Sara Jo Light

For Centennial Water & Sanitation District Board

PASSION – RESULTS - LEADERSHIP

“Protect

CO’s Great Outdoors – Save Our Water”

Our rivers are drying up, our forests are burning, & our wildlife is disappearing. Action on our water crisis is needed now. I want to be part of the solution for Highlands Ranch!

Passion:

• Protecting CO’s great outdoors has been my passion for many decades

• Colorado’s water crisis is only getting worse & our great outdoors are suffering

• I feel strongly that our children & grandchildren deserve access to clean water & the great outdoors as our legacy

Results - I get things done throughout Colorado:

• Reduced Highlands Ranch Wind Crest Community water usage (saved 15 million gallons & $57,000 in water fees annually); this is the annual water usage of 150 Highlands Ranch homes

• Championed the passage of numerous bills in the CO legislature to protect our water & preserve our state parks

Leadership:

• 30 years as a senior business executive in four industries, world-wide

• Elected as Board Chair of two large nonprofit organizations

• Created & led a 300 member legislative team to protect our great outdoors

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“It’s not what we see in the movies,” said Simbeye. “It’s not hiding under the scary bridge or in the dark corner. It is a pizza delivery guy. at’s how easy it is.”

Tracking distributors through social media is challenging, especially with apps in which conversations disappear. Douglas County Sheri Darren Weekly said to ght the problems, deputies often have to go undercover to get information that leads to arrests..

In addition, to go through someone’s social network and see who they have been communicating with, the police must have a search warrant.

When talking with your youth, Simbeye stressed two important points. Make sure they know the legal consequences of using drugs and the life long consequences of addiction. ere are peer specialists who talk about their experiences with drugs and how they came out of their addiction.

Judgment and condemnation is not going to further the conversation, instead, Simbeye recommends speaking with an open mind. First, understand one of the reasons why youth might be using drugs. It could be for sensation, from peer pressure, a lacking trusted adult in their life, pop culture or social media.

Also knowing where youth are sourcing these substances is an important factor.

“Our youth are typically not out there seeking fentanyl, but they might be seeking a Xanax,” said Simbeye. “If they are bought o the black market, it is highly likely that they have some other kind of contamination and then possibly fentanyl.”

Knowing what you want to get out of the conversation and having done homework on the topic is critical to the conversation. It is okay to not know all the facts and gures according to Simbeye, because looking information up together is another strong way to communicate the importance of this issue.

Information can be found at One Pill Can Kill and DEA Drug Facts Sheet for Fentanyl.

Determining what age to start speaking with your child about the dangers of drugs depends on when one feels like their child can internalize information.

“Is it appropriate to say to a 6-year-old, ‘be careful of fentanyl’, no, they’re probably not going to internalize that,” said Simbeye. However, she suggested talking to children about being careful of what they pick up o the ground because what it looks like might not be what it actually is. She encouraged having regular transparent conversations with kids as they grow up.