSD also reimburses subs for the fees they pay for licensing and background checks required for the job.

Recruitment is never done, Thompson emphasized. There is no magic number for when the sub pool is full enough, and the district is more focused on maintaining high fill rates.

“I cannot emphasize enough how grateful we are that our parents and our community members are willing to step in,” she said.

Denver struggling to find more subs Meanwhile, Denver Public Schools, Colorado’s largest district with more than 89,000 students, has tried to keep classrooms afloat this year with a sub pool that’s dwindled to about 400 people — a third of the number it needs, said Lacey Nelson, director of talent acquisition for the district.

“We need more people in our pool just to increase our chances that we’re going to get enough to

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izing your taxes.

8. Review your qualified business interest deductions if you own a small business. You may be eligible to fully deduct up to 20% of your business income. This gives you an instant benefit if you are eligible.

9. You may want to make a large purchase for your business as this year’s Section 179 is higher than it has ever been, up to $1,050,000. This allows you to write off an eligible business expense instead of depreciating

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Fight over equity illuminating Some, in our community, would like to repeal the Educational Equity policy because they believe the word “equity” is divisive.

Equity, clearly defined in the policy, is “providing all individuals and groups of individuals with fairness and respect in their opportunities to participate in and benefit from the District’s programs, and to ensure that every stakeholder has the opportunity to reach their potential.”

Which part of the word “equity,” as defined, is divisive? Is it divisive in word or in deed? If it is in word, I would welcome a synonym replacement: justice, fairness, impartiality, unbiased, integrity, nonpartisan. Choose a synonym and amend the policy rather than repealing it in its entirety.

Perhaps diversity, inclusion, accessibility, representation, or

cover jobs that day,” Nelson said.

Teacher requests for time off range from an average of 200 requests a day to 500 requests a day while district subs work an average of six days a month.

The task of finding subs to fill in for last-minute requests has become exceedingly harder as people tend to want to look ahead and pick their own schedule, Nelson said.

“I think the days of a teacher calling in at 6 in the morning and a sub being there two hours later have passed,” she said.

During the pandemic, the district lost subs as it switched to remote learning and didn’t have as much of a need for subs. Now, it’s struggling to build back up its cadre of subs as it competes against other school districts, hotels, restaurants and corporations for employees, Nelson said.

DPS recruits subs through external job boards, schools’ social media accounts and newsletters, $125 referral bonuses for any staff who draw in subs, and word of mouth among its thousands of families.

The district also poses the idea of subbing to teacher candidates waiting to land a job, Nelson said.

Like other districts, DPS has bandaged the problem of short-

ages, combining classes and having school leaders parachute into classrooms to serve as teachers and paraprofessionals.

Sometimes, the consequences of the sub shortage are more severe.

Some DPS schools have had to temporarily close this school year without enough adults to send to classrooms. A few metro districts closed the Friday before Thanksgiving because of staff shortages, Chalkbeat Colorado reported.

“Ultimately, if we don’t have enough staff to safely operate our schools and open our school doors, we have to make the really difficult decision to do a school closure,” Nelson said, adding that it’s not common.

She worries about how DPS will cover classes during the height of flu season as she anticipates more teacher absences. She doesn’t even want to think about second semester.

“We try to not get too far ahead of ourselves because so much can change,” Nelson said.

As local districts work to recruit their own subs, the state has joined them in spreading the word about the need to help cover classes. The state department of education developed a communication resource to help districts create

recruitment campaigns and partnered with the Colorado Center for Rural Education at the University of Northern Colorado to launch a substitute stipend program in January in which new educators can apply for a $300 stipend to help cover the cost of becoming a sub, O’Neil said.

To overcome the statewide teacher shortage, she is adamant that compensation for subs should be commensurate with jobs in other industries, ongoing professional development should be available to subs and the profession should be elevated.

An amplified level of respect is critical in drawing more subs into schools, said Josselyn, the retired teacher-turned-sub in Alamosa School District.

“I think it’s very important for subs to feel when they walk into whichever building they walk into to feel welcomed and appreciated by the staff,” she said. “I think that’s very important. I also feel that they need to believe that the school has their back.”

This story is a collaboration of The Colorado Sun and Colorado Community Media. Colorado Sun staff writer Tamara Chuang contributed to this report.

it over time.

Now it is time to enjoy the holidays and get ready for next year. The retirement plan contributions will increase by $1,000 for 401(k)s to $20,500 plus the $6,000 catch up for those over age 50.

IRA and Roth IRA limits remain unchanged at $6,000 plus a $1,000 catch- up contribution. Make sure you are eligible to deduct your IRA based on your income and employer retirement plans.

Patricia Kummer has been a Certified Financial Planner professional and a fiduciary for over 35 years and is Managing Director for Mariner Wealth Advisors, an SEC Registered Investment Adviser. identity, alongside equity, is what makes it divisive and polarizing for some people. In that case, do we want a non-diverse, exclusive, inaccessible, non-representative, unidentified or singularly identified group for equitable treatment?

Those who make “equity” divisive are objecting to the recipients of the proposed fair and impartial treatment. The DCSD Equity policy aims to work on behalf of every race, color, ancestry, nation of origin, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, religion, marital status, disability, socio-economic status, and need of special education services. Those within DCSD who balk at equity, do not balk at equity proper, but the breadth of its recipients. Tell us, DCSD, which group of stakeholders makes equity so polarizing and divisive for you? Which group of stakeholders would you like to exclude, be inequitable and inaccessible to?

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Why some people take ‘digital detoxes’ and what mental health experts have to say

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or weeks, Jordan Novinger debated breaking up with Twitter.

In the span of a couple months, the Castle Rock resident had gained a following of several thousand. She spent hours talking with people online. Although she made new friends in the process, the 21-year-old also felt pressured to stay engaged.

At work, Novinger tried to resist a persistent temptation to check her accounts. Physically, Novinger was present, she said. Mentally, she was not. Her iPhone’s screen time report showed on some days Novinger spent up to four hours on Twitter.

In early December, Novinger cut the cord. She deleted Twitter. She took a break from Instagram too, which she steps away from periodically.

Since then, Novinger works more. She feels more productive. She is more inclined to pick up the phone and have a conversation with someone. She can’t leave Instagram permanently because she uses the site for work, but she hopes she’s made “a clean break” from Twitter.

“It was such an addiction,” she said.

The word is ‘toxic’ Several people in the Denver metro area who have taken short-term “digital detoxes” or left a platform forever all described social media with the same word: Toxic.

They offered up a laundry list of reasons why.

Screen addiction. Never feeling present. Rampant misinformation. Political fights. Hateful comment sections. The comparison game. Misleading highlight reels. The pressure to curate one’s life instead of simply live it.

Eventually, they all hit a breaking point.

The concept of undergoing a “digital detox” is increasing in popularity, according to a 2020 study published in the Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science that looked at the practice’s impact on well-being.

And while a whopping share of the population still uses social media — about 72% of all Americans do, according to the Pew Research Center — growth on numerous sites is slowing or stagnant.

The number of people on social media has remained relatively stable over the past five years, Pew’s Social Media Use in 2021 report says. Growth on platforms including Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat has remained statistically unchanged since 2019.

“This represents a broader trend that extends

beyond the past two years in which the rapid adoption of most of these sites and apps seen in the last decade has slowed,” Pew’s report states.

Reddit and YouTube are exceptions. Pew surveys found YouTube is the nation’s most-used social media platform and has shown a marked increase in growth since 2019. Facebook and Instagram are the next most popular sites.

Pew’s study acknowledges “a string of controversies” facing social media sites — like their management of misinformation or privacy concerns — and “the public’s relatively negative sentiments” about some parts of social media.

Pew surveying found 64% of American believe social media has “a mostly negative effect on the way things are going in the country today.”

At least one mental health expert said while much other public scrutiny rightfully focuses on social media’s effects for young people, she’d like to see more research and attention on its ramifications across age demographics.

