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Immigrants honored with citizenship during ceremony 26 new U.S. citizens hailing from dozens of countries welcomed BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, during a May 9 ceremony at Belleview Elementary School in Centennial, granted citizenship to 26 immigrants hailing from 20 countries. Residents currently live in a slew of communities in the Denver metro area and beyond including Aurora, Centennial, Commerce City, Elizabeth, Golden, Highlands Ranch, Lakewood, Parker and Sedalia. “It was probably the happiest moment of my life,” said Fadilayda Solakkaya, who immigrated from Turkey and now lives in Parker, and is excited to have a passport, vote in elections and help her community. SEE CITIZENS, P10
BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Douglas County students envision a number of new initiatives, policy updates and class offerings
County health department moves forward with facility, services, staff Plans approved in May 12 meeting BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
tal health and hands-on learning, updating the dress code, outlining a student grievance policy, implementing a Sexual Assault Response Team program, dedicating money to plant trees and developing teacher education on diversity and equity, as well as technological literacy.
The Douglas County Health Department is on its way to providing services, having a facility and hiring staff as the agency prepares to fully separate from Tri-County Health Department later this year. The Douglas County Board of Health approved a list of services the agency will provide during a May 12 meeting. Some of the services included are COVID-19 response, public health emergency preparedness, restaurant inspections, immunizations and sexual health services. During an April 22 work session for the board of health, Public Health Director Mike Hill presented the list of services provided by TriCounty with information about what is expected by the state health department along with recommendations for services he believes the new health department should provide. “There are certain things that I just think are worth doing because they’re important for public health, the state expects us to do them and I think our population expects us to do them,” Hill said. The health department will provide 33 of the 60 services provided by Tri-County. Most of the services
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26 immigrants hailing from 20 countries were officially made U.S. citizens U.S. CitiPHOTO BY ROBERT TANN zenship and Immigration Services May 9.
Student group proposes policies, classes for Douglas County Schools Suggestions for dress code, equity made
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throughout the district in the next few years. On May 10, Student Advisory Group subcommittees presented the Douglas County School Board the culmination of a year’s work on eight topics where students identified and proposed improvements. Suggestions to the board include creating electives focused on men-
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Was your roof damaged this hail season? If you want to file an insurance claim, the fall months are the best time to do so. This will allow you to get any repairs done before the winter season.
Backyard Beats: Love Local Kick-off the summer season with a free concert from Boulder’s very own FACE Vocal Band at Sweetwater Park. Join the community to celebrate the beginning of summer with live music, food trucks, kids activities, and vendor booths from locally grown Lone Tree organiza-
tions and small businesses. Performances from South Suburban’s Dance Academy Competition Team will kick off the May 28 event at 6 p.m., with the headliner following around 7 p.m. For more details visit www. cityoflonetree.com/event/backyardbeatslocal
Free service at Douglas County’s slash-mulch site Did you know that removing tree limbs, shrubs and brush from your property is an essential part of reducing the risk of a wildfire spreading to your property? Dispose of your limbs, shrubs, and
pine needles for free, at Douglas County’s slash-mulch site. 1400 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock. Open Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 30. Link for more information. #WildfireAwarenessMonth https://www.douglas.co.us/.../ wildfi.../slash-mulch-program/
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Lone Tree officer joins CRT program Lone Tree Police Officer Grant Collins was recently sworn in by Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock to serve on the Community Response Team (CRT) Officer in the City of Lone Tree. CRTs pair a member of law enforcement with a mental health clinician to streamline access to mental health and substance abuse services for individuals in Douglas County. The Lone Tree CRT will be up and running next month.
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Help make our County Fair a success! Energetic, friendly volunteers age 16 and older are needed during the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo, July 29-Aug. 7. Serve your community, celebrate your County’s history and have fun all at the same time. Visit douglascountyfairandrodeo.com and click on the Get Involved tab, to learn more and sign up.
Funds available to veterans Honoring fallen officers nationwide National Police Week 2022. On May 15, members of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office participated in honoring law enforcement across the United States who lost their lives in the service to their community.
“Lest we forget their sacrifice and the sacrifice of their families,” the Sunday post to Facebook said. “We at #DCSO recognize the sacrifice of Sergeant Wayne Bryant, Deputy Ron King, Deputy Zach Parrish III and Detective Joe Pollack.”
DCSD Home to National Merit $2,500 Winners The National Merit Scholarship Corporation released the names of the winners in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program, including two from the Douglas County School District. Congratulations to these outstanding DCSD scholars: • Thomas Ankner from Rock Canyon High plans to study electrical engineering • Siddharth Srikanth from
Rock Canyon High will pursue computer science These two outstanding DCSD students are the recipients of a National Merit $2,500 scholarship, selected from a talent pool of more than 15,000 finalists. These recipients have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Douglas County is healthy Douglas County is the healthiest County in Colorado according to the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R) analysis created by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The findings specific to Doug-
las County, are based on data collected between 2014 and 2021 that evaluate counties on health outcomes — length and quality of life. Douglas County residents rank highest in length of life and have the highest quality of life. The County has been ranked as one of the top two healthiest Colorado Counties since 2011.
Judicial district closer to formation The recent approval by the Board of Douglas County Commissioners of a consulting services contract will assist Douglas, Arapahoe, Lincoln, and Elbert counties, as well as the 18th Judicial District, with the division of the Eighteenth Judicial District into two separate judicial districts, as provided in Colorado House Bill 20-1026. Upon full implementation of HB20-1026 on January 1, 2025, the 18th Judicial District will be comprised of Arapahoe County,
and the newly formed 23rd Judicial District, will be comprised of Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties. Douglas and Arapahoe County, along with Lincoln, Elbert, and the 18th Judicial District, will work in partnership to support this process over the next few years. This consulting contract will manage the transition for all parties and will include: The cost of this contract, $193,600, will be shared equally by Douglas and Arapahoe Counties.
Emergency assistance is available for veterans struggling with housing (mortgage/rent), transportation, employment, healthcare or other emergency needs. To apply for the veteran assistance funds visit douglasveterans.org or call 303-663-6200.
Visit prehistoric times More than 11,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, mammoths roamed Douglas County. Learn all about it by taking a free tour of the world-renowned Lamb Spring Archaeological Preserve. Limited dates are available. Reserve your spot now at lambspring.org/free-tours
Are you prepared for Wildfire? It only takes one spark to change your life forever – make sure you are ready for wildfire season. Learn about steps you can take today to reduce the risk to your family and property at douglas.co.us/land/wild¬fire-mitigation. And sign up for free emergency notifications at douglas. co.us/CodeRed to ensure you are aware if a wildfire or other emergency is happening near you.
What’s happening with your County government? Our commitment to open and transparent government includes online posting of information about public meetings at which the business of government is conducted. To view public meeting agendas, participate in-person or remotely, or watch select meetings via live stream visit douglas.co.us and search for Meetings and Agendas.
Memorial Day office closure Douglas County offices will be closed Monday, May 30, 2022. Many services are available at DoItOnlineDouglas.com
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May 19, 2022
More Coloradans are vaccinated than ever Nearly three-quarters of residents older than 5 are fully immunized against COVID BY JOHN DALEY COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO
Nearly three out of four Coloradans older than 5 are now fully immunized with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the state’s vaccination dashboard. That’s higher than the national average, which is about 66 percent, according to the New York Times, and puts Colorado at 16th highest among the 50 states. Colorado recently topped a total of 4 million people who had gotten at least two doses, according to the state health department. More than half of all residents got the first two shots, plus a booster. Colorado’s progress on the vaccination front comes at another uncertain point in the pandemic. The latest wildly transmissible variant — BA.2.12.1 — has infected increasing numbers of people in the state and around the country. But many of the tools to limit spread have been dropped, and surveillance and reporting of coronavirus trends are less robust than earlier in the pandemic. Those younger than 5 are still not eligible though approval could come soon. The Food and Drug Adminis-
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tration issued a timetable last month for a decision about authorizing a COVID-19 vaccine for the youngest children in the U.S. It said June 8 is the earliest date it’ll present data to outside advisers for a recommendation. Getting vaccinated helps prevent severe illness, said Dr. Jon Samet, dean of the CU School of Public Health. “One thing that’s clear is if you had the first two shots, get the third,” he said. “There’s some data from Israel that that fourth shot helps, at least for a while.” COVID is ‘mixed bag’ in Colorado The latest COVID-19 data in Colorado is a decidedly mixed bag. COVID-19 hospitalizations rose to 110 last week — up 33 since midApril. But that’s 1,500 fewer than the highest level recorded in the omicron wave. The positivity rate for COVID-19 test is staying above the key 5 percent
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threshold as public health officials closely watch. As of Thursday, the positive test rate was 6.3 percent, according to state data. It’s been above 6 percent for the last week and doubled since mid-March. But it’s five times lower than January’s omicron wave peak. Wastewater surveillance data showed a pronounced spike in virus detected in mid-April and another smaller rise at the end of last month. “So much of what happens next in this pandemic depends on the next variant or variants,” which is why continuing to encourage Coloradans to get vaccinated and boosted is key, Samet added. “If we had one (variant) with a high degree of immune escape, that is vaccine acquired protection is not great against the variant, that would be a problem.” Are we flying blind? Other public health experts worry Colorado and the U.S. may be flying blind. Many governments dropped non-pharmaceutical interventions like masking and contact tracing, while not beefing up surveillance enough to give warning of a potential coming surge, said May Chu, an epidemiologist and clinical professor, also at the Colorado School of Public Health. “I think the trend away from contact tracing, from not promoting vaccination and boosters and the promotion of at home-testing, whose results are not seen by public health,” because most are not reported to health departments, “all point to an uneasy second half of the year,” Chu said. “We are far from being ‘endemic,’ the point where the pandemic has become predictable, Chu said. “New variants are rising and most of the world is blind to that.” Two omicron subvariants, which have emerged since the start of the year account for nearly all of Colorado’s cases, after first delta, then the original omicron variant swamped the state. In the most recent data posted to the state dashboard, the BA.2 subvariant makes up 74 percent and BA.2.12.1 comprises 14 percent. But that’s as of the week of April 10, so that data hasn’t been updated in nearly a month, according to the state’s dashboard. Billions in funding for further COVID-19 prevention and protection is stalled in Congress. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis in March urged Congress to approve more money “to secure enough booster vaccine doses for all Americans and invest in variant-specific vaccines or a panCOVID vaccine.” It would protect against a range of variants should the science and data demonstrate the need, he said.
Wide disparities in vaccinations in Colorado Though vaccination has grown steadily in Colorado since vaccines first started to become available late in 2020, the pandemic’s first year, there’s wide variability across the state and across populations. One group has lagged consistently behind when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines: Hispanics. Just 40 percent of that population has been vaccinated with at least one dose, according to the state’s dashboard. State models suggest the actual number may be higher, 48 percent. Either way it’s measured, that trails all other groups for which the state has recorded information including white Coloradans (78 percent), as well as Black or African-American (66 percent), Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (69 percent), American Indian or Alaska Native (73 percent) residents. “I am still seeing first and second vaccines. We are leaving my community behind,” said Julissa Soto, an independent health equity consultant who works with the state. Soto said she and others have helped vaccinate some 15,000 Latinos since last fall, but would like the numbers to be much higher. “Everyone is talking about the fourth booster and my community still struggles to get their first and second dose.”
Where the gaps are Gaps persist as well, comparing the state’s urban, suburban and rural counties. More than 80 percent of those residents 5 and up have gotten two doses in Denver, several metro counties, and some mountain counties. The figure is better than 70 percent for other large Front Range counties: Jefferson, Douglas, Arapahoe, Adams and Larimer counties. For El Paso County it’s 67 percent, Pueblo County is at 61 percent and Mesa County, on the western slope, is at 54 percent. Fewer than 50 percent of residents are vaccinated in many sparsely populated rural Colorado counties. In Kiowa, Rio Blanco, Cheyenne, Washington and Dolores counties the rate is below 40 percent. The spotty coverage leaves undervaccinated areas especially vulnerable to future outbreaks. Even where vaccination rates are higher, vaccine effectiveness wanes over time and almost half of all Coloradans have yet to get a booster dose, on top of the first two shots. Chu also worries about another virus taking off in the coming months: the flu. She said Colorado has essentially not had to battle much influenza for two flu seasons now, because COVID-19 precautions also limited the spread of the flu. But “that could rise sharply this year,” she said. Chu said work is underway to develop a “global platform” to monitor exposure to COVID-19 and other diseases of public health concern, “but this has many moving pieces. We cannot let our guard up just yet.” This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support CPR News, visit cpr.org.
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Commissioners will release legal memo with decision on water proposal Time frame on decision not yet announced BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Following an hour-long closeddoor meeting with legal counsel, Douglas County commissioners decided they will release a redacted version of two legal memos regarding a controversial water proposal at the same time they announce their decision on the plan. The commissioners did not provide a timeframe for when the decision will be announced. The commissioners have been considering the project, proposed by a private company called Renewable Water Resources, for about five months, including seven informational sessions to learn more about the proposal. The memos at question include legal recommendations from the county’s outside counsel, Steve Leonhardt, who was hired specifically to assess the water proposal. On May 9, commissioners met in another executive session, or closed-door meeting, to discuss the release of the memo. They voted to direct staff to prepare a version of the memo that redacted identify-
Douglas County Commissioners Lora Thomas, Abe Laydon and George Teal. FILE PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER
ing details for people referenced in the memo and information that “could cause potential harm to the county’s legal interests. Executive sessions are permitted for governmental bodies for certain discussions, including to receive legal counsel. They are not allowed to make decisions in the closed-door meetings. Votes have to be held in a public session. During the public portion of the May 12 meeting, Commissioner Abe Laydon said a “large majority of that legal advice would be
provided to the public.” The project proposes pumping about 22,000 acre-feet of water per year from wells in the San Luis Valley and piping it to Douglas County. RWR has said that would provide enough water for about 70,000 Douglas County households. The company has asked for a $10 million initial investment from the county. If the project moves forward and is approved in water court, there will be a rate of $19,500 per acre-foot. Ranchers and water districts in
the San Luis Valley, along with politicians across the political spectrum, have come out against the project, saying the project would irreparably damage the agricultural community in the valley. Those who have come out against the project include the San Luis Valley Conservancy District, the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, Rep. Cleave Simpson, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Gov. Jared Polis and U.S. senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet. Commissioner Lora Thomas has said she is against the proposal and Commissioner Goerge Teal has said he is in favor. Commissioner Abe Laydon has not yet announced how he will vote. Thomas was recently suspended from her position as co-chair of the commissioners in part for asking for information about who from the San Luis Valley Laydon met with to hear about the proposal. Commissioner George Teal said in the May 9 meeting that he believes the value of the memo could be diminished “were we to release the entire document.” Thomas voted against the May 12 decision because she said she wanted to see the memo released immediately.
to the Ben Franklin Academy Class of 2022! We’re very proud of this energetic, passionate, enthusiastic, fun-loving group of graduates. Quite a few of these students have been at BFA since preschool, and they’ve happily welcomed lots of wonderful new students throughout the years. During their time at BFA, these students explored new interests, began life-long friendships and grew into responsible, intelligent young adults. Graduates - We can’t wait to see how well you do in high school and beyond! We wish you the very best!
Introducing our exceptional eighth grade graduates: Dayton Ahlstrom Megan Balson Kaydence Barrick Brendon Benitez James Bradac Ryan Bradac Riley Brook Chris Buechel Lauren Byers Rocco Cali Ella Chapman Camden Cicero Deagan Clendening Ethan Coffey Addie Coleman Hadley Corson Kayla Curley
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the board opted not to use are things the county doesn’t use or are already being completed by other local agencies. Other Tri-County services that won’t immediately be available from DCHD include recreational water inspections, community nutrition and workplace wellness. Each of these categories, Hill said, requires further research before the board decides if the health department will offer them. When the DCHD was formed, one of the first decisions by the board was to contract with Tri-County to provide all public health services until the end of 2022. The agency will provide vital records as their first service, beginning June 1. The county is also planning to take over emergency preparedness and disease surveillance July 1. Environmental health and community health are set to begin in September. The health department may add or remove any services going forward, Hill said. Staffing and finances The health department has also moved forward with hiring about eight
May 19, 2022 employees, including an administrative assistant, an assistant director for environmental health and an epidemiologist among others. During an April 19 work session, Hill presented a possible organizational chart to the commissioners, including a full staff of about 35 people and 2 contractors. That staff is expected to cost about $3.5 to $4 million per year, Hill said. The department was set to finalize the organizational chart after approving the services the department will provide. The health department is also required by statute to hire a physician as a medical director because their public health director is not a doctor. Hill said in an email that he plans to begin hiring for a part-time medical director for about five hours per month in July and that there is an interim doctor in the position now. Hill said he believes the health department can continue to operate on its roughly $2.5 million public health budget with the funds coming from fees and grants. So far, the health department appears to have secured about $1.2 million in grants, according to a memo prepared for the board. The health department will know more about
The members of the Douglas County Board of Health listen to a resident during public comment. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER
what grants will be available in July. For a physical space, the agency has begun to move into a 8,200 square-foot facility in Castle Rock partially used by Tri-County currently. The agency also has plans to take over the TriCounty office, located inside the county Department of Motor Vehicles building in Lone Tree, sometime after Oct. 1. Next, Hill plans to begin talking with the commis-
sioners about the health department’s policies, he said. Legal cases In April, the board of health decided to file an appeal of a judge’s decision to stop the health department from enforcing its public health order banning mask requirements in the county. The health department enacted that order in October as their first and only public health order. Two
months later, two Douglas County businesses filed a lawsuit against the health department, claiming the order and the entire health department are unlawful. A judge granted the businesses request for a preliminary injunction March 4. The department’s notice of appeal was filed April 11 and challenges notions brought in the original case, including the legality of Douglas County’s split from Tri-County.
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May 19, 2022
Free school meal program on November ballot Costs for program would come from limiting tax deductions for high-income earners BY ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT COLORADO
Colorado voters will decide this November whether to cover the cost of school meals for all students. All Colorado students have had access to free lunch over the last two years thanks to pandemic-related federal waivers that are set to expire this summer. During that time, many school districts reported more students eating lunch, sometimes as
many as 40% more than in pre-pandemic times. Lawmakers have sent a measure to the voters that would bring in an additional $101 million a year by limiting tax deductions for high-income earners. Those new state funds would supplement additional federal dollars that schools can claim by participating in the community eligibility program. Rather than relying on families filling out applications for subsidized lunches, school districts could use eligibility for programs like Medicaid and food stamps to count children in poverty and get more meals covered. In addition to covering the costs of school meals, participating school districts could also get money to buy healthy local foods, raise wages for food service workers, upgrade equipment, and train workers to prepare
healthy meals. The proposal would create the Healthy School Meals for All program. House Bill 1414 passed both chambers with bipartisan support, though many Republicans voted no. By getting lawmakers to place the measure on the ballot, supporters save time and money they would have spent gathering signatures. However, there would be a gap year before the program starts. Schools wouldn’t have access to any extra money for the 2022-23 school year. The Democratic sponsors of the measure had originally backed a bill that would have used state money to fill in that gap, but it stalled due to concerns about ongoing costs. Backers of the initiative, such as Hunger Free Colorado, say offering free lunch to all students reduces
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stigma and shame and encourages participation, while relieving cashstrapped families of one more expense. Some Republican lawmakers objected to asking a small percentage of taxpayers to pay for something that families should be providing and that many parents can afford. The proposal would limit state income tax deductions for taxpayers earning $300,000 or more. Individuals would be limited to $12,000 and joint filers to $16,000. The measure does not require the governor’s signature to appear on the ballot. The referred measure only requires a simple majority to become law. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Colorado. More at chalkbeat.org.
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May 19, 2022
Potential rules for home businesses meet resistance Neighbors have concerns about traffic BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Proposed changes for Douglas County home occupation regulations received a lot of pushback from residents concerned about traffic generated by businesses in neighborhoods, despite the changes being more restrictive on vehicle trips than current guidelines. A May 11 town hall revealed vocal opposition and some support for regulations allowing residential businesses to use more space on their property for business and limiting the kind of vehicles that can be used and related vehicle travels. The proposed regulations only apply to Class 2 home occupations on property in unincorporated Douglas County larger than 4.5 acres in agricultural or rural development zoning. The regulations would not supercede Homeowners Association agreements or other neighborhood covenants. Class 2 home occupations are businesses, professions, occupations, or trades conducted at a residence where someone is living that require a county permit and allow for two nonhousehold employees. Currently, Class 2 home occupations can use 50% of the first floor of their residence and an accessory unit up to 1,500 square feet. The changes proposed would increase the size of an accessory unit allowed to 3,000 square feet and maintain the 50% regulation. The proposed changes that garnered the most concern focused on the vehicles associated with a business. Vehicles trips associated with Class 2 home occupa-
tions would be limited to eight one-way trips per day. Currently, there is no stated limit on the number of vehicle trips for this type of business and just says traffic shall not “significantly affect” the area. Similarly, the regulations do not define what kind of vehicles or how many a Class 2 home occupation is allowed. Proposed language would limit vehicles to one weighing under 26,000 pounds and one trailer, for a total allowable weight of 40,000 pounds. “Giant trucks are allowed on the roads right now,” Commissioner George Teal said. “Right now, that looseygoosey definition of minimal traffic is undefined.” Despite repeated efforts at clarification from staff and Teal about the current regulations, residents that would be potentially impacted by the change insisted it would result in heavier traffic on roads not designed to handle large trucks or high usage. “These proposed changes open up the door so that you can have as many as eight trips a day,” Scott Anderson, a resident of Surrey Ridge Estates, said. “In our neighborhood right now, there’s very little traffic and it’s almost always local.” Another concern voiced repeatedly at the town hall asked about how the county would enforce its regulations. Douglas County’s Manager of Zoning Compliance Michael Cairy said the compliance process would not change with the regulations. The county has three compliance officers who respond to complaints filed by residents and complete annual permit inspections to ensure the home occupations meet the regulations, Cairy said. “We do not drive around patrolling from property to property,” he said. “We would have to have an army
Proposed regulations for home occupations in unincorporated Douglas County would allow one vehicle per business with a maximum weight of 26,000 pounds. The existing rules have no limitations on the COURTESY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY types or amount of vehicles for home occupations.
of people.” Some audience members responded that they didn’t want to be the ones responsible for reporting violations and accused the county of pitting neighbors against neighbors. However, a few audience members asked the commissioners to approve the
proposed changes to support local business owners and property rights. “The current Class 2 home occupations criteria totally excludes contractors, craftsmen, tradesmen who leave their property with equipment to do work at a customer’s site,” one man said. “I appreciate the county’s
willingness to review the current criteria to consider changing it.” Teal expressed support for the changes, while Commissioner Lora Thomas said she was opposed to the updates because of the potential impacts to neighbors. Commissioner Abe Laydon wasn’t at the town hall.