“It’s not just about kids,” Diane Thompson said, a psychiatrist with Centura Health.

The individuals who spoke to Colorado Community Media about departing social media ranged in age from 21 to 37. All said they were glad they left. Each emphatically encouraged others to give it a try.

“I would love for people to get off of social media. I think it’s just draining, and it can be so negative and toxic,” Novinger said. “While it can be good, I think most of the it’s not used for good.”

Taking the plunge Evergreen couple Jace and Taylor Jackson, both 30, recently completed a six-week detox from Instagram and have significantly scaled back their use of other platforms.

“I am shocked by how I have really broken the addictive, gotta click the button and check it,” Taylor said.

Social media became a routine part of their lives after their introduction to Myspace as high school and college students. In time, they joined several platforms. Jace said he’s known for a while that social media had become “a toxic presence in my life.”

“I want to rule social media. I don’t want it to rule me, and I think as soon as it crosses that line, I need to take matters into my own hands,” Jace said.

A book called The Comfort Crisis about inspired him to reconnect with the real world.

Jace and Taylor, avid outdoors explorers, also noticed they felt better after backpacking trips during which they rarely checked their phones.

So the duo made a plan to stay off Instagram for a month. Then they enjoyed leaving so much they extended the break another two weeks.

During that time, the couple crushed books, Jace said. They bought “an old-fashioned alarm clock” and charged their phones in the kitchen instead of their bedroom, avoiding the urge to scroll at night. The Jacksons slept better, they found. By day, Taylor stopped filling every free moment with a screen.

Another habit they broke by detoxing — incessantly taking photos. The couple recently got dressed up and attended a holiday party without taking a single picture, they said. Taylor’s main goal during her detox was to be more present.

She also doesn’t like the comparison game

people can get trapped in on social media, particularly when feeds are often carefully curated highlight reels of someone’s life, she said.

“I think creating your own reel can steal the joy of what you’re trying to capture,” Taylor said. “You’re constantly trying to frame your life in a certain way.”

She’s not alone in that thinking. Comparing her life to virtual realities drove Alex Williams, 23, to leave Instagram as well, although she hopes it’s a permanent move for her.

Williams deleted the app after graduating high school. She went from checking it daily, then weekly, to about once a month before ditching the site altogether. Williams needed to protect her wellbeing, she said.

“The hardest thing for my mental health was all of the diet culture that’s pushed, especially on Instagram,” she said. “It just painted such a fake version of reality that I figured out, first of all, I could never achieve, and second of all, never wanted to.”

After leaving the platform, the negative feelings she experienced when using Instagram completely evaporated, she said.

She checks Reddit every so often and finds dog videos on TikTok amusing. Most of her social media consumption has shifted to YouTube. She listens to podcasts or watches cooking videos.

Williams prefers that content because recipes are something she can recreate in her other free time, and cooking makes her happy.

She considers returning to Instagram every few months. Williams could try setting up healthy boundaries for herself, she said, but she hasn’t caved yet.

“I don’t see myself doing it,” she said.

Jeremy Myles said he too is done with one site forever. Myles set up his Facebook profile in 2009. Ten years later, he was done.

The 37-year-old got rid of Facebook partly out of concerns with data privacy, but also because of “the toxicity” and “how much hate was being spewed online.” Time after time, he said, he SEE BREAK UP, P17

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became frustrated seeing Facebook friends share misinformation, or watching loved ones get into online political squabbles.

If he joined the spats, Myles never felt better.

“Every one of those arguments was with somebody who I loved or respected,” he said. “I didn’t want to contribute to it anymore.”

Myles said he also noticed some of his friends and family, many in the Boomer generation, routinely got sucked into comment sections.

Over time they seemed to grow generally angrier and more frustrated people.

“It’s sad to watch,” he said.

He encourages his parents to avoid the comments, where “people can be so hateful and angry,” he said. If he wants to hold a serious conversation with someone in his life, he tries to do that in-person, rather than from behind a keyboard.

He keeps ups with news on Twitter and is more inclined to engage on that platform but aims to do so sparingly, he said. In the future, Myles might consider using Facebook for business purposes.

“I am absolutely from a personal perspective not going to return to Facebook,” he said.

Expert insight Mental health and media professionals said there is limited research available about psychological benefits of leaving social media.

The study that examined digital detoxes’ effect on wellness said while commentators have advocated for social media breaks, “little work has examined the effectiveness of taking time off of social media.”

The study did not find a measurable positive effect on wellbeing from digital detoxing, it said, but acknowledged limitations around its data.

The experiment comprised three field groups — 248 people in the

U.K., 199 in the U.S. and 203 in the Hong Kong. Some spent one day abstaining from social media while a subgroup participated for two days, comparing a socialmedia free day to a day of normal use.

They then rated their satisfaction with their day, the feeling of social connectedness, and its positive and negative effects on them. People reported feeling less connection or relatedness while staying off social media, the study said, and no difference in their well-being by abstaining from their socials.

The study recruited a smaller number of participants than it wanted and could not say confidently people were truthful about whether they stayed off platforms. About half of people said it was difficult to give up social media for the day. That was in fact one reason for the shortness of the study.

“The time scope of these experiments was necessarily narrow as we were concerned about participant compliance and retention.

The short-term effects observed in our studies might not generalize to longer periods of social media abstinence,” the study states.

Despite the slowdown, social media use did climb some during the pandemic, Lynn Schofield Clark said. Clark chairs the University of Denver’s department of media, film and journalism studies.

That was likely for pragmatic reasons, she said, like workrelated tasks and the need to stay connected.

“I think that the urge to take time away from social media has to be understood in relation to the generalized feeling of exhaustion we all have due to heightened stress,” Clark said.

People use social media to keep up with those who matter to them, “and connection is protective against mental stress and mental illness,” Clark said.

In addition to pointing to the study published in the Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, Clark added that some people are leaving social media — namely

Facebook and Instagram — for reasons other than wellness. That might be their desire for heightened regulations or concerns with privacy violations.

“It’s too early to see whether or not this is a trend that will have an effect on these and other companies, but Jack Dorsey’s departure from Twitter is interesting in this regard,” Clark said.

Thompson, the Centura Health psychiatrist, said social media isn’t all bad if people can master limiting their exposure to toxic content or people and maximize how it makes them feel connected.

“There are times where social media can be a great way to connect,” Thompson said.

She’s still an advocate for breaking away from social media when needed. Thompson has said her clients sometimes come in overwhelmed by comments they receive or see on social media.

Occasionally, she has written a prescription for her client to stay off whatever platform is bothering them. She says it works.

“There is a discernable difference between the last time I saw them and how they were feeling,” she said.

Social media addictions or too much screen time can be taxing on mental health — the content people absorb might be depressing, or spur anxiety and irritability — but it also impacts physical health, Thompson said.

Hours spent on a person’s phone could be spent talking a walk, exercising or being physically active.

She suspects people are turning to social media to destress while weathering the tumultuous climate of 2020 and 2021. She urged people to have compassion for themselves while they cope, but to also take a hard look at whether the content they consume on social media is actually helping them unwind or further fostering anxiety.

Kendra Miguez founded a therapy center for women focused on helping them build self-esteem and improve their mental health.

Their five locations include Denver and Broomfield.

“We deal with issues all the time with social media, and a lot of some of the unhealthier aspects of it and how it affects mental health and self-esteem,” she said. “Particularly with the millennial generation and the generation in the teens coming up.”

The average person spends two hours a day on social media, she said, and that’s not counting other time spent on the internet.

Taking a detox or slowing down social media use makes room for “healthier, more productive activities.”

The platforms can perpetuate unattainable body images or glamorous lifestyles “that can make people feel as if their lives are less worthy.”

“Another con is that it’s very addictive. It definitely can light up the same parts of the brain that get lighted with an addictive substance,” she said. “There’s an intense stimulation for the reward system.”

It doesn’t always matter whether a person’s engagement on social media is positive or negative, she said. Addiction can creep in either way.