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May 19, 2022
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dent Diya Nair. “We want to educate (teachers and counselors) about the impact of discrimination and lack of education in our community. We want them to see how it affects us as students. We also want teachers to learn how they can help us feel safe and comfortable.” The other recommendation for teacher development was a class on technical competence to help educators learn about tools that can be adopted for classwork and standardize technilogocal literacy. In addition to staff education, two future electives were proposed: a class on mental health, studying topics like brain biology, mental illness and coping strategies, and a hands-on learning style class that would provide experiential learning opportunities. Outside of class, the advisory group also hopes to expand the use of the Sexual Assault Response Team program, which was implemented this year at Rock Canyon High School. The program educates volunteer high schoolers on consent, sexual harrassment and assault with the goal of those students going on to teach underclassmen and middle schoolers about the concepts in a peer-to-peer fashion. “Because it’s peers giving the presentation, I think that will reach students better than an adult,” Kara Lyons said. Evidence for the SART program shows increased knowledge of sexual harrassment, consent, bystander intervention and rejection of victim-blaming after the training is complete. Lastly, students requested the district dedicate around $15,000 per year to plant trees, specifically quaking Aspens and blue spruce, to help offset the carbon impacts produced by schools. Following each presentation, board directors were able to ask questions about the proposals and many of them voiced how impressed they were with the students’ hard work, maturity and passion. “You guys have put a lot of work into this and it was wonderful to walk around to the committees and hear the conversations going on,” said Director Becky Meyers, who was the new board liaison for the Student Advisory Group this year. “It’s quite an exceptional group.” Students will continue to finalize details for each proposal, working with the district staff and board to implement the ideas within the next few school years.
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One of the longer presentations detailed a new student grievance policy with processes for reporting complaints against other students, staff and policies, as well as working out resolutions to the complaints and an appeals process. Under the proposed policy, complaints would be recorded on a form and filed with the superintendent’s office under the new Compliance Office. Students would be allowed to submit the complaint anonymously. “We first have an informal conference to try and resolve the complaint without bogging down the system with too many forms,” student Jake Oliver said. “If that doesn’t work, or they don’t feel safe talking to the person, then a formal complaint is filed.” Following a formal complaint, the staff member responsible for handling the case would help generate solutions, which would be put in a resolution. Staff would also be responsible for preventing retaliation. The other policy change proposed by students is to update the district’s dress code to be more clear and consistently enforced across schools. The last time the dress code was updated was in 2002 and currently allows teachers to decide what clothing is disruptive in class. A survey of students in three high schools found that students feel the dress code unfairly targets female students and creates uncomfortable interactions between teachers and students. “We want to make sure there is more uniformity across the district,” student Connor Tarbert said. The advisory group recommended a student dress code committee be put together to review policies annually for potential changes or clarifications. On the topic of diversity and equity, students asked for workshops on discrimination and responding to it in the classroom for staff at each school, where students could share their experiences and a coordinator would educate on systemic issues. For example, data presented by the advisory group found that students of color are more likely to be suspended or expelled and less likely to be enrolled in AP or gifted and talented classes. “We don’t learn well when we feel unsafe or uncomfortable,” said stu-
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District Court judge Don J. Toussaint, whose parents immigrated from Haiti to New York and then New Jersey, where Toussaint was PHOTO BY ROBERT TANN born, speaks about his late father’s own immigrant journey.
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Goran Vejvoda, originally from Yugoslavia, has lived in several countries and said being a U.S. citizen “is a privilege.” “How many places are there in the world where you can speak freely and vote freely and think freely,” Vejvoda said. New citizens, were joined by friends and family members as well as about 200 3rd, 4th and 5thgrade students. Also in attendance were county and regional leaders who shared their experiences of being an immigrant. “Welcome to the land of hope, the land of opportunity,” said Arapahoe County Assessor PK Kaiser, who was born in India and gained U.S. citizenship in 2009. “America believes in immigrants.” Being a citizen comes with liberties and responsibilities, said Kaiser, one of the most important being voting. “Make sure you vote in every single election and make sure your voice is getting heard,” Kaiser said. District Court judge Don J. Toussaint, whose parents immigrated from Haiti to New York and then to New Jersey, where Toussaint was born, spoke of his late father’s own immigrant journey and how it reverberates with him today. Toussaint said after his father’s death in 2020, he found a “treasure trove” of items from his life, among them his citizenship certificate from 1978. “From the letters I read, from the letters that he wrote to his brother and sister in Port-auPrince (Haiti), how much he adored this country and how he wanted to give back to this country,” Toussaint said, adding that his father was active in helping other Haitian immigrants and victims of the AIDs pandemic that began in the 1980s. Toussaint’s father fled a brutal dictatorship in Haiti, Toussaint said, and while he believes his father “didn’t want to leave” he knew he had no choice. “Now, this country that I love a lot, is not a perfect country obviously,” Toussaint said. “But the ideals and the promise that this country holds makes this the perfect promise and perfect dream for millions of people.” Attendees also heard from the school’s 4th-grade choir, who performed as a proud and triumphant chorus with words about the beauty of the U.S.’s immigrant heritage. Before taking the Oath of Allegiance and being presented with their certificates, soon-to-be citizens heard a pre-recorded video message from President Joe Biden who celebrated the depth and diversity of the U.S.’s immigrant community. “America’s a big country and it’s beautiful in the fact that it is so diverse,” Vejvoda said. “Like President Biden said, it’s an immigrant country in a very, very profound way. Those people got together to make things better.”
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sions, and our body language give us away. Those of us in this group should never play poker. And there are a lot of us who fall into this category, we just don’t see ourselves this way, we think we are fooling others, when they can see clearly right through us. “We cannot consistently act in a way that is inconsistent with the way we see ourselves.” — Dr. Joyce Brothers A lot of how we see ourselves has to do with what we keep on the inside, and what has the potential to come out of us in moments of distress, or conflicts of any kind, and usually at the wrong time. If we are harboring feelings that are negative or angry, our outside self will reflect those emotions. We may be able to mask it for a little while, but sooner or later we will hold our tongue for so long, but then eventually our true inner feelings will be exposed. We all fall somewhere along the spectrum of the three examples mentioned above. And in the world we are living in today we need to feed our minds and our hearts with the words of hope and encouragement, loving kindness, abundance, gentleness, benevolence, generosity and goodness. When we feed our minds and hearts with a steady diet of the positive, our inner self will never betray our outside self. Should we say or do what we feel and believe? Yes. Should we make sure it is said or done with respect? Absolutely. For some of us, we know exactly where we are when it comes to displaying how we really feel. And for others, we only fool ourselves. The solution is that we say and do exactly what needs to be said or done, and to say it or do it with respect, kindness, and compassion. How about you? Are you staying composed? Do you wear your heart on your sleeve? Or do you have the blind spot of maybe projecting what you are feeling on
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Douglas County needs Anderson Why would John Anderson get back into the fray for sheriff after earning the post of commander and retiring from police work? The answer is simple. John Anderson is a patriot and rising crime is a call to arms. It’s been said that if those in charge had done their job, Anderson would be sitting on his porch swing sending kudos to county law administration. Our candidate not only has to have the wisdom of Solomon in the battle of escalating crime, but he also has created a program informing voters of judges’ records. This plan emphasizes the need for partnerships in law enforcement. John’s leadership made him the lone officer from Douglas County to testify against the Colorado unconstitutional Red Flag Bill. Anderson ascended the ladder of law enforcement earning more titles than we have space to list. He also managed a multi-million-dollar budget for the Castle Rock Police Department and gained the respect of his many colleagues. If you hear the words credibility, capability, integrity, honor, honesty and kindness, you’ll hear the name John Anderson attached to those accolades. With the systematic destruction in the last two years of our Bill of Rights without due process, we need a Constitutional Sheriff. We need Commander John Anderson at the helm as Douglas County Sheriff to put us back into the column of one of the best counties in which to live in the USA. Save our beautiful county. Vote on June 28 for John Anderson, sheriff. Katherine Michelsen, Highlands Ranch
headlines to harm her campaign for sheriff. The last two times (in February and April 2022) they outrageously removed her over issues stemming from the high-stakes Renewable Water Resources (RWR) project that would pump water from the droughtstricken San Luis Valley into Douglas County. During a February meeting the two removed her as chair only for meetings concerning RWR; they said because she opposed the project. But support or opposition for an issue has never been grounds for such vindictive action before. Rather than persecuting Thomas for non-crimes, it seems appropriate for Commissioner Teal to recuse himself from chairing or voting on anything involving RWR since his Tracer campaign account shows “In 2020 and 2021, Teal took in thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from five of the eight RWR principals,” said a Colorado Politics article. Those contributions totaled a hefty $10,000; and, said Teal, helped retire his campaign debt. Could there be a connection between those generous donations and a grateful Teal’s enthusiastic support for the RWR project that would greatly enrich his RWR donors? Commissioner Thomas received contributions from some of the same people in her 2020 election, but her ethics have led her to vigorously oppose sucking all that water from the parched San Luis Valley. Douglas County citizens have often seen Lora Thomas do the right thing: as coroner, prosecuting a sheriff’s department employee for stealing from the evidence locker; on her plan to expand I-25 at The Gap despite Sheriff Spurlock’s opposition to repurposing tax money; and now against spending millions for a project that will be tied up in court for years and may never happen. Now Laydon and Teal are falsely accusing her of requesting “private information” about the people with whom Laydon met regarding the water project. But she never requested “doxxing” information about anyone, she simply asked the county’s water attorney, who works for her and the other commissioners, for a list of the meeting attendees, their organizations, and a record of the conversation. As a commissioner unable to attend the meetings she was perfectly within her authority to do so. Lora Thomas has my vote for sheriff because of her proven strong ethical character against bullies which she will need in her next job. Joy Overbeck, Parker
Teal must recuse himself on water votes Commissioners Teal and Laydon have for the third time voted to oust Commissioner Thomas from her rightful turn as Douglas County Board Chair, again slamming her with unproven and ridiculous accusations and ensuring media
O’Donnell is best choice for SOS The Colorado Secretary of State (SOS) is elected to oversee and administer a broad range of laws pertaining to a comprehensive list of areas involving business/licensing and elections. Even though the business/licensing area is critically
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positive, our inside self and outside self will more than likely be in alignment, making this a better than good year.