“We start to chase the dopamine and you’ll get the dopamine rush when you get a like, and there’s even more when you get a comment,” she said.

Miguez echoed Thompson — social media does have its benefits.

The platforms can be integral to people’s professional lives and help them stay connected with distant friends, like old high school classmates.

Miguez’s advice is to develop self-awareness. She encourages people to be mindful of how social media makes them feel.

That includes taking note of how whether relationships or interactions with people online are genuine or superficial.

“We’re not really getting our needs met, even though it might feel that way. It’s an illusion.

We’re running from our loneliness,” she said.

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A study in the Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science called “Does taking a short break from social media have a positive effect on well-being?” did not find a measurable impact from digital detoxing, it said, but it acknowledged limitations around its data.

The experiment comprised three field groups — 248 people in the U.K., 199 in the U.S. and 203 in Hong Kong. People were asked to spend one day abstaining, comparing a social-media-free day to a day of normal use.

They then rated their satisfaction with their day, the feeling of social connectedness, and its positive and negative effects on

them. People reported feeling less connection or relatedness while staying off social media, the study said, and no difference in their well-being by abstaining from their socials.

The study recruited a smaller number of participants than it wanted and could not say confidently that people were truthful about whether they stayed off platforms. About half of people said it was difficult to give up social media for the day. That was in fact one reason for the shortness of the study.

“The time scope of these experiments was necessarily narrow as we were concerned about participant compliance and retention.

The short-term effects observed in our studies might not general-

ize to longer periods of social media abstinence,” the study states.

A 2015 study in Denmark called “The Facebook Experiment” found evidence that using Facebook affects well-being negatively, after a one-week experiment among more than 1,000 participants. Life satisfaction and positive emotions increased in people who gave the platform up for a week. This was particularly true for heavy Facebook users and people who “tend to envy others on Facebook.”

A 2020 report called “Social Media and Mental Health: Benefits, Risks, and Opportunities for Research and Practice” also available in the Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science delved into research available

to date and nuances of social media’s impact on people with mental illness.

Potential benefits range from facilitating social interactions, providing access to a peer support network and wider access to mental health resources and information. Social media allows people to express themselves but can also increase exposures to harm or issues such as bullying.

Social media can be a means to help people with mental illness find treatment and support.

But digital researchers should work closely with clinicians and people affected by mental illness, the report said, “to ensure that possible benefits of using social media are carefully weighed against anticipated risks.”

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Camp Christmas lights up Lakewood Immersive art experience offers dazzling display

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

From Wadsworth Boulevard, a driver can see a colorful glow from Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park — something wonderful is just a couple blocks away if one turns west on Ohio Avenue to the park at 801 S. Yarrow St. in Lakewood.

Hundreds of park trees are lit in a rainbow of colors — some twinkle and others just shine.

For the past few years, Camp Christmas, a bright, glittery, lightfilled holiday immersive art event, has been staged at several indoor venues — Stanley Marketplace most recently — but moving it outdoors is a wonderful idea and the park’s trees and buildings look like they were always meant to shine!

Parking is free at the site.

Camp Christmas, designed and organized by area artist Lonnie Hanzon, a Lakewood resident, opens at 10 a.m. during the day and remains open until 10 p.m.

Seeing it after dark really adds so much to the magic, and one would hope small people could nap and stay up a little later — it is dark by 5 these days! Hundreds of trees are brightly lit before one even starts on the buildings, and the imaginative Hanzon has worked his magic inside and out across the park. Dazzling!

Buildings involved are from Lakewood’s past and have been moved to the site over a number of years. They are fifties-ish, mostly, not old-old, which is the era chosen for focus in the historical museum as well.

The Beauty Shop, for example, is open to walk through, with its chairs and dryers and wigs and humorous touches. Just makes one smile ... Everywhere one looks, there is something new to see.

Another building features the Pink Room, a confection one walks into, with a life-sized pink horse and so much more highlydetailed decor! And of course, stockings are hung by the chim-

This whimsical sketch by Lakewood artist Lonnie Hanzon depicts Camp Christmas, the art experience designed and organized by COURTESY OF LONNIE HANZON Hanzon.

ney with care in a cozy living room ...

There is an old carousel circling with delighted kids and adults and a total of 15 historic buildings, many of them open and all of

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them decorated in Hanzon’s overthe-top style.

Snack food and beverages are available, but it’s not a spot to score a dinner. However, many nearby establishments are offering special deals if you show your ticket.

When you arrive at the gate, connect with the digital field guide for information as you walk. Most of the walks are paved, although the area around the barn is coarse gravel — a bit tough for wheels.

But in that barn is a huge Christmas tree visitors may want to see.

Total walking distance within Camp Christmas is about a halfmile, the website says, and every inch glows!

Visits to the Historical Museum on the site are free and there will be a food truck there most nights, according to the website.

Appointments will be necessary to visit Santa, with an extra ticket — and at times he will speak Spanish or in American Sign Language. Check the website for information.

Masks are required in all indoor spaces and are encouraged outdoors as well.

See the Camp Christmas website to order tickets, which run from $8 to $25, depending on date and time. If you have problems with printing them, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts Box Office (co-sponsor) will troubleshoot, according to the website: 303-893-4100. At times when tickets remain, they will be sold at the gate, but advance purchase is recommended.

I’m thinking this would be a great plan for a family in the week between Christmas and New Years — perhaps tickets could be a holiday gift even! Open through New Year’s Eve. Last entry is at 9 p.m. Lights out at 10.

Tickets are available at denvercenter.org/tickets-events/campchristmas.

While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, public events frequently are canceled or rescheduled. Check with organizers before you go.

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he Littleton Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Jurgen de Lemos, will celebrate New Year’s Eve with a concert at SONYA’S 6:30 p.m. on Dec. SAMPLER 31 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Ticket sales will be limited, due to COVID precautions. Masks and proof of vaccination are required Sonya Ellingboe for attendance.

Tickets cost $40 and include a dessert reception.

Waltzes, polkas, marches and more

by Schubert, Brahms, Lehar will be featured in de Lemos’ final concert with the orchestra he has led for many years. A brief tribute to de Lemos will follow the concert.

Visit littletonsymphony.org for a link to Eventbrite or call 303-9336824.

Newman Center Presents At the University of Denver’s Newman Center, “The Unauthorized Harry Experience” will run at various times Jan. 4-9; the Kronos Quartet performs Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m.; the Dance Theatre of Harlem will appear Jan. 14-15 at 7:30 p.m; Compagnie Herve Koubi is set for Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. — and that’s just a start in the new year! Masks and proof of vaccination required. newmancenterpresents.com, 303871-7720.

Clyfford Still Museum The Clyfford Still Museum is asking its community to vote on favorites by this Abstract Expressionist painter for a show later in 2022 called “You Select: A CommunityCurated Exhibition,” which will run Aug. 12, 2022 to Feb. 12, 2023. Votes

by Dec. 31. See clyffordstillmuseum. org/youselect.

Arts Guild workshop Heritage Fine Arts Guild will hold a soft pastel workshop, led by Kathy Beekman, on Jan. 22 from 9 a.m. to noon via Zoom. She will include pastel techniques for distant hills, foreground grasses, bushes and more. She is known for her barnscapes and advocates using

Jurgen de Lemos will conduct the Littleton Symphony Orchestra in his final concert with the group on Dec. 31 at Littleton United COURTESY OF LITTLETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Methodist Church.

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Benchmark Theatre “Our American Cousin: America Divided” is a new play developed

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Denver Botanic Garden The York Street location will feature a new exhibit: “CrossPollination: The Moth Migration Project,” Jan. 15 to April 3, 2022 in the Freyer-Newman Center’s Bonfils-Stanton Gallery. The immersive installation will be created

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tion of ideas through global human relationships. Works are created by artists of varying skill levels and sent to Lorenz, who explores the intersection of nature, community building and printmaking. botanicgardens.org.

Cowboy Gathering On Jan. 15 and 16, the annual Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering will be held at the Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St., Golden, featuring Colorado cowboy poets and musicians. The event has run annually for 30-plus years and will have a food truck available. Ticket prices vary for different performances, including a Super Ticket weekend pass for $99! See coloradocowboygathering. com.

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area are down by about half their record peak from last winter. The reason has to do with the difference in how the wastewater and clinical tests are conducted.

“We use wastewater surveillance to supplement our human clinical testing,” said Rachel Jervis, an epidemiologist at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. “It’s really complementary information to give us more data about COVID in a particular community.”

About 50% of people who catch COVID will “shed (the) COVID virus in their stool,” regardless if they have symptoms, according to Jervis, meaning it can be an early indicator for how much the virus is spreading in an area.

But unlike a clinical test such as a nasal swab or saliva sample, wastewater testing can’t show how many people are currently infected.

“We’re really just looking at the volume of the genetic material of COVID,” Jervis said. “We’re not able to link it to an individual person and so we can’t use it to align the case data.”

Some of South Platte’s waste samples find their way to Carol Wilusz, a professor and researcher at Colorado State University, whose lab has been testing wastewater for COVID twice a week since August 2020.

Wilusz and her team begin by filtering the sample in order to isolate the viral material before extracting its RNA data. Then, through an enzymatic process, they are able to turn the RNA into DNA. After this, they test the DNA using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect the virus’s genetic material and how much of it there is. This produces a copy number, similar to a viral load, that can be used to gauge how present COVID is in the wastewater.

The data is then sent to CDPHE and, along with data from other labs and testing facilities, is published on their dashboard.

An advantage of wastewater testing, Wilusz said, is that it is involuntary as opposed to clinical testing, which may show a skewed picture based on who is choosing, and not choosing, to get tested.

“Testing of wastewater is completely unbiased, it doesn’t matter if

Blair Corning, deputy director of environmental programs at South Platte Renew, stands on one of the plant’s clarifiers. Since the PHOTOS BY ROBERT TANN onset of COVID, the facility has been sampling wastewater and sending it off for testing.

you’re a Democrat or a Republican or rich or poor,” she said. “Regardless of who or where you are, you’re getting tested in an unbiased fashion.”

Since the end of October, viral copies in wastewater collected by South Platte have hovered at around 300,000 per liter, shooting past last winter’s COVID peak, when copies per liter were 263,000.

This comes as clinical cases from tests in the area have sharply decreased to well under 100,000 per day, a case count comparable to summer 2020.

Wilusz said it appears that COVID is more prevalent in the area than it was last year but thanks to climbing vaccination rates and the return of masking policies, fewer people may be getting sick and feeling the need to test.

Still, Jervis, the epidemiologist at CDPHE, urged more people to get tested routinely and said clinical testing remains a crucial tool in the fight against COVID. “While we use wastewater data to understand trends, wastewater data can’t be used for any individual to make behavioral choices,” she said. “And so the only way to know whether you could have COVID and could be exposing your family and friends is if you get tested.”

Stacey Walker, a laboratory services manager at South Platte Renew, bottles a sample of wastewater.

Wastewater from South Platte Renew is sent to various labs, including one at Colorado State University.

Go to tinyurl.com/cdphedata and scroll down to select “South Platte” to view data on wastewater and clinical tests on CDPHE’s dashboard.

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ThunderRidge shows why it’s top-ranked Hoops team wins 78-62 over Eaglecrest with balanced scoring

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Defending state Class 5A state basketball champions and topranked ThunderRidge knocked off another high-profile opponent on Dec. 14 in the Grizzlies gym.

Coach Joe Ortiz’s Highlands Ranch team got balanced scoring and downed eighth-ranked Centennial-area Eaglecrest, 78-62.

ThunderRidge, atop the Dec. 13 CHSAANow 5A state rankings. is now 4-0 this season which includes wins over No. 3 Fossil Ridge and No. 6 Smoky Hill.

ThunderRidge still has nonleague games remaining against George Washington, Valor Christian, No.7 Cherry Creek, Fairview, Broomfield and Ralston Valley before heading into the Continental League which has No. 2 Rock Canyon, No. 4 Chaparral, No. 10 Douglas County and rival Mountain Vista, all Douglas County schools.

“We’ve always had that kind of schedule,” said Ortiz, whose teams have gone 145-32 over the past seven seasons. “Then RPI came out and you wanted that kind of schedule. From year to year teams go up and down but we’ve always tried to keep that kind of schedule, play teams in the Centennial League.

We want to play athletic teams because that’s going to prepare you but we’re just happy to be playing this year.

“It’s been a tough schedule but it’s not going to get easier in the league. Teams will be ready to play us. You have to guard against letdowns. That’s a position you want to be, you want to have a target on your back. But it sucks too.”

Eaglecrest made 13 3-point baskets in the game to keep the score close for three quarters, but the Raptors had no answer for ThunderRidge’s balanced scoring. The Grizzlies went on a 17-3 run early in the fourth quarter to pull away.

Andrew Crawford, a 6-foot-5 forward, scored 19 points including eight of the Grizzlies’ first 10 points.

“I thought Crawford had a breakout game,” said Ortiz. “He’s a sophomore, he’s showed promise and done good things but in a bigger environment he had some really big takes against big-time players. I thought that was his blowout game.”

Jackson Brennan, a 6-3 senior, had 16 points, senior Thomas Walkowisk added 14 points, 6-9 senior Zach Keller had 13 points and 6-8 Joey Bilello finished with 10 points.

“Jackson has been so steady,” added Ortiz. “Zach is obviously the guy and Joey’s been right there with him. We have a pretty good

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Thomas Walkowiak (12) of ThunderRidge drives down the lane in the Dec. 14 game against Eaglecrest. Walkowiak had 14 points PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON and top-ranked ThunderRidge rolled to a 78-62 victory.

core.”

The balanced scoring is nothing new.

“That’s been the case with our better teams.” Ortiz continued.

“We’ll have balanced scoring at the end of the season, I would think.

Different guys might have big games.

“Eaglecrest shot the ball well.

You have to give them credit how they shot on the road. They are dangerous.”

Senior Mostapha El Moutaouakkil had a game-high 24 points for Eaglecrest.

The Grizzlies entertained George Washington (3-2) on Dec. 21 and Ortiz will borrow words from Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and former Army, Indiana and Texas Tech coach Bobby Knight to avoid a letdown.

“I heard Coach K and he felt that there’s no question how hard the games are that you are suppose to win,” said Ortiz. “I totally feel that.

Then it goes to Bobby Knight ... big game and next game is a letdown.

“The kids will get up for the big games. Some of my more colorful, intense halftime speeches have been against lesser teams because I fear for a letdown. Out kids are resilient and they are pretty good.”

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Bill Gavin, of Highlands Ranch, and others create ceramic Christmas trees.

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people were telling him he should do something with the pieces. Rather than sell them, Givan said he wanted to make someone feel happy, which led to him donating them to Children’s Hospital Colorado.

In 2020, Givan said, the country was going through tough times with the COVID-19 pandemic, leading him to donate the trees to emergency responders and healthcare workers.

“I really just want to bring a smile to someone’s face,” Givan said. “It’s been a rough few years. Showing a little appreciation and making some feel important is really all I’m attempting to do here.”

This year was no different. Givan worked with members of his pottery class throughout the year to make dozens of small ceramic trees that are equipped with blinking and color-changing lights. Each tree is then packaged with a “nice” mes-

sage, he said.

Making the rounds, Givan has donated the trees to local stations in the South Metro Fire District in Highlands Ranch and Centennial and at UCHealth Hospitals and on Dec. 15, he gave the trees to healthcare workers at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree.

The trees are distributed differently by each organization. Givan said last year UCHealth used them to decorate nurses’ stations throughout the hospitals. At the end of the season, the trees were raffled off.

“I wanted to continue giving the trees to healthcare workers this year because they are truly stressed out dealing with COVID,” Givan said. “A lot of them are telling me it is even more stressful this year than last year. I hope this small gesture does something nice.”