the inside without knowing it? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we can include a steady diet of the good, the pure, the powerful and the
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Choose common sense over pipeline There has been a lot talk about water conservation lately so I decided to chart our elderly two-person household use over the past two years vs. our water budget. Having owned my house for 25 years I can, with a degree of confidence, multiply my usage/savings by 25. Our usage was 59,000 gallons in 2021-22, 69,000 in 2020-21 and our water budget was 118,000.00 for 2021-22. My household water use is not a scientific study, but I’m betting many Dougco senior homeowners have similar results. Common sense makes more sense than pumping water 200 miles from the San Luis valley, and Douglas County homeowners are literally sitting on millions of gallons of untapped water in their faucets. Roy Legg, Highlands Ranch
important for Colorado, much more attention is being paid by Democrats, Republicans, and the media to the elections area because of the 2020 election and subsequent issues of election integrity. It seems Colorado’s SOS Democratic incumbent and some Republican challengers are also primarily focused on elections and saying little about the other responsibilities of the SOS’s office. However, there is one Republican SOS candidate who is focusing on all of the SOS’s responsibilities, and he’s getting the attention and support of the highly soughtafter unaffiliated voters. Republican SOS candidate Mike O’Donnell has a strong business background and a solid command of facts, statistics, and solutions to the SOS incumbent’s dismal mismanagement of her office. O’Donnell’s uncanny ability to collect and analyze data, identify problems, and implement cost-saving measures will bring a new level of efficiency and economic success that Coloradans deserve from the SOS’s office. Furthermore, O’Donnell’s demeanor is refreshingly neutral — all business and no drama. Mike O’Donnell is the best choice for Colorado’s next Secretary of State. Elizabeth West Castle Rock
Nelson campaign fear-mongering Douglas County’s election process is sound and well-thought-of by people on both sides of the aisle. Kory Nelson announced his candidacy for the Douglas County Clerk and Recorder position in mid-2021. Since then, Nelson has stuck to the now-predictable set of election fraud fear-mongering and unfounded triggers designed to make drama where none can be proven, all in an attempt to rile Douglas County’s conservative voter base. Notably, Nelson’s campaign fails to speak to any other election issues such as voters’ rights, easy voting access and mail-in balloting. Nelson’s failure to build on the clean reputation of the Douglas County election process is regrettable and shallow, and should be a disqualifier in the upcoming GOP primary. All voters need to be sure we are knowledgeable about all the candidates for this important office. We simply don’t need to lower our high election management expectations for the sake of political fear-mongering. Carolyn Williamson, Parker
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Experts around Denver metro area weigh in on the popular sport BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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ly spotting the fish in the water before you cast — and uses a special rod, reel, line and flies. The flies themselves are not real. They mimic the fish’s natural diet of insects in the streams and rivers in which they live. Anglers often have a whole kit full of different flies to match the “local cuisine” of bugs where they are fishing. The Denver South Platte Rick Mikesell’s family has lived in Denver for three generations. He has dedicated many hours to fishing on the Denver South Platte, both on his own time and as a guide. He works as operations manager at Trouts Fly Fishing. The Denver South Platte,
which runs right through the city, isn’t exactly what one might picture as a traditional fishing destination. The urban location often has obstacles like rebar, scrap metal, shopping carts and other hazards in the water. Unhoused people often spend time near the river, setting up camp along the banks. Mikesell said he frequently has people hesitant to fish in these areas because of this population, but he said being respectful to people on the river yields the best results. “I’ve never had a negative experience as long as I treat other people with respect,” he said.
Colorado Parks & Wildlife does not stock the Denver section of the South Platte. A private entity stocks trout in the metro area, but the other fish in the river, including small mouth bass, carp and walleye, are naturally occurring. Unfortunately for trout, their life cycle in the DSP can be fairly short. When temperatures begin to rise, these fish start dying. “When we get into the summertime … .the summer gets really warm. For a trout, water over 68 degrees gets really stressful,” Mikesell said. SEE FISHING, P15
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Trouts Fly Fishing works on conservation efforts where the outfitter cleans the waters of the river and fundraises for conservation of the area. The group, according to Mikesell, does not believe the DSP should be stocked with trout at this time due to the warm water temperatures. Further up the hill, things may not be better for trout. The North Fork of the South Platte The natural flow of the North Fork is that of a small creek. The waters are polluted with heavy metals like iron, copper and aluminum from various mining operations, according to Mikesell. Denver Water releases more water through Roberts Tunnel from Dillon Reservoir for their service areas, which increases the flow of the river and allows various outfitters to stock the waters with fish. That is how Mikesell explained the area of the North Fork, which flows into DSP, and John Ellis, longtime angler and member of Evergreen Metro Water Board, corroborated what Mikesell said. “When it’s real low, the minerals get on their gills and clogs them and essentially suffocates them,” Ellis said. Ellis is also a board member of Evergreen Trout Unlimited. The group’s goal is to conserve and protect coldwater fisheries. Right now, even in the foothills, conservation groups are worried about the warming waters, too. “We’re very concerned with climate change,” Ellis said. His group is working to monitor water temperatures in tributary streams to learn about warming, and members are hoping to replenish the Greenback Cutthroat Trout population, which happens to be Colorado’s state fish. The warmer water can spell trouble for the resident insect populations, which are the food source for these fish. Warmer water can also mean less oxygenation for fish. “How is the bug life doing? As
Rick Mikesell shows off a fish he caught in the Denver South Platte.
Rick Mikesell, fly fishing guide it heats up, sometimes there’s less bugs, then they don’t have the bugs to eat,” Ellis said. “As water gets warmer, it doesn’t have as much oxygen.” Getting out there Fishing the DSP, North Fork and countless other streams and lakes in Colorado can be a fun way to spend a warm summer day. Mikesell said the sport might take a little getting used to, though. “For Denver South Platte, while it’s a high quality fishery, it’s not really beginner friendly,” he said. He said learning to fish the river will take some casting skills and gear. He said becoming a good angler requires a lot of practice. “If the angler is willing to work at it and spend time, they can improve,” Mikesell said. After spending years with a fishing rod in hand, even Mikesell doesn’t slay fish every day. “I’ve been doing it for over 20 years, and I still have bad days all the time,” he said. Michelle White, owner of Tumbling Trout Fly Shop in Lake George, has been fly fishing for over 20 years. When she became interested in guiding a number of years ago, she found herself stuck in a male-dominated sport and industry. So she decided to
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change it. “One of the reasons I started my own fly fishing business seven years ago … no one would even look at my resume, so I started my own guide service,” she said. Now, she encourages women to get involved in the sport. With lots of women’s beginner fishing groups popping up around Colorado, she hopes all beginners can enjoy the sport. “Grab a friend and hire a guide and maybe join one of the women’s fly fishing groups,” she advised. As for finding the perfect day to go out and fish, Ellis recommends a slightly overcast day for better vision, and Mikesell
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he Kirkland Museum, 1201 Bannock St., Denver, announces the gift of a lamp, constructed from two pieces of Frank Lloyd Wright art glass (1903-1904), which will be featured in the show, “Frank Lloyd Wright Inside the Walls,” opening June SONYA’S 17. In 1964, art collector Bertie Slutzky purchased two pieces at a Chicago anSAMPLER tique store, recognizing them as Frank Lloyd Wright glass. A local metalsmith joined the pieces to make a table lamp, which she presented to her son, Louis Newman, as a graduation gift. Mr. Newman and his husband, Justin Ferate, donated the lamp to the museum in 2018.
Performance Now Performance Now Theatre Company Sonya Ellingboe presents “Nice Work if You Can Get It” by George and Ira Gershwin from June 10-18 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 Allison Parkway, Lakewood. 303-987-7876. Directed by Bernie Cardell, music direction by Heather Holt Hall, Choreography by Christopher Page-Sanders. Tickets: performancenow.org. Denver Museum of Nature & Science “Egypt: The Time of the Pharoahs” offers a look at ancient Egyptian culture. DMNS is at 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver. 303-370-6000. Ticketed. “Mazes and Brain Games” opens May 20. See dmns.org. Curious Theatre Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver, presents”Fireflies,” by Donja R. Love, about Coretta Scott King. 303-623-0524, Boxoffice@curioustheatrecompany.org. Curtis Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Ave., Greenwood Village, presents works of Denver-based artist Susan Cooper, including new works and some from her early career. Runs through June 25. Works made from oil, acrylic, resin, steel, glass and plexiglass. 303-797-1779. Arapahoe Phil The Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a “Stars and Stripes Forever” concert at Breckenridge Brewery Beer Garden, 2920 Brewery Lane in Littleton, on July 3. Doors open at 7 p.m. Food and drink will be available from the Breckenridge Bar and a food truck. Rain or shine. Can be livestreamed to your home, $15 per household. Tickets: $35, $30, $17, $10. VIP tables for 8, $350. It is suggested that you bring a blanket, or a chair if disabled.
A lamp constructed from two pieces of Frank Lloyd Wright art glass will be displayed starting June 17 in PHOTO BY WES MAGYAR the Kirkland Museum’s “Frank Lloyd Wright Inside the Walls” exhibit.
Denver Philharmonic The Denver Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a “Beethoven Celebration” on May 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Antoni Brico Stage at Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St., Denver. Tickets: $27, $19, $12; denverphilharmonic.org/production/beethoven-celebration-2022. Wine and beer will be available. An encore will be taken across the pond to Munich, Germany and staged alongside the DPO’s sister chorus, the Bavarian Philharmonic.
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Look — up in the sky! Colorado offers dark areas for summer stargazing BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Colorado offers multiple areas with dark skies for stargazing.
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On a summer night long ago, we happened to be at the top of Independence Pass at midnight, after a gully-washer soaked our tent and sleeping bags at Maroon Bells Campground and it became necessary to load sleepy kids in the car and head home. The sky was absolutely dazzling and we stood there for a long time, just gobsmacked! When I opened the new edition of 5280 magazine and saw a story about “Stars Bright” by Jessica Larusso, I was moved to encourage our readers to seek out a similar experience with families this summer. Several of my nature-oriented magazines have focused on seeking out the dark sky experience as a travel trend and this story is clear and helpful, listing Dark Sky Parks and Communities. Kids will enjoy having their own sky maps and learn a pleasurable skill that lasts a lifetime. Pack the guide books, binoculars and cameras with the camping equipment and look for a dark hiking spot. Westcliffe and Silver Cliff in southern Colorado make up Colorado’s first certified International Dark Sky Community, which involves shielded light fixtures in limited numbers, with warm light bulbs that won’t glare. The Smokey Jack Observatory there is also available to visitors. An active nonprofit organization is called Dark Skies of the Wet Mountain Valley. Norwood, Ridgeway, Crestone, Nucla and Naturita are
also International Dark Sky Communities. Colorado also has 10 International Dark Sky Parks families can seek out. Since this is a growing trend, reservations are probably in order. There are currently 196 Dark Sky Places in the world and Colorado claims 15 of them. In addition to the communities above, There are 10 Dark Sky Parks: Hovenweep National Monument; Black Canyon of the Gunnison; Dinosaur National Monument; Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve; Jackson Area as one explores ... (Sensibly, the writer suggests exploring an area well during the day first, and research what will be showing at a particular time and season ... Photographers are warned that there are limitations on camera equipment, such as flashes, that would disturb area wildlife, so investigate the rules and regulations. Travelers speculate over archaeological sites and possible connections to the night skies, where often interpretations are questioned. I personally think learning about a variety of myths and legends is highly desirable for visitors of all ages. Families may want to research star-related events in communities they plan to visit this summer. Crestone will celebrate the second anniversary of its Experience the Night Festival this weekend, for example, with performance artists, readings and more... Music, food and storytelling may be involved, with a distinctive flair at each location. In September, the 12-year-old Black Canyon Astronomy Festival and the Mesa Verde Dark Sky Festival are planned. Park Point, the highest spot in Mesa Verde, is newly open after dark. Enjoy your summers!
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May 19, 2022
Suspect arrested after police SWAT scene in Englewood BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Englewood police, a Denver Health paramedic truck and vehicles from Denver Fire Department, which serves Englewood, responded to a scene PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD in south Englewood May 12.