Givan said it is important to note that he has not done this himself.

Members of the pottery class at the Highlands Ranch Southridge Recreation Center have pitched in to make the trees.

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Local student rebuilds community garden 12-year-old’s Eagle Scout project receives help from businesses STAFF REPORT

Over Thanksgiving break, 12-year-old Preston Canter pulled a team together to clean up and remodel the garden at Redstone Elementary School.

The work of charity was part of Canter’s Eagle Scout project.

According to information provided by Canter’s mom, Chris Canter, over the last 10 years, the school’s garden had been neglected and fallen into disrepair.

Canter, along with a team, worked to completely renovate the garden, which included removing broken items, trimming bushes and trees, repairing and repainting the

fence, repairing and repainting broken benches, replacing garden signs, fixing broken chicken wire, capping and adding soil to garden beds, and adding a new layer of mulch.

Canter also took unused cinder blocks and repurposed them, building a pumpkin patch that will be used to welcome incoming kindergartners, and reorganized the space so that teachers can use it for an outdoor learning area.

To make the project possible, Canter teamed up with several local companies, including Waste Connections, Home Depot, Benjamin Moore, Pioneer Landscaping and Community Painting Specialists.

In total, Canter raised $2,800 in donated goods and services, and another $1,800 from family, friends and neighbors.

A total of 43 volunteers donated 254 hours of time to the project.

Through fundraising and coordination, Preston Canter had more than 43 people chip in to improve a local COURTESY PHOTO garden.

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120.00 1,045.80 33,250.35 104,683.37 26,296.29 7,972.66 4,372.87

CITY OF LONE TREE 188,722.33 CL CLARKE INC 26,625.50 CL CLARKE INC 687.46 CLARK, KENNETH M & LORRAINE J 65.92 CML SECURITY LLC 12,900.00 COLLINS ENGINEERS INC 14,160.00 COLORADO ASPHALT PAVEMENT 750.00 COLORADO ASSESSORS ASSOCIATION 2,360.00 COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE 1,267.67 COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & SHOWS 570.00 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA 9,945.98 COLORADO COUNTY ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION 450.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 288.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT 543.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 4,742.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 3,620.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 555.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 4,504,478.82 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF STATE 21,506.00 COLORADO DOORWAYS INC 6,424.76 COLORADO ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH 1,468.75 COLORADO HEALTH INSTITUTE 18,150.00 COLORADO JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 347.00 COLORADO PAINT COMPANY 54,132.50 COLORADO PROFESSIONS ON-SITE WASTEWATER 200.00 COLORADO SEAMLESS SYSTEMS INC 3,686.00 COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE 2.50 COLORADO STATE BEEKEEPER 200.00 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION 112,520.81 COLUMBINE PAPER & MAINTENANCE 850.63 COMMERCIAL FENCE & IRON WORKS 1,100.00 COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INC 8,735.00 COMPASSCOM SOFTWARE CORPORATION 1,898.65 COMPLIANCE INNOVATIONS INC 3,000.00 COMPUTRONIX INC 157,809.00 CONTINUUM OF COLORADO CONTINUUM OF COLORADO CONVERGEONE INC COOPER, MAGGIE CORDANT HEALTH SOLUTIONS CORE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE COVERT TRACK GROUP INC CREEKSIDE BIBLE CHURCH CRISIS CENTER

49,613.00 4,450.00 1,324.04 550.16 64.80 110.00 142,294.03 4,800.00 200.00 20,790.68

CRISTANDO HOUSE INC 300.00 CUB SCOUT PACK # 856 75.00 CUMMINGS, ADAM 275.20 CUMMINS SALES AND SERVICE 565.50 CURRY, ALEX 45.00 CUSHING, AMANDA 121.62 D L ADAMS ASSOCIATES 540.00 DANA, MARTY 20.05 DAWN B HOLMES INC 22,515.00 DC GROUP INC 1,933.54 DELVE, DEREK S 138.00 DENOVO VENTURES LLC 7,500.00 DESIGN CONCEPTS COMMUNITY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS INC 3,170.15 DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS INC 9,331.07 DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 18TH DISTRICT 1,433,552.16 DOBBS, DUSTIN B 198.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION 6,633.75 DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 544.50 DOUGLAS COUNTY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP 274,906.48 DOUGLAS COUNTY INMATE WELFARE ACCOUNT 2,140.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY SEARCH & RESCUE 13,359.16 DUDE SOLUTIONS INC 6,174.00 DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE DUNNAWAY, KELLY DYCK, DAINNA J DYER-JONES, LARA EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF ELITE INDUSTRIES INC EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES INC EMPLOYMENT MATTERS LLC EMR ENTERPRISES LLC ENVISION IT PARTNERS EPC USA INC ERN, AMANDA ERO RESOURCES CORPORATION ESKER SOFTWARE INC ESRI INC EYBS, DANIEL FARIS MACHINERY COMPANY FEDEX FEDEX OFFICE FELSBURG, HOLT AND ULLEVIG FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE CO FILEVINE INC FIRE ALARM SERVICES INC FIRESIDE MASONRY & CONSTRUCTION

8,433.00 47.72 51.30 317.25 40.45 73,350.28 14,285.00 100.00 1,850.00 16,062.70 2,488.00 42,750.00 349.64 4,929.12 846.44 86,600.00 309.50 10,811.70 177.84 50.00 45,253.89 84,273.00 4,113.65 12,090.00 6,642.00

FLOOD, MICHAEL FLYING HORSE RANCH FRANKTOWN ANIMAL CLINIC FREDERICKS, FRANK

185.00 24,856.00 429.57 1,228.36

FRENCH, JA’DAE FRONTIER FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL COMPANY GADZIALA, CAMILLE GALLS LLC GAUGHAN, JENNIFER GENERAL AIR SERVICE & SUPPLY GILL, DAVID M GIS PEACE LLC GLOCK PROFESSIONALS INC GMC CONSTRUCTION GMCO CORPORATION GOODBEE & ASSOCIATES GOUDY, MALISA GOVCONNECTION INC GRAINGER GRIFFITH, JOHN GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC HAMILTON, JEFFREY A

348.10 10,911.26 221.76 66,355.05 175.84 1,059.72 129.13 8,400.00 250.00 2,500.00 110,065.00 14,733.84 70.61 2,905.00 541.15 111.30 53,698.75 6,768.75

Intergovernmental-Lone Tree Professional Services Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Security Mesh Upgrades General Engineering Services Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Recruitment Costs Royalty Convention Registration Newspaper Notices/Advertising Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Laser Certifications Due to State-Marriage License Due to State-Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Due to State-Marriage License Professional Service Fees Due to State - MV Due to State - eRecording Repair & Maintenance Supplies Professional Services Medical, Dental & Vet Services Due to State-Family Friendly Court Paint & Road Striping Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Repairs & Maintenance Elections Due to State-Voter Confidentiality Security Deposit Refund-Fairground 3rd Quarter 2021 Salaries Janitorial Supplies Fencing at Operations Annual Continuation Fee Telephone/Communications Professional Services POSSE Annual Support/ Maintenance Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Grant Transportation Services Grant Software/Hardware Support Other Professional Services Medical, Dental & Vet Services Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Utilities/Electric Covert Track Mapping Subscription Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Reimbursement for Community Services Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Travel Expense Service Contracts Travel Expense Travel Expense Other Professional Services Travel Expense Medical, Dental & Vet Services Battery Replacement Instructor Travel Software/Hardware Support Building Landscape Design Mill Levy Distribution Legal Services Travel Expense Security Services Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Emergency Rent Assistance Funding Professional Services/Booking Fees SAR Grant Energy Manager Pro Annual Renewal Purchased Services Travel Expense Travel Expense Travel Expense Other Purchased Services Entertainment District Trail Instructor & Student Travel Recruitment Costs Other Training Services Professional Services Software/Hardware Support Software Renewal Travel Expense Professional Services Software/Hardware Support Software/Hardware Support Professional Membership & Licenses Repairs Motor Vehicle Postage & Delivery Service Printing/Copying/Reports Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Escrow Payable Computer Software/License Repair & Maintenance Service Prairie Canyon Repair & Maintenance Service Travel Expense Escrow Payable Medical, Dental & Vet Services Conference, Seminar, Training Fees, Travel Expense Travel Expense Grounds Keeping Supplies Travel Expense Clothing & Uniforms Travel Expense Operating Supplies Travel Expense Software/Hardware Support Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Escrow Payable Dust Suppressant Professional Services Travel Expense Computer Supplies Operating Supplies Travel Expense Construction Inspection Services Purchased Services

HAMILTON, SAGE HAMMERS CONSTRUCTION HANDCRAFTED CONSTRUCTION INC HARPER, TRACY J HARTLEY, JOSEPH HAY CO LLC HBS HDR ENGINEERING INC

523.77 2,884.00 2,500.00 1,916.75 1,962.25 4,137.00 350.00 179,710.12

HDR ENGINEERING INC HEALTH ADVOCATE SOLUTIONS INC HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES HEALTHCARE MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES LLC HEATH, RON HELENA AGRI-ENTERPRISES, LLC HELP & HOPE CENTER

11,224.35 1,299.00 56,230.00 147.00 20.00 17,790.72 2,015.89

HIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY

36,000.00

HIGHLANDS RANCH AQUATICS INC HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION HIGHLANDS RANCH MANSION HIGHLANDS RANCH METRO DISTRICTS HIGHLANDS RANCH METRO DISTRICTS HINES, SHARON (PETTY CASH) HIRERIGHT LLC HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS

225.50 1,493.50 2,500.00 600.00 9,981.20 190.34 1,236.67 24,640.11

HODITS, SARAH 316.86 HOFFMAN, DARCY 650.00 HOKE, SARAH E 169.90 HOME CARE ASSISTANCE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY 4,107.50 HONNEN EQUIPMENT COMPANY 49,514.00 HOPSKIPDRIVE INC 3,383.26 HUDICK EXCAVATING INC 218,714.42 HUDICK EXCAVATING INC 1,194,739.32 HUERTA, JENNIFER M 307.10 HUGHES & STUART MARKETING 750.00 HUGHES, CLARENCE 32.90 HUMANE SOCIETY OF PIKES PEAK 35,725.00 HW HOUSTON CONSTRUCTION LLC 53,580.00 IBM CORPORATION 11,781.00 ICS JAIL SUPPLIES INC 1,627.57 ID EDGE INC 457.90 IMS PRINTING & SIGNS 325.10 INDIGOLD CONSULTING LLC 2,250.00 INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INC 22,322.38 INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS INTOXIMETERS INWARD BOUND LLC ITERIS INC J & A TRAFFIC PRODUCTS J P MORGAN CHASE BANK JBS PIPELINE CONTRACTORS JBS PIPELINE CONTRACTORS JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES JOB STORE INC, THE JOHN ELWAY CHEVROLET

325.00 280.00 210.00 12,500.00 5,697.00 957,924.25 62,163.05 35,429.85

Travel Expense Escrow Payable Escrow Payable Professional Services Professional Services Repair & Maintenance Supplies Waste Disposal Services Hilltop Road and Havana/Meridian Design US 85 Design Advocacy Fees Mental Health Services Biohazard Waste Removal Human Services Refunds Operating Supplies Reimbursement for Community Services High Line Canal Trailhead Improvement Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Other Professional Services Facility Rental Metro Area Meeting Expense Water & Sewer Fair Marketing and Sponsorship Recruitment Costs Business Personal Property Tax Rebate Travel Expense Veteran Affairs Stipend Travel Expense Senior Services Grant Snow Wing Equipment Student Transportation Happy Canyon Project Waterton Road Phase 2 Project Travel Expense Website Updates and Maintenance Travel Expense Animal Control Services Greenland Post Office Stabilization Software/Hardware Subscription Prisoner Maintenance Supplies Building Security Supplies Operating Supplies Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Software/Hardware Subscription/ Supplies Professional Membership & Licenses Operating Supplies Professional Services Software/Hardware License Sign Parts & Supplies PCard Purchases 10/05/21-11/04/21 Shadow Mountain Drive Emergency Repair Solar Drive Storm Sewer Repair

69.83 Foster Care Collaborative

39.98 Travel Expense 6,425.32 Contract Work 78,150.00 Purchase of 2 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe’s JON P DICKEY LLC 49,370.00 Roofing Inspections K & C GROUP LLC 5,800.00 Professional Services KAHAN, LIONEL 53.96 Travel Expense KALIHER, MEGHAN 312.31 Travel Expense KANE, MICHELLE 472.70 Travel Expense KEITH, JIM 1,911.68 Other Professional Services KEN CARYL GLASS INC 17,080.00 Repairs and Maintenance Elections KENNEDY - COLORADO LLC 28,369.03 Building/Land Lease/Rent KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY 6,843.84 Asphalt & Asphalt Filler KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY 473,738.92 Palmer Divide Avenue Project KLEEN TECH SERVICES LLC 68,218.00 County Wide Janitorial Services KNOTH III, JOHN F 214.67 Travel Expense KOIS BROTHERS EQUIPMENT COMPANY 15,025.24 Motor Vehicle Parts KORF CONTINENTAL 42,843.00 2022 Ford F-350 KUBICZ, ELZBIETA J 4,549.29 Other Professional Services KUTAK ROCK LLP 5,690.60 Legal Services LAMB-STAR ENGINEERING LLC 15,028.40 Utility Engineering Broadway LANDRUM REAS INC 3,000.00 Election Judges/Referee Fees LANGUAGE TESTING INTERNATIONAL 63.00 Recruitment Costs LEE, LUANNE 274.50 Travel Expense LEE, MICHAEL 312.47 Travel Expense LEMERE, SARA 30.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS 5,679.93 Telephone/Communications LIFEHEALTH 1,166.00 Wellness Program LINKEDIN CORPORATION 4,875.00 Recruitment Costs LIVING CENTER LLC 300.00 Medical, Dental & Vet Services LOCLYZ MEDIA SERVICES 37,306.25 Digital Media Services LONDON BRIDGE TRADING COMPANY LTD 6,460.00 Clothing & Uniforms LONG, PAT 445.02 Travel Expense LOOK DDS, KIM M 300.00 Medical, Dental & Vet Services LOVEGROVE, JESSE 26.66 Travel Expense LUMIN8 TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC 1,188.00 Traffic Signal Maintenance LYFT INC 505.44 Travel Expense LYTLE WATER SOLUTIONS LLC 3,476.64 Other Professional Services MADISON INDUSTRIES INC OF GEORGIA 2,755.50 Insurance Claims MAES, CHRIS D 650.00 Veteran Affairs Stipend MALMSTEIN, STEFANIE 2,050.00 Contract Work/Temporary Agency MANNA RESOURCE CENTER 280,652.91 Emergency Rent Assistance Funding MAPLE STAR COLORADO INC 6,793.00 Other Professional Services MARQUEZ, RYAN J 166.43 Travel Expense MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC 1,685,877.83 Asphalt Overlay MARTINEZ, MARIA 100.00 Facilities Use Fees MARTINSON, LYNN 29.01 Travel Expense MASOOD, AAMER 2,500.00 Escrow Payable MATRIX DESIGN GROUP INC 37,427.50 Crowfoot Valley Project MCKESSON, MIKE 126.36 Travel Expense MCKINZIE, CHRISTY 30.18 Travel Expense MCMORRIS, KIRA 333.09 Travel Expense MDSOLUTIONS INC 1,650.00 Traffic Signal Parts MEREDITH, RODNEY L 294.07 Travel Expense MICHELL, WILLIAM 86.04 Travel Expense MILE HI GOLDEN RETRIEVER CLUB 214.00 Facilities Use Fees MILLER WENHOLD CAPITOL 9,166.66 Lobbying Services MILLER, BARRETT 40.32 Travel Expense MILLS, RANDY 57.12 Travel Expense MOBILE RECORD SHREDDERS 2,480.00 Waste Disposal Services MOE III, MARTIN G 169.36 Travel Expense MONARCH HOMES INC 2,500.00 Escrow Payable MOON, JASON 4,362.25 Other Professional Services Continued to Next Page 941175

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December 23, 2021

CHSAA announces hall of fame class Inductees include longtime local volleyball coach STAFF REPORT

The Colorado High School Activities Association announced its hall of fame class Dec. 15. One of the new members has ties to Douglas County and Chaparral high

schools.