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Law enforcement personnel arrested a suspect who was barricaded in a home in south Englewood after a SWAT scene that lasted several hours, according to Englewood police. The suspect was being sought by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. A SWAT vehicle was stationed about halfway between Oxford and Nassau avenues on Bannock Street for hours the night of May 12. The voice of police personnel on a loudspeaker could be heard around 8 p.m. saying, “Englewood Police Department; pick up that phone, man,” and “We want to talk to you.” The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit had notified Englewood police that the unit was conducting surveillance on a wanted male with felony warrants, according to an Englewood police news release. Englewood’s SWAT team was activated just after 1 p.m. May 12 to assist the Jefferson sheriff’s office, according to Investigator Scot Allen, a spokesperson for Englewood police. At about 6 p.m., the suspect entered a residence in the 4000 block of South Bannock Street and barricaded himself inside, according to the news release. The SWAT Team attempted to contact him for several hours without success. The location is not far from South Broadway and Quincy Avenue. After roughly six hours, SWAT personnel entered the residence and noticed a hole in the attic barrier between joining units, according to the news release. The
suspect was located in the attic of the adjoining unit and taken into custody, the news release said. At some point May 12, authorities sent out a reverse 911 call to the “immediate area” near the residence, telling people in that area to shelter in place and stay in their homes, Allen said. Police also evacuated a few homes on that block of Bannock Street, Allen said. Asking a suspect to talk to authorities using a phone that police send over to the suspect is typical in SWAT negotiations, Allen said. Police believed the suspect was alone in the house, and it’s unclear whether the house is the suspect’s home, Allen said around 10 p.m. that night. Allen did not have details on what crime the suspect is alleged to have committed. The scene wasn’t believed to be a danger to the broader community, Allen said around 10 p.m. The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Jordan Limon, was turned over to Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies, and he was to be incarcerated at the Jefferson County jail, the news release said. Several other Englewood police vehicles were parked at either end of that block of Bannock Street, and trucks from Denver Fire Department, which serves Englewood, were on scene as well, along with a Denver paramedic truck. The block was closed to traffic during the SWAT scene. Greenwood Village police vehicles were also at the scene. It’s typical for other law enforcement agencies to also respond in a SWAT situation, Allen said. Englewood police initially tweeted about the incident at about 6:30 p.m. May 12.
The explosive movie musical bursts onto the live stage! With dynamic new songs augmenting the powerhouse hits from its bestselling Oscar-nominated score, Footloose celebrates the exhilaration of youth, the wisdom of listening to one another, and the power of forgiveness.
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Lynne Collins takes over theater at the Arvada Center
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ynne Collins has been announced as the Arvada Center’s new Artistic Director of Theatre, following the retirement of Rod A. Lansberry. Collins, the current Artistic Director of Plays, first joined the Arvada Center in 2016 and lead the growth of the center’s Black Box Theatre and its repertory company. “Lynne is a tremendously talented artist and a fierce advocate for inclusion in the arts,” said Arvada Center President and CEO, Philip Sneed. “Her dedication to the Arvada Center and the entire Denver theatre community alongside her innovative artistic vision make her the ideal choice to lead our theatre program into the next chapter on our journey.” We spoke to Collins about her new role and what comes next. Interview edited for clarity and brevity. Tell me about becoming the new Artistic Director of Theatre? We had some internal meetings about what to do now and where we’re heading. After talking it through it became clear we couldn’t ponder for too long with the season starting soon. They came to me and I said okay. I know the place well and have all the information and I’m also looking toward the end of my career, which means I’m in a
nice transitional place as a leader. What we need to do is rethink everything - there are lots of questions about how we do the work as a theater. I want to do great work while here and be the leader for the Clarke Reader next phase of the Arvada Center. Where do you see theater at the Arvada Center now? We’re still in recovery from COVID and next year will probably still be a recovery year. And that starts to present a lot of questions we don’t have answers to yet. We don’t know if this is a permanent change yet - will people’s comfort zone in an enclosed space going to change in the long term? And how do you plan for that? There are more questions than answers right now, and while we know what the questions are, we don’t know how to address them. What are you looking forward to in the new season? I’m really excited about directing “Into the Woods” - I’ve never done a musical at the Arvada Center, so that’s exciting. I’m generally excited about how to make this transition - there’s a lot of intuitional knowledge here at the
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Meeting at the corner of ‘The Holly’ KGNU, a local volunteer-powered radio station, will be hosting a Community Conversation with Julian Rubenstein, author of “The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun, and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood” at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 21 at The Buell Media Center, 2101 Arapahoe St. in Denver. In addition to the author, Terrance Roberts, the central figure in the events will be on hand and audiences will see clips from the upcoming documentary “The Holly.” Get a ticket for this powerful event at www.eventbrite.com.
tion, which will be on display at Anythink Wright Farms, 5877 E. 120th Ave. in Thornton. As an artist-in-residence, Hiebert will be constructing an interactive, large-scale paper lantern at the library which will be available to see in person beginning on Friday, May 20 and be on display throughout the summer. There will also be a mySummer Finale with Hiebert at the Anythink Wright Farms backyard from 8 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 30. For more information on the mySummer program, visit anythinklibraries.org. Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Kurt Vile at the Ogden Theatre Sometimes you just need to get lost in a swirl of guitars, you dig? And when that happens, the music of Kurt Vile is one of the best sources of indie guitar-based jamming around. His most recent album “(watch my moves)” is one of his strongest releases yet. In support of his great record, he and his band, The Violators, will be stopping by the Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Monday, May 23. Get your tickets at www.ogdentheatre.com/events/detail/426214. Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@ hotmail.com.
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ay is Mental Health Awareness Month, and after the last two years, most of us are well aware of the state of our GUEST mental health. Coloradans COLUMN statewide are struggling with mental health more than ever. A 2021 Colorado Health Access Survey revealed that 38% of Coloradans over the age of 16 experienced a decline in mental Vincent Atchity health such as anxiety, depression, or loneliness, as the result of COVID-19. At the same time, Mental Health America ranked Colorado dead last in the nation for access to care for adults with mental health needs. The combination of declining wellbeing and poor access to resources has our community facing a crisis from which we must not turn away. Mental Health Colorado has been deeply engaged in supporting the recommendations of the behavioral health task force convened by Gov. Jared Polis in 2019. Task force recommendations have resulted in a series of bills designed to fill gaps in services all over the state, most recently with the help of $450
million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding. This funding will enable us to build much-needed in-patient capacity — beds — for adults and youth. We will invest in recruiting and retaining our behavioral health workforce. We will take important steps toward decriminalizing mental health, better coordinating care and resources, and much more. F These investments won’t solve all of Colorado’s problems, or solve anyone’s problems anytime soon, but they will eventually make a meaningful difference in the lives of many. In the meantime, how do we become more resourceful and resilient without contributing to the long wait lists for professional support? The scarcity of mental health care in our state leaves many of us to our own devices — as if this were an earlier era in history. In an age of heightened risk for suicide and harmful substance use, we must prioritize access to care and services for those who are at greatest risk or most seriously ill. The rest of us will have to cultivate individual, peer-to-peer support for ourselves and those around us. We must remind one another to engage in practices that contribute
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May 19, 2022
What’s in fentanyl ‘accountability and prevention’ bill? BY SHANNON NAJMABADI AND JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
With just hours to spare in its 2022 lawmaking term, the Colorado legislature on May 11 sent House Bill 1326, the Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention Act, to Gov. Jared Polis to be signed into law. The contentious legislation, which was still being amended up until its passage, is lawmakers’ response to rising fentanyl overdose deaths in the state. More than 900 Coloradans died from a fentanyl overdose last year, according to state health department data, including four children under the age 1, and 35 people between the ages of 10 and 18. In 2020, 540 people died from a fentanyl overdose in Colorado. The bill would increase the penalties for possessing or distributing fentanyl and would pump tens of millions of dollars into efforts to prevent overdose deaths, as well as drug treatment and education campaigns. Polis has said he will sign the bill into law. The Colorado Sun pored over the final version of measure to pull out the information you need to know: What is fentanyl and what’s the background of this bill? Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that’s 80 to 100 times more potent than morphine. It can be lethal in doses of about 2 or 3 milligrams. The drug was developed to help manage pain for cancer patients but has increasingly been illegally mixed with heroin and other drugs because of its potency and how cheap it is to produce. In fact, law enforcement says fentanyl has become ubiquitous and that it’s mixed into almost all street drugs now. Some drug users have said they consumed fentanyl unknowingly, thinking they were taking another substance. Authorities believe five people who died in a mass fentanyl overdose in Commerce City earlier this year thought they were consuming cocaine.
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to well-being. Be more proactive about reaching out to somebody who hasn’t been their usual self. Make inquiries. Offer companionship. Offer to help someone access resources — whether it be transportation, research, or caring communities. Earlier this year, Mental Health Colorado launched a campaign to surface the real-life ways people around Colorado care for themselves and find joy, strength, or peace. The “What’s Your Peace?” campaign is meant to get people thinking about the daily steps that bolster our mental well-being, to carve out time for them with more intention, and to expand our collective toolkit by sharing them with one another. We received “peaces” from all over the state. It was no surprise to hear that hiking, walking, snowboarding,
A number of Colorado teens and young adults have died of fentanyl overdoses in recent years after consuming what they thought were prescription painkillers. House Bill 1326 comes after lawmakers passed a bill in 2019 that was signed into law by Polis that made it a misdemeanor to possess up to 4 grams of most drugs, including fentanyl, for personal use. Law enforcement and Republicans have blasted the 2019 law, saying it is responsible for Colorado’s surging fentanyl overdose deaths, a claim rejected by harm reduction advocates. How would the bill change criminal penalties for possessing fentanyl? The bill would make possessing between 1 gram and 4 grams of a fentanyl compound for personal use a Level 4 drug felony punishable by up to 180 days in jail and up to two years of probation. If someone is convicted of the offense a third or subsequent time, the sentence would go up to 364 days in jail. A fentanyl compound means a drug mixture with any amount of fentanyl in it. For instance, 4 grams of heroin combined with a few milligrams of fentanyl would be considered a fentanyl compound. Since fentanyl is ubiquitous in street drugs, experts say it’s likely that people arrested for possessing more than 1 gram of any drug could be charged with a felony. Those convicted of the Level 4 drug felony can have their convictions dropped to misdemeanors if they go through treatment. And they can have their criminal record sealed a few years after completing their sentence or completing probation. Possessing 1 gram or less of fentanyl or a fentanyl compound would remain a Level 1 drug misdemeanor. A person convicted for a fourth or subsequent time of possessing 1 gram or less of fentanyl or a fentanyl compound could be charged with a Level 4 drug felony punishable by SEE FENTANYL, P23
and fly-fishing bring many Coloradans peace. We also heard from knitters, bird-watchers, dog-snugglers, and home cooks about their self-care habits. They’re not competitive or performative — most of these moments never make it to Instagram. It’s the restorative or meditative nature of the activity itself that helps us keep our balance. If only we could all knit, hike, and fish our way to holistic well-being. But for many of us, the challenges run deeper. Rough days and months are still ahead. It will take years for Colorado’s new behavioral health legislation to take hold and begin to improve access to mental health care in our community. I call on family members, friends, teachers, hospital staff, first responders, and anyone who encounters someone in need to draw from — or continue to draw from — their well of kindness and humanity. Vincent Atchity, of Centennial, is president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado.
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May 19, 2022
Democrats abandon pursuit of wildfire building code State remains one of eight in nation without some kind of uniform building code
in a 2021 budget briefing. Added costs tied to the codes — whether for construction or enforcement — were a sticking point for opponents, especially amid supply chain woes, inflation and a statewide housing shortage.