T.R. Ellis was a volleyball coach for those two programs, plus one at Olathe High School.

During that time, Ellis posted a 467-288 record and won state championships in 2010 and 2011, with the 2011 team going undefeated.

Ellis was named a league Coach of the Year seven times, the 5A Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2011, and the Colorado Coaches of

Girls Sports all-state coach in 1990, 1995 and 2006.

“While Ellis has a stellar coaching record, she will always be remembered for how she treated her players,” said a statement from CHSAA. “The qualities now promoted nationally by the InsideOut initiative came naturally to Ellis, making her a favorite among game workers, players, and many others.”

Other inductees include

one athletic administrator, Paul Cain (Grand Junction Central and Basalt), Gary Glover (former Loveland coach), activity coach Marti Benham (Cherry Creek) and former Cherry Creek multisport athlete Darnell McDonald “I am really excited about the CHSAA Hall of Fame class of 2021. It encompasses the diversity and inclusivity that mirrors and shapes the priorities of high-school

activities and athletics as an association,” CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda BlanfordGreen said in a statement.

“The selection committee continues to embrace the unique experiences and impact of not just our inductees, but of all who are nominated for this honor.”

The induction ceremony is set for April 20 at the Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center, 13200 E. 14th Place, Aurora.

Public Notices until Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.

This project consists of the removal and replacement of approximately 77,564 linear feet of curb, gutter, and sidewalk, and approximately 13,130 square yards of concrete pavement and curb ramps, at various locations throughout Douglas County. Bid items include hot mix asphalt for patching, unclassified excavation, and aggregate base course.

Legals Bids and Settlements Public Notice Separate sealed bids for 2022 SIDEWALK REPAIR AND CURB RAMP RETROFIT PROJECT CI 2022-001 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104,

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 27, 2021, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address.

Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any

Continued From Last Page 941175: Page 2 of 2 MORRISSEY, KATE M MORTENSEN MOUNTAIN LLC MOTOPORT USA MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC INC MOYERS, ANN MTM RECOGNITION MULLER ENGINEERING COMPANY INC MW GOLDEN CONSTRUCTORS NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INC NEBEKER, KAYLEE NEEF, PAT NET TRANSCRIPTS NICOLETTI-FLATER ASSOCIATES NILEX CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP NMS LABS NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY CHAMBER & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

847.00 1,200.00 7,567.00 5,597.94 648.30 236.88 3,720.82 14,502.00 29,865.00 498.00 200.00 127.88 13.93 605.00 1,849.00 4,924.00

other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Daniel R. Roberts, P.E., Project Engineer by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • 77,564 linear feet of curb, gutter, and sidewalk • 13,130 square yards of concrete pavement and curb ramps Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

150,000.00 Strategic Partner Annual Membership Dues O’BRIEN, LINDA G 50.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CENTERS OF THE SOUTHWEST 3,375.00 Recruitment Costs OLS RESTORATION INC 22,535.00 Traffic Signal Pole Painting OMAHONY, PATRICK 202.39 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder ORACLE AMERICA INC 31,654.78 Software/Hardware Support ORMSBEE, SONIA 366.00 Travel Expense PACA BUDDIES 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground PACIFIC OFFICE AUTOMATION INC 195.27 Copier Charges PALLAS, TONNA 450.00 Workers Compensation Claims PALMER, NICOLE E 153.90 Travel Expense PANAGOS, EVAN 60.51 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder PANORAMA WELLNESS AND SPORTS INSTITUTE 10,000.00 Training Services PARKER WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT 2,571.36 Water & Sewer PARRISH JR, ANTHONY 396.53 Travel Expense PAWNEE BUTTES SEED INC 5,909.00 Operating Supplies PAWS 4 PRODUCTIVITY LLC 450.00 Human Services Puppy Visit PD’ PROGRAMMING INC 6,827.00 Software/Hardware Supplies/ Maintenance PEAK OFFICE FURNITURE INC 50,347.50 Furniture/Office Systems PELLE, JEFFREY S 99.00 Travel Expense PERFORMANCE CONSTRUCTION 9,100.00 Concrete Work Quebec Street PERRY PARK WATER & SANITATION 9,046.84 Bulk Water PHOENIX SUPPLY LLC 3,168.55 Prisoner Maintenance Supplies PHYSICIANS MEDICAL IMAGING 215.19 Operating Supplies PINERY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC 1,727.82 Security Services PINERY WATER DISTRICT 4,447.89 Water & Sewer PLACE I GO LLC, THE 108.00 Other Purchased Services PLUM CREEK KENNEL CLUB 160.00 Facilities Use Fees PMAM CORPORATION 1,862.00 Alarm Administration Expenses POLYONE CORP 37,546.87 Business Personal Property Tax Rebate POO CREW LLC, THE 1,900.00 Pet Waste Removal POTTER, SHAWNA 39.82 Travel Expense PRO COM - PRO COMPLIANCE 2,495.00 Medical, Dental & Vet Services PRO FORCE LAW ENFORCEMENT 30,510.36 Firearms/Tasers & Accessories PROVIDENT CONSTRUCTION INC 2,500.00 Escrow Payable PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS 9,550.00 Recruitment Costs PUBLIC TRUST ADVISORS LLC 5,833.33 Accounting & Financial Services PULSE LINE COLLABORATIVE TRAINING 1,500.00 Training Services PULVER, LAUREN 233.84 Travel Expense PURELY MAKEUP LLC 300.00 Other Professional Services PVP COMMUNICATIONS 2,256.61 Communication Equipment QUANTIX CONSULTING INC 21,840.00 Contract Work R ADAMS & ASSOCIATES LLC 1,000.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees RADEMACHER, BRIAN 76.00 Emergency Response Services RADICAL ARTISTS AGENCY INC 2,055.00 Other Professional Services RAHN, PRISCILLA 113.68 Travel Expense RALPH, TIM 172.80 Travel Expense RATCLIFF, SARA J 693.36 Travel Expense REDDING, TAYLOR 445.02 Travel Expense RESPEC CONSULTING & SERVICES 3,025.00 Professional Services RG LANDSCAPING SERVICES LLC 36,305.00 Road Repair, Maintenance & Overlay RHODES, EDWARD 35.61 Travel Expense RHOMAR INDUSTRIES INC 857.24 Paint & Road Striping RICE, YVETTE M 177.00 Instructor Travel RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES 15,000.00 Escrow Payable RK WATER LLC 2,490.00 Service Contracts RME LTD LLC ELITE SURFACE INFRASTRUCTURE 59,311.78 Drainage Repair Project RMS RECOVERY MONITORING SOLUTIONS 2,079.00 UA Testing