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A contentious effort to set stiffer construction standards for homes built in wildfire-prone parts of Colorado was abandoned as the 2022 lawmaking term came to a close with too many other proposals on the legislature’s to-do list. As the General Assembly neared its end, Republicans in the Colorado Senate threatened to halt the entire legislative process in protest if the policy — which was backed by Gov. Jared Polis and was negotiated in private for weeks — was advanced. With dozens of bills still left to be debated, Democrats backed off the proposal that came in the wake of the 2021 Marshall Fire, the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history. “We got close,” said Sen. Chris Hansen, a Denver Democrat who was pushing for the policy. “Just didn’t get the right configuration.” He plans to try again next legislative session, which begins in January 2023, after what officials say will be a dangerous summer for wildfire. The Democratic majority in the legislature had to leave a lot of legislation on the cutting room floor as time ran out and Republicans stalled the legislative process. The “minority is using the only tool they have — which is obstruction,” said state Rep. Chris Kennedy, a Lakewood Democrat. The fire proposal would have created a board tasked with developing statewide building standards for the wildland-urban interface, the area where development and nature meet. It immediately prompted controversy when it was introduced as a proposed amendment to House Bill 1012, a wildfire mitigation measure. Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert, a Douglas County Republican, threatened to halt the lawmaking process in protest by reading bills at length. A dozen senators clustered on the floor, had a tense exchange and then retreated to Senate President Steve Fenberg’s office to try to resolve the situation. “To have that substantial of an amendment, it’s about twice the length of the bill itself,” Holbert said, after lawmakers emerged. “I just think it’s inappropriate that that be sprung on us at the last minute.”
Area emergency personnel who fought the Marshall Fire called the scene apocalyptic COURTESY PHOTO with flames 40 feet high and embers flying everywhere in 100 mph winds.
The amendment was withdrawn. Local or state control? The idea behind the proposal was to ask people living in wildfireprone parts of the state to help address Colorado’s fire vulnerability. The legislature has spent tens of millions of dollars on fire mitigation, response and recovery in recent years, which some see as fiscally unsustainable. The state has experienced its four largest and most destructive fires in the past two years and state officials recently warned that Colorado could be headed toward its worst wildfire summer in modern history. “Improved building codes lead to less fire risk and ultimately less damage,” Hansen said. “They have the advantage of lowering insurance costs for homeowners. From the state budget perspective, the less damage that’s done, the better for the state budget.” Adopting a statewide building code could also have given Colorado a leg up in applying for federal grant funding. The lack of a statewide building code cost Colorado 20 of 100 points in recent bids for $74 million in FEMA grant money. But the amendment’s drafting and introduction quickly frustrated opponents of statewide building codes, who saw the proposal as a last-minute attempt to force a broad spectrum of communities to comply with a top-down policy. Particularly irksome to some critics is that Polis’ office pushed the amendment despite recently touting his preference for local control over a statewide approach on other issues, including a failed proposed statewide ban of flavored tobacco and nicotine products. “He’s mercurial when it comes to local control,” said House Minority Leader Hugh McKean, a Loveland Republican. “If it’s energy policy, they want state control. If it’s … tobacco, for instance, then that’s a responsibility they don’t want
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between 6 months and two years in prison. The bill also would try to crack down on fentanyl dealers by raising the penalties for possessing the drug with an intent to distribute it. Here are the details: • Possessing between 4 grams and 50 grams of fentanyl or a fentanyl compound with an intent to distribute it would become a Level 2 drug felony punishable by a prison term of 4 to 16 years. • Possessing more than 50 grams of a fentanyl compound with an intent to distribute it a Level 1 drug felony punishable by a prison term of up to 32 years. • Other offenses become a Level 1 drug felony, punishable by a prison term of up to 32 years, if it leads to someone’s death, if the drugs originated from outside of Colorado, or if the person also possessed a pill press or other manufacturing equipment Would a person have to know they were possessing fentanyl to be charged with a felony? This question is important because fentanyl is often mixed with other drugs. The answer is no, but they would have an opportunity to argue before a jury that they did not know they were in possession of fentanyl. If the
jury sides with the defendant, the defendant’s charge would be reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor. Lawmakers likened the unique legal structure of the bill, a change that was made on the night of May 11, to Colorado’s crime-of-passion law, which allows someone charged with murder to argue the killing was unplanned in the hopes of prompting the jury to lower their sentence. An earlier version of the fentanyl bill would have required people to have known that they were in possession of fentanyl or a fentanyl compound before they could be charged with a felony for having more than 1 gram of the drug for personal use. Law enforcement and prosecutors were wary of that policy, saying it would make it very difficult to prosecute cases. Both law enforcement — who wanted to remove any option for people to prove they didn’t know they were in possession of fentanyl — and criminal justice activists were unhappy with where this section of the bill ended up. It was written this way to ensure its passage. What about the treatment side? Anyone convicted of a fentanyl-related offense would have to undergo a substance use assessment and, if appropriate, treatment. They would also have to take a fentanyl education program developed by the state.
The law also would require that some people jailed on fentanyl-related charges be released with naloxone, an opioid reversal drug, or a prescription for other medication to help with opioid-use disorders. It would also give jails money to help provide medication-assisted treatment to their inmates. Where is the money going? House Bill 1326 would also allocate about $40 million next year toward trying to prevent fentanyl overdose deaths and toward responding to the opioid epidemic. The spending would include: • $6 million would be set aside next fiscal year, which starts July 1, for a harmreduction grant program. Nonprofits, public health or tribal agencies, law enforcement, and various health care organizations could apply for grants, and the funding could be used for training about preventing overdoses and to helping divert people from the criminal justice system. • $19.7 million would be used to make a bulk purchase of naloxone. Under the bill, naloxone and other drugs to counter an opioid overdose could be dispensed through a variety of organizations, including libraries, colleges and universities, jails, probation departments and public health agencies. • $600,000 would be set aside to purchase tests to detect synthetic opiates. The idea is to
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Cherry Creek’s Eck takes gold in diving BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Cherry Creek got off to a fast start during the finals of the Class 5A boys swimming championships on May 14. The event was hedl at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton. However, the Bruins could not compete against the depth and swimmers that Regis Jesuit as competition continued throughout the day. Regis won the school’s 23rd state swimming title. Regis finished with 467 points while defending state champion, Cherry Creek, placed second with 403 points. Other South Metro competed in the championship tournament, including Heritage taking fifth place, Highlands Ranch placed 12th, Douglas County 18th, Arapahoe 22nd, Ponderosa 24th and Valor Christian 26th. Cherry Creek hoped to make an attempt to catch Regis during the morning diving finals. Bruins senior Conrad Eck won the event with 596 points. Arapahoe’s Collier Dyer placed second with 589.5 points. Dyer also earned Diver of the Year honors. Cherry Creek’s Caleb Liban took fourth in diving. Luke Ogen placed sixth and Jackson Whithead finished 12th.
Regis Jesuit swimmers celebrate after winning the Class 5A state boys swimming championships on May 14 at VMAC in Thornton. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON
“It was slightly a surprise,” said Eck, who was seeded fourth. “I knew that I could get a better score at state. The two divers that were second and fourth were on my club team and I knew it was going to be really close. I knew I was going to be happy however it finished. “It feels great to win. I felt great. I dove well. It was a really hard meet but in the end it worked out well. We got 69 points with me and the three other divers. It helped.” But not enough as the Raiders had too many swimmers and talent in the afternoon finals.
Cherry Creek held 177-140 edge over Regis after diving but won only one race afterwards. The Bruins 200-meter medley relay team of Cade Martin, Carson Morris, Liam Bekerman and Jason Fan won with a time of 1:30.77, which was the first race of the late afternoon finals. Then, Regis starting racking up the points the rest of the meet, finishing with Mark Dugan, Roman Krauss, Hawkins Wendt and Gio Aguirre capturing the 400-meter freestyle relay. The relay team finished the race in 3 minutes, 04.11 seconds.
Regis coach Nick Frasersmith was named the 2022 Coach of the Year. Aquirre also second in the 100-meter freestyle, an event he won last season. Roman Krauss also took second in the 500-meter freestyle. Heritage’s Oliver Mitchell won the state title in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 55.76 seconds. Mason Kajfosz, of Highlands Ranch, placed third in the 200-meter freestyle. Peter Weinstein, of Heritage, took third in the 500-meter freestyle.
Cherry Creek girls win 28th tennis title Cedeno completes perfect 14-0 season BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It took some work but Cherry Creek captured its 28th girls state tennis championship on May 14 at the Gates Tennis Center in Denver. The Bruins went into the final morning of playback and championship matches of the three-day tournament with a slim 73-66 lead over Fairview. The Bruins advanced two singles and four doubles teams into the finals and four of those six title matches were against Fairview. There was a combined 12 team points available in those matches. Cherry Creek, the defending state champions, won three of the four head-to-head matches with Fairview and wound up collecting 17 points on the final day compared to three for the Knights. The Bruins ended with 90 points
Cherry Creek won its 38th Colorado state high school tennis championship.
compared to 69 for runner-up Fairview. Mountain Vista came in fourth,with 80 points. Valor Christian was seventh, Heritage eighth and Regis Jesuit ninth. “It feels wonderful to win,” said
Creek coach Christin Jacob. “I’d been hearing how strong Fairview was all season. I knew if wanted the title, we’d have to work for it. “It’s a tradition for years that has been set for our girls and that work
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Cherry Creek’s Jiselle Boker has her eyes on a backhand return during the May 14 girls Class 5A state tennis championships at the Gates Tennis Center. Creek won its 38th state championship with Fairview coming in second.
Cherry Creek senior Lorena Cedeno won her second straight No. 2 singles title on May 14 at the Gates Tennis Center with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Shelia Laird of Fairview. Creek won its 38th state championship with Fairview coming in second. PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON
ished high included Marian Hayes of Mountain Vista who was third at No. 2 singles andHeritage’s Megan Johnson who was also third in theNo. 3 singlesbracket. Haley Zimmerman and Hannah Schumaker of Mountain Vista were fourth at No. 2 doubleswhile Valor’s Amelia Wenger and Sienna DeGhetto of Valor defeated Arapahoe’s Maddie Malcomand Kira Dyer in No. 3 doubles third place match.