ROADSAFE TRAFFIC SYSTEMS 3,542.46 ROBERT J STAMP & ASSOCIATES INC 8,100.00 ROBERT MCGUIRE LAW FIRM 16,845.40 ROBERTS, DANIEL 144.75 ROCK PARTS COMPANY, THE 6,755.03 ROCKSOL CONSULTING GROUP INC 27,276.14 ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIR SOLUTIONS 39.20 ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS 125.00 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF HUTCHINSON BELL 200.00 ROCKY MOUNTAIN KIO CLUB 125.00 ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAIL SERVICES 721.11 ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAVEMENT 295.00 ROGGEN FARMERS ELEVATOR 1,441.35 ROMO’S STREET TACOS 3,000.00 ROXBOROUGH WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT 168.50 ROYAL ARMS INTERNATIONAL INC 4,750.00 RUNBECK ELECTION SERVICES INC 28,686.46 RUNBECK ELECTION SERVICES INC 137,847.42 RUSSELL, KARISSA 115.50 RUTKOWITZ, CHRISTA 394.30 SAFETY AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY 45.00 SAFETY KLEEN CORPORATION 37,796.00 SAFEWARE INC 300.00 SALT LAKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY 63,479.20 SAMS, WENDY SANDOVAL ELEVATOR COMPANY LLC SATHER, ELIZABETH L PSY D SAVIO HOUSE SCHMIDT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SCHREINER, CHERYL SCHWAB, GREG S-COMM FIBER INC SEDALIA LANDFILL SEDAM, PENNY SEGURA, MARIA O SELECTRON TECHNOLOGIES INC

255.00 2,490.00 2,000.00 1,819.00 595.24 200.00 730.00 7,416.00 7,711.08 23,618.00 200.00 48,614.00

SHADY TREE SERVICE LLC 27,500.00 SHEA PROPERTIES LLC 147,212.00 SHEA PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT COMPANY INC 17,159.83 SHILOH HOUSE 55,821.34 SIERRA, CYNTHIA GARLAND 223.90 SINGLETRACK TRAILS 13,073.50 SIRIUS COMPUTER SOLUTIONS INC 36,543.08 SKY CLIFF CENTER 1,125.00 SLATE COMMUNICATIONS 431.00 SMH WEST LLC 138,086.10 SOLARWINDS INC 10,584.00 SOMERS, GERALD L & MARY 68.67 SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS 1,279.82 SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE AUTHORITY 601.52 SPATIALEST INC 49,800.00 SPOK INC 1,800.00 SPRADLIN PRINTING INC 292.00 SPURLOCK, ANTHONY G. 172.80 SSU PROCESS SERVING INVESTIGATIONS 155.00 STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE 7,050.38 STATE OF COLORADO 19,604.04 STATEWIDE INTERNET PORTAL AUTHORITY 11,430.00 STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD STONE SECURITY STONEGATE VILLAGE METRO STREIB, JOSHUA PETER SUMMIT PATHOLOGY SUNSTATE EQUIPMENT COMPANY LLC SWARTZ, RICHARD S T D MERTLICH INC TACTICAL & SURVIVAL SPECIALTIES INC TAYLOR MORRISON OF COLORADO TEAL, GEORGE TECHNO RESCUE LLC TELLIGEN TERRACARE ASSOCIATES LLC THIN LINE THREADS LLC THOMAS, LORA L THOMAS, SHANE A

Plan holder information, can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website.

Legal Notice No. 941172 First Publication: December 23, 2021 Second Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734

Any questions on the bidding process shall be

Douglas County Warrants

Operating Supplies Waste Disposal Services Clothing & Uniforms Communication Equipment Utilities/Electric Travel Expense Recognition Programs Road Repair & Maintenance Open Space Project Electrical Installation/Repairs Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Travel Expense Other Professional Services Other Training Services Construction/Maintenance Materials Forensic Testing

directed to Daniel R. Roberts, P.E., Project Engineer at 303.660.7490.

Paint & Road Striping Election Judges/Referee Fees Legal Services Travel Expense Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Happy Canyon Project Operating Supplies Fair Membership Dues Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Postage & Delivery Service Asphalt Patching Propane Bulk Delivery Fair Royalty & Hospitality Lunch Water & Sewer Firearm Supplies Printing/Tabor Notices Printing/Setup of November Ballots Travel Expense Travel Expense Clothing & Uniforms Hazardous Waste Disposal Service Contracts Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Service Contracts Other Training Services Other Professional Services Aggregate Products Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Other Repair & Maintenance Service Computer Supplies Waste Disposal Services Professional Services Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Relay Permits and Outbound Renewal Landscaping Service Landscape Surety Return Escrow Payable Child Welfare Services Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Trail Maintenance Software/Hardware Supplies/ Maintenance Developmental Disabilities Grant Public Affairs Baldwin Dam Project Software/Hardware Renewal Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Office Supplies Building/Land Lease/Rent Annual Software Renewal Paging Software Printing/Copying/Reports Travel Expense Process Service Fees Insurance Claims-Liability Postage & Delivery Service Software/Hardware Supplies/ Maintenance

965,131.38 Escrow Payable 62,136.50 Milestone Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance 4,159.23 Water & Sewer 79.46 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder 438.00 Forensic Testing 250.80 Construction/Maintenance Materials 125.00 Mounted Patrol Reimbursement 965.05 Travel Expense 8,893.99 Communication Equipment 12,500.00 Escrow Payable 851.81 Travel Expense 19,755.63 Waste Disposal Services 8,702.07 Wellness Program 144.00 Repair & Maintenance Supplies 418.00 Clothing & Uniforms 498.70 Travel Expense 165.67 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder

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52,278.26

VISITING ANGELS OF DENVER WAGNER, JEREMY WALZ, ELIZABETH WARNE CHEMICAL & EQUIPMENT COMPANY WARNER, CAITLIN WASTE CONNECTIONS OF COLORADO INC WATER & EARTH TECHNOLOGIES INC WATERWAY CARWASH WAVESPARK TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC WEBB, LINDA WEBOLUTIONS INC WEIS, KEITH WEIS, KEITH WELLS FARGO BANK WENING, ANDREW WES TEST

5,149.82 85.68 701.12 28.32 48.72 1,322.93 14,129.33 454.50 1,500.00 60.00 36,453.50 31,631.04 1,828.21 1,516.93 200.00 36,474.40

WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC WESTSIDE TOWING INC WILDFIRE PROTECTION PROFESSIONALS LLC WILSON & COMPANY INC WINSTON MICHAEL CONTRACTING LLC WITTNER, MATTHEW E WIZ-QUIZ DRUG SCREENING SERVICE WOODS, KIMBERLY XCEL ENERGY YEH AND ASSOCIATES YOGASHIELD YOGA FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ZAPFE, MIKE ZAPFE, TINY

2,244.28 12,526.25 16,500.00 42,983.44 48,301.00 362.25 565.00 288.96 46,737.24 1,230.75 187.50 20.83 945.00

TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2021

Other Purchased Services Veteran Affairs Stipend Software/Hardware Subscription Inmate Meals Transportation Services Grant Software/Hardware Support Due to Castle Rock-MV License Intergovernmental-Castle Rock Due to Larkspur-MV License Intergovernmental-Larkspur Due to Parker - MV License Intergovernmental-Parker Helicopter Services Nurse Support Program Travel Expense Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Escrow Payable Traffic Signal Parts Training Services Operating Supplies Banking Service Fees Utility Locating Services US 85 Corridor Improvements Operating Supplies Waste Disposal Services Postage & Delivery Service Willow Creek Project Professional Services Operating Supplies Professional Membership & Licenses Travel Expense Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Computer Supplies Business Personal Property Tax Rebate Business Personal Property Tax Rebate Senior Services Grant Travel Expense Travel Expense Motor Vehicle Parts Travel Expense Waste Disposal Services Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Fleet Outside Repairs Purchased Services Professional Membership & Licenses Website Projects Professional Services Travel Expense Banking Service Fees Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Materials Testing Construction Inspection Janitorial Supplies Vehicle Tow Services Dawson Butte Maintenance Roads, Street, Drainage Engineering Waterton Yard Steel Cover Instructor Travel UA Testing Travel Expense Utilities/Electric & Gas Roads, Street, Drainage Engineering Medical, Dental & Vet Services Travel Expense Tuition Reimbursement

$25,794,532.50

THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING IS A CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE BILLS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2021 BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS UNDER WHOSE DIRECTION THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED. N. ANDREW COPLAND, CPA DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Legal Notice No.: 941175 First Publication: December 23, 2021

Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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December 23, 2021

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