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how tight the doubles matches we had and the three matches we won against Fairview. Those were big points.” Creek’s defending No. 2 singles champion Lorena Cedeno completed a 14-0 season with a 6-3, 6-1 state championship win over Fairview’s Shelia Laird. “I was nervous at first because the match was so important for my team,”said Cedeno. “Then I was having fun and felt so blessed. This match was better than the one last year. I was more confident and playing better.” Jiselle Boker, the Bruins No. 3 singles player, rallied in the second set and downed Fairview’s Ellie Middleton 6-3, 7-5. “Fairview was our competition last year and this year too,” said Boker. “I played consistent. I was down 5-4 in the second set. It feels great to be a state champion. I’m excited.” Creek’s No. 1 doubles team of Vivienne Bersin and Victoria Moldovan outlasted Fairview’s Lizzy Roth and Virginia Gomulka in the title match, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6. The Knights’ lone victory over the Bruins came in the No. 2 doubles matchup when Jane Roth and Maya Brakhage downed Creek’s Farrah Bendell and Sayeesha Garud 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Creek’s No. 3 doubles duo of Riley Loehr andSabrina Shama won a close straight set championship match and the No. 4 doubles team of Kate Erickson and Zoey Hao also claimed the state title. Jacqueline Pearsall, Creek’s No. 1 singles player, won the third place match in three sets “I’ve coached for 16 seasons and we’ve got 14 state titles, which is amazing to think about,” said Jacob. “This one now makes me happy because of what the new players (six) did. That’s half of my team was new and the nerves and everything they handled well.” Combined with the 44 state titles that the Cherry Creek boys team has won, that gives the Greenwood Village school 82 state tennis championships. Other South Metro players who fin-
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School Social Worker East Central BOCES is seeking a Full-Time and 2.5 Day a week School Social Worker to join our dynamic, multi-disciplinary team of professionals for the 2022-23 school year. Colorado licensed or eligible for a license. Grades Pre12 assessment, direct counseling & consultation services in our East and Central Areas. May be eligible for loan forgiveness, benefits include a signing bonus and full coverage insurance. Flexible scheduling with the opportunity to complete some work at home. Questions contact Tracy (719) 775-2342, ext. 101. To apply for this position, please visit our website at ecboces.org and click on the “Jobs” page, & follow instructions to create an account or login. EOE
Registered Occupational Therapist Full-Time and part-time Registered Occupational Therapist. OTR must have, or be eligible for appropriate Colorado licensure. Provide Pre-12 intervention, assessment, direct & indirect services just east of Denver on I-70, Bennett, Strasburg Byers & Kiowa areas. Support from an experienced COTA is available. Full Time Salary range for OTD: $49,350-$60,550. Part-Time Salary prorated based on the number of days employed. Excellent benefits. Access to a company vehicle or mileage reimbursement. May be eligible for a loan forgiveness program and signing bonus. To apply for this position, please complete the Certified Application for Employment available on the East Central BOCES website www. ecboces.org under “Jobs”. EOE Questions contact Tracy at (719) 775-2342, ext. 101 or email tracyg@ ecboces.org
School Psychologist or Intern East Central BOCES is seeking a Full-Time School Psychologist or Intern to join our dynamic, multidisciplinary team of professionals for the 2022-23 school year. Educational Specialist (Ed.S.), Colorado certified. Provide PreK-12 intervention including assessment, development of IEP’s & consultation services. Competitive salaries: ED.S $51,450-60,900 & Intern $47,600$52,400, both commensurate upon experience. excellent benefits including dental, vision, and medical insurance. May be eligible for Sign On Bonus! May also be eligible for loan forgiveness. Flexible schedule. Use of a car or mileage reimbursement. Questions contact Tracy (719) 775-2342, ext. 101. To apply for this position, please complete the Certified Application for Employment available on the East Central BOCES website www. ecboces.org under “Jobs”. EOE
Special Education Paraprofessionals Full & Part-Time Special Education Paraprofessionals needed for our West Area Center-based Learning Program located in Strasburg. Competitive pay and benefits including individual health insurance . $13-$17 per hour depending on experience. May be eligible for Sign On Bonus! To apply for this position, please complete the Classified Application for Employment available for download on the ecboces.org website under “Jobs” or contact Tracy at (719) 775-2342, ext. 101. Please fax completed application to 719-771-4001 or email it to tracyg@ ecboces.org Equal Opportunity Employer
Night Time Inspection Tech / Part-Time Position inspects all exterior lighting for retail and commercial properties documenting all outages. • Drive Company vehicle to specific locations and indicate all outages on provided site map •This position is part-time - (3) nights per week averaging 25-30 hours •Night Shift Flexible Schedule - Great second job •Must have clean driving record and must pass drug screening test. Contact info: Jobs@ coloradolighting.com
Eng 4, SW Dev & Eng Comcast Cable Comm, LLC, Englewood, CO. Prov tech lead w/i team resp for Usage Mgt apps that allow operators to monitor/ mng usage behavior; Reqs: Bach in CS, Eng or rel; 5 yrs exp dev Java-based apps in Agile Scrum environ; use SQL & PL/SQL; prfrm usage mediatn & rating functns use TBMS or Xelerate; & prfrm Linux Shell script; 3 yrs incl dply app on AWS or Cloud Foundry pltfrm; use Spring Boot to bld cloud-native microsvcs; & use Git, Maven, GoCD or Concourse. Salary: $131,685 to $150,000/yr. Benefits: https://jobs.comcast.com/lifeat-comcast/benefits Apply to: Renu_Puril@comcast.com Ref Job ID# 4743
TO ADVERTISE CALL 303-566-4100
Eng 3, SW Dev Comcast Cable Comm, LLC, Englewood, CO. Create, supprt & maintain new featrs for SW pltfrm that ingests & process video ondemnd content. Reqs Bach CS, Eng or rel & 2 yrs exp dev SW use Java, GitHub, Gradle, REST Web Svcs, XML or JSON, & Linux command line tools; & implem CI/CD process. $75,192 to $140,000 & see https:// jobs.comcast.com/life-atcomcast/benefits. Apply to: Renu_Puril@comcast.com. Ref Job ID#3491.
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Help Wanted Speech-Language Pathologist or SLPA Positions Full-Time & Part-Time Open to School Internships. Able to provide supervision for CFY hours. Join our dynamic, multidisciplinary team of professionals for the 2022-23 school year. Administer assessments, provide direct, indirect & consultation services for students PreK-12th grades. Competitive salaries: SLP - $44,100-$56,000 & SLPA- $36,050- $44,450, both commensurate upon experience. May be eligible for a Sign On Bonus! May also be eligible for loan forgiveness. Excellent benefits, including full health benefits & mileage reimbursement. Flexible schedule. Questions contact Tracy at (719) 775-2342, ext. 101. To apply for this position, please complete the Certified Application for Employment available on the East Central BOCES website www.ecboces.org under “Jobs”. EOE
Teacher of the Visually Impaired/ Orientation and Mobility Specialist East Central BOCES is seeking a Part-Time (3.5 days/wk) Teacher of the Visually Impaired/Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the 202223 school year. This position requires working with multiple administrative units including East Central BOCES, Ft. Morgan, Santa Fe Trails BOCES, South East BOCES, North East BOCES and Sterling. Option to work 1 day a week for East Central BOCES only, if preferred. Requires Colorado Teaching License with an endorsement in Visual Impairment and Orientation and Mobility Specialist. Responsibilities include completing assessments, providing direct and indirect service & attending IEP meetings as needed. Opportunity for some services to be provided remotely. Salary: 3.5 days/wk-$31,018-$38,505, 1 day/wk $8,120-$10,080. Excellent Benefits including mileage reimbursement or use of a car. May be eligible for loan forgiveness and sign on bonus. To apply please complete a Certified Application, located on our website at ecboces.org under “Jobs” at the bottom of the page. Once completed, application can be sent to Tracy at tracyg@ecboces.org,. Questions contact Tracy at (719) 775-2342, ext. 101. EOE
Driver CDL HAZMAT DRIVER WANTED by Spring Valley Gas, Inc., family owned; 20 year old company, seeking local propane delivery driver with customer service experience. Join our team! Salary based on certification and experience. Class A or B with hazmat endorsements. Full time position. Propane experience preferred but not required. Clean MVR with no DUI or drug history. On call pay, holiday pay, paid industrial training, and paid time off. Call for interview: 303-660-8810.
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CASTLE PINES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT – SUMMER SEASONAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE Seasonal Groundskeeping Jobs Enjoy working outside in beautiful surroundings? Castle Pines Metro District is looking for positive, motivated, team-oriented people for its Landscape Maintenance Team for the summer (May-August). Duties include mowing, trimming, planting, miscellaneous jobs, and repairs. Hours: 7 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday – Friday; Salary $20/per hour. depending on experience. Requirements: 17 years old, clean MVR, dependable, clean/neat appearance. To apply call Sue or Liz at Metro, 303-688-8330, or email apply@castlepinesmetro.com.
Real Estate & Rental
Save the Date! Gigantic Garage Sale in the Pradera Golf Community Subdivision Friday & Saturday, May 20th and 21st 8am-4pm Numerous homeowners in the Pradera community will be participating in this event Major cross streets into Pradera are Bayou Gulch and Parker Road, Parker 80134 Call Dotson Skaggs, Kentwood Company, 303-909-9350 for more information.
Merchandise Firewood
Rentals Apartments APARTMENT FOR RENT 1 bedroom. 1124 sq. ft. Efficiency Garden Apartment. Sedalia valley. 10 min to Castle Rock and 15 min to C470. $1200 month, all utilities etc included. one person or a couple. one nonbarking dog no cats. large yard 303-688-2758
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Split & Delivered $350 a cord Delivery $50. Stacking $50 Call 303-647-2475 or 720-323-2173
Lawn & Garden Craftsman lawn mower Starts on the 1st pull every time period $60.Call 720-314-0319
Health & Beauty DENTAL INSURANCE - Physicians Mutual Insurance Company. Covers 350 procedures. Real insurance - not a discount plan. Get your free dental info kit! 1-888-623-3036 www.dental50plus.com/58 #6258.
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Attention oxygen therapy users! Inogen One G4 is capable of full 24/7 oxygen delivery. Only 2.8 pounds. Free info kit. Call 877-929-9587
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Colorado Statewide Network
To place a 25-word COSCAN Network ad in 91 Colorado newspapers for only $300, contact your local newspaper or email Colorado Press Association Network at rtoledo@colopress.net AT&T WIRELESS DIRECTV DIRECTV for $79.99/mo for 12 months with CHOICE Package. Watch your favorite live sports, news & entertainment anywhere. First 3 months of HBO Max, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz and Epix Included! Directv is #1 in Customer Satisfaction (JD Power & Assoc.) Some Restrictions apply.
Great New Offer from AT&T Wireless! Ask how to get the new iPhone 12 mini for as low as $0 with trade in. While supplies last! Call: 1-877-384-5339
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American Standard Walk-In Tubs
To Place a 25 word COSCAN Network ad in 91 Colorado Newspapers for only $300, contact your local Newspaper or email Colorado Press Association at rtoledo@colopress.net
American Standard Walk-In Tubs. Buy from a brand you trust. Patented Quick-Drain® technology. 44 hydrotherapy jets. Lifetime warranty on tub and installation! FREE in-home consultation at your convenience. Limited time offer - $1,500 in savings includes FREE right-height toilet. Call: 1-855-785-8519
Miscellaneous
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Eliminate gutter cleaning forever! LeafFilter, the most advanced debris-blocking protection. Schedule free LeafFilter estimate today. 15% off Entire Purchase. 10% Senior & Military Discounts. Call 1-855-9952490
DISH TV $64.99 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR included, Free Voice remote. Some Restrictions apply. Promo Expires 1/21/23. 1-866-479-1516.
Miscellaneous Paying top cash for men’s sportwatches! Rolex, Breitling, Omega, Patek Philippe, Heuer, Day-tona, GMT, Submariner and Speedmaster. Call 833-603-3236 !!OLD GUITARS WANTED!! GIBSON, FENDER, MARTIN, Etc. 1930’s to 1980’s. TOP DOLLAR PAID. CALL TOLL FREE 1-866-433-8277 Aloe Care Health medical alert system. Most advanced medical alert product on the market. Voiceactivated! No wi-fi needed! Special offer w/code CARE20 for $20 off Mobile Companion. 1-855-521-5138 Put on your TV Ears & hear TV w/ unmatched clarity. TV Ears Original - originally $129.95 - now w/this special offer only $59.95 w/code MCB59! 1-833-530-1955 HughesNet – Finally, super-fast internet no matter where you live. 25 Mbps just $59.99/mo! Unlimited Data is Here. Stream Video. Bundle TV & Internet. Free Installation. Call 866-499-0141
BATH & SHOWER UPDATES in as little as ONE DAY! Affordable prices - No payments for 18 months! Lifetime warranty & professional installs. Senior & Military Discounts available. Call: 855-761-1725 The Generac PWRcell solar plus battery storage system. Save money, reduce reliance on grid, prepare for outages & power your home. Full installation services. $0 down financing option. Request free no obligation quote. 1-855-270-3785 Scrap Metal, Batteries, Appliances, Wiring, Scrap Plumbing/Heating, Cars/Parts, Clean out Garages/Yards, Rake, Yard work done w/chainsaw, Certified Auto Mechanical / Body Work & paint available Also can do inside or outside cleaning 303-647-2475 / 720-323-2173
Wanted to Buy Wants to purchase minerals and other oil and gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557 Denver, Co. 80201
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Transportation Wanted
Chunky’s Towing
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Concrete/Paving
On The Level • Elder Care/Home Health Care/Personal Assistant • Housecleaning /Organizing /Meal Prep • Errands/Shopping /Downsizing /Companion Work • Pet/House Sitting /Childcare • Gardening
I Care About All Your Family’s Needs Call For An Estimate • No Job Too Big or Too Small
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METALBUILDING OUTLET CORP.
LOCAL BUILDINGS FOR 30+ YEARS!
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303-997-4763 www.BuildABath.net
Carpet/Flooring
Cleaning
PRO FORM CONCRETE We do driveways, garage floors, walkways, front porches, steps, back patios, and always provide free estimates. Fully insured, local and perform quality work.
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Heating/Air Conditioning
AC, Furnace andRange Boilersince Specials Serving the Front 1955 Serving the Front Range sinceHeaters 1955 Furnaces • Boilers • Water
Spring Cleaning Special 20% off
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Cleaning
A BROOM AND A BUCKET Quality Clean at Unmatched Value
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•Curb & Gutter •Walls •Anything Concrete
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Was Just Told She Would Have to Wait 10 DAYS Before the A/C and Furnace Company Could Get Her New System Installed!
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Driveways, Sidewalks, Patios Driveways, Sidewalks, Patios Tear-outs, stamped & colored Tear-outs, stamped & colored concrete. Quality work, Lic./Ins. concrete. Quality Reasonable rates work, Lic./Ins. "Small Jobs OK!" Reasonable rates 303-514-7364 "Small Jobs OK!" tmconcrete.net 303-514-7364
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303-646-2355 Specialize in barn floors, Driveways, Remove and replacement Any job over 400 SF give us a call! Deck/Patio
TEN DAYS. WE’LL GET IT DONE IN 48 HOURS.
(Most Times Even Faster!) Pending availability of equipment.
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Driveways Tear Outs & Replace
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CONTINENTAL INC. Commercial and Residential
Lawn Maintenance Mow – Edge - Trim Call for a Aeration & Fertilization Sprinkler Repair FREE quote
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Handyman
’s DeSpain HOME SOLUTIONS
Solving All your Remodeling & Repair Problems – Just Ask!
DEPENDABLE, RELIABLE SERVICE Over 30 Years Experience Licensed & Insured
Eric DeSpain 303-840-1874
UTDOOR
ESIGNS, INC
• Decks • Fences • Stairs • Overhangs •
303-471-2323 Drywall
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• Drywall • Painting • Tile • Trim • Doors • Painting • Decks • Bath Remodel • Kitchen Remodels • Basements & Much More! We Never Mark Up Materials Saving you 25%-35% All Work Guaranteed • A+ BBB Rated
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• Home Renovation and Remodel • 30 years Experience • Insured • Satisfaction Guaranteed Highly rated & screened contractor by Home Advisor & Angies list
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“HONEY-DO’S DONE… THAT YOUR HONEY DON’T DO.” — SMALL JOBS INSIDE AND OUT —
Hauling Service
Cut Rate Hauling Cowboy Fencing is a full service fence & gate company installing fences in Colorado for 23 6 years. Residential/Commercial/ Farm & Ranch Fencing Low rates, Free estimates
Scott, Owner - 720-364-5270
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Greska’s Carbon-60
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Landscape & Concrete Landscaping • Yard Cleanup • Sod Concrete • Sprinklers • Fertilization Tree Trimming/Cutting • Planting Retaining Walls • Flagstone Fencing • Gutter Cleaning Power Raking • Aerating
720-436-6158
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Landscape & Garden
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RON’S LANDSCAPING Yard Clean-up, Raking, Weeding, Flower Bed Maintenance, Shrubbery Trimming Soil Prep - Sod Work Trees & Shrub Replacement also Small Tree & Bush Removal Bark, Rock Walls & Flagstone Work FREE Estimates Family owned business with over 35 yrs. exp.
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720-329-9732
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RAKING LEAVES FERTILIZING I have all my own equipment. In business since 1991. Serving Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker and Centennial
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• Benjamin Moore Paints • Labor and Materials Warranty • Free Estimates • Color Consultation Included • Kind/Highly Communicative Staff
Residential Experts We paint over 800 Homes Per Year No Deposit Ever Satisfaction Guaranteed 5 year, 7 year and 9 year Exterior Warranties 2 Yr. Interior Warranty Licensed & Insured up to $2 Million Locally Owned and Operated In business for 29 years Free Color Consulting & Samples
Helpful Ace Hardware Pro Painters is a residential painting company which specializes in exterior and interior painting. Our core values are honesty, integrity, service, quality and beauty and our focus is on delivering an outstanding customer experience. We currently include a full color consult, test pints and a detailed walkthrough with all of our paint jobs.
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L.S. PAINTING, Inc.
FULLY INSURED
Littleton Based & Family Owned
303-660-9394 303-660-9394
Roofing/Gutters
Have a Hail Damaged Roof? - Call Golden Spike Roofing - We are 100% Local & Have Great References - Roofing • Siding • Paint • Windows • Gutters
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prime all caulked areas / replace any damaged boards/ popcorn removal drywall and texture repair/fences and decks/insured and bonded
“We’re Always In The Neighborhood.” Plumbing
720-301-0442
Plumb-Crazy, LLC.
Plumbing
“We’re Crazy About Plumbing” CUSTOM HOMES • REMODEL FINISHED BASEMENTS SERVICE AND REPAIR Licensed • Insured
ANCHOR PLUMBING
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(303) 961-3485
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PLUMBING & SPRINKLERS
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M4 ROOFING
We live in the neighborhood! A+ Accredited rating with the BBB 18th year in business Great Google reviews
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Tile
Tree Service
ANYTHING TILE
A-1 Stump Removal
(720)209-4589
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Sprinklers
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Lone Tree Voice 31
May 19, 2022
Legislature passes HOA foreclosure reform bill BY BRITTANY FREEMAN ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS
Colorado lawmakers passed a bill on May 9 aimed at protecting residents in disputes with their homeowners associations. House Bill 22-1137 limits HOAs from seeking foreclosure against homeowners who accumulate fines for violating community rules known as covenants. The bill also stops HOAs from assessing those penalties on a daily basis and limits them to $500. The legislation now heads to Gov. Jared Polis, whose office said he plans to sign it into law. “As it currently stands, Coloradans have little recourse and almost no protections when facing down the endless resources held by associations and the lawyers they may hire,” bill cosponsor Sen. James Coleman, D-Denver, told his colleagues at a committee hearing on May 6. The bill went through numerous changes after its first House committee hearing. Supporters said lawmakers removed a provision that would have limited the amount of legal fees that HOAs can charge residents in court cases but added provisions that specifically prohibited foreclosure on liens that only contain fines or the costs of collecting them. Coleman said the changes were driven by hours of meetings with representatives of HOAs and their advocates. “We really took our time,” he said, “so that we ultimate-
ly make it so that our communities continue to be safe and beautiful, but at the same time folks aren’t losing their homes because they had weeds in their grass.” Coleman represents Green Valley Ranch, a community that has become the subject of months of publicity after one of the HOAs there filed dozens of foreclosure cases against residents in the past year. Rep. Naquetta Ricks, D-Aurora, was the bill’s initial sponsor. An analysis of court case data by Rocky Mountain PBS and ProPublica found that Colorado HOAs have filed at least 2,400 foreclosure cases against residents since 2018. HOAs in the state have the legal right to seek foreclosure against homeowners who are at the equivalent of six months behind on their routine dues, but that total can also include fees, fines and collection costs, such as legal fees. Many homeowners who faced foreclosure have told Rocky Mountain PBS and ProPublica that they ultimately ended up paying thousands of dollars more than their original debts to save their homes because the HOA billed them legal fees after they fell behind. Residents of one HOA community in Aurora, the Timbers Homeowners Association I, told the news organizations that they were surprised to learn their HOA has filed 41 foreclosure cases since 2018. The newly passed legislation contains several measures that supporters said would give homeowners due
Lawmakers and lobbyists are seen at the Capitol on Jan. 12 in Denver at the start of PHOTO BY OLIVIA SUN/THE COLORADO SUN Colorado’s General Assembly’s 2022 session.
process before delinquencies end up in court. It requires several notifications to residents about delinquencies and fines, requires those notices to be provided in the native language designated by homeowners and allows them the opportunity to seek longer payment plans of 18 months to repay debts to the HOA. Representatives from the HOA industry told lawmakers they opposed the legislation. They said it would make it harder to enforce their rules, especially when homeowners are defiant, and would push more costs onto others who are compliant. “This bill is going to harm the people who keep their promises and cause expenses for those people. It’s been through so many different amendments and variations, and it’s still so messy,” testified Lindsay Smith, an HOA attorney who heads
Colorado’s legislative action committee for the Community Associations Institute. The bill’s supporters said a provision that opens up small claims court as a venue for disputes could also make a big difference for homeowners who cannot afford to hire an attorney to fight their HOA. “The disputes that are creating all of the heat within HOAs finally have a place to go,” said Andrew Mowery, an HOA homeowner advocate whose group helped craft the original legislation. This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.
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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0022 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/24/2022 8:11:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: Steve C. Quintana Original Beneficiary: Rick Valkama and Holly Valkama Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Rick Valkama and Holly Valkama Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/10/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 11/23/2020 Reception No. of DOT: 2020114658 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $73,667.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $73,667.00 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under the Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 15, HERITAGE HILLS FILING NO 1-I,
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COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Fax #: Attorney File #: QUINTANA
Which has the address of: 9650 Aspen Hill Circle, Lone Tree, CO 80124
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended. First Publication: 4/21/2022 Last Publication: 5/19/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/24/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JILL M. JACOBS Colorado Registration #: 26175 730 17TH STREET, SUITE 200, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 298-1800
Legal Notice No. 2022-0022 First Publication: 4/21/2022 Last Publication: 5/19/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Children Services
Special Respondents.
JUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN.
Attorney for Department: R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Kathryn Cherry, #42682 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 814-5326 Fax: (303) 479-9259 lreigrut@douglas.co.us kcherry@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 22JV30004 DIVISION 8 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS
You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.
(Adoption/Guardian/Other)
This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2021.
Public Notice
TO: TANEKKA WILSON
DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109
TO THE RESPONDENT NAMED ABOVE: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is attached with this summons. The following documents are also being served upon you: Petition for Temporary Custody; Dependency and Neglect Handbook; Application for Court Appointed Counsel; ICWA Affidavit; Advisement in Dependency and Neglect; and the Relative Affidavit.
You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2019, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.
A Pre-Trial Conference and Adjudicatory Hearing for Respondent Mother has been set for May 25, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. in Division C, of the Douglas County District Court. Parties shall attend by calling 720-437-6180, extension 75553# unless otherwise ordered by the Court.
Dated: March 6, 2022
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: KASSIDY WILSON, D.O.B.: 12/13/2011 MESIAH WILSON, D.O.B.: 02/19/2006 NEVAEH WILSON, D.O.B.: 04/28/2005 Children, And concerning: TANEKKA WILSON, D.O.B.: 11/13/1980, Mother; MICHAEL WILSON, D.O.B.: 06/06/1979, Father, Respondents, And AIRELLE MILANES, Adult Sister; JUANITO MILANES, Adult Brother-in-law,
Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUR FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN AD-
This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.
/s/ Kathryn Cherry Kathryn Cherry, #42682 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No. 942113 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: May 19, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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